James Manly Daniel papers, 1921-1985

The collection contains a large number of topical files with materials used for articles Daniel wrote for "Reader's Digest". The topics range from the 1962 Cuban missile crisis to the U.S. Census, inflation, political figures, such as Richard Nixon and federal agency directors like Earl Butz, covering a period of more than two decades from the late 1950s to the 1980s. There is a set of interviews with Lewis G. Weeks (1893-1977), petroleum geologist, who died before his autobiography was completed. Also contained in the collection relating to Weeks are Weeks' early correspondence from 1921, photographs of places Weeks traveled to on assignment worldwide, a scrapbook, and other materials. Also contained are books, notes and printed materials that belonged to Daniel.