Overseas Press Club of America records, 1919-1970
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0961
- Bib ID:
- 4079187 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Overseas Press Club of America
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 202 Linear Feet (19 manuscript boxes, 77 transfiles, 1 flat box)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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Boxes 1 and 2 are located onsite. Box 3 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.
Description
Summary
Overseas Press Club (OPC) luncheon lists, 1963-1965; photographs entered in the 1970 OPC photographic contest, with biographical information on the various photographers; several historical OPC photographs (most unidentified); and photographs of news correspondents at the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919. Cataloged manuscripts include those of Burnet Hershey and Lowell Thomas.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Boxes 1 and 2 are located onsite. Box 3 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); Overseas Press Club of America records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Materials
The Overseas Press Club has digitized the OPC Bulletins (1945 to present) and Datelines (1958 to present), plus four member directories from 1956, 1966, 1975 and 1980, and made the freely available in the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/opc-archive
The WNYC Archives have digitized and made available dozens of programs produced by the Overseas Press Club and aired from 1940 through the mid 1970s, here: https://www.wnyc.org/series/overseas-press-club
Accruals
The 2nd and 3rd accessions (16 ms boxes, 77 transfiles) are unprocessed and not available at this time. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Overseas Press Club. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-71.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
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