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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2015086027
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 Washington Post Historical Collection was given to the Library of Congress by the Washington Post Company in 2015 and 2016. The materials were compiled by Evelyn Small, a former senior researcher at the Washington Post Company working on an archival project in advance of the move of the Washington Post offices to a new building in 2015.
The Washington Post Historical Collection was arranged and described by Nate Scheible with the assistance of Emilia Schrier in 2018-2019.
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions
of the Library. Videotapes and audiotapes have been transferred to the Motion
Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographic slides featuring
employees and various divisions within the
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the Herbert Block Papers , Philip L. Geyelin Papers , Katharine Graham Papers, Meg Greenfield Papers , George Lardner Papers , Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer Papers , Eugene Meyer Papers , and Mary McGrory Papers . Separate accessions of the Washington Post Historical Collection were also received by the Prints and Photographs Division and the Serials and Government Publications Division.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the Washington Post Historical Collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Washington Post Historical Collection is 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.
Digital files were received as part of the Washington Post Historical Collection. Each piece of digital media was assigned a unique digital ID number. Access to digital content is available onsite only in the Manuscript Reading Room and requires advance notice. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for more information.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or Digital ID number, Washington Post Historical Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Washington Post Historical Collection spans the years 1880 to 2015, with the bulk of
the material dating between 1942 and 2007. The collection focuses on the broad history
of the
With the exception of a few files related to early
Files related to staff members are voluminous and feature biographies, writings, photographs, editorials, and research materials. Prominently featured staff members include J. W. Anderson, Herbert Block, Benjamin C. Bradlee, Janet Cooke, Edward T. Folliard, Alfred Friendly, Meg Greenfield, Jean Reiff Hailey, Robert G. Kaiser, George Lardner, Mary McGrory, Walter Pincus, Merlo J. Pusey, and Chalmers M. Roberts. There is crossover of staff materials among all series, especially within the Public Relations Files, Library and News Research Center Files, and E Streeters Files series.
The Public Relations Files series mostly documents the
The Library and News Research Center Files series consists
of files from the
The Staff Member Files series contains personal papers of
Robert G. Kaiser, George Lardner, Walter Pincus, Merlo J. Pusey, Chalmers M. Roberts,
and Jean Reiff. The bulk of the series includes Lardner and Pincus’s files on the
Kennedy assassination and the Watergate Affair for articles written in the 1990s. The
series also includes Chalmers M. Roberts’s files related to his books
The Editorials series comprises editorials written by staff ranging from 1965 to 2008. In most cases, these editorials were originally published without a byline, and these files document who wrote them.
The Administrative Files series focuses on a range of the
The E Streeters Files series documents the group of
employees who worked at the
The Circulation Files series largely consists of Audit Bureau
of Circulations statements and reports for the
The Book World Files series documents the decision of the
The Washington Post Company Files series contains files
related to the parent company of the
The Digital Files series documents many of the
The Oversize series primarily contains documents separated from other series.
This collection is arranged in eleven series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2015086027
This series mostly documents the
Material types include: correspondence, photographs, schedules, memoranda, maps, clippings, speeches, articles, reports, studies, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, and obituaries.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series consists of files from the
Material types include: correspondence, clippings, articles, books, notes, photographs, slides, blueprints, memoranda, schedules, scrapbooks, programs, biographies, speeches, and testimonies.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series contains personal papers of Jean Reiff Hailey, Robert G. Kaiser,
George Lardner, Walter Pincus, Merlo J. Pusey, and Chalmers M. Roberts. The bulk
of the series includes Lardner and Pincus’s files on the Kennedy assassination and
the Watergate Affair for articles written in the 1990s. These include drafts,
planning documents, interviews, notes, and many research files that draw largely
from documents photocopied at the National Archives and Records Administration,
the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, and the Gerald R. Ford Library. The research
files are arranged according to subject, with annotations by Pincus, Lardner, and
other individuals working on the projects. There is considerable duplication among
the Kennedy assassination files, which focus mostly on the Warren Commission,
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Lee
Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Chalmers M. Roberts’s papers
comprise research and publicity associated with his books
Material types include: notes, correspondence, articles, transcripts, memoranda, scrapbooks, interviews, photographs, clippings, notes, and book reviews.
Arranged alphabetically by staff member last name and thereunder by topic or material type.
This series comprises editorials published from 1965 to 2008, with gaps from 1972 to 1975, 1986 to 1987, and 2003. In most cases, these editorials were originally published without a byline, and these files document who wrote them. The writers most prominently featured include J. W. Anderson, Robert L. Asher, Philip L. Geyelin, Meg Greenfield, Fred Hiatt, Kenneth Ikenberry, Stephen Rosenfeld, and Patricia Connell Shakow. There are also subject files including letters to the editor regarding the 1991 riots in Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C. and reader responses to Colman McCarthy’s 1991 editorial “Who Needs Algebra?”
Arranged chronologically by year and thereunder by name or topic.
The Administrative Files series focuses on a range of the
Material types include: directories, reports, newsletters, correspondence, memoranda, invoices, lectures, notes, and pamphlets.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series documents the group of employees who worked at the
Material types include: biographies, obituaries, reports, directories, correspondence, articles, oral history interviews, correspondence, talks, and photographs.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series largely consists of Audit Bureau of Circulations statements and
reports for the
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series documents the decision of the
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
This series contains files related to the parent company of the
Material types include: reports, agreements, photographs, slides, and newsletters.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or material type.
The Digital Files series documents many of the
Material types include: video files, audio files, photographs, spreadsheets, textual documents, and presentations.
Arranged and described according to the series and subseries of the physical materials, and if they are separations, according to the series, container, and folders from which the items were separated.
This series primarily contains documents separated from other series. These
include many retirement and goodbye mock-ups of the
Material types include: newspapers, posters, rolodex, ledger, and wire report.
Arranged and described according to the series and subseries of the physical materials, and if they are separations, according to the series, container, and folders from which the items were separated.