Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Georgia 30322-2870, (404)727-6887
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Ralph McGill (5 February 1898 - 3 February 1969), journalist, editor, and publisher,
was born Ralph Waldo Emerson McGill in the farming community of Iqouls Ferry, ten miles
from the coal-mining town of Soddy, in Hamilton County, Tennessee. The son of Benjamin
Franklin McGill, a small farmer, and Mary Louise Skillern McGill, Ralph was the oldest of
four children and the only son.
When Ralph was six years old, the family moved to Chattanooga, thirty miles south of
Soddy, where he attended elementary school and McCallie Preparatory-School, graduating in
1917. He entered the freshman class at Vanderbilt University in the fall of 1917, left in
the spring of 1918 to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, and returned to Vanderbilt in the
fall of 1919. In 1922, several months before he was to graduate, McGill was expelled for a
prank. He never received a college degree.
During his final year at Vanderbilt, McGill began working as a reporter for the
Nashville Banner covering political, police, and sports stories. In 1923, he was made
sports editor. In March 1929, he left the Banner for a position as sports editor for the
Atlanta Constitution, beginning work there on 3 April 1929. As in Nashville, McGill wrote
occasional features on political and economic subjects, and in 1937, a series he wrote on
Georgia agriculture won for him a Rosenwald fellowship for a year of travel and study in
Europe. From this trip came a series of articles published as Two Georgians Explore
Scandanavia by Ralph McGill and Thomas C. David, Atlanta: State Department of Education,
1938. Upon his return in 1938, McGill was made executive editor of the Constitution, and
in 1941, was promoted to editor-in-chief, a position he held until 1960, when he was named
publisher.
Throughout his career, McGill travelled widely, to Europe, Cuba, Africa, the Middle
East, and Southeast Asia, and wrote on national and international affairs. He became best
known as a spokesman for his region during the racial turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s.
Often called the "Conscience of the South", McGill took a moderate position on
racial issues and appealed for racial cooperation and obedience to the law of the land
after the Supreme Court ruling in 1954, thereby becoming identified with the
"liberal" element in the South and gaining national acclaim.
In 1959, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished editorial writing. He also
received the Lauterbach award for "distinguished service in the field of civil
liberties" in 1960, the Florence Lasker award of the American Civil Liberties Union
in 1964, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964, and many honorary degrees.
In addition to newspaper columns and magazine articles which appeared in such
periodicals as Harper's, Saturday Evening Post, New Republic, and Atlantic Monthly, McGill
also wrote four books: Israel Revisited (1950); The Fleas Come With the Dog (1954); A
Church, A School (1959); and The South and the Southerner (1965), which was awarded the
Atlantic Monthly non-fiction prize for that year.
McGill's circle of friends was wide and varied. Among his close friends (in addition to
Harold Martin, Grace Lundy, and others on the Constitution staff, and his lifelong friend,
Rebecca Mathis Gershon, were Robert W. Woodruff, Harry Ashmore, and Carl Sandburg. He also
knew well Adlai Stevenson, Edward Weeks, Lawrence Winship, Westbrook Pegler, and Harry
Golden. Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ernest
Hemingway, and Carson McCullers were numbered among his acquaintances and correspondents.
McGill was first married to Mary Elizabeth Leonard (14 January 1905 - 21 March 1962) of
Nashville, on 4 September 1929. Two children were born to the marriage, a daughter
Elizabeth, who died in infancy (6 January - 10 January 1936) and Ralph E. McGill, Jr. (b.
25 April 1945). In the spring of 1936, after the death of their first child, the McGills'
adopted a daughter whom they named Virginia Colvin McGill (3 February 1936 - 20 December
1939). Virginia died of leukemia at the age of 3 1/2 years.
McGill's second marriage was to Dr. Mary Lynn Morgan (b. 5 April 1921), an Atlanta
pedodontist, on 20 April 1967. Ralph McGill died in Atlanta on 3 February 1969. McGill,
his first wife, and their two daughters are buried in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.
The collection consists of the papers of Ralph McGill of Atlanta, Georgia from
1853-1969. The collection documents McGill's personal life and his career as a sports
journalist in Nashville, Tennessee; as an author of books and prize winning articles; and
as an columnist; editor; and editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Constitution. The papers
include correspondence (1919-1975) pertaining to personal and professional issues;
McGill's writings (1913-1969) which includes books, articles, speeches, and interviews;
subject files (ca. 1938-1969) ; records relating to committees and foundations on which he
served (1947-1969); records of travels and speaking engagements 91945-1969); financial
business, and legal papers (1941-1969); scrapbooks (1912-1970) including copies of his
daily editorials in the Constitution; photographs (ca. 1920s-1970s); memorabilia; and
posthumous additions.
Organized into fourteen series:
(1) Family and personal correspondence, 1919-1969; (2) General correspondence, 1922-1975;
(3) Correspondence: readership views on integration, 1957-1966; (4) Writings, 1913-1969;
(5) Subject files, ca. 1938-1969; (6) Committee and foundation records, 1947-1969; (7)
Records of travel and speaking engagements, 1945-1969; (8) Financial, business, and legal
records, 1941-1969; (9) Scrapbooks, 1912-1970; (10) Photographs; (11) Personal and
professional miscellany, 1915-1969; (12) Memorabilia; (13) Posthumous materials; and (14)
Posthumous additions.
Series II
General correspondence
1922-1975
22 boxes
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence received by Ralph McGill from 1922-1975. Subjects
include race relations, local, state, and national politics (1948-1968); education and
public schools in the South and particularly in Atlanta; and the issue of church and race.
There is some information on organizations such as the Southern Conference for Human
Welfare, the Southern Regional Council, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, militant groups of the 1960s, and right-wing groups.
Correspondents include Harry S. Ashmore, William C. Baggs, Bernard M. Baruch, Chester
Bowles, Leroy Collins, Helga Sandburg Crile, James Anderson Dombrowski, Dwight David
Eisenhower, John Fischer (27 April 1910-), Walter Franklin George, Harry Lewis Golden,
Barry Goldwater, Brooks Hays, Ernest Hemingway, Lyndon Baines Johnson, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, Alfred M. Landon, Benjamin E. Mays, Edward R. Murrow, Richard M. Nixon, Westbrook
Pegler, James Reston, Dean Rusk, Carl Sandburg, Robert Sherrod, Martin Sommers, Adlai E.
Stevenson (1900-1965), and Harry S. Truman.
Arranged in chronological order.
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
3
1-13
1922 - 1948 December
4
1-15
1949 January - 1951 December
5
1-14
1952 January - 1954 December
6
1-11
1955 January - 1957 December
7
1-11
1958 January - 1959 April
8
1-12
1959 May 4 - 28
9
1-11
1959 June - 1960 May
10
1-11
1960 June - 1961 September
11
1-10
1961 October - 1962 December
12
1-10
1963 January - August
13
1-9
1963 September - 1964 May
14
1-9
1964 June - 1965 July
15
1-9
1965 August - 1966 July
16
1-10
1966 August - 1967 May
17
1-9
1967 June - December
18
1-9
1968 January - April 16
19
1-9
1968 April 17 - August
20
1-9
1968 September - December
21
1-9
1969 January - February 5
22
1-9
1969 February 6 - April
23
1-5
1969 May - 1975
23
6
n.d. (miscellaneous)
23
7
Correspondence with Helga Sandburg, 1952 June 27 - 1969 December 30
23
8
Correspondence with Carl Sandburg, 1952 June 25 - 1961 September 6 and n.d.
23
9
Correspondence with Paula Sandburg, 1969 April 20 - 1969 Christmas, n.d.
Although few records survive relating to the publication of McGill's first three books,
the collection contains correspondence, drafts, reviews, and publicity materials
concerning The South and the Southerner (1963). McGill's earliest effort, a proposed book
on the Chattahoochee River, was never published, but files of papers, correspondence,
printed miscellany, and chapter drafts document this project.
The subseries of articles is arranged chronologically by date of writing or
publication. Some folders include drafts and correspondence concerning publication; others
contain only the published copy. An appendix lists the contents of this series in detail,
noting title, date of publication, and place of publication, if known.
Another subseries contains professional correspondence and is arranged alphabetically
by name of publisher or the periodical. this group of papers reveals an early effort by
Knopf to get McGill to write a book on the South (1943-1948); an effort by John Fischer at
Harper's to get a history of the Coca-Cola Company from McGill (1948); negotiations with
Doubleday for a McGill biography of Estes Kefauver (1967-1968); and correspondence with
the syndicates which handled McGill's column.
Organized into five subseries: (1) Books; (2) Articles; (3) Professional
correspondence; (4) Interviews and speeches; and (5) Book reviews and miscellaneous
writings.
Subseries 1. Books, 1947-1968
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
26
1
Israel Revisited
26
2
The Fleas Come With the Dog: Correspondence, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1953
26
3
The Fleas Come With the Dog: Correspondence, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1954-1960
26
4-5
The Fleas Come With the Dog: Manuscript, part 1 and part 2
26
6
The Fleas Come With the Dog: Page proofs
26
7
The Fleas Come With the Dog: Post-publication materials (mainly reviews)
26
8
A Church, A School: Correspondence, Abingdon Press
26
9
A Church, A School: Manuscript
26
10
A Church, A School: Post-publication material (mainly reviews)
26
11
A Church, A School: Material not used
26
12
New book for the Atlantic Monthly Press
The South and the Southerner
Box
Folder
Contents
27
1
The Atlantic Monthly Press: Correspondence, 1959-1961
27
2
The Atlantic Monthly Press: Contract and correspondence, 1962-1968
27
3-6
Manuscripts drafts
27
7-8
Index and Manuscript, chapters 1-11
28
1-2
Manuscript, chapters 12-18 and acknowledgments
28
3-4
Galley proofs (2-101)
28
5
Post-publication material (not reviews)
28
6
Post-publication material - reviews
28
7
Paperback edition
28
8
Japanese edition
Chattahoochee River Book (unpublished)
Box
Folder
Contents
29
1
Correspondence, 1947-1949 June
29
2
Correspondence, 1949 August-1952 March
29
3
Notes and handwritten drafts
29
4-5
Manuscript draft, chapters 1-13 [?]
29
6-7
Manuscript (typed copy)
30
1-4
Source material
30
5-6
Source material --Thomson's "Historic Role-," chapters 1-17
30
7
Source material --Thomson's "Historic Role-," chapters 1-17--Clippings
30
8
Source material --Thomson's "Historic Role-," chapters 1-17--Photo-static
copies
Samuel H. Laughlin diary (unpublished)
Box
Folder
Contents
30
9
Correspondence and diary entries
30
10
Diary entries
Subseries 2. Articles, 1913-1969
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
31
1-27
1913; 1938-1948
32
1-37
1949-1952
33
1-36
1953-1956
34
1-43
1957-1959
35
1-35
1960-1962
36
1-29
1963-1965
37
1-27
1966-1968 August
38
1-35
1968 October-1969, n.d.
Subseries 3. Professional correspondence, 1947-1968
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
39
1
Atlantic Monthly: General correspondence, 1950-1968
39
2
Broadmen Press, 1968
39
3
Collier's, 1947-1948
39
4
Doubleday, 1957
39
5
Doubleday (Estes Kefauver book), 1967-1969
39
6
E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1959
39
7
Editor and publisher, 1948-1949
39
8
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1949
39
9
Hall Syndicate, 1961
39
10
Hall Syndicate, 1962
39
11
Hall Syndicate, 1963-1964.
39
12
Hall Syndicate, 1965 February-1966 July 18
39
13
Hall Syndicate, 1966 July 20-1969
39
14
Harper and Bros., 1948
39
15
Harper's Magazine, 1948
39
16
Houghton Mifflin, 1948 and 1967
39
17
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1947-1958
39
18
J. B. Lippincott Co., 1948 and 1960
40
1
National Geographic Society, 1968
40
2
New Republic, 1948-1949
40
3
New York Times, 1959-1967
40
4
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. (NANA), 1950-1959 July
40
5
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. (NANA), 1959 August-1961
40
6
Oklahoma Law Review, 1967-1969
40
7
Oxford University Press, 1953-1954
40
8
St. Martin's Press, 1962
40
9
Saturday Evening Post, 1949-1955
40
10
Saturday Review, 1949
40
11
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965
40
12
Show, 1963-1964
40
13
Survey Graphic, 1948
40
14
Think, 1968
40
15
United Nations Paper, 1967-1968
40
16
U.S. Information Agency, 1952 and 1961
40
17
Vue, 1948
40
18
Whittlesey House, 1948
40
19
John Wiley Publishing Co., 1968
Subseries 4. Speeches and interviews, 1938-1969
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
41
1
Prior to 1957
41
2
1957-1958
41
3
1959
41
4
1960
41
5
1961
41
6
1962-1963
41
7
1964-1966
Audio
1966 [with 1965 interview; housed with other sound recordings in Cassette Series XII]
42
1
Speeches, 1967
42
2
Speeches, 1968-1969
42
3
Speeches, n.d.
42
4-5
Speeches, commencement addresses, 1954-1967 and n.d.
42
6
Interview, Sander Vanocur, 1963 August 22
42
7
Interview, Boston, ca. 1963
42
8
Interview, Cal M. Logue, 1965 December 29
Audio
Interview, 1965 [with 1966 speech; housed with other sound recordings Cassette in
Series XII]
42
9
Interview, Kennedy Library, 1966 January
42
10
Interview, C. Vann Woodward, 1966 April
42
11
Interview, Atlanta Magazine, 1969
42
12
Introductions of McGill
Subseries 5. Book reviews and miscellaneous writings
Container list
Book reviews
Box
Folder
Contents
43
1
The Advancing South by James Maddox, E. E. Liebhafsky and Vivian Henderson; Labor in
the South by F. Ray Marshall
43
2
An American in India by Saunders Redding
43
3
The Bishop Pike Affair by William Stringfellow and Anthony Towne
43
4
The Burden of Southern History by C. Vann Woodward
43
5
The Cause Is Mankind by Hubert Humphrey
43
6
Congressman From Mississippi, An Autobiography by Frank E. Smith
43
7
Emblems of Conduct by Donald Windham
43
8
The Emerging South by Thomas D. Clark
43
9
First Person Rural by Hodding Carter
43
10
For Us, The Living by Mrs. Medgar Evers with William Peters
43
11
Gothic Politics in the Deep South by Robert Sherrill
43
12
A History of the English Speaking People, Vol. III and Vol. IV by Winston Churchill
43
13
In the Land of Jim Crow by Ray Sprigle
43
14
The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones by Jesse Hill Ford
43
15
The Magnolia Jungle by P. D. East
43
16
The Malignant Heart by Celestine Sibley
43
17
The Might Savior by Bishop Arthur J. Moore
43
18
Morality and the Mass Media by Kyle Haselden
43
19
Neither Black nor White by Wilma Dykeman and James Stokely
43
20
Nothing but the Truth by James H. Wood, as told to John M. Ross
43
21
Now is the Time by Lillian Smith
43
22
One Hundred Years of the Nation edited by Henry M. Christman
43
23
The Personal Letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt edited by Elliott Roosevelt
43
24
Portrait of a Decade by Anthony Lewis and the New York Times
43
25
Revolt in the South by Dan Wakefield
43
26
Carl Sandburg by Harry Golden
43
27
Schools in Transition edited by Robin M. Williams and Margaret Ryan
43
28
Segregation by Robert Penn Warren
43
29
The Southern Heritage by James McBride Dabbs
43
30
Southern Legacy by Hodding Carter
43
31
A Southern Moderate Speaks by Brooks-Hays
43
32
Southern Politics by V. O. Key
43
33
The Southern Temper by William Peters
43
34
The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
43
35
Sunrise at Campobello starring Ralph Bellamy
43
36
SNCC: The New Abolitionists and The Southern Mystique by Howard Zinn
43
37
This is Adam by Brainard Cheney
43
38
A Time to Speak by Charles Morgan, Jr.
43
39
Wedemeyer Reports by Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
Miscellaneous columns, column material, and writings
The largest series by volume, subject files, contains papers that McGill collected on a
wide variety of topics for his own use in his writings. Among the most interesting of
these materials are reports filed by Constitution reporters on meetings of the Ku Klux
Klan and the Columbians in Georgia in the 1930s and early 1940s. Other materials reflect
McGill's interest in Southern history and the Civil War, civil rights and race relations,
and education. Most of the materials are clippings, speeches, and printed articles.
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
45
1
Acheson, Dean G.
45
2
Aden
45
3-5
Africa
45
6-7
Agriculture
45
8
Agriculture - Southern States
46
1-2
Agriculture - Southern States
46
3
Aikman, Leo
46
4
Alabama (Negroes)
46
5
Albany
46
6
Alcoholics Anonymous
46
7
Allen, Hervey
46
8
Allen, Ivan, Jr.
46
9
Allies
46
10
Alsop, Stewart
46
11
American Advisory Association
46
12
American Revolution
46
13
Amerika Magazine
46
14
Antarctica
46
15
Anti-Defamation League
46
16
Anti-semitism in Georgia
46
17
Armstrong, George W.
46
18
Army Air Forces
46
19
Arnall, Ellis
47
1-2
Ashmore, Harry
47
3
Atlanta
47
4-6
Atlanta Constitution
47
7
Atlanta - Dixie Hills
47
8
Atlanta Journal
47
9
Atlanta League of Women Voters
47
10
Atlanta Optimist Club
47
11
Atlanta public schools - juvenile delinquency
47
12
Atlanta race riots, September, 1906
47
13
Atlanta School Study Council - Ivy report
47
14
Atlanta University
48
1
Atlanta Urban League
48
2
Atomic Energy Regional Press Seminar
48
3
Ayers, Harry B.
48
4
Baggs, William
48
5
Barkus, Gilbert
48
6
Belgium
48
7
Benet, Stephen Vincent
48
8
Benson, Ezra Taft
48
9
Berry schools
48
10
Biddle, Tony
48
11
Biggers, George C.
48
12
Bill of Rights
48
13
John Birch Society
48
14
Birthrate
48
15
Black, Eugene
48
16
Black militants
48
17
Black power
48
18
Borders, William Holmes
48
19-20
Bowles, Chester
49
1
Bunche, Ralph, Jr.
49
2
Burdett, Linda
49
3
Byrnes, James F.
49
4
Cain, Harry P.
49
5
Caldwell , Rogers
49
6
Calloway, Howard "Bo"
49
7
Capaldo, Richard
49
8
Carey, James B.
49
9
Carmichael , Jim
49
10
Carmichael, Stokely
49
11
Carroll County
49
12
Carter, Hodding
49
13
Castro, Fidel
49
14-15
Catholicism in political campaign, 1960
49
16
Censorship
49
17
Chambers, Lenoir
49
18
Children's Foundation
49
19
China
50
1
Chinese New Year
50
2
Church
50
3
Churchill, Winston
50
4
Civil rights
50
5-6
Civil War
50
7
Claibourne, Randolph, Jr.
50
8
Clark, Delbert
50
9
Clay, Cassius Marcellus
50
10
Clayton, Xernona
50
11
Cleaver, Eldridge
50
12
Cobb, Irvin S.
50
13
Cobb County
50
14
Coca-Cola Company
50
15
Cohen, Jay
50
16-17
Collins, LeRoy
51
1
Columbians
51
2-4
Communism
51
5
Communist suspects
51
6
Community Relations Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
51
7
Conant, James B.
51
8
CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)
51
9
Connor, Bull
51
10
Constable, John
51
11
Cook, Eugene
51
12
Cottineau, Capt. Denis
51
13
Courtney, Kent and Conservative Society of America
51
14
Cox, James M. , Jr.
51
15
Cox, James Middleton
51
16
Crane, Stephen
51
17
Crommelin, John G.
51
1-2
Cuba
51
3
Cuyler, Col. Telamon
52
4
Davison, Peter
52
5
DeKalb County
52
6
Democrats
52
7
Dixiecrats [States' Rights Democratic Party]
52
8
Dropsie College
52
9
DuBois, W.E.B.
52
10
W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America
52
11
Dunbar, Leslie
52
12
Economics in the South
52
13
Education
52
14
Education - Southern States
52
15
Edwards, Elton L.
52
16
Eichman Trial
52
17
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
53
1
Election campaign, 1956 - National
53
2
Ethridge, Mark
53
3
Fain, James E.
53
4
Farrell, Leo
53
5
Faulkner, William
53
6
FBI
53
7
Flanagan, Thomas J.
53
8
Ford, Jesse Hill
53
9
Foreign Policy Association
53
10
Fort Leslie J. McNair
53
11
France
53
12
Frank, June M.
53
13
Leo Frank case
53
14
Frost, Robert
53
15
Fulton County
53
16
Gallagher, Mary
53
17
Gallery of Great Americans
53
18
Galphin, Bruce
53
19
Gambling
53
20
Gambrell, E. Smythe
53
21
Gavin, James M.
53
22
George, Walter F.
54
1
Georgia
54
2
Georgia - Cities
54
3-4
Georgia - Communist Party
54
5
Georgia - Counties
54
6
Georgia - Delinquency
54
7
Georgia - Education
54
8
Georgia - Elections
54
9
Georgia - Family courts
54
10
Georgia - Grand Jury (its history)
54
11
Georgia - Health
54
12
Georgia - History
54
13
Georgia - Industry
54
14
Georgia - Mental hospitals
54
15
Georgia - Politics
55
1
Georgia - Prisons
55
2
Georgia - Statistics
55
3
Georgia - Taxes, state and local
55
4
Georgia - Urban growth
55
5
Georgia - Voter registration
55
6
Georgia - Welfare
55
7
Georgia Farm Bureau
55
8
Georgia General Assembly
55
9
Georgia Highway Department
55
10
Georgia tourist industry
55
11-14
Germany
55
15
Geroe, Ernoe
55
16
Gershon, Rebecca
55
17
Gettysburg
55
18-19
Ghana
55
20
Golden, Harry
56
1
Goldwater, Barry
56
2
Gomillion, Charles G.
56
3
Good, Ambassador Robert, visit to Atlanta, 1967, May 27-30
56
4
Gordon, Bill
56
5
Gordon, Charles
56
6
Grady, Henry W.
56
7
Graham, Frank
56
8
Grand Canyon dams project
56
9
Grand Jury
56
10
Guatemala
56
11
Guggenheim Fellowship
56
12
Haley, (Sir) William
56
13
Hall syndicate
56
14
Hanberry, James L.
56
15
Hand, Learned
56
16
Harding, Warren G.
56
17
Hargis, Billy James
56
18
Harris, Roy
56
19
Hartsfield, William B.
56
20
Harvard War Institute
56
21
Hatch, Albert H.
56
22-23
Hate groups
57
1-2
Hate groups
57
3
Hayes, Ralph
57
4
Hayes, Roland
57
5
Heard, Alexander
57
6
Hemingway, Ernest
57
7
Hemphill, William Arnold
57
8
Henson, A. L.
57
9
Sidney Hillman Awards
57
10
Hollis, Fred
57
11
Holmes, Horace E.
57
12
Holmes, Thomas J.
57
13
Hoover, J. Edgar
57
14
Housing - Atlanta
57
15
Howell, Clark (1863-1936) and Howell, Clark (1894-1966)
57
16
Humphrey, Hubert H.
57
17
Hunter Hills A.M.E. Church
58
1
Ilg, Ray A.
58
2
India
58
3
Indians
58
4
Integration, 1950-1953 and n.d.
58
5
Integration, 1954
58
6
Integration, 1954
58
7
Integration, 1956
58
8
Integration, 1957-1959 and n.d.
58
9
Integration, 1960-1961
58
10
Integration, 1962-1968 and n.d.
59
1
Israel
59
2
Jackson, Andrew
59
3
Jackson, Stonewall
59
4
Jarmon, Rufus
59
5
Jefferson, Thomas
59
6
John Marshall Law School
59
7
Johnny Reb
59
8-9
Johnson, Lyndon B.
59
10
Jones, Anne
59
11
Jordan, Vernon E., Jr.
59
12
Journalism
59
13
Kasper, John
59
14
Katzenbach, Nicholas
59
15
Kawato, Kimiko
59
16
Kennedy, Edward M.
59
17
Kennedy, John F.
59
18
Kennedy, Robert F.
59
19
Khrushchev, Nikita
59
20
King, Lonnie
59
21-22
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
60
1
King, Rufus DeWitt
60
2
Knights of Columbus
60
3-7
Ku Klux Klan and related activities
60
8
Ku Klux Klan research
61
1
Labor Unions
61
2
Lang, W. L.
61
3
Lawhorn, John
61
4
Lawrence, Alexander A.
61
5
Lawrence, W. H.
61
6
Lee, Lillian
61
7
Lee, Robert E.
61
8
Left wing
61
9
Legum, Colin
61
10
Lewis, John L.
61
11
Libel
61
12
Lincoln, Abraham
61
13
Linder, Thomas Mercer
61
14
Little Rock, Arkansas
61
15
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
61
16
Lovett School
61
17
Lyons, Louis M.
61
18
MacArthur, Douglas
61
19
McCallie School
62
1
McCarthy, Eugene
62
2
McCarthy, Joe
62
3
McCullers, Carson
62
4
McGill, Ralph E. [biographical information]
62
5
McNeill, Robert
62
6
Maddox, Lester
62
7
Mahoney, Daniel J.
62
8
Mahoney, Mike
62
9
Malcolm X
62
10
Mallard case (Toombs County), 1948
62
11
Manchester [Georgia] project
62
12
Mankin, Helen Douglas
62
13
Marine Corps
62
14
Markel, Lester
62
15
Marquis, Don
62
16
Marshall Plan
62
17
Massell, Ben J.
62
18
Mays, Dr. Benjamin E.
62
19
Mencken, H. L.
62
20
Menninger, Dr. William C.
62
21
Messer, Dr. Alfred A.
62
22
Minute Women
62
23
Molotov, V. M.
62
24
Moore, John Trotwood
62
25
Moore, Merrill
62
26
Moore, Virlyn B., Jr.
62
27
Morgan, Lamar Dunham
62
28
Moseley, Gen. Van Horn
62
29
Murphy, Reg
62
30
Murray, John Courtney, S. J.
62
31
Murrow, Edward R.
63
1
NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]
The majority of the scrapbooks are collections of McGill's daily editorial columns
maintained chronologically from 22 March 1944 - 9 February 1969 by McGill's secretary.
Included in this series are personal and professional scrapbooks and scrapbooks of
posthumous materials. While not comprehensive, this is an extensive and nearly complete
collection of his editorial columns. An extensive index to these columns is available in
the department; the index covers all columns, including those missing from the scrapbooks.
Organized into three subseries: (1) Personal and professional scrapbooks, 1912-1966,
(2) Daily editorial column clipping scrapbooks, 1944-1969, and (3) Posthumous materials
scrapbooks, 1969-1970.
Scrapbooks 18-73 are available on microfilm as a part of this collection and access to
and reproduction from these scrapbooks is RESTRICTED to use of the microfilm.
Subseries 1. Personal and professional scrapbooks,
1912-1966 and n.d.
Container list
Volume
Contents
1
1912-1913: Clippings - Sports
2
1912-1916: Clippings - Stage plays and actresses, football, McGill's football career
at McCallie School
1953-1954: Clippings - Columns (includes contempt of court case re highway safety
campaign)
15
1960: "The Making of the Book" - Clippings, reviews, drafts, 1962-1963:
photographs, letters from readers, promotional material The South and the Southerner
16
1966: Clippings Columns from Vietnam
17
[n.d.]: "Warm Springs" - Clippings, printed material, etc. - school project
by Ralph McGill, Jr.
Series X
Photographs
ca. 1920-1970
8 boxes, 23 OP, and 30 framed items
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of photographs including family, personal, and photographs of Ralph
McGill and the McGill family from ; chronologically arranged photographs; topical groups
of photographs arranged alphabetically by subject; negatives; and framed items. Major
subjects are McGill's friendships with Robert W. Woodruff and Carl Sandburg, and his trips
to Europe (1945 and 1947), Africa (1963 and 1967), Japan (1962 and 1966), and Vietnam
(1966).
Organized into four subseries: (1) Family and personal photographs, (2) Photographs:
Chronological, (3) Photographs: Topical (Alphabetical), and (4) Photographs: Negatives.
Subseries 1. Family and personal
Container list
Family
Box
Folder
Contents
87
1
Through 1959
OP1
McGill at Woodruff ranch, 1947
OP2
McGill family, 1958
87
2
1960-1966
87
3
1967
87
4
1968 and undated
Ralph McGill (individual)
Box
Folder
Contents
87
5
1930-1949
87
6
Undated, 1940s-1950s
87
7
1950s
87
8
1960-1964
87
9-11
1965-1969 (includes color transparency and half-tone plate)
87
12
Undated, 1960s
OP3
1951, 1961, and undated
87
13
Photo portrait by Charles Pugh
FR1
Anonymous drawing
FR2
Oil portrait by Templeton
FR3
Baldy cartoon
Newspaper career
Box
Folder
Contents
87
14
Nashville Banner, (1920s?]
87
15
Sportswriter era
87
16
Atlanta Constitution staff
87
17
Atlanta Constitution: McGill's office and display board
FR4
Atlanta Constitution: McGill's desk (Kenneth Rogers, photographer)
OP4
Illustrations for Saturday Evening Post article, 1958
OP5
Atlanta Constitution cannon
Other photographs
Box
Folder
Contents
FR5
McGill on NBC-TV
87
18-19
Miscellaneous committees
87
20
Award ceremonies
87
21
Awards
87
22
Dedication of Ralph McGill and M.L. King, Jr., Schools, 1974
87
23
Shining Light Award
87
24
Ralph McGill's funeral, 5 February 1969
87
25
Miscellaneous, undated and unidentified
Subseries 2. Photographs: Chronological
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
88
1
1933: Pan American Press Congress, Havana, Cuba
88
2
1938: Europe
88
3
1939: Eastern Air Lines Inaugural Flight, New York to Brownsville to Mexico
88
4
1939: Ambassador Josephus Daniels, Inaugural Flight to Mexico
88
5
1939: Farm Life in Georgia Series
88
6
1943: Westbrook Pegler visit
88
7
1943: Launching of Henry W. Grady Liberty Ship, Brunswick, Ga.
OP6
1944: Joseph Daniels
88
8-9
1945: A.S.N.E. European Tour
88
10
1947: Warm Springs Foundation, 25 June
88
11
1947: Dwight D. Eisenhower and others [For additional Eisenhower photos SEE ALSO
Series X.3]
88
12-16
1947: A.S.N.E. European Tour
88
17
1948: Robert Mallard Grand Jury
88
18
1948-1960: Richard M. Nixon (For additional Richard Nixon photos SEE ALSO Series X.3]
88
19
1940s: E. Arnall, H. Wallace, C. Howell
88
20
1940s: 4-H Club citation
88
21
1940s: Basil O'Connor
88
22
1940s: Carroll County "College in Country"
88
23
1940s-1960s: Robert W. Woodruff and associates [For additional Robert W. Woodruff
photos SEE ALSO Series X.3]
88
24
1950: Israel Re-Visited
88
25
1950: Vice President Alben Barkley
88
26
ca. 1950: Julian Drake
88
27
ca. 1950: Martin Sommers (For additional Martin Sommers photos SEE ALSO Series X.3]
88
28
ca. 1950: Dinah Shore
88
29
ca. 1950: L. Wright Bryan
OP7
ca. 1950: James M. Cox, Clark Howell, et. al. [For additional James M. Cox photos SEE
ALSO Series X.3] [For additional Clark Howell photos SEE ALSO Series X.3]
Series XI
Personal and professional miscellany
1915-1969
4 boxes and 5 OP
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of personal and professional miscellany of Ralph McGill from
1915-1969. The materials include diaries, notebooks, calendars, engagement books, and
clippings, as well as information about honors and awards.
Organized into four subseries: (1) Diaries and Notebooks, (2) Calendars and Engagement
Books, (3) Office Miscellany, Honors, Awards, Special Occasions, and (4) Clippings,
1917-1969.
Subseries 1. Diaries and notebooks
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
95
1
Diary, 1915 [and typed copy]
95
2
Notebook and diary [1937?]
95
3
Pocket diaries, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963
95
4
Pocket diaries, 1964, 1965, 1967
95
5
Address books (5)
95
6
Reporter's notebooks, 1945, 1946, 1951
95
7
Reporter's notebooks, 1959, 1967, and n.d.
95
8
Reporter's notebooks, n.d.
95
9
Reporter's notes
Subseries 2. Calendars and engagement books
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
96
1
Desk calendars, 1966-1969
96
2
Engagement books, 1961-1969
Subseries 3. Office miscellany, honors, awards,
special occasions
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
97
1-2
Visitors [notes and biographical information]
97
3
Schedules
97
4
Secretaries
97
5
Biographical material (McGill)
97
6
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
97
7
List of honorary degrees and awards
97
8
Honorary degree citations
97
9
Pulitzer Prize telegram, 1959
97
10
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1964: Citation
97
11
Pogo cartoon (8/3/63)
97
12
Greeting cards
97
13
Certificates: Godparent, Confirmation
97
14
Programs and invitations, 1915-1937
97
15
Programs and invitations, 1949-1960
97
16
Programs and invitations, 1961-1968
97
17
Wedding Song, 1967
97
18
"Poems" from columns
97
19
Hubbard [?] cartoon, 1927
OP24
Awards and certificates
OP25
Time magazine (3/3/23)
97
Emory doctoral hood
Subseries 4. Clippings, 1917-1969
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
98
1-2
Clippings about Ralph McGill, 1917 [?]-1959
98
3
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Columbus incident, 1959
98
4
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Pulitzer Prize, 1959
OP26
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Pulitzer Prize, Atlanta Constitution (5/5/59) and
broadside quotation, n.d.
98
5-6
Clippings about Ralph McGill, 1960-1961
OP27
Clippings about Ralph McGill, The Boston Globe (6/18/61)
The series consists of memorabilia including commemorative medals; awards; items from
McGill's office such as a press pass and the ruler used to measure his columns; plaques;
certificates; diplomas; and such audiovisual materials as slides, films, and sound
recordings documenting McGill's travels, honors, and activities, and interviews with
McGill and with those who knew him.
Container list
Box
Item
Contents
99
1-32
Medals
100
Collectibles, Books, Miscellaneous Printed Material, Personal Items
Item
1-29
Plaques, Framed items, Oversized memorabilia, etc.
Slides and films
Box
Item
Contents
101
1
Color slides: Africa, 1967
101
2
Russia, 1968
101
3
Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, 1966
101
4
Russia, 1959
101
5
Japan, 1962
101
6
Africa, 1963
101
7
Negative film: unidentified (35 mm. b&w; still photographs)
Videocassette
Box
Folder
Item
101
8
Nikko (Japan), 1962
Sound recordings: audiocassettes
Box
Folder
Item
102
1
McGill: Interview by Charlie Roberts, WBGE, 1940s Dialogue with Paul Shields, WAGA-TV,
12 October 1962
102
2
McGill: Mercer University Doctor of Laws degree, 29 March 1961
102
3
McGill: Interview by Cal Logue, Atlanta 29 December 1965
102
4.1-4
McGill: Speech at Temple Beth Am, Miami, Florida, 26 Jan 1966
102
5
McGill: Documentary, WSB-TV, 7 February 1969
102
6
Rebecca Gershon: Interview by Cal Logue, 17 April 1969
102
7
McGill: "They Called Him Pappy," narrated by Norman Shavin, 19 April 1969
102
8
McGill: Shining Light Award, WSB radio, 30 May 1972
102
9
Ruthana Boris: "Reminiscences of McGill's Friendship," 23 October 1972
102
10
Ralph E. McGill, Jr.: Interview by Harold Martin, "Memories of his Father,"
n.d.
102
11.1-5
"Big Johnny Reb" radio editorials, Columbus, Georgia, n.d. (mentioning
McGill)
Among the posthumous materials are clippings and other items about McGill's death and
funeral and about posthumous honors and items named in memory of McGill. Other posthumous
materials are found among the scrapbooks (Series IX.3).
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
103
1
Press copy on McGill's death
OP31
Press copy on McGill's death - Atlanta Constitution
103
2
Eulogies from newspapers (41)
103
3
Tributes
OP32
Resolution by U.S. House of Representatives on death of McGill
103
4
Pages from memorial book
103
5
Final medical report
103
6
Notes from Mary Lynn Morgan McGill (from diary?)
103
7
Acknowledgment lists
103
8
Clippings and articles
103
9
Awards and honors
103
10
American Education Award'- Ralph Jr.'s acceptance speech
103
11
"Ralph McGill Memorial Storytelling Evening" (2/26/79)
Series XIV
Posthumous additions
13 boxes, 11 video boxes, and 1 OP
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials received after the original collection was processed.
Each new group of additions has been added as a separate subseries.
Organized into eight subseries: (1) Correspondence, (2) Writing about McGill, (3) Mary
Lynn Morgan papers, (4) FBI/FOIPA files about McGill, (5) "Dawn's Early Light: Ralph
McGill and the Segregated South": project files, (6) Edward Weeks papers, (7) H.
Robert Bizinsky papers, and (8) Ralph McGill materials collected by Special Collections
Department.
This subseries contains four groups of correspondence. The first group (folders 1-8)
consists of letters written by Ralph McGill to Louise Stevens, dating from 1926-1929.
McGill signs his name "Mac" and refers to Louise Stevens as "Steve."
Written during his days at the Nashville Banner, they discuss events and people and his
love for Louise Stevens. These letters were given to the library by Louise Stevens (Mrs.
Ernest F. King) upon a request by McGill's biographer, Harold Martin. Also included are
letters exchanged between Mrs. King and Harold Martin about her gift of the McGill letters
to Emory and which also includes some explanations of the people mentioned in the original
McGill letters (folder 9).
The second group of correspondence (folder 10) is letters exchanged between Ralph
McGill and Malcolm Bryan, editor of The Atlanta Journal. These letters, dated 1951-1964,
discuss some of McGill's columns of which Bryan was not always pleased. This group of
letters are photocopies from original letters located in the Malcolm Honore Bryan papers
(MSS 536).
The third group of correspondence (folder 11) is photocopies of letters between McGill
and Thomas Caldecott Chubb (1 November 1899-22 March 1972), poet and biographer. These
letters, written out of friendship, discuss events and people and date from 1934 to 1959.
The fourth group of correspondence, also photocopied, is letters exchanged between
McGill and Robert L. Sherrod (8 February 1909- ) editior of The Saturday Evening Post
(1952-1966). These letters, dating 1955-1966 and written between friends, discuss events
and people.
Groups three and four were also obtained by Harold Martin from the individual
recipients for use in writing his biography on McGill.
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
104
1
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1926 August-October
104
2
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1926 November
104
3
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1926 December
104
4
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1927 February-April
104
5
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1927 May
104
6
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1927 June-December
104
7
Letters to Louise Stevens King, 1928-1929
104
8
Letters to Louise Stevens King, n.d. [1926-1929]
104
9
Correspondence re letters to Louise Stevens King, 1973-1974
104
10
Malcolm Bryan correspondence (photocopies-original letters in Bryan Papers), 1951-1964
104
11
Thomas Caldecot Chubb correspondence (photocopies), 1934 August 28-1959 May 28
104
12
Robert Sherrod correspondence (photocopies), 1955 December 27-1966 March 29
Subseries 2
Writings About McGill
1967-1987
2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 2 items were given to the library by several different sources. Writings by
Calvin Logue were given by him at different times during the early 1980s. This subseries
is arranged by type with theses and honors papers first, arranged chronologically by date
written, followed by Logue's dissertation, and lastly by other writings, mainly those of
Calvin Logue.
Container list
Writings About McGill
Box
Folder
Contents
105
1
"Atlanta Politics and the Sit-in Movement, 1960-1961" by Stanley Seburn
Jones, Jr., Harvard College, 1971 April 1 (Master's Thesis, photocopy)
105
2
"Ralph Emerson McGill: His Thoughts Concerning the Eisenhower Years" by
Joseph Vincent Siry, Emory University, 1971 (Honor's Thesis, photocopy)
105
3
"Running on the Fence: Ralph McGill's Strategy in Five Civil Rights Crises"
by Carolyn Ann Marvin, University of Texas at Austin, 1974 May (Master's Thesis,
photocopy)
105
4
"Ralph McGill and Race Relations: The Predicament of a Southern Moderate" by
Arturo S. Bagley, Emory University, 1987 (Honor's Paper) "A Historical Analysis of
the Speech Theory and Practice of Ralph McGill" by Calvin McLeod Logue, Louisiana
State University, 1967 May (Dissertation, typescript)
105
5
Acknowledgments, Table of Contents, List of Figures, Abstract
105
6
Chapter I
105
7
Chapter II
105
8
Chapter III
105
9
Chapter IV
105
10
Chapter V
105
11
Chapter VI
105
12
Chapter VII
105
13
Bibliography
105
14
Appendix
Other Writings
Box
Folder
Contents
106
1
Writings on Ralph McGill by Calvin McLeod Logue, 1968-1969, n.d. (For additional
information on writings on Ralph McGill by Calvin McLeod Logue SEE Series 2: Subseries 6]
106
2
Ralph McGill: Editor and Publisher by Calvin McLeod Logue: Clippings; correspondence;
announcement; printer's copy of title page, table of contents (photocopied)
106
3
Ralph McGill: Rebecca Gershon-Calvin McLeod Logue interview: Transcript (photocopy)
106
4
"A Most Genuine Human Being" by William Gordon: Typescript, n.d.
106
5
"The Effect of Religious Precepts on the Writing of Ralph McGill" by Albert
D. Friday, n.d. (photocopy)
Subseries 3
Mary Lynn Morgan papers
1970-1977
1 box
Scope and Content Note
The materials in Subseries 3 were given to the library by Dr. Mary Lynn Morgan, second
wife of Ralph McGill. The materials related to Ralph McGill 1898-1969 (folders 1-14) were
given in April 1970. This publication, privately printed by Dr. Morgan in 1970, contains
columns written by McGill. Included in this subseries are the corrected typescript
(folders 1-4) and letters to Mary Lynn Morgan from those to whom she sent a copy of the
book thanking her for this gift (folders 5-14).
Also included in this subseries are letters received by Dr. Morgan from Robert W.
Woodruff (folder 15) which mention the McGill exhibit at Emory University and the McGill
scholarship program.
Container list
Ralph Emerson McGill, 1898-1969
Box
Folder
Contents
107
1
Corrected typescript, p. 1-50
107
2
Corrected typescript, p. 51-82
107
3
Corrected typescript carbon, p. 1-50
107
4
Corrected typescript carbon, p. 51-82
107
5
Thank you letters, 1970 March 29-31
107
6
Thank you letters, 1970 April 1-3
107
7
Thank you letters, 1970 April 4-8
107
8
Thank you letters, 1970 April 9-20
107
9
Thank you letters, 1970 April 21-30
107
10
Thank you letters, 1970 May
107
11
Thank you letters, 1970 June
107
12
Thank you letters, 1970 July-December
107
13
Thank you letters, 1971
107
14
Thank you letters, n.d.
Other Materials
Box
Folder
Contents
107
15
Correspondence: Robert W. Woodruff to Mary Lynn McGill, 1974, 1977
Subseries 4
FBI/FOIPA files about McGill
1959-1979
1 box
Scope and Content Note
In November 1978, the Special Collections Department requested photocopies of any files
on Ralph McGill held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This request was made under
the Freedom of Information Act. The materials in this subseries reflect those items that
have been received in response to this request. The file numbers are those of the FBI and
the materials have been arranged according to file number.
Subseries 5
"Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South": project files
ca. 1988
4 boxes, 127 video recordings, and 11 computer disks
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 5 contains video recordings and transcripts documenting interviews with
journalists, political figures, and colleagues of Ralph McGill for the 1988 documentary
"Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South." These materials
were given to Special Collections in March 1988 by the co-producers and co-directors of
this documentary, Jed Dannenbaum and Kathleen Dowdey. The transcript interviews are
arranged alphabetically (boxes 109-111: folders 1-6). Also included are the releases
signed by the interviewees (box 11: folder 7), printed material about the world premiere
(box 111: folder 8), reviews (box ill: folder 9) and the computer disks containing the
interviews (box 112). The video recording number designations are those assigned by the
donors (video boxes 1-11).
Videotapes may not be used for or included in any film, video, or television program
without written permission.
Organized into four sub-subseries: (1) Interview transcripts, (2) Other materials, (3)
Disks, and (4) Video recordings.
Sub-subseries 1. Interview transcripts
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
109
1
Alexander, Cecil
109
2
Ashmore, Harry
109
3
Bisher, Furman
109
4
Blumberg, Janice Rothschild
109
5
Bond, Julian
109
6
Boris, Ruthanna
109
7
Brokaw, Tom
109
8
Calhoun, John
109
9
Carter, Dan
109
10
Carter, Jimmy
109
11
Carter, Robert
109
12
Clayton, Xernona
109
13
Cleghorn, Reese
109
14
Dugger, Ronnie
109
15
Dunbar, Leslie
109
16
Emerson, William
109
17
Fleming, Harold
109
18
Gebre-Hiwet, Judy
109
19
Griffin, John
109
20
Grigsby, Lucy
109
21
Hamilton, Grace Towns
109
22
Hempstone, Smith
109
23
Holman, M. Carl
110
1
Horton, Myles
110
2
Jenkins, Herbert
110
3
Jordan, Vernon
110
4
King, Lonnie
110
5
Kovach, Bill
110
6
Lewis, John
110
7
Lockerman, Doris
110
8
McGill, Jr., Ralph
110
9
Morgan, Mary Lynn
110
10
Nelson, Jack
110
11
Patterson, Eugene C.
110
12
Pauley, Frances
110
13
Pendergrast, Nan
110
14
Popham, John
110
15
Ross, Kitty
110
16
Saruya, Kaname
110
17
Shipp, Bill
110
18
Sibley, Celestine
110
19
Sitton, Claude
110
20
Tackett, Grace Lundy
110
21
Talmadge, Herman
110
22
Tarver, Jack
111
1
Vandiver, S. Ernest
111
2
Vanocur, Sander
111
3
Watters, Pat
111
4
Williams, Hosea
111
5
Young, Andrew
111
6
Zinn, Howard
Sub-subseries 2. Other materials
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
111
7
Releases signed by interviewees [NOTE: No releases for Bisher, Hamilton, and Zinn]
111
8
World Premiere: Printed material, 1988
Sub-subseries 3. Disks
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
112
1
Ashmore, Bond, Boris, Brokaw
112
2
Blumberg, Bisher, Dan Carter, Alexander, Cleghorn
112
3
Calhoun, Robert Carter, Clayton, Dugger, Dunbar, Emerson
112
4
Fleming, Grigsby, Hamilton, Gebre-Hiwit, Holman,
112
5
Hosea Williams, Jimmy Carter, Jenkins, King, Kovach
Edward Weeks (19 February 1898-14 March 1989), editor and writer, was a friend of
McGill. Weeks was also the editor of Atlantic Monthly (1938-1966) and senior consultant
for Atlantic Monthly Press (1966-?) which published some of McGill's books and Ralph
McGill, Reporter by Harold Martin.
Most of the materials in this subseries relate to the writing of Ralph McGill, Reporter
(box 113: folders 5-12, box 114: folders 1-18), mainly in the form of correspondence.
Edward Weeks compiled a list of names of those who had meaningful contact with McGill in
some way and wrote to them asking "What was most memorable in your relationship with
Ralph McGill?" This information was to be used by Harold Martin in writing the McGill
biography (box 114: folders 1-15). Other items include photographs and reviews.
The rest of the material in this subseries includes writings by Ralph McGill (box 113:
folder 1), writings about Ralph McGill (box 113: folders 14-16), correspondence relating
to McGill's book The South and Southerner (box 113: folders 2-4), clippings (box 113:
17-18), and miscellaneous notes on The Bible (box 114: folder 19).
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
113
1
Writings by Ralph McGill, 1950, 1961, 1968-1969
113
2
South and the Southerner: Correspondence, 1959, 1962
113
3
South and the Southerner: Correspondence, 1963-1964
113
4
South and the Southerner: Correspondence, 1965-1966, 1968
113
5
Correspondence, 1958, 1965-1966
113
6
Correspondence, 1969 January-February
113
7
Correspondence, 1969 March-April
113
8
Correspondence, 1969 May-August
113
9
Correspondence, 1969 September-October, n.d.
113
10
Correspondence, 1971, 1973-1974, 1978-1979
113
11
Correspondence, 1980, 1982, 1989
113
12
Best of Ralph McGill: Review, 1980
113
13
Writings about Ralph McGill, 1948-1949, 1960-1961, 1963, 1968-1969 (photocopies)
113
14
Writings about Ralph McGill, 1969, n.d.
113
15
Writings about Ralph McGill by Calvin McLeod Logue, 1969-1969, n.d. [For additional
writings on Ralph McGill by Calvin McLeod Logue SEE Series XIV: Subseries 2]
113
16
Clippings re Ralph McGill, 1969, n.d.
113
17
Collected clippings, 1982
Ralph McGill, Reporter by Harold Martin
Box
Folder
Contents
114
1
Correspondence re preliminary information gathering, 1969: A-Z
114
2-10
Correspondence re preliminary information gathering, 1969: A-Z
114
11-16
Replies to preliminary information gathering requests 1969: A-Z
114
17
List of photographs sent to Edward Weeks, Atlantic Press, 18 February 1972
Subseries 7
H. Robert Bizinsky papers
1942-1973
1 box and 1 OP
Scope and Content Note
H. Robert Bizinsky (1915-1982), artist, was a friend of Ralph McGill. Their friendship
began in 1935 when Bizinsky impulsively took some sketches of backcountry to McGill.
Included in this subseries is correspondence between McGill and Bizinsky, Mary Lynn Morgan
and the Bizinskys, and Harold Martin and the Bizinskys. Also included are clippings of
McGill's columns, obituaries, reviews of Martin's biography on McGill, and biographical
information on Bizinsky. All materials are photocopies.
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
115
1
Correspondence: Ralph McGill to H. Robert Bizinsky, 1947, (late 1940s], 1950-1952,
1954, 1956, 1958-1964 (photocopies)
115
2
Correspondence: H. Robert and Eleanor Bizinsky/Mary Lynn Morgan, [late 1967-early
1968]-1970, 1973 (photocopies)
115
3
Correspondence: H. Robert Bizinsky/Harold Martin, 1969-1970, 1973 (photocopies)
115
4
Correspondence: Celestine Sibley to H. Robert and Eleanor Bizinsky, 15 September 1952
(photocopy)
115
5
Writings by Ralph McGill: "The South Has Many Faces", The Atlantic, 1963
April (photocopy)
115
6
Writings by Ralph McGill: "The 'Constitution' Story", Saturday Review, 8
June 1968 (photocopy)
115
7
Clippings about Ralph McGill, 1961 (photocopies)
115
8
Clippings and articles about the death of Ralph McGill, 1969 (photocopies)
OP32
Clippings about death of Ralph McGill, 1969
115
9
Writings about Ralph McGill: The Southern Israelite, 25 July 1969
115
10
'Ralph McGill, Reporter: Cover, title page, Introduction, p. 280-281 (photocopies)
115
11
Ralph McGill, Reporter: Reviews, 1973 (photocopies)
115
12
H. Robert Bizinsky: "The Lyrical Post-Impressionism of Robert Bizinsky",
n.d.
115
13
H. Robert Bizinsky: Biographical information, n.d.
115
14
H. Robert Bizinsky: Biographical sketch of Bizinsky in Archives of American Art
Journal, vol. 34, no. 3, 1994
Subseries 8
Ralph McGill materials collected by Special Collections Department
1942-1973
1 box
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 8 contains materials that have been collected about Ralph McGill by the
Special Collections Department over time. In 1972, Mr. David Estes, who was then head of
the Special Collections Department, solicited donations of materials on Ralph McGill by
those who knew him. The items that were donated, mainly in the form of correspondence, are
included here (folders 1-13).
Other materials contained in this subseries are writings by McGill (folder 14),
writings about McGill (folders 15-23), information about awards and tributes (folders
24-29), subject files (folders 30-34), information about the Ralph McGill exhibit in
Special Collections (folders 35-38), and Sandburg Materials: Connemara (folders 39-41).
Most of this material is in the form of printed material and clippings.
Container list
Box
Folder
Contents
116
1
Bergman, Bernard A.: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Bergman, 9 November 1965
116
2
Bingham, Barry, Sr.: Memorandum about Ralph McGill from Bingham to Harold Martin, 24
November 1969
116
3
Callahan, Alston: Photographs and clipping: McGills at home of Dr. and Mrs. Alston
Callahan, 1948
116
4
Cleghorn, Reese: Clipping: "A Memory of Ralph McGill, War Horse" by Reese
Clegborn, 5 February 1969
116
5
Crile, Helen Sandburg: Correspondence: Helen Sandburg Crile to Ralph McGill,
1960-1963, 1965-1966
116
6
Crile, Helen Sandburg: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Helen Sandburg Crile,
1960-1962, 1965
Hays, Brooks: Ralph McGill to Brooks Hays, 14 September 1967 [photocopy]
116
9
Hibbs, Ben: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Ben Hibbs, 3 January 1964; 2 January 1968
116
10
Johnson, Julia: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Julia Johnson, 1964-1966, 1968
116
11
Kirkpatrick, Dow: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Dow Kirkpatrick, 5 September 1963,
and photocopy of church bulletin with Ralph McGill as guest speaker, 17 November 1963
116
12
Leckie, George: Photograph: McGill family Christmas card to George Leckie, n.d.
116
13
White, Homer: Correspondence: Ralph McGill to Homer White, 28 January 1969
Writings by Ralph McGill
Box
Folder
Contents
116
14
"A Review Essay" by Ralph McGill, Monthly Labor Review 91, no. 3 (March
1968) and two offprints
Writings about Ralph McGill
Box
Folder
Contents
116
15
"Atlanta" by Roy Bongartz, Holiday, 1969 October
116
16
"Another View" by Edward Weeks, Georgia, 1973 February
116
17
Miscellaneous, 1949, 1958, 1962, 1969-1971, 1973,
116
18
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Boston Globe, 1949, 1962-1969
116
19
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Monitor, 1963
116
20
Clippings about Ralph McGill, NY Herald, 1963
116
21
Clippings about Ralph McGill, Washington Post, 1952
116
22
Clippings about Ralph McGill, unidentified sources, 1942, 1965
116
23
Miscellaneous clippings about Ralph McGill, 1960-1961, 1967-[1968?], 1973, n.d.
Awards and tributes
Box
Folder
Contents
116
24
Distinguished Service in Journalism Award, 3 May 1957: Program
116
25
University of Southern California Journalism Achievement Award, 30 October 1961:
Clipping
116
26
Honorary Degree: Morehouse College, Doctor of Humanities, 1962: Transcript [photocopy]
116
27
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 1964: clippings
116
28
Eleanor Roosevelt Award, 8 November 1965: Program
116
29
Posthumous tribute: All Saints' Episcopal Church concert, 16 March 1969: Program
Subject files
Box
Folder
Contents
116
30
Atlanta University: Clipping, n.d.
116
31
Education-Southern States: Printed material, 1947
116
32
McCarthy, Joe: Printed material, 1954
116
33
Negro migration from the South: Printed material, n.d.
116
34
Uruguay: "General Information on Uruguay" by [?] [laid in McGill's copy of
Inside Latin America by John Gunter]
Ralph McGill exhibit in Special Collections
Box
Folder
Contents
116
35
Reception, 21 June 1970
116
36
Photographs, n.d.
116
37
Clipping, 16 July 1973
116
38
McGill bookplate, Robert W. Woodruff Library
Sandburg materials: Connemara
Box
Folder
Contents
116
40
Postcard
116
41
"A Chance Meeting with Mrs. Sandburg and With Connemara" by Stanley Jones:
Photocopied corrected typescript
Personal Names
Baruch, Bernard M.(Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
Bowles, Chester, 1901-
Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Golden, Harry, 1902-
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987.
Mays, Benjamin, (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Murrow, Edward R.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Rusk, Dean, 1909-
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1930-
Truman, Harry S., (1884-1972).
Corporate Names
Atlanta constitution.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
Southern Regional Council.
Topical Terms
Afro-Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights--Religious aspects
Civil rights--United States.
Education--Georgia.
Jews--Persecutions.
Journalism--United States--Awards.
Race relations and the press--Georgia.
School integration--Georgia.
Sports journalism.
Geographic Names
Georgia--History, 1865-1950.
Georgia--History, 1950-
Georgia--Politics and government.
Form/Genre Terms
Financial records.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
