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Finding Aid to the Oakland Tribune Records, 1906-1976, bulk 1925-1960
BANC MSS 79/129 c
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Collection Title: Oakland Tribune records
Date (inclusive): 1906-1976,
Date (bulk): bulk 1925-1960
Collection Number: BANC MSS 79/129 c
Creators :
Tribune Publishing Company (Oakland, Calif.)
Extent:
Number of containers: 35 cartons
Linear feet: 43.75
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The
Oakland Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California. The Oakland Tribune Records consist of files that the Knowland family
compiled during their ownership of this newspaper.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Oakland Tribune Records, BANC MSS 79/129 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Joseph R. Knowland papers, 1857-1966, BANC MSS 79/128 c
William F. Knowland papers, 1900-1974, BANC MSS 75/97 c
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Knowland, Joseph R. (Joseph Russell), 1873-1966
Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974
Tribune Publishing Company (Oakland, Calif.)--Archives
Oakland tribune (Oakland, Calif. : 1891)
American newspapers--California--Oakland
Newspaper publishing--California--Oakland
Oakland (Calif.)--History
The Oakland Tribune Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Emelyn Jewett in 1979.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by David Uhlich in 2012.
The
Oakland Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California. Founded in 1874 by George Staniford and Benet A. Dewes as
The Tribune, William Dargie bought the newspaper in 1876, and officially changed its name to the
Oakland Tribune in 1891. Dargie ran the newspaper for 35 years, until his death in 1911. Joseph R. Knowland bought the
Oakland Tribune from Dargie's widow, Hermina Peralta Dargie in 1915 and became the newspaper's president, publisher and editor, positions
that he held for almost 50 years. After buying the newspaper, Knowland also started the radio station KLX in 1921 (which the
family sold in 1959) and moved both businesses into the Tribune Tower in downtown Oakland in 1924. Knowland's eldest son,
Joseph Russell "Russ", served as Assistant Publisher of the
Oakland Tribune until his death in 1961; upon his brother's death, William Knowland became heir to the newspaper, taking over as publisher
after his father passed away in 1966. Upon his death in 1974, William left the newspaper operations to his children, Joseph
Knowland and Emelyn Jewett. The Knowland family sold their interests in the
Oakland Tribune a few years later, in 1977, to Combined Communications Corporation. The newspaper has been sold many times since leaving
the Knowland family's control, from Combined Communications Corporation to Gannett to Robert and Nancy Maynard to the Alameda
Newspaper Group, and is currently part of the Bay Area News Group (formerly the Alameda Newspaper Group).
Scope and Content of Collection
The Oakland Tribune Records consist of files that the Knowland family compiled during their ownership of the newspaper. The
bulk of the collection is comprised of administrative files, documenting the day-to-day operations of the newspaper, as well
as materials documenting their associated broadcasting ventures, publishing company, and building company; also prominent
in the collection are the Knowland family's correspondence and financial records. The collection encompasses a range of materials-including
correspondence, financial records, and ephemera-most notably documenting: the newspaper business and radio station KLX; politics
and business in the city of Oakland; the Pacific Branch of the American Red Cross during the second World War; and the Golden
Gate International Exposition.
The Oakland Tribune Records are subdivided into five series:
- Series I: Newspaper Administration
- Series II: Broadcasting Files
- Series III: Tribune Publishing Company
- Series IV: Tribune Building Company
- Series V: Knowland Family Files