William Price Collection on the Murder of George Polk
1946-1992, inclusive
; 1946-1950, bulk
Price, William Addison, 1915-2009 (Role: Donor)
Newsmen's Commission to Investigate the Murder of George Polk
Materials are primarily in English, with some in Greek.
This collection contains materials about the murder of George Polk and the Newsmen's Commission. The collection also includes personal papers of George Polk, William Polk, and William Price. A George Polk series includes a selection of personal papers of George Polk, including financial papers and correspondence and his naval service records. Much of the collection is devoted to documents about the murder--including press releases and reports--and the trial. Especially significant are copies of the indictment of Gregorios and Anna Stahtopoulos and trial summaries and notes. One of the selection of notes are William Polk's, detailing the trial proceedings and his personal reactions.
The selection of materials on the Newsmen's Commission itself documents its fundraising and publicity. Materials include fundraising letters and receipts, correspondence, and press releases. Also of importance are debates and resolutions within the Newspaper Guild and the United Nations Correspondents about the level of support for the Commission.
Additionally, there are approximately 120 images (photocopies, photographs, and negatives). Image subject matter includes Polk's careers in the military and journalism, events surrounding Polk's murder and the investigation, and Polk's family.
People
Price, William Addison, 1915-2009 (Role: Donor);
Polk, William Roe, 1929-;
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974;
Donovan, John;
Donovan, William;
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961;
Stahtopoulos, Anna;
Stahtopoulos, Gregorios;
Poulos, Constantine, 1916-1986;
Smith, Howard K. (Howard Kingsbury), 1914-2002;
Stone, I. F. (Isidor Feinstein), 1907-1989;
Polk, George, 1913-1948;
Polk, Rhea.;
Mitgang, Herbert;
Murrow, Edward R.
Daniel Bender, 2009. Finding aid edited in 2013 by David Olson to reflect reincorporation of nonprint materials, 2013.
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Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is in English
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Series I: Greek Civil War
American Council for a Democratic Greece, 1948
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daily Press Review, 1949
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Greek Civil War, 1946-1948
1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: George Polk
Broadcasts, 1946-1948
1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1942-1945
1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Diary, 1924-1926
1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Financial, 1942-1945
1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Middle East Mosaic(title of planned book), 1946-1947
1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Navy, 1942-1948
1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal, 1937-1948
1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series III: Polk Murder
CBS, 1948-1949
1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CBS-Views of the Press, 1948
1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Press Reports, 1948
1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Report of the Overseas Writers of the Special Committee to Inquire Into the Murder at Salonika Greece, 1949
1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Researcher's Correspondence, 1948-1949
1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Resolutions, 1948
1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
State Department, 1948
1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial-Indictment, 1949
1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial-Notes, undated
1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial-Summaries (English), 1949
1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial-Transcripts (Greek), 1949
1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series IV: Newsmen's Commission to Investigate the Murder of George Polk
General, 1948
2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1948-1950
2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Finances, 1948
2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fundraising, 1948
2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fundraising-Receipts, 1948
2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Minutes, 1948
2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper Guild, 1948
2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Report, undated
2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Nations Correspondents, 1948
2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Washington Reports, 1948
2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series V: William Price
Correspondence, 1947-1949, 1990-1991
2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lowell Limpus, 1949-1950
2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Newspaper Guild-Elections, 1949-1950
2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Family, 1981-1986
2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Polk Award, 1948-1991
2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series VI: William Polk
Correspondence, 1946-1952
2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
William Price and William Polk-Correspondence, 1949-1955, 1985
2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Condolence Letters, 1948
2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memorandum, 1948
2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc., 1948-1984 , 2008
3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial Notes, 1949
3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series VII: Name Files
Shana Ager Alexander, 1948, 1990
3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Homer Bigart, 1948, 1991
3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Winston Burdett, 1948, 1990
3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Donovan, 1947-1949
3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
William Donovan, undated
3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Howard Dratch, 1991
3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ernest Hemingway, 1948
3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marcelle Hitschmann, 1991
3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Herbert Mitgang, 1987-1993
3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Edward Murrow, 1948
3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Adelaide Roe Polk, 1948-1949
3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rea Polk, 1948-1949
3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Constantine Poulos, 1948-1950
3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Howard K. Smith, 1984-1985
3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
I.F. Stone, 1984, 1952
3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Elias Vlanton, 1991-1992
3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series VIII: Photographs
3, Folder: 19-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)