Summary Information

Title: Sig Mickelson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1947-1975

Creator:

• Mickelson, Sig, 1913-2000

Call Number: U.S. Mss 152AF; Tape 585A

Quantity: 15.0 c.f. (15 record center cartons) and 39 tape recordings

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Partially processed personal and professional papers of a broadcasting executive and journalism educator. Professional papers include subject files and correspondence amassed during Mickelson's employment with CBS News (1943-1961), Time-Life Broadcast, Inc. (1961-1973), and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (1973-1975). Personal papers consist of correspondence about his book The Electric Mirror: Politics in an Age of Television (1972) and speeches, articles, and subject files relating to the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, the International Broadcast Institute, the National News Council, and communication satellites.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0152af

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