Nelson Benton papers, 1960s-1980s [manuscript].

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Nelson Benton papers, 1960s-1980s [manuscript].

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Subject files, appointment books, assignment notebooks, scripts, official press packs, and other papers documenting more than 20 years of Benton's career at various divisions of CBS News. Topics include civil rights, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and trial of Jack Ruby, the 1965 revolution in Santo Domingo, and strategic and political developments in Vietnam during 1967. There are also materials relating to Benton's coverage of George Wallace's third-party candidacy in 1968 and the Democratic and Republican conventions of that year. In addtion, there are items relating to Benton's co-anchorage of CBS reports on the 1973 Watergate hearings and on the Gemini and Apollo manned space flights. Later materials relate to Benton's specialization in reporting energy issues and the environment.

About 2700 items (22.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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