Mary McGrory papers, 1928-2004 (bulk 1956-2002).
- 55,000 items. 172 12 containers plus oversize. 70.4 linear feet.
- Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Personal Correspondence, 1934-2004; Series 2: VIP Correspondence, 1948-2004; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1943-2004; Series 4: Subject File, 1928-2004; Series 5: Speeches and Writings File, 1933-2004; Series 6: Notebooks and Notes, 1956-2004; Series 7: Miscellany, 1931-2004; Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1942-1974; Series 9: Restricted File, 1947-2004; and Series 10: Oversize, 1942-1998.
Restrictions apply.
Correspondence, speeches and writings, notebooks and notes, subject files, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to McGrory's career as a journalist. Documents her work as a book reviewer for the Boston Herald Traveler and columnist for the Washington Post and Washington Star. Subjects include local news, U.S. political affairs, foreign policy, and family matters. Topics represented include arms control; Army-McCarthy Controversy; children; Bill Clinton-Monica S. Lewinsky affair; Iran-Contra Affair; the Iraq War; Ireland; John F. Kennedy's assassination; Middle East; Nicaragua; the Persian Gulf; presidential campaigns from 1956 to 2000; the press; St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home in Hyattsville, Md.; social security; terrorism and the September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001; Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court; Vietnam and the Vietnam War; strike at the Washington Star in 1958 and its demise in 1981; and the entry of the U.S. into World War II. Includes material concerning McGrory's Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for her coverage of the Watergate Affair and notebooks of McGrory's personal assistant, Tina Toll. Individuals represented include George Bush, George W. Bush, Edward Moore Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Clarence Thomas. Correspondents include Samuel R. Berger, Art Buchwald, Blair Clark, Max Cleland, Bill Clinton, Andrew Mark Cuomo, Mario Matthew Cuomo, George Darden, Maureen Dowd, Sam J. Ervin, Gerald R. Ford, Barney Frank, Phil Gailey, Newt Gingrich, Barry M. Goldwater, Donald E. Graham, Anthony Lewis, Gould Lincoln, Sol M. Linowitz, Gordon Manning, Abigail Q. McCarthy, Eugene J. McCarthy, David G. McCullough, Ralph McGill, George S. McGovern, Sarah M. McGrory, Martin T. Meehan, Daniel P. Moynihan, Newbold Noyes, Robert Redford, Elliot L. Richardson, Tim Russert, Peter F. Secchia, Sargent Shriver, Stephen J. Solarz, Thomas Winship, Bob Woodward, and Edwin M. Yoder.
Audio and video recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Autographed copy of Thornton Wilder's The Eighth Day Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. transferred to Some newspapers and Washington Star memorabilia Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division. transferred to Some photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to Three books Library of Congress General Collections. transferred to
Journalist. Full name: Mary Dorothy McGrory.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008101
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Berger, Samuel R.--Correspondence. Buchwald, Art--Correspondence. Bush, George, 1924- Bush, George W. 1946- Clark, Blair, 1917-2000 --Correspondence. Cleland, Max, 1942- --Correspondence. Clinton, Bill, 1946- Clinton, Bill, 1946- --Correspondence. Cuomo, Andrew Mark, 1957- --Correspondence. Cuomo, Mario Matthew--Correspondence. Darden, George, 1943- --Correspondence. Dowd, Maureen--Correspondence. Ervin, Sam J. 1896-1985 --Correspondence. Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 --Correspondence. Frank, Barney, 1940- --Correspondence. Gailey, Phil--Correspondence. Gingrich, Newt--Correspondence. Goldwater, Barry M. 1909-1998 --Correspondence. Graham, Donald E., 1945- --Correspondence. Kennedy, Edward M. 1932-2009. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 --Assassination. Lewinsky, Monica S. 1973- Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013 --Correspondence. Lincoln, Gould, 1880-1974 --Correspondence. Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005 --Correspondence. Manning, Gordon, 1917-2006 --Correspondence. McCarthy, Abigail Q.--Correspondence. McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005 --Correspondence. McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. McCullough, David G.--Correspondence. McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969 --Correspondence. McGovern, George S. 1922-2012 --Correspondence. McGrory, Sarah M.--Correspondence. Meehan, Martin T. 1956- --Correspondence. Moynihan, Daniel P. 1927-2003 --Correspondence. Newbold Noyes, 1918-1997 --Correspondence. Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994. Reagan, Ronald. Redford, Robert--Correspondence. Richardson, Elliot L., 1920-1999 --Correspondence. Russert, Tim, 1950-2008 --Correspondence. Secchia, Peter F., 1937- --Correspondence. Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011 --Correspondence. Solarz, Stephen J.--Correspondence. Stevenson, Adlai E. 1900-1965. Thomas, Clarence, 1948- Winship, Thomas--Correspondence. Woodward, Bob, 1943- --Correspondence. Yoder, Edwin M. 1934- --Correspondence. McGrory family.
United States. Supreme Court. St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home (Hyattsville, Md.)
Boston Herald traveler. Washington post. Washington star.
American newspapers--Massachusetts--Boston. American newspapers--Washington (D.C.) Arms control. Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954. Book reviewing. Children. Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990. Iraq War, 2003-2011. Journalism--United States. Judges--Selection and appointment--United States. Pulitzer Prizes. Presidents--Election.--United States Press--United States. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. Social security. Terrorism--United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Ireland. Iraq--History--2003- Middle East. Nicaragua. Persian Gulf. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. United States--Foreign relations--21st century. United States--History--20th century. United States--History--20th century. United States--Politics and government--20th century. United States--Politics and government--21st century. Vietnam. Washington (D.C.)--History.