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Title: Allen Drury papers
Dates: 1890-1995
Collection number: 65007
Creator:
Drury, Allen.
Collection Size:
73 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 7 envelopes, 6 phonorecords, 18 phonotape cassettes, 2 videotape cassettes
(29.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, drafts of writings, galley proofs, book reviews, memorabilia, sound recordings, and photographs, relating
to the novelistic treatment of twentieth-century American politics by news correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Allen Drury.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Allen Drury papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1963, with increments added until Drury's death in 1998.
| 1918 September 2 | Born, Houston, Texas |
| 1939 | B.A., Stanford University |
| 1940-1941 | Editor, Tulare Bee, awarded national Sigma Delta Chi Editorial Award for writings in this publication |
| 1941-1943 | Editor, The Bakersfield Californian |
| 1942-1943 | Served in the United States Army |
| 1943-1946 | United States Senate staff of United Press |
| 1954-1959 | Washington reporter, New York Times |
| 1959 | Author, Advise and Consent |
| 1960 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize |
| 1961 | Author, Education for Politics |
| 1962 | Author, A Shade of Difference |
| 1963 | Author, A Senate Journal, 1943-1945 |
| 1965 | Author, That Summer |
| 1966 | Author, Capable of Honor |
| 1967 | Author, A Very Strange Society |
| 1968 | Author, Preserve and Protect |
| 1971 | Author, Courage and Hesitation, |
| Author, The Throne of Saturn | |
| 1973 | Author, Come Nineveh, Come Tyre |
| 1975 | Author, The Promise of Joy |
| 1976 | Author, A God Against the Gods |
| 1980 | Author, Egypt: The Eternal Smile |
| 1981 | Author, The Hill of Summer |
| 1982 | Appointed to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities |
| 1983 | Author, Decision |
| 1984 | Author, The Roads of Earth |
| 1986 | Author, Pentagon |
| 1990 | Author, Toward What Bright Glory? |
| 1993 | Author, Into What Far Harbor? |
| 1995 | Author, A Thing of State |
| 1998 | Author, Public Men |
| 1998 September 2 | Died, Marin County, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The first part of the papers of Allen Drury was acquired by the Hoover Institution in 1963. Increments continued to be added
until his death in 1998. The papers relate to Allen Drury's career as news correspondent turned Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
The bulk of the papers are the speeches and writing series, which spans the years 1932 through 1995. Included in this series
are drafts and galley proofs for his books, as well as numerous articles which were published separately. Most of his writings
pertain to the subjects of American politics and foreign relations.
Of significance is Drury's extensive correspondence with a wide array of politicians, heads of state, and celebrities. Included
are letters to and from Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.
Drury's professional and social contacts illustrated by material in the biographical series, tie in closely to his work as
author and journalist.
Arranged into eight series: Bigraphical File, Correspondence File, Speeches and Writings, Memorabilia, Card Index, Photographs,
Sound Recordings, and Videorecordings.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989--Fiction.
Phonorecords.
Phonotapes.
Video tapes.