Pyle mss. III, 1932-1945
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
TitlePyle mss. III,1932-1945
Collection No.
LMC 1880
Extent
2,500 items
Language
Materials are in
English.
Abstract
The Pyle mss. III, 1932-1945, consists primarily of scrapbooks, newspaper and wire copies of columns, and photographs of,
or related to,
journalist Ernest Taylor Pyle, 1900-1945.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Ernest Taylor Pyle (1900-1945), also known as Ernie Pyle, was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist.
After attending Indiana University Bloomington, Pyle served as a newspaper correspondent and columnist who
covered the lives of ordinary people as well as soldiers in World War II. Pyle was killed in battle at
Ie Shima in the Pacific.
Scope and Content Note
The Pyle mss. III, 1932-1945, consist primarily of scrapbooks, newspaper and wire copies of columns, and photographs of, or
related to,
journalist Ernest Taylor Pyle, 1900-1945. At some point the columns were microfilmed and then paper copies printed and bound
in chronological
order into 17 volumes, all compiled by Paige Cavanaugh, businessman and classmate of Ernie Pyle at Indiana University. A draft
geographical
index to these volumes/columns accompanies the collection.
Also present are various articles and printed materials about, or related to, Pyle that were acquired or collected by the
Indiana University
Journalism Library and Department from the 1950s through the mid-1990s, a portrait of Ernie Pyle made by George Biddle, June
15, 1943, that
was added to the collection by the Robert T. Sorrells family of Rochester, Minnesota in December 1998 and a few Journalism
Library files
relating to use of the collection when located there and particularly to loans of some of Ernie Pyle's artifacts to the National
Portrait
Gallery in Washington, DC for exhibitions in the early 1990s.
Related Material
Pyle mss., Pyle mss. II, Pyle mss. IV, Pyle mss. V, Pyle mss. VI, and Pyle mss. VII also located at the Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition InformationAcquired: 1994
Transfer. Indiana University School of Journalism Library, Bloomington, IN
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Pyle mss. III, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
I. Bound Scrapbooks
Aug. 8, 1935-Apr. 10, 1936
Mar. 27, 1936-Nov. 9, 1936
Nov. 10, 1936-Jul. 13, 1937
Jul. 14, 1937-Feb. 26, 1938
Feb. 28, 1938-Dec. 13, 1938
Dec. 14, 1938-Oct. 18, 1939
Oct. 19, 1939-Oct. 15, 1940
Oct. 16, 1940-Jan. 8, 1942
Jan. 9, 1942-Dec. 31, 1942
Jan. 5, 1943-Nov. 22, 1943
Jan. 2, 1943-Jul. 28, 1943
Jul. 29, 1943-Feb. 17, 1944
Feb. 19, 1944-Sept. 13, 1944
ca. Oct.-Dec. 1943
ca. Nov. 1943-May 1944
May 1944:
Pulitzer Prize Scrapbook
May 9, 1944-Sept. 8, 1944
ca. Sept.-Dec. 1944
Feb. 6, 1945-Apr. 27, 1945
Dec. 3, 1944-Mar. 2, 1945
Mar. 2, 1945-Aug. 21, 1945
Series:
Box 1
II. Newspaper Columns
Aug-Sept. 1935
Oct-Nov-Dec. 1935
Jan-Feb-March 1936
April-May-June 1936
Jul-Aug-Sept. 1936
Oct-Nov-Dec. 1936
Jan-Feb-Mar. 1937
Apr-May-Jun. 1937
Jul-Aug. 1937
Sept-Oct. 1937
Nov-Dec. 1937
Jan-Feb. 1938
Mar-Apr. 1938
May-Jun. 1938
Jul-Aug. 1938
Box 2
Sept-Oct. 1938
Nov-Dec. 1938
Jan-Mar. 1939
Apr-Jun. 1939
Jul-Sept. 1939
Oct-Dec. 1939
Jan-Mar. 1940
Apr-Jun. 1940
Jul-Aug-Sept. 1940
Oct-Dec. 1940
Jan-Mar. 1941
Apr-Jun. 1941
Jul-Sept. 1941
Oct-Dec. 1941
Jan-Mar. 1942
Apr-Sept. 1942
Oct-Dec. 1942
Jan-Mar. 1943
Box 3
Apr-June 1943
Jul-Sept. 1943
Oct-Dec. 1943
Jan.-Apr. 1944
May-Aug. 1944
Sept-Dec. 1944
Jan-Apr. 1945
Telegram re: D-Day.
Jun. 26, 1944
Pyle Column Duplicates
Aviation Columns.
Nov. 1931-Jan. 1932
Aviation Columns.
Feb-Mar. 1932
Aviation Columns.
Apr-May 1932
Aviation Columns.
Jun. 1932;
Jan. 20, 1935
Newsclips. Columns—Sicily.
Jul-Sept. 1943
"Ernie Pyle's Favorites" [Columns]. Newsclips.
Ruby A. Williams Collection: Sicily
Ruby A. Williams Collection: England
Ruby A. Williams Collection: Western Front
Ruby A. Williams Collection: France
Ruby A. Williams Collection: Okinawa
Ruby A. Williams Collection: Honolulu
Ernie Pyle: biographical, including articles on his death
(5 folders)
Re: Ernie Pyle's book
"Old Man of the Sea" by Ernie Pyle, mss.
Scrapbook: Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe (motion picture)
No Box
Ernie Pyle Newspaper Columns, compiled by Paige Cavanaugh
Book 1:
Oct. 1935-Feb. 1936
Book 2:
Dec. 1936-Oct. 1937
Book 3:
Oct. 1937-Apr. 1938
Book 4:
Apr. 1938-Nov. 1938
Book 5:
Nov. 1938-May 1939
Book 6:
May 1939-Oct. 1939
Book 7:
Dec. 1939-Jul. 1940
Book 8:
Jul. 1940-Feb. 1941
Book 9:
Mar. 1941-Mar. 1942
Book 10:
Mar. 1942-Jan. 1943
Book 11:
Feb. 1943-Jul. 1943
Book 12:
Nov. 1943-Mar. 1944
Book 13:
Mar. 1944-Jun. 1944
Book 14:
Jul. 1944-Mar. 1945
Book 15:
Mar. 1945-Jun. 1945
Book 16: Miscellaneous
Book 17: Miscellaneous
Series:
Box 4
III. Miscellaneous
Photographs of portraits, paintings, busts of Ernie Pyle
Photographs: Ernie Pyle, non-military
Correspondence re: donations to IU School of Journalism (Pyle coll.)
Photographs of plaques and memorials
Photographs: misc.
Negatives and slides
Photographs: Pyle, IU,
Nov. 13, 1944
Photographs: Jerry Pyle
Military photos of Ernie Pyle
(3 envelopes)
Site of Ernie Pyle's death
Site of Ernie Pyle's burial
Photos of Ernie Pyle
Miscellaneous photos
Box 5
Pyle's student pilot license.
1928
Miscellaneous
Lee Miller, Pacific. Column,
June 21, 1945
Clippings re: honorary degree
Ernie Pyle Branch, Albuquerque Public Library.
1995
Kenneth E. Bergman. Pyle shorthand notes
Karen Schreier. Paper on Pyle.
1984
David Nichols, IU Journalism. Book on Pyle.
1986
Re: loan of Pyle portrait and typewriter.
1989-1991;
1993-1994
IU Journalism correspondence files re: Pyle materials
Misc. papers and articles on Ernie Pyle
Indexes to Ernie Pyle's columns in library
Misc. printed/writings by Pyle
Printed, about Pyle
Misc. printed
Box 6
G.I. Joe premier materials
News clippings
Printing block
Naval documents
Photographs
Indianapolis Times.
Dec. 23, 1941
Financial documents, misc.
Correspondence and clippings
Framed photographs
Box 7
Slides
Gatlinburg and the Great Smokies
American Heritage.
Feb/Mar. 1981
Okinawa: The Ryukyu Islands
News clippings
(3 folders)
Articles:
Life.
Nov. 15, 1943
Editor and Publisher: The Fourth Estate.
Apr. 20, 1929
Ernie Pyle birthplace: Memorial materials
U.S.S. Cabot Materials
Encyclopedia article transcript: Mary Alice Sentman
Photographs
Ernie Pyle stamp materials
Box 8 (Oversize)
Photographs and comic strip
Box 9 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
Box 10 (Oversize)
McCall's Magazines
Box 11 (Oversize)
Biddle, George. Portrait of Ernie Pyle,
1943
Box 12 (Oversize)
Photographs
Box 13 (Oversize)
Framed photographs of Ernie Pyle
Box 14 (Oversize)
Large scrapbook: clippings pertaining to Ernie Pyle's death
Box 15 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
Box 16 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
Box 17 (Oversize)
Framed "In Memoriam" for Ernie Pyle
Framed charcoal sketch portrait of Ernie Pyle
Box 18 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
Box 19 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
Box 20 (Oversize)
Scrapbook
