Elmer Holmes Davis papers, (Record no. 42181)
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| control field | DLC |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 79017889 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 64001560 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | R |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davis, Elmer Holmes, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1890-1958. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elmer Holmes Davis papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1865-1957 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1946-1957). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 7,800 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 25 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 10 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1893-1957; Series 2: Personal and Literary File, 1865-1955; Series 3: Subject File, circa 1941-circa 1955; Series 4: Radio Scripts, 1942-1955; and Series 5: Addition, 1942. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, speeches, lectures, writings, articles, radio scripts, subject file, government publications, press releases, biographical material, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Davis's career in journalism and his service as director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II. Subjects include politics, literary affairs, and world events. Includes radio scripts of Davis's broadcasts for the Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., and the American Broadcasting Company; a typescript of Davis's book titled But We Were Born Free (1954); and letters from Chicago Tribune reporter Carolyn A. Wilson with her observations on conditions in France during World War I. Correspondents include Bernard Augustine De Voto, Edward R. Murrow, Harold Wallace Ross, James Thurber, Harry S. Truman, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Sumner Welles, and William Allen White. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | De Voto, Bernard Augustine, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1897-1955 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murrow, Edward R. |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ross, Harold Wallace, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1892-1951 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thurber, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1894-1961 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Truman, Harry S., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1884-1972 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1882-1944 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Welles, Sumner, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1892-1961 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | White, William Allen, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1868-1944 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wilson, Carolyn A., |
| Dates associated with a name | -1960 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Office of War Information. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | American Broadcasting Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Journalism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Literature |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World politics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Geographic subdivision | France. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| General subdivision | Propaganda. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Authors. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Journalists. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | News analysts. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Public officials. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 12 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davis, Elmer Holmes, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1890-1958. |
| Title of a work | But We Were Born Free. |
| Date of a work | 1954. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200.3</a> |
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