MS 132
Frank R. Eyerly
Papers, 1920-1994, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140


Descriptive summary

creator:

Eyerly, Frank R. (1903-1997)

title:

Papers

dates:

1920-1994, n.d.

extent:

5.45 linear ft.  (9 document boxes and 1 oversize box)

collection number:

MS 132

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Frank R. Eyerly Papers, MS 132, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note
 

Frank Rinehart Eyerly was born 3 June 1903 to Josiah and Celia (Grandrath) Eyerly in Newton, Iowa.  He attended the University of Iowa from 1923 to 1927.  He joined the staff of the Des Moines Register and Tribune in 1927 and moved through the ranks of reporter, copy editor, telegraph editor, news editor, and assistant managing editor.  In 1946 he became managing editor.

During his tenure as managing editor, Register and Tribune staff members were awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes as well as dozens of other awards for distinguished journalism. Eyerly retired from his position as managing editor in 1969.

Eyerly served as a director of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company; vice president and a director of the Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc.; and a director of Commercial Printing, Inc.  He was a member of numerous associations including the Associated Press Managing Editors Association (President 1957); American Society of Newspaper Editors; Des Moines Club; Century Club of New York; National Press Club of Washington, D.C.; and the professional journalism society Sigma Delta Chi.

Frank Eyerly married Jeannette Hyde, a well-known author of books for young adults, in 1932; they had two children.  Frank R. Eyerly died 18 March 1997 in Des Moines, Iowa.

 

Collection description
 

The collection (1920-1994, n.d.) contains materials relating to Frank R. Eyerly's career as a journalist and newspaper editor.  The collection includes correspondence, speeches, and writings by Eyerly.  A large part of the collection relates to Eyerly's involvement in the Associated Press Managing Editors Association and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, as well as other professional activities.  The collection also includes personal correspondence and ephemera relating to the Eyerly family and personal interests such as art collecting.  A small amount of material related to Jeannette Eyerly is also included.

 

Organization
 

The collection is organized in eight series:

Series 1, Associated Press Managing Editors Association (APME), 1946-1981, n.d.
Series 2, American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), 1950-1969
Series 3, Correspondence, 1942-1988, n.d.
Series 4, Professional Interests, 1927-1991, n.d.
Series 5, Speeches and Writings, 1927-1976, n.d.
Series 6, Jeannette Eyerly Materials, 1951-1994, n.d.
Series 7, Writings by Others, ca. 1981
Series 8, Ephemera, 1920-1981, n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 1 Associated Press Managing Editors Association (APME) 1946-1981, n.d.
extent: 1.26 linear ft. (44 folders)
description: This series contains materials related to the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, including materials related to the Continuing Study Program and Association conventions. Of note are congratulatory letters to Eyerly after being elected to the APME presidency as well as speeches given by Eyerly at several APME conventions.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
1 1 Continuing Study Program: Report on Los Angeles convention regarding articles of incorporation; constitution and bylaws; appointment of committees for Continuing Studies Program and related correspondence 1946-1949
1 2 Continuing Study Program: Associated Press Features Service Committee--correspondence includes letter to Westbrook Pegler from V. M. Newton Jr., 22 November 1949-1950
1 3 Continuing Study Program: Features Committee--suggestions, criticisms, and membership list 1950, n.d.
1 4 Continuing Study Program: Features Committee--questionnaire returns and related correspondence 1950
1 5 Continuing Study Program: "Documentation and Comment on Leftwing Bias in the AP Report" 1950
1 6-7 Continuing Study Program: Domestic News Study--correspondence 1951
1 8 Continuing Study Program: Reports from Features Committee, News Production Committee and related correspondence n.d.
1 9 Continuing Study Program: Domestic News Study--correspondence regarding stories on Korean War amputees, Boston Post Office payroll padding, and television's effects on newspapers 1951-1955
2 1-2 Continuing Study Program: Reports and related correspondence 1952-1953, n.d.
2 3 Continuing Study Program: Freedom of information and censorship of the press--correspondence, news clippings, and reports 1953-1956, n.d.
2 4 Continuing Study Program: Color printing--correspondence 1953-1959, n.d.
2 5 Continuing Study Program: Associated Press political surveys--reports 1954, 1956
2 6 Continuing Study Program: Senator Joseph McCarthy--correspondence regarding Associated Press treatment of the Senator 1954
2 7 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence regarding committee activities and membership 1954-1957
2 8 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence and meeting minutes 1956-1957
2 9 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence regarding style changes when referring to banks and savings and loans 1957
2 10 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence regarding freedom of information 1957
2 11 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence regarding Atlas missile launching, sports coverage, and type faces 1958-1959
2 12 Continuing Study Program: Criteria Committee--correspondence 1961-1962
2 13 Continuing Study Program: Correspondence regarding annual APME awards 1953-1964
2 14 Continuing Study Program: Committee reports 1967-1968
2 15 Logs: Associated Press Weekly and State 1951-1957
2 16 Blue Books (Reports of the Continuing Study Committees): Arrangements for APME Blue Book meeting 1957
3 1 Blue Books (Reports of the Continuing Study Committees): Reports 1949-1974
3 2 Conventions: Program 1947-1948
3 3 Conventions: Correspondence and program 1950
3 4 Conventions: Correspondence and program 1951
3 5 Conventions: Program 1952
3 6 Conventions: Correspondence, program, and registrants 1953
3 7 Conventions: Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, program, and Eyerly speech 1954
3 8 Conventions: Report of Committee on Elections, program, and two speeches 1955
3 9 Conventions: Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, and program 1956
3 10 Conventions: Correspondence, menus, and program 1957
3 11 Conventions: Correspondence, meeting minutes, program, registrants, and resolution on freedom of information. November-December 1957
3 12 Conventions: Correspondence and program 1958
3 13 Conventions: Correspondence and a speech by Charles Malik, "Will the Future Redeem the Past?" 1960
3 14 Conventions: Correspondence 1961
3 15 Conventions: Correspondence, Eyerly speaker introductions, Eyerly speech, "The Search for Newspaper Content," and program 1965
3 16 Conventions: Correspondence and listing of Continuing Study Committee membership 1966
3 17 Conventions: Correspondence, Eyerly speech, and program 1967
3 18 Conventions: APME Regents Roster 1975, 1981
3 19 Presidency: Letters of congratulations on Eyerly's election to the APME presidency 1956

 

Description of series

Series 2 American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) 1950-1969
extent: 10 folders
description: This series contains materials related to Frank Eyerly's involvement in the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Included is an article by Eyerly from the ASNE Bulletin, correspondence, convention programs, reports, and publications.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
4 1 Correspondence, results of an editor's poll, convention programs 1951-1956
4 2 Eyerly article, "A Picture Is Like a Well-Edited Newspaper," published in the ASNE Bulletin and convention program 1961
4 3 Correspondence regarding Board of Directors selection and content of Bulletin 1963
4 4 Correspondence, convention program, research report on This Week magazine, and materials relating to Rolf Hochhuth's play, "The Deputy" 1964
4 5 Correspondence, news clippings, and reports 1965
4 6 Booklet on Des Moines Register and Tribune for new staff, correspondence, convention program, menu from Auberge Le Vieux Saint-Gabriel (Montreal), and "Report of the Committee on Journalism Education" 1966
4 7 Correspondence on nominations for Board of Directors 1966-1968
4 8 Candidates for ASNE Board, "Prayer for a Thoughtful Soul," program, and registrants 1967
4 9 Correspondence and "An Open Letter to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association" regarding Fair Trial-Free Press hearings 1968
4 10 ASNE Bulletin 1950-1969

 

Description of series

Series 3 Correspondence 1942-1988, n.d.
extent: 1.05 linear feet (79 folders)
description: This series contains correspondence of Frank Eyerly. The correspondence is primarily professional, but some personal and family correspondence is also included. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
4 11 A 1953-1969
4 12 Amish school dispute 1965
4 13 B 1946-1979
4 14 Bil and Cora Baird 1952-1972
4 15 Rex Barley (Los Angeles Times Syndicate) 1966-1968
4 16 Will Barnet, artist best known for print making 1965-1973
4 17 George Beebe 1961-1968
4 18 Vance Bourjaily 1963
4 19 Howard Bowen 1965, 1967
4 20 C. Includes cartoonists Milton Caniff and Al Capp; Fleur, Robert G., and Russell Cowles; and Norman Cousins 1945-1981
4 21 Don Carter 1965-1972
4 22 Turner Catledge 1955-1969
4 23 G. W. Churchill 1962-1965
4 24 John Colburn 1954-1972
4 25 John W. Colt 1963-1966
4 26 Barry Commoner 1962-1966
4 27 Kent Cooper 1951, 1957
5 1 Gardner (Mike) Cowles 1950-1968
5 2 John Cowles 1946-1968
5 3 John Cowles, Jr. 1960-1966
5 4 D. Includes John Dauphinee, Director of The Canadian Press (comparable to the Associated Press in the United States) 1959-1982
5 5 William B. Dickinson 1964-1976, n.d.
5 6 E 1960-1969
5 7 Paul Engle 1958-1983
5 8 F. Includes Lawrence S. Fanning, Daryle M. Feldmeir, and Marshall Field, Jr. 1959-1982
5 9 Family correspondence 1942-1974, n.d.
5 10 Alfred Friendly 1957, 1959
5 11 G. Includes Bruce Gould, art critic Clement Greenberg, Katherine Graham, and four Gordon Gammack letters written from overseas during World War II. Gammack discusses Robert Capa and Ernie Pyle 1943-1977
5 12 Wes Gallagher 1960-1972
5 13 Alan Gould, General Manager of the Associated Press 1953-1981
5 14 Grandchildren's letters and a newspaper 1972, 1974, n.d.
5 15 H. Includes Elspeth Huxley, Carl Hamilton, and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey 1946-1988, n.d.
5 16 William E. Hall 1960-1967
5 17 Virgil Hancher, President, University of Iowa 1962-1964
5 18 John R. Harrison 1963-1966
5 19 Coleman A. Harwell, Managing Editor of the Nashville Tennesseean 1955-1985
5 20 Bower Hawthorne 1961-1965
5 21 I. William Hill. 1960-1966
5 22 I. Includes Mary Lou Luther Imparato and Norman E. Isaacs 1960-1973
5 23 J 1951-1980
5 24 K. Includes Family Circus cartoonist Bil Keane and Antoinette Kraushaar of Kraushaar Galleries 1964-1982, n.d.
5 25 Kappa Tau Alpha Lecture. Correspondence regarding an Eyerly speech given to the Association of Education in Journalism. Includes two letters from Frank Luther Mott 1963
5 26 Mackinlay Kantor 1958-1969
5 27 Fletcher Knebel 1958-1969
5 28 Nick Kotz 1965-1981, n.d.
5 29 L. Includes Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers), Christopher Lasch, Glenn Leggett, John V. Lindsay, and John Lloyd, Managing Editor of the Associated Press London Bureau 1948-1982
5 30 M. Includes Marilyn Marlow, Colin Miller, Harlan Miller, James S. Milloy, Walter F. Mondale, Joann Moser, and Jan Muhlert 1946-1981, n.d.
5 31 Mark T. Martin, Jr. Letters written while Martin was with Stars and Stripes during World War II 1942-1943
6 1 Wesley H. Maurer 1959-1966
6 2 Mrs. Fred Maytag 1964, n.d.
6 3 Dr. Will Menninger 1957-1961
6 4 Menninger Foundation 1962-1970
6 5 Clark R. Mollenhoff 1951-1981
6 6 Relman Morin 1965, 1972
6 7 Richard Scott Mowrer 1962-1981
6 8 J. Edward Murray 1963-1969, n.d.
6 9 Mac/Mc. Includes Kenneth MacDonald, E. A. McCardell, John L. McClellan, John McCornally, Robert A. McCowan, S. F. McGinn, Raymond J. McHugh, and Felix R. McKnight 1944-1976
6 10 N. Includes Ralph Nader 1961-1971
6 11 O. Includes Serge Obolensky, Michael J. Ogden 1955-1969
6 12 P 1950-1981
6 13 Parsons College 1966-1967
6 14 Professional 1943-1969, n.d.
6 15 Eugene S. Pulliam 1950-1968
6 16 Q. Includes John C. Quinn 1967, 1972
6 17 R. Includes James Risser and Vermont Royster 1951-1986
6 18 Retirement. Includes letters of congratulation from Mackinlay Kantor, Nick Kotz, Clark Mollenhoff, and Neal Smith 1968-1969
6 19 S. Includes Harrison Salisbury, James S. Schramm, and Murray Snyder 1951-1977, n.d.
6 20 Arthur Sanderson 1963-1965
6 21 Frank Seiberling 1962-1966
6 22 Sam Sloan 1955-1962
6 23 Frank Starzel 1958-1964
6 24 E. T. Stone 1958-1976
6 25 T 1957-1982, n.d.
6 26 This Week magazine 1963-1968
6 27 U-V. Includes Raeburn L. Van Buren and Esteban Vicente 1960-1982, n.d.
6 28 W. Includes John Walker, former Managing Editor of the Register Basil (Stuffy) Walters, Kenneth J. Weller, Maury White, Allen Whitfield, James R. Wiggins, John J. Williams, Earl Wilson, Woodrow Wirsig, William Wolf 1947-1981
6 29 John N. Wheeler 1964-1973
6 30 Ulfert Wilkie, Director of University of Iowa Art Museum 1970-1986
6 31 Richard Wilson 1949-1960

 

Description of series

Series 4 Professional Interests 1927-1991, n.d.
extent: 8 photographs
description: This series contains materials related to Frank Eyerly's professional interests in journalism. The series includes correspondence and memoranda, remarks by Eyerly and others, photographs, and information on conferences and meetings.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
7 1 American Press Institute remarks by Frank Eyerly and related correspondence 1963-1967
7 2 Department of State International Information Administration. Jointly sponsored program for foreign newspapermen, including a list of participating papers; correspondence, and impressions by visiting newsmen 1953
7 3 Memoranda 1948-1969, n.d.
7 4 Miscellaneous material. Includes remarks by Gardner Cowles on subject of a guild in the Register and Tribune newsroom and the status of the case brought against the Register and Tribune by the National Labor Relations Board in 1946 1927-1991, n.d.
7 5 Photographs. Includes Frank and Jeannette Eyerly, the Eyerly home, Eyerly and Register editorial cartoonist Frank Miller, and Matthew Brady photographs of "Lincoln at Gettysburg" (3- 3x5 , 4- 7x10, and 3- 8x11 b/w photographs) 1951-1976, n.d.
7 6 Science conference of editors and scientists, held at Princeton University. Includes correspondence, programs, and editors' comments 1960-1961
7 7 This Week Magazine meeting. Includes agenda, attendance, membership of Newspaper Editors Committee Rotation, and readership figures 1964
7 8 "The World of Finance as Many Newspapers See It," by Richard A. Thornburgh ca. 1960

 

Description of series

Series 5 Speeches and Writings 1927-1976, n.d.
extent: 14 folders
description: This series contains speeches and talks given by Frank Eyerly. The series also contains an essay "The Man Next Door," portions of which were published in Better Homes and Gardens.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
7 9 Various remarks: Includes quote from John Dewey regarding the press, 1927; Regarding the relationship between newspapers and America's cultural boom; Response to Dr. Robert M. Hutchin's speech given at the 1955 American Society of Newspaper Editors' meeting, April 1955; Comments on the "uncivil war" staged by a pair of comic creators; Regarding Register series, "Iowans of the Western Slope"; Introduction of Dr. Will Menninger; Three speeches regarding the press in America; Notes for a speech on the visual arts 1927-1955, n.d.
7 10 Various remarks: Includes Circulation meeting, 11 January 1955; Advertising meeting. 12 February 1955; Circulation meeting, 9 January 1956; "Editors...Readers...and Advertisers," The Des Moines Register and Tribune Second Annual Advertising Sales Conference, 11 February 1956; Speech given to the Advertising Club of Des Moines, 13 March 1956; Circulation meeting, 28 August 1956; Circulation meeting, 7 January 1957; Response to speech by James A. Wechsler, Editor of the New York Post, regarding the American press, 1957; "Profile of Coleman Harwell," 11 February 1958; YMCA Building dedication, written 13 April 1959 1955-1959
7 11 "The Promise of Daily Journalism," University of Michigan Department of Journalism, Ann Arbor, 12 May 1960
7 12 "Moral Aspects of a Newspaper," Annual Journalism Day Dinner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 20 May 1960
7 13 School of Journalism Christmas banquet, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2 December 1962
8 1 "The Press," Kappa Tau Alpha lecture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Includes correspondence and reel to reel audiotape. 27 August 1963
8 2 "Planned Content for the Sunday Newspaper," American Press Institute, Columbia University, 29 April 1963
8 3 "Responsible Newspapers and Newspaper Responsibility," Workshop on Use of the Newspaper in the Classroom, Kansas City, Missouri, 7 March 1964
8 4 "The Promise of the Printed Page," Associated Collegiate Press Conference, New York City. Includes correspondence, conference bulletin, and program. 22 October 1964
8 5 "The Promise of the Printed Page" from Herman A. Estrin and Arthur M. Sanderson, Freedom and Censorship of the College Press (Dubuque, Ia.: Wm. C. Brown Co., 1966) 1966
8 6 Speech given at Indiana University Bloomington. Includes correspondence and news clippings. 18 April 1967
8 7 Miscellaneous remarks and speeches 1956-1968, n.d.
9 7 "Collecting of Art," includes related correspondence 1976
9 8 "The Man Next Door." Paragraphs submitted to Better Homes and Gardens 1949

 

Description of series

Series 6 Jeannette Eyerly Materials 1951-1994, n.d.
extent: 3 folders
description: This series contains a modest amount of material from Jeannette Eyerly including correspondence, speeches, and materials related to her books. Researchers interested in Jeannette Eyerly's writings for young adults should consult the collections held at the Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections and at the Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
8 8 Correspondence 1951-1994
8 9 Reviews and advertisements 1958-1980
8 10 Speeches: Includes speech given to spouses of American Society of Newspaper Editors members; "How Newspapers Can Woo Women Readers," Associated Press Managing Editors convention August 1959 (includes newspaper clippings) 1959, n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 7 Writings by Others ca. 1981
extent: 1 folder
description: This series contains a partial manuscript for "The Investigative Reporter from Courtroom to White House" by Clark R. Mollenhoff.

Container list

Box Folder

Title

Dates
9 9 Mollenhoff, Clark R. Partial manuscript for "The Investigative Reporter from Courtroom to White House" (for related correspondence see folder 6/5) ca. 1981

 

Description of series

Series 8 Ephemera 1920-1981, n.d.
extent: 8 folders
description: The series contains assorted materials related to Frank Eyerly's memberships in various organizations, materials related to personal interests, and photographs. Of note are the newspaper clippings, including clippings related to Eyerly's retirement from the Des Moines Register and Tribune and the photographs.

Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
8 11 Personal and family items 1922-1981, n.d.
9 1 Art collection brochures 1951-1981, n.d.
9 2-3 Gridiron Club dinner programs 1938-1969
9 4 National Press Club--Overseas Writers dinner program 1949
9 5 Newspaper clippings. Includes articles regarding Eyerly's retirement 1925-1980, n.d.
9 6 Photographs. Includes photograph taken with Vice-President Hubert Humphrey (4- 8x10 and 1- 5x8.5 b/w photographs and 1- b/w contact sheet) 1920, 1969, n.d.
10 1 Phi Gamma Delta certificate n.d.

 

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