Robert Lasch Papers, 1940-1991

Container Title
U.S. Mss 81AF
Part 1 (U.S. Mss 81AF): Original 1967 Accession, 1942-1966
Physical Description: 1.2 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) 
Scope and Content Note

The materials received in 1967 (Box 1-2, 14) consist of correspondence, writings by Lasch, and office memoranda and date 1942-1966.

Although there is correspondence from 1942 to 1962 in the original 1967 accession, most letters are concerned with the period when he was on the staff of the Chicago Sun, 1942-1950. There is also office memoranda, drafts of articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous. The office memoranda are especially revealing as to how suggestions are made and carried out in editorial writing. Also included are two scrapbooks containing Mr. Lasch's editorials from June 18, 1947 to April 2, 1949.

Box   1
Correspondence, 1942-1962
Box   1
Articles about Lasch or his work
Box   1
Magazine articles written by Lasch, 1942-1950
Box   2
Office memoranda, circa 1942-1949
Box   2
Pulitzer prize winning editorial
Box   2
Editorials and clippings, 1942-1949, undated
Scrapbooks of editorials
Box   14
1947 June 1-September 28
Box   14
1949 August 3-1950 April 2