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Pyle mss. IV, 1940

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

Title
Pyle mss. IV,1940

Collection No.
LMC 2523

Extent
74 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
The Pyle mss. IV, 1940, consist of carbon copies of dispatches by journalist Ernie Pyle, 1900-1945, sent to newspaper publisher Scripps Howard.

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. IV, 1940, consist of carbon copies of dispatches by journalist Ernie Pyle, 1900-1945, sent to newspaper publisher Scripps Howard. They were written and sent almost daily from Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras during his Central American tour in January-March 1940. The first was written aboard the S.S. Sixaola, bound for Panama from New Orleans; the last is from Miami, Florida after his return to the States.

Related Material

Pyle mss., Pyle mss. II, Pyle mss. III, Pyle mss. V, Pyle mss. VI, and Pyle mss. VII also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2005
Usage Restrictions
Prior 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. IV, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Box 1 Dispatches. Jan. 1940 

Dispatches. Feb. 1940 

Dispatches. Mar. 1940 

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