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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

John B. Oakes papers, 1912-2005

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Series II: Arranged Correspondence

Subseries II.1: Personal Correspondence Special Files


Box 5 Albright, Horace

Box 5 Avis

Box 5 Balakian, Nora

Box 5 Barlow, Elizabeth

Box 5 Benton, William

Box 5 Berman, Howard A.

Box 5 Bernstein, Robert L.

Box 5 Block, Sam

Box 5 Brower, David

Box 5 Brown, David W.

Box 5 Buttenweister

Box 5 Cahn, Robert

Box 5 Carey, William

Box 5 Casey Jr., William E.

Box 5 Cashin, Bonnie

Box 5 Curtis, Clifton E.

Box 5 Eddy, Ted

Box 5 Edey, Mitland A.

Box 5 Eyton, Walter

Box 5 Flack, Mamie Shaw

Box 5 Forrester, Steve

Box 5 Franklin, George

Box 5 Friele, Berent

Box 5 Gardner, Meredith

Box 5 Gilbert, Daniet

Box 5 Gross, Lawrence L

Box 5 Growald, Eileen

Box 5 Halle, Gorger

Box 5 Halperin, Jonathan J.


Box 6 Harmer

Box 6 Harris, Gen. William A.

Box 6 Hartwell, Sam

Box 6 Hays Howard H.C. "Tim"

Box 6 Hewitt, Patricia

Box 6 Hiles, Clay

Box 6 Hochschild, Adam

Box 6 Holden, Arthur

Box 6 Holmberg, Ruth S.

Box 6 Hooper, Sir Robin and Lady

Box 6 Hough, Henry Beetle

Box 6 Jolles

Box 6 Jones/Tifft

Box 6 Kathy

Box 6 Kocher, Margaret (Mrs. Eric)

Box 6 Koopman, George

Box 6 Kurman, Mitch


Box 7 Lawrenceville Medal

Box 7 Lennon, Thomas

Box 7 Loucheim, Katie

Box 7 McGowan, Carl

Box 7 McKeever, Porter

Box 7 Miller, Wm J.

Box 7 Nathan, Adele Gutman

Box 7 Nalzsky, Victor

Box 7 Neal, Fred Warner

Box 7 Newberg, Don

Box 7 Oklavee, Mrs. Frank

Box 7 Palmer, Nancy Reasoner

Box 7 Pan Am

Box 7 Potter, Robert S.

Box 7 Prichard, Edward F.

Box 7 Quinson, Bruno

Box 7 Ramsbotham

Box 7 Reede, Nathaniel P.

Box 7 Rothschild, Lord Victor

Box 7 Sharp, Peter

Box 7 Sharry, Adelaide

Box 7 Sheldon, Walter A.

Box 7 Silver, Gordon

Box 7 Sleeth, Charles

Box 7 Squyers, Debbie

Box 7 Stone, Shepard

Box 7 Thacher, Thos

Box 7 Time Inc

Box 7 Werner, Anne Simon Nan

Box 7 Werner, Walter

Box 7 Yoakum, Robert

Box 7 Yost, Nicholas

Box 7 Zweite, Armin

Subseries II.2: New York Times Correspondence


Box 8 Adams, Frank S.

Box 8 Argyris, C

Box 8 Balkian, Nora

Box 8 Baldwin, Hanson

Box 8 Bancroft, Harding 1972-1973/5

Box 8 Barzilay, Robert

Box 8 Bendiner, Robert

Box 8 Borland, Hal


Box 9 Brown, James P.

Box 9 Carrletern

Box 9 Curtis, Charlotte

Box 9 Duffus, Robert L.

Box 9 Durdin, Tillman

Box 9 Daniel, Clifton

Box 9 Daniels, E.C.

Box 9 De Liberto, Vincent

Box 9 Epstein, Mark

Box 9 Flint, Peter

Box 9 Gelb, Arthur

Box 9 Goldberg, Howard

Box 9 Goldenstein, Nathan

Box 9 Goodale, James C.

Box 9 Grose, Peter

Box 9 Gruson, Sydney

Box 9 Hamilton, John A.


Box 10 Hauk, Eric

Box 10 Haulsey, James

Box 10 Hechinger, Fred M.

Box 10 Hovey, Graham

Box 10 Huxtable, Ada Louise

Box 10 Jacoby, Bill

Box 10 Kleiman, Robert


Box 11 Kleiman, Robert 2

Box 11 Lawrence, William L

Box 11 Lewis, Anthony

Box 11 Lewis, Flora

Box 11 Mattson, Walter 1974-76

Box 11 Maynard, Joyce

Box 11 Merz, Charles

Box 11 Mitgang, Herbert

Box 11 Mossien, Edward A.

Box 11 Ogden, William D.

Box 11 Peters, Richard


Box 12 Pomerantz

Box 12 Pomfret, John/ McCabe, John

Box 12 Raines, Howell

Box 12 Rodvogen, Carol

Box 12 Rosenthal, A.M.

Box 12 Rossant, Murray J.

Box 12 Reston, James

Box 12 Schanberg, Sydney H.

Box 12 Schneiderman, David

Box 12 Schwartz, Henry


Box 13 Schwarz, David

Box 13 Segal, Harvey

Box 13 Seigel, Kalman

Box 13 Semple, Robert

Box 13 Shaffer, Marylou

Box 13 Silk, Leonard

Box 13 Suares, Jean-Claude S.

Box 13 Sulzberger, Arthur Jr.

Box 13 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: Compensation

Box 13 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: Content


Box 14 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: Controversy

Box 14 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: General Memos 1963-1973

Box 14 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: General Memos 1974-1992

Box 14 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: NYT Advertising Policy


Box 15 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs: Transition 1976

Box 15 Tolischus, Otto D.

Box 15 Topping, Seymour

Box 15 Transport Workers Union of America

Box 15 Van Doorn, John

Box 15 Veit, Ivan

Box 15 Webster, Bayard

Box 15 Wicker, Tom

Subseries II.3: New York Times Op-Ed Correspondence


Box 16 Letters to the Editor 1951-1969 (3)

Box 16 Agnew Letters 1968

Box 16 Letters to the Editor 1970-1973

Box 16 Letters to the Editor 1974-3/30/74


Box 17 Letters to the Editor 1975

Box 17 Responses to Letters 1975

Box 17 Chronological File 6/1/78-12/31/78

Box 17 Letters to the Editor 1976-1982

Box 17 Letters to the Editor (Eccentric/Threatening)

Box 17 NY Times 1971-1972

Box 17 NY Times Important

Box 17 NY Times Memos and Correspondence

Box 17 Op-Ed Acknowledgements

Box 17 Op-Ed Proposed, February 1975

Box 17 Op-Ed Responses, Feb 1984

Box 17 Op-Ed Writing (General Letters to JBO)

Subseries II.4: General Correspondence


Box 18 E

Box 18 F

Box 18 J

Box 18 S

Box 18 A, 1950-1964

Box 18 B, 1950-1960

Box 18 C, 1950-1960

Box 18 D, 1955-1964

Box 18 E, 1955-1961

Box 18 F, 1951-1969

Box 18 G, 1950-1964

Box 18 H, 1950-1964

Box 18 K, 1962-1965

Box 18 M, 1961-1968

Box 18 R, 1957-1971

Box 18 1966-1967

Box 18 T, 1966-1967

Box 18 F-H, 1970-1971/2

Box 18 K, 1970-1971/2

Box 18 C, 1973-1974/5

Box 18 I, 1973-1974/5

Box 18 O, 1973-1974/5

Box 18 S, 1973-1974/5

Box 18 U, 1973-1974/5

Box 18 B-C, 1976-7

Box 18 F-M, 1976-7

Box 18 O-P, 1976-7

Box 18 R, 1976-7

Box 18 T, 1967-7

Box 18 V-XYZ, 1976-7

Box 18 A-K, 1978-1979


Box 19 L-XYZ, 1978-1979

Box 19 A-P, 1980-1981

Box 19 R-T, 1980-1981

Box 19 W, 1980-1981

Box 19 Y-Z, 1980-1981

Box 19 A-J, 1982-1983

Box 19 K, 1982-1983

Box 19 M-N, 1982-1983

Box 19 P, 1982-1983

Box 19 R-T, 1982-1983

Box 19 W, 1982-1983


Box 20 B-H, 1984-1985

Box 20 K-P, 1984-1985

Box 20 R-U, 1984-1985

Box 20 W-XYZ, 1984-1985


Box 21 Business Correspondence A-Z

Subseries II.5: Personal Correspondence


Box 22 A1 Abel - Andrasco

Box 22 A2 Andrus - Azrael

Box 22 B1 Bach – Bengalloun

Box 22 B2 Bennett – Borsody

Box 22 B3 Botein – Browne


Box 23 B4 Brucker – Byrne

Box 23 C1 Caen – Clirman

Box 23 C2 Cockburn – Core

Box 23 C3 Cotten – Currey


Box 24 D1 D'Addario – Dilworth

Box 24 D2 Ditchley – Dyson

Box 24 E1 Eastman – Erler

Box 24 E2 Ernst – Ezcurra

Box 24 F1 Fanning – Fischer


Box 25 F2 Fisher – Fuller

Box 25 G1 Galvin – Gifford

Box 25 G2 Gilhooly – Gores

Box 25 G3 Gottschalk – Gustavson

Box 25 H1 Haight - Hartman

Box 25 H2 Harvey – Hemmendinger


Box 26 H3 Herbert – Hofman

Box 26 H4 Hohenberg – Hyde

Box 26 I Iloniemi – Istel

Box 26 J Jackett- Jovan

Box 26 K1 Kam – Killingworth

Box 26 K2 Kim – Kwitny

Box 26 L1 Labalme – Lennon

Box 26 L2 Lese – Lincoln Center


Box 27 L3 Lindsay – Lyons

Box 27 M1 MacIntire – Meacham

Box 27 M2 Mead – Myerson

Box 27 N Nason – Nuriman

Box 27 O Oaks – Owens


Box 28 P1 Packard – Picker

Box 28 P2 Pidgeon – Purner

Box 28 R1 Rabb – Roche

Box 28 R2 Rodgers – Rostow G.

Box 28 R3 Rostow W – Ryan

Box 28 S1 Sacerdoti – Schor


Box 29 S2 Scott – Shanks

Box 29 S3 Sharp – Sonne

Box 29 S4 Sorensen – Symington

Box 29 T Talese – Tyson

Box 29 U Udall- United Jewish Appeal

Box 29 V Vanden – Von Klemperer

Box 29 W1 Wainwright – Wheeler

Box 29 W2 White - Wilson


Box 30 W3 Winship – Wyazanski

Box 30 Y Yarn – Yost

Box 30 Z Zaslowsky - Zuckerman

Subseries II.6: Family and Personal

Sub-subseries II.6.1: John Oakes Correspondence


Box 31 Adler, Ada

Box 31 Adler, Ada Telegrams

Box 31 Adler, Elmer

Box 31 Adler, Harry

Box 31 Adler, Harry Telegrams

Box 31 Adler, Julius Ochs

Box 31 Adler, Julius Ochs Telegrams

Box 31 Adler, Barbara Ochs (Mrs. Julius Ochs)

Box 31 Alice

Box 31 Allan, Rupert

Box 31 Bennett, Chick

Box 31 Berneis, Hans C.

Box 31 Böker, Alexander

Box 31 Bourbon, M.L. Bokey

Box 31 Bowes, J.T.

Box 31 Boyce, Gray C.

Box 31 Brainard, William W. Jr.

Box 31 Briggs, Doris

Box 31 Briggs, Susan

Box 31 Cary, William

Box 31 Chudnowski, Walter

Box 31 Coliver, Norman Cohen

Box 31 Cowen, J. David

Box 31 Cronan, Joe

Box 31 Diana

Box 31 Donovan, Hedley

Box 31 Echrich, Adelaide, W.

Box 31 Fenton

Box 31 Finkelbaum, Tanya

Box 31 Fischer, Elizabeth Wilson

Box 31 Gans

Box 31 Gans, Milton

Box 31 Gans, Walter S.

Box 31 Gaskill, Bill

Box 31 Goodhart, Phyllis


Box 32 Haller, Harry

Box 32 Haller, Harry Telegrams

Box 32 Haller, Kitty

Box 32 Heckacher, Maury

Box 32 Hochschild, Harold

Box 32 Hooper, Robin

Box 32 Hortense

Box 32 Kermit

Box 32 Kilralf-Heausler, Lori

Box 32 Kuhn, Ferdie

Box 32 Lethbridge, Kathleen

Box 32 Lewi, Isador

Box 32 Lewis, Weston

Box 32 Lord, Betty Brereton

Box 32 Macdonald of the Isles, Celia

Box 32 McElroy, Robert

Box 32 McGhee, George

Box 32 Marshall, Pardee

Box 32 Marshall, Pegge

Box 32 Musso, Germaine

Box 32 Nelson, John


Box 33 Oakes, George, [n.d.]

Box 33 Oakes, George, 1926-1935

Box 33 Oakes, George, 1936-1939

Box 33 Oakes, George, 1940-1944

Box 33 Oakes, George Telegrams

Box 33 Oakes, Joanna Rose

Box 33 Oakes, Joanna Rose Telegrams

Box 33 Oakes, Margery Hartman

Box 33 Oakes, Margery Hartman Telegrams

Box 33 Ochs, Adolph S.

Box 33 Ochs, Adolph S. Telegrams

Box 33 Ochs, Effie

Box 33 Ochs, Effie Telegrams

Box 33 Ochs, Fan (Mrs. Milton Ochs)

Box 33 Ochs, Hazel

Box 33 Ochs, Milton

Box 33 Ochs, Milton Telegrams

Box 33 Ochs, Nan, [n.d.]

Box 33 Ochs, Nan, 1929-1930


Box 34 Ochs, Nan, 1931-1936

Box 34 Ochs, Nan Telegrams

Box 34 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington, 1924-1930

Box 34 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington, 1931\

Box 34 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington Telegrams

Box 34 Ochs, William Van Dyke

Box 34 Ochs, Alice (Mrs. William Van Dyke)

Box 34 Okin, Bob

Box 34 Page, Henry

Box 34 Philpot, Margaret

Box 34 Plant, Emmy Lou

Box 34 Princeton-Root, Robert K.

Box 34 Priest, George M.

Box 34 Ralston, Pat

Box 34 Reid, Mrs. William

Box 34 Richert, Erni

Box 34 Roberts, Victor J.

Box 34 Rockefeller, Margaret "Peggy" Dulany (Mrs. David)

Box 34 Rose, Dula

Box 34 Rose, Peggy

Box 34 Russell, P.E.

Box 34 Sellon, Perry


Box 35 Shaw, Maxine Farley

Box 35 Sheldon, William (Bill)

Box 35 Smith, Jim

Box 35 Sulzberger, Arthur Hayes

Box 35 Sulzberger, Arthur Hayes

Box 35 Sulzberger, Iphigene Ochs (Mrs. Arthur)

Box 35 Sulzberger, Marion

Box 35 Sulzberger, Ruth

Box 35 Sweetser, Ruth

Box 35 Talimer, Bernie

Box 35 Talimer, Mattie

Box 35 Talimer, Mattie Telegrams

Box 35 Van Dusen, Francis

Box 35 Vuillamy, Patricia

Box 35 Welles, Sam

Box 35 Willeke, Frank

Box 35 Wertenbaker, Sarah

Box 35 Wertenbaker, T.J.


Box 36 A-C

Box 36 D-F

Box 36 G-H

Box 36 I-L

Box 36 M

Box 36 N-O

Box 36 P-S

Box 36 T-Z


Box 37 Cards

Box 37 Invitations


Box 38 Unidentified Correspondence

Sub-subseries II.6.2: Nannie Oakes Correspondence


Box 39 Adler, Ada

Box 39 Adler, Julius Ochs

Box 39 Adler, Julius Ochs Telegrams

Box 39 Barbara

Box 39 Deanie

Box 39 Gans, Milton

Box 39 Hayes, Christopher

Box 39 Jenkins, Alice

Box 39 Lewi, Isador

Box 39 Nancy

Box 39 Oakes, George

Box 39 Oakes, George Telegrams

Box 39 Oakes, Joanna Rose

Box 39 Oakes, John, [n.d.]

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1922-1928

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1929

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1930

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1931

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1932

Box 39 Oakes, John, 1933


Box 40 Oakes, John, 1934

Box 40 Oakes, John, 1935

Box 40 Oakes, John, 1936 Jan-June

Box 40 Oakes, John, 1936 July-Dec

Box 40 Oakes, John, 1937 Jan-Aug

Box 40 Oakes, John, 1937 Sept-Dec


Box 41 Oakes, John, 1938 Jan-June

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1938 July-Dec

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1939

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1940

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1941

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1942

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1943

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1944

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1945

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1946

Box 41 Oakes, John, 1947


Box 42 Oakes, John Telegrams

Box 42 Oakes, Margery Hartman

Box 42 Ochs, Adolph

Box 42 Ochs, Alice

Box 42 Ochs, Billy

Box 42 Ochs, Effie

Box 42 Ochs, Fan

Box 42 Ochs, Julius

[J.B.O.'s paternal grandfather]

Box 42 Ochs, Milton

Box 42 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington

Box 42 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington Telegrams

Box 42 Squier, Leah

Box 42 Sulzberger, Iphigene Ochs (Mrs. Arthur Hayes)

Box 42 Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs

Box 42 Letters to Nannie Ochs (Alphabetical file)

Box 42 Telegrams to Nannie Ochs

Box 42 Business Letters

Box 42 Unidentified Correspondence

Sub-subseries II.6.3: George Oakes Correspondence


Box 43 Gans, Milton

Box 43 Oakes, John

Box 43 Ochs, Effie

Box 43 Ochs, Nannie

Box 43 Ochs-Oakes, George Washington

Box 43 Talimer, Mattie

Box 43 Letters to George Oakes (Alphabetical)

Box 43 Telegrams

Sub-subseries II.6.4: Margery Hartman Oakes Correspondence

Box 43 Oakes, John

Box 43 Letters to Margery Hartman Oakes (Alphabetical)

Box 43 George Washington Ochs-Oakes Correspondence

Box 43 Letters to George Washington Ochs-Oakes (Alphabetical file)

Sub-subseries II.6.5: Other Family Correspondence

Box 43 Other Family Correspondence

Box 43 Letters to Other Family from John Oakes (Alphabetical file)

Box 43 Letters to Other Family from Other Family (Alphabetical file)

Box 43 Letters to Other Family from Non-Family (Alphabetical file)

Box 43 Letters to Non-Family from Other Family (Alphabetical file)

Box 43 Telegrams to Other Family

Subseries II.7: Correspondence and Interview

Accession 2005.2006.M049


Box 115 Folder 1-3 Correspondence, 1983-2000

Box 115 Folder 1 Interview Summary of John B. Oakes by Susan W. Dryfoos, 6/5/1984