Charles Haupter papers 6910556Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-10 11:55:59 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.2012-03-21xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Charles Haupter papers Haupter, Charles L 6910556 MS#1607 English . 1.5 linear feet 3 document boxes 1900-1947 Papers and war time diary of Charles Haupter, journalist, businessman and employee of the Office of War Information during World War II. Arrangement

Material is organized into two series.

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 Summary

Collection is comprised primarily of daily news bulletins released by a number of sources that Haupter collected throughout World War II as part of his position in the United States Office of War Information. Also included in the collection are his personal diary for 1944, starting with him taking his position with the OWI, and some records related to his business interests after the war.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles L. Haupter Papers; Box and Folder (if known); Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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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--Haupter Family. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/30/1992.

 Biographical / Historical

Charles L. Haupter was educated at the City College of New York and Brooklyn College, where he studied engineering in the late 1920s. In 1944, at the height of World War II, Haupter took a job with the Office of War Information, a U.S. governmental agency the distributed news and information about the war and managed the U.S. propaganda campaign. Haupter worked in New York and London as a radio operator and news writer for the OWI. At the end of the war Haupter returned to the United States and opened a business, Central Office Service, in Younkers New York.

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Papers processed Carrie Hintz 03/18/2012.

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Finding aid written Carrie Hintz 03/18/2012.

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 World War, 1939-1945 United States. Office of War Information Series I: Personal Material1900-1947Haupter Family Papers1900-19281Charles Haupter College Coursework1927-19281Scope and Contents

(City College of New York and Brooklyn College Engineering and Calculus Exercises)

Haupter's Writings-- Poetry and Parodies1Central Office Service Records19471Series II: World War II Material1943-1946Haupter's Diary19441Scope and Contents

(from his time in the Office of War Information, stationed in New York and London)

News Releases and Bulletins2BBC Digest of World News19452BBC News Information Service Weeks Anniversaries Bulletin2Radio News-- Supreme Allied Expeditionary Forces19452News Release Published Aboard the U.S.A.T. Admiral Rodman19462Ministry of Information News Bulletins1943-19452United Nations Review1943-19442Soviet Radio Bulletins2Soviet Radio Bulletins5 folders3