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Ben Bradlee

“A Frightening Time in Our History”: Public reaction to the Pentagon Papers

December 5, 2017 - Ancelyn Krivak

In recent weeks, two separate films have depicted the career of the late Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee. The HBO documentary The Newspaperman, which premiered December 4, tells Bradlee’s story through a combination of interviews and archival footage. [Read more…] about “A Frightening Time in Our History”: Public reaction to the Pentagon Papers

Filed Under: Featured1, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Ben Bradlee, Benjamin C. Bradlee Papers, literature, Pentagon Papers, Sound Recordings Collection, Washington Post

Meet the Staff: Q&A with Director of Development Margie Rine

April 4, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Margie Rine portrait

Since coming to the Ransom Center in 2008, Margie Rine has significantly contributed to the Center’s development efforts. [Read more…] about Meet the Staff: Q&A with Director of Development Margie Rine

Filed Under: Meet the Staff Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, Ben Bradlee, Billy Collins, Colm Toibin, development, donations, donors, Ed Ruscha, endowments, Fellowships, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gone with the Wind, Grants, internships, Kate O’Toole, Mad Men, Margie Rine, Matthew Weiner, Meet the Staff, Michael Ondaatje, Peter O’Toole, philanthropy, Robert De Niro, Sally Quinn, Ted Kooser, World of Wonders

Stop the presses: Benjamin C. Bradlee papers open for research

February 14, 2017 - Ancelyn Krivak

Ben Bradlee in his office at The Washington Post with Katharine Graham, Patrick Tyler, and Boisfeuillet Jones Jr., 1983.

The papers of Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee are now open for research at the Harry Ransom Center.

[Read more…] about Stop the presses: Benjamin C. Bradlee papers open for research

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts Tagged With: A Good life, acquisition, Acquisitions, Ben Bradlee, Ben Bradlee Papers, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, editor, Finding Aid, Harvard Grant Study, How to Read a Newspaper, John F. Kennedy, journalism, Katharine Graham, news, newspaper, newsroom, Newsweek, Pentagon Papers, reporter, The Washington Post, Washington, Watergate

Recent acquisitions

October 15, 2015 - Harry Ransom Center

Poet, translator, and editor Miller Williams (1930–2015) is known for writing poetry in plainspoken language that captured meaning in everyday experiences. The Ransom Center recently acquired his archive, which documents the career and writings of this influential American poet. [Read more…] about Recent acquisitions

Filed Under: Cataloging Tagged With: acquisition, acquistions, archives, Ben Bradlee, collections, Harry Ransom Center, John Jones, Miller Williams

Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee’s Archive Donated

June 3, 2015 - Jennifer Tisdale

Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham with reporters Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, editor Howard Simons discuss the Watergate story in Post managing editor Benjamin C. Bradlee in Bradlee's office at the Washington Post, April, 1973.

The archive of Ben Bradlee (1921-2014), former editor of The Washington Post, has been donated to the Ransom Center.

Bradlee presided over the Post — first as managing editor and then as executive editor — and led the paper through the publication of the Pentagon Papers and coverage of the Watergate scandal. Under his leadership, the Post earned 17 Pulitzer Prizes and a reputation for excellence in investigative reporting.

[Read more…] about Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee’s Archive Donated

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching Tagged With: acquisition, Acquisitions, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Fellowships, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, journalism, Katharine Graham, Lillian Hellman, Newsweek, Pentagon Papers, Philip Graham, Richard Nixon, Sally Quinn, Washington Post, Watergate, Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers

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