Papers, 1933-1961.

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Papers, 1933-1961.

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Collection contains radio scripts (1944, 1948-1950, 1957) from the 1944 Republican National Convention and on behalf of CARE; correspondence, including letters from Alf Landon, Bess and Harry Truman, Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower and Earl Warren, and letters to her children while traveling in India, Vietnam and Yugoslavia on behalf of CARE (1933-1963); 1 photograph album of Clapper in the Gaza Strip (1960); Presidential Inauguration Invitations for 1937 and 1949; 1 reel-to-reel audio tape of a personality sketch of Olive Clapper by Mutual Broadcaster Virgil Pinkley (1958); 1 scrapbook of a trip to Germany in the 1930s; photographs and newspaper clippings of Raymond and Olive Clapper; and speeches (1948-1961).

.9 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7275167

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979

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Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982

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Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944

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Raymond Clapper was married to Olive Ewing up until his death in 1944. From the description of Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570484 Journalist. From the description of Raymond Clapper papers, 1908-1962 (bulk 1913-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81491704 Biographical Note 1892, May 30 B...

Pinkley, Virgil

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Clapper, Olive Ewing, 1896-1968

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Olive Ewing Clapper began working as a radio commentator and journalist for the Mutual Network in 1944 after her husband, war correspondent Raymond Clapper, died in a plane crash in the Marshall Islands. From 1952-1962 she was the Washington, D.C. director of CARE (Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere) and traveled extensively to promote the organization's activities. From the description of Papers, 1933-1961. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record i...

CARE, Inc

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CARE is an acronym for Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere. From the description of CARE printed materials 1947-1982. (Boulder Public Library). WorldCat record id: 427306796 ...

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

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Mutual Network.

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