Edward R. Murrow, papers, 1927-1965 1946-1965 1927-1965.

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Edward R. Murrow, papers, 1927-1965 1946-1965 1927-1965.

Papers, correspondence, drafts and broadcast copies of news broadcasts from Murrow's career as a broadcast journalist. A section is devoted to personal matters - biographical material, family, college, chronological correspondence, awards, publicity, and his death. In addition to the papers, there are approximately 1,600 books shelved in the Murrow Library where Murrow memorabilia are also displayed -pictures, framed awards and citations, plaques, honorary degree hoods, medals, war mementos, bound volumes of scripts, and pamphlets and furniture.

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Murrow, Edward R. (Edward Roscoe), 1908-1965

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Edward Roscoe Murrow (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965), born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. After the war, in December 1945 Murrow an offer to become a vice president of the CBS network and head o...

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