New York American

AHJ_ah06062 Inventory of the Robert Conway papers, circa 1872-1980 Conway (Robert) Papers Processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/

2006; 2009

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort March 2006 Finding aid is in English Robert Conway papers, circa 1872-1980 Collection number: 06062 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2006 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/ Date Processed May 2003

"©" 2006 University of Wyoming

Collection Summary Conway, Robert, 1899-1972 Robert Conway papers circa 1872-1980 1919-1972 06062 33.5 cubic ft. (51 boxes) + 1 folder University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Papers of this New York based journalist and war correspondent, including manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, notes, notebooks, clippings, and other miscellaneous memorabilia. Biography of Robert Conway

Robert John Conway, nationally known journalist, was born in Rome, Italy on 12 July 1899. He was the youngest son of John S. Conway, a well-known American artist and sculptor, and Agatha Milone Conway, a native of Italy. Conway moved to the United States with his family in 1902 and grew up in Cresskill, New Jersey. He was privately educated and tutored by his father.

To help support his family during his father’s illness, Conway took a job as an editorial staff writer with William Randolph Hearst’s New York American in 1924. He was soon transferred to Hearst’s New York Evening Journal, but returned to the American in 1925. Conway gained his formative journalistic training with these two newspapers and was soon covering major news stories. He covered the infamous Hall-Mills Murder Trial in 1926 and the Snyder-Gray Murder Trial a year later.

Conway became a staff writer for the New York Daily News in 1927 and enjoyed an illustrious career with this newspaper. He once again covered the Snyder-Gray Murder Trial, aiding in preparations to photograph the 1928 execution of convicted murderess Ruth Snyder. In 1931, he reported on the activities of New York beer racketeer Jack “Legs” Diamond.

Between 1932-1936, Conway covered the Charles Lindbergh Jr. Murder Case, including the child murder-kidnapping and the trial and subsequent execution of convicted murderer Bruno Hauptmann. In 1935, he scored a sensational scoop by becoming the first newspaperman to accurately report the jury’s guilty verdict against Hauptmann. For this media coup, Conway was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Conway covered other notable stories during the 1930s as well. Between 1936-1939, he served intermittently as acting head of the New York Daily News’s Washington Bureau and covered the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. In 1939, Conway investigated the preparedness of U.S. military arsenals on the eve of World War II.

Conway received his first foreign correspondent assignment when he was sent to Mexico in 1940. On this assignment, he traveled with Vice-President Henry Wallace during his state visit to that country. He also reported on the activities of Axis agents in Mexico. Between 1941-1945, he worked the Daily News’s War Desk, reporting on the political and economic developments of World War II.

Between 1945-1950, Conway served several stints as a foreign correspondent, reporting from 26 different countries in North America, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The beginning of the Cold War was a subject of interest to him. While covering Poland’s 1946 elections, he was arrested and briefly detained as a “capitalist spy” by Communist authorities. Particularly noteworthy is his work as a war correspondent. In 1946-1947, Conway covered the Greek Civil War. Between 1946-1948, he covered the civil war in Palestine between the Arabs and Jews. Conway received more peaceful assignments as well. On the Italian island of Stromboli, he interviewed Ingrid Bergman during her controversial romance with movie director Roberto Rossellini in 1949. In Great Britain, he reported on the 1950 Parliamentary Elections between Winston Churchill and Clement Atlee and covered the Klaus Fuchs Espionage Trial that same year.

Upon his return to the United States, Conway continued to be an active journalist. In 1951, he and his wife Grace Robinson investigated consumer goods shortages in the New York City area. In 1954, he covered the proxy fight for the New York Central Railroad, separately interviewing principals William White and Robert R. Young on television. Conway retired from the New York Daily News in 1964, but continued to write on a freelance basis.

Robert Conway married Grace Robinson, a fellow reporter at the New York Daily News, in 1937. In addition to his journalistic duties, Conway was an active member of the Newspaper Guild of New York, serving a term as president (1941-1943). He was also a member of the Overseas Press Club of America, serving two terms on the Board of Governors (1957-1959, 1961-1963). He was also involved in the civic and environmental affairs of Weston, Connecticut, his adopted hometown.

Robert Conway passed away on May 17, 1972.

Arrangement of the Collection

Papers organized into eight series: I. Research Files; II. Correspondence; III. Personal Files; IV. Manuscripts; V. Photographic Materials; VI. Books; VII. Oversized; VIII. Artifacts.

Scope and Content

Robert Conway papers include correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, and other materials concerning his life and journalistic career. These papers are an excellent primary source of twentieth century history from Conway’s point of view, containing much information about the news stories he covered. They also document his journalistic work, revealing how he obtained and developed his stories, and how his articles appeared in their final form.

Of particular interest are the materials regarding Conway’s foreign correspondent assignments, which document the varying degrees of political, social, and economic upheaval he encountered in Post-World War II Europe and the Middle East. They also reveal that the job of a foreign correspondent, particularly that of a war correspondent, can be very difficult and even dangerous at times.

This collection also provides much information about Robert Conway himself. The papers provide insights into the conditions of journalists of his time and how he coped with them. The materials also reveal much about the private Robert Conway throughout his adult life. These papers document the age progression from a very capable young reporter to a retiree in failing health. Particularly revealing are the manuscripts he wrote after his retirement from the New York Daily News, which show Conway to be a man deeply affected by the events he witnessed.

On many items are notations written by Conway’s widow Grace Robinson, most of which were written after Conway’s death in 1972. While some useful information can be gleaned from these notations, researchers should be aware that Robinson was an elderly woman by this time, and that she may have been suffering from dementia.

Last of all, the papers reveal much about the New York Daily News, Robert Conway’s longtime employer. The collection documents how this New York City tabloid handled and presented the news stories of the 1920s-1960s as they occurred. One can also learn much about the internal operations of this newspaper as well.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

The American Heritage Center holds copyright to the Robert Conway papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by Robert Conway at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Robert Conway’s widow Grace Robinson and her niece Kathryn Murdock donated the Robert Conway papers to the University of Wyoming in several shipments between 1975-1987.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in May 2003 and revised by D. Claudia Thompson in September 2009.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Robert Conway papers, Collection Number 06062, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Access Terms Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932. Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936. Robinson, Grace, 1894-1985. Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982. Marzotto, Gaetano, 1894-1972. Newspaper Guild of New York. Overseas Press Club of America. Journalism--United States. Reporters and Reporting. United States--History--1865- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951. New York (N.Y.)--History--1951- Mexico--History--1910-1946. Greece--History--Civil War, 1944-1949. Palestine--History--1917-1948. Italy--History--1945- Great Britain--History--20th century. Photographs. Negatives. Journalists. Daily news (New York, N.Y.: 1920). Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Journalism Container List Series I. Research Files 1917-1980 1 1 Alimony Reform, Manuscript 1933 Austria: 1 2 Clippings 1949 1 3 Correspondence 1949 1 4 Correspondence – Letter of Introduction 1946 1 5 Manuscripts 1949 1 6 Notes 1949 1 7 Publication – European Recovery Program: Austria Country Study February 1949 1 8 Travel Permits 1946, 1949 1 9 Axis Spies in U.S., Clippings 1939 Ayres, Elizabeth and Gibson, Dr. Donald, Suspicious Death Case: 1 10 Clippings 1950-1951 1 11 Manuscripts 1950-1956 1 12 Notebook 1950 1 13 Notes 1950, 1956 1 14 Press Release 1950 1 15 Barnard College, 65th Anniversary, Clippings 1954 Bergman, Ingrid and Rossellini, Roberto, Romance: 1 16 Clippings 1949-1977 1 17 Correspondence 1949 1 18 Manuscripts 1949, 1957 1 19 Notes 1949 1 20 Photographs 1949 Blues/Black Market, Consumer Shortages: 1 21 Business Cards 1951 1 22 Clippings 1951 1 23 Correspondence 1951 2 1 Manuscripts 1951 2 2 Newsletter – First A.D. Citizen March 1951 2 3 Notes 1951 2 4 Browning Separation Trial, Press Pass undated 2 5 Buckley Jewel Theft Case, Clipping 1928 Bulgaria: 2 6 Clippings 1947 2 7 Correspondence 1947 2 8 Map – Plan of the City of Sofia 1947 Canada – Mining: 2 9 Clippings 1951 2 10 Correspondence 1951 2 11 Manuscripts 1951 2 12 Photographs 1951 Canada – 1945 Parliamentary Elections: 2 13 Clippings 1945 2 14 Photograph 1945 2 15 Canada – Tariff on Canadian Meat, Clippings 1945 Canada – War Bond Drive: 2 16 Clippings 1943 2 17 Correspondence 1943 2 18 Casanova-Albert White Slavery Case, Clippings 1928 2 19 Chinese Junk, Englewood, New Jersey, Photographs 1951 Coal Miners Strike: 2 20 Clippings 1943 2 21 Correspondence 1943 2 22 Manuscripts 1943 2 23 Clippings 1945 2 24 Columbia University, 200th Anniversary, Clippings 1954 2 25 Connecticut State Insurance Spoils, Clippings 1963 Conway, Robert, Mental Breakdown: 2 26 Clippings 1944-1975 2 27 Correspondence 1972 2 28 Forms 1972 2 29 Manuscripts 1972 2 30 Notes 1972 Conway, Robert vs. Conway, Gertrude (sister-in-law), Property Dispute: 2 31 Correspondence 1947-1970 2 32 Household Inventory 1941 2 33 Legal Documents 1945-1969 2 34 Notes 1968-1969 Conway’s Barns (Robert Conway’s Home): 3 1 Notes 1951, 1960 3 2 Photographs 1950-1961 3 3 Photographs – Mounted 1950s Coolidge, Calvin, Funeral: 3 4 Clippings 1933 3 5 Correspondence 1962 3 6 Manuscripts 1933, undated 3 7 Notes 1933 3 8 Coolidge, Grace, Clippings 1925 3 9 Coolidge, Grace, Funeral, Manuscript 1957 3 10 Cost of Living, Clippings 1952 3 11 Costello, Jessie, Murder Trial, Photograph 1935 3 12 “The Daily Story From Life,” Clippings 1933 Darrow, Clarence: 3 13 Manuscripts undated 3 14 Photographs undated 3 15 Davis, Vivian, Abortion Death, Manuscript undated 3 16 Dempsey, Jack, Baby Kidnapping Threat, Clippings 1936 3 17 Department Store Price War, Clippings 1951 Diamond, Jack “Legs,” Gangster: 3 18 Clippings 1931-1933 3 19-20 Manuscripts April 18-30, 1931 4 1 Manuscripts May-June 1931 4 2 Notes 1931 4 3 Divorce Reform, Clippings 1931 Donovan, John: 4 4 Correspondence 1948-1958 4 5 Notes 1954, undated 4 6 Photographs undated 4 7 Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Manuscripts 1936 4 8 Eastern Airlines and Pan American World Airways, New York-Mexico City Route, Clippings 1957 4 9 Ederle, Gertrude, English Channel Swim, Clipping 1929 Egypt: 4 10 Manuscript 1946 4 11 Photographs 1946 Europe: 4 12 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1946-1950 4 13 Military Entry Permit 1946 Europe and Middle East: 4 14-15 Address Books 1940s 4 16 Address Book Pages 1940s 4 17 Fascisti Murder Trial, Clippings 1927 4 18 Fast, Howard, Writer for Daily Worker, Manuscript 1949 4 19 Field III, Marshall, Labor Practices, Manuscript undated 4 20 Ford Foundation, Peace Plan, Clippings 1950 4 21 Forty Plus Club, Job Club, Clippings 1951 Fuchs, Klaus, Espionage Trial: 4 22 Clippings 1950-1979 4 23 Correspondence 1950 4 24 Manuscripts 1950 4 25 Notebook 1950 5 1 Press Pass 1950 5 2 Germany, Correspondence – Letter of Introduction 1946 5 3 Germany – Tripartite Conference of Berlin, Manuscripts 1945 Grammer, G. Edward, Murder Trial: 5 4 Clippings 1952 5 5 Correspondence 1952 5 6 Manuscripts 1952 5 7 Manuscript – Mathilda circa 1952-1953 5 8 Periodical – True Confessions April 1953 Great Britain: 5 9 Clippings 1945-1956 5 10 Driver’s License 1950, 1954 5 11 Photographs 1948 Great Britain – Churchill, Winston: 5 12 Clippings 1942-1965 5 13 Correspondence 1955

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5 14 Newsletter – News From the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States 1965 51 1 Photographs - Atlantic Charter undated 5 15 Publication – The Unforgettable Winston Churchill 1965 5 16 Great Britain – Hume, Brian Donald, Smuggling Case, Manuscripts 1950 Great Britain – 1950 Parliamentary Elections: 5 17 Clippings 1950 5 18 Correspondence 1950 5 19 Manuscripts 1950 5 20 Notes 1950 Greece: 5 21 Address Book 1947 6 1 Clippings 1923-1977 6 2 Correspondence 1946-1948 6 3 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1947 6 4 Identification Card 1946 6 5 Manuscripts 1946 6 6-8 Manuscripts March-December 1947 6 9 Manuscripts 1948, 1956 6 10 Minutes 1947 6 11-12 Notebooks 1-2 January, July 1947 7 1 Notebook 3 1947 7 2-5 Photographs 1946-1947 51 2-3 Photographs (includes Markos Vafiades, search for guerrillas, fighting) 1946-1947 51 4 Photographs - Women Guerrillas 1947 51 5 Photographs - Crete 1946-1947 7 6 Greece – Funeral of King George II, Photographs 1947 Greece – Ikaria, Exile Island: 7 7 Notebook 1947 7 8 Photographs 1947 Greece – U.N. Balkan Commission: 7 9 Correspondence 1947 7 10 Notebook 1947 7 11 Photographs 1947 8 1 Publication – Evidence in Support of the Greek Appeal to the Security Council 1947 8 2 Publication – Incidents on the Greek Frontier from January 1 to December 31, 1946 1947 Greece and Middle East: 8 3 Address Book 1940s 8 4 Correspondence – Letter of Introduction 1948 8 5 Grill, Saul, Elopement, Clippings 1930 8 6 S.S. Gripsholm, Prisoner Exchange Ship, Clippings 1943-1944 8 7 Guggenheim, Natalie, Elopement, Clipping 1929 Hall-Mills Murder Trial: 8 8 Clippings 1926-1932 8 9 Manuscript 1932 8 10-12 Notebooks 1-7 1926 8 13 Press Pass 1926 8 14 Harkness, Anna, Estate, Clipping undated Hindenburg, Dirigible, Maiden Voyage: 8 15 Clippings 1936 9 1 Manuscripts 1936 9 2 Press Releases 1936 9 3 Hoey, Evelyn, Murder Case, Manuscript undated 9 4 Hoover, Herbert, Invitation undated 9 5 Income Tax Chiselers, Clippings 1951 9 6 Insull Sr., Samuel, Fraud Trials, Clipping 1963 9 7 Internal Revenue Service, Clipping 1945 Italy: 9 8 Clippings 1946, 1949 9 9 Correspondence 1946-1949 9 10-11 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1937, 1946-1949 9 12 Driver’s License 1937 9 13 Identification Cards 1947-1948 9 14 Legal Document 1947 9 15 Notebook 1949 9 16 Notes 1940s 9 17-20 Photographs 1946, 1947 10 1-2 Photographs 1948-1949 10 3 Italy – Agriculture, Correspondence 1949 Italy – Allied Occupation: 10 4 Clipping 1946 10 5 Correspondence 1946 10 6 Manuscripts 1946-1947 10 7 Pamphlet 1946 Italy – Communist Activities: 10 8 Clipping 1947 10 9 Manuscripts 1947 10 10 Italy – Duke, Doris, Manuscript 1940s Italy – 1947 Elections: 10 11 Clippings 1947 10 12 Manuscripts 1947 Italy – Food Situation: 10 13 Clippings 1946 10 14 Correspondence 1946 10 15 Manuscripts 1946-1947 10 16 Publication – Economic Notes July 26, 1946 Italy – Luciano, Lucky, Gangster: 10 17 Clippings 1948 10 18 Correspondence 1948 10 19 Manuscript 1948 Italy – Marshall Plan: 10 20 Manuscripts 1949 10 21 Notes 1949 10 22 Periodicals – The Economist October 11, 1947 10 23 Publication – European Recovery Program: Italy Country Study February 1949 Italy – Marzotto, Gaetano, Italian Industrialist: 10 24 Correspondence 1949 10 25 Manuscripts 1949 10 26 Photographs 1949 51 6-8 Photographs 1949 10 27 Italy – Mussolini, Benito, Clippings 1945, 1960 51 9 Italy - Venice, Photographs 1947 10 28 Italy and Trieste – Marshall Plan, Notebook 1949 10 29 Johnson, Albert, Murder Case, Clippings 1932 10 30 Juvenile Delinquency, Clippings 1944 10 31 Ku Klux Klan, Unmasked Opposition to Alfred E. Smith, Clippings 1928 Lake Shore Limited Train Wreck: 10 32 Clippings 1940 10 33 Photograph 1940 Lambert, Dr. H. Bertram, Obituary: 10 34 Clippings 1963 10 35 Manuscript 1963 Lilliendahl, Margaret, Murder Trial: 10 36 Clippings 1927 10 37 Press Pass circa 1927-1928 11 1 Lindbergh, Charles, Clippings 1928-1978 Lindbergh, Charles – Flight Across the Atlantic: 11 2 Clippings 1927, 1977 11 3 Press Pass to Reception 1927 11 4 Lindbergh, Charles and Anne Morrow, Clippings 1929-1980 11 5 Lindbergh, Charles and Anne Morrow – Birth of Charles Lindbergh Jr., Clippings 1930 Lindbergh Murder Case – Child Murder-Kidnapping: 11 6-7 Clippings 1932-1933 11 8 Correspondence 1932 11 9 Manuscripts 1932-1933 11 10 Notebooks 1932 11 11 Photographs 1932-1933 11 12 Publication – New Jersey State Police Annual Report 1932 Lindbergh Murder Case – Curtis Trial: 11 13 Clippings 1932 11 14 Manuscripts 1932 Lindbergh Murder Case – Hauptmann Trial: 11 15 Clippings 1934-1935 12 1-7 Clippings January-March 1936 13 1-2 Clippings April 1-May 1, 1936 13 3 Clippings 1947-1951 13 4 Correspondence 1934-1961 13 5 Expense Reports 1934-1935 13 6 Invitation to Execution of Bruno Hauptmann 1936 13 7 Legal Documents 1934 13 8-10 Manuscripts September-November 10, 1934 14 1-7 Manuscripts November 11, 1934-January 27, 1935 15 1-3 Manuscripts January 28-February 15, 1935 15 4-6 Manuscripts June 1935, 1936, 1967 15 7-9 Notebooks 1933-1934 16 1 Notebooks 1935 16 2 Notes 1934-1935 16 3-5 Photographs 1933-1935 16 6 Press Pass 1935 16 7 Publication – Appeal Transcript, Brief 1935 16 8 Publication – Appeal Transcript, Volume 1 1935 17 1-3 Publications – Appeal Transcript, Volumes 2-4 1935 18 1-3 Publications – Appeal Transcript, Volumes 5-7 1935 19 1-3 Publications – Appeal Transcript, Volumes 8-10 1935 19 4 Publication – Appeal Transcript, Appendix 1935 20 1 Verdict Signal Cards 1935 20 2 Lindbergh Murder Case – Means False Confession, Clippings 1936 20 3 Lindbergh Murder Case – Wendell Torture Confession, Clippings 1936 20 4 Little Home of Providence, Bigotry Arson, Clippings 1929 20 5 Loan Sharks, Clippings 1928 The Lotos Club: 20 6 Clippings 1960s 20 7-9 Membership Lists 1957-1958, 1960-1967, 1969-1971 20 10 Periodicals – Lotos Leaf 1970-1971 20 11 Publications 1955, 1970 20 12 Loyalty Checks, Clipping 1956 20 13 Lynch, Humphrey J., Bribery Case, Clippings undated Marshall Plan: 20 14 Publication – European Recovery Program: A Report on Recovery Progress and United States Aid February 1949 20 15 Publication – Interim Report on the European Recovery Programme, Vol. 1 December 30, 1948 21 1 Publication – Second Report to Congress of the Economic Cooperation Administration 1949 21 2 Mayo, Charlotte Cheatham, Espionage Case, Clippings 1928 21 3 Medaris, General John B., Criticism of Eisenhower’s Defense Policies, Clipping 1960 Mellon, Andrew, Tax Evasion Case: 21 4 Manuscripts 1934 21 5 Notes 1934 Mexico: 21 6 Correspondence 1940-1941 21 7 Correspondence – Letter of Introduction 1941 21 8 Identification Card 1946 21 9 Notebook circa 1940-1941 21 10 Notes circa 1940-1941 21 11 Photograph circa 1940-1941 Mexico – American Investment in Mexico: 21 12 Clippings 1940-1941 21 13 Manuscripts 1941 Mexico – Axis Agents in Mexico: 21 14 Clippings 1940-1942 21 15 Correspondence circa 1940-1941 21 16-19 Manuscripts 1940-1942 21 20 Notes circa 1940-1941 Mexico – Balderas, Alberto, Bull Fighting Fatality: 21 21 Clippings 1940 21 22 Manuscript 1940 Mexico – Camacho, Manual Avila, President of Mexico: 21 23 Clippings 1940, 1944 21 24 Manuscripts 1940 21 25 Mexico – Obregon, General Alvaro, Assassination, Clippings 1928 Mexico – U.S. Military Bases in Mexico: 21 26 Clippings 1940 21 27 Manuscripts 1940 Mexico – Wallace, Henry, Visit to Mexico: 21 28 Clippings 1940 21 29 Invitation 1940 21 30 Manuscript 1940 51 10 Photographs 1940 22 1 Mexico and United States, Address Book 1940s 22 2 Middle East, Photograph 1946 Miller, Harlis, Murder-Rape Case: 22 3 Clippings 1962 22 4 Notebook 1962 51 11 Photographs 1962 22 5 Mitchell, General William D., Court Martial, Clippings 1936 22 6 Montgomery, General Bernard, Correspondence 1944 22 7 S.S. Morro Castle, Fire, Clippings 1934, 1936 22 8 Motion Picture Conference, Clippings undated 22 9 Nelden, Nancy and O’Connor, Nance, Estate Dispute, Clippings 1929 22 10 New Jersey Iron Industry, Clippings 1951 22 11 New Jersey Relief Demonstration, Clippings 1936 22 12 New Rochelle, New York, Communist Registration Ordinance, Clippings 1950 New York Central Railroad, Proxy Fight: 22 13 Clippings 1954 22 14 Correspondence 1954 22 15 Interview Questions 1954 22 16 Manuscripts 1954 22 17 Photographs 1954 22 18 Publication – “Robert R. Young,” from Life February 24, 1947 22 19 New York City – Civil Defense, Manuscripts 1950s 22 20 New York City – Finance Probe (Little Hoover Commission), Clippings 1960 22 21 New York City – Highway Congestion, Clippings 1953, 1958 22 22 New York City – 1937 Mayoralty Straw Poll, Work Sheets 1937 22 23 New York City – 1945 Mayoralty Straw Poll, Clippings 1945 22 24 New York City – Murder Rate, Clipping 1931 22 25 New York City – Parking, Clipping 1929 New York City – Relief: 22 26 Clippings 1953 22 27 Correspondence 1953 22 28 New York City – Slum Clearance, Clippings 1933 22 29 New York City – Transit Fares, Clippings 1944 22 30 New York City – Water Fluoridation Hearing, Clipping 1957 22 31 New York County Lawyers’ Association, Annual Meeting, Clipping 1954 New York Daily News: 22 32 Check Stub 1957 22 33 Correspondence 1930s-1964 22 34 Publication – Style Book of Daily News and Sunday News 1924 22 35 Stationery undated 22 36 New York Daily News – Clarke, Richard, Correspondence 1947-1959 New York Daily News – Conway, Robert: 22 37 Correspondence – Health 1950-1957 22 38 Correspondence – Ideas for Articles undated 22 39 New York Daily News – Deuell, Harvey, Funeral, Notes 1939 22 40 New York Daily News – Heinz, Theresa, Correspondence 1949 22 41 New York Daily News – King, Loretta, Correspondence 1949 New York Daily News – Patterson, Joseph Medill: 22 42 Correspondence 1936 22 43 Manuscript undated 23 1 New York Daily News – Patterson, Mary Kay, Correspondence 1949 23 2 New York Daily News – Schuck, Hugh, Correspondence 1948-1962 23 3 New York Daily News – Shand, Robert, Correspondence 1948, 1964 23 4 New York Daily News – Sunde, Bill, Correspondence 1948 1936 New York Presidential Straw Poll: 23 5 Clippings 1936 23 6 Photographs 1936 23 7 Worksheets 1936 1940 New York Presidential Straw Poll: 23 8 Clippings 1940 23 9 Correspondence 1940 23 10 Map 1940 23 11-13 Worksheets 1940 1944 New York Presidential Straw Poll: 23 14 Clippings 1944 23 15 Manuscripts 1944-1945 23 16 Notes 1944 23 17 1948 New York Presidential Straw Poll, Photographs 1948 Newspaper Guild of New York: 23 18 Bulletins 1942 23 19 Clippings 1941-1960 23 20 Correspondence 1942-1944 23 21 Legal Documents – Contract with News Syndicate Co. Inc. 1940 23 22 Manuscripts 1938, undated 23 23 Newsletter – Guild War Bulletin June 12, 1942 23 24 Pamphlets 1941-1943 23 25 Publications – American Newspaper Guild Conventions 1942-1943 23 26 Publications – Contracts with News Syndicate Co. Inc. 1946-1956 24 1 Stationery 1942 24 2 Norris, Dr. Charles, Belgian Order of the Crown, Clipping undated 24 3 0-9, Submarine Sinking, Clipping 1941 24 4 Ohio River Flood, Clipping 1945 24 5 Old Church Cemetery, Neglect, Clipping 1928 Overseas Press Club of America: 24 6 Artwork for Dateline 1957 24 7 Clippings 1958-1969 24 8 Clippings – The Overseas Press Bulletin 1958-1964 24 9 Constitution and By-Laws 1957 24 10 Correspondence 1958-1962 24 11 Membership Lists 1957-1962 24 12 Minutes 1957-1962 24 13 Miscellaneous Documents 1961-1962 24 14-15 Periodicals – Dateline 1957-1968 24 16 Periodicals – The Overseas Press Bulletin 1956-1963 24 17 Photographs 1957, 1962 24 18 Publication – Directory 1956-1957 25 1-3 Publication – Directory 1958-1959, 1962-1963, 1966 25 4 Publications – Miscellaneous 1951-1961 25 5 Pajama Strollers, Clippings 1929 Palestine: 25 6 Address Book 1948 25 7 Clippings 1930, 1946 25 8-9 Clippings January-May 1948 25 10 Clippings 1972-1980 25 11 Correspondence 1946-1949 26 1 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1946, 1948 26 2 Driver’s Licenses 1948 26 3 Identification Cards 1940s 26 4 Manuscripts 1946-1947 26 5-12 Manuscripts January 1-March 20, 1948 27 1-2 Manuscripts March 21-April 1948 27 3 Manuscripts – Lecture 1948 27 4 Maps 1946-1947 27 5-6 Notebook 1946, 1948 27 7 Notebook – Ben-Gurion, David, Interview 1948 27 8 Notes 1948 27 9 Periodicals 1947-1948 27 10-12 Photographs 1946-1947 28 1-3 Photographs 1948 51 12 Photographs 1946-1948 28 4 Press Releases 1948 28 5 Publications 1948, undated 28 6 Reports 1948 28 7 Stationery 1940s 28 8 Palestine – Jaffa Explosion, Photographs 1948 28 9 Paper Waste, Clippings 1944 Pegler, Westbrook: 28 10 Clippings 1950 28 11 Correspondence 1962 28 12 Phillips, Francis and Helen, Tax Case, Clipping 1928 28 13 Phillips, John M., Queens Sewer King Graft Case, Clippings 1928-1929 Physician Shortage: 28 14 Correspondence 1944 28 15 Manuscripts 1944 The Players Club: 28 16 Clippings 1959-1965 28 17 Correspondence 1950, 1959 28 18 Officer List 1961-1962 28 19-20 Periodicals – The Players Bulletin 1957, 1959, 1960-1970 29 1-2 Publications – Member Lists 1959-1971 Poland: 29 3 Clippings 1939-1959 29 4 Correspondence 1946-1947 29 5 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1946-1947 29 6 Manuscripts 1946-1947 29 7 Map – Polska Mapa Administracyna 1946 29 8-9 Notebooks 1-3 1946-1947 29 10 Notes circa 1946-1947 29 11 Periodical – New Times 1949 29 12 Photograph 1946 29 13 Publications 1946-1947 29 14 Port Henry, New York, Pet Ban, Clippings 1944 Prisoners of War: 29 15 Clippings 1943 29 16 Correspondence 1943 30 1 Manuscripts 1943 30 2 Prohibition, Clippings 1928-1929 30 3 Pulitzer Prize Nomination – Foreign Correspondent Work, Correspondence 1946 30 4 Pulitzer Prize Nomination – Lindbergh Murder Case, Correspondence 1936, 1972 Radium Poisoning: 30 5 Clippings 1925-1936 30 6 Manuscript 1920s 30 7 Publication – Some Unrecognized Dangers in the Use and Handling of Radioactive Substances 1925 30 8 Ray, Kitty and De Alzaga, Martin Vnzue, Separation Suit, Clippings 1934 Raye, Martha and O’Shea, Robert, Marriage: 30 9 Clippings 1956, 1959 30 10 Manuscript 1955 30 11 Remington, William, Perjury Trial, Clippings 1951 30 12 Roediger, George, Bigamy-Murder Case, Manuscripts 1931 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano: 30 13 Clippings 1930-1940 30 14 Identification Ribbon circa 1930s-1940s 30 15 Manuscript 1939 30 16 Trip Itinerary 1939 30 17 Roosevelt Franklin Delano – 1940 Presidential Election, Manuscripts 1937 Roosevelt Franklin Delano – World War II: 30 18 Clippings 1939, 1945 30 19 Manuscripts 1939 Roosevelt Franklin Delano and Hull, Cordell, Private Phone Conversation: 30 20 Correspondence 1940 30 21 Correspondence – Robert Conway’s Application for Marine Commission 1942-1943 30 22 Manuscripts 1963 30 23 Notebook 1939 30 24 Notes 1980 31 1 Rosoff, Samuel, Murder Case, Clippings 1937 31 2 Rothstein Jewel Theft Case, Clippings 1929 Russia: 31 3 Correspondence 1954 31 4 Currency, 1000 Ruble Note 1917 31 5 Russia – Explosion of Atomic Bomb, Clippings 1949 31 6 Russia – Khrushchev, Nikita, Manuscript undated 31 7 “Safe Driving Boondoggle,” Clipping 1967 Schiff, Dorothy, Publisher of New York Post: 31 8 Clippings 1939-1974 31 9 Correspondence 1950, 1958 31 10-11 Manuscripts 1950 31 12 Schindler, Herman, Suicide, Clippings 1929 31 13 Schultz, Hedwig, Obituary, Manuscript 1960 31 14 Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, Opera Singer, Clipping 1926 31 15 Shevlin, Claire, Kidnapping Case, Clippings 1931 Sigma Delta Chi: 31 16 Membership Certificate 1958 31 17 Photograph 1958 31 18 Silverman, Sam, Murder Case, Clippings 1931 Snyder-Gray Murder Trial: 31 19 Clippings 1928 31 20 Manuscript 1927 31 21 Press Pass 1927 31 22 Publication – Ruth Snyder’s Own True Story undated 31 23 Social Security, Clipping 1963 Society of the Silurians: 31 24 Correspondence 1965 31 25 Periodicals – Silurian News 1966-1971 31 26 Programs 1959 31 27 Publications – Directories 1967-1969 Sommers, Martin: 31 28 Clippings 1940s, 1963 31 29 Correspondence 1956-1963 Spain: 31 30 Clippings 1936, 1949 31 31 Correspondence 1949 31 32 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1949 31 33 Driver’s License 1949 32 1 Manuscripts 1949 32 2 Notebook 1949 32 3 Notes 1949 32 4 Speed Records, Clippings 1930 32 5 State University of New York, Educational Television Controversy, Clipping 1951 32 6 Stoner-Loeb Swindle Trial, Clippings 1928 32 7 Storelli, Joseph, Kidnapping Case, Clippings 1928 32 8 Summers, Helen E., Suicide, Clippings 1928 32 9 Sutton, Willie, Bank Robbery Trial, Clippings 1952, 1980 32 10 Terrible Ten Murder Case, Clippings 1929 Trieste: 32 11 Clippings 1947, 1949 32 12 Correspondence 1947, 1949 32 13 Manuscripts 1947, 1949 32 14 Photographs 1947 32 15 Publication – European Recovery Program: Trieste Country Study February 1949 32 16 Travel Permits 1947, 1949 32 17 Truman, Harry S, Clippings 1945, 1953 32 18 Twentieth Century Fund, Criticism of General Douglas MacArthur and General Albert Wedemyer, Clipping 1958 32 19 U-2 Spy Planes, Lost Over Russia, Clipping 1960 U.S. Air Defense: 32 20 Clippings 1950-1955 32 21 Notebook 1952 U.S. Arsenals: 32 22 Correspondence 1939-1940 32 23 Manuscripts 1939 32 24 Notes 1939 33 1 Publications 1939 33 2 U.S. Aviation, Correspondence 1952 33 3 U.S. Military Bases, Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1946 U.S. Military Bases - Iceland: 33 4 Clippings 1946, 1978 33 5 Manuscript 1946 33 6 U.S. Military Bases – Middle East, Clippings 1946 U.S. Military Bases - Newfoundland: 33 7 Clippings 1940-1946 33 8 Manuscripts 1946 33 9 Report – Newfoundland: Her Problems 1945 33 10 Vanderbilt, Gloria and Lumet, Sidney, Wedding, Clippings 1956 The Vatican: 33 11 Correspondence 1949 33 12 Photograph 1949 The Vatican – Holy Year of 1950: 33 13 Clippings 1949 33 14 Manuscript 1949 33 15 Press Release 1949 The Vatican – Pope Pius XII (Cardinal Pacelli): 33 16 Clippings 1945-1959 33 17 Manuscripts 1949, undated 33 18 Notes 1949 33 19 Vice, Clipping 1952 33 20 Victory Gardens, Livestock Ban, Clippings 1943 33 21 Wallace, Henry A., Correspondence 1944 Weston, Connecticut – Civic Affairs: 33 22 Clippings 1938-1969 33 23 Manuscripts 1967 Weston, Connecticut – History: 33 24 Clippings 1931-1969 33 25 Manuscripts 1943, 1962 33 26 Weston, Connecticut – Nature Conservation, Clipping 1967 33 27 Westport Women’s Club, Illegal Lottery Trial, Clippings 1952 33 28 Williams, Adele, Murder Case, Clippings 1944 33 29 Wills, Helen, Wimbledon Tennis Champion, Clippings 1929 33 30 Worapay, Josephine, Child Murder Case, Clipping 1933 World War II Liquor Situation: 33 31 Clippings 1943 33 32 Manuscripts 1943 Yugoslavia: 33 33 Clippings 1947, 1949 33 34 Correspondence 1940s 33 35 Correspondence – Letters of Introduction 1949 51 13 Photographs (Yugoslavia/Bulgaria) circa 1946-1948 Series II. Correspondence 1902-circa 1969 33 36 Alsop, Joseph 1960, 1964 33 37 Conway, Agatha 1926-1945

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34 1-3 Conway, George 1931-1938, 1940-1962 34 4 Conway, George, Auto Damage Lawsuit 1947 34 5 Conway, John S. 1902, 1909 34 6 Farley, James A. 1955, 1958 34 7 Stern, Michael and Estelle 1947, 1950 34 8 Walker, Stanley 1958 34 9-13 General Correspondence 1932-1937, 1941-circa 1969, undated Series III. Personal Files 1902-1974 Subseries 1. Address Books circa 1920s, 1940s 34 14-16 Conway, Robert circa 1920s, 1940s, undated Subseries 2. Artwork 1909-1947 34 17 Conway, John S., Conway Coat of Arms, Drawing 1909 Conway, Robert: 34 18 “Ricondi di Bologna,” Ink Drawing 1947 34 19 Self Portrait, Oil Painting 1915 34 20 Robinson, Grace, Pencil Drawing of Robert Conway circa 1927 Subseries 3. Clippings 1942-1974 34 21 Conway, John S., Entry in Who’s Who of America 1969 34 22 Conway, Robert 1942-1974 34 23 Conway, Robert, Obituaries 1972 34 24 Great Britain, Conway Castle 1965 New York Daily News: 34 25-27 September 1946-May 1947 35 1-14 July 1947-1959 35 15 1960, 1963 35 16 Obituaries 1967-1968 Subseries 4. Diaries 1951-1967 Conway, Robert: 35 17-19 1964-1965 36 1 1964-1965 36 2-4 1965, 1966, 1967 36 5 Trip to France 1962 36 6 Trip to Great Britain 1951 37 1 Trip to Great Britain 1951 Subseries 5. Financial Records 1947-1950 37 2-3 Expense Reports July 11, 1947-June 10, 1948, 1949-1950 Subseries 6. Legal Documents 1902-1965 37 4 Conway, John S., Certificate of U.S. Citizenship 1902 Conway, Robert: 37 5 Birth Certificate 1949 37 6 Wills 1943-1965 Subseries 7. Miscellaneous 1923-1965 Conway, John S.: 37 7 Postcards – Milwaukee: The City Beautiful, Civil War Statue undated 37 8 Sample Democratic Party Primary Ballot 1924 Conway, Robert: 37 9 Business Cards 1940s-1950s 37 10 Identification Bracelet 1940s 37 11 Nameplate undated 37 12 Pamphlet – A Protest Against the Proposed Sewer for Tenafly 1923 Passports: 37 13-14 1945, 1947, 1953, 1962 37 15 International Certificates of Vaccination 1956-1965 37 16 Publication – Information for Bearers of Passports 1952 37 17 Phonographic Records, Voice Recordings Autumn 1940 37 18 Press Passes 1937-1964 37 19 Press Release – “Is the V.F.W. Method of Combating Communism Doing Good or Harm?,” 1954 37 20 Publications 1959 37 21 Stationery undated Subseries 8. Notebooks 1940s-1972 38 1 Conway, George, Death 1967 Conway, Robert: 38 2 1971-1972 38 3 Lecture Notes 1940s 38 4 Trip to Great Britain 1951 Subseries 9. Notes 1962-circa 1970s 38 5 Conway, John S. circa 1970s Conway, Robert: 38 6 Ideas for Articles undated 38 7 Miscellaneous Notes 1962 38 8 Conway Family History 1969 Series IV. Manuscripts 1919-1969 38 9 Conway, George, Long Head 1955 38 10 Conway, John S., Memoirs undated Conway, Robert: 38 11 Abelard and Heloise undated 38 12 All Wars undated 38 13 Anecdotes undated 38 14 The Arabs, the Jews, and I 1965-1966 38 15 The Arabs, Too, Have a History circa 1967 38 16 Are You Taller Than Most People? undated 38 17 Art for Love’s Sake undated 38 18 Assignment Holyland: Autobiographical Analysis and Memoir undated 38 19 Autobiographica undated 38 20 Autobiographica Journalistica undated 38 21 Autobiographical Experiment 1966-1967 38 22 The Beginning undated 38 23 Biographical Material 1957 38 24 Biography of a Common Chap 1960 38 25 Blow the Seven Trumpets 1966-1967 38 26 Career 1969 38 27 Ceaser for President 1960 38 28 Christ in Flesh 1956 38 29 Christ Without Miracles undated 38 30 Christ’s Life undated 39 1 Chrysula undated 39 2 Claret undated 39 3 A Common Man’s Confession undated 39 4 Confession undated 39 5 Confession of a Modern Mortal undated 39 6 The Confession 1961-1962 39 7 The Confessions of a Newspaperman undated 39 8 Re: Conway, John S. undated 39 9 Culpa Mia undated 39 10 Dashes of Salt: Autobiographical undated 39 11 Do As the Romans undated 39 12 Don’t Be Afraid of Expense Accounts 1960s 39 13 The Dream of Yawnoc undated 39 14 The Escapist undated 39 15 Finnigan’s Christ; A Novel undated 39 16 Fires Under Hell undated 39 17 Future undated 39 18 God and Man undated 39 19 Guerilla War in the Holyland: A Memoir undated 39 20 Guerilla Warfare: Holyland undated 39 21 Hauptmann Was Guilty! undated 39 22 The Historic Jesus undated 39 23 Holylands 1967-1968 39 24 I Helped Kill a Greek Girl undated 39 25 I Killed a Greek Girl undated 39 26 The Illogic of Murder undated 39 27 Jesus in Flesh undated 39 28 Jet-Flight to Hellas 1946 39 29 The Jews, the Arabs, and I undated 39 30 Juror No. 3 undated 39 31 The Last Unicorn 1958 39 32 Let Us Face the Facts undated 39 33 Life on the Newspaper: Analysis and Memoirs 1967-1968 39 34 Luck undated 39 35 The Lusty Art of Bundling undated 39 36 Man and God undated 39 37 The Man in the Moon undated 39 38 Memoir of an Ordinary Man 1967 39 39 Memoirs of a Modern Mortal 1961, 1967 39 40 Memoirs of an Ordinary Mortal 1967 39 41 Mia Culpa 1958-1959 39 42 Miscellaneous Manuscripts 1940s-1960s 39 43 A Modern Confession 1961-1962 39 44 A Modern Life of Jesus undated 39 45 Modern Tale of an Average Chap 1963 39 46 The Murder of Shakespeare undated 40 1 The Murder of Sweet William undated 40 2 My Most Tragic Greek Woman undated 40 3 Naked Before God undated 40 4 Naked Before Jesus undated 40 5 The News as Literature 1961 40 6 The Newspaper: Analysis and Memoirs 1966-1967 40 7 The Newspaper: An Autobiographical Analysis undated 40 8 The Newspaper: An Autobiographical Study undated 40 9 The Newspaper as Literature undated 40 10 The Newspaperman undated 40 11 The Newspaperman: Analysis and Memoir 1966-1967 40 12 The Newspaperman: An Analytical Memoir undated 40 13 The Newspaperman: An Autobiographical Analysis undated 40 14 The Newspaperman: An Autobiographical Expose undated 40 15 The Newspaperman: An Autobiographical Memoir undated 40 16 The Newspaperman: An Expose undated 40 17 The Newspaperman: A Memoir 1966-1967 40 18 A Newspaperman’s Confession 1966-1967 40 19 A Newspaperman’s Memoir undated 40 20 A Newspaperman’s Testament: Autobiographical undated 40 21 Next 1965-1966 40 22 Nightly Hoots the Owl undated 40 23 Notes 1919 40 24 Now and Hereafter: Autobiographical Expose 1967 40 25 O, to be in England! (The Diary of a Post-War Holiday) 1946 40 26 One Yankee’s Search 1966-1967 40 27 An Ordinary Man’s Autobiography undated 40 28 Palestine or the Battleground undated 40 29 Past, Present, and Future undated 40 30 Peter’s Pilgrimage undated 40 31 Pillar of Salt 1966-1967 40 32-35 Poetry 1920s, circa 1947-1957, 1962, 1965, undated 40 36 The Pot Boils undated 40 37 Realities undated 40 38 A Reporter’s Holiday circa 1964 40 39 Retirement 1960s 40 40 The Retirement Problem circa 1964 40 41 Robinson, Nella, Memorial Services 1959 40 42 The Seven Trumpets: Autobiographical undated 41 1 The Seven Trumpets: War in the Holyland undated 41 2 The Seven Trumpets of War undated 41 3 Seven Trumpets Sound undated 41 4 Spanish Death undated 41 5 Speech, Re: Foreign Correspondent circa 1948-1949 41 6 The Tabloid as Literature undated 41 7 The Tale of a Common Man 1961-1962 41 8 The Tale of a Common Yankee undated 41 9 The Tale of a Modern Man 1968-1969 41 10 Tale of an Ordinary Man 1967 41 11 Tale of an Ordinary Mortal 1967 41 12 Tale of an Ordinary Yank 1968 41 13 The Temps of Hell 1958 41 14 They Buried Our Brook undated 41 15 Three Newspapermen undated 41 16 Touched undated 41 17 The Truth About Retirement undated 41 18-19 Unidentified Novel undated 41 20 Visas 1946 41 21 War in the Holyland: Autobiographical 1966-1967 41 22 Westport, Connecticut undated 41 23 What It’s Like to be a Foreign Correspondent undated 41 24 Whiskers undated 41 25 A Yank’s Quest 1959 41 26 Yankee Spy undated 41 27 The Yankee Yahoo 1958 41 28 A Yankee Journalist’s Chronicle undated 41 29 Studer, Clara, My Question Mr. Ambassador….. 1965 Series V. Photographic Materials circa 1872-1970 Subseries 1. Photographs circa 1872-1967