Robert Bendiner papers, 1924-2008

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Bendiner, Robert

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Papers, mainly 1948-1969, of an editor, writer, and member of the New York "Times" editorial board, consisting of drafts, notes, research material, and correspondence for books and articles. Magazi...

Papers, mainly 1948-1969, of an editor, writer, and member of the New York "Times" editorial board, consisting of drafts, notes, research material, and correspondence for books and articles. Magazine articles, chiefly pertaining to politics and education, include manuscripts contributed to "Collier's," "Life," "New Statesman," "New York Times Magazine," "Saturday Evening Post," "Show," "Redbook," and "Reporter." There are also extensive files on three books: "Just Around the Corner: A Highly Selective History of the Thirties" (1967), "Obstacle Course On Capitol Hill" (1964), "White House Fever" (1960), and "The Politics of the Schools" (1969). Also present are a script for "Man in the Middle: The State Legislature," which was aired as an NBC White Paper; a report on the performing arts prepared for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and research files for unpublished articles

Correspondence concerns Bendiner's interest in politics and civil liberties and includes letters to and from representatives of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, American Civil Liberties Union, American Jewish Committee, Americans for Democratic Action, Democratic National Committee, League for Industrial Democracy, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Society for Ethical Culture, and campaign committees supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adlai E. Stevenson, and John F. Kennedy. Individual correspondents include Paul H. Douglas, W. Averell Harriman, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, John V. Lindsay, James Loeb, Jr., Douglas MacArthur, Mike Monroney, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Theodore Sorenson, Norman Thomas, and Harry S. Truman.

The processed portion of this collection is described above, dates 1934-1984, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1949-1988 and include records on two of Bendiner's books, "The Fall of the Wild, The Rise of the Zoo" and "The Politics of Schools" plus tape-recorded interviews with Potter Stewart and Henry Kissinger. There are also copies of his editorials and columns written mainly for the New York Times

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