Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Topping, Seymour, 1921-
2. New York Times Company records.

Description

1. 9.66 linear feet (23 boxes)

Summary

1. Journalist Seymour Topping was a longtime reporter and influential editor for The New York Times. The Seymour Topping papers contain many of Topping's office files, primarily from his time as deputy managing editor and managing editor of The Times between 1976 and 1986, with a small amount of records from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Files document the day-to-day operations of the News Department, as well as Topping's interactions with fellow editors of the various newspaper sections and staff in The Times' advertising and production departments.

Subject

1. Memorandums
2. Photographs
3. American newspapers > New York (State) > New York
4. Newspaper editors

Genre/Form

1. Memorandums.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 17801

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Some materials are closed until 2018.

Terms of use (note)

1. Copyright for documents created by New York Times Company principals and staff has been transferred to The New York Public Library.

Provenance (note)

1. This collection was originally re-housed and organized in 1990 by The Times archives staff.

Author

1. New York Times Company.

Title

1. New York Times Company records. Seymour Topping papers, 1963-1993.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref. Some materials are closed until 2018.

Terms of use

1. Copyright for documents created by New York Times Company principals and staff has been transferred to The New York Public Library.

Provenance

1. This collection was originally re-housed and organized in 1990 by The Times archives staff.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Newspaper editors.

Added author

1. Topping, Seymour, 1921-
2. New York Times Company records.

Research call number

1. MssCol 17801