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Contents List
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Container
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Title
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U.S. Mss 109AF
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 109AF, PH 3-7275): Original Collection, 1935-19662.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) and 1 photograph The Fleming Papers are organized in four series: GENERAL MATERIALS, MCCARTHY MATERIALS, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION MATERIALS, and the single PHOTOGRAPH. Included in the GENERAL series are Fleming's writings on miscellaneous political matters, personal correspondence, radio scripts used by Fleming when substituting for Edward P. Morgan, and information concerning Wisconsin politics in the 1950s and the 1956 Democratic Convention. The second series is solely concerned with the political career of Joseph R. McCarthy. Comprising this group are research materials and correspondence from Fleming's investigations and drafts and clippings of the articles which resulted. Arrangement is alphabetical by topic. Freedom of information and the press is the topic of materials in the third series. Included here is correspondence, press releases, and clippings of a general nature, plus relevant resolutions, minutes and agendas from the National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio-Television News Directors Association. Also retained with the Papers are a number of speeches and statements on the subject by prominent people in broadcasting and reporting. Arrangement is alphabetical by document type or organization name and then chronological within the folders.
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Series: General Materials
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Democratic Convention, 1956
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Fleming's Writings - miscellaneous, 1947, November - 1951, November
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Personal correspondence, 1947, April - 1952, September
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Radio scripts - Bob Fleming and The News (substituting for Edward P. Morgan), 1958, January, August-September
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Wisconsin politics, 1950, September - 1953, November
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Series: McCarthy Materials
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Biography, 1952, November - 1953, March
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Communist charges
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Box
2
Folder
2
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General, 1950-1952
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Jessup, Philip, 1950
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Lattimore, Owen, 1950
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Rosenberg, Anna, 1951
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Congress - relations with, 1950, April - 1952, April
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Critics
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Box
2
Folder
7-8
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General, 1950, January - 1953, April
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Wisconsin, 1950, April - 1952, April
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Disbarment Case and 1946 Campaign, 1946, March - 1952, January
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Duke Study on McCarthy charges, 1951, January - 1952, February
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Eisenhower, Dwight - relations with, 1952, August - October
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Fleming's Writings
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Box
3
Folder
3
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General on McCarthy, 1951, October - 1952, November
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Oregonian Series, 1951, August - 1952, February
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Funds
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Appleton State Bank, 1945, June - 1952, July
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Arundel, Russell, 1952, May-June
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Campaign expenses, 1944-1946
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Income tax, 1935-1951
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Kohler, Walter J. - relations with, 1950, October - 1952, August
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Box
3
Folder
10
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MacArthur, General Douglas, 1948, March - 1951, April
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Marshall, General George Catlett, 1951, May-July
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Milwaukee Journal - attacks on, 1951, January-October
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Misconduct charges against McCarthy
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Box
3
Folder
13
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(By?) Senator William Benton, 1951, October - 1953, September
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Report of Proceedings - Senator William Benton, 1951, October - 1953, September
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Box
4
Folder
2
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New York Post series on McCarthy, 1951, August-September
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Pearson, Drew, 1950, April - 1951, October
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Senate Voting Record, 1949, February - 1951, April
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Stevenson, Adlai, 1952
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Supporters, 1949, March - 1953, October
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Box
4
Folder
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Surine, Donald A., 1951, April
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Taft, Robert A. - relations with, 1951, February - 1952, January
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Tydings, Millard E. - relations with, 1950, June - 1951, August
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Box
4
Folder
10
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War Record, 1951, July - 1953, August
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Series: Freedom of Information Materials
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1963, April - 1966, January
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Clippings, 1961, December - 1966, January
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Miscellaneous, 1963, February - 1965, December
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Miscellaneous speeches and statements, 1962, August - 1965, November
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Box
5
Folder
5
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National Association of Broadcasters, 1960, December - 1965, July
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Press releases, 1962, January - 1966, January
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Box
5
Folder
7
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Radio-Television News Directors Association, 1964-1965
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PH 3-7275
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Series: Photograph of Robert Fleming, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Walter Kohler, Jr.
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M86-477
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Part 2 (M86-477, Tape 999A): Additions, 1943-1977
1.4 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box), 3 tape recordings, 1 disc recording, and photographs and negatives (1 folder)
: Additions, 1943-1977, covering Fleming's work with the Milwaukee Journal, Newsweek, American Broadcasting Company, as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and as Deputy Press Secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Materials include correspondence, speeches, news clippings, appointment books, news conference briefings, photographs, negatives, and tape recordings. The tape recordings have been assigned call number Tape 999A.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Biographical information
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Correspondence and articles, 1955-1957
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Article on Robert La Follette, Jr., 1950
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Date books, 1953, 1955-1956
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Mail, 1943-1957
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1953-1956
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Newsweek, 1949, 1953-1956
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Talks, 1955-1956
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Correspondence regarding departure to Washington, D.C., 1956-1957
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Past work, undated
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McCarthy
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Claims, critics, notes by Robert Fleming, undated
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Voting record, 1947-1952
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Articles, 1952-1954, 1981-1982
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Box
1
Folder
14
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U.S. Army summer course, talking notes and background material, 1968
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Personal, campaign, 1952
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Conventions, national, 1948, 1953-1956
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Media performance, articles, 1965, 1970, 1972
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Congress, 1972
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White House
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Box
1
Folder
19-21
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Memos, staff, background, 1965-1968
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Robert H. Fleming, Press Secretary to the President [presidential trip to Mexico City], 1966
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Press office, 1966-1968
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966, 1968
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Directory of information for White House correspondents, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Secret Service, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Correspondence, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Media/call lists and press coverage, 1965-1967
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Box
1
Folder
29
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President-personal, 1966-1969
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Box
1
Folder
30
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State of the Union, 1966-1968
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Nieman journalism fellowship, 1949-1956
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Presidential nominations, proposal, 1948
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Box
1
Folder
33
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Miscellaneous media and press coverage, White House and politics, 1949, 1966-1969
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Box
1
Folder
34-35
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Media for my comment, 1957, 1966-1967
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Box
1
Folder
36
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News tampering, 1954, 1957
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Box
1
Folder
37
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Newspapering, articles on newspaper industry, 1947, 1950-1951
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Box
1
Folder
38
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Upper school, articles, speeches, and writing on press' roles and responsibilities, 1966-1968
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Box
1
Folder
39
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House book proposal, 1978
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Box
1
Folder
40
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President views, 1958, 1966
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Box
1
Folder
41
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News, Nixon administration, 1969
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Box
1
Folder
42
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State government reorganization, 1946
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Box
1
Folder
43
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Thoughts on covering politics, circa 1947
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Box
1
Folder
44
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Wilkie, Wendell, 1939
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Box
1
Folder
45
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Presidents, 1968, 1971
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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Typescripts, undated
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Trip preparations, 1966-1969
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Presidential travel, 1966
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Box
2
Folder
5-6
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News conferences, February 25-April 14, 1966
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Tape 999A
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Audio recordings
Reel-to-reel tapes
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999A/1
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Fleming address on the quality of Washington reporting, UW-Madison Great Hall, May 1, 1959
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999A/2
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Carl Sandberg Open Hearing, Chicago, discussion on life and times of Abraham Lincoln, February 24, 1959
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999A/3
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“Capitol Cloakroom,” discussion of events in French government in the late 1950s, May 4, 1957
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PH Box
11
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Photographs of Fleming working and with others, 1955, 1966
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