Walter Lippmann "Today and Tomorrow" columns and scrapbooks, 1931-1950

Summary

Creator:
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974
Extent:
3 Linear Feet 6 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walter Lippmann papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Photostatic copies of Lippmann's syndicated column, Today and Tomorrow, 1931-1949, and two books written by Lippmann: THE COLD WAR, New York, Harper & Bros., 1947; and A PREFACE TO MORALS, New York, Macmillan, 1929. Also, eleven scrapbooks of clippings, 1931-1933, 1936, 1938-1944, and 1947-1950.

Biographical / historical:

Journalist, author.

Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) was on of America's most prominent and influential journalists. Lippman was educated at the Sachs School for Boys, the Sachs Collegiate Institute in New York, and Harvard College. He wrote for The New Republic; Vanity Fair; the New York World; the New York Herald Tribune; the Washington Post; and Newsweek. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 and 1962. Lippmann's books include A Preface to Politics (1913); Public Opinion (1922); A Preface to Morals (1929); The Good Society (1937); U.S. War Aims (1944); The Cold War (1947); Isolation and Alliances (1952); and Western Unity and the Common Market (1962).

Acquisition information:

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1951. Accession number--M-51.

Purchase, 1951; Gift 2003

Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89. Processed by Bernard Crystal; Revised by BRC 8/25/1978.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into 3 series.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walter Lippmann papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu