Robert A. Signer's New York World manuscript, 1960-2022
Collection context
- Creator:
- Signer, Robert A.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 2 document boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert A. Signer was a journalist and historian who specialized in researching the history of the New York Evening World. At City College, in the early 1960s, Signer was editor-in-chief of the Ticker and a copy boy at the New York Post. Later, he was the city editor of the Chicago Daily News at the time of its closing and worked as an editor at the Washington Post.
After he retired, Signer embarked on a monograph of the New York World in the three years from 1928 to its closing in 1931, during which time Walter Lippmann was the paper's editor and led it to a strategy of leading and challenging public opinion through long-format reporting. He worked on the manuscript for nearly 10 years, up until his death, at 80, in 2022.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site
- Terms of access:
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Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert A. Signer's New York World manuscript; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- Location of this collection:
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