Papers, 1900-1977 (bulk 1926-1961).

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Papers, 1900-1977 (bulk 1926-1961).

Collection includes correspondence (1927-1967); manuscripts; photographs; 1 scrapbook; scripts for several documentary films; promotional materials; reports and files related to his government career; biographical information; teacher's guides for educational films; legal and financial documents; newspaper clippings, chiefly regarding McCarthyism; and miscellaneous other materials. Much of the correspondence from 1927-1934 is with Wilfred T. and Anne Grenfell regarding the International Grenfell Association. Correspondence from 1947-1956 deals chiefly with legal and financial matters related to "Nanook of the North."

3 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

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Edwards, India

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Political activist. From the description of Reminiscences of India Edwards : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122598141 Government official and journalist. From the description of Papers, 1928-1977. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70943999 Edwards was born in Chicago and worked as a journalist (1918-1942) before becoming active in the women's division of the Democratic Party...

Grenfell, Anne, 1885-1938

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Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940

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English medical missionary. From the description of Letter, 1914, Apr. 26 : Dr. Lee. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31674044 Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Horace Parker Chandler was a real estate broker, journalist, editor, and publisher, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell letter and photographs, 1909 Dec. 25. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 7083...

Edwards, Herbert Threlkeld, 1900-1977

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Herbert Threlkeld Edwards was a documentary film maker. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1924 with a degreee in economics he was secretary and publicity agent for the International Grenfell Association, which supported hospitals, orphanages and other charitable endeavors in Labrador and Newfoundland. Beginning in 1931, he organized and managed several independent film production companies including Edwards Productions, Commonwealth Pictures, Adventure Films an...

McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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