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Summary Information
Marquis William Childs Papers 1919-1959
- Childs, Marquis William, 1903-
U.S. Mss 20AF; Tape 275A; Tape 276A; Tape 412A
11.6 c.f. (29 archives boxes) and 4 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter and columnist who covered primarily national and world developments. Correspondence includes fan mail, exchanges with agents and publishers, and letters concerning interests in the Austen Riggs Center for psychological treatment and research, the Episcopal Church, and the Gridiron Club. General correspondents include many people of prominence. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Washington bureau files, 1932-1960, contain editorial correspondence, memos, dispatches, and some articles. Childs' writings are represented by free-lance articles; book reviews; speeches and addresses; book drafts and notes. There are also scripts for several ABC radio news programs. Documentation of his research methodology includes notes and memoranda; interviews with Winston S. Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Alfred M. Landon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; and news dispatches from Poland and Russia. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0045an
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