Finding aid for the Larry Pryor papers 5347
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Larry Pryor papers
Creator:
Pryor, Larry
Identifier/Call Number: 5347
Physical Description:
13 Linear Feet
13 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1982-2016
Abstract: Larry Pryor assembled this collection of material on the creation of online journalism and new media during his work at the
Times Mirror Company and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Most of the material dating between 1982
and 1997 relates to Pryor's work on digital news projects at the Times Mirror Company and the
Los Angeles Times. The material relating to Pryor's work at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism dates from the late 1990s
until 2016 and includes papers that he created and collected at academic conferences and during his teaching, research material,
and documents from his work as editor of the
Online Journalism Review and the
Japan Media Review.
Language of Material:
English
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Materials that represent the creation of online journalism and new media, a period extending from about 1982 to 2002. Larry
Pryor assembled the collection while he worked on digital news projects at the Times Mirror Company and the
Los Angeles Times from 1982 until 1997. Pryor continued adding to the collection while teaching at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
and Journalism, where he taught journalism, edited the
Online Journalism Review and
Japan Media Review, and conducted research on new media topics until 2016.
Specific items in the collection include:
- Printouts of about 1,500 stories from magazines and specialized publications covering the development of new media. Many of these publications no longer exist. Most of these articles are not accessible electronically, since they either predate the Internet or have aged off. This collection also includes special issues on journalism and the Web.
- Internal Times Mirror Company communications and staff materials, including user data from 1982 to 1986. Projects include Times Mirror's Gateway Videotex project, as well as from other Times Mirror digital projects, such as producing news for Prodigy, followed by development of the existing latimes.com site.
- Reports, research studies and academic papers from a wide variety of sources, including foreign and unpublished research.
- Promotional materials produced by new media companies that were collected at industry conferences over more than 20 years.
- Materials collected at academic conferences over more than 30 years, including those hosted by the Annenberg School's Online Journalism Program, and conferences at other schools, such as at UC Berkeley and the University of Minnesota.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Larry Pryor papers, Collection no. 5347, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Larry Pryor, May 2018
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Digital media -- United States -- Archival resources
Journalism -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Journalism teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Online journalism -- United States -- Archival resources
Commercial correspondence
Conference proceedings
Journals (periodicals)
Periodicals
Promotional materials
Research (documents)
Pryor, Larry -- Archives
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (University of Southern California) -- Archives
Los Angeles Times (Firm) -- Archives
Times Mirror Company -- Archives