Robert Moody McKinney Collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1895-2018
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research. This collection is located at the Library Service Center. Request via Sooner Xpress to view at the Western History Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Restricted: The donor has retained copyright to the unpublished materials in the Robert Moody McKinney Collection. Patrons who wish to publish any of the unpublished material in this collection must contact the donor for permission. Please see the curator for the mailing address.
Extent
114 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2001.
- Ambassadors -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- American newspapers -- New Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diplomatic and consular service American -- Switzerland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gannett Company
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Journalists -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Martin Marietta Corporation
- McKinney, Robert M. (Robert Moody), 1910-2001
- Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuclear energy -- Congresses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuclear energy -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trans World Airlines
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Oklahoma. Board of Visitors
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu