National Press Club Archives

Finding Aid for the Fourth Estate Awards, 1973 - present

Finding aid prepared by Christina J. Hostetter

Summary Information

Creator: National Press Club Title: Fourth Estate Awards Inclusive Dates: 1973-2004 Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet Language: All materials are in English Repository: National Press Club Archives Accession Number: n/a Record Group: 6.17

Access and Use

Acquisition Information: Materials are acquired from the Fourth Estate Committee as they are made available. Access Restrictions: Open to researchers Copyright: National Press Club

History The Fourth Estate Awards were created by National Press Club President Donald Larrabee in 1973. The award, which is the Club's top honor, goes annually to an individual who has achieved distinction for a lifetime of contributions to American journalism.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series, paper files, video, and photographs. These files are arranged chronologically according to the award recipient.

Series 1: Paper Files Collection Scope and Content Note

Files contain correspondence, media clippings, guest lists, programs, and invitations. Most files contain transcripts of the award recipient’s speech. Some files originally contained photographs or video which has been re-filed with in their respective series. Paper files are described to the folder level. Individual items within those files are not listed.

Box List

Box Contents 1 [Years 1973-1983] 1 Founder—Larrabee, Donald 1 1973—Cronkite, Walter 1 1973—Cronkite, Walter [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1973 – Cronkite, Walter [photocopies of photographs] 1 1973—Cronkite, Walter [Correspondence, Reports: 8/20-11/2/73] 1 1974—Reston, James [Correspondence, Reports: 2/27-7/15/74] 1 1975—Strout, Richard [Correspondence, Reports: 6/10/75-10/22/75] 1 1976—Knight, John S. [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1976—Knight, John S. [Correspondence, Reports: 9/10-10/21/76] 1 1977—Block, Herbert [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1977—Block, Herbert [Correspondence, Reports: 8/29-12/7/77] 1 1977 – Block, Herbert [photocopies of photographs & cartoons] 1 1978—Royster, Vermont Connecticut [Correspondence, Reports: 3/31/78-12/14/78] 1 1978—Royster, Vermont Connecticut [Printed Materials, Transcripts] 1 1979—Kirkpatrick, Clayton [Correspondence, Reports: 1/31/79-1/4/80] 1 1979—Kirkpatrick, Clayton [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1980—White, Theodore H. [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1980—White, Theodore H. [Correspondence, Clips] 1 1981—Williams, Nick [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1981—Williams, Nick [Correspondence, Clips] 1 1982—Booker, Simeon [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1982—Booker, Simeon [Correspondence, Clips] 1 1983—Sevareid, Eric [Printed Material, Transcripts] 1 1983—Sevareid, Eric [Correspondence, Clips] Box 2 2 [Years 1984-1995] 2 1984—Thomas, Helen [Printed Material, Transcripts] 2 1984—Thomas, Helen [Correspondence, Clips] 2 1985—Lewis, Flora [Printed Material, Transcripts] 2 1985—Lewis, Flora [Correspondence, Clips] 2 1986—Buchwald, Art 2 1987—Brinkley, David Box Contents 2 1988—Broder, David 2 1989—Baker, Russell 2 1990—Royko, Mike 2 1991—Arnett, Peter [photocopies of photographs] 2 1992—Tames, George 2 1993—Roberts, Gene 2 1994—Kuralt, Charles 2 1995—Povich, Shirley Box 3 3 [Years 1996-current] 3 1996—MacDowell, Charles 3 1997—Perry, James 3 1998—McGrory, Mary 3 1999—Rowan, Carl T. 3 2000—Germond, Jack W. 3 2001—Novak, Robert D. 3 2002—Lamb, Brian 3 2003—Brokaw, Tom 3 2004—Raspberry, William 3 2005 – Kiplinger, Austin

Series 2: Photographs Collection Scope and Content Note

Files contain photographs of the Fourth Estate dinner and the award recipients. Photographs of the award winners are on display in the hall outside the Fourth Estate Restaurant. Not all of those photographs on display have a copy in the archives. All photographs located in the archives are arranged chronologically. If no photograph is listed for a particular recipient then the photograph is on display in the club. After 2003 photographs were taken and stored digitally with one print on display in the club.

Photographers and copyright holders are noted in parenthesis. In some cases there is no photographer identified.

Box List

Box Photo # Description 1 1 Head shot of Walter Cronkite - ca. 1973 (CBS News) 1 2 Photo of plaque received by Walter Cronkite - 1973 1 3 Walter Cronkite on the telephone - ca. 1973 (CBS News) 1 4 Walter Cronkite reporting in the snow - ca. 1973 (CBS News) 1 5 Walter Cronkite speaking at the Fourth Estate Dinner – 1973 (U.S. News Service) 1 6 Walter Cronkite and Katherine Graham at the National Press Club – 1973 (U.S. News Service) 1 7 James Reston, photocopy only (original given to Stan Jennings & assumed missing) 1 8 Head shot of Richard Strout - ca. 1975 1 9 Richard Strout holding his Fourth Estate plaque - 1975 (Susan Bowser) 1 10 Fourth Estate plaque for John S. Knight – 1976 1 11 John Knight and Katherine Graham – 1976 (Stan Jennings) 1 12 Vermont Royster & Frank Aukofer – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 13 James Kilpatrick, Elizabeth Drew, & Vermont Royster – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 14 Mr. & Mrs. Murray J. Gart, Vermont Royster & Frances Royster – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 15 George Herman, Vermont Royster, & Herb Block – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 16 James Reston & Vermont Royster – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 17 Sidney Epstein & Frances Royster – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 18 G. William Miller, Vermont Royster, & Frances Royster – 1978 (Stan Jennings) 1 19 The Kirkpatrick Family – 1979 (Ray Cassidy) 1 20 Fourth Estate plaque presented to Clayton Kirkpatrick – 1979 1 21 Clayton Kirkpatrick & Arthur Wiese – 1979 (Ray Cassidy) Box Photo # Description 1 22 Clayton Kirkpatrick unveiling Chicago Tribune mat – 1979 (Stan Jennings) 1 23 Clayton Kirkpatrick at his desk – 1979 1 24 Fourth Estate Award Dinner overhead shot – 1979 (Ray Cassidy) 1 25 Mr. & Mrs. Murray J. Gart and Theodore White – 1980 (Stan Jennings) 1 26 Mr. & Mrs. Drew Von Bergen, David Dear, & Mr. & Mrs. Theodore White – 1980 (Stan Jennings) 1 27 Murray J. Gart & Mr. & Mrs. Theodore White – 1980 (Stan Jennings) 1 28 Mr. & Mrs. Theodore White with Donald Larrabee – 1980 (Ray Cassidy) 1 29 Nick B. Williams, Herb Block, & Joseph Slevin – 1981 (Stan Jennings) 1 30 Nick B. Williams and Joseph Slevin – 1981 (Stan Jennings) 1 31 Simeon Booker, Vivian Vahlberg, & Joseph Slevin – 1982 (Berny Krug) 1 32 Simeon Booker & Glenn Loury – 1982 (Stan Jennings) 1 33 Eric Sevareid giving his speech at the Fourth Estate Awards dinner – 1983 (Martin Kuhn) 1 34 Mr. & Mrs. Sevareid – 1983 (Martin Kuhn) 1 35 Overhead shot of one of the dining tables for Eric Sevareid’s Fourth Estate Award dinner – 1983 1 36 Helen Thomas greeting James Brady and his wife – 1984 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 37 Helen Thomas with NPC President John Fogarty – 1984 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 38 John Fogarty with cartoon of Helen Thomas – 1984 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 39 Abigail Van Buren – 1984 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 40 Abigail Van Buren and Helen Thomas – 1984 (Stan Jennings) 1 41 Head shot of Abigail Van Buren – 1984 1 42 Flora Lewis & Helen Thomas – 1985 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 43 Flora Lewis head shot – n.d. 1 44 Flora Lewis with cartoon of herself – 1985 (Marshal H. Cohen) 1 45 Donald Larrabee acknowledging the crowd – 1985 (Marshal H. Cohen) 1 46 John Fogarty, Helen Thomas, Zbigniew Brezinski, Flora Lewis – 1985 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 47 Flora Lewis & David Hess – 1985 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 48 Martin Tolchin, Donald Larrabee, Flora Lewis, & David Hess – 1985 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 49 Seth Payne and Art Buchwald – 1986 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 50 Art Buchwald & Mary Kay Quinlan – 1986 (Marshall H. Cohen)

Box Photo # Description 1 51 Don & Mary Beth Larrabee, Robert Novak, & Sally Quinn – 1986 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 52 Mary Kay Quinlan, Jack Valenti, Mrs. Buchwald, Ben Bradlee – 1986 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 53 Joseph Slevin and Art Buchwald – 1986 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 54 David Brinkley and other – 1987 (Stan Jennings) 1 55 Andrew Mollison and David Brinkley – 1987 (Stan Jennings) 1 56 Caricature of David Brinkley – 1987 1 57 Eric Sevareid with Judy Grande and Cheryl Brown at the Fourth Estate Award Diner for Russell Baker – 1989 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 58 Russell Baker with NPC President Peter Holmes – 1989 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 59 Russell Baker – 1989 (Bill Aller, NY Times Studio) 1 60 Head shot of Mike Royko – ca. 1990 1 61 Head shot of Peter Arnett – ca. 1991 1 62 Color CNN screenshot of Peter Arnett reporting from Baghdad, Iraq – 1991 1 63 Black and white CNN screenshot of Peter Arnett reporting from Baghdad, Iraq – 1991 1 64 Screenshot of CNN Live with Peter Arnett reporting from Baghdad, Iraq – 1991 1 65 Screenshot of Bernard Shaw, John Holliman, & Peter Arnett reporting from Baghdad, Iraq – 1991 1 66 Lou Boccardi, Peter Arnett, David Halberstam – 1991 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 67 Peter Arnett addressing the attendees of the Fourth Estate Awards Diner – 1991 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 68 NPC President Kathryn Kahler and Peter Arnett – 1991 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 69 Promotional shot of George Thames – ca. 1992 1 70 Senator Patrick Leahy roasts George Thames at the Fourth Estate Awards Dinner – 1992 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 71 George Thames in the snow by the U.S. Capitol – n.d. 1 72 Charles Kuralt and Gil Klien – 1994 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 73 Bill Moyers, Charles Kuralt, Gil Klein, Edwin Yoder, Calvin Trillon, Andy Rooney – 1994 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 74 Shirley Povich and Monroe “Bud” Karmin – 1995 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 75 Charles McDowell – 1996 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 76 James Perry and Richard Sammon – 1997 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 77 Martin Kuhn, Martha Lockwood, & John Metelsky – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 78 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Cronkite, Mary McGrory, Katherine Graham, & Ted Kennedy – 1998 (Christy Bowe)

Box Photo # Description 1 79 Mr. & Mrs. Walter Cronkite and Mary McGrory – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 80 The band that performed at the awards dinner – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 81 Ted Kennedy and Paula Thompson – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 82 Katherine Graham, Ted & Vicki Kennedy – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 83 Ambassador of Ireland & Mary McGrory – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 84 Katherine Graham, Mary McGrory, & Doug Harbrecht – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 85 Col. Ernest Miller and Mary McGrory – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 86 Russell Baker and Mary McGrory – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 87 Martha Lockwood, Martin Kuhn, & Don Larrabee – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 88 Mary McGrory & her nephew – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 89 Doug Harbrecht & Mary McGrory – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 90 Richard Sammon, Elizabeth (?), & Clayton Boyce – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 91 Senator McCarthy & Roger Mudd – 1998 (Christy Bowe) 1 92 Carl T. Rowan with Donald Larrabee – 1999 (John Metelsky) 1 93 Carl T. Rowan with Larry Lipman – 1999 (John Metelsky) 1 94 Carl T. Rowan with Larry Lipman (large) – 1999 (John Metelsky) 1 95 Jack Cushman, Barbara Larrabee, Don Larrabee, & Larry Lipman – 2000 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 96 Jack Germond and Jayne Ikard – 2000 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 97 Jack Germond and Nina Totenberg – 2000 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 98 Jack Germond and Jack Cushman – 2000 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 99 Jack and Alice Germond – 2000 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 100 Robert Novak and Richard Ryan – 2001 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 101 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Novak with Donald and Barbara Larrabee – 2001 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 102 Art Buchwald congratulates Robert Novak – 2001 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 103 Helen Thomas, Robert Novak, & Judy Woodruff – 2001 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 104 Joseph di Genova sings the “Lord’s Prayer” to Robert Novak – 2001 (Marshall H. Cohen) 1 105 NPC President Tammy Lytle, Frank Aukofer, & Tom Brokaw – 2003 (John Metelsky) Series 3: Video Collection Scope and Content Note

The video collection housed in the archives contains footage for most of the Fourth Estate Award Dinners from 1980 to present. Copies of the footage not available in the National Press Club Archives for the years 1981, 1982, and 2002 are available through C-SPAN. There seems to be no film footage of the Fourth Estate Awards Dinners before 1980.

Cabinet Drawer Description 1 2 Theodore White – December 18, 1980 1 2 Eric Sevareid – March 6, 1983 1 2 Helen Thomas – December 5, 1984 1 2 Flora Lewis – December 19, 1985 1 2 Art Buchwald – December 4, 1986 1 2 David Brinkley – December 9, 1987 1 2 David Broder – November 29, 1988 1 2 Russell Baker – November 9, 1989 1 2 Mike Royko – November 8, 1990 1 2 Peter Arnett – November 14, 1991 1 2 George Thames – November 10, 1992 1 2 Eugene Roberts – November 11, 1993 1 2 Charles Kuralt – November 1, 1994 1 2 Shirley Povich – November 8, 1995 1 2 Charles McDowell – November 7, 1996 1 2 Jim Perry – October 30, 1997 1 2 Mary McGrory – November 5, 1998 1 2 Carl Rowan – November 4, 1999 1 2 Jack Germond – November 16, 2000 1 2 Robert Novak – November 15, 2001 1 2 Tom Brokaw – November 19, 2003 1 2 William Raspberry – November 11, 2004 1 2 Austin Kiplinger – November 10, 2005