Summary Information

Title: Burnet Hershey Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1970

Creator:

• Hershey, Burnet, 1896-1971

Call Number: Mss 1069; PH 6628

Quantity: 14.8 cubic feet (14 records center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box), and 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box, 1 flat box, and 1 tube)

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, 1913-1970, of Romanian-born dramatist, war correspondent, and freelance writer Jacob Bughici Hirsch, who was best known by his professional name, Burnet Hershey. Photocopied clipping scrapbooks are the chief documentation of Hershey's reporting during World War I and II. The script materials primarily document his work for Vitaphone Studio. Also included are files on Hershey's proposed films, plays, books, and other writings, as well as his public relations work and correspondence related to his leadership of the Overseas Press Club.

Language: English, French

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01069

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