Pyle mss. V, 1994
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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Creator
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
TitlePyle mss. V,1994
Collection No.
LMC 2625
Extent
15 items
Language
Materials are in
English.
Abstract
The Pyle mss. V, 1994, consist mostly of annotated excerpts from interviews by James Tobin with relatives and acquaintances
of journalist Ernie 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.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name. Typewritten excerpts, unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content Note
The Pyle mss. V, 1994, consist mostly of annotated excerpts from interviews by James Tobin with relatives and acquaintances
of journalist Ernie Pyle, 1900-1945. The interviews were conducted by Tobin for his book
Ernie Pyle's
War: America's Eyewitness to World War II
(New York: Free Press, 1997).
Related Material
Pyle mss., Pyle mss. II, Pyle mss. III, Pyle mss. IV, Pyle mss. VI, and Pyle mss. VII also located at the Lilly Library,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2008
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Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Pyle mss. V, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Box 1
Bales, Jack
Becker, Marshall
Bland, Ed
Connors, Vince "Pete"
Hendrix, Nellie
Hendrixson, Harriet
Hovey, Graham
Hufstedler, Shirley Mount
Irwin, Wallace, Jr. Correspondence with Tobin
Lockwood, Boardman
Martin, Ralph
Miller, Rosemary
Nilsen, Louis W.
Riddleberger, Patrick
Sadler, Carl
Scherer, Helen. Hand-written account
Slaughter, W.B. "Buck"
Sunday, Zeb
Taylor, Reed
Tidwell, Riley