Summary Information
Charlotte Ebener Weller Papers
1946-1955
Local History Manuscript Collection 14
0.4 cubic ft. (1 box)
Milwaukee Public Library (Map)
Charlotte Ebener was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native who
worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent. Contains correspondence,
clippings, news dispatches, and drafts of a manuscript.
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Biography/History
Charlotte Ebener was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 29, 1918 to Joseph
and Catherine Ebener. She attended North Division High School, and then studied
journalism at the Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee graduating with a degree from
the University of Wisconsin in 1942. Her father, Joseph, died later that year. In
1945 her mother married Edwin Knappe, a local Milwaukee Socialist leader and they
remained married until his death in 1971. Charlotte often returned to Wisconsin to
visit her mother; Catherine Ebener Knappe died in 1973.
After college she joined the American Red Cross during World War II and went
overseas. In September 1944, she became a correspondent for the International News
Service. Charlotte then joined the Women’s National News agency and eventually the
Chicago Daily News. She traveled extensively throughout the world as a journalist
and foreign correspondent writing on world affairs. In April of 1946, she was taken
into “protective custody” along with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist George Weller
and five other Americans by Russians in Changchun, Manchuria. They were released
after three weeks. On January 23, 1948, Charlotte and George Weller were married in
Milwaukee at the Mount Mary College (now University) Chapel.
By 1953 Charlotte and George were working for the Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
stationed and living in Rome, Italy. In 1955 she wrote No
Facilities for Women, a book about her life as a foreign correspondent.
She died October 8, 1990 near Rome, Italy.
Scope and Content Note
This collection includes typewritten letters from Charlotte Ebener to her mother,
newspaper clippings and news dispatches. These documents detail her worldwide
travels as a foreign news correspondent. Lastly, there are three draft copies of her
book, No Facilities for Women.
Arrangement of the Materials
The subjects are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each
folder.
Preferred Citation
Weller, Charlotte Ebener, Papers, 1946-1955, Collection 14. Local History Manuscript
Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Related Material in the Milwaukee Public Library
- Edwin W. Knappe Papers. Local History Manuscript Collection 168.
No Facilities for Women
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all
in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript
Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person
appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please
contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection
(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
No acquisition information is currently available. Materials were accessioned as
Local History Manuscripts.
Inventory by Jeffrey K. Carlin-Bartel, Volunteer Archivist, 2012. Processed by
Casey Lapworth, 2018.
Contents List
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1
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1947-1952
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Box
1
Folder
2
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[1950-1954?], undated
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Dispatches, copies, undated
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Dispatches, typewritten, undated
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Newspaper clippings, 1946-1955,
undated
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No Facilities for Women
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Box
1
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Author’s 2nd proof, undated
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Box
1
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Manuscript, undated
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Box
1
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Plate proof, undated
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