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Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957

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BOX 1-3 General Correspondence, 1893-1957
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1893, 1906-1946
(7 folders)
BOX 2 1947-1949
(4 folders)
BOX 3 1950-1957, undated
(6 folders)
BOX 4-5 Personal and Literary File, 1865-1955
Biographical and family material, clippings, speeches and lectures, memorabilia, photographs, articles, typescript of his book But We Were Born Free, booklets, a novel, and short stories.
Arranged under personal or literary and therein by type of material.
BOX 4 Personal
BOX 4 Biographical and family material
BOX 4 Clippings, 1903, 1911-1912, 1941-1953
BOX 4 Currency and documents relating to Elam Holmes Davis (father), 1865, 1873, 1888, 1896, 1912-1913
BOX 4 Memorabilia, 1910, 1920-1921, 1934-1950, undated
BOX 4 Photographs, 1944, undated
BOX 4 Miscellaneous clippings, 1925, 1934-1935, 1941-1954
BOX 4 Printed matter, 1943-1953, undated
BOX 4 Speeches and lectures, 1940, 1946-1953, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 4 Transcripts from the British Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System, 1948-1949
BOX 4 Literary
BOX 4 Articles and book reviews
BOX 4 1915-1929
(2 folders)
BOX 5 1930-1955
(3 folders)
BOX 5 Book, But We Were Born Free, typescript, 1954
BOX 5 Booklets, 1920, 1942
BOX 5 Novel, "He Drives Furiously," undated
BOX 5 Short stories, 1921-1938
(4 folders)
BOX 6-12 Subject File, circa 1941-circa 1955
Correspondence, clippings, congressional reports, notes, press releases, printed matter, research papers, and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX 6 Africa-Brownell, Herbert
(14 folders)
BOX 7 Campaign information-Democratic party policies
(10 folders)
BOX 8 Education-Foreign policy
(6 folders)
BOX 9 France-Italy
(18 folders)
BOX 10 Japan-Office of War Information
(10 folders)
BOX 11 Oil-Republican party policies
(16 folders)
BOX 12 Soviet Union-Yugoslavia
(13 folders)
BOX 13-25 Radio Scripts, 1942-1955
Original radio scripts.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 13 Mar. 1942, Aug. 1944
BOX 13 Dec. 1945
BOX 13 1946
BOX 13 Original
BOX 13 Jan.-Oct.
(4 folders)
BOX 14 Nov.-Dec.
(1 folder)
BOX 14 Approved
(2 folders)
BOX 14 1947
BOX 14 Jan.-Mar.
(5 folders)
BOX 15 Apr.-July
(11 folders)
BOX 16 Aug.-Dec.
(5 folders)
BOX 16 1948
BOX 16 Jan.-Mar.
(3 folders)
BOX 17 Apr-Dec.
(9 folders)
BOX 18 1949
BOX 18 Jan.-July
(7 folders)
BOX 19 Aug.-Dec.
(5 folders)
BOX 19 1950
BOX 19 Jan.-Mar.
(3 folders)
BOX 20 Apr.-Dec.
(9 folders)
BOX 21 1951
BOX 21 Jan.-June
(6 folders)
BOX 22 July-Dec.
(6 folders)
BOX 22 1952
BOX 22 Jan.-Feb.
BOX 23 Mar.-Oct.
(4 folders)
BOX 24 Nov.-Dec.
BOX 24 1953
BOX 24 Jan.-May
(5 folders)
BOX 25 June-Oct.
(5 folders)
BOX 25 1954
BOX 25 1955
BOX 25 Addition, 1942
Radio script.
BOX 25 Radio script, 1942, Feb. 16

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