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Chicago tribune

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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Chicago tribune. Clayton Kirkpatrick papers

Chicago Tribune: the rise of a great American newspaper, by Lloyd Wendt, Correspondence and manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: XI-273
Abstract This collection consists of materials related to the book Chicago Tribune: the rise of a Great American newspaper by Lloyd Wendt (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1979): drafts, notes, manuscripts and similar material; correspondence (with Tribune Chief Executive Officer Stanton R. Cook, his associates, secretary Ann Stupur, and archivists Harold Hutchings and Lee Major); promotional material, publishing contract and permissions; and the transcript of an interview with...
Dates: 1974 - 1980
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Chicago Tribune: the rise of a great American newspaper, by Lloyd Wendt, Correspondence and manuscript

Chicago Tribune. English I

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: XI-301
Abstract

This series consists of issues of English I, a critique of news writing in the Chicago tribune edited by Leon Stolz.

Dates: 1963 - 1968
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Chicago Tribune. English I

Chicago Tribune. Bob Wiedrich papers

 Collection
Identifier: XI-433
Abstract Papers of Robert ("Bob") Weidrich, reporter for the Chicago Tribune from the 1950s to the 1990s. The topics covered include many events and themes of the day, including corrupt politicians and mobsters, police scandals, insurance fraud, nursing home irregularities, crime syndicates, and the Richard Speck trial. The papers contain an exhaustive collection of clippings of Weidrich's writings for the Tribune, including the "Tower ticker" column; his memoirs; and stories related to Weidrich by...
Dates: 1950s-1990s
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / Chicago Tribune. Bob Wiedrich papers