Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000
Variant namesJames Russell Wiggins was born in 1903 in Luverne, Minnesota. He became a reporter for the Rock County, Minnesota Star in 1922, later becoming its editor and publisher. In 1930, he began work at the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, becoming managing editor before moving briefly to a position at the New York Times. In 1947 he began his career at the Washington Post, rising to editor and executive vice-president before his retirement in 1968. He served as ambassador to the United Nations from November 1968 to February 1969 before purchasing the Ellsworth American, a newspaper in Ellsworth, Maine. In 1989 he sold the newspaper but remained its executive editor. Wiggins died in 2000.
From the description of Papers, 1908-2000, bulk 1942-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 730944686
Journalist, editor of Washington Post (1947-1968), Ellsworth American (1969- ), and ambassador to United Nations; of Ellsworth, Me.
From the description of Papers, 1908-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28411202
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| referencedIn | Ogburn, Charlton, 1911-1998. Charlton Ogburn papers, 1898-1994. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000. Papers, 1908-1985. | Raymond H. Fogler Library | |
| referencedIn | New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| creatorOf | Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000. Papers, 1908-2000, bulk 1942-1994. | Raymond H. Fogler Library | |
| creatorOf | Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000. An uncertain inheritance / remarks of James Russell Wiggins at the University of Maine, June 1, 1967. | Raymond H. Fogler Library | |
| creatorOf | Save the Saint Croix (Hudson, Wis.). Save the Saint Croix records, 1962-1968. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000. Jefferson through the fog [manuscript], 1959 April 13. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | American Foreign Service Association Records, 1940-1964 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Robert Manning papers, 1938-1993. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Ball mss., 1873-1981 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| referencedIn | John Foster Dulles oral history collection, 1964-1967 | Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers. | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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Birth 1903-12-04
Death 2000-11-19
