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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and United States representative from New York, were given to the Library of Congress by his sons, Herbert Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer (1885-1955), and Ralph Pulitzer, in 1935.
The papers of Joseph Pulitzer were arranged and described in 1966. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Related material in the Manuscript Division includes the papers of Pulitzer's son, Joseph Pulitzer (1885-1955).
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Joseph Pulitzer is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Joseph Pulitzer are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Joseph Pulitzer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) span the years 1880-1924 and cover the later years of his life. Letters and telegrams from Pulitzer to his staff, Dan Carlos Seitz, John Norris, and Frank Irving Cobb, make up the largest part of the collection. The letters and memoranda are arranged in chronological order from 1880 to 1911, and there are a few letters and a copy of his will after 1911. At the end of the collection is a miscellany file including newspaper clippings and reports, apparently the opinions of Pulitzer on topics ranging from Venezuela to the “rest cure.”
There are several commentaries on political matters by Pulitzer in the correspondence, but more often in memoranda or critiques of editorials. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), William H. Taft, and William Jennings Bryan are most mentioned, as are Nelson W. Aldrich, George B. Cortelyou, and Charles Phelps Taft. Most of the newspaper clippings in the miscellany concern the death of Pulitzer. Included also is a file on the New York
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