James B. Reston

An Inventory of the James B. Reston Papers at the University of Illinois Archives.



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PUBLICATIONS AND WRITINGS

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6Reston Publications
Periodical Articles
Associated Press--London dispatches and "A New Yorker at Large" (2 folders) , 1935, 1937   Copies of published articles and Associated Press dispatches.
Article about John Foster Dulles, 1948   Article about John Foster Dulles.
Life article about Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, 1948   Time article about Vandenberg.
Publications concerning Vandenberg, 1948, 1952   Article from the New York Times Book Review about Vandenberg.
Book introduction requests--declined, 1953-54   Reston's replies to requests to write book introductions.
Book requests--declined, 1954, 1958, 1961-62, 1964
Colombia, South America--Tour "Letter" , 1954    Typed manuscript with Reston's penciled corrections. There is nothing to indicate whether it was published.
Preface to The World at Home, by Anne O'Hare McCormick, 1956   Correspondence regarding Reston's contribution to "The World at Home."
"So We Sent Our Son to College," Saturday Evening Post, 1956   Correspondence regarding "So We Sent Our Son to College" and research materials.
"How to Find the Issue," Woman's Home Companion, 1956   Contract for the writing of "How to Find the Issue" and correspondence between Reston and the editors.
"How to Survive a Presidential Election" , 1956    Copy of the article with notes penciled in.
"Detour to Moscow," Saturday Evening Post, 1958   Correspondence concerning the article and the printing rights.
Reprint permissions, 1960-64, 1967    Correspondence regarding reprinting Reston's work in books or articles.
"The Press, the President, and Foreign Policy," Foreign Affairs, July 1966   A brochure with an article by Reston reprinted from Foreign Affairs Quarterly.
Letters about magazine pieces, 1966, 1968   Requests for contributions to magazines.
Reader's Digest reprints of Reston articles, 1966   Correspondence regarding Reader's Digest articles and proofs of the story.
Reston review of A Pride of Prejudices by Vermont Royster, Wall Street Journal editor, for The New York Times Book Review, 1967   Review of "A Pride of Prejudices" and notes and brochures regarding the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Cuban Diary: Bringing Up Castro's 'New Man'", August 13, 1967   Copy of Reston's article on Cuba.
Election handbook1967,    Introduction to a political handbook.   Typed manuscript labeled, "Introduction, Political Handbook, 1968."
Quote from Reston for publicizing Anything But the Truth, by William McGaffin and Erwin Knoll, 1968   Quote from Reston to be included in a book by McGaffin and Knoll.
"Arthur Vandenberg," Michigan Quarterly Review, 1969   Notes and research regarding Arthur Vandenberg.
Walter Lippmann appreciation    Typed manuscript regarding Lippman with handwritten corrections.
"Notes on the Press," Nieman Reports, 1975   Copy of the Nieman Reports with an article by Reston.
Reston review of Public Persons, by Walter Lippmann, for The New Republic, March 12, 1977   Copy of the New Republic.
"Kodansha Publish"--Reston's contribution to Preparing for the New Era of Internationalized Business, Japanese book published by Kodansha International, 1981    Correspondence between Reston and Koshanda International regarding publication. Also a copy of the manuscript.
"Reputation and the Modern Journalistic Imperative," Berkeley speech and California Law Review manuscript (3 folders), 1986   Manuscripts.
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7Introduction to The Making of the President: 1960, by T. H. White (2 folders), 1987   Computer printout of the introduction written by Reston, along with correspondence regarding the publication.
"A Persistent American Yearning," The New York Times Magazine, June 16, 1991   Article written by Reston printed in the New York Times Magazine.
Prelude to Victory
Business correspondence, 1942, 1945   Newspaper articles concerning Reston and correspondence regarding publishing rights and business opportunities.
General correspondence, 1942
Letters regarding Prelude to Victory, 1942
Prelude to Victory reviews (3 folders), 1942-43   Reviews and letters regarding Reston's book "Prelude to Victory."
Walter Lippmann and His Times (co-editor with Marquis Childs)
Harcourt, Brace & Co.--Contracts, 1959   Contract signed by Reston for a book on the life of Walter Lippman.
Artillery of the Press
Artillery of the Press, 1967-68   Editorial correspondence, reviews, galleys and insertions, reader mail and book jacket.
Artillery of the Press draft, 1966   Typewritten draft of Reston's book.
Artillery of the Press--Reviews, 1967   Reviews and articles from several sources regarding Reston's book.
Sketches in the Sand    Letters regarding the editing of the book, also excerpts from the manuscript and advice on editing the book.
Sketches in the Sand, 1948, 1956, 1966-67   Reviews and articles of "Sketches in the Sand."   Includes editorial correspondence, clipped columns, and reader mail.
Sketches--Reviews, 1967-68
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8Washington    Correspondence regarding Reston's planned "Washington" book. Also, an introduction for "Washington."
Kirkus Reviews review of Washington, 1986
Sketches II (Washington), 1967, 1984-86    Includes contract, column lists, and editorial correspondence.
Washington (McMillan 1986), 1986-87   A draft of the "Washington" introduction. Correspondence--mostly with McMillan--but other publishers as well.   Includes editorial correspondence regarding Reston's memoirs and the Japanese edition of Washington, column lists, and reviews.
Deadline
Drafts
Manuscript draft, 1980, 1988-89   "Deadline" manuscript; chapters including: Washington--1941, Politics, The Persian Corridor, Moscow--1943, Executive New York
Bits and Pieces, False Starts    "Deadline" carbon copies--first few chapters
Part one: Introduction, Scottish Boyhood    "Deadline" manuscript--Chapter one. Also, a couple sheets of handwritten notes.
Part two: Dayton, Illinois, Sally, First Jobs    "Deadline" manuscript--Chapters 3-6
Part three: London '37, Sports/Foreign Office, Blitz    "Deadline" manuscript--Chapters 7-9
Part four: Washington--1941, Persian Corridor, Moscow--1943, Executive New York
The Ten Presidents, How They Evaded the Truth, Advisers--Good and Bad    Notes on the U.S. presidents from 1930s-1989
Portraits: Kennedys, Monnet, Vandenberg, Eisenhower    "Deadline" manuscript--The Kennedys, Eisenhower, McCarthy, Vandenberg,
Manuscript draft, April-June 1989
Table of Contents and Reflections    "Deadline" manuscript--Table of contents, Ch. 48
London    "Deadline" manuscript: Part IV and V
Washington--1941    "Deadline" manuscript: Moscow--1943, The Persian Corridor
Search for Peace    "Deadline" manuscript: Post WWII-1959
The Unhappy Sixties    "Deadline" manuscript: The Unhappy 60s
The Kennedys    "Deadline" manuscript: The Kennedys
Lyndon Johnson    "Deadline" manuscript: LBJ, Letter to My Grandson, Reagan and the 80s
Summing Up--Luck    "Deadline" manuscript: Summing Up--Luck, Part V--Reflections, Love and Hope
Deadline appendices    "Deadline" manuscript: Appendices
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9Manuscript draft, June-December 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Washington--The 1940s, The Spy on the 14th floor, Moscow, Reagon, Stevenson, family, Krock and Lipman, The Kennedys
Early Days--Bureau Chief    "Deadline" manuscript: several chapter drafts from Parts 1-9
Ike--Executive Editor    "Deadline" manuscript: several drafts of chapters covering the 50s and 60s
Why Vietnam?--Fiery Run    "Deadline" manuscript: various chapter drafts from Vietnam to Reagan
Reagan and The Eights--Winners and Losers
General chapter drafts    "Deadline" manuscript: Reagan and the 80s, and Retirement
Chapter drafts, November 1989-January 1990
Reflections (3 folders), 1989-90   Various drafts of a Reston reflecting on the past 50 years
A Scottish Boyhood (2 folders)    "Deadline" manuscript: two drafts of Chapter 1
Tales from the Kitchen (2 folders), 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: two drafts of Chapter 2
Arthur Krock: The Kentucky Gentleman, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 15 draft
The Forties: The Search for Peace, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: draft for a chapter titled "The Forties: The Search for Peace," covering post-WWII
Dean Acheson and Arthur Vandenberg, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Chs. 17 and 18 drafts
Felix Frankfurter, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: draft of Frankfurter section of Ch. 19
Jean Monnet    "Deadline" manuscript: draft of Monnet section of Ch. 19
Ike Eisenhower, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch.22 draft
Bureau Chief, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 23 draft
John Foster Dulles, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: a couple drafts of Ch. 26
Niftie Woodley, 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 28 draft
Fiery Run    "Deadline" manuscript: draft of "Fiery Run" section in Ch. 28
The Unhappy Sixties, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: 2 page reflection on the Cold War as a religious war
Why Vietnam? (2 folders)    "Deadline" manuscript: two drafts of Ch. 35
The Government and the Press (2 folders), 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: drafts for chapter titled "The Government and the Press
The Times and National Security, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: draft of Ch. 36
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10Death in the Family, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 37 draft
Arthur Ochs (Punch) Sulzberger, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 38 draft
Executive Editor, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 39 draft
The Vineyard Gazette, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 40 draft
Henry Beetle Hough (2 folders), 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Hough description; Ch. 40
The Decline of the Giants (2 folders), 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: "Presidents and columnists" section of Ch. 41
Morality and Security (2 folders), 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: "Morality and Security" draft
The Folks Next Door    "Deadline" manuscript: Latin America section from Ch. 42
The 1970s--Nixon and the '70s, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: Chs. 43-45 drafts
Jimmy Carter, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 45 draft; draft regarding the Times and the Wash. Post
Ronald Reagan (2 folders), 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 46 drafts
Summing Up (3 folders) , 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Part 17 drafts   
"Whither the Press?", 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: draft titled "Whither the Press"
Retirement and Reflection, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 52 draft
General chapter drafts (2 folders), 1989-90    Article by Kissinger with his card on it; "Deadline" manuscript: "The Critical Years" including parts of Ch. 15; Ch. 30-31 drafts; "The Forties: the Search for Peace"
The Critical Years
Do the People Know Best?
Adlai Stevenson
Bureau Chief
Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Forties: Search for Peace
The Element of Luck
Retirement
Deleted chapter drafts
Catledge memo, 1989   Concerns a 1963 memo from Reston to Managing Editor Turner Catledge regarding the state of the Times following the 1963 New York newspaper strike.
Epilogue, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: epilogue draft
Summing up--Luck, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: "summing up--luck"
Unfinished Business (2 folders), 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: drafts for a chapter titled "Unfinished business"
Revised chapter drafts, undated but not before January 1990
Deadline foreword and Part 1: A Scottish Boyhood    "Deadline" manuscript: Foreward and Part I drafts
Part 2: New Boy, New World    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 3 draft
The Thirties: Sally Fulton    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 4 draft
The Depression Thirties    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 5 draft
New York--1934-37    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 6 draft
The Tragic Years: London--1937-40    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 8 draft
Fragment of The Tragic Years: London--1937-40    "Deadline" manuscript: fragment of Ch.8
War    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 9 draft
The Battle of Britain    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 10 draft
Washington--1941    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 11 draft
The London Embassy    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 12 draft
Moscow--1943    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 13 draft
Detour to Moscow--1943    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 13 draft
The "Spy" on the 14th Floor    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 14 draft
The Gentleman from Kentucky    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 15
Dean Acheson    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 17 draft
Vandenberg    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 18 draft
The Night Churchill Came to Dinner    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 20 draft
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11America at Mid-Century    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 21 draft
McCarthy and the Times    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 24 draft
The Oppenheimer Case    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 25 draft
John Foster Dulles    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 26 draft
Yalta and the Times    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 27 draft
Family Affairs    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 28 draft
The Unhappy Sixties: Assorted Disasters    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 32 draft
The Kennedys: Triumph and Tragedy    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 33 draft
Lyndon Johnson    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 34 draft
The Times and National Security    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 36 draft
Death and Change    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 37 draft
Arthur Ochs (Punch) Sulzberger    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 38 draft
Executive Editor    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 39 draft
Henry Beetle Hough    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 40 draft
Israel and the Dominion of Fear    "Deadline" manuscript: Israel section of Ch. 41
Nixon and the Seventies    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 43 draft
Henry Kissinger    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 44 draft
Jimmy Carter    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 45 draft
The Fantastic Eighties    "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 46 draft
Chapter drafts and general material
Fiery Run, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Fiery Run section of Ch. 28
Finished chapters, 1989   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 48 and 52 drafts, and a chapter titled "Two Cheers for the Press."
Family Affairs, 1989-90   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch. 28 draft
Galleys with corrections (photocopies) , not before 1991   "Deadline" galleys: copies of various pages in no discernible order
Kennedy, 1990   "Deadline" manuscript: Ch 35 and 33 draft
Notes and Deadline material, including September 1989 Table of Contents, transcript of interview with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Clifton Daniel talk on "The Press and National Security" , 1966, 1989    Various handwritten notes, transcript of an interview with Goda Meir, transcript of a 1966 speech by Clifton Daniel titled "The Press and National Security," and "Deadline" table of contents
Preface to Japanese edition (2 folders)    Preface to Japanese edition, mostly concerning the dropping of the atom bomb
Revised chapter drafts with comments    "Deadline": various inserts. Also, "Washington--1941" and "The Spy" draft revisions.
Chapter drafts and general material
World War II chapter drafts, 1989-90   Drafts of WWII-era chapters
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12General chapter drafts (9 folders), 1988-90   Scattered chapter drafts from Deadline. Most of this material came from Reston's study and lacked labels and folders. Many of the individual chapters have titles and draft dates, but it was not possible to determine whether they were parts of larger manuscript drafts.
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13General chapter drafts (9 folders), 1988-90   "Deadline" chapter drafts, mostly written between 1988-1990
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14General chapter drafts (12 folders), 1988-90   Various "Deadline" chapter drafts
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15General chapter drafts (10 folders), 1988-90   Various chapter drafts
Notes (3 folders), 1981, 1985-85, 1988-90   Typed and handwritten notes that Reston compiled for his memoirs.
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16Notes (17 folders), 1981, 1985-85, 1988-90
Folder 1-Drafts, notes   "Deadline" draft of the early chapters with corrections
Folder 2-Notes   "Deadline"--Ch. 40 draft
Folder 3-Notes   Various, brief, "Deadline" notes; a transcript of a 10/15/81 interview with Deputy Sec. of Defense Frank Carlucci considered off the record
Folder 4-correspondence   Mostly reader response to "Deadline"
Folder 5--Notes: 1970-72   Various brief meditations on subjects such as alcohol, compliments, elections, and the start of an Op-Ed page at the Times
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Folder 6--Notes   handwritten "Deadline" table of contents for Chs. 1-6
Folder 7-17--Notes   Handwritten notes, hard to read--probably regarding "Deadline"
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17Editorial and research correspondence
Russell Baker, 1991   Baker's comments/suggestions to Reston after reading the "Deadline" manuscript
Book--Morton Janklow (Reston's literary agent), 1988-89   Correspondence, mainly between Reston and his literary agent regarding their representing him for Deadline; also, some letters between Reston and Random House editors regarding writing style and "Deadline"
Book outline, correspondence, 1989   An early table of contents/outline for "Deadline"
Deadline editorial correspondence (2 folders), 1989, 1992   Correspondence between Reston and Random House editors, especially Kate Medina, regarding drafts and editorial changes to Deadline.
Alexander Fursenko, 1995   1995 letter from Fursenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences asking for Reston's knowledge of the Cuban Missle Crisis
Future corrections, 1961, 1991    photocopies of photos at 1991 Four Freedoms Ceremony and Atlantic Charter Conference
F. Y. I., 1972, 1989   Correspondence regarding the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
General comments, labeled "Read first"    Comments from editors, mainly Kate Medina, regarding revisions to "Deadline;" also, a foward to the book with comments on it
Jim Goodale, 1991   Short letter from Goodale regarding the Pentagon Papers
Information requests, 1989-91   Goodale and Marcy answers for Pentagon Papers and Tonkin, respectively.
John F. Kennedy Library--Material concerning Reston, 1961-63, 1989   Copies of memos from the JFK Library regarding Reston and JFK and his staff.
William Maxwell, 1991   Letter from William Maxwell, apparently an old college friend, saying he enjoyed Deadline
Kate Medina (editor at Random House), Jonathan Yardley, 1990-91   Correspondence with editor regarding photo inserts for Deadline
Kate Medina editorial comments to Reston, 1989-90   Memos from Kate Medina regarding suggestion for Deadline
Random House--editorial correspondence, 1989, 1991
Random House--Copy edits and photographs, 1991   Photos for deadline
Jack Steinberg (Reston clerk)--Comments on Deadline draft, 1989   Steinberg's 18 page memo on Deadline suggestions
Peter Tauber, 1991   Tauber's 30 page reaction to Deadline
Reader Mail (4 folders), 1991-92   Reader mail regarding Deadline
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18 Reader mail (11 folders), 1991-93   Hundreds of letters from readers regarding "Deadline" ranging from friends to family to politicians to colleagues to strangers
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19 Reader mail (2 folders), 1994-95   "Deadline" reader mail
Reviews (4 folders), 1991-1993   Dozens of "Deadline" reviews
Subject File for Deadline    Two articles by Red Barber, one concerning Larry MacPhail and the Cincinnati Reds, and a short one about Reston and the Reds
Baseball, 1968, 1970
Bay of Pigs    Reston article about Kennedy and Cuba dated April 11--presumably 1961
Book, 1981, 1985   1981 drafts of a forward and Reston's childhood for his memoirs; also some correspondence between Reston and Perry Knowlton of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Book--'70s    An article and a paper about Winston Churchill
Book research, ca. 1943   Photoreproductions of Reston columns from London during World War II.
Campuses in Upheaval, 1968-70   Six Reston articles about campus upheavals in the late-60s
China (2 folders), 1971-72   Reston articles about China, including the ones he wrote while visiting in the summer of 1971; also, a copy of a postcard to the Restons from Punch Sulzberger in Peking
Chronology, 1957   March 12 and May 7 1957 editions of the Dekalb newspaper The True Repulican
CIA/National Security, 1947-48, 1954, 1961, 1976, 1980-81, 1989   Series of memos between the NY Times and U.S. security agencies--mostly between the Sulzbergers and the CIA--regarding the press and national security, and using journalists as agents
Letter to Robert E. Garst; , Aug. 10, 1954   Reston explores the ethical issues involved with disclosure of CIA activities View.
Civil Rights, 1963, 1968   Reston articles on the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, Dr. MLK's 'I have a dream' speech, and King's murder.
Columns, 1935, 1966, 1990   A 1935 article about night baseball in Cinci, a review of Kevin Phillips' 1990 book titled "The Politics of the Rich and Poor," a copy of a 1966 speech Clifton Daniel gave on the press and national security, and an excerpt concerning the Pentagon Papers
Critique, 1948-50, 1952   Memos of publisher critique/compliments of Reston articles, mainly from the late-40s and early-50s
Cuba, 1961-62   Articles, not all written by Reston, from April 1961 regarding Cuba; a 1962 paperback titled "The Cuban Invasion: The Chronicle of a Disaster."
Charles De Gaulle, 1969   04/30/69 Reston article about de Gaulle
Deadline title search, 1989   Printout of a title search for books titled "Deadline"
Documents, 1956, 1962   Memo of a 12/26/56 "private conversation" Reston had with John Dulles during which Dulles accused the Times of being too critical of the administration and favoring Democrats
Michael Dukakis, 1973, 1989   Reston article re: Watergate; an article about Jean Monnet
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20 Gerald Ford, 1948, 1974-75   Reston articles about Gerald Ford
General clippings for Deadline, 1986   Two miscellaneous article fragments, neither by Reston, one about Tocqueville, one about Scotland
Sydney Gruson    Letter from Reston to Gruson who apparently had just retired
Henry Beetle Hough, 1986   Reflection on Hough found in "Deadline"
University of Illinois, 1956, 1994   News-Gazette article about Illinois alumni who have written books; 1957 book printed by U. of Illinois re: David Henry becoming president of the school, and a symposium on state universities in which Reston was a speaker
Interviews for memoirs, 1985-86   Transcripts of Reston interviews with Mitterand, Willy Brandt, William Proxmire, Donald Regan, and George Shultz
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1961, 1963, 1967   Reston articles on LBJ
Clayton Knowles and Eastland Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, 1956   Concerns Knowles's appearance before the Senate committee investigating communism in the U. S. Photoreproduction of Times story and editorial.
Korea and Vietnam Trip, 1953   Two Reston articles about John F. Dulles in Korea; a Reston piece for the Times Magazine about America in Asia (09/30/53); and several articles about Vietnam.
Arthur Krock, 1953   Letter from Arthur Krock to Arthur Sulzberger regarding Reston taking over the Washington Bureau in 1953
Latin America, 1967   Two 1967 Reston articles on Cuba (written from Cuba); and a piece on U.S.-Mexican relations
Anthony Lewis--Column on Reagan, 1990   1990 Anthony Lewis article on Reagan's presidential legacy.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy-Sec. of the Army Robert Stevens Controversy, 1954   1954 articles--one by Reston--regarding the McCarthy-Stevens controversy.
Jan Masaryk, Czechoslavakian prime minister, 1948   A. M. Rosenthal's Times article about Czechoslovakia asking the UN for a judgment against USSR for violating Czech independence by installing a dictatorship in Czech.
Memoirs, 1987   Timeline of Reston's life up to 1979; update form for Reston's entry in The International Who's Who 1984-85; a two page "Introduction" by Harrison Salisbury about Op-Ed pages
Memoirs--Annual report speech, 1969   Concerns the Times role in events during 1968.
Memoirs--Hubert Humphrey, 1968   "Private" letter from Ted Van Dyk, assistant to the VP, regarding a 6/9/68 article Reston wrote criticizing Nixon and Humphrey
Memoirs--Print media in transition, 1987   excerpts from a speech and an article Reston wrote about the role of the press in relation to TV
Memoirs--Pulitzer Prize 50th Anniversary, draft speech    Draft of Reston's speech at the Pulitzer 50th anniversary dinner
Memoirs--Al Shuster, Los Angeles Times, and WWII, 1983   Letter to Al Shuster of the LA Times, mostly talks about running a foreign desk
Memoirs--Syracuse speech, 1984    Notes for a Syracuse speech about journalism and journalism schools
Memoirs--Times, 1968   letter from Gay Talese to Reston inquiring about changes Reston implemented as Times Executive Editor
Memoirs--Times 1982 status , 1982   Contains Reston letter assessing the Times in 1982, a commencement speech delivered by Chris Lydon, and a 1982 memo concerning background sources.
Memoirs--Times, Russell Baker, 1982   Reston letter to Ray Scherer regarding the recruitment of Russell Baker to the Times
Memoirs--Times purpose, Greenbrier conference, 1964   19 page transcript of a conference of Times editors discussing the purpose of the Times
The New York Times, 1968, 1983   1983 Rosenthal memo about Times' correction policy; 1968 letters of Eugene Patterson of the Wash. Post to Reston
Nixon and the '70s, 1968, 1970   10/27/68 Reston memo to "Tony" about changing in leadership at the Time; a 6/11/70 letter from Spiro Agnew stating he enjoyed conversing with Reston
Outline and column clippings, 1965, 1967, 1984, 1988-89   "Deadline" outline; several Reston articles, most from the late '60s
Pentagon Papers, 1971-72   Times memos regarding litigation and the Pentagon Papers; a couple Reston articles about the Pentagon Papers
Memoir file list    Includes the two lists of subject file folders prepared by one of Reston's clerks. The lists are labelled "Permanent Files" and "Working Files," but not all of the folders are extant.
Permanent Files
1980s, 1988-89   1988-89 publications about the 1989 new year
Dean Acheson, 1946   1946 Times article by Reston about Acheson
America--1951    1951 Reston article for the Times Magazine about how America has changed since 1937--written as a memo to Gen. MacArthur who was returning to the U.S. after 14 years overseas
America and the World, 1951   Condensed 1951 Harpers' article by Reston about why America irritates its allies
American Scene--80s, 1987
Book Notes, I and II, 1985   Notes for "Deadline" and some manuscript scraps
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21 Campaign 1988, 1987   Various articles--not by Reston--about 1988 presidential candidates
Jimmy Carter, between 1977 and 1981    Quote by Reston about Carter, calling him a "missionary at heart"
Winston Churchill, 1988   Review of Vol. III of W. Churchill's biography
China--1971    Reston's 1971 articles from China
Cold War, 1951, 1987-88   Letter from Robert McNamara to Reston, seemingly written in the mid-80s, about the Cold War
Alistair Cooke, 1987   A New Yorker article about Reston's collection, "Washington;" a Continental article about Alistair Cook
Diary, 1947, 1950   Jan. and Feb. 1947 diary entries; Jan. 1950 diary entries
Dwight Eisenhower, 1955   11/55 Reston article on Pres. Eisenhower post-heart attack
Golf    John Updikes New Yorker review of Michael Murphy's "Golf in the Kingdom"
Gridiron Club, 1988   Songbook for the 12/88 Gridiron Club
David Halberstam, 1979   David Halberstam's 5/79 letter to the editor criticizing Reston's support of Robert McNamara
Japan--1971    Reston's Sept. 1 and Sept. 2 1971 articles from Japan, including his interview with Premier Sato
Lyndon Johnson, 1988   8/21/88 Richard Goodwin article about LBJ's mental stability
Nikita Khrushchev, 1957, 1971   Transcript and notes of Reston's 10/57 interview with Nikita Khrushchev; some articles about Khrushchev
Aleksei Kosygin    Reston's article and the transcript of his interview with Kosygin
Liberalism '80s, 1988   Arthur Schlesinger Jr. article on the death of "Reaganism"
London, 1934-40   Listings for American correspondants in London from 1934-40; a Reston article on Nevile Henderson's report on how/why Hitler led Germany into war
McCarthyism, 1956   1/6/56 Reston article about Julien Sourwine's role in the McCarthy hearings
Joseph McCarthy (2 folders), 1950-51, 1953-54, 1957   Numerous Reston articles on Sen. Joseph McCarthy; 11/22/54 Reston letter to Sulzberger marked "confidential" in which Reston tells AHS of tips he received that McCarthy was considered unrational by some on the censure hearings, was in poor health, and may have benefitted from insider trading
Porter McKeever, 1988   1988 letter from McKeever about Rusk telling him to lie to Reston and say the U.S. was not going to cross the 38th parallel in Korea
Marshall Plan, 1987   1987 State Dept. pamphlet on the Marshall Plan
Memos--Jack Steinberg, Reston clerk, 1988   Steinberg's reaction to parts of Reston's Deadline manuscript
Leonard Miall, BBC Washington correspondent, 1982, 1988   1982 Leonard Miall--Washington correspondent for the BBC--speech on the Marshall Plan
Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister, 1986   NY Times article on the death of Molotov
Moscow Trip--1965    Reston articles written in Moscow
Moscow    A brief recollection of his 1943 trip to the USSR
NATO, 1949   4/6/49 Reston article about the Senate debate of the Marshall Plan
National Service, 1944   1/23/44 Times Magazine piece on Britains use of children, women, and the elderly in the war effort
Newspapers    Quotes about journalism/news
"New Yorker at Large"    4/9/35 and 10/22/35 editions of "A New Yorker at Large"   Reston wrote this column while he worked for the Associated Press.
New York Times, 1955   Photos of NY Times foreign correspondants in 1955
Paul Nitze, 1986-87   A biography and interview (not by Reston) of Paul Nitze
Reagan Legacy I, 1987-89   Articles about Reagan at the end or after his time as president
Reagan and Politics, 1981, 1987-89   Numerous articles (not by Reston) on Reagan; transcript of 2/2/81 Reston interview with Reagan
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22 Donald Regan, 1988   Two reviews of Donald Regan's memoir
Reston biography, 1953   Biography of Reston in "Times Talk" upon taking over the Washington Bureau in 1953
Sally Reston, 1974   1974 Reston letter to "Abe" about regrets he has regarding his work and social life
Anwar Sadat, 1970, 1978   Egyptian-Israeli articles; 1978 typed notes about the Egypt-Israeli peace process
Scotland, ca. 1988   Article (not by Reston) about Glasgow as a cultural center
George Shultz, 1987   Part of a transcript of Sec. Shultz's testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings
Speeches    Speech on the differences between newspapers now and 50 years ago; a speech on the duty of the press to criticize public officials
General
1945    Overlaps with "James B. Reston--Diary Entries" in the BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL sub-series. Includes: "Principles and Politics," September 15, 1945; "American Labor and Politics," September 15, 1945; "Left and Right," October 10, 1945; and "The Tyranny of Deadlines," June, 1945. It also holds "Drought and Deluge," "The State Department," "Birthdays," and "Prejudices and Principles," all labeled "part of 1945 series."
Keynote address for the University of Cincinnati George L. Strike Journalism Program, delivered on , October 12, 1988   Mostly about the 1988 election
Joseph Stalin, 1952   12/25/52 Reston article about Stalin's answering of Reston's written questions, including his reply that he would be willing to converse with Pres.-elect Eisenhower
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, 1955-62   Correspondence between Reston and Arhur Hays Sulzberger, most in the mid- to late-'50s and regarding Reston columns
United Nations, 1950   Commical Reston article on the 1950 World Series
Arthur Vandenberg, 1952   4/20/52 Reston piece for the Times Magazine about Vandenberg's diaries; NY Times transcript of Vandenberg's famous 1/10/45 speech about U.S.-USSR relations
Vienna, 1979   Brief article about press celebrities at the Carter-Brezhnev Vienna summit that mentions Reston
Washington--1943    1945 and 1946 list of foreign diplomatic and consular officers in the U.S.
World War II, 1939-40, 1942-45   Reston articles during WWII
Politics chapter, 1990   Transcript of a 1990 address giving by Sissela Bok on the collapsing values in American politics
Power and politics, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974-75, 1980, 1984   Reston articles, mostly about presidential campaigns
"The Presidents--Jimmy Carter", 1976-78   Reston articles about Carter
"The Presidents--Gerald Ford", 1975   11/7/75 Reston article about Ford's problems in D.C.
"The Presidents--Richard Nixon", 1966-69, 1973-74   Reston articles on Nixon
"The Press"    Reston articles on the Pentagon Papers
Random thoughts, 1970-71   Random thoughts on reporting, parenting, Op-Ed pages, alcohol, and politics
"Reston This," Reston column in Springfield, Ohio, Daily News (2 folders), 1933
Retirement columns, 1989   Three essays from Columbia professor Richard Garnder
Abe Rosenthal, 1963   Correspondence between Reston and Rosenthal regarding Rosenthal's taking over the city desk
Rosenthal, Wicker, and Frankel promotions, 1968   Article announcing the promotions of Rosenthal, Wicker, and Frankel
Schedules, 1988   Reston weekly schedules for 1988
Sports and politics, 1936, 1966-67, 1969-71, 1973   Mostly sports-related articles
Joseph Stalin--Reply, 1952   Stalin's answers to Reston's questions in 1952, including a transcript in Russian
"Stories about people you cite in the book" (Deadline), 1946-47, 1952, 1954-55, 1964, 1977, 1984   Times memos regarding Reston and Krock and the Washington Bureau; memos regarding Melvin Barnet's dismissal from the Times for refusing to answer the questions of a Senate committee as to whether or not he was a Communist; various Reston articles ranging from Acheson to Carter; off-the-record memo of an Al Shuster talk with Bill Moyers, Pres. Johnson's press secretary, about Johnson's views on numerous topics and people
Stories for book, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1974, 1982, 1985-86, 1989   Numerous Reston articles on numerous topics spanning four decades
Student protest, 1969   April and May 1969 Reston articles on student protests/uprisings
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23Arthur Hays Sulzberger--Job negotiations, 1942, 1944, 1946-47   1944 memos about Reston going to Washington; 1947 memos about Reston becoming a member of the Washington Bureau
Arthur Hays Sulzberger--Other material, 1947, 1953, 1958-59   Among others, a series of memos between AHS and Reston regarding Arthur Krock's column number being reduced and Reston's increasing
Travel, 1990   Invoice for the Restons' 1990 trip to Greece and England
U. S. and the Soviet Union, 1968-69, 1982   Reston columns on the Soviet Union and peace/war
U. S. and the world--Latin America, 1968-70, 1974, 1984    Reston columns on the 1968 presidential election; the assasination of Robert Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower; the "retirements" of Charles de Gaulle, Dean Acheson, Jean Monnet, and Tip O'Neill
U. S. and the world--Soviet Union and eastern Europe, 1968, 1970, 1977   Reston columns on the Soviet invasion/occupation of Czechoslovakia; other ones about the USSR and Eastern Europe
Vietnam, 1967   3/21/67 Reston letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy about Kennedy's Vietnam views
"Vietnam--1962-65," 1962-65    1965 Reston columns on Vietnam
"Vietnam--1966-69"    1966-1969 Reston columns on Vietnam
"Vietnam--1970s" , 1965, 1970-72   1970-1975 Reston columns on Vietnam; a 9/13/67 Reston Times Magazine piece about Reston's trip to Cuba
Washington Bureau--The New York Times, 1962, 1972   Reston memos on the direction of the Washington Bureau and improvements that should be made
Watergate, 1973-74, 1989   Reston columns on Watergate
Tom Wicker and Jimmy Greenfield, 1968   1/14/68 Reston letter to Punch Sulzberger about replacing Tom Wicker as Washington Bureau Chief;
Working Files
Adenauer Questions, 1955   6/13/55 article about West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's replies to Reston's questions
Kennedy Library, 1962   Various interviews from people in the Kennedy era (possibly all in the administration) in which Reston is mentioned
Letter to editor of The New York Times by James B. Reston, June 26, 1962   6/26/62 letter to the editor--marked "not published"--about graduate school at Harvard   Marked, "Not published."
Mexico Interviews, 1961-62, 1974, 1984, 1988   Reston columns, mostly about U.S.-Mexican relations
NYU incident, 1968   Articles about the 12/4/68 student disruption of a Reston speech at New York University
World War II changes    Stats and facts about the effects of World War II
Publications about Reston
Articles about Reston (4 folders), 1942, 1952, 1962, 1966, 1972-74, 1976-77, 1980, 1982, 1986-87, 1991-92   Articles--including some foreign-language ones--about Reston, including many about awards he received   See also WORKING FILES 1976-81, "Re: James B. Reston"
Pieces on Reston, 1972, 1995   An article about Reston's clerks and their feelings toward him, written after he died; a Jan. 1972 piece about Reston
Stories mentioning Reston, 1940, 1949, 1960, 1969, 1972, 1976   Articles about Reston, including the Time 2/15/60 cover piece on him
Word Business--Interview with Reston, 1968   Transcript for a 1968 interview Reston did with Word Business, which they wanted to publish
General Publications and Papers    Published writings gathered by Reston and his clerks for use in his writing and memoirs.
Activities of the UN in the Field of Human Rights, 1954   Pamphlet for a speech on human rights given by Hon. Philip Halpern in January 1954
"America: Experiment or Reality?" Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1977   6/77 issue of The American Historical Review
"The American Media System and its Commercial Culture," Leo Bogart, 1991   A paper by Leo Bogart criticizing the meda for its "almost total dependence on advertising"
"Analysis of the Washington Bureau of the New York Times," American University Master's Thesis by Ruth Armstrong, 1969   1969 master's thesis on the Washington Bureau of the NY Times
"Behind the News that Was Fit to Print: Arthur Krock and the New Deal," Yale University Senior Thesis by Ruth Marcus    Senior thesis on Krock and the New Deal
"The Energy Consumer," 1980-81    Jan. 1981 edition of Energy Consumer on preparing for energy emergencies
"Expanding the Public's Right to Know," John J. Watkins, 1990
"Felix Frankfurter: Reminiscences and Reflections," Paul A. Freund, 1982   Harvard law professor Paul Freund's speech on the 100th anniversary of Felix Frankfurther's birth
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24 Foreign Affairs papers    Undated, typed manuscripts, possibly for the journal Foreign Affairs, including:

" The Sino-Soviet Conflict and the West," Harold C. Hinton

"The Sino-Soviet Conflict and the West: The Soviet Aspect," Richard Lowenthal

"Detente: Effects on the Alliance," Charles Burton Marshall

"Relaxation of East-West Tension and its Effect upon the West," Kenneth Younger

"Central Europe in the Context of Changing East-West Relations: The Policy of Detente and Movement and Its Effects," Alfons Dalma

"Changing East-West Relations and the Unity of the West: The Road to Stability in Central Europe," James E. King, Jr.

"De Gaulle's Designs for Europe and the West," Jean Baptiste Duroselle

"Design for the West," Laurence W. Martin

"Prospects and Designs for the West," Jacques Freymond

"Free Expression and the American Public"    A 300 page survey commemorating the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment
General clippings--The New York Times; the Sarasota, Florida News; and The New York Review of Books, 1952, 1958, 1991   12/26/52 issue of the NY Times and 5/26/55 issue of the The Sarasota News--both in very delicate condition
General clippings (9 folders), 1953-54, 1961, 1976, 1979, 1981-82, 1984-92, 1994   Folder 1: Dozens of NY Times articles from the late 1980s, none apparently by Reston. Folder 2: Non-Reston articles mostly about the 1988 presidential election. Folder 3: articles on President George Bush and Iraq, anecdotes and a forward for "Deadline," some random correspondence. Folder 4: Two battered pages taken from some book. Folder 5: about dozen NY Times articles from the mid-1980s, all on different topics. Folder 6: A 1979 paper on there current trends may lead mankind. Folder 7: Approx. a dozen articles on a dozen topics. Folder 8: 2/27/87 Reston piece about VP Bush and Iran-Contra.
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25 General clippings and publications, 1969-72   1971 Reston piece on the "State of the Island" referring to Martha's Vineyard. 1969 and 1970 Reston columns on religion. A paper on the 12th Amendment. A column ("fable") about Henry Aaron and Henry Kissenger.
General publications (4 folders), 1978, 1981-84, 1986-87, 1989, 1991-92, 1994   Many magazines, papers, and pamphlets (no Reston articles), including the 5/23/94 Time with the cover story by James Reston Jr. about a large comet about to strike Jupiter
"Germany and Berlin: An Analysis of the 1959 Geneva Conference"    A pamphlet about the 1959 Geneva Conference
"Hiroshima in Retrospect: The Questions that Linger"    47 page paper on the Hiroshima bombing
"Historical Front Pages Reporting Presidential Elections," The New York Times College and School Service, 1980   1976 special section reprinting the front pages of the NY Times for all presendenial election results since 1852
"Journalists and the Marshall Plan: Three Case Studies of the Press and its Role in U. S. Foreign Policy Making," Yale University Senior Thesis by Stuart C. West, 1992   Stuart West senior thesis about journalists and the Marshall Plan
Kennedy book--unpublished, 1963   Memos relating to Reston's proposed book on Kennedy; also, drafts for chapters 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, and 12
Literary Cavalcade article, 1993   1/93 Literary Cavalcade that excerpts "Deadline's" 1960s chapter
"Miscellaneous articles", 1952,1954, 1963, 1968-70, 1979   NY Times articles in which Reston's work is criticized by others, e.g. Nixon, Harvard professors
Moscow Trip Diary: Unpublished typescript of trip by Reston and Arthur Hays Sulzberger, June-July 1943   Reston's diary of his trip to Moscow in June-July 1943 with Arthur Hays Sulzberger View.
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26 "Multi-gigaton Words," column by Russell Baker    Commical Baker column (written sometime in the early 1960s) defining political terms
The New Leader, 1981   11/30/81 issue of The New Leader
The New Yorker, 1968, 1993   4/20/68 issue of The New Yorker and 10/4/93 New Yorker with a photo of Reston in a spread about people close to the Kennedy administration
Non Solus, publication of the University of Illinois Library Friends, 1981   1981 "Non Solus," a publication of the University of Illinois Library Friends
"The Nuclear Dilemma: A Christian Search for Understanding," 1987    Large report by the Committee of Inquiry on the Nuclear Issue, Commission on Peace, Episcopal Diocese of Washington titled "The Nuclear Dilemma: A Christian Search for Understanding"
Paper on Dr. Zhivago
"Power and Politics in George Bush's Washington," Kamber Group, 1989   A Kamber Group analysis of the 1988 elections and what its results mean politically for America
"The Power of the Media and the Evolution of Democracy," Bernard S. Redmont, 1987
"The Press, Conservatism, and Politics," William F. Buckley, Jr., 1995   Transcript of Buckley's lecture at Harvard in 1995 titled "The Press, Conservatism and Politics"
Quest, 1960   1/18/60 letter from Bruce Lee of Newsweek to Reston about a publication called Quest that rails on the media and advertising and mentions the NY Times and Reston
"Report of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, 1983   4/83 report from "The President's Commission on Strategic Forces"
Reporter Magazine, 1948   1948 memos regarding the prospectus and start-up of a magazine called "The Reporter"
"Reykjavik and Revelations: A Turn of the Tide?" James Schlesinger, 1987   1987 James Schlesinger piece
The Story of The New York Times, Meyer Berger    A copy of Ch. 10 from "The Story of the New York Times" with marks by paragraphs about the start of the "Topics of The Times" section in 1896
"The Tasks of Leadership," John W. Gardner, 1986   1986 Paper by John W. Gardner on being a leader
A Time for Choices, 1991   A collection of essays by legal scholars on the Bill of Rights compiled for the bicentennial of its ratification
Times Talk (2 folders), 1993-94   Three 1993 and 1994 issues of "Times Talk," including the 3/93 issue with an article about a PBS documentary about Reston
Times Talk clip on Russell Baker, 1979   May-June 1979 "Times Talk" article about Russell Baker receiving the Pulitzer, the article mentions Reston's hiring of Baker at the Washington Bureau
"Tito's Yugoslavia," 1953    A collection of articles by Norman Smith of the Ottawa Journal written in 1953 about Yugoslavia and Vienna
"Toward International Behavior Appropriate to a Nuclear Age," 1961-62    1962 correspondence with professor Herbert Jehle of George Washington University regarding Reston articles about nuclear arms as a deterrance, Jehle also sends Reston a report by professor Charles E. Osgood of the University of Illinois about international behavior in the nuclear age
"Turning Point Toward Peace," 1955    1955 report by James Warburg about preserving peace in the nuclear age
U. S. News & World Report, 1987   9/28/87 issue of U.S. News and World Report, with a cover story on Americans lack of cultural knowledge
U. S. State Department Background Notes: Canada, Liechtenstein, Malta, Seychelles, Togo, and Vietnam, 1981
"United States Policy and the Middle East," Council on Foreign Relations, 1983   1982 survey among members of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Committees on Foreign Relations in Thirty-seven cities on U.S. policy and the Middle East
We Accuse! The Story of the Miscarriage of American Justice in the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Joe and Stewart Alsop, 1954   A 1954 publication in defense of Oppenheimer and critical of his treatment by the U.S. government
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27 "The World Conflict--Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow"    Manuscript for "The World Conflict--Yesterday--Today--Tomorrow



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