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COLLECTION SUMMARY SHEET
COLLECTION: Hanson W. Baldwin Collection
ACCESSION NUMBER: 49
DONOR: Hanson W. Baldwin
DATE OF GIFT: 1978,1994
SIZE: 7.5 linear feet/16 boxes
INCLUSIVE DATES: 1917-1991
RESTRICTIONS: None
LOCATIONS:
COLLECTION REGISTER AVAILABLE: Yes
BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUBJECT SUMMARY: Hanson W. Baldwin was born in Baltimore,
Maryland on March 22, 1903. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in
1924, and resigned his commission in 1927. He was a police reporter and general
assignment reporter with The Baltimore Sun and later joined the staff of The New York
Times. He was military and naval correspondent for The New York Times from 1937­
1942, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1942 for a series of articles he wrote on the
naval battles at Guadalcanal. He was Military Editor of The New York Times from
1942-1968, and was Roving Editor of The Reader's Digest from 1968-1976. He is the
author of numerous books and magazine articles. He died on November 13, 1991.
FORMS OF MATERIAL: The collection is divided into several distinct series. The first covers
the World War I and pre-World War II years, and is arranged by subject matter. The
second series deals with World War II and is arranged by subject matter with all correspondence
arranged alphabetically. Series three concerns post-World War II matters and
consists of government reports and correspondence, alphabetically arranged by correspondent.
The collection also includes numerous magazines and newspaper clippings, as
well as a large number of photographs collected for a proposed pictorial history of the
Army (which was never published.) The collection also contains the typescript of Baldwin's
book, Tiger Jack, and some related correspondence.
Additions to the collection were made in May 1994 and June 1994. Included in
the May 1994 addition are correspondence, biographical information, manuscripts, and
clippings from the years 1903-1987.
The June 1994 additions include correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous
documents, programs, certificates, retirement messages, newspaper and magazine
clippings, and newsletters from the years 1963-1982, and a copy of Reminiscences of
Hanson Weightman Baldwin, U. S. Navy (Retired), Volumes I and II.
ARRANGEMENT: See Collection Guide