Title: Robert W. Desmond Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1926-1969

Creator:

• Desmond, Robert W., 1900-1985

Call Number: MCHC68-058; Audio 1993A

Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 audio recording

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Robert W. Desmond, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, journalism educator, and pioneer in the study of world press history and international communications. Desmond joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism at Berkeley as the first chairman in 1939 and served as chairman for more than 15 years. He was a member of the faculty until his retirement in 1968. During his career, Desmond worked on some of the nation's best-known newspapers--the Louisville Courier-Journal, the New York Times, Miami Herald, Paris edition of the New York Herald, and the Christian Science Monitor.

Language: English

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Papers, circa 1926-1969, including manuscripts of Desmond's series of works on international news reporting; background files on various countries, subject files, and bibliographies on those countries and subjects; correspondence; and newspaper articles and publications relating to Desmond's work.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Robert W. Desmond, Berkeley, California. Accession Number: MCHC68-058

MCHC68-058	Manuscripts - World News Reporting series
Box   1 Folder   1-2	The First Historians - The Evolution of International News Communications to the Dawning of the 20th Century (origins through 1900) (pages 1-363 and notes)
Box   1 Folder   3-4	Windows on the World (1900-1920) (pages 449-844)
	Toward the Abyss - Reporting the World between Two Wars (1920-1939)
Box   1 Folder   5-6	Part 1 - general (pages 845-1151)
Box   1 Folder   7-9	Part 2 - specific countries and events (pages 1152-1675)
	Blow Hot - News Correspondence during World War II (1939-1945)
Box   1 Folder   10-11	Volume 1 (pages 1676-2037)
Box   1 Folder   12-13	Volume 2 (pages 2038-2420)
	Blow Cold - Reporting the World at Mid-Century (1945 on)
Box   1 Folder   14-15	Flow of news, United Nations, news agencies (pages 2421-2746, 3078-3103)
Box   1 Folder   16-17	Newspapers, periodicals, radio/television, communications (pages 2747-3077, 3105-3130)
Box   1 Folder   18	Countries (pages 3131-4668 and notes)
Box   2 Folder   1	Countries (pages 3131-4668 and notes) (continued)
	Country background files
Box   2 Folder   2	Afghanistan
Box   2 Folder   3	Africa
Box   2 Folder   4	Albania
Box   2 Folder   5-6	Argentina
Box   2 Folder   7-8	Asia
Box   2 Folder   9	Australia and New Zealand
Box   2 Folder   10	Austria
Box   2 Folder   11	Balkan countries
Box   2 Folder   12	Belgium
Box   2 Folder   13	Bolivia
Box   2 Folder   14	Brazil
Box   2 Folder   15	Bulgaria
Box   2 Folder   16	Burma
Box   2 Folder   17	Canada
Box   2 Folder   18	Chile
Box   2 Folder   19	China
Box   2 Folder   20	Columbia
Box   2 Folder   21	Cuba
Box   2 Folder   22	Czechoslovakia
Box   2 Folder   23	Denmark
Box   2 Folder   24	Ecuador
Box   2 Folder   25	Egypt
Box   2 Folder   26	Europe
Box   2 Folder   27	Finland
Box   2 Folder   28-29	France
Box   2 Folder   30	The press in France
Box   2 Folder   31-32	Germany
Box   2 Folder   33-34	Great Britain
Box   3 Folder   1	Greece
Box   3 Folder   2	Honduras
Box   3 Folder   3	Hungary
Box   3 Folder   4	India (and Ceylon)
Box   3 Folder   5	Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)
Box   3 Folder   6	Indonesia
Box   3 Folder   7	Italy (and Vatican City)
Box   3 Folder   8	Japan
Box   3 Folder   9	Japan and Her Press in Action, Rosemary Reinis, 1963
Box   3 Folder   10	Japan and Her Journalism, Rosemary Reinis, 1963
Box   3 Folder   11	Korea
Box   3 Folder   12-13	Latin America
Box   3 Folder   14	Low countries
Box   3 Folder   15	Malaya and Singapore
Box   3 Folder   16	Mexico
Box   3 Folder   17	Middle East
Box   3 Folder   18	Netherlands
Box   3 Folder   19	Norway
Box   3 Folder   20	Pakistan
Box   3 Folder   21	Peru
Box   3 Folder   22	Philippines
Box   3 Folder   23	Poland and Baltic states
Box   3 Folder   24	Rumania
Box   3 Folder   25-26	Russia
Box   3 Folder   27	Communication and Transmission of News within and from Russia, Susan H. Sadoff, 1963
Box   3 Folder   28	Scandinavian countries
Box   4 Folder   1	South Africa
Box   4 Folder   2	Spain and Portugal
Box   4 Folder   3	Sweden
Box   4 Folder   4	Switzerland (League of Nations, United Nations - European headquarters)
Box   4 Folder   5	Thailand
Box   4 Folder   6	Turkey
Box   4 Folder   7	United Nations
Box   4 Folder   8	Uruguay
Box   4 Folder   9-10	United States of America (Washington, D.C., New York, et cetera)
Box   4 Folder   11	Venezuela
Box   4 Folder   12	West Indies and Atlantic islands
Box   4 Folder   13	Yugoslavia
	Subject files
Box   4 Folder   14	Censorship
Box   4 Folder   15	Communications
Box   4 Folder   16-19	Foreign news
Box   4 Folder   20	Hurricane - Florida, 1926
Box   4 Folder   21	Magazine coverage of world affairs
Box   4 Folder   22	Press associations
Box   4 Folder   23	Propaganda - guidance
Box   4 Folder   24	Radio/television
Box   4 Folder   25	War correspondence
Box   4 Folder   26	Williams, Francis - the role of government in the mass media
Box   4 Folder   27	Bibliographies of countries and subjects
Box   5 Folder   1-2	Bibliographies of countries and subjects (continued)
Box   5 Folder   3	Bibliography of foreign news
Box   5 Folder   4	Matter to be checked into
Box   5 Folder   5	Correspondence and notes, 1938-1968, undated
	Reports, newspaper articles, and publications
Box   5 Folder   6	The French Press, December 2, 1932
Box   5 Folder   7	Royal Commission on the Press - memoranda of evidence, 1947-1948
Box   6 Folder   1	League of Nations meetings, Geneva, 1926-1932
Box   6 Folder   2	News wires, 1939, undated
Box   6 Folder   3	Newspaper article manuscripts, 1957-1958, undated
Box   6 Folder   4	Edward P. Morgan and the News, transcripts, American Broadcasting Network, 1959
Box   6 Folder   5	The Bulletin, Gannett Newspapers, 1965-1967
Box   6 Folder   6	Newspaper clippings and publications, 1939-1968, undated
Audio   1993A/1	Robert W. Desmond, former journalism chairman, University of California, Berkeley, audio recording Scope and Content Note: Desmond discusses issues in university journalism education, as well as improvements and criticisms of the press.