Summary Information
Cecil Brown Papers
1931-1996 (bulk 1931-1987)
U.S. Mss 14AF; Micro 2107; Audio 1314A; Audio 1486A; PH 3150; VAA 096-098; M2000-134
33.0 cubic feet (28 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 4 card boxes and 1 flat box), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 3 disc recordings, 3 tape recordings, 3.0 cubic feet of photographs (9 flat boxes and 1 archives box), 0.4 cubic feet of transparencies (1 archives box), 0.4 cubic feet of negatives (1 negative box), and 3 videorecordings (2-inch open reel videotapes); plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Cecil Brown, a journalist and news commentator whose radio and television analyses of national and international news were aired by ABC, CBS, MBS, NBC and PBS. Broadcast scripts and writings comprise the majority of the collection, with scripts from broadcasts on MBS being the largest. Also included are many photographs, mostly taken by Brown while on assignment and a few recordings of Brown's broadcasts.
There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0014af
Biography/History
Cecil Brown was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, on September 14, 1907. The family later moved to Beaver Falls and College Hill, Pennsylvania and Warren, Ohio. While attending high school in Warren, he was editor of the school paper. Brown attended Western Reserve University for two years, concentrating on courses in journalism and later transferring to Ohio State University. His first newspaper job was with the Warren, Ohio, Tribune-Chronicle, describing a canoe trip on the Ohio River. After his junior year Brown stowed away on a ship going to South America, and wrote weekly stories about the experience to the Youngstown Vindicator. Following his senior year at Ohio State University, Brown shipped out as a seaman on an American Export Lines freighter to the Black Sea and then to North Africa. An injury and operation in Casablanca forced his return to the United States. While en route to Mexico City, Brown accepted a job with the United Press at Phoenix and was soon transferred to Los Angeles. In 1933, at the age of 26, Cecil Brown became editor of the Prescott-Journal Miner in Prescott, Arizona. The following year Brown returned to the East to work for the Pittsburgh Press, 1934-1936, and the Newark Ledger, 1936-1937.
Brown's first contact with radio came during the summer of 1937 as a temporary news writer for CBS but soon after he became a free-lance magazine writer, traveling in Europe for several months and selling a series of articles to Ken magazine. In 1938, he joined the International News Service in Paris. Shortly thereafter INS sent him to Rome as bureau manager, where he reported on the death of Pope Pius XI.
In February 1940 Brown become part of the CBS staff in Rome and part of that network's European team along with Edward R. Murrow in London, William Shirer in Berlin, and Eric Sevareid in Paris. Because of his frank broadcast opinions--always a hallmark of Brown's reporting--in April 1941, Mussolini expelled Brown for his open hostility to fascism. During the next eleven months, Brown's travel for CBS took him to Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, India, and Malaya. He was briefly held by the Germans in Sarajevo, saw the Allied troops take Damascus, reported on the fighting in Egypt, and was involved in a plane crash while observing the defense of Malaya. Finally, Brown was on board the Repulse, a British warship, when it and the warship Prince of Wales were sunk in the South China Sea three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After his rescue, Brown's eyewitness account of the sinking brought him international fame. This reporting won Brown the Peabody Award for the best news coverage of 1941, and his book about the event, Suez to Singapore (1942), became a best seller.
In January 1942 Brown's criticism of the British lack of preparedness in his CBS broadcasts from Singapore led to the revocation of his broadcast license, after which Brown returned to the United States and began a regular nightly radio broadcast for CBS. At the same time he launched a career as a public speaker and continued his free-lance writing. In September 1943, Brown resigned from CBS over the right to express his opinions during news broadcasts. The Mutual Broadcasting System hired Brown, where he remained with MBS for thirteen years as a news broadcaster and analyst. Brown's career with MBS was notable for his extensive travels to Europe, the Far East, and the Soviet Union, and his interviews with world leaders. Brown was one of the first reporters to use a portable tape recorder for his on-the-spot reporting. During this period Brown won the Overseas Press Club's award for foreign affairs commentary, and he served as president of the Overseas Press Club.
In 1957 Brown began broadcasting on television for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on a program known as Cecil Brown and the News. After being replaced in that slot, Brown then joined the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to head its news operations in the Far East. With a base in Tokyo, Brown traveled widely to cover the news in that part of the globe. In 1962 NBC transferred him to Los Angeles where he began a regular program of news analysis on KNBC, the Brown-Peterson Comment, which was broadcast to a West Coast audience. In 1964 Brown resigned to become director of news and public affairs at KCET, the public television station in Los Angeles, where he continued his broadcast commentaries. In 1966 his KCET broadcasts earned Brown the Alfred I. DuPont award for national broadcast excellence and the Associated Press award for outstanding editorial commentary.
In 1967, at age 60, Brown began a teaching career at California Polytechnic University where he taught American civilization and mass communications. He quickly established a reputation as one of the best lecturers on campus, and in 1980, the year in which he retired, he won the school's outstanding teacher award. Brown died on October 25, 1987 as the result of a ruptured aorta. He was survived by his wife, Martha Kohn, whom he married in Italy in 1938.
Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.
Administrative/Restriction Information
The Wisconsin Historical Society does not have the equipment needed to play the recordings under call numbers VAA 096-098.
Original Collection presented by Cecil and Martha Brown, New York City and Hollywood, California, 1958-2000; portions donated without accessioning, 1958-1966. Additions presented by Martha Brown, Los Angeles, California, 2000. Accession Number: MCHC61-006, MCHC62-014, MCHC62-068, MCHC62-070, MCHC64-098, MCHC67-006, MCHC67-123, MCHC80-100, MCHC83-005, M84-242, M88-343, M89-242, M92-325, M99-013, M2000-134
Original Collection processed by Janice O'Connell, 1963 and 1966.
Contents List
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U.S. Mss 14AF
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 14AF, Micro 2107, Audio 1314A, Audio 1486A, PH 3150, VAA 096-098): Original Collection, 1931-199433.0 c.f. (28 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 4 card boxes and 1 flat box), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 3 disc recordings, 3 tape recordings, 3.0 of photographs (9 flat boxes and 1 archives box), 0.4 c.f. of transparencies (1 archives box), 0.4 c.f. of negatives (1 negative box), and 3 videorecordings (2-inch open reel videotapes) The Cecil Brown Papers consist of four series: SPEECHES, WRITINGS, and BROADCAST SCRIPTS; CORRESPONDENCE; SUBJECT FILES; and VISUAL MATERIALS. The SPEECHES, WRITINGS and BROADCAST SCRIPTS are arranged alphabetically by format, with scripts for radio and television comprising the largest part of the collection. The scripts cover Brown's career from his work for CBS Radio during World War II to his commentaries for KCET, the public broadcasting television station in California. In general each script is one-third news and two-thirds commentary. The scripts are typed and generally bear evidence of pre-broadcast editing. Brown's methods for paging the radio scripts vary. As a result, some pages may appear out of order. In the Archives the scripts have been arranged so as to best preserve their continuity. Brown, himself, apparently often rearranged the pages in last minute editing. Highlights of the scripts include Brown's analysis of the Truman-MacArthur controversy in 1951 and the integration of Little Rock High School in 1957. The radio scripts from 1958 through 1962 were primarily broadcast from Tokyo and elsewhere in the Far East, where Brown worked for NBC. There are also scripts for NBC news specials in which Brown and others appeared. Related to the World War II era radio scripts are the original cables and dispatches that Brown filed from abroad for inclusion in the network news. These cables and similar later items are the best and often the only means of obtaining information on Brown's news reports. Occasionally, the cables often reveal business matters between Brown and his employer. One of the longest cables is a copy of the one British war correspondent O.D. Gallagher sent to the London Daily Mail explaining, and in part, vindicating, Brown for his broadcasts from Singapore. The dispatches of 1941, especially those from Singapore, show evidence of censorship. While traveling abroad for MBS, Brown recorded many interviews with world leaders and ordinary people on the street. While Brown's notebooks document the shipment of these tapes to the United States, none are included in the collection. In addition to the news scripts the collection includes published non-fiction articles, cables, speeches and speech notes (primarily dating from the 1960s and 1970s), newspaper stories, notes, and miscellaneous writings. Brown's best-selling book, Suez to Singapore, is documented by his annotated final draft, publicity, reviews, abridgements, and book cover. One of the microfilmed scrapbooks consists largely of information about publicity book tours. A first edition of the book is available in the Historical Society Library. The articles include drafts and printed articles. During the initial processing in the Archives Brown's articles were inventoried and those published in periodicals held by the Historical Society Library were discarded. In the list below, the presence of an asterisk indicates articles that were retained in the archival collection. | | Magazine | Article | Date | | * | Ken | “A Nut Between Crackers” | 1938 May 5 | | * | Ken | “The Dust Bowl of Freedom” | 1938 May 19 | | * | Ken | “Tomorrow the World is Ours” | 1938 June 2 | | | Collier's | “Inside Italy - Martha Brown” | 1941 April 26 | | | The Saturday Evening Post | “The German's Are Coming” | 1941 August 23 | | | Woman's Home Company | “Life in Nazified Italy - Martha Brown” | 1941 August | | | Life | “The Desert Is Hell” | 1941 December 8 | | | Life | “Malay Jungle War” | 1942 January 12 | | | Collier's | “Stand By for Torpedo” | 1942 January 17 | | | Talks | “I Was Aboard the Repulse” | 1942 January | | | Readers Digest | “Stand By for Torpedo” | 1942 March | | | Talks | “Why Singapore Fell” | 1942 April | | | Life | “How Japan Wages War” | 1942 May 11 | | | Collier's | “Take 'Er Down” | 1942 May 16 | | | Life | “The Australians” | 1942 June 8 | | * | Liberty | “When the Repulse Went Down” | 1942 June 13 | | * | Liberty | “America's Fifth Column in Europe, Part I” | 1942 June 27 | | * | Liberty | “America's Fifth Column in Europe, Part II” | 1942 July 4 | | | Readers Digest | “Take 'Er Down” | 1942 August | | | Talks | “Total Warfare on the Home Front” | 1942 October | | * | Omnibook | “Suez to Singapore” | 1942 December | | | Talks | “The Enemy We Face” | 1943 July | | | Collier's | “Do You Know What You're Fighting” | 1943 December 11 | | * | Good Housekeeping | “What's Going to Happen to Our Woman Workers?” | 1943 December | | * | Swing | “The Heritage and the Inheritor” | 1945 June | | * | See | “How You Can Spot a Fascist” | 1944 January | | * | See | “Germany Can't Be Trusted” | 1945 November | | | This Week | “How Much Can England Take?” | 1947 October 12 | | * | See | “How Close Are We to War With Russia?” | 1948 September | | * | New Outlook | “Humor Behind the Iron Curtain” | 1954 September | | | Saturday Review | “Brinkmanship” | 1957 April 27 | | | Ten Telling Years | A publication of the Mutual Broadcasting system, 1934-1944, containing a section by Brown | 1944 October |
Newspaper stories written during the early years of Brown's career chiefly for the Pittsburgh Press are available only on microfilm. Other writings include a lengthy report on American ideas and attitudes based on interviews he conducted during World War II, a 1961 report for President Kennedy on Japan published as part of NBC's book Memo to JFK, and a paper on the Vietnam War. The series also includes five recordings of Brown including a report on the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941; an interview with Brown at the National Foreign Trade Convention, 1957; and his comments on Marilyn Monroe's death. The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged chronologically and begins in 1936 and is sparse until the 1960s and 1970s including fan mail, personal correspondence, and letters concerned with arrangements for public speaking. The fan mail is generally thoughtful and intelligent, with criticisms as well as praise. A large number of listener letters were received in 1953 during the Truman-MacArthur controversy and 1957 when Brown took a strong stand in support of the Supreme Court's decision on integration. In one letter Brown mentioned that 85% of the letters received from listeners were words of approval. Not infrequently Brown took the time to reply in some detail to a listener, explaining why he held the point of view expressed in his broadcasts. Good examples of Brown's replies are his letter to Mrs. Marguerite B. Pratt on July 10, 1950 and his letter to Frank Lambeth on October 26, 1957. During the period 1957-1958, the correspondence includes information on the Overseas Press Club. The years 1966-1968 are the most extensively documented period in the correspondence. They cover the years when Brown's news analysis was being carried by KCET in Los Angeles and his opinions on Vietnam, the student movement, and cigarette smoking triggered many viewer letters. In addition, there are letters of congratulations, arrangements for Brown's public speaking (particularly at Gregory Ziemer's Institute of Lifetime Learning) and for guest appearances on his program, and letters of congratulations. A few items hint at plans to become a marketing consultant for American companies that did business in the Far East and to research and write a book on Asian affairs. Correspondence dating from the 1970s relates to his teaching assignments at California Polytechnic. After Brown's retirement in 1980 the correspondence is increasingly dominated by exchanges with friends. Several other segments of the correspondence which may be of interest include Brown's letter of January 14, 1941, to Harry W. August, of the Pittsburgh Press, in which he described how he gathered news and cultivated individuals likely to be good news sources; September and October 1942, correspondence with the Navy Department concerning censorship of Suez to Singapore; the charges made in October 1950 that he was a Communist sympathizer. The SUBJECT FILES are arranged alphabetically and include biographical information, some additional correspondence, and diaries. The biographical information includes a 1941 autobiographical sketch, notes for an autobiography that was apparently never written, brief biographies, microfilmed clipping scrapbooks, loose clippings and a recording of an interview with Brown. The scrapbooks are composed chiefly of articles and clippings about Cecil Brown, as well as programs in which he participated, a few letters and congratulatory telegrams, mimeographed press releases, isolated photographs (which were retained after microfilming), awards and citations, and samples of publicity. Loose clippings, which primarily postdated the scrapbooks, have been photocopied. Brown's files on the broadcast networks are probably incomplete. The CBS file contains letters from Brown to Paul W. White, CBS director of foreign affairs, written from the Far East and a few items pertaining to Brown's resignation in 1943. Of special interest is an exchange between White and Hans V. Kaltenborn about the freedom of speech issue that caused Brown's resignation. The clipping scrapbook from this time period also contains many articles on Brown's resignation. There is even less material concerning Brown's employment by the Mutual Broadcasting System, although Brown worked longest for that network. There is, however, a lengthy report prepared for his sponsor about conditions he witnessed during his 1952 world tour. Some of the issues raised during that period, particularly with regard to sponsors, can be found, however, in his 1944 correspondence with the advertising agency Ivey and Ellington. About ABC there is only correspondence about the contract signed in 1957 and terminated in 1958. Materials pertaining to NBC are more extensive. In addition to general administrative matters, these files contain numerous background reports about the Far East prepared for William R. MacAndrew, vice president of NBC News, and other network executives. The reports concern foreign policy, Japanese television, conditions in NBC's Tokyo bureau, and interviews with Charles E. Bohler, Averell Harriman, and the daughter of General Hideki Tojo, as well as further information on his controversial interview with Japanese Prime Minister Nobosuke Kishi. Cecil Brown's diaries cover the eventful years of 1939-1943, as well as other years in which he also travelled extensively, 1949-1950, 1951, 1954, and 1957. Brown not only recorded events, itineraries, and memoranda, but he also included observations, notes, and personal thoughts. Notes on interviews with well-known persons are often recorded, especially in the diary of September 1942-March 1943, which includes interviews with Cordell Hull, and foreign leaders including Alexander Louden of the Netherlands, Maxim Litvinoff of Russia, and Lord Halifax of the United Kingdom. There are also materials on an interview with Japanese Premier Kishi, a mimeographed report of a 1958 press conference conducted by President Chiang Kai-shek, notes on a 1958 conversation with Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and a 1964 conversation with Dwight Eisenhower. Under the subject heading “Family” is correspondence exchanged between Martha and Cecil; exchanges with Brown's elderly parents Maurice and Jenny of Warren, Ohio; as well as Martha Brown's diaries (1939, 1949-1950), writings, and interviews. Cecil's letters to Martha are limited, but many document the period in 1941 after she returned to the United States for her safety. Files about the Overseas Press Club (OPC) contain minutes, reports, and a small quantity of correspondence and administrative papers pertaining to 1957-1958, the year that he served as president. Another folder concerns the West Coast branch of OPC. Brown's career at California Polytechnic is represented by correspondence related to fundraising; projects; and course outlines, examinations, handouts and notes for his popular American Civilization course. The VISUAL MATERIALS date 1937-1981, and include prints, negatives, and transparencies, and open reel videotape. Many of the photographs were made by Brown while covering the news abroad and vacationing, 1937-1959. Brown's photography is an important part of the collection and it visually confirms his reputation for being on the spot at the right time. The bulk of the prints in the collection are in 17 albums arranged chronologically. The pre-war albums begin in 1937 and document his life in Rome and travels to Paris, Berlin, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. Brown shot many of the same types of images of buildings and street scenes photographed by most tourists but his work shows a special affinity for documenting street life and faces. Brown also photographed several events of historical interest including meetings between Hitler and Mussolini and between Nikita Khruschev and Sukarno, as well as conditions in pre-war Berlin and in Taiwan in 1950. Individuals who appear include Robert Kennedy, Douglas MacArthur, and Jack Paar. Additional prints include formal portraits of Brown, informal portraits of him at work, with his wife, and with various celebrities and people of prominence. The transparencies, dated 1957-1962 and 1980-1981, document Browns travels abroad including trips to India, the USSR, Korea and China. The negatives are for prints in the albums. Although many of the photographs and slides are numbered, suggesting that they may have been indexed and more fully described elsewhere, no such finding aid was received in the Archives. The 2-inch open reel videotapes are dated from Brown's time in Los Angeles. Two of the videorecordings are labeled Comment. One of these is a June 13, 1967 program about violence; a second dated July 17, 1967 concerns race riots. The third videorecording is labeled KCET Los Angeles and is titled “In Focus” and is dated May 25, 1967. The Wisconsin Historical Society does not have the equipment to play 2-inch open reel videotapes so all information was taken from labels on the boxes.
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Series: Speeches, Writings, and Broadcast Scripts
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Articles
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25
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6-7
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1938-1945
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8
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Asian tour, 1965
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9-11
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Miscellaneous, undated
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1
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Asia book notes, circa 1968
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Box
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12-15
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Cables, 1939-1942 February
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Box
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16
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Home Front White Paper, 1943
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17
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Memo to JFK, Brown's chapter about Japan
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18
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Notes for unidentified manuscript
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Speeches
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19-22
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1942-1958
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23
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“Can Asia be Saved?” , 1960
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24-31
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1960-1983, undated
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32
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Speech notes, undated
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Scripts
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Radio
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1-19
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1940 January 10-1944
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1-21
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1945 February-1946 June
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1-19
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1946 July-1947 May
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1-20
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1947 May-1948 January 19
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Box
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1-18
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1948 January 20-October 18
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1-19
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1948 October 18 (continued)-1949 July 28
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1-19
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1948 July 6-1950 July 25
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1-20
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1950 July 26-1952 January
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1-21
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1952 February-August
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1-19
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1952 August (continued)-1953 March
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1-22
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1952 April-November 16
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1-24
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1953 November 17-1954 July 8
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1-22
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1954 July 8 (continued)-1955 January
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1-22
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1955 February-July
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1-20
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1955 August-1956 January
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1956 February-August 23
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1-21
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1956 August 24-1947 April
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1-19
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1957 May-1958 March
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1-21
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1958 July 9-1964 January 24, undated
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22-26
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1955-1956 August 28
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1956 August 29-December 28
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, 1956 - Entry to Awards Committee of the OPC
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8-10
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1958 January 4-1962 January 5
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TV Comment
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11-17
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1962 October 1-1963 July 31
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1963 August 1-September 6
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KNBC-TV Reports
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2-6
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1963 September 9-1964 March 6
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News and Public Affairs, 1964 November
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Comment
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8-20
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1964 March-1965 May
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1-20
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1965 June-1966 June
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1-18
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1966 July-1967 March
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1967 April-July
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9
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Interviews
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10-12
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Comment & Perspective, 1966 January-July
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13-16
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Emphasis, 1960-1964
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17-18
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In Focus, 1966-1967
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19-20
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Citizens in Action, 1966-1967
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Meet Your Public Servant, 1965-1966
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Regional Report, 1965
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2-4
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Specials, 1964-1967
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5
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Talk Around the World, 1965
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Audio Recordings
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1314A/1
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News of the World, with Mel Allen, 1941 May 1
: Made from Brown's report from Ankara, Turkey. He tells of eight days of fighting in Yugoslavia during the German invasion.
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1314A/2
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Report by Brown on national values and personal happiness on the occasion of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary, 1955
: Missing, 2011 June.
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1314A/3
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Interview with Brown at National Foreign Trade Convention, 1957
: Broadcast to Latin America.
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1486A/1
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Brown's NBC comments from Japan about the death of Marilyn Monroe, 1961
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1486A/2
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“The Story of Singapore,” 1942 February 11
: Missing, 2010.
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U.S. Mss 14AF
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Suez to Singapore
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1-6
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Drafts
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7
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Abridgements
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8-9
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Miscellaneous papers
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10
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Publicity
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11
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Reviews, Outgoing correspondence
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“Vietnam, Land of the Dragon”
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12-14
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Draft
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2
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Notes
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15
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Miscellaneous writings
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Series: Correspondence
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16-30
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1936-1966
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1967-1987, undated
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Series: Subject Files
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ABC
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Account books
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Awards
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General
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DuPont Award album, 1965
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27
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California Polytechnic Outstanding Teacher nomination booklet, 1980
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Biographical materials
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Autobiographical sketch, 1941
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24-26
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Autobiographical notes and miscellaneous materials
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Autobiographical notes and miscellaneous materials (continued)
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1486A/3
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“Then & Now,” interview with Brown, undated
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Micro 2107
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Clipping scrapbooks
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1935, 1937 (Volumes 1-8)
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, 1941 July-1942 April (Volume 9)
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Reel
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1942-1943, Suez to Singapore publicity (Volume 10)
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Reel
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, 1942 May-1943 August (Volume 11)
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Reel
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Section
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, 1943-1944 “Second Tour” (Volume 12)
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Reel
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2-5
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, 1944-1954 (Volumes 13-16)
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U.S. Mss 14AF
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Loose clippings, 1930s-1980s, undated
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Book proposal
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CBS
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General, 1940-1943
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39
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Paper and letter, 1978
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California Polytechnic University
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40
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Projects, 1983
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41
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General
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42
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Christmas cards from the Browns
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27
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43
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Death, memorial book, and condolence letters, 1987
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Diaries and observations
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44-46
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1939-1941 May
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Box
28
Folder
1
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1941, Repulse rescue
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Box
28
Folder
2-6
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1942-1943, 1958, 1970-1972, undated
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Small format diaries
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Box
32
Folder
1-4
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1941 April-1942 February
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Box
32
Folder
5-13
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1949-1951
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Box
33
Folder
1
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, 1951 (continued)
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Box
33
Folder
2-3
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, 1954 (Europe)
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Box
33
Folder
4
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, 1957 (Russia and Poland)
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Box
28
Folder
7
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Employment, 1964
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Box
28
Folder
8
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Encyclopedia Britannica and William Benton, 1967-1972
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Box
34
Folder
1-2
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Engagement books, 1959-1964
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Family
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Box
28
Folder
9
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Genealogical notes
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Box
28
Folder
10
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General family letters from Cecil Brown
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Box
28
Folder
11
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Brown, Eugene
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Box
28
Folder
12
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Brown, Jonathan
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Brown, Martha
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Box
28
Folder
13
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Cecil to Martha, 1931-1942
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Box
28
Folder
14
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Martha to Cecil, 1941-1987
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Box
28
Folder
15
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Interviews
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Box
28
Folder
16
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Writings
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Box
28
Folder
17
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Greeting cards
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Box
28
Folder
18-19
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Diary, 1939, 1949-1950
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Box
28
Folder
20
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General correspondence, 1941-1994
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Box
28
Folder
21
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Clippings regarding social life, ARCs, etc.
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Box
28
Folder
22-25
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Brown, Maurice and Jennie, 1962-1970
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Box
28
Folder
26
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Miscellaneous family material, undated
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Box
28
Folder
27
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Gang, Martin, 1966-1967
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Box
28
Folder
28
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Finkelstein and Kingsley donations to California Polytechnic
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Box
28
Folder
29
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Interviews
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Box
28
Folder
30
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Itineraries, miscellaneous
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Box
28
Folder
31
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Ivey & Ellington, 1944
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Box
28
Folder
32
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Journalism degree, 1946-1965
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Box
28
Folder
33
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KCET
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Box
28
Folder
34
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KRCA/KNBC
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Korea research
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Box
28
Folder
35
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General
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Micro 2107
Reel
3
Section
6
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Coverage of the fall of Syngman Rhee, 1960 April-May
: In Korean/English-language newspapers (Korean Republic and Korea Times).
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U.S. Mss 14AF
Box
28
Folder
36
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Lists and address book
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Box
28
Folder
37
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Mutual Broadcasting System
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Memorabilia
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Box
28
Folder
38
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General
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Box
35
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Chinese chops (seals), ivory
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Box
35
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Ribbon printed with names
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Box
28
Folder
39
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Mutual Broadcasting System-Publicity
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Box
28
Folder
40-42
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NBC, 1958-1966, undated
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Box
28
Folder
43-44
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Notes
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Box
29
Folder
1
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Burma, Laos, Cambodia
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Box
29
Folder
2
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Singapore
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Box
31
Folder
4
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Unidentified
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Overseas Press Corps
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Box
29
Folder
3
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Far West Region, 1974-1976
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Box
29
Folder
4
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1957-1958
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Box
29
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous papers
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Box
29
Folder
6
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Fess Parker/Caesar script
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Box
34
Folder
3-5
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Passports
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Box
29
Folder
7
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Pope, Background, 1938
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Box
29
Folder
8
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Radio proposals, 1947
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Box
29
Folder
9
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Reel recorder, 1949-1951
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Repulse
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Box
29
Folder
10
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Notes
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Box
29
Folder
11
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Script, 1967
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Box
29
Folder
12
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Lt. W.G. Chapple's diary
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Box
31
Folder
5
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This is Your Life appearance with survivor Eamonn Andrews, 1961
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Box
30
Folder
1
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Suez to Singapore, Random House and Bennett Cerf, 1942-1969
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Box
30
Folder
2-3
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Box
30
Folder
4
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“Short snorter”
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Box
30
Folder
5
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Sabena inaugural flight, 1957
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Teaching
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Box
30
Folder
6-7
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General, 1972-1979
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Box
30
Folder
8
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Evaluations
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Box
30
Folder
9
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Handouts
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Box
30
Folder
10
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Notes, 1970-1972
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Box
31
Folder
6
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Travel, miscellaneous papers
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Box
30
Folder
11
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Television report for Encyclopedia Britannica
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Box
30
Folder
12
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TV program ideas
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Box
30
Folder
13
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USSR article research
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PH 3150
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Series: Visual Materials
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Print Albums
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Box/Folder
1/1
Album
1
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Italy, Mussolini and Hitler, Honeymoon, 1937-1939
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Box/Folder
1/2
Album
2
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European travel, 1937-1938
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Box/Folder
2/1
Album
3
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North Africa, 1938
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Box/Folder
2/2
Album
4
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Rome, 1939
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Box/Folder
3/1-2
Album
5-6
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Rome, 1939
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Box/Folder
4/1
Album
7
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Tunis, Italy, 1939-1940
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Box/Folder
4/2
Album
8
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Italian travel and friends, 1940
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Box/Folder
5/1
Album
9
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Mexico, Bermuda, New York City, 1943-1944
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Box/Folder
5/2
Album
10
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England, 1947 and Korea, , 1951
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Box/Folder
6/1
Album
11
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Europe, Israel, Formosa, 1949-1950
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Box/Folder
6/2
Album
12
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World tour, 1951
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Box/Folder
7/1
Album
17
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Europe, Russia, Poland (Sabena tour), 1957
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Box/Folder
7/2
Album
13
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South East Asia, Korea, 1958, 1961-1962
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Box/Folder
8/1
Album
16
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Social life in Japan; travel to Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, 1958, 1962, 1968
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Box/Folder
12/1
Album
14
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Japan, 1959
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Box/Folder
12/2
Album
15
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Miscellaneous photographs from travels
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Prints [loose] from albums
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Box
8/2
Album
2
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European travel, 1937-1938
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Box
8/3
Album
3
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North Africa, 1938
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Box
8/4
Album
4-5
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Rome, 1939
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Box
8/5
Album
7
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Tunis, Italy, 1939-1940
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Box
8/6
Album
9
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Mexico, Bermuda, New York City, 1943-1944
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Box
8/7
Album
10
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England, 1947 and Korea, , 1951
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Box
8/13
Album
11
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Europe, Israel, Formosa, 1949-1950
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Box
8/8
Album
12
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World tour, 1951
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Box
8/13
Album
17
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Europe, Russia, Poland (Sabena tour), 1957
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Box
8/9
Album
13
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South East Asia, Korea, 1958, 1961-1962
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Box
8/12
Album
16
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Social life in Japan; travel to Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, 1958, 1962, 1968
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Box
8/10
Album
14
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Japan, 1959
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Box
8/11
Album
15
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Miscellaneous photographs from travels
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Cecil Brown
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Portraits
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Oversize
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Box
9
Folder
2
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At work
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Snapshots
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Box
9
Folder
4
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At home
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Box
9
Folder
5
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In North Africa
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Box
9
Folder
9
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And Chiang Kai-shek, 1951
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Box
9
Folder
10
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And NBC executives
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Box
9
Folder
11
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And prominent people/personalities
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Box
9
Folder
13
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And groups
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Martha Brown
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Oversize
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Cecil Brown and Martha Brown
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Box
7
Folder
3 (continued)
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Oversize portraits
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Brown Family
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Box
7
Folder
3 (continued)
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David Sarnoff oversize portrait
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Japan
|
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Box
9
Folder
14
|
Hawaii
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Box
9
Folder
15
|
Korean War, 1951
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Overseas Press Club, Harry Truman and Hubert Humphrey
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Box
9
Folder
17
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Repulse
|
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Box
9
Folder
18
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Russia, 1957
|
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Box
9
Folder
19
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This is Your Life appearance, 1961
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Box
9
Folder
20
|
Miscellaneous subjects
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|
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Transparencies
|
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist Chinese army, 1950
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1951
|
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Turkey
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Box
10
Folder
3
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India
|
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Korea, Kashmir
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1957
|
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Moscow, USSR
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Box
10
Folder
6
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USSR
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1958
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Formosa
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Box
10
Folder
8
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December
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Singapore
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Box
10
Folder
10
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[Taiwan or Thailand]
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1959
|
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Box
10
Folder
11
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Japan
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Box
10
Folder
12
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India
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Box
10
Folder
13
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Tibet
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1960
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Box
10
Folder
14
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Java, Sukarno and Khrushchev
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Box
10
Folder
15
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Unknown location
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Box
10
Folder
16
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April
|
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Box
10
Folder
17
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September
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Box
10
Folder
18
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November
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1961
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Box
10
Folder
18
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January
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Box
10
Folder
19
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March, July including USS Coral Sea
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Box
10
Folder
20
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October, MacArthur in Philippines
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1962
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Box
10
Folder
21
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March, Robert Kennedy in Asia
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Box
10
Folder
22
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Unknown location
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Box
10
Folder
23
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1980, 1981
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Box
10
Folder
24
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Tokyo house
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Negatives
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Box
11
Envelope
1-137
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Album 1
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Box
11
Envelope
138-188
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Album 2
|
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Box
11
Envelope
189-252
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Album 3
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Box
11
Envelope
253-280
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Album 4
|
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Box
11
Envelope
281
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Album 10
|
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Box
11
Envelope
282
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Album 11
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Box
11
Envelope
283-295
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Miscellaneous
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|
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Videorecordings
2-inch open-reel videotapes
: The Wisconsin Historical Society does not have the equipment needed to play these recordings.
|
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VAA 096
|
In Focus #23, 1967 May
|
|
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Comment
|
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VAA 097
|
#559, 1967 June 13
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|
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VAA 098
|
#582, 1967 July 7
|
|
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M2000-134
|
Part 2 (M2000-134): Additions, 1938-1996
0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
: Additions, 1938-1996, consisting of photocopied scrapbooks, correspondence, book reviews, and information on a Symposium. The scrapbooks contain news clippings about Brown as a war correspondent for CBS and articles by Brown in popular periodicals such as Life. Correspondence consists of letters between the Browns and Madame Chiang Kai-shek as well as letters regarding Brown's resignation from CBS in 1943.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1941-1988
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Box
1
Folder
2
|
Correspondence regarding Brown's resignation from CBS, 1943
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Scrapbook (photocopy), 1938-1959
|
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Scrapbook (photocopy), 1948-1959
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Third Annual Muses' Arts and Humanities Symposium, 1971
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Book reviews for The Morrow Boys / by Stanley Cloud and Lynne Olson, 1996
|
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Appendix: List of Audio Recordings in the Original Collection (Audio 1314A, Audio 1483A)
|
Audio 1314A
|
.
|
| 1314A/1 |
News of the World, with Mel Allen, 1941 May 1 |
| . |
Note: Made from Brown's report from Ankara, Turkey; he tells of eight days of fighting in Yugoslavia during the German invasion (formerly Disc 83A/1). |
| 1314A/2 |
Report by Brown on national values and personal happiness on the occasion of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary, 1955 |
| . |
Note: Formerly Disc 83A/2 (missing 2011/06). |
| 1314A/3 |
Interview with Brown at National Foreign Trade Convention, 1957 |
| . |
Note: Broadcast to Latin America, 1957 (formerly Disc 83A/3). |
|
Audio 1483A
|
.
|
| 1486A/1 |
Brown's NBC comments from Japan about the death of Marilyn Monroe,
1961 |
| 1486A/2 |
“The Story of Singapore,” 1942 February 11 |
| . |
Note: Missing 2010. |
| 1486A/3 |
“Then & Now,” interview with Brown, undated |
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