Carl W. Ackerman papers
Contributors: Ackerman, John F., d. 1942; Ackerman, Robert V. (Robert VanderHoof); Ackerman, Mabel VanderHoof
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Correspondence; World War, 1914-1918; Freedom of the press; Columbia University. School of Journalism; Columbia University; Journalism; Philadelphia public ledger; Universities and colleges; History
Description: Correspondence, diaries, speeches, lectures, writings, notes, research material, family papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Ackerman's career as journalist and dean of Columbia University School of Journalism (1931-1956).  Other subjects include freedom of the press, World War I, the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and Siberia (1918-1919).  Family papers include correspondence and other material of John F. Ackerman, Robert V. Ackerman, and Mabel VanderHoof Ackerman.  Correspondents include Nicholas Murray Butler, William R. Castle, Kent Cooper, William Cullen Dennis, George Eastman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Frank Diehl Fackenthal, Douglas Southall Freeman, James W. Gerard, Edward Mandell House, Roy Wilson Howard, Arthur Krock, David Lawrence, Joseph Pulitzer, Ralph Pulitzer, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Notes: Open to research.

Classified, in part.

Gift and bequest, Carl Ackerman, 1959-1971.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division.

transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Journalist, educator, and public relations consultant.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.

Register published by the Library of Congress, 1973.