Albert Stevens Crockett papers, 1903-1965

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Crockett, Albert Stevens, 1873-1969

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Papers of a prominent early journalist, writer, and publicist including correspondence; biographical material, and microfilmed clipping scrapbooks; a diary; microfilmed clippings of articles and ne...

Papers of a prominent early journalist, writer, and publicist including correspondence; biographical material, and microfilmed clipping scrapbooks; a diary; microfilmed clippings of articles and news stories written by Crockett or placed as a result of publicity he did for the Waldorf Astoria and Biltmore hotels; published and unpublished books including "Revelations of Louise" (1920), "Ditties from a Ditty Bag" (1922), and "When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad" (1926); several issues of "Nomad" and "World Traveler" magazines which he edited and travel stories he wrote for those publications; other articles; songs; and an unproduced musical. Of special note is an unpublished autobiography concerning his early experiences as a journalist and foreign correspondent and his observations of New York City culture and nightlife during Prohibition, clippings pertaining to his coverage of a 1904 automobile tour in Europe, and a typescript of a 1913 journal concerning conditions in the Philippines.

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