[Miscellaneous Poems] 1940-1948

The Howard Pyle Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, diaries, scrapbooks, notebooks, printed matter, and artifacts. Although the collection dates from 1883 to 1987, the bulk of the material is derived from Pyle's political, professional, and personal activities from 1935 to 1987. The collection has been divided into two series.

Series I: Original File Series dates from 1930 to 1987 and is divided into five sub-series. Sub-Series A: Correspondence contains personal correspondence with acquaintances and charitable and community service organizations as well as correspondence and other documents concerning employment requests, investigations, and political intelligence pursuits. Sub-Series B: Subject Files includes correspondence, speech and broadcast scripts, and background material showing politics, the Grand Canyon, and the Eisenhower White House. Box 21, Folders 1-1D hold materials from the Republican National Convention Speech of 1952. Sub-Series C: Speeches and Articles dates from the gubernatorial period (1951-1953) and the National Safety Council presidency (1951-1959). Box 35, Folder 1 contains the convention speech What is Right for America.

Sub-Series D: Poetry houses material from the KTAR radio program Poetry Exchange, which was aired from 1940 to 1950. Sub-Series E: News Clippings includes Pyle's Tempe Daily News column Howard Pyle Writes ... (1974-1987) and the items provided by a clipping service in 1948 to 1949.

Series II: Archivist's File Series dates from 1883 to 1987 with the bulk of the material falling between 1950 and 1987. It contains correspondence, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, diaries, notebooks, printed matter, and artifacts. It is divided into six sub-series.

Sub-Series A: Correspondence houses letters received from personal and professional contacts made during Pyle's terms as Governor, National Safety Council President, and Central Arizona Water Conservation District Director. Sub-Series B: Subject Files dates from 1959 to 1987 and concerns safety, water, and community service activities. Box 110, Folder 7, however, contains a gubernatorial press release of 1954 describing the Short Creek operation and its rationale.

Sub-Series C: Scrapbooks (1953-1984) houses news clippings from Pyle's second term as Governor of Arizona (1953-1955) and clippings about the White House staff (1955-1961). Sub-Series D: Calendars, Diaries and Notebooks describe Pyle's activities as Governor.

Sub-Series E: Printed Matter, much of which is undated, contains various certificates, gubernatorial and legislative resolutions, musical scores, news clippings, and ephemera from all periods in Pyle's career. Sub-Series F: Artifacts includes artwork for publications as well as mementos and official gifts. Sub-Series G: Audio Transcription Disks contas brief interviews and news stories hosted by Pyle primarily regarding actions of the United States military in the Philippines during World War II.