George William Healy, Jr. Collection, 1921-1976 (bulk 1960-1976)
MUM00224
MUM00224
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Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Healy, George W. (George William), 1905-1980
- Title
- George William Healy, Jr. Collection
- ID
- MUM00224
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1960-1976
- Date [inclusive]
- 1921-1976
- Extent
- 4.0 Linear feet (8 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Abstract
- The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, periodicals, and miscellaneous other documents of George W. Healy, Jr., longtime editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and an active participant in the national political and cultural scene.
Preferred Citation
George William Healy, Jr. Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
George William Healy, Jr. was born in Natchez, Miss., 22 September 1905. Healy worked for several Natchez newspapers while a student at the University of Mississippi. He began working as a reporter at the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 1926 and eventually worked his way up to editor of the paper, from which post he retired in 1972. Healy also served as director of the Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation.
Healy held several government-related posts during World War II. He was Special Representative for the U. S. Office of Censorship, 1941-1942; a consultant, Office of War Information, 1943; and director, Office of War Information domestic branch, 1944-1945. Healy was personally acquainted with several presidents, notably Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, and John F. Kennedy.
He was the author of an autobiography, A Lifetime on Deadline: Self-Portrait of a Southern Journalist (1976).
Healy died 2 November 1980 in New Orleans.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, clippings, periodicals, and miscellaneous other documents of George W. Healy, Jr.
Correspondence comes from a wide variety of sources, including some prominent political and cultural figures.
Notable correspondents include:
Spiro Agnew
James Byrnes
Tom C. Clark
Joan Crawford
Harry S. Dent
James Forrestal
George Gallup
Herbert Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Edward, the Duke of Windsor
Photographs include signed images of the following:
Dorothy Dix
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by content.
Series 1: Alphabetical Correspondence
Series 3: Manuscripts by Healy
Series 5: Unprocessed Material
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries September 2012
Access Restrictions
The George William Healy, Jr. Collection is open for research. Collection photographs are stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection's photographs must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Acquisition Information
Donated by George W. Healy III in 1982
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid created by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2012.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Times-picayune -- History
- United States. Office of War Information -- History
- University of Mississippi -- Alumni and alumnae
Genre(s)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- magazines (periodicals
- manuscripts for publication
- photographs
Personal Name(s)
- Healy, George W. (George William), 1905-1980
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Correspondence
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Correspondence
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Friends and associates
Subject(s)
- Newspaper editors -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Presidents -- United States
Collection Inventory
Series 1. Alphabetical Correspondence |
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1.1 Correspondence: A ArrangementThis series of correspondence is organized alphabetically by last name of the sender. |
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1.2 Correspondence: B |
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1.3 Correspondence: C |
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1.4 Correspondence: D-E |
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1.5 Correspondence: F |
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1.6 Correspondence: G |
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1.7 Correspondence: H-K |
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1.8 Correspondence: L |
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1.9 Correspondence: M |
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1.10 Correspondence: N-Q |
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1.11 Correspondence: R |
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1.12 Correspondence: S |
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1.13 Correspondence: T |
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1.14 Correspondence: V-Y |
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1.15 Correspondence: Miscellaneous |
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Series 2. Subject FilesScope and Content NoteEach folder in this series contains correspondence and miscellaneous other documents about a certain topic. |
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3.1 Energy Policy |
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3.2 Attorneys General |
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3.3 Impact of H. R. 9132 |
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3.4 Environment |
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3.5 Offshore, Miscellaneous, Perfunctory Replies |
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3.6 Offshore, Non-Government (U.S.), Favorable |
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3.7 Offshore, Miscellaneous, Favorable or Arguable |
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3.8 Governor McKeithen |
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3.9 Offshore Mississippi M.C.S |
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3.10 Fisheries |
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3.11 1974 Correspondence |
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3.12 White House |
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3.13 Miscellaneous |
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Series 3. Manuscripts by Healy |
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5.1 D-Day and Operation Victor; A Lifetime on Deadline |
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5.2 A Lifetime on Deadline |
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Series 4. Oversize Materials |
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Box 2 Miscellaneous oversize material |
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Contains a medal with the image of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with the words “President Eisenhower’s Good Will Tour of Latin America 1960, In Commemoration” on the front, and the words “Covered on the Spot by WRUL-Worldwide Broadcasting” and “The President’s Route, February 22- March 6” on the back, along with an image of Latin America and the route Eisenhower took; a picture of Richard Nixon’s family; a card with the words “The American Ambassador and Mr. Luce at home, Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30- 8:30 PM o’clock, Villa Taverna, Viale G. Rossini, No. 5”; a letter to George W. Healy, Jr. from Lyndon B. Johnson, dated 29 September 1964; a letter to George W. Healy, Jr. from Richard Nixon, dated 16 November 1962. |
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Box 4 Miscellaneous oversize material |
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Contains an article about George W. Healy, Jr., entitled “Baptist Public Relations Group to Meet in N. O.”; sheet music for “The Mardi Gras Waltz”; letters to George W. Healy, Jr. from Gertrude Lee and Stanton Griffis; a menu from “Trip of the President, May 20 1972”; a letter to George W. Healy, Jr. from Herbert G. Klein; a program from the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association from 13 November 1961; and a framed photograph of George W. Healy, Jr. |
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Series 5. Unprocessed Material |
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Box 6 Clippings, periodicals, and miscellaneous other papers |
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Box 7 Unprocessed material |
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Copies of two letters from Richard Nixon, 3 September 1959 and 29 June 1972, re: trips to Moscow taken by Nixon and Healy |
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Scrapbook containing clippings from the Natchez Democrat, 1920s; sheet music for the song "Oh! Mother I'm Wild" by Howard Johnson, Harry Pease, and Eddie Nelson; and photocopies of letters received by Healy while a student at the University of Mississippi |
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Copies of "Mission with Nixon" and "Mission with Nixon II" , accounts of Healy's 1959 and 1972 trips to Russia with Richard Nixon Scope and Content NoteOriginally published serially in the Times-Picayune, the accounts here are bound in magazine form. |
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Scattered copies of New Orleans Magazine, 1970s |
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Miscellaneous other documents |
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Series 6. Photographs |
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103.1 Signed photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, inscribed to George Healy |
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103.2 Newspaper photograph of Fidel Castro, Rufo Lopez Presquet (Cuban minister of the treasury), and George W. Healy, on the occasion of Castro's speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 17 April 1959 Scope and Content NoteHealy was then president of the ASNE. |
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103.3 Lyndon B. Johnson giving a speech behind a lectern bearing the Presidential seal Scope and Content NoteHealy appears third from left in Johnson's row. |
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103.4 George Healy and his wife with Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon at an unidentified formal event |
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103.5 Healy with Clementine (Mrs. Winston) Churchill and Eleanor Roosevelt |
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103.6 Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson, Healy, and an unidentified man, inscribed by Johnson to Healy |
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103.7 Times-Picayune Board of Directors |
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103.8 Signed photograph of Lieutenant General Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins, inscribed to Healy |
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103.9 Signed photograph, inscribed to Healy, of Elmer Davis, Chief, Office of War Information, 1944 |
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103.10 Signed photograph of Dorothy Dix, inscribed to Healy |
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103.11 John F. Kennedy speaking at a lectern bearing the Presidential seal, Healy seated beside him |
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103.12 Photograph of Paul Wooton and Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed by both and inscribed to Healy |
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103.13 New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., with Mrs. George W. Healy, Jr. and two unidentified military officers |
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103.14 Unidentified group of men, including Healy, gathered around a man seated at a desk |
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103.15 Signed photograph, inscribed to Healy, of the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, with Admiral Tip Merrill and unidentified others |
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103.16 Signed photograph, inscribed to Healy, of Healy and Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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103.17 Signed photograph, inscribed to Healy, of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at the Japanese surrender at the U.S.S. Missouri, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 |
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103.18 Group of men standing around a microphone. The men are labeled, some erroneously, with their last names: McManus; [Robert L.] Denig; [unlabeled, identified on verso as Gene Tunney]; [George] Healey [sic], Jr.; Lovette; [Frank] Sinatra; [Jesse] Jones; Thomas |
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103.19 Signed photograph, inscribed to Healy, of Fred M. Vinson being sworn into (unspecified) office |
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