Richard Terrill Baker papers, 1930-1981

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged.

• Series I: Personal
• Subseries I.1: Correspondence
• Subseries I.2: Fiction Manuscripts
• Series II: Outside Work, 1934-1980
• Series III: Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
• Subseries III.1: Richard T. Baker's Student Notes, 1935-1937
• Subseries III.2: Administrative File
• Subseries III.3: Conferences
• Subseries III.4: Course Materials
• Subseries III.5: A history of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. By Richard T. Baker. New York: Columbia University Press, 1954, circa 1954

Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, lists, manuscripts, photographs, and printed material. The records also include administrative files from Baker's tenure as Dean of the Graduate School of the Journalism, 1961-1970, as well as course materials, and data for journalism conferences.

• Series I: Personal

• Series II: Outside Work, 1934-1980

  A-Z, including China and Religion

• Series III: Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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); Richard Terrill Baker 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.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Mrs Richard T. Baker, 1982 & 1983.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Baker, Mrs. Richard T. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M82-8.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Revision Description

2020-07-06 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Author, Professor of Journalism, Methodist minister, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, 1961-1970. Baker was actively interested in religious journalism and associated with many religious organizations. From 1943 until 1945, he helped organize and taught at the Post-Graduate School of Journalism of the Central Political Institute of China, Chungking under the auspices of Columbia University. He was later a visiting scholar in Taiwan and Malaysia. (Columbia University M.S. in Journalism, 1937).