Part 1 (U.S. Mss 81AF): Original 1967 Accession, 1942-1966
Physical Description: 1.2 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) 
Scope and Content Note

The materials received in 1967 (Box 1-2, 14) consist of correspondence, writings by Lasch, and office memoranda and date 1942-1966.

Although there is correspondence from 1942 to 1962 in the original 1967 accession, most letters are concerned with the period when he was on the staff of the Chicago Sun, 1942-1950. There is also office memoranda, drafts of articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous. The office memoranda are especially revealing as to how suggestions are made and carried out in editorial writing. Also included are two scrapbooks containing Mr. Lasch's editorials from June 18, 1947 to April 2, 1949.

Correspondence, 1942-1962

Articles about Lasch or his work

Magazine articles written by Lasch, 1942-1950

Office memoranda, circa 1942-1949

Pulitzer prize winning editorial

Editorials and clippings, 1942-1949, undated

Scrapbooks of editorials

1947 June 1-September 28

1949 August 3-1950 April 2

Part 2 (U.S. Mss 81AF): 1969 Additions, 1941-1969
Physical Description: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note

The materials received in 1969 (Box 3-8), include additional correspondence and writings and a subject file, and date 1941-1969.

The 1969 Additions, 1962-1969, consist of correspondence and clippings, copies of St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorials, and a subject file. The general correspondence chiefly concerns Post-Dispatch business. The correspondence concerning editorials comes mainly from the reading public. The subject file includes relevant correspondence, clippings, and resource materials. Titles are primarily those of organizations to which Lasch belonged or of topics on which he wrote editorials. Materials concerning the Pulitzer Prize that Lasch won in 1966 are filed in this section.

Subseries: Correspondence and Clippings

1956-1961

1962-1964

1965-1967

Miscellaneous personal, 1957-1969

Regarding editorials, 1957-1964

“To Stem the Erosion of Liberty,” 1961

On the War in Viet Nam, 1965

Washington Bureau, 1959-1965

Subseries: Editorial Reprints

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

Subseries: Subject File

American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1958-1965

Anastaplo case and Admission to the Bar, 1959-1962

Federal aid to private schools

Correspondence

1958-1960

1961-1962

Clippings, memoranda, and pamphlets, 1941-1963

Federal Mutual Savings Bank Act, 1957-1960

International Press Institute, 1958-1965

Miscellaneous, 1950-1961

Missouri Representatives

Thomas B. Curtis

1958-1961

1962-1964

Frank M. Karsten, 1958-1964

Leonor K. Sullivan

National Conference of Editorial Writers, 1961

Arrangements, bills, and thank you's, 1958-1962

Speakers, 1961

Articles written after the Conference, 1961

Overseas Weekly, 1962

Pulitzer Prize

Announcement and winning Editorial, 1966

Clippings, 1966

Correspondence, 1966

Romney, George, 1962-1967

Russell, Bertrand, 1963-1966

Sobell and Scales case, 1955-1962

Stevenson, Adlai E., 1960

Wire tapping, 1959

World Press Institute Forum, 1966

Part 3 (U.S. Mss 81AF): 1971-1972 Additions, circa 1940-1971
Physical Description: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note

The 1971-1972 Additions (Box 9-13), contain correspondence, office memos, subject files, editorial reprints, writings, notes and newsclippings, and memorabilia, and date circa 1940-1971. The documentation, however, is not extensive, and coverage is good only for Lasch's years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The correspondence is predominantly incoming and arranged chronologically. Significant correspondents include Herb Block, Marquis Childs, Henry Steele Commager, Frederick Deming, J.W. Fulbright, Hubert Humphrey, Edward V. Long, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Adlai Stevenson and Stuart Symington. There are also separate folders of reader protest of St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorials concerning the Vietnam War and the Nixon-Agnew administration.

The office memos, both general and between Lasch and Joseph Pulitzer Sr., are arranged chronologically. They provide some insight into the editorial decisions made by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch during Lasch's tenure.

The subject files are arranged alphabetically and treat a number of topics, including cigarette advertising, McCarthyism, civil rights, pacifist rights during the Vietnam War, the Nieman Foundation, national defense, and Lasch's relationship with Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson.

The Editorial reprints from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are fairly complete for the years 1960 to 1963 and 1968 to 1971. The writings consist of published articles, the most nearly complete file of which is that for The Progressive (1953-1957), and an unpublished book (1946-1947) as well as unpublished and undated short stories.

The notes, drafts and newsclippings deal with the presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956, Vietnam (1967-1968), and the career of Robert Lasch. Memorabilia include material related to the 1966 Pulitzer Prize ceremony and other materials concerning his activities.

Subseries: Correspondence

General, 1950 December-January 1971

Congratulations, 1950, 1957

Reader protests against editorial positions of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1969 November-1970 December

Letters from an eccentric reader, 1958-1964

Subseries: Office Memos

General, 1950-1957

Memos between Robert Lasch and Joseph Pulitzer, 1951-1955

Memo concerning St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial affairs, 1948-1957

Subseries: Subject Files

American Society for Newspaper Editors, 1958-1971

Bicentennial Section for St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1964-1965

Cigarette advertising, 1969-1970

Hubert Humphrey, Meet the Press, 1966

Jefferson Bank (St. Louis, Missouri) demonstrations (concerning employment of blacks), 1963

Harold Lischner (denied Missouri medical license because of pacifist views), 1964

Speech on McCarthyism at the University of Nebraska (text not included), 1953

Military information forwarded by Senator Stuart Symington, 1970

Nieman Foundation Fellowship selection, 1966-1970

Nieman Foundation Fund, 1961-1967

Senate vote against funding for studies of surrender by the United States, 1958

Removal of security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, 1954

Pacem in Terris II Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1967

Adlai Stevenson, 1952-1960

Stuart Symington, 1958-1963

Subseries: Editorial Reprints

1960 December-1961 December

1962 January-1963 December

1968 December-1970 January

1970 January-1971 January

Subseries: Writings

Book manuscript, unpublished, “Building with Herman,” 1946-1947
Note: Concerns Lasch's experience in having a house built.

Short stories, unpublished, undated

“A Business Proposition”

“The Old Lady”

“Popcorn”

“Relief”

“A Student of Language”

“$200 a Month”

Published articles (including The Progressive ), 1943-1957, 1968

Subseries: Notes, Drafts and Clippings

Presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956

Vietnam, 1967-1968
Note: Clippings from editorial page of St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Robert Lasch
Note: Clippings about Lasch's activities.

Subseries: Memorabilia

Pulitzer Prize ceremony and other memorabilia, 1966

Part 4 (PH U.S. Mss 81AF): Photographs, circa 1957-circa 1966
Physical Description: 9 photographs 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1957 October 25

Meet the Press with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, 1966 March 13

Meet the Press with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, 1966 March 13

Pulitzer Prize dinner, 1966 May 10

President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting in oval office, undated

Part 5 (M91-091): Additions, 1965-1991
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1965-1991, including a typed draft of Lasch's unpublished memoir (1982-1987); editorials and articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1965-1971, 1979); and a speech to the Ethical Society of St. Louis (1991). The speech gives an overview of the development of, what Lasch describes as, American imperialism, American involvement in military conflicts since World War II, and his opinion about the 1990-1991 war in the Persian Gulf.

Unpublished memoir: typed draft, 1982-1987

St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorials and articles, 1965-1971, 1979

Ethical Society of St. Louis speech, 1991