Summary Information

Title: Robert Pierpoint Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1943-1982

Creator:

• Pierpoint, Robert

Call Number: U.S. Mss 195AF; Audio 1120A; Disc 176A; AC 280-281; CA 904; Micro 1071; PH 3647-3648

Quantity: 5.8 c.f. (5 cartons, 2 archives boxes, 1 flat box), 5 tape recordings, 1 disc recording, 3 films, 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and photographs

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Robert Pierpoint, a journalist best known as a CBS White House correspondent. The papers document his professional career as a producer and broadcaster for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1940s; his initial affiliation with CBS as a stringer in Scandinavia (1949-1951), his years as a Korean War correspondent for the network (1951-1953) and Far East bureau chief (1953-1957), his assignment to the White House press corps (1957-1980), and his years covering the State Dept. (1980-1982). Included are manuscripts and other material relating to his book, At the White House: Assignment to Six Presidents (1981). The collection is supplemented by miscellaneous photographs, films, and sound recordings from various stages in his career. Of special note are slides of prisoner exchanges following the Korean War.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0195af

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