Spivak, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edmund) 1900-1994 creator Meet the Press Collection (Library of Congress) mixed material monographic eng 104,000 407 20 24 164 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. Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition of the American Mercury index available, no. 14,181. Microfilm edition of selected documents returned to Spivak in 1968 from the Charles Angoff Papers at the Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University, Boston, Mass., available, no. 21,177. Microfilm edition only of scrapbooks, containers 325-400, available, no. 21,994. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1999. In part, transcripts and photocopies. [S.l.]. Some cartoons and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Print and Photographs Division. Some audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Radio and television producer, editor, and publisher. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103 Allen, Fred 1894-1956 Angoff, Charles 1902-1979 Correspondence Castro, Fidel 1926- Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank) 1888-1964 Douglas, William O. (William Orville) 1898-1980 Evans, Bergen 1904- Fulbright, J. William (James William) 1905-1995 Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1909-1998 Hesseltine, William Best 1902-1963 Hicks, Granville 1901-1982 Hicks, Granville 1901-1982 Correspondence Holbrook, Stuart Hook, Sidney 1902-1989 Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895-1972 Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978 Hurston, Zora Neale Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Lasky, Victor Lyons, Eugene 1898- McCarthy, Joseph 1908-1957 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 1880-1956 Correspondence Mikoi͡an, A. I. (Anastas Ivanovich) 1895-1978 Morley, Christopher 1890-1957 Morley, Christopher 1890-1957 Correspondence Murray, John Courtney Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 1913-1994 Pauling, Linus 1901-1994 Pollock, Channing 1880-1946 Ribicoff, Abraham 1910-1998 Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979 Rusk, Dean 1909-1994 Sandburg, Carl 1878-1967 Sandburg, Carl 1878-1967 Correspondence Saroyan, William 1908-1981 Saroyan, William 1908-1981 Correspondence Schwarz, Fred 1913- Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 Correspondence Sinclair, Upton 1878-1968 Sinclair, Upton 1878-1968 Correspondence Spellman, Francis 1889-1967 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) 1900-1965 Symington, Stuart 1901-1988 Thompson, Dorothy 1893-1961 Viereck, Peter 1916-2006 Wallace, George C. (George Corley) 1919-1998 Welch, Robert 1899-1985 Wilkins, Roy 1901-1981 Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Correspondence Wylie, Philip 1902-1971 Wylie, Philip 1902-1971 Correspondence John Birch Society. Press Productions, Inc. Southern Center for International Studies (Atlanta, Ga.) Teleproductions, Inc. American periodicals Anti-communist movements Cancer Treatment Civil rights Radio programs Television programs Publishers Editors Radio producers Television producers mm 73040964 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008103.3 Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 740201 20260227111615.0 mm 73040964