Louis Morris Starr papers, 1867-1977

Collection context

Creator:
Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980
Extent:
6 boxes 6 boxes
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Correspondence, notes, notebooks, note card files, clippings and photographs of Louis Morris Starr. One half of the collection consists of his research files for his dissertation"Bohemian Brigade; Civil War Newsmen in Action." (New York, Knopf, 1954). The other half contains photocopies of original Joseph Pulitzer letters and manuscripts in the Pulitzer and "The New York World" Papers at Columbia as well as Pulitzer items from other repositories. In addition there are typescript transcripts of Pulitzer's Pitman shorthand notebooks in Columbia collections. The photocopies and transcripts are annotated by Starr in preparation for a major biography he planned to write on Joseph Pulitzer.

Boxes 1-3 Papers on his Bohemian Brigade Box 1: Correspondence, Notes, Printed - clippings, Printed -.copy of book, Printed - hotographs. Box 2: Notebooks, 13 volumes Box 3: Notecard.file Boxes 4-6: Papers on "Joseph Pulitzer" Box 4: Correspondence, Photocopies of Pulitzer Originals Box 5: Transcripts of Pulitzer's Pitman Shorthand Notebooks Box 6: Notes from the Columbia University Collection, Notes from Other Sources, Notecard files

Biographical / historical:

(Columbia M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1954), author, professor of journalism and Director of the Oral History Research Office at Columbia, 1961-1980.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Louis Morris Starr papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
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Contact:
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