Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009

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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982.

Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left school to work for the Houston Post. From there, he went on to KCMO radio in Kansas City. Back in journalism, working for United Press, he was one of the first journalists accredited to American forces after the United States entered World War II.

He covered the Nuremberg war crimes trials and served as the bureau manager in Moscow. In 1950, Cronkite became a correspondent for CBS-TV and after 1962 served as managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. He covered national and international affairs, taking a special interest in space exploration. He headed the coverage of the first nationally televised Presidential campaign and has covered every national political convention except the Democratic convention in 1964. After visiting Vietnam in 1968, he was disillusioned and called for negotiations to end the war. Cronkite has interviewed most world leaders, including American presidents from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.

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creatorOf Records of the National Guard Bureau. 1822 - 1962. Moving Images Relating to National Guard Activities. 1946 - 1989. The National Guard in the Mobilization of 1961 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Kuralt, Charles, 1934-1997. Charles Kuralt collection, 1935-1997. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Samuel and Bella Spewack Papers, ca.1920-1980 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006, (bulk 1940s-1990s) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
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referencedIn Midgley, Les, papers 2005-229., 1936-2002 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 1] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Central Intelligence Agency. 1894 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations. 1947 - 1984. Walter Cronkite Interview with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sperry Corporation. Univac Division. Records, 1877-1970. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Morris, Toby. Toby Morris photograph collection, 1947-1961. Museum of the Great Plains
referencedIn Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Collection. 1959 - 1960. Motion Picture Films. 1959 - 1960. CRISIS AT THE SUMMIT National Archives at College Park
referencedIn James Parton papers, 1914-1986. Houghton Library
creatorOf AV 2443, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas performances 1958-2007 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Walter Cronkite Papers, 1932-2007 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Henry Shapiro Papers, 1920-1992, (bulk 1931-1973) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lucille Lortel papers The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Robert Manning papers, 1938-1993. Houghton Library
creatorOf Records of the Central Intelligence Agency. 1894 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations. 1947 - 1984. Ceiling Unlimited National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations. 1911 - 1972. POP BUELL, HOOSIER AT THE FRONT National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Collection. 1959 - 1960. Motion Picture Films. 1959 - 1960. EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Smith, H. Allen (Harry Allen), 1907-1976. Harry Allen Smith photograph collection, 1925-1976. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
referencedIn Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel, 1960 - 1991 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sanders, Marlene. Marlene Sanders papers, 1933-2006. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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creatorOf Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. 1918 - 1995. Moving Images Relating to American War Cemeteries and Memorials. 1937 - 1984. D-Day June 6, 1944 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Mickelson, Sig. [Interview with Sig Mickelson] [sound recording] / Sig Mickelson ; [interviewed by] David Marc, San Diego, 6 Sept. 1996. Syracuse University
creatorOf Records of the Assassination Records Review Board. 1992 - 1999. Moving Images Relating to John F. Kennedy Assassination Research. 1994 - 1998. Who Shot President Kennedy? National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Actors' Fund of America Photographs and Audio-Visual Materials, 1880-2006 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
contributorOf T - Minus Four Years, Nine Months, Thirty Days National Archives at College Park
referencedIn George Washington University. University historical material records, 1821-2006. George Washington University
referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Cronkite, Walter. Walter Cronkite letter to Miss Spelman [manuscript], undated. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Publicity photographs of U.S. Senator Hugh Scott, 1958-1973. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Kitt, Sandra. Bringing the universe down to earth : a sixty year retrospective of the Hayden Planetarium : slide-show produced for the Guggenheim Space Theater, Hayden Planetarium, 6 October 1995 / narrator, Walter Cronkite ; executive producer, Neil DeGrasse Tyson ; script writer, Sandra Kitt ; production designer, Brian Sullivan ; original music, Frank Ippolito. American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Henry Shapiro Papers, 1920-1992, (bulk 1931-1973) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Gypsy Rose Lee papers, 1910-1970 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn George Romney Papers, 1939-1973 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia. 1950 - 1976. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Military Activities in Southeast Asia. 1968 - 1972. Operation Phoenix National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dealey, Joe M., Jr. Joe M. Dealey Jr. collection, 1900-2010 1970-1990. University of Texas at Dallas. Eugene McDermott Library
referencedIn Louis Fabian Bachrach Papers, 1950-1963 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. FRIEND, FOE, OR FANTASY National Archives at College Park
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Paul Goodman papers, 1925-1983. Houghton Library
referencedIn O'Hara, Ham. CBS News parodies [sound recording], undated. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Biography -- Cronkite, Walter. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
referencedIn Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006, (bulk 1940s-1990s) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
referencedIn Jeffrey, Robert Campbell, 1927-2000. Robert C. Jeffrey papers, 1945-2000. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Thomas J. Dodd Papers, undated, 1919-1971. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Ranville, Michael, 1943-. Michael Ranville papers, 1953-2008. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Correspondence of H. L. Mencken, 1909-1972, 1909-1972 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Camp David study table tape number 147 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Collection. 1959 - 1960. Motion Picture Films. 1959 - 1960. EYE WITNESS TO HISTORY National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 12/10/80 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIR FORCE AWARD TO WALTER CRONKITE, WASHINGTON, D.C., 11 AUGUST 1960 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Cronkite, Walter. Cronkite, Walter, papers, 1932-2007 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Michel, Don, 1931-. Don Michel "Insight" Radio Program collection, 1960-1978. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
creatorOf Roger Mudd Papers Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library
referencedIn New York TImes Company records. Clifton Daniel papers, 1955-1979 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Spewack, Samuel and Bella. Papers, ca.1920-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Pre-Presidential Papers of Richard M. Nixon. 1946 - 1963. General Correspondence Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection. 1953 - 1982. Motion Picture Films. 1953 - 1982. The Warren Report National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Harris, L. mss., 1931-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn WCBS/WCBS-TV (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1965-1978. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Camp David hard wire tape number 215 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Community Services Administration. 1963 - 1981. Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs. 1964 - 1979. DEPRESSED AREA, U.S.A National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. Operation SEALAB III National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Frederick R. Koch collection of photographs of stage and screen actors and entertainers, ca. 1920-1979. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Wershba, Joseph. Wershba, Joseph and Shirley, papers, 1936-1993. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Milton Caniff Collection, 1805-2007, 1910-1988 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn Wershba (Joseph and Shirley) Papers, 96-141; 96-331; 98-276; 2002-019; 2002-189; 2004-066., 1936-2001 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Michael Ranville papers, 1953-2008 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn Philip J. Klass Collection, 1948-2000 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. Man on the moon sound recording, 1969 [sound recording]. Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library
referencedIn Charles Kuralt Collection, 1935-1997 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MIA SITUATION National Archives at College Park

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Birth 1916-11-04

Death 2009-07-17

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