James Russell Wiggins

James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) was the former editor of the Washington Post, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, and editor of the Ellsworth (Maine) American until his death at the age of 96.

The president of the American Antiquarian Society from 1970 to 1977, Wiggins was a longtime student of the history of printing and journalism and an articulate spokesman for the freedom of the press. The Wiggins lectureship was endowed with gifts to the Society from his friends and admirers.