Collection of Joseph Riggs relating to Kaspar Monahan, 1927-1988.

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Collection of Joseph Riggs relating to Kaspar Monahan, 1927-1988.

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The collection contains copies of over 10,000 columns written by Monahan for the Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post, and Pittsburgh Press between 1929 and 1968. Columns that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press between March 1954 and January 1968 are also available on microfiche. The Riggs Materials include correspondence, press releases, and notes pertaining to Dr. Riggs's efforts to collect the columns, index them, and make them publicly available. The Oral History series includes audio reels and cassette tapes of the interviews, individual transcripts, and a manuscript compiling the various interviews into one narrative.

8 linear ft. (21 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7336205

University of Pittsburgh

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Riggs, Joseph Howard, 1928-

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Dr. Joseph Riggs, a professor emeritus of communications at Slippery Rock University, began collecting and microfilming the columns of his close friend Kaspar Monahan in the 1970s in order to preserve "a treasure trove" of film, theatre, and entertainment history. He worked systematically to retrieve and microfilm all of Monahan's writings from 1927 to 1968. He and several others conducted interviews with Monahan, which were then transcribed and compiled into a comprehensive oral history. Riggs ...

Slippery Rock State College

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Monahan, Kaspar.

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