Title: Guy Terry Meiss Interviews
Inclusive Dates: 1975

Creator:

• Meiss, Guy Terry

Call Number: M2004-099

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 99 tape recordings

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:

Interviews with foreign correspondents working in Southeast Asia conducted by Guy Terry Meiss for his dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the methodology and philosophy of the foreign correspondent. Interviewees discuss story generation, relations with sources such as the CIA and embassy contacts, communication with editors, and their philosophy of journalism. Most interviews are accompanied by a typed or handwritten index to the interview.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2004099

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Use Restrictions

No release forms were gathered for any of the interviewees; researchers should seek permission for quotation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Guy Meiss, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Accession Number: M2004-099

Sound Archive	Series: Audio Recordings
Box   1	Arnold Abrams, 2/6/75 & 3/3/75 Physical Description: 3 tapes
Box   1	David Aikman, 5/12/75
Box   1	Keyes Beech, 2/21/75 & 3/11/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   1	Rick Borsuk, 5/11/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   1	Henry Bradsher, 1/29/75
Box   1	Jim Browning, 4/7/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   1	K. Mark Chrysler, 9/8/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   1	Tony Clifton, 5/7 - 9/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   1	Leon Daniel, 2/12 - 13/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   2	Woody Edwards, 1/28/75
Box   2	Robert Elegant, 3/13/75, 4/22/75 & 5/14/75 Physical Description: 3 tapes
Box   2	Harold Ellithorpe, 2/21/75 & 3/5/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   2	Loren Fessler, 5/22/75
Box   2	Murray Fromson and B. Dunning, 4/7/75 & 4/10/75
Box   2	Frank Gibney, 9/16/75, no index
Box   2	David Greenway, 5/8/75
Box   2	Richard Halloran, 9/2/75 & 10/7/75, partial index Physical Description: 3 tapes
Box   2	John Hogan, 4/9/75, partial index Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   2	Skip Issacs, 4/10/75
Box   2	Sam Jameson, 7/28/75
Box   3	Sam Jameson, 8/24/75
Box   3	Peter Kahn, 2/27/75 & 3/17/75 Physical Description: 3 tapes
Box   3	Keith Kay, 3/25/75 & 3/26/75, no index
Box   3	Bernie Krisher, 7/7/75, 7/31/75 & 9/30/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   3	Bill Kurtis, Bob Weiner and Jack Reynolds, 4/9-10/75
Box   3	Joseph Lelyveld, 3/10/75
Box   3	Seth Lipsky, 5/2/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   3	Sydney Liu, 3/7/75
Box   3	Frederick Maerkle, 7/5/75
Box   3	Ann Mariano, 4/4/75
Box   3	Skip Martin, 9/4/75
Box   3	Arthur Miller, 3/4/75
Box   3	Lynn Newland, 5/8-9/75
Box   4	Lynn Newland, 5/8-9/75
Box   4	Don Oberdorfer, 7/4/95
Box   4	Bert Okuley, 2/13/75
Box   4	Dennis O'Leary, 5/26/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   4	Anthony Paul, 3/24/75
Box   4	Norman Pearlstine, 8/27/75
Box   4	Bud Pratt, 3/8/75
Box   4	Jack Reynolds, 4/6/75
Box   4	John Roderick, 7/29/75
Box   4	Roy Rowen, 1/27/75
Box   4	John Sarr, 9/29/75, no index
Box   4	Mathew Seiden, 9/2/75 & 9/8/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   4	Joseph Simon, 2/20/75 and Frederick Fisher, , 3/3/75
Box   4	Robert Shaplen, 3/25/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   5	Charles Smith, 2/14/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   5	Rick Smith, 4/29/75, 6/27/75, & 8/24/75 Physical Description: 6 tapes
Box   5	Dan Southernland, 4/7/75
Box   5	Briefing, South Vietnam, 4/9/75 and BBC U.S. Evacuation News, , 4/30/75, no index
Box   5	Bill Stewart, 7/28/75 - 9/8/75 Physical Description: 4 tapes
Box   5	U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 7/31/75 & 8/29/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   5	Jonathan Unger, 5/5/75
Box   6	Alice Villadolid, 5/23/75, no index
Box   6	Bing Wong, 1/29/75, 2/14/75, 2/17/75 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   6	Tracey Wood, 2/12-13/75, no index tape 2 Physical Description: 2 tapes
Box   6	Eddie Wu, 2/26/75
Box   6	Ron Yates, 7/29/75, 8/14/75 & 9/8/75 Physical Description: 3 tapes
Box   6	James Yee, 2/24/75 and Sylvia Rifkin, , 3/17/75
Box   6	Joseph Yu, 7/8/75
Box   6	Meiss: Impressions/Reflections from Saigon, no index Physical Description: 3 tapes
M2004-099	Series: Indices/Abstracts/Inventories	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Inventory of tapes, handwritten/typed indices, researcher's date planner
Box   1 Folder   2	Abrams - Daniel (Tape box 1)
Box   1 Folder   3	Edwards - Jameson (Tape box 2)
Box   1 Folder   4	Kahn - Miller (Tape box 3)
Box   1 Folder   5	Oberdorfer - Shaplen (Tape box 4)
Box   1 Folder   6	Smith - Unger (Tape box 5)
Box   1 Folder   7	Wong - Yu (Tape box 6)