Support the Jack Anderson Papers Project

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Jack Anderson's remarkable personal and professional papers bring alive a unique chapter in the history of investigative journalism and the inside workings of the nation's capital for over 50 years. His papers reside with the University thanks to the efforts of Mark Feldstein, director of GW's journalism program, who is writing a biography of Anderson.

Preservation and Protection

GW is poised to be the best possible custodian of this extraordinary gift, but The Gelman Library needs your help to move forward with this exciting work. The library's first priority is to raise funds to support the processing and preservation of the over 200 boxes of material. The need to protect the papers has been highlighted by the recent Federal Bureau of Investigation effort to remove classified material, which could destroy the historic, political and cultural value of Jack Anderson's papers. (To see a collection of national headline stories on the FBI's attempt to remove materials from the archives, click here.)

Making a Gift in Support of the Anderson Papers Project

The Library would like to bring the collection to a larger audience, while protecting against the disclosure of the identities of confidential sources. Plans include a website featuring digitized materials, a lecture series, and an endowed internship, all of which require substantial funding. Please click here to make a gift to support the Jack Anderson Papers Project. If you are interested in learning more about other opportunities to support the project, contact Susan Hyatt at (202)994-8928 or shyatt@gwu.edu.

Significance of the Anderson papers

Jack Anderson (1922-2005), a pioneer of investigative journalism, was a hard-driving muckraker with unconventional research methods. He always got the story - and makes for a colorful story himself. By the time of Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate scoop, Anderson had amassed a list of his own, from exposes of corrupt officials to his discovery of a CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro. Anderson's collected papers document many of those important news stories.

(For more on Jack Anderson, please visit the George Washington University Oral History Project.)

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