There’s the Presidential Medal of Freedom, two Pulitzer Prize awards, an Emmy Award, book manuscripts, letters from U.S presidents, family photographs and a manual Royal Standard upright typewriter.
These are part of the archive of famed historian and author David McCullough that has been acquired recently by the Heinz History Center.
McCullough, the Pittsburgh native who won Pulitzer Prizes for “Truman” (1993) and “John Adams” (2002), also is considered one of the founders of the modern History Center; officials say he provided “visionary leadership” during the museum’s relocation from Oakland to the Strip District in 1996.
“There would be no Heinz History Center without David McCullough,” Andy Masich, president and CEO of the History Center, said in a statement. “It’s altogether fitti

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