4079187Overseas Press Club of America records4079187Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-09 20:25:34 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rare Book and Manuscript Library Overseas Press Club of America records Overseas Press Club of America 4079187 MS#0961 English /repositories/2/resources/3039 202 Linear Feet 19 manuscript boxes, 77 transfiles, 1 flat box 1919-1970 Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.

 Restrictions on Access

Boxes 1 and 2 are located onsite. Box 3 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.

 Restrictions on Access

This collection has no restrictions.

 Summary

Overseas Press Club (OPC) luncheon lists, 1963-1965; photographs entered in the 1970 OPC photographic contest, with biographical information on the various photographers; several historical OPC photographs (most unidentified); and photographs of news correspondents at the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919. Cataloged manuscripts include those of Burnet Hershey and Lowell Thomas.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Overseas Press Club of America records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Overseas Press Club. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-71.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

 Accruals

The 2nd and 3rd accessions (16 ms boxes, 77 transfiles) are unprocessed and not available at this time. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 Related Materials

The Overseas Press Club has digitized the OPC Bulletins (1945 to present) and Datelines (1958 to present), plus four member directories from 1956, 1966, 1975 and 1980, and made the freely available in the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/opc-archive

 Related Materials

The WNYC Archives have digitized and made available dozens of programs produced by the Overseas Press Club and aired from 1940 through the mid 1970s, here: https://www.wnyc.org/series/overseas-press-club

 Photographers Photojournalism Journalism -- Societies, etc Photographic prints Hershey, Burnet, 1896-1971 Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981 Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1919-1920).) Photographs of journalists at Versailles/repositories/2/archival_objects/146399219191Scope and Contents

2 folders

Cataloged correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/14639931950-19621Scope and Contents

2 folders

Historical photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/14639941Scope and Contents

2 folders

Manuscript of "The Air Future" by Burnet Hershey/repositories/2/archival_objects/1463995circa 19431Luncheon lists/repositories/2/archival_objects/14639961963-19641Scope and Contents

Luncheon lists in envelopes

Luncheon lists/repositories/2/archival_objects/146399719652Scope and Contents

Luncheon lists in envelopes

Dateline / Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/14639981957-19703OPC award photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/146402519704Scope and Contents

Approximately 15 photographs mounted on board, about 16 x 20.