Series II. Speeches and Writings, 1916-1967 (bulk, 1930-1966)
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The series consists of working and final files of the speeches and writings produced by Henry R. Luce (hereafter HRL). Speech related materials make up the majority of the series.
Arrangement Note
The series is organized in two subseries:
Subseries II.A. Working Files
Subseries II.B. Final Speeches and Writings
Subseries II.A. Working Files, 1920-1967 (bulk, 1930-1966)
Scope and Contents Note
The subseries includes correspondence inviting HRL to speak or submit an article for publication; his responses and internal memoranda discussing what actions he should take; planning and scheduling the trip to give the speech; invitations to meet individuals unrelated to the speech located in the area to be visited; background and biographical information on individuals and organizations inviting HRL, on those attending the event, those he may meet, and information on employees working in the Time Inc. regional offices; background on the venue and events where he is scheduled to speak; arrangements for where he will be staying, and detailed itineraries.
In addition there are a large number of heavily marked early and later drafts of speeches and articles, as well as the final versions; handwritten notes; speech outlines; reference and research materials assembled to assist the writing process or to be incorporated into the article or speech; internal memoranda requesting the opinions of Time Inc. staff and their responses, comments and advice. The internal memoranda and correspondence involving logistical planning, fact checking, and advice given to HRL is sent to and received from his secretary, Corinne Thrasher, and a number of personal assistants and Time Inc. officers including Allen Grover, Russell Bourne, Emeline Nollen, C.D. Jackson, Albert L. Furth, Wes Bailey, Bernard Barnes, and John Jessup.
There are also brochures, programs, promotional materials, press releases and other printed materials from the events where HRL made the speech or that were published by the group which invited him; and responses and reactions from attendees, Time Inc. staff and members of the public who read the speech or article. Some of the speeches were sent to prominent individuals and the files include responses from professors, clergy, deans, college presidents, businessmen, publishers and editors. In addition there are letters of gratitude; requests for copies of the speech; logistics dealing with publication and distribution of speeches; mailing lists for speech distribution; and reports of a selection of comments generated by a speech or article.
The contents of any one speech file tends to vary substantially with some containing very little materials compared to others. Of note in the subseries are drafts of speeches made by HRL in late 1940-early 1941 which became the basis for his "The American Century" article in LIFE.
Arrangement Note
The subseries is arranged in chronological order, with a few exceptions, based on the final date of when a speech was given or the article published.
Subject Index to HRL's Speeches and Writings (binder 1), 1920-1966
Scope and Contents
Speeches and writings organized under the subject tab "America and the World."
Subject Index to HRL's Speeches and Writings (binder 2), 1928-1967
Scope and Contents
Speeches and writings organized under the subject tabs "Art & Architecture," "Education," "Far East," and "Journalism and/or Time Inc."
Subject Index to HRL's Speeches and Writings (binder 3), 1928-1966
Scope and Contents
Speeches and writings organized under the subject tabs "Law," "Religion," "Reminiscences," and "Reports on Trips."
Chronological Index to HRL's Speeches, Writings, and Trip Reports (2 folders), 1920-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes a portion of the 10 March 1967 issue of TIME with HRL on the cover showing the sources of quotes used in the article, and copies of correspondence regarding Walter Lippmann.
Lists of Speeches and Writings, circa 1962-1967
Scope and Contents Note
The timeframe of the speeches and writings on the lists span from the 1920s to 1967.
Untitled, Advertising Men's Club, Rochester, NY, 28 March 1928, 1928
Untitled, Chicago, IL, November 1930, 1930
"The Distribution of Wealth in the U.S.," Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, PA, 5 October 1931, 1931
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a brochure advertising the speech.
Untitled, Sigma Delta Chi, Des Moines, IA, 18 April 1933 (2 folders), 1933
Untitled, Scranton, PA, 19 April 1934, 1934
"Introduction to This First Issue of LIFE," LIFE, 23 November 1936, 1936
"Introduction to This Second Issue of LIFE," LIFE, 30 November 1936, 1936
"The Existing Agreement Between Editor and Advertiser," American Association of Advertising Agencies Convention, White Sulphur Springs, WV, 30 April 1937, 1937
"What Must the Press Do to Meet Its Public Responsibility?," Institute of Human Relations, Williamstown, MA, 2 September 1937, 1935-1937
Untitled, New York City Cancer Committee, NY, 27 October 1937, 1937
Untitled, Stamford Community Chest, CT, 28 October 1937, 1937
"Industry and Freedom," Group 9, Ohio Bankers Association, Cleveland, 10 November 1937, 1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum where HRL praises Walter Lippmann.
Untitled, Yale Club of Montclair, NJ, 4 December 1937, 1937
Convocation Address, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, 21 February 1938, 1937-1938
Untitled, Stamford Women's Club, CT, 4 January 1939, 1938-1939
Untitled, Yale-LIFE Conference, New Haven, CT, 1 February 1939, 1939
"The Responsibility of the Press," Rollins Animated Magazine, Winter Park, FL, 20 February 1939, 1939
"Can Business Be Patriotic?," Detroit Economic Club, MI, 3 April 1939, 1938-1939
Untitled, Fashion Group, New York, NY, 20 April 1939, 1938-1939
Untitled, LIFE Advertising Convention, Shawnee-on-the-Delaware, PA, 27 May 1939, 1939
Untitled, Senior Group at Time Inc., New York, NY, 21 September 1939, 1939
Untitled, Radio Address Over WJZ and Blue Coast-to-Coast Network, 22 May 1940, 1940
"Now We, the American People," Radio Station WABC & Full Columbia Network, Washington, D.C., 1 June 1940, 1940
Untitled, Coca-Cola Dinner, New York, NY, 8 November 1940, 1940
"Publishing in Time of Crisis," The Quill Club, New York, NY, 19 November 1940, 1940
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Poor Richard Club, Philadelphia, PA, 10 December 1940, 1940
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a note indicating that this was one of the four "American Century" type speeches given by HRL.
"Tests for 1941," Hotchkiss Alumni News, January 1941, 1940-1941
"America As A World Power," Association of American Colleges, Pasadena, CA. 9 January 1941 (2 folders), 1941, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Includes telegrams from Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Untitled, Annual Dinner of the Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, Tulsa, OK, 11 January 1941 (2 folders), 1940-1941
Separated Materials Note
Includes a letter from Congressman Wesley E. Disney.
"The American Century," National Automobile Dealers Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 22 January 1941 (2 folders), 1941
Scope and Contents Note
Speech also indicated under the title "America As A World Power" in the master list. Includes a note indicating that this speech was the basis for HRL's famous editorial on the "American Century" which appeared in LIFE on 17 February 1941.
"The American Century," LIFE, 17 February 1941, 1941, 1952
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an early draft with the alternative title "We Americans."
Untitled, Senior Group, New York, NY, 17 April 1941, 1941
Scope and Contents Note
Includes brief outlines but no speech.
Untitled Radio Address over WABC and Full Network, New York, NY, 11 June 1941, 1941
Untitled, Brooks School, North Andover, MA, 12 June 1941, 1941
Untitled, Adcraft Club, Detroit, MI, 23 October 1941, 1941
Scope and Contents Note
Includes unrelated memoranda from Allen Grover and D.C. Murray regarding the conflict between Time Inc. and the Chrysler Corporation. Contains only brief handwritten notes of the speech.
Untitled, New England Council, Boston, MA, 14 November 1941, 1941
"The Day of Wrath," LIFE, 22 December 1941, 1941
Scope and Contents Note
Includes early draft versions with the alternative names "We Want Victory" and "The Twenty Years."
Untitled, Chicago Federated Advertising Clubs, IL, 22 January 1942, 1942
Untitled, The Yale Daily News Annual Dinner, New Haven, CT, 16 February 1942 (2 folders), 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Includes other speech drafts titled "America" and "What Do We Win?"
Untitled, Overseas Writers Dinner, Washington, D.C., 28 March 1942, 1942
Untitled, Los Angeles, CA, 8 April 1942, 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a memorandum describing HRL's trip and performance but does not include the speech.
Untitled, Advertising & Sales Club of Toronto, Canada, 28 April 1942 (1 of 3 folders), 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Also includes the untitled address made in front of the Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce on 22 April 1942.
Untitled, Advertising & Sales Club of Toronto, Canada, 28 April 1942 (2 of 3 folders), 1942
Untitled, Advertising & Sales Club of Toronto, Canada, 28 April 1942 (3 of 3 folders) - oversize, 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Contains an oversize portrait chart titled "The Prime Minister's Mechanism for Running the War."
"Photography and Journalist," Dinner Meeting of LIFE, New York, NY, 17 July 1942, 1942
Untitled, Senior Group Dinner, New York, NY, 19 November 1942, 1942
Untitled, Harvard Club of New Haven, CT, 25 February 1943, 1942-1943
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. 20th Anniversary Dinner, New York, NY, 11 March 1943, 1943
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a transcript of HRL's talk over radio from the anniversary dinner.
Untitled, Ohio State University, Columbus, 11 June 1943, 1943
Scope and Contents Note
First three pages of the speech are missing.
Untitled, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 12 June 1943, 1941-1943
Scope and Contents Note
Includes photographs of Dayton Art Institute and the City of Dayton.
"A New Measure of Patriotism," YMCA, New York, NY, 6 June 1944, 1944
"Present Trends in China," Institute of Pacific Relations, San Francisco, CA, 3 July 1944, 1944
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. Dinner, New York, NY, 7 November 1945, 1945
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
"The Ethical Problem Facing America," Divinity School of Duke University, Durham, NC, 12 February 1946, 1946
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence asking HRL to stop accepting advertisements for alcoholic beverages.
Untitled, 6 June 1946, 1946
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, TIME-LIFE-FORTUNE Sales Convention, Shawnee, PA, 27 June 1946, 1946
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum from Herb Bippart to HRL discussing a plan to sell Time Inc. stock to employees.
Untitled, The World Mission of the Christian Church, San Francisco, CA, 10 September 1946, 1946
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
"Bread and Liberty," American Association of Advertising Agencies, New York, NY, 18 November 1946 (2 folders), 1946-1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a letter from Senator Arthur Capper.
Untitled, Church Federation of Greater Chicago, IL, 27 January 1947, 1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photograph of a missing missionary family.
Untitled, YMCA, Philadelphia, PA, 1 May 1947, 1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes rough notes but no speech.
Untitled, Friendship House, Scranton, PA, 24 June 1947, 1947
Scope and Contents Note
Includes rough notes but no speech.
Untitled, 9 March 1948, 1948
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Alumni Dinner of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, 17 May 1948, 1948, 1962
Untitled, Inter-Racial Fellowship General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, Seattle, WA, 30 May 1948, 1948
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence asking HRL to stop accepting advertisements for alcoholic beverages.
University of Nanking Radio Broadcast on the Voice of America, 10 November 1948, 1948
Untitled, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va, 10 December 1948, 1948-1949
"Practical Idealism At Work," Kiwanis International, Atlantic City, NJ, 22 June 1949, 1949
Untitled, Producers' Council Inc., Chicago, IL, 29 September 1949, 1949
Untitled, Laymen's Movement For A Christian World, New York, NY, 30 November 1949, 1949
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Laymen's Movement For A Christian World, 30 December 1949, 1949
Scope and Contents Note
Includes rough notes but no speech.
Untitled, Janesville Chamber of Commerce, WI, 24 January 1950, 1949-1950
Scope and Contents Note
Includes outline and publicity releases but no speech.
"The Reformation of the World's Economies," FORTUNE, February 1950, 1950, 1964-1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes materials from 1964-1965 dealing with the changes in FORTUNE over the course of thirty-five years.
Untitled, Time Inc. Dinner for the President of Chile (Gabriel González Videla), 19 April 1950, 1950
Untitled, Time Inc. Executives, New York, NY, 4 May 1950, 1950
Untitled, World Organization for Brotherhood, Paris, France, 8 June 1950, 1950
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an incomplete French version of the speech.
Untitled, National Association of Magazine Publishers, Spring Lake, NJ, 12 September 1950, 1950
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. News Bureau Convention, New York, NY, 16 March 1951, 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes and an outline but no speech.
"Holmes Was Wrong," FORTUNE, June 1951, 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Article is based on speech delivered by HRL before the Southwest Regional Convention of the American Bar Association in Dallas, TX on 19 April 1951. Includes the unpublished paper "Mortality of Men and Women" by Walter G. Bowerman, a national health insurance proposal from Sol M. Linowitz and a letter from NY Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Walsh.
"Freedom Is Rare," LIFE, 11 June 1951, 1951
"Freedom and Order," Buffalo Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Buffalo Advertising Club, NY, 26 June 1951, 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a poem and letter from Joseph Auslander.
Untitled, Production Department Dinner of Time Inc., New York, NY, 16 October 1951, 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"Canada in the World Today," The Sun Life Review, October 1951, 1951
"Rewards of American Life," Society of Industrial Realtors, Cincinnati, OH, 15 November 1951, 1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photograph of HRL presenting an award.
Untitled, The Executives' Club of Chicago, IL, 30 November 1951, 1949-1951
"Freedom and Order," Economic Club of New York, NY, 15 January 1952 (2 folders), 1951-1952
Untitled, Time Inc. Advertising Convention, New York, NY, 23 May 1952, 1952
Scope and Contents Note
Contains notes but no speech.
Untitled, TIME Editorial Dinner, New York, NY, 14 November 1952, 1952
Untitled, American Friends of the Middle East, New York, NY, 30 January 1953, 1953
Scope and Contents Note
Includes summary but no full speech.
"Journalism & Responsibility," School of Journalism, University of Oregon at Eugene, 20 February 1953 (2 folders), 1952-1953
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum from Andrew Heiskell to John Jessup and HRL on the term "egghead."
"America and Asia," LIFE, 23 February 1953, 1953
"Citizenship and Statesmanship," Rotary Club of New York, NY, 5 March 1953, 1952-1953
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an outline but no speech.
"Our Foreign Policy," Central States Group of the Investment Bankers Association of America, Chicago, IL, 11 March 1953, 1953
"The Great Liberal Tradition," Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 18 June 1953, 1953
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
"The American Proposition," International University of Social Studies Pro Deo, Rome Italy, 29 November 1953, 1953
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an Italian version of the speech.
Untitled, Printing Week Dinner, New York, NY, 18 January 1954, 1953-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photograph of the Franklin Medal.
Untitled, 2 February 1954, 1954, 1958
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an outline and notes but no speech.
"New World of Business," American Chamber of Commerce and World Brotherhood, Milan, Italy, 9 February 1954, 1953-1954
Scope and Contents Note
Includes biographical and other materials in Italian.
"Land of Liberty," Rye Presbyterian Men's Club, Rye, NY, 6 April 1954, 1954
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Untitled, American Club, Rome, Italy, 13 May 1954, 1954
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Untitled, Laymen's Movement For a Christian World, 29 October 1954, 1954
"The Promised Land," Fortieth Anniversary Dinner for the New Republic, Washington D.C., 17 November 1954 (2 folders), 1954-1962
Scope and Contents Note
An early title of the speech was "The Liberal Tradition." Includes a condensed version titled "Pilgrim's Progress Forever," published in the January 1955 issue of the Democratic Digest and "The Great Liberal Tradition," published in the 25 March 1959 issue of the Indian newspaper The Current.
Untitled, Yale Club, New York, NY, 29 January 1955, 1955
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"The Place of Art in American Life," American Federation of Arts, Des Moines, IA, 13 October 1955 (3 folders), 1947-1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a published copy of HRL's speech "Freedom and Order" and photographs of a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bliss, Idaho.
Untitled, Rotary Club of Chicago, IL, 18 October 1955, 1955
Untitled, Time Inc. Company Review Dinner, 21 October 1955, 1955
Untitled, New Leader Meeting, New York, NY, 10 November 1955, 1955
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an outline but no speech.
"A Speculation About A.D. 1980," FORTUNE, December 1955 (4 folders), 1955
Scope and Contents Note
The earlier working title for the article was "The Purpose of Human Life." Correspondents include George Romney and Louis Finkelstein.
"Business Enterprise -- 20th Century U.S.A.," Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, PA, 25 May 1956 (2 folders), 1956
"The Kind of World Americans Want," National Conference of Christians and Jews, New York, NY, 6 June 1956 (folder 1 of 2), 1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a "random list of 'who hates who'" and research materials on anti-Americanism. Also includes an anti-LIFE article from Pravda in Russian. Correspondents include Thomas J. Watson and Harvey S. Firestone Jr.
"The Kind of World Americans Want," National Conference of Christians and Jews, New York, NY, 6 June 1956 (folder 2 of 2), 1956
"Peace is the Work of Justice," Connecticut State Bar Association, Hartford, 23 October 1956 (4 folders), 1956-1957
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a large number of thank you letters for the reprint of the speech received from members of the clergy, academia, ambassadors, American corporations, newspapers, and American and foreign government officials and politicians. Among the prominent individuals are Lyndon B. Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., Allen W. Dulles and Ralph Bunche. Substantive correspondents include Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies (copies). Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. Management Dinner, New York, NY, 15 November 1956, 1956
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"Good Architecture Is Good Government," American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C., 16 May 1957 (2 folders), 1957, 1967
"The Character of the Businessman," International Committee of Scientific Management, Paris, France, 28 June 1957 (folder 1 of 2), 1956-1957
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a French version of the speech.
"The Character of the Businessman," International Committee of Scientific Management, Paris, France, 28 June 1957 (folder 2 of 2), 1956-1957
Untitled, National Executive Marketing Conference, San Francisco, CA, 12 September 1957, 1957
"A Big Year for the Law," Indiana State Bar Association, French Lick, IN, 20 September 1957, 1957
"The Great Future of Private Enterprise," Far East-America Council, New York, NY, 2 October 1957, 1957
Appearance on Meet the Press Television Program, 13 October 1957, 1957
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Lawrence E. Spivak and Samuel Goldwyn. Does not include a transcript of the episode.
"America's Unfinished Business," International Industrial Development Conference, San Francisco, CA, 18 October 1957, 1957
"God in His Church," Westminster Presbyterian Church, Scranton, PA, 17 November 1957, 1957
Untitled, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 11 January 1958, 1957-1958
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum regarding an atomic war. Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, PA, 17 February 1958, 1957-1958
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Time Advertising Convention, Ponte Verde, FL, 6 May 1958, 1958
Scope and Contents Note
Contains notes but no speech.
Untitled, Executive Committee to Study United States Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C., 16-17 September 1958, 1958
Scope and Contents Note
Includes correspondence from Senator J. W. Fulbright. Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Michigan State University-Oakland, 12 December 1958, 1958-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the paper "The Liberal Arts: An Inquiry," by Milton E. Muelder. Does not contain the speech.
"The Dangerous Age of Abundance," The Newcomen Society, Cleveland, OH, 21 January 1959 (folder 1 of 2), 1958-1959
"The Dangerous Age of Abundance," The Newcomen Society, Cleveland, OH, 21 January 1959 (folder 2 of 2), 1958-1959
"The Way of the Law," Fellows of American Bar Foundation, Chicago, IL, 21 February 1959, 1958-1959
Untitled, Public Relations Society of Arizona, Phoenix, 19 March 1959, 1958-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Advertising Club of Washington, D.C., 14 April 1959, 1959
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"Peace Through Law," International Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 20 April 1959, 1959
Untitled, Cornerstone Ceremony for the New Time & Life Building, New York, NY, 23 June 1959, 1959
"Imperfect Freedom," The Mont Pelerin Society, Oxford, England, 9 September 1959 (3 folders), 1958-1959
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Friedrich Hayek and John Jewkes.
Untitled, Providence Chamber of Commerce, RI, 5 October 1959, 1959
Untitled, LIFE Photography Convention, New York, NY, 4 January 1960, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Contains notes but no speech.
Untitled, Time Sales Convention, Lake Placid, NY, 8 June 1960, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Contains notes but no speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. Staff, New York, NY, 9 June 1960, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an incomplete speech of HRL on his spring 1960 round the world trip.
Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery, Washington, D.C., 28 June 1960 (3 folders), 1957, 1959-1960
Scope and Contents Note
Subcommittee is frequently referred to as the Jackson Committee. Correspondents include Senator Henry M. Jackson.
Untitled, Magazine Publishers Association, New York, NY, 28 September 1960, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
HRL was present at the event as a member of a panel of magazine editors that questioned Vice President Richard Nixon. Includes fragments of questions and answers from the event published in MPA Magazine News but no transcript.
Dedication of Americas Plaza of the TIME & LIFE Building, New York, NY, 3 October 1960, 1960
Untitled, New York Board of Trade, NY, 6 October 1960, 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Acceptance speech for receiving an award at the Fourteenth Annual Gold Awards Dinner.
Interview on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Program Closeup, 25 October 1960 (2 folders), 1960
Scope and Contents Note
Original interview recorded on 20 September 1960 and aired on 25 October 1960.
Presentation of the LIFE Collection of Art from World War II to the Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 7 December 1960, 1960
"Needed: A General Theory for U.S. Action in World Affairs," The University Club, New York, NY, 28 January 1961 (2 folders), 1961
Untitled, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, 26 February 1961, 1959-1961
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Junior Bar Section of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 10 March 1961, 1960-1961
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"Sight and Insight," University of Miami Fifth Annual Photojournalism Conference, Coral Gables, FL, 26 April 1961 (folder 1 of 2), 1937, 1960-1961
Scope and Contents Note
Also includes HRL's speech "What Must the Press Do to Meet Its Public Responsibility?" delivered before the Institute of Human Relations, Williamstown, MA on 2 September 1937.
"Sight and Insight," University of Miami Fifth Annual Photojournalism Conference, Coral Gables, FL, 26 April 1961 (folder 1 of 2), 1937, 1960-1961
Untitled, Time Inc. Executives Dinner, New York, NY, 15 May 1961, 1961
"The Rule of Law and the Administration of Justice," Section of Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association, St. Louis, MO, 7 August 1961, 1961
"To Ike, the Wall Rises Between Opposing Ideas of Man," LIFE, 8 September 1961, 1961
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the cover of LIFE featuring the article under the title "From Gettysburg: Ike's Stand on Berlin."
Untitled, LIFE Sales Meeting, Ponte Vedra, FL, 10 September 1961, 1961
"Why I As A Layman Am Supporting This Project," National Presbyterian Church & Center, Washington, D.C., 3 October 1961, 1961
Untitled, LIFE "Promise and Purpose" Luncheon, New York, NY, 23 October 1961, 1961
Untitled, University of Southern California School of Journalism, Los Angeles, 1 November 1961, 1961
Interview with Billy Graham, 22 November 1961, 1961
Scope and Contents Note
Interview took place on 28 August 1961. Includes a suggested outline for the interview but does not include a transcript.
Untitled, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, 17 January 1962, 1962
Scope and Contents
Includes notes but no speech.
"The American Pilgrimage," YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, 23 January 1962, 1962
Untitled, 21 Jewel Square Club, Philadelphia, PA, 13 March 1962, 1955, 1962
Scope and Contents
Includes notes but no speech.
"The Title Deeds of Freedom," Westminster College, Fulton, MO, 14 March 1962, 1961-1962
"We Are Such Stuff ...," Kit-Kat Club, Columbus, OH, 15 May 1962, 1962
"The Title Deeds of Freedom," College of Wooster, OH, 19 May 1962, 1962
Scope and Contents Note
The speech is different from the one given at Westminster College on 14 March 1962.
"Challenges to the Church," Princeton Theological Seminary, NJ, 4 June 1962, 1962
Untitled, First Annual LIFE Managing Editor's Dinner, New York, NY, 8 June 1962, 1962
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum from Emmie Nollen to HRL regarding "Great LIFE Stories."
"Politics in the Age of Science," Center for Human Relations of the University of Detroit, MI, 17 September 1962 (2 folders), 1957, 1960-1963
"The Rule of Law," Canadian Club of Toronto, Canada, 21 January 1963, 1962-1963
Untitled, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 31 January 1963, 1958, 1962-1963
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Untitled, 40th Anniversary Dinner of TIME, New York, NY, 4 March 1963, 1963
"Putting Our House in Order," Economic Club of Detroit, MI, 22 April 1963 (2 folders), 1962-1963
Scope and Contents Note
Includes transcripts of questions made by Benson Ford and HRL's answers following the speech. Correspondents include Governor George Romney.
McKinsey Lectures at Columbia University, New York, NY, 24 April-8 May 1963 (4 of 6 folders), 1953-1965
Scope and Contents Note
The lectures cover the subject of "Management in an Editorial Enterprise." Lecture 1 took place on 24 April 1963 and is titled "The Individual & The Organization." Lecture 2 took place on 1 May 1963 and is titled "Purpose & Profit." Lecture 3 took place on 8 May 1963 and is titled "The Fourth Estate." Includes transcripts of McKinsey dinner meetings which involved discussions with HRL on 26 April, 1 May and 8 May 1963, and speeches made at the Time Inc. monthly meeting on 18 April 1963 and at the Sports Illustrated Advertising Sales Meeting on 18 March 1963. In addition there are memoranda dealing with Time Inc. personnel history, experiences, and policy, as well as whether advertisers should be able to influence publishers.
McKinsey Lectures at Columbia University, New York, NY, 24 April-8 May 1963 (2 of 6 folders), 1953-1965
Introduction of Guests at the 40th Anniversary Dinner of TIME, 6 May 1963, 1963
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum on the guests who could not come to the anniversary dinner and their excuses.
Untitled, Second Annual LIFE Managing Editor's Dinner, New York, NY, 13 June 1963, 1963
Untitled, First World Conference, World Peace Through Law, Athens, Greece, 4 July 1963, 1963
Untitled, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 20 October 1963, 1963
Untitled, Central Arizona Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Phoenix, 13 November 1963, 1963
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech.
Untitled, Time Inc. Executives Dinner, New York, NY, 2 December 1963, 1963
"The Knowledge Industry," Graphic Arts Council of Chicago, IL, 13 January 1964 (2 folders), 1963-1964
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include David Sarnoff.
Untitled, Cleveland Printing Week, OH, 15 January 1964, 1963-1964
Scope and Contents Note
Does not contain the speech. The speech "The Knowledge Industry," given to the Graphic Arts Council of Chicago, IL on 13 January 1964 may have been repeated in Ohio.
"Free Press & Free Enterprise," New York Chamber of Commerce, NY, 10 March 1964 (2 folders), 1963-1964
Untitled, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Tucson, AZ, 9 April 1964, 1964
Untitled, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, TX, 30 April 1964, 1963-1964
Untitled, San Francisco Medical Center, University of California, 15 May 1964 (4 folders), 1963-1966
Scope and Contents Note
HRL's speech was part of the symposium "Food & Civilization." Includes a published volume of presentations from the symposium with HRL's speech incorporated into chapter 1 under the title "The Challenge of the Future: An Overview."
Untitled, Luce-Donovan Dinner, New York, NY, 25 May 1964, 1964
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a booklet published to commemorate the event.
Untitled, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, MA, 6 June 1964 (2 folders), 1963-1964
Commencement Address of the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT, 13 June 1964, 1964
Untitled, Third Annual LIFE Managing Editor's Dinner, New York, NY, 18 June 1964, 1964
"A Great Thinker's Joyful Vision: The Spiritual Perfection of Mankind," LIFE Book Review, 9 October 1964 (2 folders), 1961-1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a review of the book "The Future of Man" by Piere Teilhard de Chardin. Correspondents include Antonio Barolini.
Untitled, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, IL, 10 December 1964, 1964
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Untitled, Maricopa County Bar Association, Phoenix, AZ, 18 January 1965, 1965
Interview on the ABC-TV Sunday Program Issues and Answers, 24 January 1965, 1964-1965
Untitled, Annual Churchmen's Dinner, Washington, D.C., 26 January 1965, 1965
"The First Thirty-Five Years of Fortune," FORTUNE, February 1965, 1965
Untitled, Memphis & Shelby County Bar Association, TN, 3 May 1965, 1965
Untitled, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Sales Convention, Carefree, AZ, 11 May 1965, 1965
Introduction to the LIFE World Library Book Series on the United States, July 1965, 1965
"World Law in a New World," Washington World Conference on World Peace Through Law, Washington, D.C., 15 September 1965, 1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a memorandum from Hugh Sidey to HRL reporting on a speech to be made by President Lyndon Johnson.
Untitled, Time-Life International (T.L.I) 20th Anniversary Dinner, 20 September 1965, 1965
"Magazines and the Great Society," Magazine Publishers Association, Inc., New York, NY, 21 September 1965 (2 folders), 1963, 1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a speech by Herbert R. Mayes mentioning HRL.
"Trans-Pacific Dialogue," Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, 3 December 1965, 1965
"The Name Came Later," Yale Daily News Supplement "Careers in Journalism," January 1966 (2 folders), 1965-1966
Scope and Contents Note
Includes memoranda discussing why careers in journalism are becoming less popular.
Untitled, Phoenix Society of Internal Medicine, AZ, 8 February 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an incomplete speech draft.
"Trans-Pacific Dialogue," St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 11 February 1966, 1966
Foreword for a Book on Alfred Eisenstaedt, February 1966, 1965-1966
Untitled, American Association of University Women, Phoenix, AZ, 5 March 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Does not include the speech.
"A Profile of Henry R. Luce," Appearance on the WNBC-TV Program Open Mind, 8 May 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Correspondents include Eric F. Goldman (copies).
Untitled, Time Inc. Dinner, New York, NY, 10 May 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
"The Great Society -- Without Cheers," William Penn College, Oskaloosa, IA, 30 May 1966, 1965-1967
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a copy of a certificate making HRL an honorary citizen on Oskaloosa, Iowa. The original is located in series I, "awards - originals."
Untitled, Yale-in-China Annual Dinner, New Haven, CT, 13 June 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes but no speech.
Memoir Outline, July 1966, 1966-1967
Scope and Contents Note
Includes notes, outline and comments on a manuscript (not present) by John K. Jessup, Thomas Griffith, and Max Ways. Date of the outline may not be accurate.
"The Pacific Community," Life Insurance Advertisers Association, New Orleans, LA, 22 September 1966 (2 folders), 1966
Introduction of Thanat Khoman, Foreign Policy Association Luncheon, New York, NY, 4 October 1966, 1966
Scope and Contents Note
Includes two speeches by James A. Linen.
"Journalism's Next Assignment," Syracuse University School of Journalism, NY, 13 November 1966 (2 folders), 1965-1966
"To See Life in Its Full Dimensions," FORTUNE, January 1967, 1965-1967
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a photograph of Herbert R. Ketell and his son Tommy. Does not include the article.
Introduction to TIME-LIFE Books' Time Capsule series, February 1967, 1967
Scope and Contents Note
Contains HRL's recollections on the creation of Time in 1923.
Quotes Used in Speeches, 1941-1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes various handwritten speaking notes and memoranda.
Subseries II.B. Final Speeches and Writings, 1916-1967 (bulk, 1930-1966)
Scope and Contents Note
The subseries consists of final and advanced versions of articles and speeches of HRL, his early writings from Hotchkiss and Yale, and an unfinished memoir. In addition, there is a small amount of background materials, rough notes, outlines, press material, and memoranda.
Arrangement Note
The subseries is arranged in chronological order with two runs of files which were not integrated but kept together with one following the other. Although there is extensive overlap between the two runs, they are not the same.
Speeches and Writings, 1916-1920, 1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes HRL's winning De Forest oration "When We Say 'America,' " poems from The Hotchkiss Literary Monthly and Yale Literary Magazine, and other early writings.
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1928-1936, 1965
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the articles "Let It Die" in The Saturday Review of Literature and "Advice to the Undergraduate Wishing to Become a Professional Newspaperman" in The Daily Princetonian. Also includes speeches "The American Tycoon," "The Press Is A Peculiar Business," "Indispensable Men," and "Education & Aristocracy."
Speeches and Writings, 1937
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a copy of a letter from HRL to Herbert Hoover.
Speeches and Writings, 1938-1939
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "Education as Inheritance."
Speeches and Writings, 1940
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a foreword by HRL for the book by John F. Kennedy Why England Slept and LIFE articles "America and Armageddon" and "This Great Moment."
Speeches and Writings, 1940-1941 February
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an annotated copy of the article "The American Century" in booklet form.
Speeches and Writings, 1941 March-June
Scope and Contents Note
Includes a copy of the hard-cover book reprinted from LIFE's article "The American Century" with accompanying outsider comments and speeches made on behalf of United China Relief.
Speeches and Writings, 1941 July-December
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "The Future," introduction of Henry Wallace at a dinner of the Academy of Political Science, and other speeches made on behalf of United China Appeal.
Speeches and Writings, 1942
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the trip report "England Revisited" and a speech by LIFE photographer George Rodger.
Speeches and Writings, 1943-1944
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "The Human Situation" and an obituary for Wendell Willkie.
Speeches and Writings, 1945-1946
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech made to the men on SS Yorktown.
Speeches and Writings, 1947-1948
Scope and Contents Note
Includes HRL's foreword to the book How the Church Grows by Roy A. Burkhart, the article "A Working Democracy," and the speech "Christian Responsibility."
Speeches and Writings, 1949
Speeches and Writings (folder 1 of 2), 1950-1951
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speeches "The Guide to Peace" and "Religions in America Today" and the article "The Reformation of the World Economies."
Speeches and Writings (folder 2 of 2), 1950-1951
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1952
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speeches "The Mind of the Church," "Free Thought," "The University As Prophet," and "Victory Through Law."
Speeches and Writings, 1953
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "Peace In Our Time."
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1954-1955
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speeches "The Adventure of Ideas," "Representative Men," "Providence -- A Thanksgiving Meditation," and "The Public Philosophy and the Spirit of Geneva." Also includes notes made by [Jim Pitt?] with HRL's off-the-cuff remarks about the genesis of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and his personal feelings about sports and the new sports magazine.
Speeches and Writings (folder 1 of 2), 1956-1957
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speeches "God of Our Fathers," "America's Unfinished Business," and a German version of "The Character of the Businessman" (Der Mann der Wirtschaft). Also includes the transcript for HRL's appearance on NBC-TV program Meet the Press and a discussion between HRL, A.A. Berle Jr. and others on "Economic Power and the Free Society."
Speeches and Writings (folder 2 of 2), 1956-1957
Speeches and Writings, 1958-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes the speech "The Meaning of the Rule of Law to American Foreign Policy" and the foreword to the book Struggle for Survival by Max Ways.
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1960-1961
Scope and Contents Note
Includes an interview of HRL by Dave Garroway in connection with LIFE's 25th anniversary and an updated foreword to the John F. Kennedy book Why England Slept.
Speeches and Writings, 1962
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "Religion in an Age of Science."
Speeches and Writings (folder 1 of 2), 1963
Scope and Contents
Includes a transcript of the TIME 40th anniversary cover dinner.
Speeches and Writings (folder 2 of 2), 1963
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1964
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "Two Assurances of Faith" and a memo from HRL to Time Inc. Archives describing his involvement in helping nominate Republican candidates for the Presidency of the United States.
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1965
Speeches and Writings, 1966 January-June
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "Providence."
Speeches and Writings (2 folders), 1966, 1968, 1983
Scope and Contents
Includes an unfinished memoir manuscript by HRL and a memorandum from Ralph Graves to Henry Luce III regarding its merits.
Refer to the same series, subseries A, under "memoir outline" for additional information.
Speeches and Writings, 1966 September-December
Scope and Contents Note
Includes the speech "The Pursuit of Significance."
Speeches and Writings, 1967
Scope and Contents
Includes the speech "The East and the West - Basic Difference" and the speech by Clare Boothe Luce "The U.N. - Services Unrendered."
Speeches and Writings, 1920, 1928-1930
Speeches and Writings, 1931-1937
Speeches and Writings, 1938-1940
Speeches and Writings, 1941 January-April
Speeches and Writings, 1941 May-December
Speeches and Writings, 1942-1943
Speeches and Writings, 1944
Scope and Contents
Includes the speech "The World's Need for the Church."
Speeches and Writings, 1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Includes general commentary made by HRL for an unidentified draft report sent to Robert M. Hutchins.
Speeches and Writings, 1947-1948
Speeches and Writings, 1949-1950
Speeches and Writings, 1951-1952
Speeches and Writings, 1953-1954
Speeches and Writings, 1955
Speeches and Writings, 1956-1957
Speeches and Writings, 1958
Speeches and Writings, 1959
Speeches and Writings, 1960-1961
Speeches and Writings, 1962
Speeches and Writings, 1963
Speeches and Writings, 1964
Speeches and Writings, 1965
Speeches and Writings, 1966-1967
Speeches and Writings - Undated, circa 1932-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes labeled "editorial points" and "purpose" of LIFE.