Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts and Archives Department

VLADIMIR POSVAR
PAPERS, CA 1980

Collection #
M 0471

Table of Contents

Collection Information
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Cataloging Information

Processed by
Charles Latham
9 January 1995

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:

1 manuscript box

COLLECTION DATE:

ca 1980

PROVENANCE:

Lawrence Connor, The Indianapolis Star, 307 N. Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN 46206, 31 January 1987

RESTRICTIONS:

None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society

ALTERNATE FORMATS:

None

OTHER FINDING AIDS:

None

RELATED HOLDINGS:

None

ACCESSION NUMBER:

1987.0167

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Vladimir Posvar (1902-ca 1980) was born in Butler County, Kansas, the son of Czech immigrants. He left home at fifteen to enlist in the army in World War I. In the course of a long career as a journalist, he served on the staff of eleven newspapers: in Topeka, Kansas City, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Detroit; and finally on the Indianapolis Times and then the Star. His work took him on many travels, including Santo Domingo and the European Theater of World War II.

Source: Materials in collection

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection, filling one small manuscript box, contains drafts of autobiographical chapters submitted about 1980 by Vladimir Posvar to the donor, Lawrence Connor of the Indianapolis Star. The stories tend to be picaresque and humorous, including the titles, such as "Did I Give Carole Lombard the Kiss of Death?" and "Celebrities I Have Interviewed: Winston Churchill Shook His Cane at Me and Said, 'Only a Cad Would Ask That Question.'"

CATALOGING INFORMATION

For additional information on this collection, including a list of subject headings that may lead you to related materials:

  1. Go to the Indiana Historical Society's online catalog
  2. Click on the "Local Catalog" icon.
  3. Search for the collection by its call number, using the letter or letters designation and four digits (e.g., M 0715, SC 2234).
  4. When you find the collection, go to the "Holdings" screen for a list of headings that can be searched for related materials.

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