Roscoe B. Ellard Papers, 1872-1955

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Series I: Writings and Reporting, 1917-1953



Box 1 Articles and Short Pieces


Box 1 Names Make News, 1950


Box 1 Critiques


Box 1 "The Big City Jobs,", 1945


Box 1 The City Desk


Box 1 "Covering The City Hall"


Box 1 City Hall


Box 1 "Colorful Experiences"-- correspondence re: interesting reporting experiences, 1937-38


Box 1 Death in the News, 2 folders


Box 1 Newspaper Analysis


Box 1 Style and Newspaper Writing


Box 1 Tricks of the Trade


Box 1 News Writing


Box 1 Feature and Human Interest, 2 folders


Box 1 Body of the Story-- Notes on Leads


Box 1 Financial Writing


Box 1 "How High was the Steeple" and "Thunder on the Left


Box 1 What is News?


Box 1 Berger et al on Idlewild Dedication, Times, August 1, 1948


Box 1 Rewrite Outline


Box 1 Literary Criticism


Box 1 Labor Reporting Outline


Box 1 Ideas for Short Stories


Box 1 Curtis – Taylor – Everett and Duckworth on Accuracy [envelope]


Box 1 Editorial Page Material, 1951-1953


Box 1 Accuracy Notes from API Meeting [1953]


Box 1 Everett – Taylor Transcript


Box 1 Some Material for Journalism Students; Source Material – INS Problem


Box 1 News is Relative, 1943 correspondence, 1943


Box 1 Photos by M. Pohlman


Box 1 Reporting


Box 1 Why People Buy Newspapers


Box 1 What it Takes


Box 1 Good News-- Story Critiques


Box 1 Newspaper Pieces Worth Saving


Box 1 Public Relations for Traffic Officers, 1947


Box 1 "Some Observations" by Benjamin H. Reese


Box 1 The Southern Review, July 1935


Box 1 Miscellaneous Articles, Photos and Notes


Box 1 Gleanings from Leisure Reading, 1917


Box 1 Notebook – Ideas, etc.


Book Projects


Box 1 Venezuela Book, 5 folders



Box 2 The Boys in the Backroom, 2 folders


Box 2 Editing Small Papers-- John Wiley Correspondence, 1951-1952


Reporting Book


Box 2 Washington Bureau


Box 2 How to Put Stories Together


Box 2 Encyclopedia of Modern Education


Box 2 Nehemias Manuscript


Box 2 State Capital Reporting