Mollenhoff, Clark R., 1921- . Papers, 1936-1990.
Title:
Papers, 1936-1990.
Papers of a Pulitzer Prize-winning capital correspondent best known for his investigations of governmental corruption and mismanagement, conflict of interest, labor racketeering, and organized crime. General papers include correspondence, speeches, notes, scripts and recordings of appearances on radio and television, and award exhibit books. The correspondence, 1945-1973, is partially indexed and includes letters from Ezra Taft Benson, Paul H. Douglas, Gerald R. Ford, Barry Goldwater, James C. Hagerty, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Eliot Janeway, Lyndon B. Johnson, C. Estes Kefauver, Robert F. Kennedy, Arthur W. Krock, Robert Lasch, John L. McClellan, Raymond Moley, Karl E. Mundt, Richard M. Nixon, Drew Pearson, Westbrook Pegler, Herbert Philbrick, and J. Strom Thurmond. Writings include clippings and drafts of articles from the Des Moines (Iowa) Register and Tribune and the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and various periodicals. There are also drafts, notes, research files, correspondence, and reviews for seven books--"Washington Cover-up"(1962), "Tentacles of Power: The Story of Jimmy Hoffa"(1965), "Despoilers of Democracy"(1965), "The Pentagon"(1967), "George Romney: Mormon in Politics"(1968), "Strike Force: Organized Crime and the Government"(1972), and "Game Plan for Disaster: An Ombudsman's Report on the Nixon Years"(1976). The subject files include research material as well as topics of personal interest. Of the investigative files those pertaining to the Teamsters Union and the Alcohol Tax Unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue are particularly complete, as are the files on Bobby Baker, Wolf Ladejinsky, and Otto Otepka. There are also noteworthy files concerning his Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship and the Sigma Delta Chi Freedom of Information Committee. Photographs in PH 2670 include portraits of Mollenhoff at work, at functions, and in the studio, ca. 1942-1962. Photographs in PH 3354 document the 1961 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America convention in Miami, Florida. Included are images of crowds, speakers, and convention activities. Some of the images were made by Tratnick for Look magazine. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1936-1975, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1958-1990 and are described below.
ArchivalResource:
29.6 c.f. (74 archives boxes),16 reels of microfilm (35mm),8 tape recordings, and54 photographs (2 folders); plus1.8 c.f. of additions.
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