Summary Information

Title: Robert K. McCormick Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1968

Creator:

• McCormick, Robert K., 1911-1985

Call Number: U.S. Mss 23AF; Micro 658; Audio 332A; CC 588-CC 589; DG 084-DG 085; VBC 338-VBC 339; MCHC68-139

Quantity: 4.5 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 18 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 tape recordings, 4 reels of film (16 mm), and 2 videorecordings (3/4-inch U-Matic user copies)

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 McCormick, a journalist and NBC news correspondent consisting of an oral history interview with McCormick, correspondence, scripts, and subject files. Scripts, especially those for radio, comprise the majority of the collection. These include material for Monitor, News on the Hour, Today in Washington, Weekend Report, and World News Roundup; there are also a small number of television scripts. Content of the scripts reflects McCormick's changing assignments: the Pacific theater during World War II; Germany, 1951-1955; and the State Department and congressional affairs, 1955-1956. Subject files consist primarily of non-script material for NBC specials, background reports and memoranda to network executives, unused story ideas, and a small amount of material pertaining to his career with Collier's. Of particular interest is the material for two specials, one on the plight of American Indians (Kaleidoscope: “The American Stranger,” 1958), included is a kinescope film copy of the program; and another about Angola (NBC White Paper: “Angola: Journey to a War,” 1961).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0023af

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