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Collections documenting journalists, editors, and their profession are abundant and span many geographic areas. The papers of foreign correspondents, especially during wartime, include reporting on the Spanish Civil War, Chinese Civil War, both world wars, and conflicts in the Middle East. Radio broadcasts and news commentary also exist, notably in the records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
US journalist in China
Hearst newspaper foreign correspondent, 1917–61
United Press bureau chief, Madrid, 1933–36
Journalist and political leader for the Republic of China
US journalist; editor, Harper’s Magazine, 1971–81
US journalist in China
US journalist in Middle East
Editor, Collier’s Weekly, 1912–19; columnist, New York Herald-Tribune, 1923–52
US journalist; editor, Far Eastern Review, 1927–30
US journalist in China, the Soviet Union, and Spain
US journalist; national reports editor, Newsweek, 1948–60
US journalist and author on organized crime and terrorism
US journalist and author
Editor, New Masses, 1926–37; editor, Partisan Review, 1934–36
US journalist
US radio broadcasting organization
US radio broadcasting organization
United Press war correspondent in Spain, 1936–38
US author in Afghanistan, 2002–3
Vietnam War negatives and contact sheets submitted to alternative newspaper
American journalist documenting René Debray's trial in Bolivia
Related to journalism in China, includes memoirs of Hu Jiwei
Covers relations between journalists and military during surrender of Japan in WWII
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The papers of John K. Cooley, a veteran journalist who covered the Middle East and North Africa for the Christian Science Monitor and ABC News, have recently been acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.
The exhibition Shattered Peace: The Road to World War II features a collection of rarely seen propaganda posters, old photographs, books, and artifacts. Some of the items, on display until the end of May, were pulled from the 240 boxes of Iris Chang’s research material donated before and after her death to the Hoover Institution.
The broadcast archive of William F. Buckley Jr.'s television show Firing Line is housed in the Hoover Institution Archives. In addition to the television show he hosted, Buckley, who died today, was a columnist, author, and founded National Review in 1955.
