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BOX 6-8 Roll Call Files, 1951-2011
The Roll Call Files series, 1951-2011, documents various aspects of the newspaper’s history through items personally collected by Yudain. This mostly spans Roll Call’s origins in 1955 to the sale of the newspaper in 1986 to Arthur Levitt and includes brief narratives on Roll Call’s history. Files document facets of the newspaper such as advertising, subscriptions, and style guidelines. Subjects include Roll Call anniversaries, the Congressional baseball game, Congressional Staff Club, and the Quorum Club. Individuals featured in the series include caricature artist John Pert, humorist Mark Russell, and columnist Walter Winchell.
Material types include newspapers, articles, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, sketches, drawings, clippings, baseball scorecards, programs, scripts, financial documents, and other printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or material type.
BOX 6 Advertising, 1961-1982 See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 Anniversaries
BOX 6 20 year, 1975 See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 25 year, 1980 See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 30 year, 1985
BOX OV 2 40 year, 1995 See Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 50 year, 2005 See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 Other years, 1956-1985 See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 6 Article drafts, 1957-1979
BOX 7 Clippings, Roll Call mentions in other publications, 1955-1988, undated See also Container 1, Clippings
(2 folders)
BOX 7 Congress history and background, 1951-1960, 1972-1986, 2003, undated
BOX 7 Congressional baseball game, 1957-2011 See also Oversize, same heading
(2 folders)
BOX 7 Congressional Staff Club and Senate Staff Club, 1959-1988, undated
BOX 7 Correspondence, 1956-1988
BOX 7 Financial documents, 1955-1960, 1970, 1984-1987
BOX 7 Graphics and art, 1974-1976, 1982, undated See also Oversize, same heading
BOX 7 Holiday greetings, undated
BOX 7 Humor, 1969-1995, undated
BOX 8 Miscellany, 1958-1987, undated
BOX 8 Offices, 1971-1986
BOX 8 Operations, 1987, undated
BOX 8 Perts, John, caricature artist, 1961-1962, 1972-1984, 1992, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 8 Quorum Club; Bobby Baker scandal, 1963, 1971, 2000
BOX 8 Roll Call congressional staff awards, 1971-1992
BOX OV 2 Roll Call first issue, 1955, June 16 See Oversize, same heading
BOX 8 Roll Call history and background, 1979-1985, undated
BOX 8 Russell, Mark, 1959, 1969-2010
BOX 8 Sale of Roll Call, 1986-1987 See also Oversize, same heading
(2 folders)
BOX 8 Subscription to Roll Call, Richard M. Nixon, 1958
BOX 8 Subscriptions, 1955-1974, 1996, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 8 Washington Times inaugural reception, 1982
BOX 8 Winchell, Walter, 1960-1962, 1990
BOX 9-10 Speeches and Writings, 1946-2013
The Speeches and Writings series, 1946-2013, contains articles, editorials, and speeches written by Yudain, mostly pertaining to his role as editor of Roll Call and as a freelance journalist in Hollywood, California in the late 1940s. The articles mostly date from 1946 to 1950 when Yudain was an entertainment writer covering actors and films. In some cases complete copies of magazines such as Screen Guide and Movie Stars Parade featuring Yudain’s articles are present. The writings include a selection of Yudain's columns and editorials for Roll Call detailing social life on Capitol Hill, mostly from the 1980s. The series also contains song lyrics, usually parodies, written by Yudain as tributes to individuals or to mark special occasions. The speeches and remarks relate primarily to Roll Call and feature speaking engagements at award ceremonies, roasts, luncheons, and family events.
Material types include articles, editorials, magazines, lyrics, speeches, remarks, notes.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
BOX 9 Articles, 1946-1950, 1982-1983, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 9 Articles, background notes, 1946-1949
BOX 9 Columns and editorials, Roll Call
BOX 9 "King of the Hill," 1987-1988
BOX 10 Miscellany, 1968-1998, undated
BOX 10 "Sid Bits," 1956-1986, undated
BOX 10 "Sid's Place," 1986-1987
BOX 10 Lyrics, 1973, 1985-1986, 1994-2013, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 10 Speeches and remarks, 1968-1978, 1988-2013, undated
(4 folders)
BOX OV 1-OV 2 Oversize, 1955-2005
Material types include newspapers, posters, programs, and artwork.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were separated.
Personal file
BOX OV 2 Miscellany, poster, Yudain featured in People Today magazine, undated (Container 2, same heading)
BOX OV 1 Retirement, Posters of Roll Call front pages, signed, 1988 (Container 3 same heading)
Roll Call files
BOX OV 2 Advertising, Roll Call advertising supplements, circa 1970, circa 1980 (Container 6, same heading)
Anniversaries
BOX OV 2 20 year, Roll Call "Twentieth Anniversary Issue," 1975, July 10 (Container 6, same heading)
25 year (Container 6, same heading)
BOX OV 1 Painting of Yudain, signed, 1980
BOX OV 2 Press plate of Roll Call front page, 1980, June 19
BOX OV 2 Roll Call insert honoring Sid Yudain, 1980
BOX OV 2 Roll Call issue, “25 Years—How the Hill Has Changed,” 1980, Oct. 2
BOX OV 2 Roll Call issue, “25th Anniversary Salute,” 1980, June 19
BOX OV 2 Roll Call issue, draft pages, 1980, June 26
40 year, Roll Call inserts
BOX OV 2 "Forty Front Pages," 1995, Jan. 30
BOX OV 2 "Forty Years of Illustrations," 1995, Aug. 17
BOX OV 2 50 year, "Roll Call Turns 50!" issue, 2005, June 16 (Container 6, same heading)
BOX OV 2 Other years, Roll Call "Sixth Anniversary Issue," 1961, June 21 (Container 6, same heading)
BOX OV 2 Congressional baseball game, program, 1988, Aug. 9 (Container 7, same heading)
BOX OV 2 Graphics and art, sketches and comic panel, 1982, undated (Container 7, same heading)
BOX OV 2 Roll Call first issue, 1955, June 16
BOX OV 2 Sale of Roll Call issue, 1986, Apr. 10 (Container 8, same heading)

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