Spivak, Lawrence E.  1900-1994. <br/><br/>
Lawrence E. Spivak papers, 1917-1994  (bulk 1945-1983). 

 - 104,000  items. 407  20  containers plus  oversize. 24  microfilm reels. 164  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 11 series.  Series 1: Personal File, 1922-1994; Series 2: Speech File, 1942-1994; Series 3: Writings File, 1917-1994; Series 4: American Mercury, Inc., File, 1923-1957; Series 5: "Meet the Press" File, 1945-1994; Series 6: Special Programs File, 1946-1994; Series 7: Miscellany, 1940-1991; Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1930-1991; Series 9: Addition, 1957-1980; Series 10: Restricted, 1922-1993; and Series 11: Oversize, 1945-1986. 
<br/><br/> Restrictions apply.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Chiefly material relating to Spivak's radio and television program, Meet the Press, including letters (1957-1968) from viewers, memoranda, radio and television scripts (1945-1970), oral history transcripts, question cards for the Meet the Press file and special programs file, articles, biographical materials, financial records, newspaper clippings (1945-1973), lists (1945-1969) of program broadcasts, and other papers.  Subjects include anticommunism, civil rights, the John Birch Society, Press Productions, Inc., and the treatment of cancer.  Also includes material related to television programs, Big Issue, Keep Posted, and Nation's Press Conference; Southern Center for International Studies, Atlanta, Ga.; and Teleproductions, Inc.  Persons represented include Fred Allen, Fidel Castro, J. Frank Dobie, William O. Douglas, Bergen Evans, J. William Fulbright, Barry M. Goldwater, William Best Hesseltine, Granville Hicks, Stuart Holbrook, Sidney Hook, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey,  Zora Neale Hurston, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Victor Lasky, Eugene Lyons, Joseph McCarthy,  A.I. Mikoi͡an, Christopher Morley, John Courtney Murray, Richard M. Nixon, Linus Pauling, Channing Pollock, Abraham Ribicoff, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Dean Rusk, Carl Sandburg, William Saroyan, Fred C. Schwarz, Bernard Shaw, Upton Sinclair, Francis Spellman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Stuart Symington, Dorothy Thompson, Peter Viereck, George C. Wallace, Robert Welch, Roy Wilkins, Frank Lloyd  Wright, and Philip Wylie.  Includes correspondence, reports, articles, and other material (1927-1953) relating to the magazine American Mercury, published by Spivak, 1939-1950.  American Mercury correspondents include Charles Angoff, Granville Hicks, H.L. Mencken, Christopher Morley, Carl Sandburg, William Saroyan, Bernard Shaw, Upton Sinclair, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Philip Wylie. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1999. <br/>In part, transcripts and photocopies. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>Some cartoons and photographs <br/>Library of Congress Print and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Some audio and video recordings <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Radio and television producer, editor, and publisher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 73040964  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Allen, Fred, 1894-1956. <br/>Angoff, Charles, 1902-1979 --Correspondence.<br/>Castro, Fidel, 1926- <br/>Dobie, J. Frank 1888-1964. <br/>Douglas, William O. 1898-1980. <br/>Evans, Bergen, 1904- <br/>Fulbright, J. William 1905-1995. <br/>Goldwater, Barry M. 1909-1998. <br/>Hesseltine, William Best, 1902-1963. <br/>Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982. <br/>Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982 --Correspondence.<br/>Holbrook, Stuart.<br/>Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989. <br/>Hoover, J. Edgar 1895-1972. <br/>Humphrey, Hubert H. 1911-1978. <br/>Hurston, Zora Neale.<br/>Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. <br/>Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968. <br/>King, Martin Luther, Jr.,  1929-1968. <br/>Lasky, Victor.<br/>Lyons, Eugene, 1898- <br/>McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. <br/>Mencken, H. L. 1880-1956 --Correspondence.<br/>Mikoi͡an, A. I. 1895-1978. <br/>Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957. <br/>Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 --Correspondence.<br/>Murray, John Courtney.<br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994. <br/>Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994. <br/>Pollock, Channing, 1880-1946. <br/>Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998. <br/>Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979. <br/>Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994. <br/>Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. <br/>Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 --Correspondence.<br/>Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. <br/>Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 --Correspondence.<br/>Schwarz, Fred, 1913- <br/>Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. <br/>Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 --Correspondence.<br/>Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. <br/>Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 --Correspondence.<br/>Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967. <br/>Stevenson, Adlai E. 1900-1965. <br/>Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988. <br/>Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961. <br/>Viereck, Peter, 1916-2006. <br/>Wallace, George C. 1919-1998. <br/>Welch, Robert, 1899-1985. <br/>Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981. <br/>Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. <br/>Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 --Correspondence.<br/>Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971. <br/>Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>John Birch Society.<br/>Press Productions, Inc.<br/>Southern Center for International Studies (Atlanta, Ga.)<br/>Teleproductions, Inc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>American mercury (New York, N.Y. : 1924)<br/>Big issue (Television program)<br/>Keep posted (Television program)<br/>Meet the press (Radio program)<br/>Meet the press (Television program)<br/>Nation's press conference (Television program)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American periodicals.<br/>Anti-communist movements.<br/>Cancer--Treatment.<br/>Civil rights.<br/>Radio programs.<br/>Television programs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Publishers.<br/>Editors.<br/>Radio producers.<br/>Television producers.