Summary Information

Title: James Arthur Wechsler Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1935-1983

Creator:

• Wechsler, James Arthur, 1915-1983

Call Number: U.S. Mss 122AF; M85-276; M87-176; M88-064; Audio 1519A

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes); plus additions of 20.0 c.f., 1 tape recording, and 22 photographs

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, 1935-1983, of James Wechsler, a columnist and editor for the New York Post, an active advocate of civil liberties, and the author of several books, including The Age of Suspicion, which concerns the McCarthy era and the author's leftist connections. Subjects of Wechsler's memoranda include Che Guevara, Arthur Goldberg, Dean Rusk, and U Thant. Also included is his testimony from the McCarthy hearings in 1953.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0122af

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