Summary Information

Title: Charles Collingwood Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1943-1985 (bulk 1952-1985)

Creator:

• Collingwood, Charles (1917-1985)

Call Number: U.S. Mss 4AF; PH 3686; PH 3687

Quantity: 5.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, 1 flat box) and photographs

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1952-1985, documenting the career of Charles Collingwood, a prominent CBS news reporter and commentator. Included are scripts for Edward R. Murrow and the News, WCBS-TV Views the Press, Report to the West, and various CBS Reports specials such as “A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy,” “Vietnam: How We Got In - Can We Get Out?,” “A Timetable for Vietnam,” and “Picasso is 90.” Of special note are small files concerning his handling of the blacklisting issue while president of the New York AFTRA local, interviews with Valerie Giscard d'Estang, Harold MacMillan, and Helmut Schmidt; and information as part of his coverage of political elections on the use of computers in predicting results in 1952. The special Emmy Award for WCBS-TV Views the Press is also included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0004af

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