Summary Information

Title: Robert W. Desmond Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1926-1969

Creator:

• Desmond, Robert W., 1900-1985

Call Number: MCHC68-058; Audio 1993A

Quantity: 4.8 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 audio recording

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 Robert W. Desmond, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, journalism educator, and pioneer in the study of world press history and international communications. Desmond joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism at Berkeley as the first chairman in 1939 and served as chairman for more than 15 years. He was a member of the faculty until his retirement in 1968. During his career, Desmond worked on some of the nation's best-known newspapers--the Louisville Courier-Journal, the New York Times, Miami Herald, Paris edition of the New York Herald, and the Christian Science Monitor.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mchc68058

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