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Finding aid for the Kent State University, School of Journalism records

Repository: Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Title: Kent State University, School of Journalism records
Inclusive Date(s): 1926-1988
Bulk Date(s): 1938-1965
Author: Finding aid prepared by Edith Serkownek, June 2008
Creation: Finding aid encoded by Edith Serkownek using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2008
Origination: Beck, Henry C.
Extent: 2.58 cubic feet (8 boxes)
Physical Location: 11th floor
Finding Aid Identifier: OhKeUSC0065
Abstract: This collection contains records of the School of Journalism including general KSU journalism-related photographs, papers, and scrapbooks, as well as material documenting annual conferences, clinics and institutes, photographs of graduating classes and portraits of faculty, Kent Stater editors and business managers and Chestnut Burr editors.
Language(s): The records are in English

History of Kent State University School of Journalism

Kent State began offering classes in journalism in 1927, the same year the official campus newspaper, The Kent Stater, was founded. With increasing enrollment Journalism was established as its own department in 1932 and as a school in 1940. Professor William Taylor was hired to head the department in 1936 and it remained under his leadership for the next 27 years. Features of the department/school have included the support of several journalism honorary societies, the establishment of a strong alumni association and the operation of a number of annual conferences, clinics and institutes, including the Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press Association Clinic. The school moved from Merrill Hall to Taylor Hall in 1967, and today Kent State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication is housed in Franklin Hall.

Scope and Content

Kent State University, School of Journalism records (1926-1988) document activities of the School of Journalism, its faculty and students through photographs, publications and scrapbooks. The collection contains publications and photographs from many School of Journalism sponsored annual conferences, clinics and institutes including the Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press Association Clinic (NOSPA), the Industrial Editors Institute, the Institute for Public Relations and the Northeastern Ohio Weeklies (NOW) Clinic. Photographs document School of Journalism graduating classes (1940s-1950s). The collection also includes portraits of faculty, Kent Stater editors and business managers and some Chestnut Burr editors (1926-1965).

Statement of Arrangement

The Kent State University, School of Journalism records are divided into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: General Activities
Subseries 1A: General Activities: Photographs and Negatives
Subseries 1B: General Activities: Papers and Documents
Subseries 1C: General Activities: Scrapbooks
Series 2: Conferences Clinics and Institutes
Subseries 2A: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press Association Clinics (NOSP) and (NOSPA)
Subseries 2B: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Industrial Editors Institute
Subseries 2C: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Institute for Public Relations
Subseries 2D: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Northeastern Ohio Weeklies (NOW) Newspaper Clinic
Subseries 2E: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Others
Series 3: Faculty Portraits
Series 4: Graduating Classes Photographs and Negatives
Series 5: Kent Stater Staff Portraits
Subseries 5A: Kent Stater Staff Portraits: Editors
Subseries 5B: Kent Stater Staff Portraits: Business Managers
Series 6: Chestnut Burr Staff Portraits: Editors


Related Material

Additional information on the activities of the School of Journalism can be found in the finding aids for the Kent State University, School of Journalism, Short Course in News Photography records and the William D. Taylor papers. Additional unprocessed materials may be added in the future.

Preferred Citation

Kent State University School of Journalism records. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

Acquisition Information

The bulk of the material in the Kent State University School of Journalism records was taken from the School of Journalism Short Course in Photography collection. The collection was donated by Henry C. Beck in 1977, with an addition being made at a later time. Material that pertains to other topics including general School of Journalism records has been separated from the Short Course collection.

Bibliography

For more information on the history of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication:

Endres, Fred. Pathways: A History of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University. 1997. http://www.jmc.kent.edu/home/jmchistory/jmchistory_TOC.htm (7 July 2008).

Subject Headings
The following subjects are found in this collection:

Subjects:
Kent State University. School of Journalism
Kent State University--History
College student newspapers and periodicals--Ohio--Kent
Kent Stater
Daily Kent Stater (Kent, Ohio : 1954)
Chestnut Burr (Kent, Ohio)
Persons:
Taylor, William D., 1903-1975
Organizations/Corporations:
Kent State University. School of Journalism
Functions:
Journalism
Journalism, College
Places:
Kent (Ohio)
Occupations:
Journalists
College teachers
College students
Material Types:
Photographs
News photographs
Scrapbooks
Portraits
Group portraits



Detailed Description of The Collection

Series 1: General Activities, 1930-1969

Subseries 1A: General Activities: Photographs and Negatives, 1930-1969
Box 1 / Folder 1
Kenneth Long and Helen Westcott [Dix], Kent Stater business manager and editor, leave for annual college newspaper convention, 1930
Box 1 / Folder 2
Activities of School of Journalism students, promotional photographs, [1938]
Box 1 / Folder 3
[School of Journalism ?] students working in library, 1938
Box 1 / Folder 4
The Duchess magazine staff, Circa 1939
Box 1 / Folder 5
Dick Arnold in KSU photography lab, 1930s
Box 1 / Folder 6
Kent Stater reporters interview Eleanor Roosevelt, Late-1930s-early 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 7
Group of students [staff of Kent Stater ?], Circa 1942
Box 1 / Folder 8
"First Journalism Graduate Meeting", July 13, 1946
Box 1 / Folder 9
Professor William Taylor with unidentified students, Circa 1947
Box 1 / Folder 10
Professor William Taylor and Eleanor Meck, Lambda Phi president, February 7, 1948
Box 1 / Folder 11
Professor James Fosdick's photography students visit the Akron Beacon Journal, Circa 1948
Box 1 / Folder 12
Commencement ceremony, Schools of Journalism and English, 1948
Box 1 / Folder 13
Camera Club field trip, 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 14
Student portrait being taken [in Chestnut Burr yearbook studio ?], 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 15
East Ohio Press Association meeting with Professor William Taylor, 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 16
Unidentified group [School of Journalism conference or clinic ?] in front of Rockwell Hall, 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 17
Unidentified event with School of Journalism alum, 1940s
Box 1 / Folder 18
Professer James Fosdick's photography class, 1940s-1950s
Box 1 / Folder 19
Professor William Taylor holding KSU Governor's Award at Ohio Newspaper Association meeting, 1950
Box 1 / Folder 20
Theta Sigma Phi members with Professor William Taylor, [1951]
Box 1 / Folder 21
Association of Journalism Alumni officers and Professor William Taylor, November 10, 1951
Box 1 / Folder 22
Sigma Delta Chi members and members showing KSU chapter documents, [1953]
Box 1 / Folder 23
Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi activities, April 9 and June 11, 1955
Box 1 / Folder 24
Staff of the Kent Stater, Early-1960s
Box 1 / Folder 25
Taylor Hall construction, 1966 and undated
Box 1 / Folder 26
Professor William Taylor and alum Francis Murphey [Journalism Alumni Association ?], 1960s
Box 1 / Folder 27
School of Journalism informational or recruitment slideshow, February, 1969 and undated

Subseries 1B: General Activities: Papers and Documents, 1940-Circa 1955
Box 1 / Folder 28
Certificate: Tau Kappa Alpha National Discussion Conference, 1940
Box 1 / Folder 29
Certificate: Grand Eastern Forensic Tournament, April 12, 1941
Box 1 / Folder 30
Booklet: Kent State University Bulletin, Kent Stater Stylebook, August, 1945
Box 1 / Folder 31
Petition: Formal Petition presented by Lambda Phi of KSU to Theta Sigma Phi, April 23, 1951
Box 1 / Folder 32
Periodical and correspondence: The Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta magazine featuring article on KSU, September, 1951
Box 1 / Folder 33
Booklet: The Journalism Story at Kent State University with accompanying illustrations, Circa 1955
Box 1 / Folder 34
Invitation: Reception, March 3, [undated]
Box 1 / Folder 35
Booklet: Your Career in Ohio Journalism by the Ohio Newspaper Association, Undated

Subseries 1C: General Activities: Scrapbooks, 1942 and 1948-1949
Box 2 / Piece 1
School of Journalism captioned photograph album, 1942
Scope and Content
Research Note: This photograph album contains a snapshot of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Box 2 / Piece 2
Lense and Shutter Camera Club scrapbook containing copies of the club's publication, 1948-1949

Series 2: Conferences Clinics and Institutes, 1938-1988

Subseries 2A: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press Association Clinics (NOSP) or (NOSPA), 1938-1988
Scope and Content
Material may include correspondence, programs, participant notes and photographs of activities including Speech Coverage and Staged News Events contests.
Box 3 / Folder 1
High School Journalism Conference material, 1938
Box 3 / Folder 2
NOSP/High School Journalism Conference material, 1939
Box 3 / Folder 3
NOSP Clinic, Ohio College Newspaper Association and Journalism Week material, 1940
Box 3 / Folder 4
NOSP Clinic, Ohio College Newspaper Association and Journalism Week material, 1941
Box 3 / Folder 5
NOSP Clinic material, 1948
Box 3 / Folder 6
NOSP Clinic material, 1949
Box 3 / Folder 7
NOSP Clinic activities; negatives, 1940s
Box 3 / Folder 8
NOSP Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1950
Box 3 / Folder 9
NOSP Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1951
Box 3 / Folder 10
NOSP Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1952
Box 3 / Folder 11
NOSP Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1953
Box 3 / Folder 12
NOSP Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1954
Box 3 / Folder 13
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1955
Box 3 / Folder 14
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1956
Box 3 / Folder 15
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1957
Box 3 / Folder 16
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1958
Box 3 / Folder 17
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1959
Box 3 / Folder 18
NOSPA Speech Coverage and Staged News Events contest entries: photographs, 1940s-1950s
Box 3 / Folder 19
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1960-1961
Box 3 / Folder 20
NOSPA Clinic and Newspaper Show material, 1962-1963
Box 3 / Folder 21
NOSPA Journalism Day material, 1964-1965
Box 3 / Folder 22
NOSPA Newspaper Day material, 1971 and 1977
Box 3 / Folder 23
NOSPA Scholastic Press Day material, 1979-1986
Box 3 / Folder 24
Newsletter: NOSPA News: Miscellaneous issues, 1977-1988
Box 3 / Folder 25
NOSPA miscellaneous material, Undated
Box 4
[High School Journalism Conference presentation materials ?] 15 lantern slides of high school newspaper front pages, 1939

Subseries 2B: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Industrial Editors Institute, 1948-1949
Scope and Content
Material includes brochures, programs and photographs.
Box 5 / Folder 1
Industrial Editors Institute material, 1948
Box 5 / Folder 2
Industrial Editors Institute material, 1949

Subseries 2C: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Institute for Public Relations, 1947-1949
Scope and Content
Material includes brochures, correspondence, programs and photographs.
Box 5 / Folder 3
Institute for Public Relations material, 1947
Box 5 / Folder 4
Institute for Public Relations material, 1948
Box 5 / Folder 5
Institute for Public Relations material, 1949

Subseries 2D: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Northeastern Ohio Weeklies (NOW) Meetings and Newspaper Clinic, 1938-1953
Scope and Content
Material includes brochures, programs and photographs.
Box 5 / Folder 6
NOW Clinic material, 1938
Box 5 / Folder 7
NOW Clinic material, 1939
Box 5 / Folder 8
NOW Clinic material, 1940
Box 5 / Folder 9
NOW Clinic material, 1942
Box 5 / Folder 10
NOW Clinic and meeting material, 1948
Box 5 / Folder 11
NOW Clinic material, 1949
Box 5 / Folder 12
[NOW Clinic ?] photographs, 1940s
Scope and Content
Research note: Photographs of Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert
Box 5 / Folder 13
NOW meeting material, 1953

Subseries 2E: Conferences Clinics and Institutes: Other, 1966
Box 5 / Folder 14
[Northeastern Region Boardmanship Clinic] periodical clipping, 1966

Series 3: Faculty Portraits, 1932-1950s
Arrangement
Organized by date as recorded on the back of each photograph. No attempt was made to confirm dates.
Box 6 / Folder 1
A. Clarence Smith, 1932-1941
Box 6 / Folder 2
Merrick M. Hill, 1939-1940
Box 6 / Folder 3
Edward Kahn, 1939-1940
Box 6 / Folder 4
Charles Gilbert, 1941-1942
Box 6 / Folder 5
Dale Rooks, 1941-1942
Box 6 / Folder 6
John Eckles, 1944-1945
Box 6 / Folder 7
Alfred Crowell, 1944-1950
Box 6 / Folder 8
Beatrice Offineer, 1944-1945
Box 6 / Folder 9
Michael Radock, 1945-1952
Box 6 / Folder 10
[Alfred] Crowell, 1946
Box 6 / Folder 11
James Fosdick, 1946
Box 6 / Folder 12
Louis Belden, 1949-1950
Box 6 / Folder 13
George C. Betts, Undated
Box 6 / Folder 14
Edward Cliney, Undated
Box 6 / Folder 15
Robert Miller, Undated
Box 6 / Folder 16
E. Turner Stump, Undated

Series 4: Graduating Class Photographs and Negatives, 1948-late 1950s
Box 7 / Folder 1
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, March and June, 1948
Box 7 / Folder 2
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1948
Box 7 / Folder 3
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, March and June, 1949
Box 7 / Folder 4
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1949
Box 7 / Folder 5
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, June, 1950
Box 7 / Folder 6
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1950
Box 7 / Folder 7
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, June, 1951
Box 7 / Folder 8
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, June, 1952
Box 7 / Folder 9
School of Journalism graduating class, Cum Laude, participants identified, June, 1952
Box 7 / Folder 10
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1952
Box 7 / Folder 11
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, June, 1953
Box 7 / Folder 12
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1953
Box 7 / Folder 13
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, March and June, 1954
Box 7 / Folder 14
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, September, 1954
Box 7 / Folder 15
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, June, 1956
Box 7 / Folder 16
School of Journalism graduating class, participants identified, August, 1956
Box 7 / Folder 17
School of Journalism graduating class, participants unidentified, June, 1957
Box 7 / Folder 18
School of Journalism graduating class, participants unidentified, June, 1958
Box 7 / Folder 19
School of Journalism graduating classes, unidentified, 1950s

Series 5: Kent Stater Staff Portraits, 1926-1965
Arrangement
Organized by date as recorded on the back of each photograph. No attempt was made to confirm dates.

Subseries 5A: Kent Stater Staff Portraits: Editors, 1926-1965
Box 8 / Folder 1
Walter Jantz (Searchlight editor, forerunner of the Kent Stater), 1926
Box 8 / Folder 2
Harold R. Jones, 1930-1932
Box 8 / Folder 3
Walter Siefert, 1932-1933
Box 8 / Folder 4
Robert Baumgardner, 1934-1935
Box 8 / Folder 5
Jane S. Seager, 1935-1936
Box 8 / Folder 6
Helen Westcott, 1937-1938
Box 8 / Folder 7
Paul Ryan, 1938-1939
Box 8 / Folder 8
John Watts, 1939-1940
Box 8 / Folder 9
Earl P. Vacariu, Summer, 1941 and first semester, 1941-1942
Box 8 / Folder 10
George A. Fleischer, Second semester, 1941
Box 8 / Folder 11
Gus Chigges, Second semester, 1942
Box 8 / Folder 12
Adelaide R. Snyder, 1943-1944
Box 8 / Folder 13
Ruth Jane Richt, Spring quarter, 1944
Box 8 / Folder 14
Jane Selzer, Fall quater, 1944
Box 8 / Folder 15
Elizabeth Protter, Spring, 1945
Box 8 / Folder 16
Norma Knisely, Fall quarter, 1945
Box 8 / Folder 17
Tom Gauagan, Spring quarter, 1946
Box 8 / Folder 18
Matt Fenn, Fall and Winter quarters, 1946
Box 8 / Folder 19
Robert E. Hoyt, Spring quarter, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 20
John Forrest, Summer, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 21
Robert Longacher, Fall quarter, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 22
John Finn, Winter quarter, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 23
Unidentified, 1940s
Box 8 / Folder 24
George Heaslip, Summer quarter, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 25
Robert Wymuller, Fall quarter, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 26
William J. Girgash, Winter quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 27
Jim Smith, Spring quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 28
Robert D. West, Summer quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 29
Art Garner, Fall, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 30
Robert Burdock, Winter quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 31
Harold Simmons, Spring quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 32
Dick House, Summer quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 33
John Koshar, Fall quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 34
George Way, Spring quarter, 1951
Box 8 / Folder 35
Pat Long, Winter quarter, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 36
Barbara Pickering, Second summer session, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 37
Al Pashin, Fall quarter, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 38
Ernest Mazza, Winter quarter, 1953
Box 8 / Folder 39
Janet DeNobel, Spring quarter, 1953
Box 8 / Folder 40
Marily Beifuss, Summer, 1953
Box 8 / Folder 41
Richard Duff, Winter quarter, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 42
William Freeman, Spring quarter, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 43
Tom Duke, Summer quarters, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 44
Larry Carpenter, Fall, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 45
William Caddey, Winter, 1955
Box 8 / Folder 46
Charles L. Miller, Spring, 1955
Box 8 / Folder 47
Thomas C. Litwiler, Winter, 1956
Box 8 / Folder 48
William H. Miller, Spring, 1956
Box 8 / Folder 49
Virginia Strohl, Fall, 1956
Box 8 / Folder 50
Robert E. Lance, Winter, 1957
Box 8 / Folder 51
Phillip R. Miracle, Spring, 1957
Box 8 / Folder 52
Donald C. Kirkman, Fall, 1957
Box 8 / Folder 53
Jay Moody, Winter quarter, 1958
Box 8 / Folder 54
Marvin Katz, Spring quarter, 1958
Box 8 / Folder 55
Terry Jenkins, Fall, 1958
Box 8 / Folder 56
Glen Lincicome, Winter quarter, 1959
Box 8 / Folder 57
Frank Quino, Spring quarter, 1959
Box 8 / Folder 58
Larry Martin (?), Fall, 1959
Box 8 / Folder 59
Chuck Conconi, Spring, 1960
Box 8 / Folder 60
Jack Lewis, Fall quarter, 1960
Box 8 / Folder 61
Dick Lake, Winter, 1961
Box 8 / Folder 62
Jo Werne, Spring quarter, 1961
Box 8 / Folder 63
Barbara Christman, Fall, 1961
Box 8 / Folder 64
Tom Schley, Winter, 1962
Box 8 / Folder 65
Unidentified, early 1960s
Box 8 / Folder 66
Ron Clark, Winter quarter, 1965

Subseries 5B: Kent Stater Staff Portraits: Business Managers, 1934-1958
Box 8 / Folder 67
David Alden, 1934-1935
Box 8 / Folder 68
Raymond K. Moran, 1935-1936
Box 8 / Folder 69
Tom Bell, 1938-1939
Box 8 / Folder 70
Joseph Blair, Jr., 1939-1940
Box 8 / Folder 71
Jules Bogner, First sememster, 1940-1941
Box 8 / Folder 72
Harold Murphy, 1941-1942
Box 8 / Folder 73
Warren "Bud" Gerber, First semester, 1941-1942
Box 8 / Folder 74
Alvin Geitgey, Second semester, 1942
Box 8 / Folder 75
Bob Raful, Circa 1943
Box 8 / Folder 76
Ruth Smith, Spring quarter, 1944
Box 8 / Folder 77
Eileen Warren, Fall quarter, 1944
Box 8 / Folder 78
John Williamson, Spring quarter, 1945
Box 8 / Folder 79
Clarence Tonka, Fall quarter, 1945
Box 8 / Folder 80
Frank Vendely, Spring, summer and fall quarters, 1946
Box 8 / Folder 81
Julian C. Suso, Spring quarter, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 82
Karl F. Braucher, Summer quarter, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 83
William F. Hugo, Fall/winter quarter, 1947
Box 8 / Folder 84
Angeline Scourcos, Spring quarter, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 85
Stanley Sumergrad, Summer, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 86
Neil Crandall, Fall quarter, 1948
Box 8 / Folder 87
Kenneth Webb, Winter quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 88
Goerge C. Baldridge, Summer quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 89
Jack Young, Fall quarter, 1949
Box 8 / Folder 90
Ed Olson, Winter quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 91
Henry Newell, Spring quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 92
Dick Knab, Summer quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 93
Arthur Guy Shelly, Jr., Fall quarter, 1950
Box 8 / Folder 94
Ken Hottell, Spring quarter, 1951
Box 8 / Folder 95
John Berea, Fall quarter, 1951
Box 8 / Folder 96
Ken Wilson, Winter quarter, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 97
Jim Branigan, Spring quarter, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 98
Budy Mays, Fall quarter, 1952
Box 8 / Folder 99
James Lee Young, Winter quarter, 1953
Box 8 / Folder 100
Cal Ratcliff, Spring quarter, 1953
Box 8 / Folder 101
Carl J. Titgemeier, Spring quarter, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 102
Richard Fedosh, Fall, 1954
Box 8 / Folder 103
Ray Mervar, Winter, 1955
Box 8 / Folder 104
Herbert Seager, Spring, 1955
Box 8 / Folder 105
David Adams, Spring, 1957
Box 8 / Folder 106
Ronald E. Moore, Fall, 1957
Box 8 / Folder 107
David Darwin, Winter quarter, 1958
Box 8 / Folder 108
Stewart Dunlap, Spring quarter, 1958

Series 6: Chestnut Burr Staff Portraits: Editors, 1941 and undated
Box 8 / Folder 109
Leonard Shafiz, 1941-1942
Box 8 / Folder 110
William Schraegle, Circa 1941
Box 8 / Folder 111
H. K. Carpenter, Undated
Box 8 / Folder 112
Edward Garrison, Undated