W. A. Swanberg papers, 1927-1992
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1219
- Bib ID:
- 4078385 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Swanberg, W. A (William Andrew), 1907-1992
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 36 linear feet (77 boxes)
- Language(s):
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English
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- Access:
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Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, notebooks, notecards, proofs, photographs, microfilms, and printed materials. The Papers include the manuscript research materials and correspondence for each of his books except his biography of Theodore Dreiser. Among the correspondents are William Benton, Bruce Catton, Carey McWilliams, Mrs. Fremont Older (Cora Miranda Baggerly Older), and Thornton Wilder.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into four series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Rbml Advance Appointment
This collection 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.
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); W. A. Swanberg papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Archival Materials
Materials relating to Theodore Dreiser are at: The University of Pennsylvania Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of W.A. Swanberg, 1984.
Gift of John W. Swanberg & Sara V. Swanberg, 1993.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Swanberg, W.A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1984.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Swanberg, John W. & Sara V. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/09/93. Accession number--M-93-09-09.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Processed HR 06/--/85.
Papers Processed HR 01/05/93.
Revision Description
2012-05-09 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2017-06-30 xml document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi. Restrictions on collection lifted by family per Curator.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical sketch
Biographer and historian; author of books about Morgan Dix, Theodore Dreiser, Dorothy Elmhirst, James Fisk, William Randolph Hearst, Henry Luce, Joseph Pulitzer, Daniel E. Sickles, Willard D. Straight, Norman Thomas, Flora Payne Whitney, Williams C. Whitney, and the American Civil War. He won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1973 for "Luce and his Empire" and the National Book Award for biography in 1977 for "Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist." He also wrote many magazine articles on crime.
Subject Headings
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| Advertising |
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| Articles |
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| Book reviews |
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| Card files |
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| Diaries |
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| Fiction (general genre) |
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| First drafts |
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| Galley proofs |
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| Illustrations |
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| Interviews |
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| Lists (document genres) |
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| Manuscripts (documents) |
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| Manuscripts for publication |
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| Memorandums |
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| Newspapers |
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| Notebooks |
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| Notes (documents) |
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| Photographs |
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| Poems |
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| Proofs (printed matter) |
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| Short stories |
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| Speeches (documents) |
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| Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 |
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| Auchincloss, Louis |
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| Baldwin, Roger N (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 |
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| Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 |
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| Benton, William, 1900-1973 |
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| Cain, James M (James Mallahan), 1892-1977 |
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| Carlson, Chester Floyd, 1906-1968 |
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| Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978 |
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| Dix, Morgan, 1827-1908 |
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| Dowdey, Clifford, 1904-1979 |
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| Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 |
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| Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight |
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| Fisk, James, Jr., 1835-1872 |
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| Floyd, John B (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 |
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| Fowler, Gene, 1890-1960 |
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| Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970 |
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| Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 |
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| Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., 1908-1993 |
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| Hersey, John, 1914-1993 |
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| Hobson, Laura Z (Laura Zametkin), 1900-1986 |
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| Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 |
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| Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977 |
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| Johnson, William E (William Eugene), 1862-1945 |
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| Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974 |
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| Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967 |
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| MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982 |
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| Macdonald, Dwight |
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| McCullough, David W. |
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| McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980 |
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| Miller, Flora Whitney |
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| Miller, Merle, 1919-1986 |
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| Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 |
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| Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 |
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| Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 |
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| Older, Cora Miranda Baggerly, 1875-1968 |
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| Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 |
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| Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 |
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| Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 |
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| Salinger, Pierre |
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| Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 |
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| Smith, H. Allen (Harry Allen), 1907-1976 |
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| St. Johns, Adela Rogers |
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| Stout, Rex, 1886-1975 |
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| Straight, Willard Dickerman, 1880-1918 |
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| Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979 |
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| Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 |
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| Time, inc |
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| United States. Office of War Information |
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| Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 |
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| White, Theodore H (Theodore Harold), 1915-1986 |
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| Whitney, William C (William Collins), 1841-1904 |
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| Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 |
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| Xerox Corporation |
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| Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) |
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| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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| Authors, American |
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| Biographers |
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| Biography -- 19th century |
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| Businessmen |
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| Capitalists and financiers |
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| Espionage |
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| Journalism |
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| Newspaper editors |
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| Newspaper publishing |
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| Novelists, American |
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| Periodical editors |
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| Periodicals -- Publishing |
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| Prohibition |
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| Prohibitionists |
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| Propaganda, American |
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| Publishers and publishing |
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| Retired military personnel |
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| Scrapbooks |
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| Socialists |
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| Soldiers |
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| Spies |
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| Tobacco industry |
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| World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda |
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| Xerography |
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