Meg Greenfield Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2010 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011109 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm2005085207 Prepared by Margaret McAleer and Heather F. Ball with the assistance of Tracey Barton, Thomas Bigley, Carolyn Ray, and Tammi Taylor Collection Summary Title: Meg Greenfield Papers Span Dates: 1890-1999 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1952-1999) ID No.: MSS85207 Creator: Greenfield, Meg Extent: 35,000 items ; 102 containers plus 4 oversize and electronic files ; 46 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Editor and journalist. Correspondence, speeches and writings, research files, interview transcripts, memoranda, minutes, reports, calendars and schedules, cartoons, financial and legal records, travel files, academic records, biographical material, honors and awards, childhood diaries and writings, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and electronic files documenting Greenfield's career in journalism. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971--Correspondence. Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989--Correspondence. Ascoli, Max, 1898-1978. Baker, Nancy Kassebaum, 1932- --Correspondence. Baker, Russell, 1925- --Correspondence. Ball, George W.--Correspondence. Barry, Marion, 1936-2014--Interviews. Beaton, Leonard--Correspondence. Beschloss, Michael R. Bradlee, Benjamin C. Buckley, Christopher, 1952- --Correspondence. Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008--Correspondence. Buffett, Warren--Correspondence. Bush, George, 1924- --Correspondence. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- --Interviews. Ceaușescu, Nicolae--Interviews. Chapman, Bruce Kerry, 1940- --Correspondence. Denton, Jeremiah A., Jr. (Jeremiah Andrew), 1924-2014--Interviews. Downie, Leonard. Ellsberg, Daniel--Correspondence. Ephron, Nora--Correspondence. Farrakhan, Louis--Interviews. Gates, Bill, 1955- --Correspondence. Gates, Melinda, 1964- --Correspondence. Gates, William H.--Correspondence. Gottlieb, Robert, 1931- --Correspondence. Graham, Donald E., 1945- Greenfield family--Correspondence. Greenfield family. Greenfield, Jim, 1928-1973--Correspondence. Greenfield, Lewis J. (Lewis James)--Correspondence. Greenfield, Lorraine Nathan, -1942--Correspondence. Greenfield, Lorraine Nathan, -1942. Meg Greenfield Papers 2 Greenfield, Meg. Greenfield, Meg. Washington. 2001. Iklé, Fred Charles--Correspondence. Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007--Correspondence. Jordan, Hamilton--Interviews. Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998--Correspondence. Keith, Slim, 1917-1990--Correspondence. King, Larry L.--Correspondence. Kristol, Irving--Correspondence. Lehrer, James--Correspondence. Lemann, Nicholas--Correspondence. Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904-1971--Trials, litigation, etc. Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013--Correspondence. Loeb, Richard A., 1905-1936--Trials, litigation, etc. Marks, Anne W., 1922-2006--Correspondence. McGrory, Mary, 1918-2004--Correspondence. Mondale, Walter F., 1928- --Interviews. Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003--Correspondence. Nathan family--Correspondence. Nathan family. Shultz, George Pratt, 1920- --Interviews. Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. Webster, William H.--Interviews. Weinberger, Caspar W.--Interviews. Wexler, Anne L., 1930-2009--Correspondence. Wexler, Anne L., 1930-2009--Interviews. Wicker, Tom--Correspondence. Will, George F.--Correspondence. Organizations Pulitzer Prize Board (Columbia University) Smith College. United States. Congress. University of Cambridge. Subjects American newspapers--Washington (D.C.) American periodicals. Civil rights. Editorials. Journalism--United States. Journalism--Washington (D.C.) Political culture--United States. Political planning. Politicians--United States--Social life and customs. Presidents--United States--Election--1956. Pulitzer Prizes. Science and state--United States. Trials (Murder)--Illinois--Cook County. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Places New York (State)--Politics and government--20th century. Rome (Italy)--Social life and customs. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. Meg Greenfield Papers 3 United States--Politics and government--20th century. Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs. Titles Newsweek. Reporter (New York, 1949- ) Washington post. Occupations Editors. Journalists. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Meg Greenfield, editor and journalist, were given to the Library of Congress by her estate in 2000 and received between 2005 and 2007. Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Sound recordings and films have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Two cartoons have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Meg Greenfield Papers. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Meg Greenfield in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for further information. Access and Restrictions Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions. In addition, many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Electronic Format Electronic files were received as part of the papers of Meg Greenfield. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for more information. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Meg Greenfield Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1930, Dec. 27 Born Mary Ellen Greenfield, Seattle, Wash. 1952 B. A., Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1952-1953 Fulbright scholar, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England 1956 Director of research, New York state headquarters, Adlai E. Stevenson presidential campaign Meg Greenfield Papers 4 1957-1968 Researcher (1957-1960), Washington correspondent (1961-1965), and Washington editor and bureau chief (1965-1968), Reporter magazine 1968 Employed briefly by Harper's Magazine 1968-1999 Editorial writer (1968-1970), deputy editor (1970-1979), and editor (1979-1999) of the editorial page, Washington Post 1974-1999 Columnist, Newsweek 1978 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing 1999, May 13 Died, Washington, D.C. 2001 Posthumous publication of Washington. New York: Public Affairs Scope and Content Note The papers of Mary Ellen Greenfield (1930-1999) span the years 1890-1999, with the bulk of material dating from 1952 to 1999. The papers contain personal and professional correspondence, speeches and writings, research files, interview transcripts, memoranda, minutes, reports, calendars and schedules, cartoons, financial and legal records, travel files, academic records, biographical material, honors and awards, childhood diaries and writings, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and electronic files documenting her career in journalism as Washington correspondent and editor for Reporter magazine (1961-1968), editorial writer and editor of the Washington Post editorial page (1968-1999), and columnist for Newsweek (1974-1999). The collection is in English and is arranged in seven series: Personal and Family Papers, General Correspondence, Professional Activities File, Speeches and Writings, Subject File, Oversize, and Electronic Files. The Personal and Family Papers series is arranged in two parts. Family papers encompass Greenfield's correspondence with her parents, Lewis J. and Lorraine Nathan Greenfield; her brother, Jim Greenfield; and other members of the Greenfield and Nathan families. Much of the correspondence, particularly with her father and brother, evinces a family humor that, according to Greenfield, influenced her professional writing. Additional letters between Greenfield, her father, and brother can be found among personal papers from her years at Smith College and University of Cambridge and during her European travels in the 1950s. Most of Greenfield's letters to her mother, who died when Greenfield was twelve, were written as a young child. Lewis J. Greenfield's papers include a small amount of material relating to his auction house in Seattle. Lorraine Nathan Greenfield's papers feature items pertaining to her testimony at the murder trial of Nathan Freudenthal Leopold and Richard A. Loeb in 1924. Included is a transcript of her testimony about her friendship with Loeb, a letter from defense attorney Clarence Darrow, and an article about the trial written by Meg Greenfield in 1982. Housed in the Oversize series is a scrapbook created by Lorraine Greenfield at a school in Connecticut where she was sent by her family soon after the trial. The family papers also contain genealogical material and family photographs. Personal papers provide biographical information and documentation