Packard, Reynolds, 1903-

Reynolds Packard (1903-1976) was an author and a foreign correspondent. He and his wife, Eleanor (1905-1972), worked for United Press in the 1930s and 1940s, and then for "The New York Daily News," 1948-1972. He covered the Spanish Civil War with the Franco forces, 1936-1939, revolutions in South America (Buenos Aires), World War II with the U.S. Fifth Army from North Africa to Italy, and the Civil War in China up to 1947. Eleanor and Reynolds reopened the United Press office in Rome in 1939. Packard's published works include: "Balcony Empire: Fascist Italy at War" (1942), co-authored with his wife, "Dateline: Paris" (1959), "Rome Was My Beat" (1975), and "Paris Was My Beat" (1976).

From the description of Reynolds Packard papers, 1942-1976. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 76946380