Special Collections Research Center
Harold B. Meyers papers
MS 00370
/repositories/2/resources/9677
3.42 Linear Feet
1909-2021
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Harold B. Meyers papers was donated by Harold B. Meyers.
Preferred Citation
Harold B. Meyers papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Processing Information
The Harold B. Meyers papers are currently unprocessed. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions to the collections.
Content Description
The Harold B. Meyers papers contains the personal, literary and journalistic papers of Harold B. Meyers. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, printed materials, manuscripts, research files for manuscripts such as the Confederate Heros, newspaper clipplings and notes. Papers include the manuscripts of Harold B. Meyers' books as well as their receptions, journalist documents and newspaper articles related to the U.S. government and key historical incidents in the 1950s and 1960s U.S., and other personal documents of Harold B. Meyers.
Conditions Governing Use
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical / Historical
Harold Burton Meyers was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1924 and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. His parents worked as Native American Service schoolteachers and he was raised with his brothers on reservations in the Southwest and Washington state. After serving with the Navy during World War II, he graduated from the University of Colorado's journalism school and became a newspaper reporter. In 1956 Meyers joined Time magazine and covered the Civil Rights Movement, Capitol Hill and the White House. He is the author of multiple publications including The Death at Awahi, Reservations, and Geronimo's Ponies.
Biography found on Harold Burton Meyers website at http://stevenkeymeyers.com/hbm/hob-note.html.
Journalism
History in literature
Interviews
Manuscripts (document genre)
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Journalism papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069651948-2013Scope and ContentsThis series primarily contains journalist documents produced by or related to Harold B. Meyers.It includes materials related to four presidents of the United States, including Lyndon B. Jhonson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford, as well as newspaper articles on a range of topics like Nashville school integration and gubernatorial elections. The documents include letters, telegrams, photographs, printed copies of email, magazines, and newspaper articles.
Authur Krock journalism/repositories/2/archival_objects/606981196011Barry Goldwater and conservation/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069821957-196212End of 1960 Presidential campaign trail/repositories/2/archival_objects/606983196013End of 1960 Presidential campaign trail/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069841960-196614Fortune magazine correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070341963-196715Fortune magazine memos, 1969 Time annual report, 1979/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070351969-197916Gerald Ford/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069851964-201317Khrushchev, Nikita, memorandums & correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069861959-198918Khrushchev, Nikita, memorandums & correspondence 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069871960-196619Little Rock investigation/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069881957-1958210Little Rock news coverage (1)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069891958211Little Rock news coverage (2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069901958212Little Rock news coverage (telegrams)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069931958213Little Rock reports (1957) and Arkansas gubernatorial election (1958) (1)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069911957-1958214Little Rock reports (1957) and Arkansas gubernatorial election (1958) (2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069921958215Local newspaper articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069941948-1949316Lyndon B. Johnson interviews and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069951964-1965317Nashville school integration - Hattie Cotton Elementary School bombing/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069961957318Pat Nixon interviews and correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069971959-1960319Presidential Time Magazine covers/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069981948-2013320Republican platform materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/6069991956-1960321Richard Nixon post-1960 convention/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070001960422Richard Nixon pre-1960 convention/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070011960423Richard Nixon, 1960 convention/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070021960-1962424Robert Kennedy as attorney general/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070031961-1962425Sentinel newspaper articles and clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070041952-1956426Sentinel publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070051951-1956427Time memos/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070551957-1958428Uranium research and writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070561952-1956429Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070062000-2010Scope and ContentsThis series includes manuscrpits of Harold Meyers' works. The materials include Condedrate Hero, Stalker, The Death of Awahi, and The Last Indian War. The documents include paper manuscrpits and compact discs.
Confederate Hero manuscript, pp. 1-188/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070082010530Confederate Hero manuscript, pp. 189-336/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070092010531Plain Folks: Ancestors of Scllie Frances Key and George Lentton Meyers - key section/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070102000532Plain Folks: Ancestors of Scllie Frances Key and George Lentton Meyers - section/repositories/2/archival_objects/607011undated533Some Sort of Hero manuscript, pp. 80-185/repositories/2/archival_objects/607012undated534Some Sort of Hero manuscript, pp. 186-329/repositories/2/archival_objects/607013undated535Stalker manuscrpit, pp. 1-123/repositories/2/archival_objects/607014undated536Stalker manuscrpit, pp. 124-258/repositories/2/archival_objects/607015undated537Stalker manuscrpit, pp. 259-385/repositories/2/archival_objects/607016undated538The Death at Awahi manuscript/repositories/2/archival_objects/607018undated539The Death at Awahi manuscript, pp. 1-130/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070192005540The Death at Awahi manuscript, pp. 131-260 and notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070202005541The Last Indian War manuscript, pp 1-140/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070212008542The Last Indian War manuscript, pp 141-229/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070222008543The Quake Maker manuscript, pp. 1-102/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070242001544The Quake Maker manuscript, pp. 103-195/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070252001545Floppy discs and flash drives/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070752000-2008Confederate Hero/repositories/2/archival_objects/607076undated1002393369What General Lee Said /repositories/2/archival_objects/6074252010 General Lee Description /repositories/2/archival_objects/6074262010 October 23Last Indipeops War/repositories/2/archival_objects/60707720081002393367The Last Indipeops War A Novel by Harold Burton Meyers
/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074702008Stalker, chapter 1-24/repositories/2/archival_objects/60707820001002393366Title Page/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074692000Stalker 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074452000Stalker 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074462000Stalker 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074472000Stalker 4/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074482000Stalker 5/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074492000Stalker 6/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074502000Stalker 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074512000Stalker 8/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074522000Stalker 9/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074532000Stalker 10/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074542000Stalker 11/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074552000Stalker 12/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074562000Stalker 13/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074572000Stalker 14/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074582000Stalker 15/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074592000Stalker 16/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074602000Stalker 17/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074612000Stalker 18/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074622000Stalker 19/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074632000Stalker 20/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074642000Stalker 21/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074652000Stalker 22/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074662000Stalker 23/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074672000Stalker 24/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074682000The Quake Maker, chapter 1-15 + epilogue/repositories/2/archival_objects/60707920001002393368Title/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074282000QM-1/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074272000QM-2/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074292000QM-3/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074302000QM-4/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074322000QM-5 /repositories/2/archival_objects/6074332000QM-6/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074342000QM-7/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074352000QM-8/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074362000QM-9/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074372000QM-10/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074382000QM-11/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074392000QM-12/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074402000QM-13/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074412000QM-14/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074422000QM-15/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074432000QM-EPILO/repositories/2/archival_objects/6074442000Professional papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070321909-2021Scope and ContentsThis series includes other professional documents of Harold Meyers, including the writings before he became a professional journalist and after his retirement. The papers include research materials, contract, reception, and correspondence of his books as well as documents from journalism workshops and Christopher Wren Association. The documents include printed copies of emails and websites, letters, newspaper articles,and drafts of speeches.
Additional writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070361945-1947646Additional writings 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070371946-1947647Christopher Wren Association writing and instruction/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070381990-2005648Confederate Heros: research materials & rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070392008-2021649Geronimo's Ponies: rights of reversion and contract with council Oaks/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070401988-2006650Journalismm workshops and lectures/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070411989-1992651Medicine and scientific writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070421957-1958652Press clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070431959753Press clippings 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070571959-1962754Writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070441946-2005755Reservations contract and reception/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070451992-2009756Reservations reception cont./repositories/2/archival_objects/6070461996-2001757State of Oklahoma v. R. I. Key (1909)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070471909-2008758The Death of Awahi: contract and reception/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070482006-2008859Travel cover writing drafts/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070491958860Personal papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070501944-2009Scope and ContentsThis series includes the personal documents of Harold Meyers. It consists documents related to World War II veteran benefits, job applications, and correspondence. The documents include mails, pamphlets, and printed version of website contents.
Job applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070511953-1963861Personal correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070521958-1962862Personal life and retirement/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070531958-2009863World War II veteran benefits publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070541944-1946864Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070801960-2021A Hero of Brag/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070822021965The Conscience of a Conservative/repositories/2/archival_objects/6070811960966