Jack Nelson papers

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Jack, 1929-2009

Publication/Creation:

1940-2011

Format:

Archival Material or Manuscripts

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Jack Nelson papers

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Sound recordings
Born digital
Video recordings (physical artifacts).
Photographs

Subjects:

Conrad, Paul,1924-2010
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Milledgeville State Hospital
United States.Federal Bureau of Investigation
Antisemitism--Mississippi--Meridian
Civil rights movements--Press coverage--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Jews--Mississippi--Meridian
Journalism
Journalists--Southern States
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
Press--United States

Description/Summary

Finding Aid:

Finding aid available electronically

Summary:

The collection consists of the papers of Jack Nelson from 1940-2011, including personal and professional papers, speeches and other writings, and subject files. Personal and professional papers contain awards, correspondence, photographs, and political cartoons. Correspondence is primarily in response to Nelson's published writings and television appearances. Photographs document Nelson's family, as well as his professional relationships and topics about which he wrote. Political cartoons are primarily by Paul Conrad. Speeches by Nelson are primarily about his experiences as a reporter during the Civil Rights Movement, his Pulitzer Prize-winning articles on the Milledgeville State Hospital (Georgia), freedom of the press, media ethics and credibility, and presidential politics. Other writings and subject files contain Nelson's newspaper clippings, research for his books, The Orangeburg Massacre and Terror in the Night, as well as statements before Congressional committees and an unpublished memoir. Research for Terror in the Night notably contains interviews with individuals involved in the Meridian, Mississippi, story, including Thomas A. Tarrants, III; Kathy Ainsworth; Al Binder; Sam Bowers; and Roy Moore; as well as Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) surveillance files for many of these individuals. Subject files also include documentation of the FBI's surveillance of Nelson and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's efforts to discredit Nelson's reporting on the organization.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Materials entirely in English.

Physical Type/Description:

17.25 linear feet (33 boxes, 2 oversized papers boxes and 1 oversized papers folder (OP), 1 oversized bound volume (OBV), 185MB of born digital material (124 files), and AV Masters: 3.75 linear feet (5 boxes))

Restrictions on Access:

Special restrictions apply: Use copies have not been made for audiovisual material in this collection. Researchers must contact the Rose Library at least two weeks in advance for access to these items. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to audiovisual material.
Special restrictions apply: Access to processed born digital materials is only available in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (the Rose Library).

Use and Reproduction:

Special restrictions apply: Researchers are not permitted to copy or download any digital files from the Rose Library computer workstations.

Organization and Arrangement:

Organized into 3 series: (1) Personal and professional papers, (2) Speeches, and (3) Other writings and subject files.

Biographical/Historical Note:

Jack Nelson (1929-2009), Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, was the Los Angeles Times Washington, D.C., bureau chief from 1975-1996, and the paper's chief Washington correspondent until his retirement in 2001. His first job as a reporter was for the Biloxi Daily Herald in the late 1940s. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Nelson reported on news all over the South and became known for breaking exclusive stories. In 1960, while working for the Atlanta Constitution, he won the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering abuse at a Milledgeville mental hospital. In 1964, the editor of the Los Angeles Times recruited Nelson to open the paper's Atlanta bureau. He is best known for his coverage of the murder of Viola Liuzzo, the Orangeburg Massacre, the F.B.I.'s use of agents provocateurs in Meridian, Mississippi, and the Watergate scandal. Nelson married second wife Barbara Matusow in 1974. He died in 2011.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990031855540302486

OCLC Number:

815754232

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