Box 8

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Two copies of the original trust agreement of 1932; one copy of the 1953 amendment; one copy of the 1954 amendment; one copy of the trust "as at 1956." Copy of McCormick letter of 16 January, 1954, to Howard Ellis, naming Ward as trustee

Scope and Contents 1947: regarding R.R. McCormick's purchase of shares from the estate of J.M. Patterson1948: regarding the sale of 62 shares by R.R. McCormick to 28 employees of the Chicago Tribune1960: list of trust beneficiaries prepared by W.A. Larson1961: request by Peter Miller to sell his one share1961/1962: regarding amendment of trust to permit people over 50 years old to be appointed trustees1962: regarding amendment...

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Kirkland Fleming bill for $15,000 for work on the valuation of Tribune stock (bill cut to $10,000). 1947 correspondence between law office and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a change in proposed legislation so that it would not apply to the Tribune Company (involving the number of shareholders)

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Correspondence among J. Howard Wood, Elbert Antrim, and R.R. McCormick regarding dividend rates for 1951 and 1952; also correspondence with A.A. Schmon and F.M. Flynn regarding intercompany dividends from the Ontario Paper Company and the News Syndicate Company

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Reports gathered for or by Alfred Cowles III on Tribune finances: earnings, comparison with other papers, dividends, book value, executive salaries, and a history of the Tribune Company. Twelve-page report from J.H. Wood to C.M. Campbell, January 11, 1960, on the Cowles material. Table of Tribune Company voting rights held by trustees. Letters from W.H. Cowles to J.H. Wood and from W.C. Kurtz to James A. Linen about the Time magazine article on the Tribune, January 20, 1961