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072 7 _aR
_2lcmd
100 1 _aDavis, Elmer Holmes,
_d1890-1958.
245 0 0 _aElmer Holmes Davis papers,
_f1865-1957
_g(bulk 1946-1957).
300 _a7,800
_fitems.
300 _a25
_fcontainers.
300 _a10
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aAuthor, journalist, news analyst, and government official.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200
600 1 0 _aDe Voto, Bernard Augustine,
_d1897-1955
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMurrow, Edward R.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoss, Harold Wallace,
_d1892-1951
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThurber, James,
_d1894-1961
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTruman, Harry S.,
_d1884-1972
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan Loon, Hendrik Willem,
_d1882-1944
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWelles, Sumner,
_d1892-1961
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWhite, William Allen,
_d1868-1944
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, Carolyn A.,
_d-1960
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of War Information.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Broadcasting Company.
610 2 0 _aColumbia Broadcasting System, inc.
650 0 _aJournalism.
650 0 _aLiterature
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld politics.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_zFrance.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPropaganda.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aJournalists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aNews analysts.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPublic officials.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aDavis, Elmer Holmes,
_d1890-1958.
_tBut We Were Born Free.
_f1954.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200.3
999 _c42181
_d42181