Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Abstract:
- The Pyle mss. IV, 1940, consist of carbon copies of dispatches by journalist Ernie Pyle, 1900-1945, sent to newspaper publisher Scripps Howard.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Pyle mss. IV, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
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:
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.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 2005
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Travel.
American Literature--Indiana
Journalism
World War, 1939-1945 - Names:
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945.
Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945--Travel. - Places:
- Costa Rica--Description and travel.
Honduras--Description and travel.
Nicaragua--Description and travel.
Panama--Description and travel.
Costa Rica.
Honduras.
Nicaragua.
Panama.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Pyle mss. IV, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu