Papers of Nan Robertson, 1920-2004

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Papers of Nan Robertson, 1920-2004

Papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nan Robertson, including correspondence, reader letters, drafts, photographs, audiovisual materials, and clippings.

5 linear ft.; (12 file boxes) plus 4 folio+ folders, 3 oversize folders, 47 photograph folders, 2 folio photograph folders, 2 slides, 20 audiotapes, 10 videotapes

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Montero, Frank

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Nan Robertson was born Nancy Robertson on July 11, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois, to Frank and Eva (Morrish) Robertson. She had one older sister, Jane, born in 1923. Robertson attended Northwestern University and earned a bachelor of science degree from the Medill School of Journalism in 1948. Following graduation, she moved to Paris and then Germany, and worked as a copy-editor and reporter with Stars & Stripes, covering post-war occupation and reconstruction efforts. In 1950, she...

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