University of Wyoming
Anthony Hart Harrigan Jr. (b. 1925), a conservative writer and lecturer, was associate editor of the Charleston, South Carolina "News and Courier" from 1957-1970. He was vice-president and later president of the United States Business and Industrial Council between 1970-1990 and president of the United States Industrial Council Educational Foundation from 1978 until his retirement in 1990. He wrote a syndicated newspaper column "Sensing the News" and lectured widely on issues including social and economic problems, international politics, foreign policy, and international trade.
Harrigan was the grandson of actor and playwright Edward Harrigan, son of physician Anthony Hart Harrigan Sr., and nephew of Nedda Harrigan Logan, wife of motion picture producer and director Joshua Logan. He married Elizabeth Ravenel in 1950.
Collection includes professional correspondence (ca. 1950-1990); personal correspondence of Harrigan and Ravenel family members (1838-2006); speeches; "Sensing the News" columns and audiotapes; manuscripts; diaries; scrapbooks; photographs; articles by Harrigan and others; newspaper clippings; reports; scrapbooks, chiefly of Harrigan and Ravenal families and Edward Harrigan theatrical performances; poetry; financial documents; and miscellaneous other materials. Harrigan's professional correspondents include Presidents Nixon and Reagan, senators, cabinet members, military leaders, political commentators, and prominent conservatives.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Anthony Harrigan at the date of accessioning.
This material was received from Anthony H. Harrigan from 1972-2010.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Anthony Harrigan Papers Collection Number 04069, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
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