Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to Collection of documents related to Edward R. Murrow
MS.2011.10
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Society for the Protection of Science and Learning.
- Title
- Collection of documents related to Edward R. Murrow
- ID
- MS.2011.10
- Date [inclusive]
- 1934-1946
- Extent
- 0.05 Linear feet 1 folder.
- Location Note (MASC staff use)
- 2-2-6-2.
- Language
- English
- Languages
- Materials are in English.
Biographical note
Edward [Egbert] Roscoe Murrow was born on April 25, 1908, near Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to his career in broadcasting, for which he is best known, Murrow worked for Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars from 1932-1935. This committee was a part an organization based in Great Britain called the Academic Assistance Council, which would later be known as Society for the Protection of Science and Learning. One of the goals of the organization was to provide employment and refuge for scholars living in Fascist and Communist regimes.
Collection Description
This collection consists of documents (reproductions) related to Edward R. Murrow's work with the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars. These documents were copied from the records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, with an explanatory letter from Professor Michael Berkowitz, University College London (11/3/2010).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access
No reproduction permitted (see Bodleian Library reproduction agreement on file with collection).
Unprocessed Collection Note
This collection is open and available for research use, but it has not yet been processed.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Murrow, Edward R.