03601cpcaa2200601 4500 mm 79017889 DLC 20260227111655.0 cr ||||||||||| 790823|||||||||||| eng mm 79017889 ms 64001560 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957 (bulk 1946-1957). 7,800 items. 25 containers. 10 linear feet. 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. Open to research. 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. Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200 De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 Correspondence. Murrow, Edward R. Correspondence. Ross, Harold Wallace, 1892-1951 Correspondence. Thurber, James, 1894-1961 Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Correspondence. Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944 Correspondence. Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961 Correspondence. White, William Allen, 1868-1944 Correspondence. Wilson, Carolyn A., -1960 Correspondence. United States. Office of War Information. American Broadcasting Company. Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. Journalism. Literature 20th century. World politics. World War, 1914-1918 France. World War, 1939-1945 Propaganda. United States Politics and government 20th century. Authors. itoamc Journalists. itoamc News analysts. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. But We Were Born Free. 1954. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200.3 42181 42181