Summary Information

Title: Howard K. Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1963

Creator:

• Smith, Howard K. (Howard Kingsbury), 1914-2002

Call Number: U.S. Mss 56AF; PH 6618; Audio 422A; DC 648-698

Quantity: 21.6 cubic feet (54 archives boxes), 60 tape recordings, 2 photographs (1 folder), and 51 films

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Howard K. Smith, an award-winning news analyst and foreign correspondent, consisting of material on his career with both the ABC and CBS networks. CBS radio scripts pertain to his work as a World War II correspondent and to his post-war commentaries. CBS television scripts consist of Smith's brief analyses of news events for Douglas Edwards and the News (1957-1961). After switching to ABC, Smith had his own television program, Howard K. Smith—News and Comment. For this show the collection includes film interview transcripts with notable political and cultural individuals. The office files contain transcripts of these interviews as aired, together with research material, notes, and memoranda. Of particular interest are interviews, scripts, clippings, and fan mail related to the controversial program, “The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon.”

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0056af

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