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Texts of Sevareid's speeches and writings, some with attached correspondence.
Arranged by articles, letters to the editor, and speeches and chronologically therein.
BOX II:56 Articles
1942, "Where Do We Go from Here?"
1947
"Democracy's Main Street"
"Not So Wild a Dream," condensed version
"We Are Responsible to the World"
1952, untitled
1965, "The Final Troubled Hours of Adlai Stevenson"
1977
"Free Press for a Free People"
BOX II:57 Tribute to John J. McCloy
1978
"In Defense of TV"
Postscript to Erik Bye, Blow Silver Wind
1979, "Information and Society," 1978-1979
1980
"The Importance of Inventing Hazy Phrases"
"What Makes a Newspaper Great"
1981, "Return to God's River," 1980-1982
(2 folders)
1983
Introduction to Alan Barth, The Rights of Free Men
"Profiles and Perspectives"
"'Secret War' Has No Place in a Democracy"
Untitled essay
1985
Essay on Thanksgiving
Essay on Walt Disney
Introduction to George Levison memoir
"News Coverage 'Is a Force for Peace'"
"Tales of the Fighting Mad"
1986, Essay on Immigration
1988, "Ethics of the American Press"
1989
"The Golf Ball and I"
Introduction to Time-Life volume on World War II
1990, William S. Paley obituary
1991, "A New Stage"
Undated
Letters to the editor, 1960, 1972-1977, 1980-1991
(4 folders)
Speeches
1977-1979
(3 folders)
BOX II:58 1980-1989
(11 folders)
BOX II:59 1990-1991, undated
(3 folders)
BOX III: 1-2, OV 1 Part III: 2018 Addition, 1909-1993
Primarily correspondence from prominent politicians, journalists, and writers, but also includes genealogical material, condolence letters, and items from Sevareid's second marriage to and subsequent divorce from Belén Marshall. The miscellaneous correspondence is organized alphabetically by name.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or subject matter.
BOX III:1 Acheson, Alice, and Dean Acheson, 1961-1977
Allilueva, Svetlana, 1974-1988
(2 folders)
Anderson, Robert O., 1967-1970
Ardrey, Robert, 1957-1980
(3 folders)
Baucus, Max, 1976, 1987
Burger, Warren E., 1967-1972
Clark, Joseph, 1963, undated
Condolence letters to Suzanne St. Pierre (wife), 1992
(2 folders)
Cowles, Fleur, 1972-1974
Douglas, William O., 1967-1972
Dulles, Allen, 1961-1962
Feiffer, Jules, 1961
Fulbright, J. William, 1958, 1964-1969, 1976
Genealogical material, 1909, 1952, 1975-1986
BOX III:OV 1 Genealogical scrapbook: Unveiling of the Eric Sevareid Memorial at Etne, Norway, 1993
BOX III:1 Goldwater, Barry M., 1962, 1976
Gordon, Ruth, 1977
Graham, Katharine, 1977
Guy, William L., 1970
Harriman, Pamela and W. Averell, 1973-1982, undated
Holiday card with photograph from Lois Sevareid to Rosa Gregg, circa 1942
Humphrey, Hubert H., 1956-1977
(2 folders)
Javits, Jacob K., 1970-1977
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1957-1959, 1965
Kennedy, John F., 1957-1958
Kennedy, Robert F., 1958, 1964
Landon, Alfred M., 1966-1987
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1975-1977
Lippmann, Walter, 1962-1965
MacLean, Norman, 1986
Mansfield, Mike, 1967, 1974-1977
McKelway, St. Clair, 1975
Miscellaneous correspondence
B-F, 1959-1990
BOX III:2 G-W, 1959-1992
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1912, 1934, 1964, 1974-1978, undated
Moynihan, Daniel P., 1975-1976
Murrow, Edward R., 1958-1965, 1973
Nixon, Richard M., 1956-1964, 1969
Ramsbotham, Peter, 1976
Reston, James, 1961-1963, 1991
Ridgway, M. B., 1959, 1977-1979
Robertson, Nan, 1992
Rusk, Dean, 1972
Sandburg, Carl, 1955, undated
Saroyan, William, 1957
Sawyer, Diane, circa 1986-1992, undated
Sevareid, Belén Marshall (wife), 1963-1975
(2 folders)
Sheean, Vincent, 1968, undated
Stevenson, Adlai E., 1950-1963
Stern, John A., 1934-1935
Stickney, Dorothy, 1969
Truman, Harry S., 1957-1961
Udall, Stewart L., 1962-1969, 1987
Warren, Earl, 1961, 1969, 1973
West, Rebecca, 1975
White, Theodore H., 1958, 1982
Widmark, Richard, 1961, 1969-1970, 1976
BOX III:3-5, OV 2 Part III: 2023 Addition, 1912-2008
Articles, photographs, family correspondence, fan mail, awards, business memoranda, and biographical material, including school memorabilia and Sevareid's adolescent diary.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX III:3 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1970
Articles about Eric Sevareid, circa 1935-1944, 1959-1979, 1987
(2 folders)
Articles by Eric Sevareid, 1944, 1956, 1980
Awards, 1983-1987
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