By: E&P Staff The Library of Congress announced late Thursday that it has acquired the papers of Allen H. Neuharth, founder of USA Today, longtime Gannett editor and executive, and creator of the Freedom Forum of Newseum.
The announcement took place in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress before an audience of more than 100, including former Neuharth colleagues. ?Your papers will join a pantheon of other publishing greats at the Library of Congress,? James H. Billington, chief librarian there, told Neuharth.
"It's an honor to be in these hallowed halls where my papers will be placed with those of so many much more notable and/or interesting personalities -- from presidents and other distinguished public servants -- to mere media mortals,? Neuharth said.
Other journalists with papers there include Katharine Graham, Henry Luce, Joseph Pulitzer and Roy Howard.
The papers, a gift from Neuharth, will include correspondence, speeches, photographs, memoranda and his own unpublished and published writings. The materials document Neuharth's life and career.
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