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Hays Gorey photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0717

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photos and slides of Hays Gorey’s professional life as a political journalist, including his investigation of Watergate in the 1970’s and his close association with the Kennedys (specifically Robert) in addition to pictures with Presidents and overseas. His wife Nonie is with him in many of these pictures.

Dates

  • 1950-1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Hays Gorey was a graduate of the University of Utah. He began his career as a journalist by serving as the editor of the University of Utah Chronicle. He moved on to be the City Editor and News Editor for the Salt Lake Tribune. He was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in 1949 to study journalism at Harvard University. Upon returning to Utah, while working for the Tribune he also became a stringer-correspondent for Time, Inc. In 1963, he earned the Eisenhower Fellowship in 1963 and went to Iran where he made connections with young journalists and government and in 1965 he accept3ede a position as correspondent for the Time’s Washington Bureau. He was also the Boston Bureau Chief, National Political Correspondent, and Washington Correspondent for Time beginning in 1965. He has written four books, Nader and the Power of Everyman(1975), Pepper, Eyewitness to a Century(1987), Robert Kennedy, The Last Campaign (1993), and Mo-A Woman’s View of Watergate(1975). He is the co-founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. He married Nonie in 1944 and they were married for 67 years until his death in 2011

Extent

2 Boxes : 122 images

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Hays Gorey photograph collection consists of photos and slides of Hays Gorey’s professional life as a political journalist, including his investigation of Watergate in the 1970’s and his close association with the Kennedys (specifically Robert) in addition to pictures with Presidents and overseas. His wife Nonie is with him in many of these pictures.

Arrangement

By subject.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in 1997.

Separated Materials

See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 1596).

Processing Information

Processed by Sara Davis.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Hays Gorey photograph collection
Author
Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
Date
2018 (last modified: 2018)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2022: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Sara Davis.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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