Getting into College

mnsss92 Dudley Harmon Papers, 1920-1967 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by mnsss. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Laura Cutter. 2003-06-12 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mnsss92 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Dudley Harmon Papers, 1920-1967 Finding Aid MS 191 Revised 2002 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Harmon, Dudley, 1912-1966 Dudley Harmon Papers1920-1967 MS 191 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Journalist and war correspondent. Papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical material, photographs and memorabilia. Includes letters home during World War II; her coverage of the Nuremburg trials and the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva; and her letters and journal from Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa. Also included are unpublished stories, radio broadcasts, two scrapbooks and letters to her father. English. Biographical Note

Dudley Harmon, London, 1943

Dudley Harmon was born in Washington, D.C., November 9, 1912, to Dudley and Selene Armstrong Harmon, both journalists. After graduating cum laude from Smith College in 1934, she began her career as a society columnist for the Washington Post. Resigning in 1941, Harmon went to work for the Free French in Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa, where she also served as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. Her next location was in London, in 1942, as Director of Public Relations for the U.S. War Shipping Administration. She joined the United Press in 1943 as one of their first female foreign correspondents during World War II. From 1943 to 1952, she was assigned to London, Paris, and Washington. She covered the Nuremburg Trials in 1946, and reported from the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva from 1948 to 1952. Harmon also served as a member of the United Press staff covering the U.N. General Assemblies in 1948 and 1950.

Returning to this country in 1952, after nine years with the United Press, Harmon worked as Acting Publicity Director for the League of Women Voters in Washington, D.C., as a consultant to the Ford Foundation in New York City, and as Acting Publicity Director for Sarah Lawrence College. She returned to Smith College in 1955 to assume the position of News Director. In 1962, Harmon was named Manager of Information Services for CBS News, Washington Bureau, the post she held until she died on September 14, 1966.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Harmon papers consist of correspondence, writings, biographical material, photographs and memorabilia. Of particular interest are her letters home from overseas during World War II; her published newspaper and journal articles including her coverage of the Nuremburg trials (1946) and the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva (1948-52); and her letters and journal from Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (1941-42). There are also unpublished stories, radio broadcasts, two scrapbooks and letters to her father.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

I. Correspondence II. Writings III. Biographical Information IV. Photographs V. Memorabilia Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Dudley Harmon Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Processed by Susan Boone. Finding aid revised in 2002 by Brook Hopkins, intern.

Search Terms Harmon, Dudley, 1912-1966 League of Women Voters--History--Sources Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946--Sources Smith College--Students--History--Sources United Nations--History--Sources Brazzaville (Congo)--History--Sources Women journalists--United States--History--20th century--Sources World War, 1939-1945--Journalists--Personal narratives, American Additional Information SERIES I. CORRESPONDENCE 1 1-7 Dudley Harmon to Mr. Dudley Harmon (father) (others in family sometimes included), 1932-1953, n.d. 1 8 Dudley Harmon to "all", 1966 1 9 Mr. Harmon to Dudley Harmon, 1932-1950 1 10 Dudley Harmon with Benjamin Fine, about his book Getting into College, 1966 1 11-13 Miscellaneous correspondence to Dudley Harmon, 1953-1963, n.d. 1 14 Miscellaneous correspondence to Mr. Harmon, 1934-1935 SERIES II. WRITINGS 2 15-16 Published newspaper and journal articles, 1933-62 Unpublished writings 2 17-18 Journal, Brazzaville, with attachments, 1941 2 19 Notes on economics (6 pages), n.d. 2 20 "Four Children": play, 1922 2 21 Short stories: drafts (6), 1940s, n.d. 2 22 European Communism: project description (incomplete draft), 1948 2 23 Radio broadcasts on economic affairs (18), 1954 2 24 Radio broadcasts on seamen's news from London, 1943 SERIES III. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL 2 25 Personal data, press releases, 1955, 1962, n.d. 2 26-28 Clippings, 1932-67, n.d. 2 29 Articles about her father, 1939, 1951 SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS 2 30-31 Dudley Harmon alone and with others, 1930s-1960s SERIES V. MEMORABILIA 2 32 Invitations and programs, 1920-1960, n.d. 2 Scrapbooks (2), 1930-1952, n.d.