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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
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Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Walter Winchell Papers
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| Creator | Winchell, Walter |
| Title | Walter Winchell
Papers |
| Abstract | Walter Winchell
(1897-1972) gained acclaim as a journalist and gossip columnist with a career
spanning five decades. Collection consists largely of correspondence with other
notable figures in news, entertainment, and government. Also includes related
clippings and articles. |
| Extent | 11 ft. |
| Language | Materials are written in
English. |
| Repository | Center for American History, The
University of Texas |
Walter Winchell (1897-1972) gained acclaim as a journalist and gossip
columnist with a career spanning five decades. He contributed a column to the
New York Daily Mirror for over 30 years, as well
as hosting radio and television broadcasts (ABC, CBS, and NBC). Winchell’s
early career was marked by his public criticism of pro-fascists in America and
strong condemnation of the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany. He also expressed
support for the Democratic Party and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mixed
with political opinion and commentary was Winchell’s trademark entertainment
news and “gossip,” where he gained a reputation as being frank and fiery.
After World War II, Winchell became increasingly concerned with the
spread of Communism and voiced support for Senator Joseph McCarthy and the “Red
Scare” investigations. With the passing of the McCarthy era Winchell slowly
faded from the public eye.
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Collection consists largely of correspondence with other notable
figures in news, entertainment, and government. Also includes related clippings
and articles.
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Walter Winchell Papers, Center for American History, The University of
Texas at Austin.
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Inventory
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| 4Zg40 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg41 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg42 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg43 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg44 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg45 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles. |
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| 4Zg46 | | | General correspondence, clippings, articles, including
contracts, financial information and correspondence with Liz Smith, Hearst
Magazines, Charles Gould, Shepard Traube, Joe Kennedy, Robert Kintner, Theodore
Bilbo, George Murphy, David Durbin, John Swayze, Buddy Hackett, Eddie Fisher,
Fannie Flagg, Lord Halifax, U.S. Attorney General’s Office, George Seldes,
Vernon Pope, Sam Goldwyn. |
| | | Bound correspondence, 1920s-1960s |
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| 4Zg47 | | | Bound correspondence, 1930-1945 |
| | | Nazis, politicians, miscellaneous. |
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| 4Zg48 | | | Bound correspondence, 1940-1949 |
| | | "Good stuff" |
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| 4Zg49 | | | Bound correspondence, 1930-1969 |
| | | Authors |
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| 4Zg50 | | | Bound correspondence, 1940-1964 |
| | | Sheet music: There’s a Lull in My
Life |
| | | Collier’s Magazine with
Winchell on cover, Nov. 23, 1956 |
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| 3S36 | | | Photographic prints |
| | | | Walter Winchell, Republican National Convention, San
Francisco, July, 1964 |
| | | | Walter Winchell, photographed by Don Pack |
| | | | Walter Winchell with group, November 29, 1944 |
| | | | Walter Winchell receiving award from San Diego Police
Officers Association, August 1964 |
| | | | Winchell with Nick Blair and Molly, 1934 |
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