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Herbert Lionel Matthews papers, 1909-2002, bulk 1937-1976 18 linear feet 36 document boxes 1 flat box 7 custom boxes

Matthews, Herbert Lionel, 1900-
The Herbert L. Matthews Papers contain the writings, correspondence, and personal papers of this American journalist, a correspondent and editorial writer for the New York Times from 1922 to 1967. Matthews' assignments spanned the world. As a journalist he covered the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and 1936, Spain and the Spanish Civil War, Italy, India, Europe and World War II, postwar Europe, Latin America; as an editor he wrote about Vietnam, China, and Latin America.
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Sydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931 43 linear feet (87 boxes)

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888

Letters written to Gay from political and literary contemporaries such as Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner, and William Bryant; reports in letter form from his reporters at the front during the Civil War; and personal correspondence including many letters from his wife, Elizabeth Neall Gay. Letters written to Mrs. Gay from family friends and business associates including many from her husband. Correspondence of other members of the Gay family including Walter Gay, Sarah Gay, and Allan Gay. Diaries, notebooks, and journals of Sydney Howard Gay.

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Ted Berkman papers, 1942-1948 0.5 linear feet 1 box

Berkman, Ted

This is a small collection of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, teletype and mimeographed copies, clippings, and photostats, reflecting Berkman's reporting and intelligence work during the 1940s. There are radio dispatches from wartime Yugoslavia and from Greece in 1944, Office of Strategic Services (OSS) reports and analysis concerning Greece, Turkey, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East, and a pamphlet reflecting his later work with UNICEF.

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