Homer Bigart Papers, 1900-1990
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Summary Information

Title: Homer Bigart Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1990

Creator:
  • Bigart, Homer, 1907-1991
Call Number: M92-357

Quantity: 1.5 c.f. (1 record center carton, 1 flat box, and 1 folder) and 40 photographs

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Papers of Pulitzer prize winning journalist Homer Bigart (1907-1991) documenting his career with the New York Herald-Tribune and the New York Times. Included are clippings of his by-line articles; his World War II correspondence from Europe, 1943-1945; letters written to his sister and parents, circa 1940-1962, while he was stationed in Belgrade, Madrid, Paris, Saigon, and other foreign locales (and which include gossip regarding office politics during the declining years of the Tribune, and information about the George Polk murder); and photographs of Bigart at work and also of his extended family, circa 1900-1990.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m92357
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