Dorothy Carew papers , 1962-1969

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Carew, Dorothy, 1910-1973
Title
Dorothy Carew papers
Dates
1962-1969 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet, (1 container)  :  1 record storage box
Collection Number
Ax 848
Summary
Dorothy Carew (1910-1973) was a writer, journalist and traveler of the United States and Europe. She served as a United Press correspondent in Paris and was the first female financial journalist for the Associated Press. Her papers include drafts, research notes, completed manuscripts and correspondence for each of her books, titled respectively The Netherlands and Portugal.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Dorothy 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 DescriptionReturn to Top

The 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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Publishers and publishing--United States
  • Women authors, American--20th century
  • Women journalists--United States

Personal Names

  • Carew, Dorothy, 1910-1973
  • Carew, Dorothy, 1910-1973

Geographical Names

  • Netherlands--Description and travel
  • Portugal--Description and travel

Form or Genre Terms

  • Manuscripts for publication