Philip Sterling papers, 1924 - 2010 PDF
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
- Title
- Philip Sterling papers
- Dates
- 1924 - 2010 (inclusive)19471969
- Quantity
- 11.0 linear feet, (9 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Ax 751
- Summary
- Philip Sterling (1907-1989) was a writer and public relations representative. The Philip Sterling papers include publicity material for a number of radio shows in the 1940s and 1950s, professional correspondence, manuscripts, research material and correspondence relating to biographies. There is also a considerable amount of research material on Rachel Carson.
- Repository
- University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives.
UO Libraries--SPC, 1299
University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 541-346-3068
Fax: 541-346-3485
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Philip Sterling (1907-1989) began as the general publicity factotum for Columbia Broadcasting System in 1945. After 1960 he began writing and collaborating in biographies and children’s books. Sterling died from lung cancer in 1989 at his home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Philip Sterling papers include publicity material for a number of radio shows in the 1940s and 1950s, professional correspondence, manuscripts, research material and correspondence relating to biographies. The collections publicity material contains very detailed press releases.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Philip Sterling Papers, Ax 751, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Correspondence, 1947-1969Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 |
Baltimore Sun
|
1967 |
1 | 1 |
Brau, Maria
|
|
1 | 1 |
Carson, Robert M
|
1969 |
1 | 1 |
Davis, J Lewis
|
1968 |
1 | 1 |
Doubleday and Co.
|
1967 |
1 | 1 |
Georgetown University
|
1967 |
1 | 1 |
Hayes, Arthur
|
1962 |
1 | 1 |
Hill and Wang
|
1960-1961 |
1 | 1 |
Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole
|
1969 |
1 | 1 |
Mercer, Charles
|
1962 |
1 | 1 |
Munoz, Maria
|
1967 |
1 | 1 |
Murphy, Robert Cushman
|
1947 |
1 | 2 |
Rodman, Bella
|
1960-1961 |
1 | 2 |
Scientist and Citizen
|
1967 |
1 | 2 |
Sexology
|
|
1 | 2 |
Sociedad de Autores Puertorriquenas
|
1966 |
1 | 2 |
Steinberg, Charles
|
1962 |
1 | 2 |
Sterling, Peter
|
|
1 | 2 |
United States Senate
|
1968 |
1 | 2 |
University of Miami
|
1968 |
1 | 2 |
Yale University Library
|
1967-1968 |
ManuscriptsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 3 |
Fiorello La Gaurdia
|
1962 |
1 | 4 |
Four Took Freedom
|
1967 |
1 | 5-8 |
The Quiet Rebels
|
1968 |
1 | 9-11 |
Background material of Maria Brau
|
|
1 | 12-15 |
Sea and Earth
|
1970 |
2 | 1-3 |
Sea and Earth
|
|
2 | 4 |
Young Man of the Sea
|
MiscellaneousReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
---|---|---|
Box | Folder | |
2 | 5 |
Miscellaneous Pages and Chapters
|
2 | 6 |
Carson Family Personal Documents
|
2 | 7 |
Transcripts of Interviews
|
2 | 8-9 |
Notes
|
2 | 10 |
Family photographs
|
2 | 11-13 |
Pamphlets
|
2 | 14 |
Magazine Tearsheets
|
2 | 15 |
CBS scripts
|
Addenda I: correspondence, 1951-1965Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1-8 |
The Academy of American Poets
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
American Broadcasting Co
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
American Oil Co.
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Anderson, Gilda
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
Associated Press
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
AP Newsfeatures
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Bates, Ted, and Co
|
1952 |
3 | 1-8 |
Bernbrine, Martin
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
Broadcasting Magazine
|
1962-1963 |
3 | 1-8 |
Brownfield, Louis
|
1951-1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
Christian Science Monitor
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Letter Dat Saints
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Civil War Round Table
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Coff, Don
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
CBS News
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
CBS Radio
|
1956 |
3 | 1-8 |
CBS Television Network
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Cone, Howell C
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Daily Dorothy
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Davis, Lucian
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Detroit News
|
1956 |
3 | 1-8 |
Drexel Institute of Technology
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Estey, William Co.
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Faith, Percy
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Froug, Bill
|
1956 |
3 | 1-8 |
Garfield, Sid
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
Gellis, Harry
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Giorfe, Dom
|
1964 |
3 | 1-8 |
Gottlieb, David
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Graham, Gladys P
|
1956 |
3 | 1-8 |
Halbert, Diane
|
1963 |
3 | 1-8 |
Harrison Independent
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Hausman, Louis
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Hicks and Son
|
1963 |
3 | 1-8 |
Hughes, Ray
|
1953 |
3 | 1-8 |
Inge, Benson
|
1953 |
3 | 1-8 |
Insurance by North America
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
International House
|
1956 |
3 | 1-8 |
International News Service
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
J, Madison
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
KCBS
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
KGLO
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
KGVO
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
KIRO
|
1952 |
3 | 1-8 |
Kramer, Fred
|
1952 |
3 | 1-8 |
KSL
|
1957-1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
Kunstler, William M
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Lamm, betty
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Life
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
Little Brown, and Co
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
McGraw-Hill
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Mediascope
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Mercer, Charles
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp.
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Michal, Maria
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Minderman, Earl
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
Minton, A.R.
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
National Broadcasting Co.
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
National Council for the Social Studies
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
|
1952 |
3 | 1-8 |
Nationwide Insurance
|
1958-1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
NEW Service, Inc
|
1958-1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
New York City Society for Crippled Children and Adults
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
New York Herald Tribune
|
1957-1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
New York Post
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
New York Public Library
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
New York Telephone Co.
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Pusey, Robert O.
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Putnam’s Sons
|
1956-1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Religious News Service
|
1964 |
3 | 1-8 |
Ripley, Joseph M.
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Rosner, Milt
|
1953 |
3 | 1-8 |
Ross, George, Rev
|
1959 |
3 | 1-8 |
Sackhiem, Ben Inc
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
Salvation Army
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Samansky, Arthur
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Saturday Review
|
1957-1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Scholastic Magazines Inc.
|
1963 |
3 | 1-8 |
Singer, Al
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
The Skipper
|
1960 |
3 | 1-8 |
Smith, George Horsley
|
1957 |
3 | 1-8 |
Sonnenberg, Benjamin
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Southeastern Broadcasting Co.
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
Sponsor
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
Swivelier
|
1955 |
3 | 1-8 |
TV Radio Mirror
|
1957-1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
Trout, Robert
|
|
3 | 1-8 |
Waddel, Mrs. Kenneth
|
1962 |
3 | 1-8 |
WBBM
|
1961 |
3 | 1-8 |
WBKV
|
1958 |
3 | 1-8 |
WCAW
|
1953 |
3 | 1-8 |
WJR
|
1963 |
3 | 1-8 |
WNEW
|
1963 |
Addenda I: Publicity MaterialReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
---|---|---|
Box | Folder | |
3 | 9 |
Edgar Bergen’s Operation Santa Claus
|
3 | 10 |
Herb Shriner Show
|
3 | 11 |
The Hidden Revolution
|
3 | 12 |
Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home
|
3 | 13 |
My Friend Irma
|
3 | 14 |
My Little Margie
|
3 | 15 |
The Nation’s Nightmare
|
3 | 16 |
NET Alert Material
|
3 | 17 |
New York Philharmonic Broadcasts
|
3 | 18 |
Newport Jazz Festival Broadcast
|
3 | 19 |
Our Miss Brooks
|
3 | 20 |
People are Funny
|
3 | 21 |
Peter and Mary Show
|
3 | 22 |
Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway
|
3 | 23 |
The Play’s the Thing
|
3 | 24 |
POW – A Study in Survival
|
3 | 25 |
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir
|
3 | 26 |
Sebring Auto Race
|
3 | 27 |
Sing with Bing
|
3 | 28 |
The Son of Man – a Passion Play
|
3 | 29 |
Steve Allen Show
|
3 | 30 |
Strike it Rich
|
3 | 31-35 |
Miscellaneous Press Releases
|
3 | 36 |
Andy Griffith Show
|
3 | 37 |
The People Act
|
3 | 38 |
Biographical Material
|
Series: 2011 AccessionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1 |
Rachel Carson bio notes
|
1907-1964 |
5 | 2 |
Bibliography references
|
1832-1963 |
5 | 3 |
Notes/sources for Laughing on the Outside
|
1619-1967 |
5 | 4 |
Misc. book correspondence
|
1965-1969 |
5 | 5 |
Puerto Rico notes
|
|
5 | 6 |
Notes on Rachel Carson
|
|
5 | 7 |
Riverside Notes
|
|
5 | 8 |
Notes filed
|
|
5 | 9 |
notes
|
|
5 | 10 |
Laughing on the outside notecards
|
|
5 | 11 |
Wellfleet pesticide committee notecards
|
|
6 | 1 |
Correspondence
|
1956-1966 |
6 | 2 |
Laughing outside
|
|
6 | 3 |
Source Material - Unclassified
|
1961 |
6 | 4 |
Humor in Black and White Correspondenc e
|
1965 |
6 | 5 |
Addenda
|
December 12, 1964 |
6 | 6 |
"Laughing" manuscript
|
|
6 | 7 |
Possibilities - uncatalogued
|
|
6 | 8 |
Notes - queries - followups
|
1965 |
6 | 9 |
Unclassified - roughs
|
|
6 | 10 |
Originals - carded - unclassified
|
|
6 | 11 |
Redding - to office
|
|
6 | 12 |
Sex, marriage, family life (tentative)
|
|
6 | 13 |
Title page and table of contents
|
|
6 | 14 |
Part I: Captive Centuries
|
|
6 | 14 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 14 |
The Wisdom Stories
|
|
6 | 14 |
Ol' Mass and Mist'ess
|
|
6 | 14 |
The Need of Prayer
|
|
6 | 15 |
Part II: O Freedom!
|
|
6 | 15 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 15 |
Trumpet in the Morning
|
|
6 | 15 |
Mighty Rugged Road
|
|
6 | 15 |
The Jailhouse Key
|
|
6 | 15 |
The Lamp of Learning
|
|
6 | 16 |
Part III: The Big Bundle
|
|
6 | 16 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 16 |
From Kin to Cain't
|
|
6 | 16 |
Mostly Mules
|
|
6 | 16 |
They Also Serve
|
|
6 | 16 |
There's No Business
|
|
6 | 17 |
Part IV: A Home in that Rock
|
|
6 | 17 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 17 |
Preachers and Believers
|
|
6 | 17 |
Wade in the Water
|
|
6 | 17 |
A Place Called Hell
|
|
6 | 17 |
A City Called Heaven
|
|
6 | 18 |
Part V: Color of Imagination
|
|
6 | 18 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 18 |
Telling Lies
|
|
6 | 18 |
People Talking
|
|
6 | 19 |
Part VI: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
|
|
6 | 19 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 19 |
Notes for Part VI - Intro
|
|
6 | 19 |
Color and Race
|
|
6 | 19 |
Matching Wits
|
|
6 | 19 |
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
|
|
6 | 19 |
Chip on My Shoulder
|
|
6 | 19 |
The Wishing Hall
|
|
6 | 19 |
Ain't Gonna Study War
|
|
6 | 19 |
One More River to Cross
|
|
6 | 20 |
Part VII: The Written Word
|
|
6 | 20 |
Introduction
|
|
6 | 21 |
Title page and table of contents
|
|
6 | 22 |
General Introduction Material
|
|
6 | 23 |
Part I: Captive Centuries
|
|
6 | 24 |
Part II: O Freedom!
|
|
6 | 25 |
Part III: The Big Bundle
|
|
6 | 26 |
Part IV: A Home in that Rock
|
|
6 | 27 |
Laughing - manuscript
|
|
6 | 28 |
Cleveland Library Notes
|
|
6 | 29 |
La Guardia Notes
|
|
6 | 30 |
Unlabelled memo pad (2)
|
|
6 | 31 |
Fliers/pamphlets
|
|
7 |
Research tapes - various projects
|
2014 AccessionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | file | ||
8 | 1 |
Newspaper Clippings of films
|
October 29, 1938 - March 25, 1939 |
8 | 2 |
Platt, David correspondence
|
July 26, 1988 - October 25, 1988 |
8 | 3 |
Nouvel Age - new age monthly review (French)
|
October 1931 |
8 | 4 |
Famous Film
|
1938 |
8 | 5 |
Notes on Film and movies
|
|
8 | 6 |
Miscellaneous documents
|
February 17, 1998 - May 10, 2012 |
8 | 7 |
Short film script "Dear Pete"
|
|
8 | 8 |
Writing and Famous Films project
|
1937 - 1938 |
8 | 9 |
Home Relief Bureau
|
1933 - 1979 |
8 | 10 |
Home Relief Bureau
|
1932 |
8 | 11 |
Relief Work
|
1933 |
8 | 12 |
Battles (news clips)
|
1932 |
8 | 13 |
Correspondence and news clippings
|
1924 - 1928 |
8 | 14 |
Doggerel
|
|
8 | 15 |
Human Services
|
1977 - 1979 |
8 | 16 |
Woodward House -notes
|
1977 - 1979 |
8 | 17 |
Human Services Committee
|
1979 |
8 | 18 |
Human Services publicity
|
1977 - 1981 |
8 | 19 |
Human Services reference clips
|
1977 - 1979 |
8 | 20 |
Human Services proposal, by-laws, etc.
|
1979 |
8 | 21 |
Human Services miscellaneous
|
1978 - 1979 |
8 | 23 |
Notes on the depression
|
1932 - 1991 |
8 | 24 |
Unemployment (evictions)
|
1933 |
8 | 25 |
Unemployment, Human Relief Bureau
|
1932 |
8 | 26 |
Unemployment (bonus march)
|
1932 |
8 | 27 |
CBS - Current television
|
1964 - 1968 |
8 | 28 |
Ralph G. Martin
|
1989 |
8 | 29 |
Research
|
1961 - 2010 |
Folder | |||
8 | 30 |
Research
|
1957 - 1963 |
file | |||
8 | 31 |
CBS Papers
|
October 16, 1947 |
8 | 32 |
Child Booklet
|
2010 |
8 | 33 |
CBS Starlines
|
1949 |
8 | 34 |
Sing with Bing
|
1957 |
8 | 35 |
Will
|
April 3, 1990 |
8 | 36 |
Amistad Research Center
|
1980 |
8 | 37 |
CBS annual report
|
1962 |
8 | 38 |
Westmore news
|
1965 - 1967 |
8 | 39 |
CBS documents
|
1947 - 1962 |
8 | 40 |
Cross-burning
|
1961 - 1968 |
8 | 41 |
CBS radio reports, stories, etc.
|
1950 - 1956 |
8 | 42 |
CBS correspondence
|
1945 - 1957 |
8 | 43 |
Philip miscellaneous correspondence
|
1937 - 1950 |
8 | 44 |
Writing Sketches
|
1965 - 1968 |
item | |||
9 | 1 |
Global News National Sindicate (LP)
|
|
9 | 2 |
Carnival of Books (LP)- Part I (NBC)
|
December 29, 1957 |
9 | 3 |
Carnival of Books (LP) - Part II (NBC)
|
December 29, 1957 |
9 | 4 |
Carnival of Books (LP) - Part III (NBC)
|
September 11, 1954 |
9 | 5 |
Carnival of Books (LP) - Part II (NBC)
|
September 11, 1957 |
9 | 6 |
The Nation's Nightmare (LP)
|
August 13, 1951 |
9 | 7 |
The Big News of '58 (LP)
|
December 28, 1958 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
- Subject Terms :
- Authors, American--20th century
- Broadcasting--United States
- Publicity--United States
- Radio broadcasting--United States
- Personal Names :
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
- Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989--Correspondence
- Corporate Names :
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
- Form or Genre Terms :
- Correspondence
- Letters
- Manuscripts for publication