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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.

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...

Abstract The research interests of Richard Schwarzlose (professor of journalism at Northwestern Unviersity from 1968-2003) centered on the history of the American wire service, though he also researched ethical and legal issues in journalism. The Richard Schwarzlose Papers fill thirty-one and one-half boxes and span the period 1955 to 2003. The papers are divided into six categories: approximately three and one-half boxes of biographical materials, two and one-half boxes of general correspondence,...