Summary Information

Title: Karl E. Meyer Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1951-1979

Creator:

• Meyer, Karl Ernest, 1928-2019

Call Number: Mss 885

Quantity: 3.6. cubic feet (9 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Karl E. Meyer, a newspaper journalist and editorial writer, primarily documenting his tenure as head of the London bureau of the Washington Post, 1965-1969. Papers include articles filed with the Post about British politics and life and correspondence to and from Ben Bradlee, Robert Estabrook, Philip Foisie, and other members of the Post editorial staff; freelance articles and correspondence with the New Statesman, The Progressive, and other periodicals; drafts and reviews for published books by Meyer; a dissertation on Joseph R. McCarthy; and general professional correspondence. In addition there are notes and memoranda on Cuba and trips to Africa and Czechoslovakia; and a small amount of biographical material.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00885

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