Robert Chester Ruark Papers, 1942-1965

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Robert Chester Ruark Papers, 1942-1965

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http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/r/Ruark,Robert_Chester.html

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Robert Chester Ruark (1915-1965), journalist, author, world traveler, sportsman, and syndicated columnist; born in Wilmington, N.C.; received his A.B. from the University of North Carolina, 1935; eventually resided in London, England, and Palamos, Spain. The bulk of the papers of Robert Chester Ruark consists of typed drafts and copies of novels, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles, and screenplays, 1942-1945. Also included is professional and personal correspondence. Other papers relate to Ruark's service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and to his travels and safaris in different part of the world, particularly Africa. His correspondents included friends Ernest Hemingway (one letter and one note, 1953-1954), Bernard Baruch (66 letters, 1953-1965), Richard Nixon (6 letters, 1958-1960), and J. Edgar Hoover (4 letters, 1958-1959); associates, especially his secretary, Alan Ritchie, and his literary agent, Harold Matson; and relatives, especially his wife, Virginia Webb Ruark. The correspondence covers a wide range of personal and literary topics, including journalism, literary philosophy, and African politics. Also included are research materials, reviews, photographs, financial materials, and writings by others. Volumes are chiefly scrapbooks of columns and related clippings.

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12,000; 54.0

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eng,

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6628816

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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