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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Re:discovery database program and converted into xml; Code template by Archives and Information Associates (http://archivesandinformation.com), Alexandria, Virginia . 2007 Finding aid written in English Preliminary Guide to the Jack Anderson papers, 1934-2004 MS2001 Special Collections Research Center, The Gelman Library, The George Washington University

Washington, D.C.

Processed by Sylvia Augusteijn, 2008 Encoded by Sylvia Augusteijn, 2008

Descriptive Summary Anderson, Jack Jack Anderson papers, 1934-2004 MS2001 330 Linear feet Currently the only portion of the collection that has been opened to the public is Series 1: Washington Merry-Go-Round Columns. Celebrated muckraker Jack Anderson joined Drew Pearson on the syndicated column in 1947 and inherited the leadership of the column upon Pearson's death in 1969. Anderson won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative work in 1972 and ultimately appeared in 1,000 papers across the country. This series includes several versions of each article published in the Washington Merry-Go-Round from 1934 to 2004, when Anderson retired from the column. The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections Research Center

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Jack Anderson papers, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University.

Restrictions on Access

Some records may be restricted.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated by the Anderson family in 2005.

Restrictions on Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Historical or Biographical Note

1922: Jack Northman Anderson is born in Long Beach, Calif. His family later moves to Utah.

1934: Gets first job as reporter for The Murray Eagle, riding bike around town to get stories. "Gooch," photographer who works with him, is 10 years old. Anderson eventually gets job writing stories about the Boy Scouts for The Salt Lake Tribune.

1940: First attempt at investigative reporting: Goes undercover among Mormon polygamists.

1941: Goes on Mormon mission in Deep South until 1943.

1944: Joins Merchant Marines.

1945: Works as war correspondent with Chinese guerrillas behind Japanese lines.

1946: Reporter for Shanghai edition of Stars & Stripes.

1947: Joins Drew Pearson, former Baltimore Sun reporter who writes the syndicated column Washington Merry-Go-Round. Befriends Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

1950: Relationship with Senator McCarthy disintegrates after Pearson begins attacking McCarthy in print.

1951: FBI tails Anderson.

1958: Anderson sets up sting, bugging businessman suspected of bribing members of President Eisenhower's staff; gets caught.

1965: With Pearson, investigates bribery and corruption allegations against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut.

1969: Pearson dies.

1971: Anderson learns that G. Gordon Liddy, having misinterpreted instructions from White House staff members, walked out of a White House meeting intending to kill Anderson. A story by Bob Woodward later reveals other plots among President Nixon's aides to kill Anderson.

1972: Wins Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. Reveals that ITT Corporation gave $400,000 for Republican convention to get Nixon Justice Department to drop an antitrust lawsuit. Monitored by CIA during Operation Mudhen, an effort to discredit him. Begins reporting on Watergate.

1973: Publishes grand-jury testimony related to Watergate.

1986: Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Learns of Iran-Contra scandal but delays reporting it at urging of President Reagan.

1989: Smuggles a handgun, and bullets, into Capitol and presents them to Sen. Robert Dole. The stunt, filmed for documentary on terrorism, proves that security at the Capitol is lax.

2004: Retires from writing Washington Merry-Go-Round.

2005: Anderson dies.

Collection Scope and Content

Currently the only portion of the collection that has been opened to the public is Series 1: Washington Merry-Go-Round Columns, which includes several versions of each article published in the Washington Merry-Go-Round from 1934 to 2004, when Anderson retired from the column. The majority of the collection is still being processed. Please see staff for assistance.

Indexing Terms Individuals Anderson, Jack Detailed Description of the Records MS2001 Series 1 Merry-Go-Round Columns, 1934-2004 38.25 Linear feet

1 1 Typescript, 1934-1936 1 2 Typescript, 1945-1946 1 3 Typescript, 07/1948 1 4 Typescript, 08/1948 1 5 Typescript, 09/1948 1 6 Typescript, 10/1948 1 7 Typescript, 11/1948 2 1 Typescript, 12/1948 2 2 Typescript, 01/1949 2 3 Typescript, 02/1949 2 4 Typescript, 03/1949 2 5 Typescript, 04/1949 2 6 Typescript, 05/1949 2 7 Typescript, 06/1949 3 1 Typescript, 07/1949 3 2 Typescript, 08/1949 3 3 Typescript, 09/1949 3 4 Typescript, 10/1949 3 5 Typescript, 11/1949 3 6 Typescript, 12/1949 3 7 Typescript, 01/1950 4 1 Typescript, 02/1950 4 2 Typescript, 03/1950 4 3 Typescript, 04/1950 4 4 Typescript, 05/1950 4 5 Typescript, 06/1950 4 6 Typescript, 07/1950 4 7 Typescript, 08/1950 4 8 Typescript, 09/1950 5 1 Typescript, 10/1950 5 2 Typescript, 11/1950 5 3 Typescript, 12/1950 5 4 Typescript, 01/1951 5 5 Typescript, 02/1951 5 6 Typescript, 03/1951 5 7 Typescript, 04/1951 5 8 Typescript, 05/1951 6 1 Typescript, 06/1951 6 2 Typescript, 07/1951 6 3 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 07/1951 6 4 Typescript, 08/1951 6 5 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 08/1951 6 6 Typescript, 09/1951 6 7 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 09/1951 6 8 Typescript, 10/1951 7 1 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 10/1951 7 2 Typescript, 11/1951 7 3 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 11/1951 7 4 Typescript, 12/1951 7 5 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 12/1951 7 6 Typescript, 01/1952 8 1 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 01/1952 8 2 Typescript, 02/1952 8 3 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 02/1952 8 4 Typescript, 03/1952 8 5 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 03/1952 8 6 Typescript, 04/1952 9 1 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 04/1952 9 2 Typescript, 05/1952 9 3 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 05/1952 9 4 Typescript, 06/1952 9 5 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 06/1952 9 6 Typescript, 07/1952 10 1 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 07/1952 10 2 Typescript, 08/1952 10 3 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 08/1952 10 4 Typescript, 09/1952 10 5 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 09/1952 10 6 Typescript, 10/1952 11 1 Typescript and Washington Post clippings, 10/1952 11 2 Typescript, 11/1952 11 3 Typescript, 12/1952 11 4 Typescript, 01/1953 12 1 Typescript, 02/1953 12 2 Typescript, 03/1953 12 3 Typescript, 04/1953 12 4 Typescript, 05/1953 12 5 Typescript, 06/1953 13 1 Typescript, 07/1953 13 2 Typescript, 08/1953 13 3 Typescript, 09/1953 13 4 Typescript, 10/1953 13 5 Typescript, 11/1953 14 1 Typescript, 12/1953 14 2 Typescript, 01/1954 14 3 Typescript, 02/1954 14 4 Typescript, 03/1954 14 5 Typescript, 04/1954 15 1 Typescript, 05/1954 15 2 Typescript, 06/1954 15 3 Typescript, 07/1954 15 4 Typescript, 08/1954 15 5 Typescript, 09/1954 16 1 Typescript, 10/1954 16 2 Typescript, 11/1954 16 3 Typescript, 12/1954 16 4 Typescript, 01/1955 16 5 Typescript, 02/1955 17 1 Typescript, 03/1955 17 2 Typescript, 04/1955 17 3 Typescript, 05/1955 17 4 Typescript, 06/1955 17 5 Typescript, 07/1955 18 1 Typescript, 08/1955 18 2 Typescript, 09/1955 18 3 Typescript, 10/1955 18 4 Typescript, 11/1955 18 5 Typescript, 12/1955 19 1 Typescript [1/2], 01/1956 19 2 Typescript [2/2], 01/1956 19 3 Typescript [1/2], 02/1956 19 4 Typescript [2/2], 02/1956 19 5 Typescript [1/2], 03/1956 19 6 Typescript [2/2], 03/1956 20 1 Typescript [1/2], 04/1956 20 2 Typescript [2/2], 04/1956 20 3 Typescript [1/2], 05/1956 20 4 Typescript [2/2], 05/1956 20 5 Typescript [1/2], 06/1956 20 6 Typescript [2/2], 06/1956 21 1 Typescript [1/2], 07/1956 21 2 Typescript [2/2], 07/1956 21 3 Typescript [1/2], 08/1956 21 4 Typescript [2/2], 08/1956 21 5 Typescript [1/2], 09/1956 21 6 Typescript [2/2], 09/1956 22 1 Typescript [1/2], 10/1956 22 2 Typescript [2/2], 10/1956 22 3 Typescript [1/2], 11/1956 22 4 Typescript [2/2], 11/1956 22 5 Typescript [1/2], 12/1956 22 6 Typescript [2/2], 12/1956 23 1 Typescript [1/2], 01/1957 23 2 Typescript [2/2], 01/1957 23 3 Typescript [1/2], 02/1957 23 4 Typescript [2/2], 02/1957 23 5 Typescript [1/2], 03/1957 23 6 Typescript [2/2], 03/1957 24 1 Typescript [1/2], 04/1957 24 2 Typescript [2/2], 04/1957 24 3 Typescript [1/2], 05/1957 24 4 Typescript [2/2], 05/1957 24 5 Typescript [1/2], 06/1957 24 6 Typescript [2/2], 06/1957 25 1 Typescript [1/3], 07/1957 25 2 Typescript [2/3], 07/1957 25 3 Typescript [3/3], 07/1957 25 4 Typescript [1/2], 08/1957 25 5 Typescript [2/2], 08/1957 26 1 Typescript [1/2], 09/1957 26 2 Typescript [2/2], 09/1957 26 3 Typescript [1/2], 10/1957 26 4 Typescript [2/2], 10/1957 26 5 Typescript [1/2], 11/1957 26 6 Typescript [2/2], 11/1957 27 1 Typescript [1/2], 12/1957 27 2 Typescript [2/2], 12/1957 27 3 Typescript [1/2], 01/1958 27 4 Typescript [2/2], 01/1958 27 5 Typescript [1/2], 02/1958 27 6 Typescript [2/2], 02/1958 28 1 Typescript [1/2], 03/1958 28 2 Typescript [2/2], 03/1958 28 3 Typescript [1/2], 04/1958 28 4 Typescript [2/2], 04/1958 28 5 Typescript [1/2], 05/1958 28 6 Typescript [2/2], 05/1958 29 1 Typescript [1/2], 06/1958 29 2 Typescript [2/2], 06/1958 29 3 Typescript [1/2], 07/1958 29 4 Typescript [2/2], 07/1958 29 5 Typescript [1/2], 08/1958 29 6 Typescript [2/2], 08/1958 30 1 Typescript [1/2], 09/1958 30 2 Typescript [2/2], 09/1958 30 3 Typescript [1/2], 10/1958 30 4 Typescript [2/2], 10/1958 30 5 Typescript [1/2], 11/1958 30 6 Typescript [2/2], 11/1958 31 1 Typescript [1/2], 12/1958 31 2 Typescript [2/2], 12/1958 31 3 Typescript, 1960 31 4 Typescript, 01/1961 31 5 Typescript for indexing, 01/1961 31 6 Typescript, 02/1961 31 7 Typescript for indexing, 02/1961 32 1 Typescript, 03/1961 32 2 Typescript for indexing, 03/1961 32 3 Typescript, 04/1961 32 4 Typescript for indexing, 04/1961 32 5 Typescript, 05/1961 32 6 Typescript for indexing, 05/1961 33 1 Typescript, 06/1961 33 2 Typescript for indexing, 06/1961 33 3 Typescript, 07/1961 33 4 Typescript for indexing, 07/1961 33 5 Typescript, 08/1961 33 6 Typescript for indexing, 08/1961 34 1 Typescript, 09/1961 34 2 Typescript for indexing, 09/1961 34 3 Typescript, 10/1961 34 4 Typescript for indexing, 10/1961 34 5 Typescript, 11/1961 34 6 Typescript for indexing, 11/1961 35 1 Typescript, 12/1961 35 2 Typescript for indexing, 12/1961 35 3 Typescript, 01/1962 35 4 Typescript for indexing, 01/1962 35 5 Typescript, 02/1962 35 6 Typescript for indexing, 02/1962 36 1 Typescript [1/2], 03/1962 36 2 Typescript [2/2], 03/1962 36 3 Typescript for indexing, 03/1962 36 4 Typescript, 04/1962 36 5 Typescript for indexing, 04/1962 151 1 Typescript, 05/1962 151 2 Typescript for indexing, 05/1962 151 3 Typescript, 06/1962 151 4 Typescript for indexing, 06/1962 151 5 Typescript, 07/1962 152 1 Typescript for indexing, 07/1962 152 2 Typescript, 08/1962 152 3 Typescript for indexing, 08/1962 152 4 Typescript, 09/1962 152 5 Typescript for indexing, 09/1962 152 6 Typescript, 10/1962 153 1 Typescript for indexing, 10/1962 153 2 Typescript (1 of 2), 11/1962 153 3 Typescript (2 of 2), 11/1962 153 4 Typescript for indexing, 11/1962 36 6 Typescript, 12/1962 37 1 Typescript for indexing, 12/1962 37 2 Typescript, 01/1963 37 3 Typescript for indexing, 01/1963 37 4 Typescript, 02/1963 37 5 Typescript for indexing, 02/1963 37 6 Typescript, 03/1963 38 1 Typescript for indexing, 03/1963 38 2 Typescript, 04/1963 38 3 Typescript for indexing, 04/1963 38 4 Typescript, 05/1963 38 5 Typescript for indexing, 05/1963 38 6 Typescript, 06/1963 39 1 Typescript for indexing, 06/1963 39 2 Typescript, 07/1963 39 3 Typescript for indexing, 07/1963 39 4 Typescript, 08/1963 39 5 Typescript for indexing, 08/1963 39 6 Typescript, 09/1963 39 7 Typescript for indexing, 09/1963 40 1 Typescript, 10/1963 40 2 Typescript for indexing, 10/1963 40 3 Typescript, 11/1963 40 4 Typescript for indexing, 11/1963 40 5 Typescript, 12/1963 40 6 Typescript for indexing, 12/1963 41 1 Typescript, 01/1964 41 2 Typescript for indexing, 01/1964 41 3 Typescript, 02/1964 41 4 Typescript for indexing, 02/1964 41 5 Typescript, 03/1964 41 6 Typescript for indexing, 03/1964 42 1 Typescript, 04/1964 42 2 Typescript for indexing, 04/1964 42 3 Typescript, 05/1964 42 4 Typescript for indexing, 05/1964 42 5 Typescript, 06/1964 42 6 Typescript for indexing, 06/1964 42 7 Typescript, 07/1964 43 1 Typescript for indexing, 07/1964 43 2 Typescript, 08/1964 43 3 Typescript for indexing, 08/1964 43 4 Typescript, 09/1964 43 5 Typescript for indexing, 09/1964 43 6 Typescript, 10/1964 44 1 Typescript for indexing, 10/1964 44 2 Typescript, 11/1964 44 3 Typescript for indexing, 11/1964 44 4 Typescript, 12/1964 44 5 Typescript for indexing, 12/1964 44 6 Typescript, 01/1965 45 1 Typescript for indexing, 01/1965 45 2 Typescript, 02/1965 45 3 Typescript for indexing, 02/1965 45 4 Typescript, 03/1965 45 5 Typescript for indexing, 03/1965 45 6 Typescript, 04/1965 45 7 Typescript for indexing, 04/1965 46 1 Typescript, 05/1965 46 2 Typescript for indexing, 05/1965 46 3 Typescript, 06/1965 46 4 Typescript for indexing, 06/1965 46 5 Typescript, 07/1965 46 6 Typescript for indexing, 07/1965 47 1 Typescript, 08/1965 47 2 Typescript for indexing, 08/1965 47 3 Typescript, 09/1965 47 4 Typescript for indexing, 09/1965 47 5 Typescript, 10/1965 47 6 Typescript for indexing, 10/1965 48 1 Typescript, 11/1965 48 2 Typescript for indexing, 11/1965 48 3 Typescript,