Michael Dorman Collection Open for Research

"We Shall Overcome." [New York], [Delacorte Press]; distributed by the Dial Press [1964].

“We Shall Overcome.” [New York], [Delacorte Press]; distributed by the Dial Press [1964].

The Michael Dorman Collection, located in Special Collections of the University Libraries, is open for research.

Journalist, reporter, and author Michael Dorman (1932-2008) was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a writer and editor at Newsday, a professor of journalism, and the author of more than a dozen books. When he was 17, he began working at The Wall Street Journal. According to Newsday, “he worked for The New York Times, Newsday, The Associated Press and Scripps-Howard after graduating from New York University in 1953. While at Newsday, which he joined in 1958, he worked as a reporter, assistant night city editor, an editor of Newsday magazine, and later, when he returned to the paper in 1982, an assistant editor in the “Viewpoints” section. His career highlights included covering the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the civil rights movement. Books authored by Michael Dorman include: “We Shall Overcome: A Reporter’s Eye-Witness Account of the Year of Racial Strife and Triumph” (1964); “The Secret Service Story” (1967); “The Second Man: The Changing Role of the Vice Presidency” (1968); “The Making of a Slum” (1972); and “Witch Hunt: The Underside of American Democracy” (1976).

The collection is comprised of 9 linear ft. of manuscripts, correspondence, research files, and notes. Information about Special Collections and University Archives’ comprehensive collections and services is available on the website for the department.

Kristen Nyitray

Kristen Nyitray

Associate Librarian; Director, Special Collections and University Archives; and University Archivist at Stony Brook University Libraries
Contact her for research assistance with rare books, manuscript collections, historical maps, and SBU history. E-mail: kristen.nyitray@stonybrook.edu.
Kristen Nyitray
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