Summary Information
Abstract
Research material for two of Larry Tye's books,
Superman: The
High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero,
which includes
correspondence, subject files, and legal files, and for
Bobby
Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon,
which includes oral history files
and subject files.
At a Glance
Call No.: | MS#1642 |
Bib ID: | 10101342 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Tye, Larry. |
Title: | Larry Tye
Papers
2008-2013.
|
Physical description: | 24.6 linear ft. (19 record storage cartons and 2
document boxes).
|
Language(s): | In English.
|
Access: |
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
two business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series:
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Description
Scope and Content
This collections consists of files related to two of Tye's book projects:
Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring
Hero
(2012) and
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a
Liberal Icon
(2016)
The files in Series I relate primarily to Tye's well-received 2012 book on Superman.
The files include, correspondence, subject files, and legal files related to
litigation between Superman's creators and Warner Communications, DC Comic's parent
company.
The files in Series II relate to Tye's research work on Robert Kennedy for
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a
Liberal Icon
(2016). These are
divided into two subseries: Oral History Files and Subject Files. The Oral History
Files consists of transcripts of interviews done by Tye, as well as transcripts of
interviews done by the Kennedy Library, Johnson Library, and others. There is also a
small amount of correspondence in these files. The Subject Files consists of
clippings, articles, correspondence, and other research materials.
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Using the Collection
Offsite
Access Restrictions
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
two business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies 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); Larry Tye Papers; Box and Folder;
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Superman files processed 01/2013 by Carrie Hintz, and Robert Kennedy files processed December 2016 by Catherine C. Ricciardi.
Finding aid written 01/08/2013 Carrie Hintz, and updated in December 2016 by Catherine C. Ricciardi.
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT
conversion January 10, 2013
Finding aid written in English.
2013-01-10
xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2016-12-20
xml document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Subjects
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History / Biographical Note
History
Larry Tye is the author of
Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring
Hero
(2012) and
Bobby
Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
(2016).
He is a journalist who, from 1986 through 2001, was a reporter at the
Boston Globe.
At the
Globe
he primarily covered health care and medicine stories. Prior to
his time at the
Boston Globe
Tye write for the
Louisville
Courier-Journal
and the Anniston
Star
in Anniston, Alabama. He was a Nieman Fellow at
Harvard University in 1993-1994.
In addition to his biographies of Superman and Bobby Kennedy, Tye has also written
biographies of Satchel Page, Edward Bernays, and books on electroconvulsive therapy
and the role of Pullman porters in creating a black middle class.
Larry Tye currently lives in Lexington, Massachusetts where he runs the Health
Coverage Fellowship, an organization designed to improve media coverage of health
care issues.
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