Freedom of the press
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Robert R. McCormick. Business correspondence
Collection
Identifier: I-60
Abstract
The papers of Robert R. McCormick (editor and publisher of the Chicago tribune) consist primarily of business correspondence dating from 1927-1955. This correspondence does not relate directly to the Chicago Tribune, but includes a great deal of material on organizations related to the newspaper publishing business and various political personages and departments, freedom of the press issues and some personal and family...
Dates:
1927 - 1955
Robert R. McCormick. Recordings of speeches; recordings of operas and operettas
Collection
Identifier: I-55
Abstract
This series was formed around recordings of the speeches of Col. Robert R. McCormick (1880-1955), editor and publisher of the Chicago tribune. (The series contains both the original transcription discs, and later copies on magnetic tape.) These speeches are primarly those given during a weekly musical broadcast, but include a few speeches delivered on other occasions. The topics covered by McCormick in his speeches include American history, politics and...
Dates:
1938 - 1957
Chicago Tribune. Frederick S. Siebert Papers
Collection
Identifier: XI-142
Abstract
Frederick Siebert was interested in two lawsuits concerning the freedom of the press which resulted in landmark decisions by the United States Supreme Court: the so-called Minnesota "gag law" case (Near versus Minnesota, 1931) and the Associated Press anti-monopoly suit (AP versus U.S., 1945). This collection contains Siebert's collection of materials on these cases: correspondence, articles, papers, Supreme Court...
Dates:
1932 - 1946