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Tribune Company

 Organization

Biography

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1847 by James Kelly, John E. Wheeler, and Joseph K. C. Forrest. During the 19th century, under the leadership of Joseph Medill, the paper became closely associated with Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party. This association continued into the 20th century as Medill's grandson Colonel Robert R. McCormick assumed editorship and the paper adapted conservative isolationist and anti-New Deal viewpoints. Journalistic highs and lows during the 20th century include publishing the text of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, incorrectly calling the 1948 presidential election for Thomas Dewey instead of Harry S. Truman, and publishing a complete transcript of the Watergate tapes. The Tribune Corporation branched out into other forms of journalism with the addition of the WGN ("World's Greatest Newspaper") radio station in the 1920s and WGN TV in the 1940s, and was an early adopter of internet journalism in the mid-1990s. It remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago area.

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Tribune Company. Chesser M. Campbell (1897-1960) papers

 Collection
Identifier: X-27
Abstract

Papers of Chesser Campbell, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and president of the Tribune Company

Dates: 1939 - 1968

Canadian properties. Baie Comeau construction records

 Collection
Identifier: XIX-29
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, progress reports, cost and shipping reports, blueprints, specifications, charts and maps, and many photographs concerning the North Shore Paper Company (the Tribune Company's second Canadian pulp and paper mill at Baie Comeau, Quebec) and the permanent planned community which grew up around it.

Dates: 1936 - 1938

Canadian properties. Inside news

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: XIX-32
Abstract

The internal newsletter of the Ontario Paper Company Limited (Thorold, Ontario); Quebec North Shore Paper Company (Montreal and Baie Comeau, Quebec); and associated companies

Dates: 1971 - 1981

Canadian properties. Ontario Paper Company. Construction records

 Collection
Identifier: XIX-5
Abstract

This collection describes the construction and initial testing of the Tribune Company's paper mill at Thorold, Ontario. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence among Robert R. McCormick, president of the Tribune Company, Warren Curtis, Jr., who designed and supervised the building of the mill, and other executives of the company.

Dates: 1912 - 1913

Chicago Tribune. Building Division: Onderdonk and Capron files

 Collection
Identifier: XI-320
Abstract

Files from the Tribune's Building Division managers: Holmes Onderdonk and Keith Capron), chiefly concerning historic stones (for the Tribune Tower), flags, and inscriptions

Dates: 1923 - 1963

Chicago Tribune. Business Manager Files

 Collection
Identifier: XI-173
Abstract This collection contains papers selected from the business manager files of the Chicago Tribune, dating mostly from 1926 to 1955, though a small portion of the material dates from as early as 1921 and as late as 1960. Most of the correspondence is that of two business managers, Wilbert E. Macfarlane (1928-1944) and Elbert M. Antrim (1944-1954). Materials in the collection are related to the following Tribune departments:...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1911 - 1958

Chicago Tribune. Business manager's files: labor relations

 Collection
Identifier: XI-313
Abstract

Files created by W.E. Macfarlane (Chicago Tribune business manager from 1928 until his death on 1944-10-09) and Elbert M. Antrim (business manager from 1944 to 1954)

Dates: 1930 - 1955

Chicago Tribune. Chicagoland map

 Collection
Identifier: XI-311
Abstract

This series contains a set of Chicagoland map, a road map of areas surrounding Chicago, published by the Chicago Tribune.

Dates: 1929 to 1981/1982

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Advertising Department (1), Rules and Regulations

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: XI-125-1
Abstract

The rules and regulations, instructions, standards, rates, etc., 1925-1968, of the Chicago Tribune Advertising Department. The material is in the form of memos, letters, cards, and other printed matter

Dates: 1925 - 1968

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Advertising Department (2), Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-2
Abstract

This small collection consists of plans drawn up by Charles W. Townsley for the reorganization in 1910 of the Advertisting Department and several other departments of the Tribune Company

Dates: 1910 - 1922

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Building Division, Chicago Tunnel Company

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-3
Abstract

This collection traces the relationship between the Tribune Company and the Chicago Tunnel Company (and its parent, the Chicago Tunnel Terminal Corporation) from 1919 to 1964\

Dates: 1910 - 1964

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Circulation Department, Promotion

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-4
Abstract

This collection consists of promotional materials sent by the Chicago Tribune to distributors, newsdealers and carriers from 1921 to 1939. The collection includes mimeographed letters and notices, advertisements, posters, circulars, leaflects, advertisements, and circulation figures

Dates: 1921 - 1939

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Editorial Department, Editor's office, miscellaneous

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-5
Abstract This small collection of correspondence from the Chicago Tribune Editorial Department covers issues related to the London bureau and foreign correspondents in Europe or in Latin America, as well as issues regarding United Press International or syndicated wire services. Correspondence extends from 1942 to 1972 and includes letters from the following: William J. Fulton, J. Loy ("Pat") Maloney, Don Maxwell, David Darrah, Donald Day, Jules Dubois, Ben...
Dates: 1942 - 1972

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers, Editorial Department, Editorial Page

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-9
Abstract

This collection of Chicago Tribune Editorial Department papers consists principally of correspondence and manuscripts related to the content of the editorial pages of the newspaper between 1942 and 1971, with some earlier material. Correspondence includes that of Clifford Raymond (before 1939-1950) and George Morgenstern (1947-1971), but the bulk is of Leon Stolz (1942-1963). There are also a few items from Reuben Cahn and Carl Wiegman.

Dates: 1924 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1971

Chicago Tribune. Departmental papers. Employee relations

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-10
Abstract

Employee relations files, chiefly job applications and routine "tickets" for salary increases.

Dates: 1969 - 1980

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Marketing Department. Promotion

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: XI-125-8
Abstract In February and July, 1984, the Marketing Department turned over to the Tribune Company Archives a total of five cartons of promotion files dealing with individual Tribune staff members. The present collection contains materials selected from this group that consist of correspondence within the Promotion Department (later the Marketing Department) or with third parties; the latter dealing with speaking or broadcasting engagements or (in the cases of Harold Grumhaus and J. Howard Wood) their...
Dates: 1953 - 1978

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Marketing Department, Promotion material, miscellaneous

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-7
Abstract

This small collection of promotion material was retained by the Tribune Company Marketing Department between 1957 and 1972. It documents special occasions like the Chicago Tribune 125th Anniversary in 1972, the First Division Museum dedication in 1960, and the McCormick Charitable Trust Historymobile and McCormick Place in 1960. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, and printed promotional matter can also be found.

Dates: 1957 - 1972

Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Marketing Department, Public Relations

 Collection
Identifier: XI-125-6
Abstract This collection consists of papers of the Chicago Tribune's marketing department, largely while under its earlier name, the promotion and publicity department. The papers in this collection are chiefly those of William Jerome Byrnes (1955/1962) and Joseph A. Burns (1962/1972), but a few are those of Tomas P. O'Donnell (1972/1974). These managers are in correspondence with executives Harold F. Grumhaus, Frederick A. Nichols, and J. Howard Wood. The collection...
Dates: 1955 - 1974

Chicago Tribune. Frank L. Hughes Papers (1)

 Collection
Identifier: XI-182
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Frank Hughes (1908-1972) during his 29-year tenure at the Chicago Tribune (1942-1971).

Dates: 1943 - 1968

Chicago Tribune. Kirkland & Ellis Files (I)

 Collection
Identifier: XI-175
Abstract

This collection consists of case files selected by the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis as being of possible historical interest. They date principally from 1920 to 1955, with a few from as early as 1907. The papers pertain to the Chicago Tribune, the Tribune Company, the Ontario Paper Company, and Robert R. McCormick. Also included is a small collection of Patterson family papers, evidently from the estate of Eleanor Medill Patterson.

Dates: 1907 - 1955