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Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive).

Title: John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive).

Family and general correspondence, subject files, writings, diaries and memorabilia. The general correspondence makes up nearly half the papers, documenting Fischer's professional career. As editor of Harper's Magazine (1935-1967) with time out as an editor of Harper & Brothers (1947-1953) he numbered many prominent writers among his correspondents. Notable are Bruce Catton, Norman Cousins, Ralph Ellison, Malcolm Foster, John Kenneth Galbraith, John Gardner, Brendan Gill, Walter Kerr, Irving Kristol, Henry Luce, Willie Morris, Reinhold Niebuhr, Milo Perkins, Bertrand Russell, Arthur Schlesinger, Barbara Tuchman, Eudora Welty, Rebecca West, Tom Wolfe and C. Vann Woodward. The correspondence also reflects his political activities, including his involvement in the presidential campaigns of Adlai Stevenson (as speechwriter) and John F. Kennedy. Political figures with whom Fischer corresponded include Maury Maverick, William Blair, Newton Minnow, Willard Wirtz, Dean Acheson, Carl Albert, Chester Bowles, McGeorge Bundy, Frank Church, J. William Fulbright, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, Lyndon Johnson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Edmund Muskie, Nelson Rockefeller, Dean Rusk and Harry Truman. Family correspondence also reflects his political interests, and many of these letters discuss such events as Roosevelt's policies, and impressions of Germany and the Saar plebiscite where he was a reporter for the United Press in 1935. In the 1940s he wrote on the Ukraine and India, which he visited as chief representative of the Board of Economic Warfare. Much of the material in his subject files reflects his career in government with the Farm Security Administration and the Foreign Economic Administration as well as his research on political problems while a visting fellow at Yale University. Writings include a portion of his articles, books and speeches. Journals are extant for his school years (1925-1934) and there are also later travel journals (1943-1975) which are largely political. Also in the papers are photographs, clippings, and biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft. (60 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153805 View

Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project. Oral history interviews of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project, 2008-2009.

Title: Oral history interviews of the Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project, 2008-2009.

A series of interviews conducted by journalist Linda Mack with individuals who were influential in the redevelopment of the Mississippi River riverfront in central Minneapolis. The narrators discuss the social, industrial, architectural and political history of the Minneapolis riverfront, the many and often conflicting plans for its redevelopment, and the actions taken to create the successful urban district that exists in 2008-2009. The project includes 26 interviews with 29 people. An executive summary of the project by interviewer Linda Mack is also included.

ArchivalResource: Transcripts: 26 v. (496 p.) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430501624 View

Lerman, Louis Edward, 1894-. Louis E. Lerman papers, 1917-1978 (bulk 1955-1974).

Title: Louis E. Lerman papers, 1917-1978 (bulk 1955-1974).

Correspondence, clippings, minutes, reports, printed materials, and miscellany, largely for 1955-1974, relating to the work of Lerman, a St. Paul (Minn.) postal clerk and labor leader, as regional director (from 1955) of the Jewish Labor Committee, a subcommittee of the Jewish Community Relations Council; as executive director (from 1955) of the Minnesota Labor Committee for Human Rights; as executive director (from 1956) of Labor's Committee for Minnesota Indian Youth; as a founder (1938) and officer of Group Health Mutual; and as a member of numerous Jewish service and labor-related organizations.

ArchivalResource: 11.0 cu. ft. (11 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122587046 View

Fischer, John Sylvester, 1910-1978. John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive).

Title: John Sylvester Fischer papers, 1907-1980 (inclusive).

Family and general correspondence, subject files, writings, diaries and memorabilia. The general correspondence makes up nearly half the papers, documenting Fischer's professional career. As editor of Harper's Magazine (1935-1967) with time out as an editor of Harper & Brothers (1947-1953) he numbered many prominent writers among his correspondents. Notable are Bruce Catton, Norman Cousins, Ralph Ellison, Malcolm Foster, John Kenneth Galbraith, John Gardner, Brendan Gill, Walter Kerr, Irving Kristol, Henry Luce, Willie Morris, Reinhold Niebuhr, Milo Perkins, Bertrand Russell, Arthur Schlesinger, Barbara Tuchman, Eudora Welty, Rebecca West, Tom Wolfe and C. Vann Woodward. The correspondence also reflects his political activities, including his involvement in the presidential campaigns of Adlai Stevenson (as speechwriter) and John F. Kennedy. Political figures with whom Fischer corresponded include Maury Maverick, William Blair, Newton Minnow, Willard Wirtz, Dean Acheson, Carl Albert, Chester Bowles, McGeorge Bundy, Frank Church, J. William Fulbright, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, Lyndon Johnson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Edmund Muskie, Nelson Rockefeller, Dean Rusk and Harry Truman. Family correspondence also reflects his political interests, and many of these letters discuss such events as Roosevelt's policies, and impressions of Germany and the Saar plebiscite where he was a reporter for the United Press in 1935. In the 1940s he wrote on the Ukraine and India, which he visited as chief representative of the Board of Economic Warfare. Much of the material in his subject files reflects his career in government with the Farm Security Administration and the Foreign Economic Administration as well as his research on political problems while a visting fellow at Yale University. Writings include a portion of his articles, books and speeches. Journals are extant for his school years (1925-1934) and there are also later travel journals (1943-1975) which are largely political. Also in the papers are photographs, clippings, and biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft. (60 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122370012 View