Summary Information

Title: Harold Salemson papers
Inclusive Dates: 1929-2003

Creator:

• Salemson, Harold J.

Unique Identifier: Collection ZZC

Quantity:

• 4.0 Linear Feet
• 1 record storage carton, 1 legal document box, 1 oversize box, 1 slide box

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Special Collections

Archival Location:

UW-Madison Libraries, Special Collections (Map)

Abstract:

The papers of Harold Salemson (1910-1988), the founder and editor of Tambour, a quarterly magazine that ran from 1928 to 1930. The papers document Salemson's involvement with the Psychological Warfare Branch of the US military during World War Two, including propaganda flyers and leaflets, newspapers, drafts and sketches, radio scripts, and translations. Salemson also worked as a newspaper correspondent, film editor and critic, and translator in Hollywood prior to and after the war. Other materials in the collection consist of correspondence from contributors to Tambour as well as contacts in Hollywood.

Language: English , French , German , Italian .

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