A. Merriman Smith Papers, 1937-1973 (bulk 1940-1970)

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 72AF
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1-20
General, 1941-2003, undated
Box   1
Folder   21-30
Family, 1947, 1961, 1963-1970, 1973, undated
Series: Subject Files
Box   1
Folder   31
Adams, Sherman, undated
Box   1
Folder   32
Alcoholism
Box   1
Folder   33
Appointment books, 1954-1955, 1963, 1967
Box   1
Folder   34
Awards, Standard size
Box   9
Folder   1
Awards, Oversize
Box   2
Folder   1-9
Biographical clippings, 1940s-1950s, 1960-1970, undated
Box   2
Folder   10
Children's Hospital
Box   8
Folder   13
Contracts
Box   2
Folder   11
Curtis Brown, Ltd., 1946-1962
Gridiron Club
Box   2
Folder   12
Skits, 1970
Box   8
Folder   14
Miscellaneous materials
Box   2
Folder   13
Griffin, Merv
Box   2
Folder   14
Harper and Brothers
Box   2
Folder   15
Humor
Box   2
Folder   16
Interviews, miscellaneous
Mementos and memorabilia
Box   2
Folder   17
General
Box   2
Folder   18
Presidential invitations and menus
Box   2
Folder   19
Milwaukee “White House” telephone directory
Box   9
Folder   2
Churchill Library groundbreaking ceremony, 1964
Box   9
Folder   3
Souvenir newspaper headline stories (Roosevelt, Kennedy)
Oversize Folder  
Illustrated certificate to mark crossing the Equator on the USS Missouri, 1947
Box   2
Folder   20
Miscellaneous papers
Box   2
Folder   21
Morality research
Box   2
Folder   22
National Press Club
Box   2
Folder   23
Osceola Migratory Labor Camp, 1940
Box   8
Folder   18
Presidential fragments
Box   2
Folder   24
Presidential - miscellaneous
Box   2
Folder   25
Presidential travel
Box   8
Folder   19
Press organizations' miscellaneous papers
Box   2
Folder   26
Public speaking
Pulitzer Prize
Box   2
Folder   27-28
Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   29
Scrapbook
Box   2
Folder   30
Research binder, 1963
Box   2
Folder   31
Research--miscellaneous
Box   8
Folder   16
St. Louis interviews, circa 1967
Note: From an unknown source.
Box   2
Folder   32
Schizophrenia
Scrapbooks
Box   2
Folder   33
School
Box   2
Folder   34
Early career, 1937-1939
Note: Original handwritten speech of Sir Laurence Olivier and related items removed to Autograph File.
Box   2
Folder   35-36
1946-1948
Box   2
Folder   37
Death of Merriman Jr., 1966
Box   2
Folder   38
Reviews of Smith books
UPI
Correspondence and memoranda
Box   2
Folder   39-41
1941-1958, 1960-1964
Box   3
Folder   1-4
1965-1968, 1970, undated
Publications
Box   3
Folder   5
Standard size materials
Box   9
Folder   4
“U.P. Play” War Extra, 1941 December, 1942 October
Box   3
Folder   6
University of New Mexico
Box   3
Folder   7
Nev Wagner Personal Management
Box   3
Folder   8
Warm Springs Memorial
Box   3
Folder   9
William Morris Agency
Box   8
Folder   21
White House Correspondents Association
Series: Speeches and Writings
Articles
Box   3
Folder   10
General
Box   3
Folder   11
Eisenhower, Dwight
Box   3
Folder   12
Graham, Walter
Box   3
Folder   13
Insight, 1964
Box   3
Folder   14
Leahy, William D.
Box   3
Folder   15
Secret Service
Box   3
Folder   16
This Week
Box   3
Folder   17
“Washington's Mood,” Nation's Business
Box   9
Folder   5
Large format
Box   3
Folder   18-20
Audio broadcasts, 1966-1970, undated
Books
Good News Days
Box   3
Folder   21-22
Drafts, introduction and chapters 1-19
Box   3
Folder   23
Clippings and reviews
Box   3
Folder   24
General
Meet Mr. Eisenhower
Box   3
Folder   25-26
Draft binder
Box   3
Folder   27
Clippings and reviews
A President Is Many Men
Box   3
Folder   28-31
Draft binders
Box   3
Folder   32
Miscellaneous papers
Box   3
Folder   33
General research material
Box   3
Folder   34
Historical research
Box   4
Folder   1
Historical research (continued)
Box   4
Folder   2
Rudolph Forster and Maurice Latta research
A President's Odyssey
Box   4
Folder   3-4
Chapter drafts, 1-21
Box   4
Folder   5
Editorial deletions
Box   4
Folder   6
Clippings and reviews
Thank you, Mr. President
Box   4
Folder   7
Introduction drafts
Box   4
Folder   8
White House notebook design
Box   4
Folder   9
Chapter drafts
Box   4
Folder   10-11
Typesetter's copy
Box   4
Folder   12
Clippings and reviews
Box   4
Folder   13
Excerpt
Box   4
Folder   14
Chapters, miscellaneous and unidentified
Box   4
Folder   15
College paper
Columns
Box   4
Folder   16
“Backstairs at the White House”
Box   4
Folder   17
“Washington Pipeline”
Box   4
Folder   18
“Washington Window”
Fiction
Box   4
Folder   19
“Farragut House,” 1962-1963
Box   4
Folder   20-21
“Hail to the Chief,” outline and draft chapters
Box   4
Folder   22
Miscellaneous writings and fragments
Box   4
Folder   23
“Nigger in the Woodpile”
Box   4
Folder   24
“Not Dawn”
Box   4
Folder   25
Short Stories
Box   4
Folder   26
John Wesley short story manuscript
Box   4
Folder   27
Fiction fragments
Box   8
Folder   15
Handwritten stories
Box   4
Folder   28
Murder of a Young President
News stories
Box   4
Folder   29
WWII scrapbook
Box   4
Folder   30-37
Loose clippings, 1941-1970, undated
Box   8
Folder   3-10
Notes, notebooks and loose notes, undated
Plays
Potus (about the President)
Box   4
Folder   38
Typed draft
Box   8
Folder   17
Handwritten draft
Box   8
Folder   11
Untitled typed script
Proposals
Box   4
Folder   39
General ideas
Box   4
Folder   40
Eisenhower book, 1954
Box   4
Folder   41
“How to Stay Alive” outline
Box   4
Folder   42
Lyndon Johnson book, foreword and chapter 1
Box   4
Folder   43
TW3 television program suggestions
Speeches
Box   4
Folder   44-49
1961-1966
Box   8
Folder   20
1966
Box   5
Folder   1-4
1967-1970
Box   5
Folder   5
undated
Box   5
Folder   13
undated (continued)
undated, but
Box   5
Folder   6
1950s
Box   5
Folder   7
1961-1963
Box   5
Folder   8
1963-1969
Box   5
Folder   9
1969-1974
Box   5
Folder   10
Kennedy era
Box   5
Folder   11
Johnson era
Box   5
Folder   12
Nixon era, circa 1969-1970
Box   5
Folder   14
Television “Washington Correspondent,” 1951-1966
Wire service bulletins
Box   5
Folder   15
Roosevelt
Box   5
Folder   16-17
Truman
Eisenhower
Box   5
Folder   18-19
Various dates
Box   8
Folder   22
1960
Kennedy
Box   5
Folder   20
Various dates
Box   8
1961
Box   5
Folder   21
Assassination
Johnson
Box   5
Folder   22
Various dates
Box   5
Folder   23
1966
Box   5
Folder   24
Manila Conference, 1966
Nixon
Box   5
Folder   25
Various dates
Box   5
Folder   26
Romania, Asia trips, 1969
Series: Work Files
Roosevelt
Box   6
Folder   1-2
White House Press Office logs
Box   6
Folder   3-5
Reporter's notebooks
Box   6
Folder   6
Fragments
Truman
Box   6
Folder   7
Berlin Conference
Box   6
Folder   8
Inauguration
Box   6
Folder   9-11
White House Press Office logs, 1945-1948
Box   7
Folder   1
General work materials
Box   6
Folder   12
Stevenson, Adlai, presidential campaign
Eisenhower
Box   6
Folder   13-14
General work materials
Box   6
Folder   15
USS Helena traffic
Box   6
Folder   16
Interviews -- transcripts and notes, 1954, 1960, 1965
Box   6
Folder   17-18
Reporter's notebooks
Box   6
Folder   19
Typed notes
Box   6
Folder   20
South America trip, 1960
Box   7
Folder   2
USS Triton
Box   7
Folder   3
USS Yorktown
Kennedy, John F.
Box   7
Folder   4
Reporter's notebooks
Box   7
Folder   5
Assassination and Warren Commission
Box   7
Folder   6-7
General work materials
Box   9
Folder   6
“Four Days that Shook the World,” promotion
Johnson, Lyndon
Box   7
Folder   8
Helen Thomas interview, 1968
Box   7
Folder   9-13
Reporter's notebooks
Box   7
Folder   14-15
General work materials
Box   8
Folder   12
Vietnam briefing
Box   7
Folder   16
Humphrey, Hubert, presidential campaign
Nixon, Richard
Box   7
Folder   17
Interviews, 1968
Box   7
Folder   18
Log, 1969
Box   7
Folder   19-20
General work materials
Box   8
Folder   1-2
Reporter's notebooks
Box   9
Folder   7
Large notebook, 1969 December 12
Box   9
Folder   7
Press conferences and speeches
PH 4910
Series: Visual Materials
Photographs
Merriman Smith
Box   1
Folder   1
Portraits/Alone
Box   3
Folder   1
Oversize
Box   1
Folder   2
At work/Reporting on events
Box   1
Folder   4
With others/Attending events
Box   3
Folder   2
With various U.S. Presidents
Box   1
Folder   8
With Vice President Hubert Humphrey
Box   1
Folder   3
Smith Family
Presidents/Coverage of Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Box   2
Folder   10
Alone/With others
Box   2
Folder   11
With Merriman Smith
Box   2
Folder   13
Harry S. Truman and Merriman Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Box   1
Folder   9
Alone/With others
Box   1
Folder   7
With Merriman Smith
Box   1
Folder   5
Trips
Box   1
Folder   6
Golfing at Augusta, 1957
Box   1
Folder   10
Album: Eisenhower Korean Trip, 1952
Box   2
Folder   16
Truman and Eisenhower
Note: Album page and loose prints.
John F. Kennedy
Box   2
Folder   3
Alone/With others
Box   2
Folder   4
With Merriman Smith
Box   2
Folder   5
With Jacqueline Kennedy/Mrs. Kennedy alone
Note: Probably by Smith.
Lyndon Johnson
Box   2
Folder   1
Alone/With others
Box   2
Folder   2
With Merriman Smith
Albums
Box   3
Folder   3
World Tour, 1967
Note: Pages removed from album.
Box   3
Folder   4
“Thank you, Mr. Smith” Birthday, 1968
Note: Album cover and pages removed from album.
Richard Nixon
Box   2
Folder   7
Alone/With others
Box   2
Folder   8
Paris trip, 1969 February
Note: Nixon not pictured.
Box   2
Folder   9
People of note
Box   2
Folder   12
USS Triton
Box   2
Folder   15
USS Yorktown
Box   2
Folder   14
Vietnam War protest, District of Columbia
Note: Probably by Smith.
Box   2
Folder   6
Miscellaneous
Transparencies
Merriman Smith
Work related
Box   4
Folder   8
Gridiron Club?
Box   4
Folder   6
Peace Demonstrations, Lincoln Memorial, 1967 November
Box   4
Folder   5
Dean Rusk and William Westmoreland, 1967?
Box   4
Folder   9
Aircraft carriers, 1959, 1969 and undated
Travel
Box   4
Folder   11
Berlin
Box   4
Folder   12
India, 1959 and 1967?
Note: Possibly a UPI trip.
Box   4
Folder   1
Smith Family
Presidents/Coverage of Presidents
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Box   4
Folder   2-4
Golfing trips, 1957-1960, undated
John F. Kennedy
Box   4
Folder   7
Trips, 1962-1963
Box   4
Folder   10
Memorial
Lyndon Johnson
Box   4
Folder   13
Trips, 1963-1968
Negatives
Merriman Smith
Box   5
Folder   1-3
Portraits
Box   5
Folder   23-29
At work/Reporting on events
Box   5
Folder   18-22
With others/Attending events
Travel
Box   5
Folder   30-39
India
Box   5
Folder   40-50
Miscellaneous
Presidents/Coverage of Presidents
Box   5
Folder   4
Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Merriman Smith
John F. Kennedy
Box   5
Folder   5
Kennedy in Ireland
Box   5
Folder   6
Hyannis, Boats
Box   5
Folder   7-8
Gravesite, Arlington Cemetery, circa 1965
Lyndon Johnson
Box   5
Folder   9-10
Alone/With others
Box   5
Folder   11
With Press Corps
Box   5
Folder   12-17
Richard M. Nixon
Box   5
Folder   51-53
Reporters
Box   5
Folder   54
Social gathering/music
Note: Possibly EDICON, 1969 October.
Box   5
Folder   55
United Press International party?
Box   5
Folder   56
Aircraft carrier helicopters
Box   5
Folder   57
Klu Klux Klan parade
Films
AD 404
Gailey Johnson (wife of Smith) at the Chicago Zoo, 1935
Physical Description: 16 mm 
AD 405
Gailey Johnson in her playroom, 1935
Physical Description: 16 mm 
AD 406
Merriman Smith receiving an award, probably the Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon Johnson, circa 1968
Physical Description: Black & white, 16 mm 
EA 067
President Harry Truman's trip to Rio de Janeiro and Key West, 1947
Physical Description: Color, 8 mm 
Scope and Content Note: Showing harbor and ships, military parade, Truman in top hat and aboard ship in military hat; arriving by plane (probably at Key West), Truman speaking, indigenous peoples (probably Central American), in native dress; and press corps relaxing.
Audio 1474A
Series: Audio Recordings
President John F. Kennedy
1474A/15
President John F. Kennedy's Address to United Press International Editors Publishers, Statler-Hilton Hotel, New York City, 1961 June 8
1474A/16
President John F. Kennedy Assassination, Earl McRoberts Xtra News, 1963 November 22
President Lyndon B. Johnson
1474A/2
Lyndon Johnson press conference at Job Corps camp in Texas, 1965
1474A/20-21
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966 February 24
Physical Description: 2 tapes 
1474A/23
Lyndon B. Johnson to Courtney Valenti, LBJ to OAU, 1966 May
1474A/17
LBJ, 1967 October 10
1474A/25
1968 election, LBJ urges voters to “stay in the USA until after election day”
1474A/22
LBJ bombing
1474A/24
LBJ, his dog “his,” and Fresh Concrete; Talks about the White House; 4 episodes
1474A/18
“A Spark of Divinity: The Divinity Within all Humans Regardless of their Belief Sets,” Lady Bird Johnson said to not be present, undated
1474A/19
Harry S. Truman and Lady Bird in Greece; Sid Davis, LBJ, Astronauts, undated
President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew
1474A/30
Nixon Inauguration, 1968 January 20
1474A/32
Nixon at the Republican National Convention, 1968 August 5
1474A/4
Richard Nixon press conference following his nomination, 1968 August 7
1474A/5
Richard Nixon, law and order campaign speech, circa 1968 September 7
1474A/5 (continued)
Richard Nixon press conference, 1968 September 8
Note: About his schedule, William Scranton's trip to Europe for him, and communications with the Johnson administration.
1474A/28
Humphrey on Issues & Answers, 1968 November 3
1474A/6
N.A.T.O., 1969 April 10
1474A/26
Spiro Agnew, 1969 April 25
1474A/28 (continued)
Nixon's first press conference as president, 1969 January 27
1474A/31
Nixon's first press conference as president, 1969 January 27
Note: Continues from 1494A/28.
1474A/29
Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower Eulogy, Capitol Rotunda, 1969 March 30
1474A/27
Blastoff Weekend for President Nixon, Series: A view from the White House, undated
1474A/33
Random Nixon sound clips, undated
Merriman Smith
1474A/11
Martha Deane Program, WOR-FM, Guest: Merriman Smith, 1963 January 16
1474A/1
Smith interviews retired President Dwight Eisenhower, 1965 October 11
1474A/12
Merriman Smith on Griffin Show, 1969 July 3
1474A/13
Reporting from his house because of pneumonia, 1970 February 14
Scope and Content Note: Talks about the possibility of buying a house next door to Nixon's house in California.
1474A/9
Gorden Cooper, Astronaut
Scope and Content Note: Problems with retro rockets and oxygen over the Bay of Bengal; sounds like Smith.
1474A/7
G. and the Silk Merchants
Note: Likely a Smith broadcast.
1474A/10
Letter of correspondence, undated
1474A/8
Merriman Smith, [year unknown] September 27
1474A/14
White House, [year unknown] November 11 and 29
Note: Likely a Smith segment.
“From the People,” John Chambers
1474A/34
Dr. James Allen, United States Commission of Education
1474A/35
Postmaster General Winton Blount
1474A/36
John Chambers
1474A/37
Senator Edward J. Gurney (R - Florida)
1474A/38
George Romney (Former governor of Michigan) with John Chambers, Housing
1474A/39
Senator Ted Stevens (R - Alaska)
Labor News Conference
1474A/40
Labor News Conference #1-8, 1968 April 23
Note: Subject: America's Trade Unions Stress Community Service
Guest: Leo Perlis, Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Community Services Activities
Reporters: Harry Conn, Editor, Press Associates, Inc. and William Eaton, Washington Correspondent for the Chicago Daily News
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/41
Labor News Conference #2-8, 1968 April 30
Note: Subject: New Labor - Management Drive to Improve Collective Bargaining
Guest Roy Siemiller, President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and a Vice President of the AFL-CIO
Reporters: Reporters: James Welsh, Staff Writer for the Washington Evening Star and Alan Adams, Washington Correspondent for Business Week Magazine
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/42
Labor News Conference #12-8, 1968 July 19
Note: Subject: Hiring the Hard-Core Jobless
Reporters: John W. Livingston, Director of Union Relations of the National Alliance of Businessmen
Reporters: James Welsh, Staff Writer for the Washington Evening Star and Stanley Levey, Labor Correspondent for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/43
Labor News Conference #13-8, 1968 July 16
Note: Subject: Youth Unemployment - Scope and Solutions
Guest: Marion Friedman, Assistant Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Research
Reporters: Alan Adams, Washington Correspondent for Business Week Magazine and Harry Conn, Editor of Press Associate, Inc. Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/44
Labor News Conference #20-8, 1968 September 10
Note: Subject: New Directions in Union Community Service
Guest: Leo Perlis, Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Community Service Activities
Reporters: Murray Seeger, Washington Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Harry Conn, Editor of Press Associates, Inc.
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/45
Labor News Conference #22-8, undated
Note: Subject: Labor's Election Year Look Out
Guest: Albert S. Zach, Director of the AFL-CIO Department of Public Relations
Reporters: Neil Gilbride, Labor Correspondent for the Associated Press and William Boton, Washington Representative for the Chicago Daily News
1474A/46
Labor News Conference #25-6, undated
Note: Subject: The Senate fight for Social Security
Guest: Bert Seidman, Director of the Department of Social Security, AFL-CIO;
Reporters: Cecil Holland, Capitol Hill Correspondent for the Washington Evening Star and Frank Swoboda, Labor Correspondent for UPI
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/47
Labor News Conference #25-8, unknown year, July 10
Note: Guest: Bert Seidman, Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Social Security
Reporters: Al Goldsmith, Editor of the Washington Insurance Newsletter and Theodore Schuschat, Nationally Syndicated Columnist for the North American Newspaper Alliance
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/48
Labor News Conference #47-7, 1968 March 10
Note: Subject: Jobs for the Jobless
Guest: Marion Friedman, Assistant Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Research
Reporters: Neil Gilbride, Labor Correspondent for the Associated Press and Harry Conn, Editor, Press Associates, Inc.
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/49
Labor News Conference #50-7, 1968 April 12
Note: Subject: Social Security and Welfare - The Needs Today and Tomorrow
Guest: Bert Seidman, Director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Social Security
Reporters: William Eaton, Chicago Daily News and J.V. Reistrup, Washington Post
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/50
Labor News Conference #52-7, undated
Note: Subject: Job Related Psychological Testing
Guest: Brett Gottlieb, an Industrial Engineer in the AFL-CIO Department of Research
Reporters: Alex Uhl, Editor of Press Associates, Inc. and Neil Gilbride, Labor Correspondent for the Associated Press
Moderator: Frank Harden
1474A/51
Labor News Conference, unnumbered, undated
Note: Title: Union members in Arts and Sciences
Guest: Jack Golodner, Executive Secretary of the Council of AFL-CIO Inions for scientific, professional, and cultural employees
Reporter: Alex Uhl, Editor of Press Associates, Inc and William Eaton, Washington Correspondent for the Chicago Daily News
Moderator: Frank Harden
Humor
1474A/52
Comedy Sketch about Lucy B. Johnson (LBJ's Daughter)
1474A/53
President Nixon Comedy Sketch
Uncategorized Tapes
1474A/54
3 candidate debate, 1968 August 27
1474A/55
Address to Joint Session of Congress Capitol Building, 1963 November 27
1474A/56
Allison, The Young, 1968 December 13
1474A/57
Allison Smith's 5th Birthday, undated
1474A/58
Beyond the Fringe, undated
1474A/59
Burlington, Iowa, 1967 August 4
1474A/60
Cassels at ANPA, 1970 April 20
1474A/61
Correspondence with Merriman Smith Jr. concerning a broken tape recorder, son is in Vietnam, undated
1474A/62
Diamonds, Lenses, and Other Company Discounts, 1965 October 25
Note: Multiple playback speeds.
1474A/63
Eaton, 1969 May 27
1474A/64
Evans, Clifford, 1969 December 8
1474A/65
Garrison Investigation, 1967 March 4-5
1474A/66
Gartlan, M to Trim, G to Trim, [year unknown] December 12-13
1474A/67
Arthur Godfrey Show with Murphy Griffin Substituting, undated
1474A/68
Grid 70, REH'L, undated
1474A/69
International Sports Competitions (Diving)
1474A/70
Long, Earl
1474A/3
George McGovern press conference at Job Corps camp in Texas, 1965
1474A/72-73
Microphone Checks, undated
1474A/71
NASA -Educational Radio Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, undated
1474A/74
A phone conversation between Smith children, undated
1474A/75
Pearls for Gammy, Sending of Packages, Conversation with Merriman Smith Jr. or Merriman Smith Sr.'s father, undated
1474A/76
Predictions of 1960
1474A/77
Report from Washington, Walter Diohan, 1967 November 26
1474A/78
Rickles, undated
1474A/79
Short on Gillean, 1969
1474A/80
Stone & Webster Service Corporation, “1962 Executive Conference,” 1962 December 6
1474A/81
Suarez, Ted?, 1968 February 21
1474A/82
Won Tally, Oriental Imports, undated
1474A/83
UPI Edicon SX (Sigma Chi?), 1967 September 19
1474A/84
Volpe, Secretary of the Department of Transportation, undated
1474A/85
WA SDX (Sigma Delta Chi?), 1967 June 2
1474A/86
Whitmore, Albert; Director of the Industrial Union Department with Hauph on Surplus Food disposal, 1959 June 8
1474A/87
[hard to hear recording], undated
1474A/88
[hard to hear recording] about Dr. King?, undated