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| 36 | Administrative | ||||||||||||
| "Addresses and whereabouts," phone lists and addresses of Times staff and contacts | |||||||||||||
| "Afternoon paper," study on feasibility of Times evening edition, 1967 10/2/67 Sulzberger letter to the staff saying there would be no evening Times. He writes that no management problem at the Times had ever received such intensive study. Among other reasons, they were concerned that an evening papter would detract from the morning edition. This folder also includes a mock-up of an evening edition. | |||||||||||||
| Analysts' reports on Times stock and earnings, 1978 1978 financial analysis of the Times, including the effects of the recent strike. | |||||||||||||
| Boston Herald and Channel 5 Television, 1958 Correspondence regarding alleged "errors of fact" in an Anthony Lewis 12/26/58 story about Boston Channel 5. | |||||||||||||
| Business card for Robert D. Hershey, Jr. | |||||||||||||
| Columbia Broadcasting System vs. Federal Communications Commission, 1967-68 Information relating to the court case, including a couple letters, and also court briefs. | |||||||||||||
| Campaign coverage, 1963 Notes of a 9/25/63 staff meeting with Harrison Salisbury. | |||||||||||||
| Circulation figures, news department summaries, job applications, 1969 Many soliciations by people wanting jobs at the Times. November 1969 circulation figures and departmental breakdown of expenses, news content, and number of employees. | |||||||||||||
| Communist China Bureau, 1949, 1954-57 Correspondence relating to gettinga bureau in China. | |||||||||||||
| Conventions , 1955-56 Memos relating to reporting strategy for the 1956 elections. | |||||||||||||
| Conventions, 1964, 1964 1/28/64 Salisbury letter to Reston saying they need to start preparing for the Democratic and Repulican conventions. | |||||||||||||
| Editors' Advisory Committee, 1965-66 Notes from a few executive editor's council meetings in which the participants discuss the strategy/philosophy the Times employs in its news coverage. | |||||||||||||
| Election coverage--1956, 1956-58 1956, 1958, and 1960 election night strategies. Also, a 1956 report on the Times' political survey done for the 1956 elections. | |||||||||||||
| Futures, 1985-86 Monthly futures for 1985 and 1986, i.e., significant events and anniversaries in each month. | |||||||||||||
| History, 1967-69 1969 correspondence between Reston and several historians, including Arthur Schlesinger, about a book on the history of the Times. Also, correspondence with Harrison Salisbury, who was also being considered to write the book. | |||||||||||||
| Human Relations Committee, 1966 | |||||||||||||
| Kennedy's "S. O. B." crack against businessmen, 1962 Correspondence regarding John Kennedy's alleged use of "sons of bitches" to describe business men in a 4/23/62 story about the White House's dealing with a steel price controversy. The president apparently did not deny that he used the phrase, but said he did not refer to ALL businessmen as SOBs. | |||||||||||||
| New York Times Company Annual Report, 1993 Copy of the report | |||||||||||||
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| 37 | New York Times Company Confidential Report, 1979 Material summarizing the internal operations and outlooks for the separate parts of The New York Times Company. | ||||||||||||
| New York Times Company Five Year Plan, 1979-1983 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times Company Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, 1979 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times Company Proxy Statement, 1994 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times--Executive, 1966 Material concerning the paper's executive committee and the New York newspaper strikes in 1966. | |||||||||||||
| New York Times--General, 1986 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times Health Benefits Booklet, 1983 7/29/86 letter to Harrison Salisbury in which Reston says he is not as concerned with problems in the Times as he is with "the flaws in our political system and our educational system." Also, a letter of permission from the Times allowing Reston to reprint 87 of his articles at a cost of over $2,500. | |||||||||||||
| New York Times plane, 1968 1968 letters regarding Reston's use of the Times company plane. | |||||||||||||
| New York Times--Salary range for editors, 1983 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times and New York Herald-Tribune merger proposal, 1963, 1989 | |||||||||||||
| New York Times and New York Newspaper Guild Agreement, 1965-67 | |||||||||||||
| News service, 1964-67 A list of newspapers participating in the Times News Service. Also, a brief report on the service. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper strike--New York, 1963 7-page report compiled by a Times' reporter on the background of the unions involved in the strike. | |||||||||||||
| Office, 1952, 1956, 1966-69 Includes unidentified photographic negatives of children, homes. 1/22/63 handwritten letter from Donny Graham thanking Reston for a note he sent Graham. Letter from Mary Wissler, Don Graham's fiance, thanking the Restons for their talk. She writes that Mrs. Graham thought they had made a mistake getting engaged and the talk with the Restons put them at ease. 9/10/64 handwritten letter from David Halberstam to Sally Reston. Halberstam writes that Scotty has become his "idea of how a man should act and behave." | |||||||||||||
| Op-Ed Committee, 1966 9/28/66 and 10/31/66 confidential reports about meetings of the Op-Ed Committee on the possibility of an Op-Ed page. | |||||||||||||
| Pentagon Papers, copies of documents for days 2 through 4 (3 folders), 1946-64 The Papers were a comprehensive and confidential history of United States involvement in Vietnam written under the auspices of the Department of Defense and later leaked to the press. These are photocopies of original documents that were published in the Times in 1971. | |||||||||||||
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| 38 | Pentagon Papers, copies of documents for days 5 through 7 (3 folders), 1946-64 | ||||||||||||
| President's Report for the Board of Directors Meeting (4 folders), 1978-79 | |||||||||||||
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| 39 | Product Committee, 1968 Reports from the 1968 committee, which tried to project and plan for 1980. | ||||||||||||
| "Q hed, S hed" , 1954 Refers to the special headlines placed over analytical stories in The New York Times news section. | |||||||||||||
| A. M. Rosenthal--Testimony before House of Representatives, 1969, 1973 3/5/73 testimony on free speech and protection of sources. | |||||||||||||
| Staff, 1951, 1953, 1957 Correspondence relating to Reston's taking over the Washington Bureau in Oct. 1953, including suggestions by Reston. | |||||||||||||
| Summary Annual Report of the New York Times Company Benefit Program, 1978 | |||||||||||||
| Summit, 1959-60 Memos regarding Times' coverage strategy for the Western Summit in Paris. | |||||||||||||
| United Givers Fund, 1957 Correspondence regarding a mix-up with a $290 contribution made by Arthur Krock to UGF. UGF sent a letter of gratitude to the NY Times for the contribution. However, the money was given by Krock as an individual and not on behalf of the Times. | |||||||||||||
| Washington Bureau, 1966 Part of a letter from a female librarian in the Washington Bureau who was just fired. She complains about mistreatment and deception by the head librarian. 5/6/66 letter, apparently from Reston to Sally, about his being in New York for the labor dispute. | |||||||||||||
| Western New York Times edition, 1961-64 Dummy of an 11/13/63 NY Times Western Edition. Memos about a possible Western Edition, and memos and about its discontinuation. Financial figures on the Western Edition. A 35 page bound report prepared in 1961 titled, " The Potential for a Western Edition of The New York Times." | |||||||||||||
| White House press pass, 1986 Correspondence regarding Reston's renewal of his pass. | |||||||||||||
| White House release break, 1957 March 1957 correspondence regarding the Times breaking a release time on a letter from Presdent Eisenhower to Premier Ben-Gurion. The White House and other New York papers rebuked Reston, and Reston summarily apologized to all, saying it was a breakdown in communication at the bureau. | |||||||||||||
| Reston Clerks There is a complete list of Reston's clerks and their dates of tenure at the front of this finding aid. | |||||||||||||
| Assistant letters (labeled "personal"), 1967-68 Lots of 1967 correspondence, including many letters to and from other newspapermen, and a letter from Senator Hugh Scott asking Reston to consider writing an introduction to his book "Come to the Party." | |||||||||||||
| Clerk's memoirs, 1979, 1984 Collected recollections of Reston's clerks titled, "Sketches: Memoirs of the Clerks to James Barrett Reston." | |||||||||||||
| Sam Howe, 1982-85 Correspondence and clips relating to Sam Howe's application and eventual tenure as a Reston clerk. | |||||||||||||
| Intern applications, 1965 Correspondence with possible 1965 interns, mostly with Richard Cotton of Harvard. | |||||||||||||
| Interns, 1966 Correspondence with six 1966 clerk candidates, including Iver Peterson, who was eventually chosen. | |||||||||||||
| Intern applications, 1967 | |||||||||||||
| Interns, 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Interns' sketches of Reston, 1979 | |||||||||||||
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| 40 | Memos to Reston, 1965-66 Memos to Reston on topics ranging from Cuba to the Soviet Union to Latin America to domestic matters. | ||||||||||||
| Jim Newton--Dartmouth, 1987-88 Reston recommends Newton to the LA Times and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Memos from William Connolly and Craig Whitney critiquing Newton's reporting and writing. Application material regarding Newton's clerkship. | |||||||||||||
| Philip Shenon, 1980-82 Information related to Shenon's clerkship. | |||||||||||||
| David Shipler, 1967-68 11/67-1/68 correspondence between Shipler and Reston regarding Shipler's dissatisfaction at his position on the Times. He says he was told he would be a member of the staff by Sept. 1967 and feels he is gettting the runaround by Gelb and Rosenthal. Shipler confronted Gelb, and Reston apparently spoke to him as well, and in a Jan. letter to Reston Shipler says he is to be on the staff in two or three months. | |||||||||||||
| Hilary Stout Orientation, 1986 Forms and brochures relating to Stout beginning employment at the Times, including application forms, facts about the Times, the 1985 annual report, the Times benefit program. | |||||||||||||
| Hilary Stout--Write-in candidate, Vineyard Gazette, 1984-88 Stout's clips. Letters from the Christian Science Monitor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe and Philidelphia Inquirer, thanking Reston for recommending Stout to them. A 10/29/87 memo from William Connolly critiquing Stout's work. | |||||||||||||
| Times--Clerk dinner, 1984 Instructions left by Phil Shenon for Sam Howe; basically a "how to" for the clerkship. Also, observations by Howe after his first weeks on the job. Among his comments: "I am working for a very forgiving man" and "There is a lot to learn on this job. I think it's going to be a great year." | |||||||||||||
| Matt Wald, 1986 10/10/86 letter from Wald to Reston saying he had been at the Times fro 10 years and thanking Reston for hiring him. | |||||||||||||
| Amy Wallace, Yale '84 (2 folders), 1983-87 Several personal letters from Wallace to the Restons. One, dated 10/29/85 detailed one of her first stories for the Metro desk. Also, Wallace's application material, including resume and letters of recommendation, for the clerkship. | |||||||||||||
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