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| Andrews, Byron, 1852-1910 | Title: Byron Andrews Collected Papers, 1657-1901 Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss AR Abstract: A miscellany of autograph signatures and historical documents collected by Byron Andrews, plus a few letters received by him while editor of the (Washington) National Tribune. |
| Wackett, Byron F., 1912- | Title: Byron F. Wackett Papers, 1952-1976 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes) Call Number: Whitewater Mss W Abstract: Papers of Wackett, a Republican Assemblyman, who represented Jefferson County, Wisconsin (later the 39th District) from 1952 to 1976. Wackett served seven terms on the powerful Joint Committee on Finance, and acted as its chairman in 1967 and 1969. He also was a member of the Board on Government Operations, Legislative Council, and State Claims Board. The collection contains Wackett's files from his committee work; constituent correspondence and his replies; newsletters; bills, drafts, and related materials; and miscellany. |
| Price, Byron, 1891-1981 | Title: Byron Price Papers, 1901-1976 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (8 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 142AF Abstract: Papers of Price, a journalist and editor with the Associated Press, 1912-1941; director of the U.S. Office of Censorship, 1941-1945; and assistant secretary-general of the United Nations for administrative and financial service, 1947-1954. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, professional subject files, and biographical material. Seven boxes of writings constitute the most important segment of the collection. Represented are World War II speeches; a lengthy, unpublished memoir; and published and unpublished articles and stories spanning his entire career on topics such as freedom of the press and censorship. In addition, three scrapbooks contain clippings of his bi-weekly column, “Politics at Random,” written while chief of the AP's Washington, D.C., bureau during the 1930's. Also present are several notebooks mainly compiled while director of the Office of Censorship which contain his opinions and reactions to various events and people. Correspondence, 1908-1976 includes some personal exchanges, a separate file relating to his 1944 Pulitzer Prize citation, and general letters. Correspondents of note include Cecil B. de Mille, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James A. Farley, James V. Forrestal, Ernest Gruening, Dag Hammarskjold, Warren F. Harding, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, John F. Kennedy, William D. Leahy, Trygve Lie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., George C. Marshall, H. L. Mencken, Drew Pearson, David and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, Henry L. Stimson, Harry S. Truman, Fred M. Vinson, and Wendell L. Willkie. |