Leary, Mary Ellen

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  • 1913 April 21: Born, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1934: Graduated from Duchesne College, an affiliate of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska Received a scholarship in English literature from Stanford University, California
  • 1937: Completed M.A. from Stanford University
  • 1937 - 1944 : Reporter, San Francisco News
  • 1944 - 1945 : Political reporter
  • 1945 - 1946 : Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
  • 1946 - 1952 : Political editor
  • 1952 - 1956 : Urban specialist-Politics
  • 1956 - 1964 : Associate editor
  • 1964 - 1967 : West Coast correspondent, Scripps Howard papers
  • 1966 - 1968 : Member, Advisory Board, San Francisco Human Rights Commission
  • 1968 - : Free-lance writer and correspondent, the Economist of London
  • 1968 - 1974 : Member, Oakland Catholic Social Justice Commission
  • 1974 - 1975 : Project director, Ford Foundation study, Candidate Media Interaction
  • 1977: Author, Phantom Politics: Campaigning in California
  • 1981: Author, A Journalist's Perspective: Government and Politics in California and the Bay Area: Oral History Transcript and Related Material, 1979-1981
  • 1989: Received Distinguished Career Excellence in Journalism Award, Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter

From the guide to the Mary Ellen Leary Collection, 1963-1984, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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creatorOf Leary, Mary Ellen. Collection of newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, and ephemeral material on California politics and government : additions, 1944-1979 (bulk 1965-1970) UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Devlin, Marion Erb, 1909-. Women's news editor : Vallejo Times-Herald, 1931-1978 : oral history transcript / Marion Erb Devlin ; with an introduction by Mary Ellen Leary ; interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991 ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 1991. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Leary, Mary Ellen. Collection of press releases and newspaper clippings chiefly concerning California politics and government, 1944-1958. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Leary, Mary Ellen. Files relating to Alaska. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Leary, Mary Ellen,. Mary Ellen Leary collection, 1963-1984. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Women in Journalism Oral History Project. Interview transcripts, 1988-1994 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn White mss., 1932-1969 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Mary Ellen Leary Collection, 1963-1984 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Catalogue II of the Regional Oral History Office, 1980-1997 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Leary, Mary Ellen. Collection of newspaper clippings, notes, and press releases relating to politics and government in California, 1950-1970. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Kragen, Adrian A., 1907-. A law professor's career : teaching, private practice, and legislative representative, 1934 to 1989 : oral history transcript / Adrian A. Kragen ; with introductions by Mary Ellen Leary and Professor Boris Bittker ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1989. 1991. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Washington Press Club Foundation. Washington Press Club Foundation oral history interviews, 1990s [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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referencedIn Oral history with Arthur L. Alarcon, California State Government Oral Histories California State Archives

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associatedWith Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968 person
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associatedWith Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- person
associatedWith Devlin, Marion Erb, 1909- person
associatedWith Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970. person
associatedWith Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. person
associatedWith Kragen, Adrian A., 1907- person
associatedWith Reagan, Ronald. person
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associatedWith State Government Oral History Program (Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Warren, Earl, 1891-1974. person
associatedWith Washington Press Club Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Women in Journalism Oral History Project. corporateBody
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