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Guide to the Walter Lippmann Papers
Manuscript Group 326
compiled by Robert O. Anthony, Tom Hyry and staff of Manuscripts and Archives
December 1977 - March 2006 (1 revisions)
Copyright © 2006 Yale University Library
Overview |
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Creator: |
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974. |
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Title: |
Walter Lippmann papers, 1889-1974 (inclusive). |
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Physical Description: |
163.5 linear ft. |
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Arrangement: |
Arranged in ten series and one addition: I. Correspondence, 1906-1930. II. Requests to Speak, Write or Reprint, 1906-1930. III. Correspondence, 1931-1981. IV. Requests to Speak, Write or Reprint, 1931-1974. V. Public Opinion Mail, 1935-1968. VI. Manuscripts and/or Typescripts, 1917-1967. VII. Diaries and Engagement Books, 1914-1974. VIII. Honors. IX. Photographs, Portraits, and Sketches, 1889-1979. X. Films, Recordings, and Tapes, 1914 - 1974. |
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Biographical Overview: |
Walter Lippmann was born in New York City on September 23, 1889. Following graduation from Harvard College in 1910, he began his career as a reporter, author, and political commentator. He served on the first editorial board of the New Republic and was secretary to The Inquiry, a group of experts assembled at the request of Woodrow Wilson to collect data in preparation for a peace conference following World War I. Lippmann was editor of the New York World from 1922-1931. In 1931, he began a column for the New York Herald Tribune, "Today and Tomorrow," which would later be syndicated nationally and which continued until 1967. Lippmann was the author of numerous books of political commentary and philosophy. He died on December 14, 1974 in New York City. |
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Summary: |
The papers consist of correspondence with an international array of scholars, journalists, heads of state, government officials, and friends. Also included are manuscripts and drafts of his books, columns, and speeches. In addition there are diaries and engagement books, photographs of Walter Lippmann with family and friends, requests to speak or write, honors, and film and audio tapes. |
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Provenance: |
Gift of Walter Lippmann, 1941-1964; purchase, 2001. |
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Terms Governing Use: |
Series I, Series III, Series V, and Series VII of the main accession, and Series I and Series II of the 2001-M-077 accession have been microfilmed. Researchers must use FILM HM 257 instead of the originals. Copyright has been transferred to Yale University. |
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Preferred Citation: |
Walter Lippmann Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. |
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Alternative Formats: |
Series I, Series III, Series V, and Series VII of the main accession, and Series I and Series II of the 2001-M-077 accession are available for purchase from Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. |
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Catalog Record: |
a record for this collection is in our Library Catalog (ORBIS) | ||
For further information: |
Manuscripts and Archives Yale University Library P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 Tel. (203) 432-1744 Fax. (203) 432-7441 mssa.assist@yale.edu |
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Series I. Correspondence, 1906 - 1930 |
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Series I is divided into two sections: Selected Correspondence, 1906 - 1930 and General Correspondence, 1906 - 1930. Selected Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. Following the alphabetical listing are five boxes [boxes 36-40] of personal Lippmann materials, including correspondence with Harvard University, family correspondence, financial papers, and papers related to World War I, "The Inquiry," and the Paris Peace Conference. General Correspondence is arranged chronologically by year. Within each year, letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondence in this series begins in 1906 with Walter Lippmann's undergraduate days at Harvard. It continues through the founding in 1914 of the New Republic where he was one of the editors; his activity on "The Inquiry" which prepared data for the Paris Peace Conference; his service as a captain in World War I; and his work as a talent scout for Harcourt, Brace, and Company, with his first success in the publication in the United States of John Maynard Keynes' The Economic Consequences of the Peace in 1920. It concludes in 1930 with his career on the editorial staff of the New York World newspaper. In 1917 and 1918 Lippmann served as secretary to a secret organization created by President Wilson, known as "The Inquiry," to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference. This organization prepared eight of the Fourteen Points - points dealing with concrete territorial and political issues. It was not involved with the other six points dealing with freedom of the seas and the League of Nations. Material on "The Inquiry" in the Lippmann papers is sparse and incomplete, and the researcher on this subject is referred to the National Archives of the United States, "Records of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace." (Record Group 256). Correspondence between Walter Lippmann and his first wife is practically non-existent, despite several efforts to locate it through Faye herself and her family. Born on March 23, 1893, Faye Albertson was the beautiful daughter of Ralph Albertson, an ordained minister in the Congregational Church. As an undergraduate, Walter Lippmann was one of the frequent visitors to "The Farm" on the banks of the Merrimac River in West Newbury, Massachusetts, home of the Albertson family. Walter Lippmann and Faye Albertson were married several years later, in 1917. Lippmann had a highly developed sense of privacy and seldom wrote of his personal life to others, although he came close to doing this with Bernard Berenson. He also seemed to have a distaste for the past, not the historical data which delighted him, but his own past. Although not appearing dissatisfied with his professional career, or perhaps his private life, he focused on the present and the future which he could attempt to mold as he could not the past. It is significant that he used the title, "Today and Tomorrow," for his articles in the Metropolitan magazine 1915, and for his noted column in the New York Herald Tribune and the Washington Post from 1931 to 1967. The correspondence in Series I is divided into two sections, "Selected" and "General" on the basis of a judgment of the significance of the correspondence. Prominent among those in the Selected Correspondence during the period 1906-1930 are: (Correspondent, Starting) Lee Simonson, 1908 Kenneth W. Hunter, 1909 Mabel Dodge Luhan, 1910 Graham Wallas, 1910 Felix Frankfurter, 1914 Learned Hand, 1914 S. K. Ratcliffe, 1914 George Rublee, 1914 Dwight W. Morrow, 1915 Thomas Reed Powell, 1915 Newton D. Baker, 1916 Ralph Hayes, 1917 Edward M. House, 1917 Bernard Berenson, 1919 Herbert Bayard Swope, 1919 Thomas W. Lamont, 1922 John L. Balderston, 1923 Russell C. Leffingwell, 1929 As the register for Series I indicates, Lippmann had contacts with several hundred other persons from all walks of life who were well-known in their fields in the teens and twenties. The researcher interested in the Lippmann family papers is directed to the separate "Lippmann" material at the end of the Selected Correspondence. Consisting of boxes 36-40, it also includes all correspondence related to Harvard University as well as papers dealing with Lippmann's financial affairs, his involvement in "The Inquiry," and his service in World War I. Lippmann's correspondence concerning matters pertaining to the New Republic when he was one of the editors is filed under "New Republic" and is located in box 22, folders 875-878. Likewise, correspondence concerning the New York World during the 1920s is filed under " New York World " and is located in boxes 22, 23, and 24, folders 885-913. For the convenience of the researcher, the New York World Council Minutes from April 1924 through June 1927 have been filed separately under box 25, folders 914-920. The Council Minutes contain discussions held regularly by Ralph Pulitzer with his staff of Arthur Krock, Walter Lippmann, Herbert Bayard Swope, and others on policy and procedural matters. It should be noted that Lippmann's correspondence with his publishers is filed under the name of the publishing house, for example, "Mitchell Kennerley Company," but correspondence with Mr. Kennerley on other matters is filed under "Kennerley, Mitchell," with a cross-reference to the company. |
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Description |
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Selected Correspondence 1906 - 1930 |
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Aaronsohn, Aaron, 1918 |
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1 |
1 |
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Abbott, C. H., 1928 |
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Abbott, Leonard D., 1928 |
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Abbott, Mabel Foster, 1910-1912, 1926 |
1 |
2 |
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Abrahamson, Isador, 1911, 1926 |
1 |
3 |
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1 |
4 |
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Acheson, Dean, 1922 |
1 |
5 |
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Ackerman, Carl W., 1925 |
1 |
6 |
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Adamic, Louis, 1930 |
1 |
7 |
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Adams, Charles Frederick, 1916 |
1 |
8 |
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Adams, Franklin P. (Mr. & Mrs.), 1914-1930 |
1 |
9 |
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Adams, Thomas, 1926-1930 |
1 |
10 |
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Adamson, Robert, 1917, 1928 |
1 |
11 |
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Addams, Jane, 1911-1920 |
1 |
12 |
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Addison, James Thayer, 1908-1928 |
1 |
13 |
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Adolf Gobel, Inc., 1929 |
1 |
14 |
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Aiken, Conrad, 1910-1914 |
1 |
15 |
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Aiken, J. N., 1924-1927 |
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Alber, Louis J., 1916-1931 |
1 |
16 |
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Albertson, Faye
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Albertson, Florence, 1910-1913, 1955 |
1 |
17 |
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Albertson, Hazel, 1910-1930 |
1 |
18 |
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Albertson, Phyllis, 1912-1917 |
1 |
19 |
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Albertson, Rachel, 1930 |
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Albertson, Ralph, 1917-1930 |
1 |
20 |
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Albertson, Wyatt, 1930 |
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Aldrich, Morton A., 1917 |
1 |
21 |
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1 |
22 |
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Alger, George W., 1929-1930 |
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