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Title: Allen Drury papers
Date (inclusive): 1890-1995
Collection Number: 65007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
75 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 7 envelopes, 6 phonorecords, 18 phonotape cassettes, 2 videotape cassettes
(29.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, drafts of writings, galley proofs, book reviews, memorabilia, sound recordings, and photographs, relating
to the novelistic treatment of twentieth-century American politics by news correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Allen Drury.
Creator:
Drury, Allen
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1963, with increments added until Drury's death in 1998.
[Identification of item], Allen Drury papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1918 September 2 | Born, Houston, Texas |
| 1939 | B.A., Stanford University |
| 1940-1941 | Editor, Tulare Bee, awarded national Sigma Delta Chi Editorial Award for writings in this publication |
| 1941-1943 | Editor, The Bakersfield Californian |
| 1942-1943 | Served in the United States Army |
| 1943-1946 | United States Senate staff of United Press |
| 1954-1959 | Washington reporter, New York Times |
| 1959 | Author, Advise and Consent |
| 1960 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize |
| 1961 | Author, Education for Politics |
| 1962 | Author, A Shade of Difference |
| 1963 | Author, A Senate Journal, 1943-1945 |
| 1965 | Author, That Summer |
| 1966 | Author, Capable of Honor |
| 1967 | Author, A Very Strange Society |
| 1968 | Author, Preserve and Protect |
| 1971 | Author, The Throne of Saturn |
| Author, Courage and Hesitation, | |
| 1973 | Author, Come Nineveh, Come Tyre |
| 1975 | Author, The Promise of Joy |
| 1976 | Author, A God Against the Gods |
| 1980 | Author, Egypt: The Eternal Smile |
| 1981 | Author, The Hill of Summer |
| 1982 | Appointed to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities |
| 1983 | Author, Decision |
| 1984 | Author, The Roads of Earth |
| 1986 | Author, Pentagon |
| 1990 | Author, Toward What Bright Glory? |
| 1993 | Author, Into What Far Harbor? |
| 1995 | Author, A Thing of State |
| 1998 | Author, Public Men |
| 1998 September 2 | Died, Marin County, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
The first part of the papers of Allen Drury was acquired by the Hoover Institution in 1963. Increments continued to be added
until his death in 1998. The papers relate to Allen Drury's career as news correspondent turned Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
The bulk of the papers are the speeches and writing series, which spans the years 1932 through 1995. Included in this series
are drafts and galley proofs for his books, as well as numerous articles which were published separately. Most of his writings
pertain to the subjects of American politics and foreign relations.
Of significance is Drury's extensive correspondence with a wide array of politicians, heads of state, and celebrities. Included
are letters to and from Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.
Drury's professional and social contacts illustrated by material in the biographical series, tie in closely to his work as
author and journalist.
Arranged into eight series: Bigraphical File, Correspondence File, Speeches and Writings, Memorabilia, Card Index, Photographs,
Sound Recordings, and Videorecordings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Sound recordings
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Fiction