Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William) 1890-1970 creator mixed material monographic eng 60,000 227 1 1 86 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. 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. United States. 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. 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 Journalists Public relations consultants Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970 Ackerman, John F., -1942 Ackerman, Robert V. (Robert VanderHoof). Ackerman, Mabel VanderHoof. mm 73050039 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011056.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 730620 20260227111615.0 mm 73050039