Lawrence E. Spivak papers, 1917-1994 (bulk 1945-1983).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 104,000 items; 407 containers plus 20 oversize; 24 microfilm reels; 164 linear feetSubject(s): - 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
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 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 mercury (New York, N.Y. : 1924)
- Big issue (Television program)
- Keep posted (Television program)
- Meet the press (Radio program)
- Meet the press (Television program)
- American periodicals
- Anti-communist movements
- Cancer -- Treatment
- Civil rights
- Radio programs
- Television programs
- Nation's press conference (Television program)
- Publishers
- Editors
- Radio producers
- Television producers
- 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.
Restrictions apply.
Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
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.
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
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