John E. Drewry papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: John E. Drewry papers
Creator: Drewry, John E. (John Eldridge), 1902-
Inclusive Dates: 1920-2000
Language(s): English
Extent: 15.25 Linear Feet (19 boxes)
Collection Number: UA04-026
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

A native of Griffin, Georgia, John E. Drewry in 1922 became the second person awarded a B.J. degree from the University of Georgia's journalism program. In 1925 he received his A.M. degree from UGA based on graduate work done at Columbia University in New York City and at the University of Georgia. Hired as a journalism instructor at UGA in 1922, Drewry was promoted to Director of the Journalism School in 1932 and - with the creation of the position - took on the role of Dean of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism; a position he held from 1940 through his retirement in 1969. In a 1982 Athens Banner Herald article, Loren Smith recalled that when John E. Drewry was dean of the Henry Grady School of Journalism, "we all were charmed by his presence, inspired by his intellect and relaxed by his wit".

Scope and Content

The John E. Drewry Papers reveal Drewry as a reporter, author, student, instructor, dean, and dean emeritis through correspondence, notes, manuscripts, photographs, and clippings. Located within Drewry's papers are unique insights into the world of magazine and newpaper publishing in America during the mid-twentieth century.

There are copies of many of Drewry's lectures and speeches plus documentation of his involvement in organizations such as the Georgia Scholastic Press Association and the Georgia Collegiate Press Association. Additionally Drewry's involvement with the Peabody Awards from their inception in 1940 is represented through correspondence and photographs.

Box 15 includes a folder of personal correspondence from 1931-1937 regarding Kathleen Drewry. These letters have been photocopied from originals in ms 3271 and have been added to this accession for the information they add regarding Drewry's life.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

John E. Drewry papers, UA04-026, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

RG 2-18

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related materials available in this repository: Henry W. Grady School of Journalism Annual Reports, UA05-054; John Eldridge Drewry and Kathleen Drewry letters, ms 3271.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Drewry correspondence
		Includes some Grady College materials dating to 2000.
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1	1	[The Stratford Company (Publishers) Correspondence], 1923-1925
1	2	[Contract For The Stratford Company to Publish Some Magazines And Magazine Makers], 1924
1	3-5	Some Magazines And Magazine Makers Correspondence , 1924-1925
1	6-7	Public Speakers Bureau And Lesser Items, 1921-1925
1	8-9	A [Correspondence], 1921-1924
1	10	B [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1920-1924
1	11	C [Correspondence, "Like Father, Like Son" Cartoon, Newspaper Articles], 1921-1924
1	12	D [Correspondence], 1921 - 1924
1	13	E-F [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1921-1924
1	14	G [Correspondence], 1921- 1924
1	15	H-I-J [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1921-1924
1	16	K-L [Correspondence], 1922 - 1924
1	17	M [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1921- 1924
1	18	N-O [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1920- 1924
1	19	R [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1921-1924
1	20	S [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1920- 1924
1	21	T-U-V [Correspondence], 1920-1924
1	22	W [Correspondence], 1922 - 1924
1	23	A [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
1	24	B [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
1	25	C [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles, Marriage Announcements], 1924 - 1926
1	26	D [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
1	27	E-F [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1924 - 1926
1	28	G [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
1	29	H-I-J [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
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2	1	K-L [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	2	M [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1924 - 1926
2	3	N-O [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	4	P-Q [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	5	R [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	6	S [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	7	T-U-V [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1924 - 1926
2	8	W [Correspondence], 1924 - 1926
2	9	Y-Z [Y.M.C.A. Religious Welfare Conference], 1924 - 1926
2	10	A [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	11	B [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	12	C [Correspondence], 1926 -1927
2	13	D [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	14	E-F [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	15	G [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	16-17	H-I-J [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	18	K-L [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	19	M [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	20	N-O [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	21	P [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	22	S [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	23	T-U [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	24	W [Correspondence], 1926 - 1927
2	25	A [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
2	26	B [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1927 - 1928
2	27	C [Correspondence, Newspaper Articles], 1927 - 1928
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3	1	E-F [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	2	G [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	3-4	H [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	5	L [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	6	M [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	7	N [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	8	P [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	9	R [Correspondence], 1927 - 1928
3	10-11	S [Correspondence], 1927-1928
3	12	T-U-V [Correspondence], 1926-1928
3	13	W [Correspondence], 1927-1928
3	14	Y-Z [Correspondence], 1927-1928
3	15-17	[Printed Material], 1923-1925
3	18-19	"The Ideal Scrapbook-John E. Drewry-Athens, Ga." [Contents], 1920-1924
3	20-21	[Includes Manuscript "Are School Teachers Immoral?", Newspaper Articles, Correspondence And Copies of Section of Will Pertaining To Drewry Papers] , circa 1920s-1970s
3	22-23	[Correspondence], 1933-1934
3	24	[American Association Of Schools And Departments Of Journalism], 1930-1931
3	25	Correspondence As President Of American Association Of Teachers Of Journalism, 1930
3	26	This Is The Story Of The Atlanta Journal, 1943
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4	1-5	[American Association Of Teachers Of Journalism], 1930
4	6-7	[Georgia Collegiate Press Association-Includes Photographs, Correspondence And Minutes], 1933-1937
4	8-9	Georgia Press Institute, 1933-1935
4	11	Journalism Class Tests, 1931-1948
4	12	Letters And Other Data On "Book Reviewing", 1942-1944
4	13-14	[Drewry-Personal Data], 1945-1955
4	15	Drewry Materials, 1965-1969
4	16	[Correspondence], 1969-1970
4	17	[Contemporary American Magazines], 1938-1939
4	18-19	[Scripts, Newspaper Articles, Correspondence, Etc.], 1939-1974
4	20	[Journalism Classes], 1936-1940
4	21	"New Book News", 1939-1940
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5	1-2	Personal [Includes References to Trial And 2nd Marriage], 1949-1969
5	3	Check Before Sending To Library [Correspondence], 1973
5	4	Drewry Mailing List Deletions, 1983
5	5	Personal [Resume, Car Registration, Eye Glasses Prescription, Birth Certificate of Kathleen Merry Drewry], 1930-1954
5	6	[Drewry], 1941-1943
5	7	[Address Given To Ford Advertising Men], 1958 January 29
5	8	[Address On Henry W. Grady School Of Journalism]
5	9	[Address On Publicity]
5	10	"Are You A Bore?"
5	11	"Automotive Parts Advertising" Address Delivered , 1950 April 21
5	12	"Careers In Journalism"
5	13	"Church Public Relations"
5	14	"Doctors And The Public"
5	15	"Good Public Relations Begin At Home-For Newspapers" Address Delivered, 1955 June 3
5	16	"Henry Grady's 'Better And Grander' Georgia"
5	17	"Significant Anniversary For Henry W. Grady School Of Journalism...", 1961 June 15
5	18	'Many Journalism Alumni Are In Magazine Work"
5	19	"Meditations On The Retirement Of A School Principal (Teacher)"
5	20	"Poise, Power, Peace, And Freedom-For You"
5	21	"PR: Public Relations For Profile Recognition" - Address Delivered , 1960 October 24
5	22	"Public Relations", 1953 December 4
5	23	"Recharging Your Intellectual Storage Battery"
5	24	"The Relationship Of Scholarship And Success In The Work-A-Day World"
5	25	"The South And National Letters"
5	26	"The University-Today And Tomorrow"
5	27	"Why Writers Succeed-And Fail"
5	28	"A Word From The Co-Sponsor At The Second Annual WSB Radio-TV News Broadcasting Conference" , 1960 November 10
5	29-30	"Poise, Power, Peace And Freedom-For You", 1971-1978
5	31-32	[Honors Program-Annual Reports], 1986-1992
5	33	Honors Convocation Programs [Incomplete], 1969-1992
5	34	Honors Convocation Programs, 1969-1992
5	35	Honors Day [Incomplete], 1978-1986
5	36	[Drewry-Dedications And Tributes], 1969-1976
5	37	Book Donation Acknowledgements, 1972-1985
5	38	John E. Drewry [Biography, Correspondence], 1983
5	39	George Abney Tour Group Information, 2000 July 25
5	40	[University Of Georgia Timelines].
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6	1-3	[Drewry-Programs, Photographs, Newspaper Articles, Correspondence, Etc] , 1920s-1960s
6	4	[Statistics On Journalism Students], 1956
6	5	[Georgia Press Institute], 1957
6	6	Correspondence from John E. Drewry to Robert Harrod, 1955, 1960

 

2. Magazine files
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7	1	Charm , 1950-1952
7	2	Circulation Management
7	3	Collier's , 1940-1956
7	4	Coronet , 1946-1961
7	5-6	Cosmopolitan , 1935-1971
7	7	Cotton , 1947
7	8	Country Gentleman , 1952
7	9	Current History , 1936-1952
7	10-11	Editor And Publisher , 1955-1967
7	12-13	Esquire , 1944-1962
7	14	Flair , 1950
7	15	Forum , 1934-1951
7	16	Fortune , 1943-1959
7	17	The Georgia Review
7	18-19	Good Housekeeping , 1950-1964
7	20	Harper's Magazine , 1934-1971
7	21	Holiday , 1954-1959
7	22	Horizon , 1958
7	23	Hygeia , 1947
7	24	Junior Achievement , 1947-1948
7	25	The Junior Thinker
7	26	The Key Reporter QBK , 1947-1949
7	27	Kiplinger Magazine , 1947
7	28	Ladies Home Journal , 1932-1962
7	29	Liberty Magazine , 1934-1951
7	30	Literary Digest , 1933-1938
7	31-32	Life , 1933-1966
7	33	Look , 1947-1966
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8	1	Mademoiselle , 1940-1961
8	2	Magazine World
8	3	McCall's , 1947-1962
8	4-7	Miscellaneous Mags, 1951-1961
8	8	Motor Age , 1951
8	9-13	The New Yorker , 1925-1965
8	14	Newsweek , 1945-1968
8	15	Pageant , 1961
8	16	Parent's Magazine , 1955-1957
8	17	Pathfinder , 1951
8	18	Pictorial Review-Delineator , 1932-1940
8	19	Plain Talk , 1946
8	20	PM , 1948
8	21	Publisher's Weekly , 1957-1963
8	22-23	[Lectures Given By T.W. Reed, Earl B. Braswell, And Dan McGill-Submitted To The Quill And Who] , 1940s
8	24	Quote[Includes Quick Brochure], 1951
8	25	Reader's Digest , 1936-1964
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9	1-2	Reader's Digest , 1936-1964
9	3	Redbook , 1953
9	4	The Rotarian , 1948-1958
9	5-7	Saturday Evening Post , 1930-1970
9	8	Saturday Review Of Literature , 1945-1970
9	9	Scribner's , 1935-1954
9	10	Scientific American , 1956
9	11	The Southern Literary Messenger , 1944
9	12-13	Southern Magazines , 1940-1957
9	14	This Week , 1950
9	15-17	Time , 1935-1970
9	18	Town And Country , 1947
9	19	The United States News [U.S. News And World Report]*Advertising Material Extracted And Flattened-"Single Folder Oversize: Box 1, 1945-1963
9	20	Vanity Fair-Vogue , 1942-1963
9	21-22	Woman's Home Companion , 1935-1948
9	23	The Yale Review , 1939-1965
9	24	Virginia Quarterly Review , 1950-1957

 

3. General and Grady College correspondence
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10	1-2	General D [Correspondence], 1962-1972
10	3	General E [Correspondence], 1965-1974
10	4	General F [Correspondence], 1965-1974
10	5	General G [Correspondence], 1966-1974
10	6-7	General H [Correspondence], 1965-1974
10	8	General I [Correspondence], 1962-1974
10	9	General J [Correspondence], 1952-1969
10		[Platt Extracted And Flattened-Drawer "University Archives 6"]
10	10	General J [Correspondence], 1952-1969
10	11-13	General K [Correspondence], 1952-1973
10	14	General L [Correspondence], 1969-1972
10	15	General M [Correspondence], 1965-1974
10	16	General Mc [M] [Correspondence], 1961-1969
10	17	General N [Correspondence], 1969-1974
10	18	General O [Correspondence], 1963-1973
10	19	General P [Correspondence], 1969-1974
10	20	General Q [Correspondence], 1949-1973
10	21-22	General R [Correspondence], 1962-1973
10	23-24	General S [Correspondence], 1965-1974
10	25-26	General T [Correspondence], 1951-1974
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11	3	General U [Correspondence], 1951-1971
11	4	General V, 1949-1973
11	5-7	General W [Correspondence], 1959-1974
11	8	General X-Y-Z [Correspondence], 1949-1974
11	9-10	Grady A [Correspondence], 1963-1969
11	11-12	Grady B [Correspondence], 1963-1975
11	13-15	Grady C [Correspondence], 1963-1971
11	16-17	Grady D [Correspondence], 1964-1971
11	18	Grady E [Correspondence], 1965-1968
11	19	Grady F [Correspondence, Photographs], 1965-1974
11	20	Grady G [Correspondence], 1963-1974
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12	1	Grady G [Correspondence], 1963-1974
12	2-3	Grady H [Correspondence, Photographs], 1963-1975
12	4	Grady I [Correspondence], 1958-1963
12	5	Grady J [Correspondence], 1963-1972
12	6	Grady K [Correspondence], 1961-1971
12	7	Grady L [Correspondence], 1963-1969
12	8-10	Grady M [Correspondence], 1963-1972
12	11	Grady Mc [Correspondence], 1963-1973
12	12	Grady N [Correspondence], 1954-1972
12	13	Grady O [Correspondence], 1963-1972
12	14	Grady P [Correspondence], 1963-1975
12	15	Grady Q [Correspondence], 1961-1969
12	16	Grady R [Correspondence], 1963-1973
12	17-20	Grady S [Correspondence], 1962-1973
12	21	Grady T [Correspondence], 1964-1975
12	22	Grady U [Correspondence], 1966
12	23	Grady V [Correspondence, 1964-1973
12	24-25	Grady W [Correspondence], 1963-1975
12	26	Grady X-Y-Z, 1964-1968
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13	1-2	[Drewry Photographs] , 1940s-1950s
13	3-5	GSPA [Georgia Scholastic Press Association], 1948-1969
13	6-12	Television [Educational Channels/Channel 8], 1950-1953
13	13-15	[Drewry Writings (Includes Information Relating To Women Journalists)], 1920s-1950s
13	16	The City Builder - August, 1928
13	17	[Plant Needs (Program Requirements) For Schools And Colleges Of The University], 1952
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14	1-7	[Drewry Writings], 1930s-1940s
14	8-14	[Drewry Writings], 1940s-1960s
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15	1	Photographs - Peabody Awards - Walter Cronkite, Bennett Cerf, Ed Sullivan, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1957-1966
15	2	Preservation Copies [Photocopied Correspondence], 1931-1937

 

4. Clippings, awards, and photographs
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16	1-3	John Drewry-awards, honors and tributes [news clippings, correspondence and articles], 1954-1980
16	4	Dean John Drewry Tribute Fund [correspondence, article and Tribute Dinner program], 1968
16	5	Journalism School [dedications, students and history-news clippings and program], 1947-1976
16	6	Peabody Awards [news clippings and program], 1950s-1970s
16	7	The Kappa Alpha Journal , 1920 March
16	8	UGA Commencement Day Blue List, 1919 June 18
16	9	General Assembly-A resolution commending the Honorable John Eldridge Drewry..., 1969 March 21
16	10	House of Representatives-A resolution recognizing the significance of the George Foster Peabody Awards, 1981 March 25
16	11	Certificate-recognition of Drewry's service, etc...from UGA and the Georgia Alumni Society, 1969 May 10
16	12	Proclamation-whereas, Dean John E. Drewry, has served as Dean...Dean John E. Drewry Day, 1969 May 22
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17	1	Journalism Building-print
17	2-3	Photographs , early 1900s-1983
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18	1	Resolution of the Georgia Press Institute-Whereas, Dean Emeritus John E. Drewry of the Henry W. Grady..., 1978 February 23
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19	1	The Spot Light: The Griffin High School yearbook, 1916 ([Must use gloves when viewing])