Lester Bernstein papers, 1920-2014

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1830
Bib ID:
12444576 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Bernstein, Lester, 1920-2014
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
19 linear feet (14 record cartons and 1 wooden box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Collection is unprocessed and CLOSED. Reviewed in May 2019, and determined that the material cannot be made safely available without processing. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

The papare comprise correspondence, manuscripts, documents, articles, clippings, etc.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Rbml Advance Appointment

Collection is unprocessed and CLOSED. Reviewed in May 2019, and determined that the material cannot be made safely available without processing. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Preferred Citation

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

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2015.2016.M136: Source of acquisition--Nina Bernstein | The New York Times. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--4/22/2016.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

Papers [processed, etc.] [initials here] mm/dd/yyyy.

Papers appraised appraiser [date].

Biographical / Historical

Lester Bernstein was a former editor of Newsweek magazine who also wrote for The New York Times, was a foreign correspondent for Time magazine and, as a vice president of NBC in 1960, helped arrange America's first televised presidential debates. In a career spanning a half-century, Mr. Bernstein was a theater columnist for The Times; a Rome and London correspondent for Time; a senior Newsweek editor in the 1960s and '70s; and the magazine's chief editor from 1979 to 1982, when it won national awards for general excellence and in-depth reporting.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Personal papers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Bernstein, Lester, 1920-2014 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newsweek, inc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Time CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Journalism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newspaper editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Occupation CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID