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Chicago tribune

 Organization

Biography

The Chicago tribune is a daily newspaper which begin publication on June 10, 1847. In the 1850s, under the editorship of Joseph Medill, the Tribune became associated with Abraham Lincoln and the newly-formed Republican Party. Colonel Robert R. McCormick, Medill's grandson, took control of the paper in the 1920s, and ran the paper until his death in 1955. Under him, the Tribune took a firmly conservative and anti-New Deal stance. In 1974 the Tribune was the first newspaper to publish the complete text of the Watergate tapes. In 2008, the Tribune for the first time endorsed a member of the Democratic Party for President of the United States: Barack Obama.

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Business manager's file 50-11. Newspaper Guild, 1950 - 1955

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Correspondence about the New York News' new contract with the Guild, 1950-05, among E.M. Antrim, H.F. Grumhaus, J. Loy ("Pat") Maloney, and Philip B. Stephens, business manager of the NewsNews items and Guild publications during the Guild strike against the New York World-Telegram and Sub, 1950-06Statement given to Congress by Sam Eubanks, executive vice president of the American Newspaper Guild, on 1950-07-20, about...
Dates: 1950 - 1955

Chicago tribune. Advertising Records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35552000769934]
Identifier: XI-419
Abstract

This series consists of a single volume produced by the Chicago Tribune, without a titlepage. It contains "complete records of advertising printed in Chicago newspapers" for the years 1914 and 1915. These two sections of text are separated by copies documents (chiefly surveys of residents), and photographs, concerning a few Chicago neighborhoods

Dates: 1914 - 1915

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. 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. 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. 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. Everett McClane Collection

 Collection
Identifier: XI-308
Abstract

This collection contains miscellaneous items chiefly relating to the Chicago Tribune. Materials include clippings, reprints, correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1861 - 1935

Chicago tribune. Finance Department microfilm records

 Collection
Identifier: XI-321
Abstract

Microfilm of payroll records, paid vouchers, and cancelled checks involving the Chicago Tribune, WGN, the Chicago Tribune Press Service, the Chicago Tribune Building Corporation, and other subsidiaries for periods before the Tribune Company was created (in 1968). (In those years the Chicago Tribune's Finance Department handled the subsidiaries.)

Dates: 1892 - 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. Impressions

 Collection
Identifier: XI-324
Abstract

The house organ of the Chicago Tribune's Operations Department

Dates: 1988-03 - 1990-12

Chicago tribune. In-house publications

 Collection
Identifier: XI-251
Abstract

This series consists of issues of in-house publications for Chicago Tribune staff.

Dates: 1919 - 1996

Chicago tribune. John M. Flynn files

 Collection
Identifier: XI-174
Abstract This collection represents files (chiefly clippings from newspapers and magazines) created by John M. ("Jack") Flynn (Tribune writer; died 1971-12-31) to help him when preparing speeches for Colonel Robert R. McCormick, and for use in rebutting the many attacks being made on the Chicago tribune. These files also contain clippings, publications and other items related to Tribune color printing and photography; attacks on the ...
Dates: late 1930s to early 1950s

Chicago Tribune. Kirkland & Ellis Files (IV)

 Collection
Identifier: XI-335
Abstract

This collection contains material related to the libel suit, Henry Ford versus The Tribune Company, dating to 1916-1919. The suit concerned the Chicago Tribune editorial of June 23, 1916, "Ford is an Anarchist."

Dates: 1913 - 1923

Chicago Tribune. Kirkland & Ellis Files (V)

 Collection
Identifier: XI-336
Abstract

The files in this collection relate in general to annual meetings of the Tribune Company and its subsidiaries.

Dates: 1909 - 1952

Chicago tribune. Clayton Kirkpatrick papers

 Collection
Identifier: XI-342
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, writings, clippings and other material from, to or about Clayton Kirkpatrick (editor of the Chicago tribune, 1915-2004). Of particular note are the speeches and editorials, which give Kirkpatrick's views on politics (including the Watergate affair), journalism, and the freedom of the press.

Dates: 1960 - 1992