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Paul A. Shinkman papers, 1924-1969
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Papers of a journalist and Washington, D.C, radio broadcaster stationed in Europe during World War II; including diaries, interviews, broadcast scripts, and reports from his station with the Foreig...
Papers of a journalist and Washington, D.C, radio broadcaster stationed in Europe during World War II; including diaries, interviews, broadcast scripts, and reports from his station with the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service from 1943-1944. The radio broadcast typescripts contain analysis of significant world leaders such as Charles de Gaulle, King Hussein of Jordan, Richard M. Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, as well as coverage of world events. The diaries discuss Adolf Hitler, Joseph P. McCarthy, and world developments also. The papers include interviews with Lady Astor, Henri Bonnet, United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, Dingle Foot while British Parliamentary Secretary of Economic Warfare, and Premier Jose Giral of the Spanish Republican Government.
The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1924-1969, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1924-1956, are undated, and are described in the holdings.
Details
- Format
- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
- Physical Details
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- 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes); plus
- additions of 1.9 cubic feet (1 record center carton, 2 archives boxes, and 1 folder)
- OCLC
- ocn173701604
- Finding Aids
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- Finding aid to the processed portion
- Presented by Elizabeth Benn Shinkman, Washington, D.C., 1978.
Subjects
- Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964.
- Bonnet, Henri, 1904-
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1879-1972.
- Crothers, Rachel, 1878-1958.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Foot, Dingle, 1905-1978.
- Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970.
- Giral, José.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
- Foreign correspondents -- Europe.
- Reporters and reporting.
- Radio journalism -- Washington (D.C.).