Overview of the Collection
Biographical NoteDorothy Carew (1910-1973) was a journalist and writer. Her place and date of birth are unknown. She attended college at the College of New Rochelle and the University of Wisconsin, graduating from the school of journalism of Ohio State University. She married her husband, Joseph S. Rosapepe in 1939, retaining her maiden name, and had two children with him. Carew was distinguished by having been the first woman financial writer for the Associated Press. During her journalism career she was a United Press correspondent in Paris, and the editor in chief of the Grolier Encyclopedia Year Book. Throughout her writing career, she traveled extensively in the United States and Europe, which inspired her two books: The Netherlands in 1965 and Portugal in 1969. The last few years of her life she lived in Washington D.C. and worked for the Internal Revenue Service's publications branch. Carew died of cancer June 14, 1973. Content DescriptionThe Dorothy Carew Papers includes all of her materials relating to writing and publishing her books The Netherlands and Portugal, specifically correspondence, research notes, drafts, revisions and the complete manuscript for her book The Netherlands, and correspondence, drafts, revisions, research notes, and the complete manuscript as well as an outline for the book and galley and page proofs for Portugal. While the collection is a complete record of Carew's books, it does not contain any of her considerable body of work as a journalist. Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Restrictions on Use :Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder. Preferred Citation :[Identification of item], Dorothy Carew Papers, Ax 848, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series: Series: The Netherlands Subseries: Manuscripts Subseries: Correspondence Series: Portugal Subseries: Manuscripts Subseries: Correspondence Detailed Description of the CollectionSubjectsThis collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
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