09766cpcaa2201453 a 4500 mm 73050039 DLC 20260227111615.0 cr ||||||||||| 730620|||||||||||| eng mm 73050039 ms 72001693 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970. Carl W. Ackerman papers, 1833-1970 (bulk 1931-1956). 60,000 items. 227 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 86 linear feet. Arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1909-1969; Series 2: Family Papers, 1860-1970; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1907-1970; Series 4: Subject File, 1908-1970; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1909-1964; Series 6: Miscellany, 1833-1970; Series 7: Oversize; and Series 8: Classified. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, writings, notes, research material, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Ackerman's career as journalist and dean of Columbia University School of Journalism (1931-1956). Documents his work as United Press Associations correspondent within the Central Powers, chiefly Germany prior to World War I; special correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post in Mexico, Switzerland, and elsewhere during World War I; correspondent for the New York Times on a trip to Siberia in 1918; and chief of Philadelphia Public Ledger Foreign News Service, London, England, covering the Middle East and Europe including the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva in 1920 and the Irish rebellion (1919-1921). Includes drafts and related materials for Ackerman's writings including his biography of George Eastman (1930) and family papers including correspondence and other material of John F. Ackerman, Robert V. Ackerman, and Mabel VanderHoof Ackerman. Also documents Ackerman's activities as a public relations consultant working with the American Valuation Association, the Eastman Kodak Company, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, and the Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; his activities as secretary of the Pulitzer Prize Board (Columbia University); his involvement with the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes in journalism; his work as a trustee of the Oberlaender Trust pertaining chiefly to the relocation of German scholars and students in the U.S. after the rise of Adolph Hitler; his role in establishing a school of journalism in Chungking, China, in 1943-1945; and his work as a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Subjects include the history of twentieth-century journalism; the effects of national and international events upon journalism; the relation of governments to the press, especially in matters of censorship and propaganda; effect on press freedom of the National Industry Recovery Act of 1933, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and Lend-Lease Bill of 1941; journalism education; Columbia University presidencies of Nicholas Murray Butler, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Grayson L. Kirk; American labor unrest in 1919; President Roosevelt's foreign policy and potential American involvement in World War II; the Far East, especially China and Japan; Latin America; and Russia. Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, William Benton, Herman Bernstein, Nicholas Murray Butler, William R. Castle, Felix Cole, Kent Cooper, William Cullen Dennis, Allen Dulles, George Eastman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Abram I. Elkus, Frank Diehl Fackenthal, Douglas Southall Freeman, James W. Gerard, William Sidney Graves, Edward Mandell House, Roy Wilson Howard, Arthur Krock, David Lawrence, George S. Patton, J. Westbrook Pegler, Joseph Pulitzer, Ralph Pulitzer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Basil Thomson, Hugh Robert Wilson, and Ahmet Emin Yalman. Photographs, drawings, and prints transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Maps and atlases transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division. Recordings and volume of musical instruction transferred to Library of Congress Music Division. Journalist, educator, and public relations consultant. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056 Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 Correspondence. Benton, William, 1900-1973 Correspondence. Bernstein, Herman, 1876-1935 Correspondence. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 Correspondence. Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963 Correspondence. Cole, Felix, 1887-1969 Correspondence. Cooper, Kent, 1880-1965 Correspondence. Dennis, William Cullen, 1878- Correspondence. Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969 Correspondence. Eastman, George, 1854-1932. Eastman, George, 1854-1932 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Elkus, Abram I., 1867-1947 Correspondence. Fackenthal, Frank Diehl, 1883-1968 Correspondence. Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953 Correspondence. Gerard, James W. (James Watson), 1867-1951 Correspondence. Graves, William Sidney, 1865-1940 Correspondence. House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 Correspondence. Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964 Correspondence. Kirk, Grayson L. (Grayson Louis), 1903-1997. Krock, Arthur, 1886- Correspondence. Lawrence, David, 1888-1973 Correspondence. Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 Correspondence. Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969 Correspondence. Pulitzer, Joseph, 1885-1955 Correspondence. Pulitzer, Ralph, 1879-1939 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Thomson, Basil, 1861-1939 Correspondence. Wilson, Hugh Robert, 1885-1946 Correspondence. Yalman, Ahmet Emin, 1889- Correspondence. Ackerman family. United States. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. United States. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. American Society of Newspaper Editors. American Valuation Association. Columbia University. Columbia University. School of Journalism. Eastman Kodak Company. Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Pulitzer Prize Board (Columbia University) Oberlaender Trust. United Press Associations. Washington Cathedral. Philadelphia public ledger. New York times. Saturday evening post. Censorship. Freedom of the press. Germans United States. Government and the press. History, Modern 20th century. International organization. Journalism. Journalism Awards. Journalism Study and teaching. Journalism Study and teaching New York (State) New York. Journalism Study and teaching China Chongqing. Labor United States. Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) Public relations United States. Universities and colleges New York (State) New York. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Mexico. World War, 1914-1918 Switzerland. World War, 1939-1945 United States. China. East Asia. Europe History 1918-1945. Germany History 1871-1918. Germany Emigration and immigration. Ireland History War of Independence, 1919-1921. Japan. Latin America. Middle East History 1914-1923. Russia. Siberia (Russia) History Revolution, 1917-1921. United States Economic conditions 1918-1945. United States Emigration and immigration. United States Foreign relations 1933-1945. Educators. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Public relations consultants. itoamc Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970. George Eastman. 1930. Ackerman, John F., -1942. John F. Ackerman papers. 1860-1942. Ackerman, Robert V. (Robert VanderHoof). Robert V. Ackerman papers. Ackerman, Mabel VanderHoof. Mabel VanderHoof Ackerman papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056.3 39288 39288