Julia Edwards Papers, 1937-1993


Summary Information
Title: Julia Edwards Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1937-1993

Creator:
  • Edwards, Julia Spalding, 1920-2000
Call Number: M2000-180

Quantity: 7.5 c.f. (7 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 oversize folder), 21 tape recordings, 6 videorecordings, and photographs

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers documenting the personal and professional life of Julia Edwards, a foreign correspondent in post-World War II Germany who wrote numerous articles and two books, The Occupiers (1967) and Women of the World: The Great Foreign Correspondents (1988). Edwards worked for several newspapers and on a free-lance basis. She was a member of the National Press Club and the Overseas Press Club where she served for over a decade as chairman of the Ross Award committee and from which she received the Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence in 1989.

Language: English

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Scope and Content Note

Included is biographical material, personal papers, and memorabilia; correspondence relating to the publication and editing of her writings; multiple drafts of books and articles; news clippings; notebooks; date books; sound recordings of speeches, interviews of Edwards, and interviews she did for her book; formal and informal photographs of Edwards and her professional activities; and videotapes of a speech and interviews about Women of the World.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by the estate of Julia Edwards. Accession Number: M2000-180


Contents List
M2000-180
Series: Biographical Materials
Box   1
Folder   1
Resumes and brief biographies, 1948-circa 1991
Box   1
Folder   2
Will, certificates, citations, school transcript, 1938-1989
Box   1
Folder   3
Press cards, visas, travel papers, 1942-1971
Box   1
Folder   4
Articles and clippings about Edwards, 1948-1990
Box   1
Folder   5
Barnard College, 1940-1992
Box   1
Folder   6-8
Columbia University, 1941-1989
Box   1
Folder   9-10
Family correspondence, history and other materials, circa 1941-1991
Financial matters
Box   1
Folder   11
Financial back-up--Edwards and Wathen estates, 1963-1975
Box   1
Folder   12
Cardinal Oil, Dallas, 1956-1958
Box   1
Folder   13-14
Centro Americana [Tappan], 1963-1970
Box   1
Folder   15-18
Bruce Humphries, Publishers [Reliance Corporation], 1963-1967
Box   1
Folder   19
John E. Lemon v. Edwards, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   20
Carl Grayson, Robert B. Luce, Inc., Book Publishers, 1964
Box   1
Folder   21
Condominium, Longboat Key, Florida, 1990
Box   1
Folder   22
Cooperative apartment, Riverside Towers, New York City, 1957-1964
Box   1
Folder   23
Miscellaneous autobiographical writings, undated
Personal correspondence
Box   1
Folder   24-27
Chronological, 1940, 1945, 1959-1990, undated
Box   1
Folder   28
Lyons, Edward, 1973
Box   1
Folder   29-30
Tepe, Jack, 1990-1992
Box   1
Folder   31-34
Political activities, 1959-circa 1965, 1972, 1977-1978
Series: Professional Activities
Employment
Box   1
Folder   35
Civil Service applications, 1961-1975
Box   1
Folder   36
IMP Mission Service [information specialist], 1951-1952
Box   1
Folder   37
Research Institute of America, 1954-1959
Box   1
Folder   38
The Commodex System [public relations consultant], 1959
Box   1
Folder   39-40
Aufbau, 1959
Box   1
Folder   41
1962
Box   1
Folder   42
Inflation Simplified [editing], 1968-1969
Box   1
Folder   43
Institute of International Education, 1969-1970
Box   1
Folder   44
1970s
Box   1
Folder   45
Government contract proposal, 1976
Box   1
Folder   46
Job search, 1977
Box   2
Date books and address books, 1950, 1955-1957, 1959-1993, undated
Correspondence
Box   3
Folder   1-22
Chronological, 1941-1993, undated
Box   3
Folder   23
Adler, Mike, National Enquirer, 1970-1972
Box   3
Folder   24
Brown, Eve, undated
Box   3
Folder   25
Kraus, Max W., 1990-1991
Box   3
Folder   26
Wirsig, Woodrow, 1991-1992
Box   3
Folder   27-39
Notebooks, 1961-1982, undated
Organizations
Overseas Press Club
Box   3
Folder   40-43
General, 1963-1992
Box   3
Folder   44
Porto wine tasting, 1973
Box   3
Folder   45
Overseas Press Club Foundation
Madeline Ross Award
Box   3
Folder   46-47
1972-1979
Box   4
Folder   1-3
1980-1993
Box   4
Folder   4
International Women's Media Project, U.S. Conference, 1991
Box   4
Folder   5
National Press Club, 1972-1986
Box   4
Folder   6-7
Society of Writers, Artists and Photographers, Florida, 1958-1992
Box   4
Folder   8-9
Speaking engagements [correspondence and notes], 1988-1989
Series: Writings
Books--published
The Occupiers [1967, Fleet Publishing, New York]
Box   4
Folder   10
Hard-cover book copy
Box   4
Folder   11
Reviews and publication events
Box   4
Folder   12-14
Correspondence
Box   4
Folder   15-18
Edwards v. Fleet Printing, 1966-1981
Box   4
Folder   19
Miscellany
Box   4
Folder   20-30
Manuscript versions [some incomplete]
Women of the World: The Great Foreign Correspondents [1988, Houghton Mifflin, Boston]
Box   4
Folder   31
Hardcover book copy
Box   4
Folder   32
Reviews
Box   4
Folder   33
Events
Box   4
Folder   34
Proposals, outlines
Box   5
Folder   1-31
Research materials and notes
Box   5
Folder   32-41
Correspondence
Box   5
Folder   42-48
Manuscript versions [some incomplete]
Box   6
Folder   1-9
Manuscript versions [some incomplete]
Books--unpublished
Box   6
Folder   10-21
“Everything But Sleep” [novel], circa 1958-1965
Box   6
Folder   22
“Angola: War and Peace in Africa” [proposal], 1961[?]
Box   6
Folder   23-25
“Safari In Search of the Truth” [proposed book on Africa], 1961-1962
Box   6
Folder   26
“Nigeria: Land of Change in the New Africa” [proposal], 1962
Box   6
Folder   27-29
“The Organizers: Conquering Inner Space” [nonfiction book about the capacity of the U.S. to assist in organizing the world for peaceful purposes], 1969-1971
Box   6
Folder   30
“The Spoiled Traveler's Guide to an Unspoiled World” [later titled “Adventures for the Jet Set”], 1973-1974
Box   6
Folder   31-32
“Everything But Sleep: The Education of a Woman Correspondent” [memoir], 1980s
Box   6
Folder   33
“The Americans Are Coming,” [proposal for book on American foreign policy], undated
Booklets
Box   6
Folder   34
Published--“Fever of Freedom” [Western Electric], undated
Box   7
Folder   1
Unpublished--“Through the New Africa,” 1962
Articles--published
Box   7
Folder   2
University of Louisville Cardinal and Barnard College Bulletin--inch books, 1937-1938
Box   7
Folder   3
Louisville Courier-Journal, 1940s
Box   7
Folder   4
Stars and Stripes, 1940s
Box   7
Folder   5
Baltimore Sun, 1942-1943
Oversize Folder   1
Scrapbook of Baltimore Sun and Chicago Daily News clippings
Oversize Folder   1
Stand-up bookstore sign for The Occupiers
Box   7
Folder   6-9
Other articles, 1940s-1990s, undated
Manuscripts of articles, news stories, and pertinent correspondence
Box   7
Folder   10
Moscow World Festival of Youth, 1957
Box   7
Folder   11
Ideas current, 1957-1958
Box   7
Folder   12
Pornography series, 1958-1959
Box   7
Folder   13
“Help Wanted Male,” 1958-1959
Box   7
Folder   14
Caribbean, 1959
Box   7
Folder   15
Haiti, 1959
Box   7
Folder   16-25
Africa, 1959-1962
Box   7
Folder   26
Cuba, 1960
Box   7
Folder   27
“How Much House Can You Afford to Own,” 1962
Box   7
Folder   28-35
Latin America, 1963
Box   7
Folder   36
Samoa, 1967
Box   7
Folder   37
Antarctica, 1967-1968
Box   7
Folder   38
Micronesia, 1968
Box   7
Folder   39
New Guinea, 1968
Box   7
Folder   40
Turkey, 1971
Box   7
Folder   41
Siberia and Mongolia, 1972-1973
Box   7
Folder   42
Television fiction series outline, 1971
Box   7
Folder   43
“Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!” , 1974
Box   7
Folder   44
“Why Real Estate Agents Hate People,” 1975
Box   7
Folder   45
Advertising Age, 1977
Box   8
Folder   1-4
China, 1977
Box   8
Folder   5
Health insurance, 1979-1980
Box   8
Folder   6
“In Tanzania: Tourism Will Not Die,” 1981
Box   8
Folder   7
Seychelles, 1981
Box   8
Folder   8
“The Education of a Reporter,” 1985
Box   8
Folder   9
“The Ants Are Behaving Like Anarchists: A Reporter's Report On Women Who Put Their Minds To Work,” undated
Box   8
Folder   10
“Careers for Women,” undated
Box   8
Folder   11
Creative ideas, undated
Box   8
Folder   12-21
Miscellaneous manuscripts and manuscript pages
Tape 1392A
Series: Audio Recordings
Speeches
“Newswomen of Achievement, National Press Club,” October 1985
“Bay Village [Florida],” circa 1989
“Venice [Florida] Public Library/Phi Beta Kappa,” circa 1989
“American Association of University Women-Tampa/Friends of the Selby [Florida] Library,” circa 1989
Society of Professional Journalists, circa 1989
Foreign Service Retirees Association, circa 1989
International Women's Media Foundation, March 3, 1991
“Bradenton/Commission on the Status of Women,” March, 1991
“Overseas Press Club--Zumwalt” [Side 2], undated
Women correspondents in Iraqi war, undated
Radio interviews of Edwards
“Speak Up,” Irene Herman, WQSA [Florida], October, 1989
“Speak Up,” Irene Herman, WQSA [Florida], 1992
WNYC Public Radio [New York City], circa 1990
Louisville, circa 1989
Edwards, Liz Trotta, Carol Morella, WHYY [Philadelphia], undated
Interviews by Edwards for Women of the World
Mary Marvin Breckinridge; Georgie Anne Geyer
Helen Kirkpatrick; Toni Howard
Flora Lewis
Liz Trotta
Esther Van Wagoner Tufty
Fay Wells
PH Box   1
Series: Photographs
Scope and Content Note: Formal portraits; Mike Wallace TV show; travels, on assignments, such as WAAC training (1943) and Korea (1952).
Film Archive
Series: Videorecordings
Channel 8 News, interview, Tampa, Florida, February 22, 1989
“The Right to Know,” interview, Bradenton, Florida, March 8, 1989
“Ask Washington/Meet the Authors,” August 3, 1988
“Library Edition,” interview, Broward County, Florida, October 29, 1988
Lecture at New College, November 11,1988
“Kentuckiana, Sunday,” interview, Louisville, Kentucky, undated