Date: 1977.

 

Scope and Content Note:

This manuscript was written by Howard C. Westwood and is an article written in praise of news reporters of the Viet Nam War era. This end is achieved through briefly noting the adventures of four reporters working for northern newspapers during the Civil War and relating their courage and determination to modern reporters.

The Civil War reporters noted are Franc Wilkie of the Dubuque, Iowa, Herald and the New York Times, George Smalley of the New York Tribune, Henry Wing of the New York Tribune, and Thomas Knox of the Dubuque, Iowa, Herald.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1. Manuscript. 1977. 1 item.