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This series consists of materials related to the founding of theAmerican Heritagemagazine. The bulk of the material dates from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Included are minutes from magazine committees, correspondence and memorandum among the SAH members. This series also contains numerous fundraising letters sent to various individuals and organizations. Lists and clippings regarding prospective donors, and progress reports sent to the contributors can also be found here. Letters to and from Courtland Canby, who was in charge of the financial campaign, comprise the bulk of the correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically.
This series also contains materials relating to a 1951-1952 survey on the use of history in the mass media. The SAH presented its findings at a conference in 1952, and along with papers and speeches, research materials such as clippings, articles, and questionnaires are available. Correspondence with the Rockefeller Foundation, which funded the survey, is here as well.
Advertisements, pamphlets, prospectuses and other promotional material are included in this series.
Committee Minutes
Box 7 Folder 7 Continuing and Advisory, 1944-1953
Box 7 Folder 8 Finance, 1951
Box 7 Folder 9 Joint, 1949
Box 7 Folder 10 Liaison, 1953
Box 7 Folder 11 Magazine, 1949-1951
Box 7 Folder 12 Steering, 1949
Correspondence and Memorandum, 1941-1959
Box 7 Folder 13-18 General, 1948-1954, (6 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 19 American Heritage--Joint Sponsorship, 1954-1959
Burlingame, Roger
Box 7 Folder 20 General, 1949
Box 8 Folder 1 Canby, Henry, 1949-1950
Box 8 Folder 2 Clemen, Rudolf, 1949
Box 8 Folder 3 Pringle, Henry, 1949
Canby, Courtland
Box 8 Folder 4-11 General, 1949-1951, (8 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 1-4 General, 1950-1953, Undated, 1950-1953, Undated, (4 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 5 Applicants, 1948-1952
Box 9 Folder 6 Authors--Potential, 1949-1951
Box 9 Folder 7 Burlingame, Roger, 1949-1951
Box 9 Folder 8 Canby, Henry, 1949-1952
Box 9 Folder 9-10 Clemen, Rudolf, 1948-1953, (2 Folders)
Box 9 Folder 11-14 D-F, 1949-1950, (4 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 1-2 K, 1949-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 3 Keener, Ruth, 1948-1949
Box 10 Folder 4 L, 1949-1951
Box 10 Folder 5 Library of Congress--Copyright, 1949
Box 10 Folder 6-7 M, 1949-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 8 Nevins, Allan, 1950-1954
Box 10 Folder 9 Pringle, Henry, 1949-1951
Box 10 Folder 10-16 R-W, 1950-1951, (7 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 17 Wecter, Dixon, 1949-1950
Box 10 Folder 18 Y-Z, 1949-1951
Canby, Henry
Box 10 Folder 19 General, 1949-1954
Box 11 Folder 1 Clemen, Rudolf, 1950-1952
Box 11 Folder 2 Pringle, Henry, 1949
Box 11 Folder 3 Nevins, Allan, 1949
Clemen, Rudolf
Box 11 Folder 4 General, 1947-1952
Box 11 Folder 5 Gross, Nancy, 1950-1954
Box 11 Folder 6-7 Nevins, Allan, 1943-1955, (2 Folders)
Box 11 Folder 8 Gross, Nancy, 1950-1953
Box 11 Folder 9 History Publisher's Foundation, 1943-1953
Box 11 Folder 10 Krout, John A., 1941-1943
Box 11 Folder 11 Nevins, Allan, 1944-1952
Box 11 Folder 12 Pringle, Henry, 1948-1949
Box 11 Folder 13 Richardson Wood and Co., 1950-1951
Box 11 Folder 14 Subscription Queries, 1942-1951
Fundraising, 1944-1953
Donors--Prospective
Box 24 Folder 1 General--List--Index Cards, 1950
Box 11 Folder 15-17 General--List, 1949-1952, (3 Folders)
Foundations
Box 11 Folder 18 General, 1944-1950
Box 12 Folder 1 Ford Foundation, 1948-1953
Box 12 Folder 2 Labor Union, 1948-1950
Founders
Box 12 Folder 3 Budget Proposal, 1950
Box 12 Folder 4 List, 1948-1950
Pledges
Box 12 Folder 5-6 Original and Extension, 1950-1951, (2 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 7 Release of, 1952
Box 12 Folder 8 Stock Proposal, 1952
Dinners and Luncheons
Box 12 Folder 9 Boston, 1950
Box 12 Folder 10 California, 1950
Box 12 Folder 11 Chicago, 1950 and 1952, 1950, 1952
Box 12 Folder 12 Denver, 1950
Box 12 Folder 13-15 New York, 1949-1950, (3 Folders)
Box 12 Folder 16 Philadelphia, 1950
Box 12 Folder 17 St. Louis, 1950
Box 12 Folder 18 Texas, 1950
Box 12 Folder 19 Union League, 1950
Box 12 Folder 20 Washington, 1950
Box 24 Folder 2 Subscribers--Index Cards, 1951
History in the Mass Media, 1941-1953
Box 13 Folder 1-2 Correspondence--Rockefeller Foundation, 1941-1953, (2 Folders)
Box 13 Folder 3-6 Conference, 1952, (4 Folders)
Survey
Box 13 Folder 7 General, 1951-1952
Box 13 Folder 8-9 Periodicals, Radio, and Televisions, 1951-1952, (2 Folders)
Box 14 Folder 1 Periodicals, Radio, and Television, 1951-1952
Box 14 Folder 2-3 Television and Film, 1951-1952, (2 Folders)
Promotional, 1941-1952
History
Box 14 Folder 4 Advertisement-- New York Times Book Review,, 1951
Box 14 Folder 5 Direct Mail, 1951
Box 14 Folder 7 Dummy Copy, 1951
Box 14 Folder 8 Letters from Readers, 1952
Box 15 Folder 1 Prospectus, 1950
Horizons
Box 15 Folder 2 Prospectus, 1944
Box 15 Folder 3 "Widening Our Horizons in Time and Space,", 1944
Box 15 Folder 4 "What Makes History Readable,", 1944
Living History
Box 15 Folder 5 "A Monthly Magazine"--Henry Seidel Canby, 1948
Box 15 Folder 6 Comments--From Members, 1948
Box 15 Folder 7 "Plan for Experimental Production"--For Henry Luce, 1948
Milestones
Box 15 Folder 8 Comments, undated
Box 15 Folder 9 Prospectus, 1949
Box 15 Folder 10 Table of Contents, circa, 1949
Nevins, Allen
Box 15 Folder 11 Folkways, Undated
Box 15 Folder 12 Historical Quiz, Undated
Box 15 Folder 13 Letters to Editors, Undated
Box 15 Folder 14 News and Backgrounds, 1949
Box 15 Folder 15 Popular Misconceptions, Undated
Box 15 Folder 16 Reprints, Undated
Box 15 Folder 17 Words, 1951
Box 15 Folder 18 Projected Articles, late 1940s-early, 1950s
Box 16 Folder 1-4 Projected Articles, late 1940s-early, 1950s, (4 Folders)
Box 16 Folder 5 Report and News Release, 1941-1952
Box 16 Folder 6 Sample of Direct Mails--Other Magazines, 1950s
