Department of Communication (University of Michigan) records 1926-1995

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Department of Communication (University of Michigan) records 1926-1995

Formerly called the Department of Journalism; includes administrative files, records of sponsored workshops, conferences, and lectures; faculty personnel files; and records of internship programs, including reports from students interning at local Michigan newspapers.

9.3 linear feet (10 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390038

Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan. Departent of Communication

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Formerly called the Department of Journalism. From the description of Dept. of Communication (University of Michigan) photograph series. 1940s-1970s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778381 Formerly called the Department of Journalism. From the description of Dept. of Communication (University of Michigan) records, 1926-1986. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419518 Formerly called the Department of Journalism. Fr...

Kerner Plus 10 Conference (1977 : University of Michigan)

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Hersey, John, 1914-1993

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John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of YMCA missionaries. Following his graduation from Yale in 1936, he became a prominent American journalist and novelist. From the description of John Hersey papers, ca. 1900-1985 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702160854 John Hersey was an author and journalist, best known for socially conscious novels such as A Bell for Adano and Hiroshima. Hersey was born in China to missionary parents, and graduated fro...

University of Michigan. Department of Communications.

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The Department of Communication came into existence on July 1, 1979 as a result of a merger between the Department of Journalism and the speech component of the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre. This merger represented the culmination of almost a decade of discussion. In the early 1970s some members of both predecessor departments noted significant overlaps within the two unit's missions, prompting discussions regarding the possibility of a departmental mer...

Clarke, Peter

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Peter Clarke joined the RAF at 16, but moved to working in Fleet Street following his discharge 6 years later. He started in an administrative role at the Daily Express found for him by an ex-pilot friend, but then moved on to the role of political cartoonist at the Daily Sketch and then Picture Editor at the Daily Mail. He joined Gemini News Service in the late 1960s, working all over Africa and became managing director of GeminiScan, the subsidiary company of Gemini which produced graphics for...

Women in Communications, inc.

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Theta Sigma Phi was a professional society for women in journalism started in 1909 by Georgina McDougall. The Alpha Zeta chapter affiliated with Washington State College was established in 1925, replacing the Scribbler's Club, a local group that also encouraged high standards in journalism for women. In 1972 the name of Theta Sigma Phi was changed to Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI) and at the same time the organization began accepting men into its membership. During the 1970s t...

Hayden, Tom, 1939-2016

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Biography Tom Hayden, Democrat, was a State Assembly Member, 1983-1992 and a State Senator, 1993-1998. He represented the 44th Assembly District in Los Angeles County until 1992 when his Assembly seat was eliminated with redistricting. Hayden was then elected to the 23rd Senatorial District in Los Angeles. He left office in 2000 because of term limits. Hayden was a leader of student civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s...

University of Michigan. Department of journalism

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The study of journalism at the University of Michigan began in 1890/91 when Fred Newton Scott, assistant professor of rhetoric, started a course on rapid writing. This course was dropped in 1893/94, and no further journalistic instruction was offered until 1903 when Scott brought together various courses to form a Rhetoric Department. One of these courses was Rhetoric 13 (Newspaper writing), which continued with modest additions until 1916 when a special program in journalism was-es...

Mailer, Norman

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Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1923 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduation from Boys High School, he later graduated from Harvard University. Mailer served two years in Leyte, Luzon and Japan during World War II. In 1948, he produced his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, considered by many critics to be one of the most important novels to emerge from the second world war. Mailer's second novel, Barbary Shore, was described by its author as a "product of inten...

Marzolf, Marion Tuttle

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Journalist, professor in the University of Michigan Department of Communication. From the description of Marion Marzolf papers, ca. 1961-1995 (bulk 1980-1995). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79127299 Marion Tuttle Marzolf has committed her life to the education of journalists. In a teaching career that spanned over thirty years, she taught in the Department of Journalism and Communication, the Scandinavian Studies Program and the American Culture ...

Haven Hall (University of Michigan : 1863-1950)

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Porter, William Earl

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William E. Porter was professor of communication at the University of Michigan. He also chaired the executive board of the University's Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, and was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution . From the guide to the William Earl Porter papers, 1961-1972, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...

Gingrich, Arnold.

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Founder and publisher of Esquire magazine. From the description of Arnold Gingrich papers, 1932-1975. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419600 Founding editor of Esquire Magazine in 1933 and its publisher beginning in 1952, Arnold Gingrich was a distinguished author, journalist, and nurturer of literary talent. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan December 5, 1903, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1925. He began his career writing advertis...

Kappa Tau Alpha.

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