Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Braden, Thomas, 1918-
2. Breslin, Jimmy
3. Buckley, William F. (William Frank), Jr., 1925-2008
4. Flynn, E.P
5. Hamill, Pete, 1935-2020
6. Hoge, Warren
7. Kempton, Murray
8. Mowrer, Paul Scott
9. Potter, Jeffrey
10. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988
11. Sann, Paul
12. Seldes, Tim
13. Thackrey, Ted
14. Tierney, Paul
15. Wechsler, James, 1915-
16. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
17. New York Post Corporation

Description

1. 119.8 linear feet (298 boxes)

Summary

1. Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989) was the publisher of the New York Post, the oldest daily newspaper in the United States, from 1942 to 1976. She wrote a column for the paper and served as editor-in-chief from 1961 until she sold the paper in 1976. She also published the Paris Post in France from 1945 to 1948 and owned several radio stations in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The collection contains editorial, operational, business, and legal files of the New York Post and Schiff's personal files and family letters. Editorial files, ca. 1938-ca. 1980, consist chiefly of memoranda between Schiff and her editors, columnists and others; materials relating to the editorial operations of the paper; and files, 1944-1948, of the Paris Post. Operational files are mostly memoranda between Schiff and her plant department heads and correspondence concerning the non-editorial operations of the Post. Business files relate to the business side of the paper and radio stations. Legal files reflect the Post's involvement in libel and anti-trust suits. Schiff's personal papers include memoranda and correspondence dealing with her life as a philanthropist and volunteer worker for various causes, family and personal financial papers, and materials for Jeffrey Potter's biography of Schiff. Of particular interest are transcripts of Potter's taped interviews with Schiff and her friends and associates. Also, photographs of Schiff and others; awards and citations she earned; newsclippings of her column; scrapbooks, 1946-1989, of clippings about her; and printed matter.

Uniform title

1. New York post (New York, N.Y. : 1934)
2. Paris post (Paris, France)

Subject

1. Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
2. Schiff, Dorothy, 1903-1989
3. Sullivan, Harry Stack, 1892-1949
4. Schiff family
5. Charities -- New York (State) -- New York
6. Journalism -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Newspaper publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Newspaper publishing -- France -- Paris
9. Newspapers -- Ownership
10. Psychoanalysis
11. Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
12. Radio stations
13. New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951
14. New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
15. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Photographic prints.
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 2691

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Sweet, Adele Hall; Sarah-Ann Kramarsky

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Schiff, Dorothy, 1903-1989.

Title

1. Dorothy Schiff papers, 1904-1989, bulk (1950s-1970s)

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Philanthropists.
2. Publishers.

Added author

1. Braden, Thomas, 1918-
2. Breslin, Jimmy.
3. Buckley, William F. (William Frank), Jr., 1925-2008.
4. Flynn, E.P.
5. Hamill, Pete, 1935-2020.
6. Hoge, Warren.
7. Kempton, Murray.
8. Mowrer, Paul Scott.
9. Potter, Jeffrey.
10. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988.
11. Sann, Paul.
12. Seldes, Tim.
13. Thackrey, Ted.
14. Tierney, Paul.
15. Wechsler, James, 1915-
16. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
17. New York Post Corporation.

Added title

1. New York post (New York, N.Y. : 1934)
2. Paris post (Paris, France)

Research call number

1. MssCol 2691