Title: A. M. Sperber Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1886-1986

Creator:

• Sperber, A. M. (Ann M.), 1935-

Call Number: M89-141

Quantity: 15.5 c.f. (12 record center cartons, 8 archives boxes, 4 card boxes, and 1 oversize folder) and 88 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information of possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Research files consisting primarily of Ann M. Sperber's research files and annotated manuscripts related to her work, Murrow: His Life and Times. The research files include materials that document Murrow's early life in Greensboro, North Carolina, his experiences as a war correspondent during World War II, his public feud with Senator Joseph McCarthy, his career with CBS, and his directorship of the United States Information Agency.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m89141

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The bulk of the collection consists of multiple generations of heavily annotated drafts of Sperber's book as well as files related to the publication and advertisement of the book such as Sperber's correspondence with her publisher and editor, book reviews, and advertisements. Also included are photographs of Murrow throughout his life, many of which appear in the book. The collection also contains various drafts, manuscripts, research materials, and correspondence related to some of Sperber's other publications.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Ann Sperber, New York, New York. Accession Number: M89-141

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