Pyle mss. VI, ca. 1923–1954
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. VI,ca. 1923–1954
Collection No.
LMC 2676
Extent
130 items
Language
Materials are in
English.
Abstract
The Pyle mss. VI, ca. 1923–1954, consist of papers concerning journalist Ernest Taylor Pyle, 1900–1945, Clarence E.
Edmondson and Edna Hatfield Edmondson.
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. VI, ca. 1923–1954, consist of papers concerning journalist Ernest Taylor Pyle, 1900–1945, Clarence E.
Edmondson and Edna Hatfield Edmondson. Clarence E. Edmondson, Dean of Men at Indiana University, and his wife Edna
were described by those who knew them as a second set of parents to Pyle. In a tribute to Dean Edmonson in the
Indiana Alumni Magazine, Pyle notes "...outside of my own parents...Dean Edmonson did
more to develop whatever alleged character I have than anybody else."
The collection contains a series of letters written by Pyle to the Edmondsons; an account of Clarence Edmondson's
relationship with Pyle enclosed in a letter to Edmondson from E. Ross Bartley, May 12, 1944; documents, telegrams and
letters related to the honorary degree conferred on Ernie Pyle in 1944; a copy of the Indiana Alumni magazine, January
1945 related to the death of C.E. Edmondson and miscellaneous documents concerning Dr. Edna Hatfield Edmondson; newspaper
clippings about Pyle during the war years and beyond. Also present is a 1925 photograph of William Lowe Bryan, 10th
President of Indiana University.
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Indexing Terms
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Names
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Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945--Correspondence.
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Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945--Manuscripts.
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Edmondson, Edna Hatfield--Correspondence.
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Edmondson, Clarence E.--Correspondence.
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Edmondson, Edna Hatfield--Manuscripts.
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Edmondson, Clarence E.--Manuscripts.
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Bryan, William Lowe, 1860-1955--Photographs.
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Bartley, E. Ross (Edward Ross), 1892-1969--Correspondence.
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Indiana University--Manuscripts.
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Related Material
Pyle mss., Pyle mss. II, Pyle mss. III, Pyle mss. IV, Pyle mss. V, and Pyle mss. VII also located at the Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2009
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. VI, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
I. Biographical
Edmondson, C.E. and Edna Hatfield
Series:
Box 1
II. Correspondence
Edmondson, Edna to Pyle, Ernie.
1923
Pyle, Ernie to Edmondsons.
1923-1944
Bartley, E. Ross to Clarence Edmondson.
Mar. 12, 1944
Concerning honorary degree.
1944
Wells, Herman B to Edmondson. C.E.
1954
Series:
Box 1
III. Photographs
Bryan, William Lowe.
1925
Series:
Box 1
IV. Clippings
1937-1945
1943
1944
1945
1948-1949
1954
Undated
Series:
Box 1
V. Miscellaneous
Programs, Pamphlets