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Finding aid created by: [Summit record]
Date: 2001-01-01
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| 21 Jan 2008 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Lewis, Fulton, 1936- |
| Title: | Fulton Lewis III Papers |
| Dates: | 1947-1967 |
| Quantity: | 2.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American journalist, son of broadcast and print journalist Fulton Lewis (1903-1966). Correspondence (1966-1967); manuscripts (1966); published material, principally newsletters (1966-1967). |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Fulton Lewis III (1936-) is an American journalist, son of broadcast and print journalist Fulton Lewis (1903-1966). Among other achievements, he covered numerous conflicts in Vietnam, Biafra, Rhodesia, and elsewhere, and served as Director of Research for the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. Retired in the 1980s, he now (2008) owns and operates a database services company in Florida.
The Fulton Lewis III Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, and published material.
Correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, includes fan mail as well as general correspondence. Subject files consists of lists, menus, and student papers and reports. Manuscripts includes columns and commercials as well as manuscripts of radio broadcasts. Published material contains newsletters written by Lewis and some weekly newspapers of others.
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; fan mail is placed separately at the end of the series. Subject files are arranged alphabetically by topic. Manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by type of material; within that, radio scripts are arranged chronologically. Published material is arranged alphabetically by title.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Fulton Lewis Jr. Papers.
Persons
Lewis, Fulton, 1936-
Subjects
Broadcast journalism -- United States.
Journalism.
Journalists -- United States.
Radio journalism -- United States.
Radio journalists -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Occupations
Journalists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Fulton Lewis III Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence
Subject files
Manuscripts
Published material
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | A-H 1966, 1967 (6 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hoover, J. Edgar 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hunt, H. L. 1966, 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | I-Z, unidentified 1966, 1967 (7 folders) | ||||||||||
| Fan mail | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1965-1966 Sep (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | 1966 Oct-1967 Dec (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Undated, circa 1966-1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Condolences on death of Fulton Lewis, Jr. 1966 (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Outgoing 1966, 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Of others 1966 | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Lists 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Menus 1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Student papers and reports 1948, 1955 | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Columns | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Commercials | ||||||||||
| Radio broadcasts | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Top of the News 1966, Aug-Oct - original typescripts | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Top of the News 1966, Nov-Dec - original typescripts and carbons | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Newsletters by Fulton Lewis III | |||||||||||
| Box 5 | Exclusive 1966 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | The Top of the News 1967 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Weekly newspapers by others 1967 | ||||||||||