University of Oklahoma. Board of Visitors

Newspaper publisher and U.S. Ambassador. Professional and personal papers of Robert Moody McKinney and family, primarily regarding his life as a diplomat, newspaper publisher, and author. The materials include correspondence, newspapers, appointment calendars, photographs, and manuscripts of short stories and poetry written by McKinney. The papers contain reports and correspondence from McKinney's work as chairman of the panel to report to Congress on the Impact of Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1955-1956), as a representative to the Second International Conference for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1958), and as U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (1961-1963). The collection also has McKinney’s correspondence and reports as owner and publisher of The New Mexican newspaper (1956-2003), legal documents (1975-1989) regarding his suit against the Gannett Company to regain control of the The New Mexican, and genealogical materials (1895-2018) compiled by Virginia K. Moody.

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General correspondence (1967-70) arranged alphabetically by subject; Budget (1967-70); Committees (1967-69); Conferences including records related to the Conference on the University in American Society, 1968; President-designate office (1967-68); Projects and proposals (1967-70); University and State Regents (1967-70) and Subject Files (1967-70).

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Publications created by or attributed to the Offices of the President, Affirmative Action, Assistant to the President, Board of Visitors, Councils and Committees include: Annual Financial Reports (1938-91); Annual Reports to the University Board of Regents (1898-1902, 1929-49); Biennial Reports to Governor/State Board of Education (1910-18); Budgets, Norman Campus (1913-92); Budgets, Health Sciences Center (1940-91); Monthly Financial Reports (1952-69); Affirmative Action Plan (1975-83); Agendas of the Meetings of the Board of Visitors (1970-71); and various reports and plans produced by councils and committees (1925-84).