McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1880 - 1955
Biography
Robert Rutherford McCormick (born July 30, 1880, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; died April 1, 1955, Wheaton, Illinois) was an American newspaper editor and publisher, popularly known as Colonel McCormick, whose idiosyncratic editorials made him the personification of conservative journalism in the United States. Under his direction the Chicago Tribune achieved the largest circulation among American standard-sized newspapers and led the world in newspaper advertising revenue.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Robert R. McCormick. Cantigny Farm correspondence
Collection
Identifier: I-162
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings and other material concerning Cantigny Farm near Wheaton, Illinois, and the farm on the Fox River west of Yorkville in Kendall County, Illinois (sometimes called the "experimental farm"), both owned by Col. Robert R. McCormick (owner and editor of the Chicago tribune). The correspondence is chiefly between McCormick on the one hand and Homer Neisz, Gail W. Compton or Richard T. Orr on the other. (Neisz, Compton and Orr...
Dates:
1939 - 1954