Neal, Steve Papers

Reporter and author of several books about Harry S. Truman, 1972-2004

The papers of Steve Neal contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, book drafts, photographs, publications, notes, and other materials related to the research and writing of several books about Harry S. Truman edited and written by Mr. Neal.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 1 linear foot, 4 linear inches (about 2,400 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donors gave their copyright interest in writings in these files to the United States Government. Documents created by U.S. Government officials in the course of their official duties are likewise in the public domain. Copyright interest in any other writings in these files is assumed to remain with the authors of the documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Tammy K. Williams and Jim Armistead (2014).

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1949 (July 3)		Born, Coos Bay, Oregon
1971		Graduated from the University of Oregon
1972		Obtained Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University
1972-1979		Reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer
1979-1984		Reporter for the Chicago Tribune
1984-1987		Political writer for the Chicago Tribune
1987-2004		Political writer and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
2004 (February 18)		Died, Hinsdale, Illinois

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Steve Neal contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, book drafts, photographs, publications, notes, and other materials related to the research and writing of several books about Harry S. Truman edited and written by Mr. Neal.

The collection is organized into one series, a Subject File. A majority of the materials in this series are newspaper and magazine clippings and book excerpts about specific people in the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower presidential administrations. Mr. Neal gathered these as research materials for several books about this time period: Harry and Ike: The Partnership that Remade the Postwar World (published 2001); Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (published 2002); and Miracle of ’48: Harry Truman’s Major Campaign Speeches and Selected Whistlestops (published 2003). Most of the materials relate to the earliest book. The Subject File also contains handwritten drafts for most of Harry and Ike, as well as typewritten drafts and page proofs. This series also contains some original correspondence with Steve Neal and staff members of both the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Libraries regarding Mr. Neal’s research and public programs that he delivered at the Truman Library. Mr. Neal also corresponded directly with Milton Eisenhower, and some of that correspondence is in the Subject File.

Mr. Neal made use of a number of collections at the Harry S. Truman Library during the course of his research for these books, including the Official File, President’s Personal File, and President’s Secretary’s Files of the Truman Papers.

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