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Box 1

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Colonel McCormick papers - General, 1953 - 1960

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

These are C.E. McKittrick papers, many of them dealing with matters pertaining to McCormick's death and subsequent matters. Mr. McKittrick preceeded Mr. Grumhaus as business manager

Dates: Other: 1953 - 1960

Colonel McCormick - Radio ideas, suggestions, etc., 1945 - 1946

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

These are Chesser Campbell papers while he was in charge of the operation of WGN (while also acting as advertising manager of the Tribune). The papers include a report on all WGN programs by critic Claudia Cassidy (1946); a 6-page letter from Jack LaFrandre to Col. McCormick criticizing operations of WGN (July 8, 1946); and an 11-page report on the financial side of WGN to McCormick from Campbell (July 24, 1946)

Dates: Other: 1945 - 1946

Files of Mr. Grumhaus on fifty-year employees and thirty-year McCormick veterans, 1950 - 1955

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter of April 14, 1950 from H.F. Grumhaus to J.H. Wood which notes McCormick's decision to begin presenting watches to employees of 50 years' service

Dates: 1950 - 1955

Files of Mr. Grumhaus on fifty-year employees and thirty-year McCormick veterans, 1956 - 1972

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes beginnings of the Colonel McCormick Veterans (employees of 30 years' service) receiving watches and 50-year employees receiving diamond and gold lapel buttons or pins.

Dates: 1956 - 1972

Retirement and pensions, 1959 - 1971

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Seven items involving Tribune Company policy on retirement and pensions(1959-1962); one item involving retirement compensation of C.A. Corcoran (1971)

Dates: 1959 - 1971