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The Inventory

of the

Richard Scott Mowrer

Collection

#1617

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Mowrer, Richard Scott

11/19/01

Preliminary Listing

Box 1

I. Printed Material.

A. Books by RSM.

1. A CHILDHOOD MEMOIR, 67 p.

2. COVERING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, 140 p.

B. 2 photocopied articles, July 1947 and April 1948, on one page.

C. AOrder Issued by Lt. Gen. Evelyn Barker, Friday, July 26, 1946,@ re:

Jewish terrorism in Palestine [Israel], TS photocopy, 1 p.

D. Journalistic dispatches from RSM

1. Untitled, for New York Post, Mount Scopus, Oct. 19, 1946, TS

photocopy, 4 p.

2. Untitled, for New York Post, Paris, Jan. 9, 1947, TS photocopy, 3

p.

3. AEva Peron=s Last Journey,@ Madrid, Nov. 17, 1974, TS photocopy,

3 p.

4. ATwenty Years After The Ones That Got Away,@ Madrid, May 1,

1965, TS photocopy with holograph corrections, 3 p.

Mowrer, Richard Scott (11/19/01) Page 1 of 1


#1617

4/18/03

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 1

I. Correspondence. [F. 3]

A. Knox, Frank. TLS (photocopy) to RSM.

B. Mowrer, Richard Scott. 2 TLS (photocopies) to AMa.@ 1. May 12, 1937.

2. Dec. 11, 1938.

C. Unknown.

1. TLS, ALetters to De Caux Gold (London Times Correspondent in

Madrid),@ to Don Ernesto, 5 p., July 7, 1938.

2. Letter in RSM, care of American Consulate, Baghdad; in Arabic.

3. 3 telegrams.

a. In Arabic.

b. In Arabic and English.

c. In French and Arabic.

II Printed Material. [F. 4]

A. ATo Madrid: I@ and ATo Madrid: II,@ articles by Malcolm Cowley, for The

New Republic, 8/25/37 and 9/1/37.

B. AThe Chicago Daily News Foreign Service,@ The Chicago Daily News,

Thursday, Nov. 30, 1939; cut out from newspaper, with photos and names;

includes item by Richard Mowrer in the Balkans.

C. AG. Cadiz / Nov. 1936,@ reprinted from AThe Chicago Dailey News:

Foreign News Service,@ released Thursday, May 27-29; includes

(photocopies):

1. ACheap Carnival of West Found in Singapore,@ by Reginald

Sweetland.

2. AVignettes from Spain=s Battle Front,@ by RSM.

3. APope: Evil Gains in Manchuko Under Monopoly,@ by Frank

Smothers.

D. AThe Chicago Daily News: Foreign News Service,@ reprint, released

Thursday, August 26-28; includes (photocopies):

1. AMexico to Give State Workers Right to Strike@ by Harry Nicholls.

2. AStreetcars Run in Madrid Despite Shells,@ by RSM.

3. AChurch Spires of Two Villages Survive Shells@ by RSM.

III. Scrapbooks.

A. 1935-1936; articles cut from newspapers, all written by RSM.


B. 1937-1938.

1. Articles by RM from newspapers.

2. Black and white photographs.

IV. Subject Files. [F. 5]

A. Re: notes written post-Spanish Civil War.

1. Notes on Garcia Atadell and Leopolda Polacios, 6 p., holograph,

blue ink

2. AC. War Atrocities, Rep. / Franco@ notes, 2 small yellow pages,

holograph, black ink.

3. APost C. War, Prado,@ notes, TS and holograph.

4. ACommunists,@ 5 p., holograph, large black writing.

5. AEn Memoria de Los Doce Mil Patriotas Asesinados en Paracuellos

del Jarama,@ Nov 10, 1958, TS, blue paper; in Spanish.

B. Notes on Spanish Civil War.

1. AR. Short Rations,@ re: Madrid, Minorca, Desert War; 2 small

yellow pages, holograph, black ink.

2. Notes, TS with holograph notes, 19 p., 1934-1937.

V. Medical Records. [F. 6]

A. 5 sheets re: vaccinations against typhoid fever, cholera, bubonic plague,

small pox.

VI. Miscellaneous.

A. Booklet from US Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

A. 2 business cards. [F. 7]

B. Foreign Journalist=s membership card, Middle East Foreign Press

Association, with photo, issued 1/1/48; expired 12/31/48.

C. Little blue book, in Arabic, with photo.

D. Textile - yellow fabric, Aprensa.@

VII. Manuscripts. [F. 8]

A. APoland, the Fourth Partition,@ Sep., 1939, by RM.


(Mowrer, Richard Scott. 7/15/03)


7/15/03

Preliminary Listing

I. Subject Files. May include newspaper clippings, carbon copies, handwritten notes,

printed material, typescript notes/papers, travel and shipping papers, political

cartoons with explanations and translations, press releases with notes,

correspondence.

A. AGreece, 1944-1947.@ [F. 9]

Box 1 1. Poem by Paul Scott Mowrer.

2. Press releases.

3. Royal Navy Handout.

4. Articles by Mowrer, includes those by several unknown reporters.

B. Untitled re: correspondence with the head of the Hadassah Medical

Organization Archives, Palestine, 1947 - 1948. [F.10 -F.11]

C. Re: Jerusalem. [F.12]

1. APalestine.@ 2. ASyria and Lebanon.@ 3. AEgypt.@ 4. AGreece.@ 5. Untitled file with carbon copies, some newspaper clippings, 1946 -

1947.

D. Re: George Polk. [F.13]

1. AThe Nation.@ 2. Untitled re: CBS pre-broadcast report on Polk.

E. Re: Egypt; includes AThat European Look@ by Marcelle Hitschmann.

[F.14]

II. Manuscripts. [F.15]

A. AQuelques Problemes Politiques du Proche Orient,@ by Pierre Rondot,

Istanbul, 1944.

B. AThe British Record of Partition,@ by The National Associates, April 1948.

C. AParliamentary Debates,@ Volume 406, No. 13, December 20, 1944.

III Professional Material.

A. Resume, 1978.

Mowrer, Richard Scott (2/26/04)


2/26/04

Preliminary Listing

Box 2

I. Manuscripts.

A. Articles, includes press clippings, photographs, correspondence.

1. Re: Egypt.

a. News release, ASudan,@ Nov. 20, 1948. [F. 1]

b. Press collect, New York Post, 4 p., May 13, 1946.

c. Press dispatches, World Truth League, Jerusalem, No. 62 -

65, 10/1/49 - 20/1/49.

d. ANotes on M.E.,@ holograph notes, includes draft of article

re: British/Israeli relations, 1948, 8 p.

e. APress Supernews London,@ May 5 - 11, 1948, 7 p.

f. Press collect, New York Post, Feb. 17, 1947, re: Jerusalem,

5 p.

g. Six letters between RSM and New York Post re: luggage

destroyed in Palestine War, one letter written in Hebrew.

II. Research Material.

A. Re: Amman; interview with King Abdullah.

1. Untitled article by RW re: King Abdullah ibn Hussein, 18 p. [F.

2]

2. Interview with H.M. King Abdullah, Shuneh, Nov. 24, 1947; three

versions.

3. AStory of Arab Legion Glubb (sic),@ holograph note.

4. Note card from New York Post re: accusation of faked interview of

Abdullah by RSM by Arab League Council.

5. ANotes K. Abdulla Character,@ 8 p., July 1946, notes from

interview.

6. AKing Abdulla II of Transjordan,@ photograph post-interview, black

and white print, 2" x 4", 1947.

7. AAbdullah Names Jerusalem Mufti,@ New York Post clipping.

8. AAmman,@ TS drafts for article re: Amman, capital of Transjordan,

Nov. 1947, 5 p.

9. Re. AKurds-Baghdadja Halabja,@ and Iraq, includes interviews,

notes, photographs.

10. Re: dispute with New York Post re: Mufti Tangle. [F. 3]

B. File re: ANY Post ONA@ (Overseas News Agency). [F. 4]


III. Printed Material.

A. Newspaper clippings re: Egypt=s refusal to grant visa to RSM.

IV. Scrapbook, AAUSTRIA: Freelance and Christian Science Monitor,@1950; 100 p.;

includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles and photographs.

[No folder]



#1617

4/14/08

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 1

I. Correspondence. [F. 19]

A. Professional, approx. 50 letters (TLS, TL, CTL, telegrams) to and from

RSM, 1962-1968, mostly re: revocation and reinstitution of RSM=s

Spanish press credentials; includes newspaper clippings; notables include:

a. Swinton, Stanley (American journalist). TLS, 6/27/62.

b. Garrigues, Antonio (American Ambassador to Spain).

TLS, 6/6/63.


Mowrer, Richard Scott #1617

3/14/12 Preliminary Listing

I. Correspondence.

Box 2 A. General; ALS, ANS, TLS, TNS, 1978-2002. [F. 1]

II. Printed Materials. (See also Series X: Oversized Materials.) A. Files; may include manuscripts; correspondence; professional materials. 1. “Italy, January, 1945 to May, 1945,” 1945. [F. 2] 2. “Iran,” 1980. 3. “Iran Pieces Jerusalem Post,” 1949. 4. “Malta Tunisia, March, 1943,” 1943. 5. “North Africa, May, 1943,” 1943. B. L’Illustration, journal, 1919. C. The Daily Telegraph, newspaper, 9 issues, 1989. [F. 3] D. Maps re: Jerusalem, Arnhem, n.d. [F. 4]

III. Manuscripts. A. Files; includes printed materials. 1. “Jerusalem,” 1990. [F. 5] 2. “NY Post ONA,” 1948. 3. “Selected Articles, 1943-1989. [F. 6] 4. “Selected Articles, Duplicates,” 1948-1989. [F. 7]

IV. Photographs. A. General; includes 1 black and white print re: Chicago Daily News Foreign

Service Reporters. [F. 8]

V. Professional Materials. A. Office files; may include printed materials; correspondence; manuscripts; photographs; financial materials.

1. “Artifacts,” 1945 and undated; includes subfiles: [F. 9-10] a. “Drop Kit.” b. “Leaflets.” 2. “Career,” 1939-1975 and undated; includes subfiles: [F. 11-14] a. “Spain.” b. “Bardia.” c. “Bienstoch, Victor.” d. “Binder, Carroll.” e. “Brown, Cecil.” f. “Cairo Memo.” g. “Cavaliers of Cablese.” h. “Censorship.” i. “Churchill-RSM.”


j. “Cobalt Coup.” k. “Credentials, Spain.” l. “CDN Promo.” m. “Christian Science Monitor.” n. “Davis Introduction to Curren.” o. “Des Moines Promo.” p. “Editor + Publisher.” q. “Expulsion, Italy.” r. “Expulsion, Spain.” s. “First Days.” t. “Greece.” u. “Kansas City Star.” v. “PSM re: Thackrey.” w. “Interview.” x. “Minneapolis Evening Star.” y. “N.H. Sunday News.” z. “Poland Promo.” aa. “Promotion-Egypt.” bb. “Receipts.” cc. “RSM vs. Post (Thackrey).” dd. “Spanish promo.” ee. “Time.” ff. “Treanos Article.” gg. “War Corrs-The Difference.” 4. “Clippings-Others,” 1940-2006; includes subfiles: [F. 15] a. “1957 Hitler, Mussolini.” b. “Cairo.” c. “Chartres, Desert Army Marches On.” d. “Chronology.” e. “LSU (Hamilton).” f. “Swing, Raymond Gram.” g. “Watt.” h. “Zion.” 5. “Events,” 1939-1977; includes subfiles: [F. 16] a. “Begin/King David Bombing.” b. “Haganah’s Guest.” c. “Kurds (Covering).” d. “Malta Convoy, Cotsford, Dido, McCall.” e. “Mersa Matuh Bombing.” f. “Parachuting Southern France.” g. “Poland Escape.” h. “Poland Luggage.” 6. “Foreign Languages,” n.d.; includes sub-file: [F. 17] a. “German.” 7. “Notes,” n.d.; includes subfile: a. “Le Muy.”


8. “People,” 1939-1943, 1975-2006, n.d.; includes subfiles: [F. 18] a. “Barnes, Ralph.” b. “Colleagues.” c. “Delmer.” d. “Harper.” e. “Lauder.” f. “McClure.” g. “Merton, Arthur.” h. “Oakshott.” i. “Polk, George.” j. “Veloughiotis, Aris.”

9. Various files re: typescripts and clippings; includes printed materials; correspondence; manuscripts; photographs. a. “Letters Related to RSM’s Retirement, 1971-1976.” [F. 19] b. “Richard Mowrer for Christian Science Monitor, May-

June, 1949, Iraq-Iran,” 1949. c. “VW,” 1988. [F. 20] d. “Algeria: Forgotten Man,” 1978. [F. 21] e. “Baltimore Sun 50 Years Later,” 1989. f. “Begin,” 1977. g. “Bogus Americans,” 1988. h. “Clippings-1947,” 1947. i. “Desert War,” 1990. j. “Eva Peron’s Last Journey,” 1974. k. “Garrote Vil,” 1963-1975. l. “Gibraltar,” 1977. m. “Greece/Turkey,” 1978. n. “Halabja Picnic,” 1945. o. “Iraq Iran Christian Science Monitor,” 1946; includes

subfiles: i. “Hadassah Hospital.” ii. “Human Rights.” p. “Kurds,” 1946; includes subfile: i. “RSM-Kurdistan.” q. “Malta,” 1942. r. “Mufti,” 1946. s. “Norwegian,” 1978. t. “Patriot Ledger,” 1963. u. “Phantom Voices: Who,” 1987. v. “Russia,” 1980. w. “Sicily,” 1943, n.d.; includes subfiles: [F. 22] i. “Gela, June, 1943.” ii. “Sicily, June, 1943.” iii. “Sicily, August, 1943.” iv. “Troina.”

v. “Spain/Nato,” 1981.


vi. “Spies,” 1978. [F. 23] vii. “Sulaimaniya,” 1946. viii. “Too Much Restraint,” n.d. ix. “Turkey,” 1978. x. “Twenty Years After VE Day,” 1965. xi. “Vienna,” 1952.

B. Subject files; includes printed materials; manuscripts; correspondence; financial materials; photographs; artwork.

1. “Articles/Notes His Clients,” 1987-1990. [F. 24] 2. “BU,” 1936-2003; includes subfiles. [F. 25-27] a. “Spain-Civil War,” includes subfiles: i. “Spain Pix.” ii. “Andy-Pix Returned Spain Book Pix Returned.” b. “Spain Map.” c. “Pix.” d. “Duplicates.” 3. “Spain,” 1956-1971. [F. 28] Pkg. 2 4. “WWI,” 1918-1919; includes oversized printed materials; subfiles:

a. “World War I (RSM) (Dam) (Wam) Ration Coupons.” 5. Re: RSM articles, 1939-1971; includes sub-file: a. Untitled re: Malta Clippings.

Box 3 C. 9 address books, 1951-1953, 1961-1972, n.d. [Env. 1-3] D. 19 appointment books, 1949-1957, 1959-1971. [Env. 4-7] VI. Legal Materials. A. General; includes 5 foreign press passes. VII. Notebooks. A. 4 reporter’s notebooks, 1944, n.d. [Env. 8] VIII. Memorabilia. A. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, February, 1968. [Env. 9]

B. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, re: Spiro Agnew visit to Spain, July, 1971.

C. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, re: “Visit of H.E. The President of the United States of America,” May 31-June 1, 1975.

D. Press pass for RSm, Christian Science Monitor, re: Henry Kissinger visit, July, 1974, Madrid.

E. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, n.d. F. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, re: Gibraltar Referendum,

1967. G. Press pass for RSM, Christian Science Monitor, re: “Visit of H.E. the

President of the United States of America,” Madrid, October, 1970; includes 2 leather bracelet straps.

H. “France Oblige,” navy blue patch with crest. [Env. 3] I. Paratrooper patch.


J. RSM dog tags with St. Peregrin medallion. K. 4 RSM business cards re: Madrid Correspondent. L. Advertisement re: Palace Hotel in Zagreb.

IX. Scrapbooks. A. “Franco Spain,” 1960. [F. 1] B. “Spain,” 1939-1960. [F. 2]

C. Untitled re: RSM Clippings, WWII, Chicago Daily News, 1939-1945. [Loose]

D. Untitled re: RSM clippings, WWII, Chicago Daily News, 1937-1949. E. Untitled re: RSM clippings, WWII, Chicago Daily News, 1944. F. “Spain,” 1936-1960. G. “Franco-Spain,” 1960. X. Oversized Materials. Box 4 A. Untitled re: RSM clippings, WWII, Chicago Daily News, 1937-1945. Pkg. 2 B. 2 black and white posters re: The Hague, n.d.

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