James G. Stahlman Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of James G. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville Banner from 1930 to 1972 and member of the Board of Trust for Vanderbilt from 1927 until his death in 1976. As publisher, Stahlman and the conservative Banner carried on storied battles with the more liberal Tennessean until the Banner's sale to the Gannett Corporation in 1972.
Dates
- Creation: 1915 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biography
James Geddes Stahlman (1893-1976), son of Mary Geddes and Edward Claiborne Stahlman, was born on 28 February 1893 in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt in 1916 and served as an infantry private in the U.S. army in WWI. Stahlman began his career in journalism by working as a reporter for the Nashville Banner in 1912. He served as city editor until 1925 and then became vice president and executive director. He was made president and publisher on the death of Major Stahlman in 1930. During his career, Stahlman served as director of the Southern Newspaper Association and vice president and president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. He served on the Board of Trust at Vanderbilt from 1930-1976. Stahlman died in Nashville, Tennessee on 1 May 1976.
Full Extent
135.92 Linear Feet (138 legal Hollingers, 3 letter Hollingers, 1 letter half-Hollinger, 48 Paige boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, 4 framed items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The James G. Stahlman Papers, 1915-1976, consist of correspondence, speeches, photographs, business files, and other documents of newspaper publisher James G. Stahlman, 1893-1976.
Abbreviations Appearing in Collection
AP Associated Press ANPA American Newspaper Publishers Association ASNE American Society of Newspaper Editors H.R.19123/H.279 House Bill 19123, Newspaper Preservation Act (Became S.1520) IAEA Inter American Education Association IAPA Inter American Press Association INS International News Service NEA National Editorial Association NPC Newspaper Printing Corporation OAS Organization of American States PACA Pacific Advertising Clubs Association RFC Reconstruction Finance Corporation S.1312 Sen. Bill, Failing Newspaper Act S.1520 Sen. Bill, succeeding S.1312, Newspaper Preservation Act SIP Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (IAPA) SME Sales & Marketing Executives SNPA Southern Newspaper Publishers Association TCPA Tennessee College Press Association TNPA Texas Newspaper Publishers Association UP(I) United Press (International)
Nicknames Appearing in Correspondence
A - Adolph Ochs ADDIE - Addie Smither (Mrs. Robert A. Smither) ARNIE - T.A. Springfield AUNT ALINE - Aline Stahlman BABE - Merrill C. Meigs BITSY - E.E. Wilson BLITZ - M.T. O'Brien BOBO - Robert L. Alexander, Jr. BOOTS - George Henry Tyne BOOTSIE & BILL or RANDY - William & Mrs. Randolph Hearst BOOTY - Robert Selph Henry BROWNIE - Robert A. Brown BUCK - Charles S. Hayden BUCKET - D.C. Seward BUD - Samuel Rucks Martin/Westbrook Pegler BUDDY - Hugh J. Morgan BUG Milton Smith Lewis BUTTERMILK - H.B. (Burton) Wilkerson CNO - Chief of Naval Operations CHICK - Mrs. Ruhland Rebman CHUCK - C.F. Baldwin COTTON - Harold W. Clark COUSIN WILL - William G. Spence CUTTER - H.B. Northcutt DAR - D.W. Sherman DNI - Dept. of Naval Intelligence DAKEY - Mrs. Frank W. Fletcher DAN - G.D. Brooks DILLON - Clarence Dillon DINTY - C.E. Moore DOUGH or DO - Henry K. Ray DUNK - A.C. Dunkleberger EATS - European Air Transport Service (Army) ED - Edwin S. Friendly EDDIE - E.B. Rickenbacker/E.S. Northrop FATS - Robert A. Everett FLAP - Claude M. Adams FROG - W.E. Metzger FUTILE - JGS G or OLD CARPETBAGGER - Gene Markey GSM - Graduate School of Management (VU) HACK - J. Haskell Tidman HECK - Henry Wakefield HERK - Wade Herbert Armstrong HONUS - John Craig HOSS - Charles S. Ragland HUBY or HUBBIE - Hugh W. Robbins, Jr. IRISHMAN - Clare Lovett JCS - Jt. Chiefs of Staff JICA - Joint Intelligence Collection Agencies JICACBI - " China, Burma, India JICAME - Joint Intelligence Collection Agencies, Middle East JICANA - " North Africa JICASAC - " Southeast Asia JACK - A.A. Allen JUDGE - E.M. Eller "KAY" - K.P. Tsolainos (Phoebe & Kay) LENA, Aunt - Lena Bowles (Mrs. George B.) LEON - Leland P. Lovette LERON - Leron Matthews (Destin, FL) LIGE - E.N. Kirkpatrick LIP - W. Lipscomb Davis LISHE - Elisha Hanson LIZZIE - Lizzie Armistead (Mrs. James H.) LUCE - Luce Priest (Mrs. Fenton F.) MIN - H.B. Miller MONK - Claude Simons NME - Ntl. Military Establishment NARD - Nard Jones NED - Ashley DeWolf NICK - Henry F. Nichol NUCK - Enoch Brown ONI - Office of Naval Intelligence OWI - Office of War Information (dir., Archibald MacLeish) PECK - Ralph Owen PECKERWOOD - Frank van der Linden/J.C. Akers, Jr. PEGGY - Peggy Spurrier (Mrs. Keith McCauley Spurrier)? PEPE - Jose Dutriz PINK - William J. Wade PINQUE - Hamilton Douglas/Fort Flowers POPS - Marcellus B. Frost PUD - G.W. Reyer PUNCH - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger PUNKA - Punka Holmes Bassett (Mrs. Robert C.) RABBIT - Irby Rice Curry RADDY - Arthur W. Radford RALPH - Ralph M. Watt (Coosa Pines, AL) RED - O.M. Mosier (WW II)/Henry D. Jamison (60s)/H.R. Sanders ('41)/John Cullom Floyd (1915 Football Team) RENA - Katharine Schlater ROBBIE - Francis Robinson RONS - Reserve Officers Naval Services ROUSSEAU - T.R. Duncan RULE BOOK - Walter M. Morgan SBM Controversy - Strategic Bombing Myth Controversy SCEF - Southern Conference Educational Fund SDS - Students for a Democratic Society S.M.E.A.R. - Silent Majority for Eradication of All Radicals SNCC -Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SSOC - Southern Students Organizing Committee SAD - H.W. Sadler SANDLOT - Maxwell E. Benson SANTIAGO - JGS SAWNEY - William R. Webb SHAVER - David S. Huggins SHORTY - Cecil Sims SIS - Anne Orr SISTER [NAFF] - Mrs. L.C. Naff SKINNY - Eldred A. Woolwine, Jr. SLATS - Adm. H.B. Sallada SLICK - James T. Welsh SLIM - W.G. Beecher, Jr. SLOPPY - O.H. Bateman SONNY - C.V. Whitney SPEEDY - (Edith Knox; Mrs. Jack) SPUD - H.A. Ellis STEAMBOAT - A.C. Wahlstedt STEIN - J.N. Stone STEVE - C. Douglas Stephenson (England)/Alec B. Stevenson STEVE & ELISE - Alec B. & Elise Stevenson STUD - Alec B. Stevenson TEMPIE - Tempie Chester (Mrs. Sam H.) TEX - M.T. Moore TINY - Fermine Pride TITO - Alberto Gainza Paz TOMMY - Arthur S. Thompson TRINNIE - Bertram H. Chalfant UNCLE FRANK - F.C. Stahlman USELESS - Vernon Tupper VVAC - Vanderbilt Vietnam Action Committee VAN - W. I. Van Dusen VIC - Victor S. Johnson, Sr. VINEGAR JOE - WAXO - Dudley E. Green WEER - Joseph H. Weer WICK - D.W. Stubblefield WINDY - A.B. Windham WINK - Winston Folk YEN - Charles E. Coney
General
An addition to this collection was previously identified as MSS.0886. It has since been added to MSS.0413.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the James G. Stahlman Papers
- Status
- Partially Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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