University of Wyoming
Blair Bolles was a journalist and writer during the twentieth century. From 1935 to 1944, Bolles was a writer for the "Washington Star". He served as a war correspondent for this newspaper in 1943-1944, covering World War II from Sweden. Bolles returned to the United States in 1944 and worked for the Foreign Policy Association (1944-1953). He moved to the "Toledo Blade" in 1953 and went on to serve as this newspaper's European Correspondent (1953-1957) and Associate Editor (1957-1959). Bolles was also an expert on United States politics and international diplomacy and wrote a number of books on these subjects during the 1950s and 1960s, including "Tyrant from Illinois" (1951) and "The Big Change in Europe" (1958).
Collection concerns Blair Bolles' career as a journalist and writer. It contains five scrapbooks; two of which concerning his work as a foreign correspondent for the "Washington Star" and "Toledo Blade", and the remaining three concern his books "Tyrant from Illinois", "How to Get Rich in Washington", and "The Big Change in Europe". The collection also holds correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, press releases, photographs, and press passes. A galley proof of Bolles' book "Men of Good Intentions" is found in this collection as well.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Blair Bolles at the date of processing.
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