Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1887-03-25
Death 1968-12-23
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Raymond Gram Swing (Mar. 25, 1887, Cortland, N.Y.-d. Dec. 22, 1968, Washington, D.C.), American print and broadcast journalist.

From the description of Swing, Raymond Gram, 1887-1968 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12012081

Epithet: US journalist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00010c

Journalist and radio commentator. Full name: Raymond Gram Swing.

From the description of Raymond Swing papers, 1933-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980213

Biographical Note

1887, Mar. 25 Born, Cortland, N.Y. 1906 Began newspaper work, Cleveland, Ohio 1913 1917 Correspondent, Chicago Daily News, Berlin, Germany 1919 1922 Correspondent, New York Herald, Berlin, Germany 1924 1934 Correspondent, Philadelphia Public Ledger, London, England 1935 1945 Commentator on American affairs, British Broadcasting Corp. 1936 1945 Commentator on foreign affairs, Mutual Broadcasting System 1942 1948 Commentator, American Broadcasting Corp. 1951 1953 Political commentator, Voice of America (also 1959-1963) 1968, Dec. 23 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Raymond Swing Papers, 1933-1964, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Antinuclear movement
  • Cold War
  • Disarmament
  • Foreign news
  • International organization
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Radio journalism
  • Radio programs
  • Radio scripts
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Journalists
  • Radio journalists

Places:

  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
  • Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Palestine (as recorded)
  • Stockton and Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Czechoslovakia, Europe (as recorded)

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