Commission on Freedom of the Press records, 1944-1948.

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Commission on Freedom of the Press records, 1944-1948.

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Contains reports, transcripts, testimony, and other documents relating to the activities of the commission, and correspondence relating to the work of the commission staff and the publication of the Ruth A. Inglis's book, Freedom of the Movies, 1947. Correspondents include Robert D. Leigh.

3.78 cubic feet (10 boxes)

University of Washington. Libraries

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University of Washington. Libraries

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Leigh, Robert D. (Robert Devore), 1890-

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Director of the Inquiry, 1947-1950 & author (Columbia University M.A. 1915, Ph.D. 1927). The Public Library Inquiry was a comprehensive survey of the American public library system by the Social Science Research Council. From the description of Robert D. Leigh papers ca.1947-1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606938669 ...

University of Chicago. Press

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Commission on Freedom of the Press

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Funded by grants from Time, Inc., and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., the Commission on Freedom of the Press was appointed in 1944 to investigate the freedom, function, and responsibilities of the major agencies of mass communication. Commission members included Robert Hutchins, chairman; Zechariah Chaffee, vice-chairman; John M. Clark; John Dickinson; William E. Hocking; Harold Lasswell; Archibald MacLeish; Charles Merriam; Reinhold Niebuhr; Robert Redfield; Beardsley Ruml; Arthur Schlesinger; ...

Inglis, Ruth A., 1912-

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The Commission on Freedom of the Press studied the freedom and accountability of the press. It was formed in 1942 by Robert Maynard Hutchins, president and later chancellor of the University of Chicago, with the financial support of Time Magazine founder Henry Luce. Over its history, the commission produced several reports. It was sometimes known as the (Robert) Hutchins Commission. Ruth A. Inglis was on the staff of the commission as research assistant and later was a member of the commission. ...