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100 1 $aDavis, Elmer Holmes,$d1890-1958.
245 00 $aElmer Holmes Davis papers,$f1865-1957$g(bulk 1946-1957).
300 $a7,800$fitems.
300 $a25$fcontainers.
300 $a10$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1893-1957; Series 2: Personal and Literary File, 1865-1955; Series 3: Subject File, circa 1941-circa 1955; Series 4: Radio Scripts, 1942-1955; and Series 5: Addition, 1942.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, speeches, lectures, writings, articles, radio scripts, subject file, government publications, press releases, biographical material, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Davis's career in journalism and his service as director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II. Subjects include politics, literary affairs, and world events. Includes radio scripts of Davis's broadcasts for the Columbia Broadcasting System, inc., and the American Broadcasting Company; a typescript of Davis's book titled But We Were Born Free (1954); and letters from Chicago Tribune reporter Carolyn A. Wilson with her observations on conditions in France during World War I. Correspondents include Bernard Augustine De Voto, Edward R. Murrow, Harold Wallace Ross, James Thurber, Harry S. Truman, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Sumner Welles, and William Allen White.
541 $cGift,$aElmer Holmes Davis and Florence MacMillan Davis,$d1954-1959.
541 $cOther gift,$d1962-2011.
545 0 $aAuthor, journalist, news analyst, and government official.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200
600 10 $aDe Voto, Bernard Augustine,$d1897-1955$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMurrow, Edward R.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRoss, Harold Wallace,$d1892-1951$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aThurber, James,$d1894-1961$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTruman, Harry S.,$d1884-1972$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aVan Loon, Hendrik Willem,$d1882-1944$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWelles, Sumner,$d1892-1961$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWhite, William Allen,$d1868-1944$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilson, Carolyn A.,$dd. 1960$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bOffice of War Information.
610 20 $aAmerican Broadcasting Company.
610 20 $aColumbia Broadcasting System, inc.
650 0 $aJournalism.
650 0 $aLiterature$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld politics.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zFrance.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPropaganda.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
656 7 $aAuthors.$2itoamc
656 7 $aJournalists.$2itoamc
656 7 $aNews analysts.$2itoamc
656 7 $aPublic officials.$2itoamc
700 12 $aDavis, Elmer Holmes,$d1890-1958.$tBut We Were Born Free.$f1954.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011200.3