Summary Information
Robert Sharon Allen Papers
1917-1980 (bulk 1932-1980)
- Allen, Robert Sharon, 1900-1981
U.S. Mss 15AF; PH 6627; Micro 2105
25.4 c.f. (21 record center cartons, 8 archives boxes, 2 card boxes, and 1 flat box), 1.0 c.f. of photographs (1 archives box and 1 flat box), and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1932-1980, of Robert S. Allen, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism best known for his association with Drew Pearson, 1932-1942, in the nationally-syndicated column, “Washington Merry-Go-Round,” and for his own column, “Inside Washington,” published from 1949 to 1977. The collection includes mimeographed releases of his columns, microfilmed news stories written for the Philadelphia Record (1936-1942), a treatment for a film biography of General George S. Patton with whom Allen had served during World War II, freelance articles, radio scripts, and other writings. Several folders concern Allen's book, Lucky Forward, about the Third Army and the plagiarism suit he brought against Patton biographer Ladislas Farago. An extensive reporter's journal, 1941-1977, documents private conversations and interviews with the nation's leading political figures, 1941-1942 and 1949-1972. The photographs document both Allen's military and journalism careers.
English
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Biography/History
Robert Sharon Allen was born in Latonia, Kentucky, July 14, 1900. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Army and was part of General Pershing's expedition into Mexico in search of Pancho Villa. During World War I Allen was promoted to 2nd lieutenant. He graduated from the United States Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1922, and he served as a captain in the Wisconsin National Guard for six years.
Allen began his career as one of the best known and most respected news columnists of his day with graduation from the University of Wisconsin (1923), and post graduate work at the University of Munich (1923-1924) and George Washington University (1927-1928). His first reporting was for the Madison Capital Times. Thereafter he wrote for the Wisconsin State Journal, the Milwaukee Journal, the United Press Association, the Christian Science Monitor, the International News Service, and the Philadelphia Record.
While working for the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science Monitor in 1931, Allen wrote several articles about government officials that appeared anonymously in the American Mercury. Allen expanded the articles for a book and recruited fellow Washington journalist Drew Pearson to write the chapters on capitol society and the military. In 1932 they anonymously published the book, Washington Merry-Go-Round; a year later they wrote a sequel. Both books were collections of news stories and gossip about government officials during the Hoover Administration. The first, which was considered scandalous by some, became a best-seller. When the identity of the authors became known, both Allen and Pearson were fired from their respective positions. In 1932 they began a syndicated column for the Scripps-Howard newspapers that was entitled “Washington Merry-Go-Round.”
The column was first based in the Washington Herald, and by 1940 it was carried in over 350 newspapers and was the nation's most widely circulated column for its numerous “scoops.” Pearson and Allen became even better known when they launched a radio version of their column. They also co-authored three books: Why Hoover Faces Defeat (1932), Nine Old Men (1936), and Nine Old Men at the Crossroads (1935). Shortly before World War II, the Herald terminated the column for its openly interventionist position. In 1941, the columnists were signed by the Washington Post.
Because he was over forty, Allen was not eligible for the draft, but he volunteered nevertheless. In July 1942, the Army called him to active duty, and he ended his association with Pearson. Thereafter Allen served as operations executive with the rank of major under General George S. Patton of the Third Army. Allen was decorated several times, wounded, and lost his arm, and he left the service with the rank of colonel in December 1946.
During the war Jack Anderson became Pearson's “Washington Merry-Go-Round” partner, and Allen re-launched his career alone as a freelance writer of books and articles and a lecturer on national and world affairs. He also signed with the North American Newspaper Alliance to write feature articles. In 1945 Allen edited Our Fair City and in 1949 he produced a similar work, Our Sovereign State; both books were collections about local politics. In 1947 he wrote Lucky Forward, a history of the Third Army. In 1950 he published the Truman Merry-Go Round (1950).
In 1949 the Post Hall Syndicate (later the Hall Syndicate, the Publishers-Hall Syndicate, and the Field Newspapers Syndicate) hired Allen to write a daily column, “Inside Washington.” Unlike the editorials written by most columnists, “Inside Washington” was a traditional news column based on traditional news reporting. In 1959, Paul J. Scott, who had worked for Allen since the early days of the column, became a partner, and the column was unofficially titled the “Allen-Scott Report.” During this partnership each man wrote separate columns, but all appeared under their joint byline. When John A. Goldsmith replaced Scott in 1968, the column became known as the “Allen-Goldsmith Report.” In July 1971, Allen again became the sole author. “Inside Washington” ended in 1977, although Allen continued to write on an occasional basis.
In 1929 Allen married Ruth Finney, one of the few women journalists who covered hard news in Washington, D.C. She continued to write under her own name for the Scripps-Howard newspapers after their marriage. After her death in 1979, Allen married Adeline Sunday, his former secretary. Allen, who was suffering from a debilitating form of cancer, died on February 23, 1981, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Scope and Content Note
The Robert S. Allen Papers at the Wisconsin Historical Society document the professional career of one of the nation's best known and most highly regarded journalists of the mid-twentieth century. It was Allen's intention to donate papers concerning his military career, as well as the records he collected as Patton's intelligence operations officer to the Patton Museum at Fort Knox; while his journalism papers were willed to the Wisconsin Historical Society. However, the division was not precise. The Patton Archives collection includes all of the existing Allen correspondence with government officials, politicians, news agencies, and other journalists during the 1930s and early 1940, while the Wisconsin collection contains some material about his research and writing on Patton. Carbon copies of some material appear in both collections. Ruth Finney's professional papers are housed at the University of California-Davis and she is seldom mentioned in the collection. Adeline Sunday Allen is represented by a lengthy memoir, “Come Live With Me and the Colonel.”
Robert Allen's papers consist of WRITINGS, CORRESPONDENCE, JOURNALS, SUBJECT FILES, and VISUAL MATERIALS.
Allen's WRITINGS are arranged alphabetically by genre and by subject, with the majority of the series consisting of mimeographed column releases distributed to the syndicated papers. This section documents the “Washington Merry-Go-Round” for the years that Allen and Pearson were associated (1932-1942), and “Inside Washington,” for the years 1949 to 1977. Although there is no index in the collection for the “Merry-Go-Round” period, those releases may be searched online through the finding aid to the Drew Pearson Papers prepared by American University. The “Inside Washington” releases are not available online, but they are accompanied by name and subject indexes prepared by Allen's secretary for each alphabetically coded binder of releases. Pertaining to Allen's early career are scrapbooks of stories written by him and other members of the Washington bureau of the Philadelphia Record, 1936-1938 and 1940-1942. These articles are available only on microfilm. There are no drafts for any of his books in the collection, but there is correspondence pertaining to Lucky Forward, Our Fair City, and Truman Merry-Go-Round. The printed copies of all of the books presented by Allen are available in the Historical Society Library. Other writings in the collection consist of freelance articles and radio scripts.
A significant part of the WRITINGS series concerns General George S. Patton. After completing his history of the Third Army in 1947, Allen was hired by the Twentieth Century Fox studio hired to write a treatment for a motion picture biography of Patton. The projected biography was not made at this time, apparently due to opposition from the Patton family and internal issues at the studio. Several drafts of Allen's 42,000-word biographical treatment, “Bright Flash of War,” are included in the collection. More than “fair use” quotation of this manuscript requires permission from the copyright holder. The Patton file also includes Allen's correspondence with General Frank McCarthy at the Twentieth Century Fox studio concerning the film that was eventually released in 1970. Also included are several articles about Patton written by Allen, as well as his reviews of several Patton books, research material, and notes.
The general CORRESPONDENCE series is chronologically arranged. Researchers should note that some additional correspondence is included in the JOURNALS and SUBJECT FILES series.
Allen did not save correspondence systematically until late 1949, and even until the mid 1950s the correspondence in the collection is almost entirely incoming. The content for these years consists of letters from government officials; active and retired military personnel, some of whom were personal friends; newspaper editors who published his column; booking agents for his lectures; and editors of magazines that published his freelance work. Occasional letters from readers and newspaper publishers comment on specific columns. Some letters such as those from journalist T.M. Storke of the Santa Barbara News-Press in California were intended to keep Allen informed about local issues. After the mid-1950s the files include more frequent outgoing letters, with some of sufficient importance that Allen typed a rough draft.
The alphabetically-arranged SUBJECT FILES consist of correspondence of special interest or extent, together with other types of documentation. Only two of these files relate to Allen's early career. One contains a souvenir log and correspondence about Herbert Hoover's trip to Central and South America in 1928; the second consists of typescript copies of letters from General Douglas MacArthur to Isabel Rosario Cooper (1930-1932) thought to have figured in a libel suit brought by MacArthur against Pearson. Several folders concern the general topic of presidential politics. Letters to Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Pierre Salinger, and Theodore Sorenson dating from the 1960 Presidential campaign and shortly thereafter suggest that Allen may have sometimes crossed the line of journalistic objectivity. Among the documented veterans are Generals Hobart “Hap” Guy, Hugh Hester, and Oscar Koch. In addition to the previously mentioned individuals, other prominent correspondents include James T. Farrell, James Henle of Vanguard Press, Estes Kefauver, Alf Landon, and William Loeb.
Allen's exchanges with the Field Newspapers Syndicate and its predecessors concern both column content and administrative matters, and they provide interesting insight into newspaper syndication. Robert G. Cowles, Robert M. Hall, Richard Sherry, and W. Robert Walton are among Allen's most frequent correspondents in this regard. There are also many detailed exchanges between Allen and his attorney concerning the plagiarism suit brought against Ladislas Farago for use of materials from Allen's Lucky Forward. The suit was eventually settled out of court with a small payment to Allen. This case is of special interest because Farago's book was used as the basis for the screenplay for the 1970 Academy Award-winning film about General Patton.
Some subject files concern Allen's financial affairs. Files in this category document legal problems with property investments in Key West; a debt owed to him by Leon Henderson, a former official of the Roosevelt Administration; and an unsuccessful challenge to the WBAL broadcast license, a Hearst-owned station, by Allen's Public Service Radio Corporation. Numerous folders concern Allen's support of the handicapped. As a member of the War Department's Prosthesis Advisory Committee he collected minutes, correspondence, and material about this subject and the Army Medical Laboratory. (Allen's prosthesis is in the Historical Society Museum.)
Allen's JOURNALS, which total about three cubic feet, comprise the most important, although underutilized part of the collection. They consist of daily typed narratives about reporting and interviews, together with personal comments and reflection. The diaries began in 1941 when Allen was still associated with Pearson. It is possible that Allen's journals represented a reaction to the charge often made about Pearson, that his columns were unsubstantiated by fact. Some of the journal information ultimately appeared in Allen's columns, but much of it remained unpublished because Allen was aware of its hear-say nature. The journals should not be discounted as mere gossip, however, for his informants were all highly-placed individuals, a virtual who's who of Washington, D.C. leaders. The individuals mentioned are too numerous to be included in this narrative, but Tom Corcoran and William O. Douglass are among the individuals with whom he had frequent contract. Although Ruth Finney seldom appears in the collection as a whole, some stories are here attributed to her reporting.
The first section of the journals ends in 1942 when Allen joined the Army. There is a brief index for the 1941-1942 period. For Allen's overseas wartime service, February 1944-March 1945, the collection includes ten small handwritten diaries comprised of brief entries, together with a typed transcript. In March 1946 Allen resumed his reporter's journal format. Over time, the journal became increasingly voluminous, frequently including original letters and newspaper clippings on which he commented.
The VISUAL MATERIALS series includes portraits, career-oriented images, and snapshots of the Allen's house and garden, and a filmed interview. This interview of Allen by Ray Moore, dating from sometime during the Eisenhower Administration, documents Allen's forceful personality and some of his journalistic philosophy. In it, Allen bemoans the rise of press officers in Washington, D.C., who, he believed, limited press access to real information about government.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Robert S. Allen and Adeline Sunday Allen, Washington, D.C., 1958-2010. Accession Number: MCHC 77-083, MCHC 81-008, M89-163, M2010-099
Part of the collection was processed by Janice O'Connell, August 27, 1964.
Contents List
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U.S. Mss 15AF
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Series: Writings
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Book reviews
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Box
20
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1
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General
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Saturday Review of Literature, 1947-1951
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Box
20
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3
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New York Post, 1951-1960
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Book files
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Box
20
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10
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Our Fair City, Correspondence with Henle at Vanguard Press, 1945-1974
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Patton book and other writings
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Box
20
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11
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Book reviews by Allen
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Box
20
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27-31
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“Bright Flash of War” (treatment)
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Box
20
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12
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Diary typescript, 1943-1945
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Box
20
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13
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In memoriam
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Box
20
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14
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Letter
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Lucky Forward
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Box
20
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15
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Correspondence, 1946-1948
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Box
20
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16
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Reviews and publicity
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Box
20
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17
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Miscellany
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Box
20
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18
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Television adaptation, 1955
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Box
20
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19
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Memorabilia
: Artifact in Autograph file.
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Box
20
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20
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Miller, Ed, notes
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Box
20
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21
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Miscellany
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Box
20
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22
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Movie correspondence, 1952, 1961-1969
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Box
29
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Notecards
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Box
2
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23
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Note books
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Box
2
Folder
32
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“Patton's Guts” article, 1945
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Box
2
Folder
33
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“Patton's Secret” article
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Box
2
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24-26
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Research
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Columns
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“Washington Merry-Go Round” releases
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Box
1
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1-15
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1932 November - 1935 December 15
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Box
2
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1-14
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1935 December 16 - 1937 July 15
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Box
3
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1-15
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1937 July 16 - 1939 April
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Box
4
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1-17
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1939 May - 1940 November
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Box
5
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1-20
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1940 December - 1942 July
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“Inside Washington”
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Releases
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Box
6
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1-17
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, 1949 September 17 - 1952 January 25 (A-G)
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Box
7
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1-15
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, 1951 October 22 - 1954 April 9 (G-P)
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Box
8
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1-18
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, 1954 April 12 - 1956 December 21 (R-Z)
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Box
9
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1-16
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, 1956 December 24 - 1960 June 23 (AA-HH)
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Box
10
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1-16
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, 1960 June 24 - 1963 November 1 (JJ-QQ)
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Box
11
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1-17
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, 1963 November 4 - 1967 August 12 (RR-WW)
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Box
12
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1-5
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, 1966 November 14 - 1969 March 19 (WW-YY)
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Box
13
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1-3
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, 1969 March 21 - 1970 February 4 (ZZ)
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Box
13
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4-13
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, 1970 February 5 - 1973 November 10 (A-D)
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Box
14
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1-5
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, 1972 December 11 - 1974 June 29 (D-E)
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Box
15
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1-2
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1974 July 2-December 14
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Box
16
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1-11
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, 1974 December 17 - 1977 July 30 (G-K)
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Box
16
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12-14
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, 1977 September 6 - 1980 February 1 (A)
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Box
16
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15
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1980 February 9-August 11
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Box
16
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16
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Paul Scott's columns, 1967-1968
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Indexes
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Box
17
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1-23
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, 1950 March - 1956 December 21 (A-Z)
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Box
17
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24-37
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, 1956 December 24 - 1963 April 30 (AA-PP)
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Box
18
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1-8
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, 1963 May 1 - 1968 October 29 (QQ-XX)
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Box
19
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1-2
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, 1968 October 30 - 1970 February 4 (YY-ZZ)
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Box
19
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3-12
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, 1970 February 5 - 1977 July 30 (A-K)
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Box
19
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13
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, 1977 September 6 - 1980 February 1 (A)
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Box
19
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14
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Paul Scott's columns, 1967-1968
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Box
31
Folder
1
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Sample of column format in newspapers, 1965-1977
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Box
31
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4
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Chapman, Oscar, article, 1951
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Box
31
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5
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Health & Home Magazine, 1947-1948
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Box
31
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6
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Hirohito, 1953
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Box
32
Folder
1
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Hoover (“One of Mr. Hoover's Friends,” 1932)
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Box
31
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7
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Johnson, Louis, 1980
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Box
31
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8
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Lobbyists, 1950
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Box
31
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9
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New Republic
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Box
20
Folder
34
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Pearson, Drew
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Micro 2105
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Philadelphia Record news stories
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U.S. Mss 15AF
Box
20
Folder
35
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Physically handicapped, Speech materials
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Box
20
Folder
36
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Pic Magazine for Young Men, 1947-1950
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Box
20
Folder
37
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Presidential candidates' questionnaires for Colliers' article, 1948
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Radio scripts
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Box
20
Folder
38
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1946-1949
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Box
20
Folder
39
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1954, written for Pearson
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Box
20
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40
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Riesel, Victor
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Box
20
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41
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Truman doctrine, 1947
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Box
20
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42
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Truman Merry-Go-Round
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Box
20
Folder
43
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Typewriter articles
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Box
20
Folder
44
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U.S. Journal, 1947
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Box
20
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45
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“Washington Merry-Go-Round” columns while substituting for Pearson, 1947-1949
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
20
Folder
46-49
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1929-1947-1949 June
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Box
21
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1-23
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1949 July - 1962 March
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Box
22
Folder
1-19
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1962 April - 1979
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Box
32
Folder
2
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1980
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Box
22
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20-21
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Letters of commendation
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Box
22
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22
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Letters of commendation from prominent individuals
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Series: Journals
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Box
23
Folder
1
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1941 July - 1942 January
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Box
23
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9
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Diary index, 1941-1942
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World War II diaries, 1944 February 18 - 1945 June 3
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Box
30
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Original notebooks
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Box
23
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2-3
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Transcripts
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Box
23
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4-8
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1946 March - 1954
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Box
23
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9-21
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1955 - 1964 January
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Box
24
Folder
1-27
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1964 January - 1970 December
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Box
25
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1-5
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1970 December - 1972 March
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
32
Folder
3
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Allen, Adeline Sunday (Come Live with Me and the Colonel)
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Box
32
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4
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American Forum, 1949 December 25
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Box
25
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6
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American Patriots suit, 1950
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Box
25
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7
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Awards and certificates
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Box
31
Folder
2
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Congressional correspondents award, 1974
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Box
31
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3
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Oversize awards
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Biographical information
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Box
25
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8
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Interviews
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Box
25
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9
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Brief biographies and memorials
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Box
25
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10
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Biographical clippings
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Box
25
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11
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Miscellany
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Box
25
Folder
12
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Brayton, A.B.
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Box
28
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1-2
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Business Guides Associates, Correspondence and finances
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Box
25
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13
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Citizens Committee for Displaced Persons, Revised script
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Box
32
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5
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Chernoff, Howard, 1980
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Box
25
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14
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Clark, General Bruce C., “How to Organize and Manage a Large Army Headquarters and Keep Out of Trouble,” 1978
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Box
25
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15
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Country Editors manuscript (Winifred Mason Huck)
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Box
25
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16
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American Newspaper Guild, Broun Award, 1948
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Box
25
Folder
17
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Drug industry probe (Lilly Company), 1957-1958
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Box
25
Folder
18
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Eisenhower, Dwight
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Box
25
Folder
19
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Evjue, William T.
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Box
32
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6
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Farrell, James T., 1976-1978
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Farago case
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Box
25
Folder
20
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Attorney Pepper correspondence
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Box
25
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21-22
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Allen memoranda, 1965-1966
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Box
25
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23
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Correspondence, 1967-1969
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Field Hall Syndicate
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Box
25
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24-30
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Correspondence, 1949-1977
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Box
25
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31
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Publicity
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Box
25
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32
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Letters of Commendation
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Box
25
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33
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Finney, Ruth, 1975
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Box
25
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34
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Fort Riley, 1941
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Box
25
Folder
35
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Gay, General Hobart
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Box
25
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36
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Greenbaum, Edward
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Box
25
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37
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Greenspun, Hank
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Box
25
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38-42
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Guest columns, 1954-1957, 1962
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Box
26
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1
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Guggenheim application for state government book
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Box
26
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2
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Henderson, Leon
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Box
26
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3
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Henle, James (Vanguard Press)
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Box
26
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4
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Hester, General Hugh, 1949-1950
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Box
28
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3
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Hoover trip to Central and South America, 1928
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Johnson, Lyndon
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Box
26
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5
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General
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Box
26
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6
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Research notes, 1965
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Box
26
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7
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Kane, Al, Radio and television ideas
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Box
26
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8
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Kefauver, Estes, 1955
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Box
26
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9
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Kennedy Presidential campaign, 1960
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Box
26
Folder
10-13
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Key West, Boca Chica property
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Box
26
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14
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Knight, Goodwin, 1956
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Box
26
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15
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Koch, General Oscar
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Box
26
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16
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Landon, Alf
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Box
32
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7
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Loeb, William, 1980
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Box
26
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17
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MacArthur love letters, 1930-1932
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Box
26
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18
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Miscellaneous materials
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Box
26
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19
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Neuberger, Richard
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Box
26
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20
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North American Newspaper Alliance, 1947-1980
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Box
26
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21
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Notes
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Box
26
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22
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Patton Memorial Association, 1948
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Pearson, Drew
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Box
26
Folder
23
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General, 1952-1966
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Box
26
Folder
24
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Notes from diary
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Box
28
Folder
4
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Estate
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Box
28
Folder
5
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Pearson-Anderson clippings
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Box
26
Folder
25
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Philadelphia Daily News, 1955-1956
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Box
26
Folder
26
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Presidential campaign, 1956
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Box
26
Folder
27-28
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Presidential conventions, 1964, 1968
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Box
32
Folder
8
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President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped, 1957, 1962
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Box
32
Folder
9
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Press Ethics Committee brochure, undated
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Box
26
Folder
29
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Radio correspondence, 1949
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Prosthetics
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Box
26
Folder
30-34
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Veterans Administration Prosthesis Advisory Committee, 1945-1957
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Box
26
Folder
35
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Congressional correspondence, 1950-1955
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Box
26
Folder
36
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Research Board minutes, 1959 May
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Box
26
Folder
37
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Miscellany
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Box
26
Folder
38-40
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Research materials and publications
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Box
26
Folder
41
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 1952 May
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Box
27
Folder
1
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Public Employment Advisory Council, 1948
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Public Service Radio Corporation
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Box
27
Folder
2
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Correspondence
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Box
27
Folder
3
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Application
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Box
28
Folder
6
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FCC materials
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Box
27
Folder
4
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Robert S. Allen, proposed book, 1950
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Box
27
Folder
5
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Recipes book, 1963
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Box
27
Folder
6
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Roosevelt reader (book), 1950-1951
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Box
27
Folder
7
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Sicily Campaign, by the Military History Office
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Box
32
Folder
10
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Sigma Delta Chi membership list, 1965
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Box
27
Folder
8
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Stevenson, Adlai
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Box
27
Folder
9
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Stone, Julius, regarding Key West Gas Company loan, 1946-1964
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Box
27
Folder
10
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Stravon Education Press, 1966-1970
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Third Army
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Box
27
Folder
11
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General
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Box
27
Folder
12
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Souvenir booklet, 1944-1945
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Box
27
Folder
13
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G-2 army report regarding Allen, 1945 April
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Box
27
Folder
14
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Villa's raid on New Mexico, by Oscar Koch, 1933
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Box
27
Folder
15
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“Washington Merry-Go-Round,” Publicity
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Box
27
Folder
16
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Wilk, Jacob
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Box
28
Folder
7
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World War II, Miscellaneous G-2 office documents and “War Room” maps, 1945 February
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PH 6627
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Series: Photographs
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Robert S. Allen
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Formal portraits
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Oversize portraits
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Career album, “Third U.S. Army ETO,” 1917-1946
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Candid photographs
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Notables, and Allen with notables
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Oversize (Lyndon B. Johnson addressing Congress, 1964; James A. Farley, and George Patton)
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Military career
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Box
2
Folder
1
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“Third U.S. Army ETO” Album, 1917-1946
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Ruth Finney Allen portraits and candids
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Oversize portraits
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Robert S. Allen and Ruth Finney Allen
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Album
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Allen home
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Allen gardens
Triak color prints
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Allen funeral at Arlington, 1981
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