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Media Advisory: UAlbany Acquires Joseph E. Persico Papers
Contact: Catherine Herman (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 17, 2006)
What:
UAlbany announces the acquisition of the
papers of renowned author Joseph E. Persico.
Persico is the best-selling author of Roosevelt's Secret War, Edward R. Murrow: An American Original, The Imperial Rockefeller, and co-author of former Secretary of State Colin Powell's autobiography My American Journey, as well as other acclaimed works of history and biography.
Who:
- Joseph E. Persico, class of 1952
- Kermit L. Hall, University at Albany
president and professor of history
- William Kennedy, writer and executive
director and founder of the New York State
Writers Institute
- Frank D'Andraia, dean, University at Albany Libraries
When:
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 1:30 - 2:30
p.m.
Where:
Standish Room, Science Library, University
at Albany uptown campus
Background:
Persico's personal and professional papers,
documents, memorabilia, and speeches,
many written during his 11 years as a
speechwriter for Governor and later Vice
President Nelson Rockefeller, will be
stored in the University at Albany Libraries'
M.E. Grenander Department of Special
Collections & Archives to serve as
a resource for scholarly research on
Persico's literary career, and on the
subjects of his many works.
