Curtis Wilkie Collection (MUM00477)

Authors

Leigh McWhite

Document Type

Finding Aid

Publication Date

7-2024

Collection Date

1950-2021

Identifier

MUM00477

General Physical Description Note

47 boxes (73.5 linear feet)

Description

Born and raised in Mississippi, Curtis Wilkie had a distinguished career in newspaper journalism at the Clarksdale Press Register (1963-1969), Mississippi Freelance (1969-1970), Wilmington News Journal (1971-1975), and the Boston Globe (1975-2001). After retirement from the Boston Globe, he became a professor and Fellow at the Overby Center for Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi and wrote several books on his career, national and southern politics, and the South.

Recommended Citation

Curtis Wilkie Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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