Geoffrey Parsons papers, 1919-1959

Creator:: Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956
Extent:: 4 linear feet 8 boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notebooks, memorabilia, a tape cassette, photographs, and printed materials. The collection is primarily correspondence files, both personal and professional, along with book reviews, awards and diplomas, letters of condolence on his death, clippings, and correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials relating to THE STREAM OF HISTORY. The correspondence relates specifically to the third edition. The manuscripts are typed and holograph inserts for the third edition and possibly for the second edition as well. Among the manuscripts are twenty-two notebooks containing holograph notes and drafts of chapters. The printed material consists of one copy of THE STREAM OF HISTORY, 1934 edition.
Biographical / historical:: Journalist and author. Parsons was chief editorial writer for The New York Herald Tribune from 1924 until 1952, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1942. Earlier he had been an editorial writer for The Sun from 1901 until 1913 when he joined the Herald Tribune.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Mrs. John C. Long. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/07/88. Accession number--M-88-07-12.

Letters of Lawrence Gilman et al: Source of acquisition--Long, Mary P. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/29/93. Accession number--M-93-03-29.

Custodial history:

Gift of Mrs. John C. Long, 1988, 1990, 1991& 1993.

Processing information:

Processed 08/22/89.

Letters of Lawrence Gilman et al Cataloged HR 01/11/94.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Accruals:

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

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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); Geoffrey Parsons papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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