Frank Ernest Gannett papers, [ca. 1859]-1958.
Collection Number: 1900
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Frank Ernest Gannett papers, [ca. 1859]-1958.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1900
Abstract:
Papers include correspondence, news releases, speeches, scrapbooks, articles, and
pamphlets concerning FEG's youth, his student days at Cornell, editorial policies
of the Gannett Newspapers and the establishment of the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper
Foundation in 1935, temperance and liquor advertising, and newspaper and professional
organizations in which FEG was active.
Creator:
Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.
Quanitities:
32 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Papers include correspondence, news releases, speeches, scrapbooks, articles, and
pamphlets concerning FEG's youth, his student days at Cornell, editorial policies
of the Gannett Newspapers and the establishment of the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper
Foundation in 1935, temperance and liquor advertising, and newspaper and professional
organizations in which FEG was active.
Also the Cornell University Board of Trustees and School of Nutrition, the gold standard
and the U.S. economy, the 1937 Supreme Court "Packing plan," the 1938 Executive Reorganization
Bill and the Wages and Hours Bill, the St. Lawrence Seaway, air travel, Germany and
Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, the 1943 National Food Conference of Consumers
and Producers organized by Gannett, presidential campaigns of 1936 and 1940,
Republican National Committee chairmanship and Congressional elections (1942), the
proposed National Coalition Party (1944-1945), the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional
Government, World War II finance, the role of aircraft in wartime, Red Cross War Fund
Drive, Navy Relief Society, Rochester's United Negro College Fund Drive, FEG's Department
of Peace proposal, donation of the Gannett Medical Clinic to Cornell, and other topics.
Other items include family letters, autograph albums, genealogy, and memorabilia;
Gannett's notebooks (1899) concerning his work for the First U.S. Commission to the
Philippines; loose and mounted photographs; diaries, notebooks, and account books;
a few financial and legal papers; audio disks of radio broadcasts; certificates; memorials;
and newspaper clippings and other printed material.
Major correspondents include Raymond N. Ball, Jerome D. Barnum, Lord Beaverbrook,
Neal Dow Becker, William E. Borah, Winston Churchill, John L. Collyer, George W. Crane,
Edmund Ezra Day, Thomas E. Dewey, Anthony Eden, Mark Ellingson, James A. Farley, Edwin
S. Friendly, Earl Harding, William Randolph Hearst, Herbert Hoover, Harold Ickes,
Alfred M. Landon, Herbert Lehman, Norman Vincent Peale, Westbrook Pegler, Raymond
S. Richmond, Nelson Rockefeller, Carlos P. Romulo, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Edward A. Rumely, Jacob Gould Schurman, Harry G. Stutz, Robert A. Taft, Walter L.
Todd, Frank E. Tripp, Arthur Vandenberg, David Rhys Williams, and Wendell Willkie.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Frank Ernest Gannett papers, #1900. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
While a student at Cornell University, Frank Gannett worked as a reporter for the
ITHACA JOURNAL, correspondent for newspapers in other cities, and editor of the CORNELL
DAILY SUN. He accompanied the first United States Commission to the Philippines as
secretary to its chairman, Jacob Gould Schurman, then President of Cornell. Returning
to Ithaca, New York in 1900, he worked for the ITHACA DAILY NEWS and the CORNELL ALUMNI
NEWS. He also worked for a time in New York City and Pittsburgh. From 1906-1937 he
purchased newspapers in Elmira, Ithaca, Albany, Rochester, Saratoga, and other New
York cities; Hartford, Connecticut; Plainfield, New Jersey; and Danville, Illinois.
In 1935 he established the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation, which became the
controlling owner of Gannett Co., Inc. when he died. Gannett was also a member and
president of the Cornellian Council and in 1926 was elected a trustee of Cornell University,
serving until 1949. Although he was an early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gannett
later became a vociferous opponent of New Deal policies. He was William Borah.s running
mate for the 1936 Republican nomination for president, and in 1940 Gannett ran for
the nomination himself, losing to Wendell Willkie. He remained active in politics,
serving as Assistant Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1942.
Frank Gannett also raised funds for various philanthropic organizations, including
the Navy Relief Society, the United Negro College Fund, and the Red Cross. Gannett
died in 1957 after a prolonged illness.
Names:
Ball, Raymond N.
Barnum, Jerome D.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964.
Becker, Neal Dow.
Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Collyer, John Lyon, 1893-
Crane, George W.
Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951.
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund,d1902-1971.)
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-
Ellingson, Mark.
Farley, James A.
Friendly, Edwin S.
Gannett, Caroline Werner, 1894-1979.
Harding, Earl.
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952.
Landon, Alfred M.
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
Malott, Deane W. (Deane Waldo), 1898-1996.
Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-
Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969.
Richmond, Raymond S.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Romulo, Carlos P. (Carlos Peña), 1899-1985.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Rumely, Edward A.
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942.
Stutz, Harry G.
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953.
Todd, Walter L., 1886-1971.
Tripp, Frank E.
Wadsworth, James W.
Williams, David Rhys.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Cornell University. Board of Trustees
Republican National Committee (U.S.)
National Coalition Party (U.S.)
National Committee to Uphold the Constitution (U.S.)
American National Red Cross
Navy Relief Society
United Negro Fund (Rochester, N.Y.)
Gannett Medical Clinic (Cornell University)
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation
Gannett Company
United States. Supreme Court
Places:
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Philippines -- Politics and government.
Philippines -- Description and travel.
United States -- Politics and government.
Constitutions -- United States.
Subjects:
Journalists.
Journalistic ethics.
Journalism, Educational.
Community newspapers.
Newspapers -- Ownership.
Alcoholism -- Press coverage.
Advertising, Newspaper.
Newspaper publishing.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1936.
Journalism -- Political aspects.
Freedom of the press.
Press and politics.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
Charities.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
Agricultural administration.
World War, 1939-1945.
Form and Genre Terms:
Autographs (manuscripts).
Genealogies.
Photographs.
Diaries.
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