NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION RECORD
RG3682.AM: Herman, Dick, 1928-2015
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.: Journalist Papers: 1968-1974 Size: 2.0 cu.ft.; 4 boxes
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dick Herman was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 27, 1928. His family moved to Burlington, Iowa, in 1935. He attended public school and then went on to receive his B.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. He worked for various newspapers over the years, including the Davenport Times in Iowa, the Dodge City Daily Globe in Kansas, and the Scottsbluff Star-Herald and Sidney Telegraph in Nebraska. From 1957 until his retirement in 1993, Herman worked for the Lincoln Journal Star. Dick Herman died in Lincoln on October 28, 2015.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of four boxes of political memorabilia mostly relating to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in 1968 and 1972. The collection is divided into five series: 1) The Republicans, 1968; 2) The Democrats, 1968; 3) The Republicans, 1972; 4) The Democrats, 1972; and 5) Non-Convention Materials, 1970-1974.
DESCRIPTION
Series 1 - The Republicans, 1968 Box 1 Folder
1. Richard Nixon 2. Nelson Rockefeller 3. Rhodes, Romney, Reagan, Percy 4. Non-Commercial Convention material 5. Magazine Coverage - The Convention 6. Newspaper Coverage - The Convention 7. Miscellaneous 1968 material - Commercial interests, 8. Congressional Quarterly
Series 2 - The Democrats, 1968 Box 2 Folder
1. Eugene McCarthy 2. Robert Kennedy RG3682.AM: Herman, Dick, 1928-2015
3. Hubert Humphrey 4. Harold Stassen 5. Birch Bagh 6. Other Candidates (Edward Kennedy, Channing Phillips) 7. Protest Material - Youth International Party (Yippies) 8. Official Convention Material, 1968 9. Remarks by Richard Daley 10. Convention Literature 11. Press releases and copy 12. Dick Herman’s reports and by-laws 13. Convention (commercial) material 14. Major press coverage - magazines
Box 3 Folder
1. Major press coverage - newspapers 2. Major press coverage - newspapers
Series 3 - The Republicans, 1972
3. Nebraska State Convention, June 10, 1972 4. Republican newsletters 5. Richard M. Nixon, 1972 6. Official campaign programs and material 7. Protest material - minority reports 8. Political tricks Journalism - newspaper by Dick Tuck 9. Invitations Miami Indiana delegation newsletter
Series 4 - The Democrats, 1972 Box 4 Folder
1. George S. McGovern 2. Hubert H. Humphrey 3. Sam Yorty, P. Lucey 4. Official Convention Literature 5. Minority Platforms and Protest Plans 6. Press releases and copy 7. Miscellaneous Democratic Material - Preconvention and convention, resident requirements, convention handbook 8. Major media coverage - magazines 9. Major media coverage - newspapers
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Series 5 - Non-Convention Materials, 1970-1974
10. Governor’s race, 1970 11. Congressional and Senatorial elections, 1970 12. Constitutional Amendment #10, 1970 - State aid to private schools 13. Presidential visit to Lincoln, 1971 14. Miscellaneous pre 1972 material 15. State office seekers, 1972 16. Nebraska elections, 1974
Acc. 2015.0042
Portrait (copy) of Abraham Lincoln (see oversize)
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