Abstract: Personal and professional papers of William Attwood, a journalist, author, and U.S. ambassador to Guinea and Kenya. Attwood also represented the U.S. government in various capacities in matters concerning the United Nations. Attwood's career in magazine and newspaper journalism is thoroughly documented: correspondence with readers and editors is the predominant form of material. The collection also documents Attwood's ambassadorial service during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and his tenure as media representative in the U.S. delegation to the 20th General UNESCO Conference. Attwood's other international activities represented in the collection include four trips to Cuba since the Revolution, a visit to China in 1971, his relationship with Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and membership in the Committee on East-West Accord. His national activities are documented by files on the presidential campaigns of Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and 1960 and that of John Kennedy, for whom Attwood served as a speech writer, in 1960.