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Bartholomew
Bartholomew, Frank H.
Frank H. Bartholomew
Collection
1983-1985
1983
0.03 cubic foot
1 box
The Frank H. Bartholomew Collection
consists of page proofs of Bartholomew's autobiography,
Bart, Memoirs of Frank H. Bartholomew and
correspondence related to the book. Bartholomew attended Oregon
Agricultural College in 1918-1919 and was President of United Press
International from 1955 to 1972.
Materials
in
English.
Biographical Note:
Frank H. Bartholomew attended Oregon Agricultural College in the
1918-1919 academic year as a freshman in commerce and a member of the
Student Army Training Corps (SATC). Bartholomew began his journalism
career after graduating from high school as a reporter for the
Oregonian in Portland. In 1921 he became
reporter for the United Press in Portland. He was an award-winning war
correspondent and served as an executive from 1955 to 1972 of the United
Press and, after its merger with the International News Service, of United
Press International. He retired in 1979 and died in California in
1985.
George E. McCadden was a colleague and friend of Bartholomew and
collaborated on the autobiography.
The Frank H. Bartholomew Collection consists of page proofs of
Bartholomew's autobiography,
Bart, Memoirs of Frank H. Bartholomew, a
handwritten index, and correspondence related to the book. The page proofs
include materials edited from the final manuscript by Bartholomew's wife.
A letter from McCadden in the collection provides background information.
The page proofs include a description of Bartholomew's student experience
at Oregon Agricultural College.
Collection is open for research.
Frank H. Bartholomew Collection, Oregon State University Archives,
Corvallis, Oregon.
The materials were donated to the American Heritage Center at the
University of Wyoming in 1991 by George E. McCadden.
The materials were transferred from the American Heritage Center at the
University of Wyoming in 2007.
McCadden, George E.
Oregon
Agricultural College--Students.
United Press
International--Biography.
Journalists--United
States--Biography.
Military
education--Oregon--Corvallis.
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