Papers, 1936-1978, of Lester Markel, Sunday editor of the New York Times from 1923 to 1964. In 1951, he founded the International Press Institute to foster the free flow of information and freedom of the press in general and in 1964, he became associate editor of the New York Times and head of its department of public affairs. The collection documents Markel's work and involvement in each of these capacities through subject and reference files, correspondence, financial records, speeches, book drafts, clippings, reports, transcripts, and his personal writings. Two separate alphabetical runs of subject files are present and materials are interfiled throughout files.
