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Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Records, 1912-2003.

Title: Records, 1912-2003.

Compiled records, 1912-2003, of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJ), an organization concerned with improvement of journalism education in the United States. The collection is an artificial creation consisting of a variety of material primarily from officers and members of the AEJ, the American Association of Teachers of Journalism and the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism (AASDJ). In addition, there is a significant amount of information concerning the National Council on Education for Journalism and the American Council on Education for Journalism, in which the AASDJ participated. The AEJ records constitute an important source of information on the development of journalism education in the United States. Oral history interviews with prominent AEJ members supplement the collection. Although some papers relate to all four organizations, convention records for the AATJ, the AASDJ, and the AEJ predominate. Included are correspondence, reports, minutes, speeches, and 13 tape recordings related to conventions, 1912-1976. Ten boxes of correspondence concern three AEJ groups and 25 individual members of the AATJ, the AASDJ, and the AEJ. Newsletters, reports, minutes, pamphlets, surveys, directories, and lists of officers and members of all four groups constitute another five boxes. There is also a file of correspondence and related material which deals with the University of Illinois School of Journalism and its relationship with the AASDJ, the AATJ, and AEJ.

ArchivalResource: 15.6 c.f. (39 archives boxes) and32 tape recordings; plusadditions of 16.0 c.f.,52 tape recordings,7 photographs, and4 negatives.

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Sam Ragan Papers, 1948-1996

Title: Sam Ragan Papers, 1948-1996

Samuel Talmadge Ragan (1915-1996) was managing and executive editor of the (Raleigh, N.C.), 1948-1969; editor and publisher of (Southern Pines, N.C.), 1969-1996; award-winning poet; writing teacher; and supporter of the arts in North Carolina. Ragan served as the first secretary of the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History from 1972 to 1973. In 1982, he was named Poet Laureate of the state of North Carolina by Governor James B. Hunt. He was also chair of the North Carolina Arts Council, chair of the North Carolina Writers' Conference, and president of the Friends of Weymouth, which operates the Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. Ragan died at his home in Southern Pines on 11 May 1996. News and Observer The Pilot Papers document Sam Ragan's career as a journalist and his role as patron of the arts in North Carolina. Correspondence files include materials relating to newspaper organizations, the North Carolina Arts Council, North Carolina Writers' Conference, North Carolina Writers' Network, and the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. Subject files include information about the Freedom of Information Act and on the Free Press-Fair Trial confrontation of 1968, along with correspondence from various North Carolina writers. Writings include materials regarding Ragan's (Blair, 1964), typescripts of commentaries from which aired on WTVD television in Durham, and drafts of works by other writers. There are also materials relating to Ragan's tenure at the , typescripts of the columns, and letters to the editor used on the editorial page of . Financial information chiefly relates to the . Also included are photographs of Sam Ragan alone and with others and recordings of North Carolina Writers' Conference banquet dinners. The Tree in the Far Pasture Sam Ragan Reports, News and Observer The Pilot The Pilot

ArchivalResource: About 32,600 items (51.5 linear feet).

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/r/Ragan,Sam.html View

University of Utah Department of Journalism records, 1948-1970

Title: University of Utah Department of Journalism records 1948-1970

The Department of Journalism was founded in 1947 with Quintus Wilson as head. Parry D. Sorenen became acting head in 1961. Milton C. Hollstein became head in 1962 and remained in that position until 1971. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the files of Quintus C. Wilson and Parry D. Sorensen (1948-1962) and Milton C. Hollstein (1962-1970). The collection also contains a report sent to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Journalism Department in 1970.

ArchivalResource: 12.75 linear ft.

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv07778 View