HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG3754.AM: Henry Doorly, 1879-1961
Scrapbook: 1903-1959
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska: Publisher
Size: 1 volume
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born in Barbados in 1879, Henry Doorly studied civil engineering in the West Indies. Doorly came to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1902 as a surveyor with the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1904 he married Margaret Hitchcock, becoming the son-in-law of Gilbert Hitchcock, politician and publisher of the Omaha World Herald. Doorly went to work at the World Herald, and eventually took over the paper in 1934 after the death of Gilbert Hitchcock. Doorly retired from the paper in 1950. Henry Doorly died June 21, 1961 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of one scrapbook documenting the publishing career of Henry Doorly and the history of the Omaha World Herald newspaper. Items in the scrapbook date from ca. 1903 to 1959. Included are typescript reminiscences by various newspaper employees.
INVENTORY
Henry Doorly scrapbook
Subject headings:
Doorly, Henry, 1879-1961
Journalism — Nebraska
Omaha (Nebraska) — History
Omaha World Herald (Omaha, Nebraska)
Publishing — Nebraska
TMM 11-10-2018