A. M. Sperber Papers, 1886-1986

Contents List

Container Title
M89-141
Series: Miscellaneous Research Files
Box   1
Folder   1-14
Murrow/CBS, 1946-1961
Box   1
Folder   15
Barach, Alvan, M.D.
Box   1
Folder   16
Klauber eulogy, 1954
Box   1
Folder   17
William S. Paley and Dr. Frank Stanton profiles
Radio broadcasts
Box   1
Folder   18
Press freedom
Box   1
Folder   19-20
Blacklisting, McCarthy, loyalty oath
Box   1
Folder   21
Chicago speech, 1958
Box   1
Folder   22
Radio broadcasts: foreign policy
Box   1
Folder   23
McCarthy/Chester S. Williams, 1954
Box   1
Folder   24
McCarthy/NFSA, 1954
Box   1
Folder   25
McCarthy/Murrow (attorney's files), 1954
Box   1
Folder   26
McCarthy (Chester S. Williams: research)
Box   1
Folder   27
Polk, George
Box   1
Folder   28-29
Clippings files, 1886-1967, 1974-1984
Box   1
Folder   30
Foster children letters
Box   1
Folder   31
Greet, Cabell
Box   1
Folder   32
Person to Person: guest list
Box   1
Folder   33
Polk, George
Box   1
Folder   34
Radio scripts, 1954-1959
Box   1
Folder   35
Background, 1960-1961
Box   1
Folder   36
Broadcasts and telecasts on McCarthy, 1950-1954
Box   1
Folder   37
Radio Broadcasts: from Queen Mary, WWII, 1950-1959
Box   1
Folder   38
See it Now, scripts
Box   1
Folder   39
Clippings files: Murrow's predecessors
Box   2
Folder   1-6
See it Now files, 1952-1958
Box   2
Folder   7
Siepman, Charles
Box   2
Folder   8
Smith, H.K., 1946-1962
Box   2
Folder   9
Small World, 1958-1959
Box   2
Folder   10
E.R.M. speeches, 1958
Box   2
Folder   11
CBS sponsors, 1948-1950
Box   2
Folder   12
Time tables, 1921-1958
Box   2
Folder   13
White, Paul - Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   14
Worthy, William
Box   2
Folder   15
Footnotes
Box   2
Folder   16-17
Clippings files, CBS, 1985-1987
Box   2
Folder   18
Chet Williams Papers
Box   2
Folder   19
Facts in Review: April 15, 1940 and , May 6, 1940
Box   2
Folder   20
Clippings files, 1988
Box   2
Folder   21
Articles by and about Murrow
Box   2
Folder   22
Biographical information on Murrow (, circa 1940s)
Box   2
Folder   23
London correspondence, 1940-1946
Clippings files
Box   2
Folder   24
Robert Kennedy, 1964
Box   2
Folder   25-29
Murrow/CBS related
Box   2
Folder   30
Other
Box   2
Folder   31
ERM correspondence IV
Box   2
Folder   32
FOIA files: Murrow file
Box   3
Folder   1-6
FOIA files: Murrow file (continued)
Box   16
Folder   1
Correspondence with BBC, Overseas Press Club, and other agencies
Box   16
Folder   2
Programme Board minutes, 1941
Box   16
Folder   3
Transcript of ERM speech from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, November 23, 1937
Box   16
Folder   4
Greensboro, North Carolina newspaper articles, 1886
Series: United States Information Agency File
Box   3
Folder   7-9
Government agencies, 1961-1963
Box   3
Folder   10
Administration - general
Box   3
Folder   11
Advisory groups
Box   3
Folder   12
Policy and plans
Box   3
Folder   13
Budget
Box   3
Folder   14
CBS, NBC, etc. (networks)
Box   3
Folder   15
Cuba
Box   3
Folder   16
Director's office - general, 1961
Box   3
Folder   17
Director - personnel
Box   3
Folder   18
Field - IAA
Government agencies
Box   3
Folder   19
Defense
Box   3
Folder   20
State
Box   3
Folder   21
White House
Box   3
Folder   22-23
IAN, 1961-1962
Box   3
Folder   24
IAF, 1963
Box   3
Folder   25
Latin America
Box   3
Folder   26
Field - Soviet Bloc/branch
Box   3
Folder   27
NASA
Box   3
Folder   28
Nuclear testing and disarmament
Box   3
Folder   29
Office of Private Cooperation (IOC)
Box   3
Folder   30
Policy and plans
Box   3
Folder   31
Public Information Press
Box   3
Folder   32
Race issues (equal opportunity)
Box   3
Folder   33
Swing, Raymond
Box   3
Folder   34
Training (IOA/T), 1962
Box   3
Folder   35
Travel regulations
Box   3
Folder   36
White House, weekly reports
Box   3
Folder   37
Voice of America, 1962
Box   3
Folder   38
USIA - FOIA documents
Box   3
Folder   39
Peace Corps
Box   3
Folder   40
USIA - miscellaneous government agencies
Box   3
Folder   41
Clippings files
Box   3
Folder   42
USIA photocopy files
Box   4
Folder   1
JFK Library - mandatory review
Box   4
Folder   2
Vietnam War articles, 1965
Series: Subject Files
Box   4
Folder   3
Benton, William, Senator
Box   4
Folder   4
Harsch, Joseph C.
Box   4
Folder   5
Hooper and Nielsen Ratings, 1941-1956
Box   4
Folder   6
Fleming, Robert: McCarthy material
Box   4
Folder   7
Harsch files
Box   4
Folder   8
Hamilton, John S., Washington D.C., December 1941
Box   4
Folder   9
Kaltenborn, H.V.
Box   4
Folder   10-16
Mickelson
Box   4
Folder   17
“Itinerary” for General MacArthur
Box   4
Folder   18-31
NBC files
Box   4
Folder   32
Murrow Collection: register, 1947-1949
Box   4
Folder   33
Sandburg, Carl
Box   4
Folder   34
Shirer: 1943, 1947, 1955 (Cecil Brown)
Box   4
Folder   35
Smith, Howard K.: scripts
Box   4
Folder   36
White, Sue and White, Paul
Box   4
Folder   37
FDR Library: photocopy files, 1935-1950s
Box   4
Folder   38
BBC: WWII - , 1960s
Box   4
Folder   39
Joseph Wershba
Box   4
Folder   40
WWII: CBS and Radio
Box   4
Folder   41
Emergency Committee and IIE
Murrow
Box   4
Folder   42
1936-1946
Box   4
Folder   43
1963-1965
John H.B. Murrow Papers
Box   4
Folder   44
1937
Box   4
Folder   45
1939-1940
Box   5
Folder   1-7
John H.B. Murrow Papers, 1943-1964
Box   5
Folder   8
Mrs. Murrow's correspondence-WWII, 1946
Series: Interview Files
Box   5
Folder   9
A
Box   5
Folder   10
B
Box   5
Folder   11-12
C
Box   5
Folder   13
D
Box   5
Folder   14
G
Box   5
Folder   15
H-K
Box   5
Folder   16
L-M
Box   5
Folder   17
M-P
Box   5
Folder   18
R-S
Box   5
Folder   19
S
Box   5
Folder   20
T
Box   5
Folder   21
W
Box   5
Folder   22
A - Murrow, J.E.
Box   5
Folder   23
Murrow, J.E. - Z
Box   5
Folder   24
S.I.N. staff interviews
Box   5
Folder   25
USIA interviews
Box   5
Folder   26-27
Murrow: 20 Years
Box   5
Folder   28
Observations on Murrow after his death
Series: Production and Marketing Files
Box   6
Folder   1
Sperber's original presentation on Murrow
Box   6
Folder   2
Murrow Collection correspondence
Box   6
Folder   3
Putnam and Sons - Rose Kennedy
Box   6
Folder   4
Pantheon/Knopf - Fabio Coen
Box   6
Folder   5
Marketing and advertising materials
Box   16
Folder   5
Reviews: Murrow film
Box   6
Folder   6
McGraw Hill Junior Book, 1970-1975
Box   6
Folder   7
Review: Murrow book
Box   6
Folder   8-9
Photographs: Photocopies and originals
Series: Manuscript Files
Box   6
Folder   10-25
Early drafts reviewed by Fabio Coen
Box   16
Folder   6-9
Early drafts reviewed by Fabio Coen (continued)
Box   6
Folder   26-27
Incomplete manuscript
Scope and Content Note: Foreword, prologue, chapters 1-2.
Box   7
Folder   1-10
Incomplete manuscript (continued)
Scope and Content Note: Table of contents, chapters 4-17.
Box   7
Folder   11-24
Unedited, original copy
Note: Annotated.
Box   8
Folder   1-20
Drafts, Chapters 3, 5-17
Note: Annotated.
Box   8
Folder   21
Envelope with Sperber's manuscript notes
Box   8
Folder   22
Manuscript with notes
Note: Unknown chapters.
Box   8
Folder   23
Manuscripts of reviews
Box   8
Folder   24-25
Foreword
Note: Annotated.
Box   17
Folder   2-3
Edited manuscript, chapters 1-2
Note: Annotated.
Box   8
Folder   26
Edited manuscript, old copy, chapters 1-2
Box   9
Folder   1-2
Chapter 1 (“The Heretics”) and chapter 2 (“The Egg”), drafts
Box   9
Folder   3
Chapter 3, first draft
Box   9
Folder   4
Chapters 2 and 10, alternate pages
Box   9
Folder   5
Chapter 3, final draft
Box   9
Folder   6
Unidentified chapters
Note: Annotated.
Box   9
Folder   7-16
Chapters 4-5, 7-10
Note: Annotated.
Box   9
Folder   17-18
Chapter 3/1
Scope and Content Note: NSFA first draft and scrap.
Box   9
Folder   19-22
Chapter 3/2
Scope and Content Note: IIE - source material and scrap.
Box   10
Folder   1-2
Chapter 4, old copy - “The Clouds of War” or “A Tale of Five Cities”
Box   10
Folder   3
Miscellaneous rough copy
Box   10
Folder   4
Proposal copy and part of chapter 5
Box   10
Folder   5
Chapter 4, roughs and discards
Box   17
Folder   4-5
Chapter 4, earlier version
Box   10
Folder   6-10
Chapter 5 (“The Steamroller”), roughs and discards
Box   17
Folder   6
Chapter 6 (“Trial by Fire”)
Box   10
Folder   11-12
Chapter 7 (“Total War”), notes/old material
Box   10
Folder   13
Chapter 8 (“V.P.”)
Box   10
Folder   14-15
Chapter 9 (“This is the News”)
Box   10
Folder   16-19
Chapter 10 (“Decompression”)
Box   10
Folder   20-24
Chapter 11 (“See It Now“)
Box   10
Folder   25
Chapter 12, old and extra material
Box   11
Folder   1-4
Chapter 12 (“Four Broadcasts”)
Box   18
Folder   1
Chapter 12 (“Four Broadcasts”) (continued)
Box   11
Folder   5-7
Chapter 13, old copy
Box   18
Folder   2-4
Chapter 13, See It Now, post 1955
Box   11
Folder   8-9
Chapter 13, See It Now, post 1955 (continued)
Box   11
Folder   10-11
Last chapters, 3-15
Box   11
Folder   12-17
Chapters 13-16, manuscript with notes
Box   11
Folder   18-20
Unidentified chapters
Box   11
Folder   21-24
Chapters 11-12
Box   12
Folder   1-20
Drafts, miscellaneous and unidentified chapters
Note: Annotated.
Box   17
Folder   1
Research notes and unidentified drafts
Box   13
Folder   1-2
Completed manuscript (“Blues”)
Box   18
Folder   5
Master galley, index
Box   18
Folder   6
Corrected captions for book plates
Box   18
Folder   7
Revised master galley, title page- 200
Revised master galley
Box   19
Folder   1
201-400
Box   19
Folder   2
401-607
Box   19
Folder   3
Title page-200
Box   19
Folder   4
201-400
Box   19
Folder   5
401-end
Oversize Folder  
Photo plate layout for book
Series: Research Notes
Box   21-23
Index card file
Box   24
Stenographer's notebooks with research notes
Physical Description: 13 volumes 
Series: Photographs
Box   25
Folder   1
Book plates
Box   25
Folder   2
Fidel Castro on Person to Person
Box   25
Folder   3
Images and captions
Box   25
Folder   4
Press party, June 9, 1986, and negatives
Box   25
Folder   4
Ann Sperber portrait, 1986
Box   25
Folder   5
Murrow and Murrow family images
Series: Other Publications
Box   14
Folder   1
Manuscript, For Jefferson and Liberty, ghosted by Ann M. Sperber
Box   20
Folder   1
Correspondence and reviews related to For Jefferson and Liberty
Box   14
Folder   2
Giselle copy plus Violette Verdy interview
Box   20
Folder   2
Giselle copy plus Violette Verdy interview (continued)
Box   14
Folder   3
Research notes
Box   15
Folder   1
The Valley of Humility
Box   15
Folder   2-4
Correspondence to and from Ann Sperber, 1970-1982
Box   15
Folder   5
Articles and music interviews by Sperber
Box   15
Folder   6
Correspondence and personal notes