Drew Pearson Papers

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Pearson, Drew, 1887-1969
Title:	Drew Pearson Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1945-1972
Quantity:	48 boxes
Abstract:	Papers of the American newspaper columnist. Newspaper columns (1945-1966) in the form of press releases, as they were distributed to various newspapers.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu

Biographical History

Columnist and radio and television commentator Drew Pearson (Andrew Russell) was born in Evanston, Illinois on December 13, 1897. He was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania where he received an A.B. degree in 1919.

Mr. Pearson was the director of the American Friends Service Commission in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania from 1919-1921, an instructor in industrial geography at the University of Pennsylvania and he also lectured on American, Australian and New Zealand chautaquas before he began his career as a commentator. He was the United States delegate to the Atlantic Conference in 1959, he has interviewed many important Europeans and he holds foreign decorations. His publications include Washington Merry-Go-Round (1931), The American Diplomatic Game (1935), and The Nine Old Men.

He is presently (August, 1967) farming in Rockville, Maryland when he is not writing his daily newspaper column, The Washington Merry Go-Round. Mr. Pearson belongs to the Overseas Press Club, the National Press Club, the Overseas Writers' Club and the Cosmos Club of Washington. He has been married twice and is maintaining a residence in Washington, D.C.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of Papers and Press releases.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Material is arranged within series chronologically. At least two separate accessions are represented with duplicate box numbers.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Drew Pearson Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library

Finding Aid Information

Created by: -
Date: Aug 1967
Revision history: Jan 1978 - Press releases added (MK); 30 Oct 2006 - converted to EAD (AMCon)

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Inventory

	Papers
Box 1		1949 - May 1950
Box 2		Jun 1950 - Feb 1951
Box 3		Mar1951 - Dec 1951
Box 4		Jan 1952 - Sep 1952
Box 5		Oct 1952 - May 1953
Box 6		Jun 1953 - Dec 1953
Box 7		Jan 1954 - Aug 1954
Box 8		Sep 1954 - May 1955
Box 9		Jun 1955 - Feb 1956
Box 10		Mar 1956 - Oct 1956
Box 11		Nov 1956 - Jul 1957
Box 12		Aug 1957 - Feb 1958
			No March 1958
Box 13		Apr 1958 - Dec 1958
Box 14		Jan 1959 - Aug 1959
Box 15		Sep 1959 - Apr 1960
Box 16		May 1960 - Jan 1961
Box 17		Feb 1961 - Oct 1961
Box 18		Nov 1961 - Jul 1962
Box 19		Aug 1962 - May 1963
			No June, 1963
Box 20		Jul 1963 - Jul 1964
Box 21		Aug 1964 - Jun 1965
Box 22		Jul 1965 - Jan 1966
Box 23		Feb 1966 - Jul 1966
Box 24		Aug 1966 - Dec 1967
Box 25		1968
Box 26		1969
Box 27		1970
Box 28		1971
Box 29		1972

	Press releases
Box 1		1945
Box 2		1946
Box 3		1948-1949
Box 4		1949-1950
Box 5		1950-1952
Box 6		1952-1953
Box 7		1953
Box 8		1954
Box 9		1955-1956
Box 10		1956-1957
Box 11		1957-1958
Box 12		1958-1959
Box 13		1959-1960
Box 14		1960
Box 15		1960-1961
Box 16		1961-1962
Box 17		1962-1963
Box 18		1963-1964
Box 19		1965-1966

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