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Robert Lasch papers, 1940-1991
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Papers of a journalist who was editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times (1942-1950) and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1950-1957) and editor of the editorial page of the latter paper (1957-1971). W...
Papers of a journalist who was editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times (1942-1950) and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1950-1957) and editor of the editorial page of the latter paper (1957-1971). Well known for his columns on civil liberties and McCarthyism, Lasch also wrote in opposition to the Vietnam War and in 1966 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his editorials on that subject. Correspondents include Herbert L. Block, Marquis W. Childs, Henry Steele Commager, J. William Fulbright, Hubert H. Humphrey, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, and W. Stuart Symington and office memoranda include exchanges with Joseph Pulitzer Sr., and Marshall Field III. Writings include editorial reprints and free-lance articles for The Progressive, The Reporter, and The Nation, as well as unpublished manuscripts. Subject files and notes on civil rights, national defense, McCarthyism, pacifism during the Vietnam War, federal aid to education, the presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956, the National Conference of Editorial Writers, and his Pulitzer Prize award.
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- Mixed Materials
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- English
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- 5.6 cubic feet (13 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and
- 9 photographs; plus
- additions of 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)
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- ocn173692657
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- Presented by Robert Lasch, St. Louis, Missouri, 1967-1972.
Subjects
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001.
- Childs, Marquis W. (Marquis William), 1903-1990.
- Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.
- Field, Marshall, 1893-1956.
- Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995.
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
- Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911.
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
- Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988.
- National Conference of Editorial Writers (U.S.)
- American newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Elections -- United States -- 1952.
- Elections -- United States -- 1956.
- American newspapers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion.
- Pacifism -- United States.
- Civil rights -- United States.
- Journalists.
- Federal aid to education.
- United States -- Defenses.