University of Wyoming
Interviews of Lewis Weeks -- audio cassette tapes.
Interview of James Daniel by Hugh Downs, 1969 -- phonograph record.
James Manly Daniel was a journalist and a writer for the "Reader's Digest" in the 1960s and 1970s, during the time when DeWitt Wallace was still active in the Reader's Digest Association which he had created. Daniel was also 'Roving Editor' for "Reader's Digest" in the 1980s. He was the ghost writer for "A Lifelong Love Affair: the Memoirs of Lewis G. Weeks" (1978).
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.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by James Manly Daniel at the date of processing.
Partial finding aid available in repository.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list.