Finding Aid for the Gladwin Hill Papers, ca. 1935-
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2005
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gladwin Hill Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1935-
Collection number: 1706
Creator: Hill, Gladwin
Extent: 113 boxes (56.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Gladwin Hill (b.1914) was a reporter, wire editor, feature writer, columnist (1932- ), and war correspondent in Europe (1944-46).
She later served as chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the
New York Times (1946-68), was a member of the board of directors for the Los Angeles Press Club, and a national environmental correspondent
(1969- ). The collection consists of manuscript articles, book manuscripts, manuscripts of speeches and lectures, correspondence,
essays, unpublished materials, interview notes, personal diaries (1935-73),
New York Times Los Angeles Bureau records and correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gladwin Hill Papers (Collection 1706). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Hill was born on June 16, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts; BSc, Harvard University, 1936; became reporter and feature writer
for the
Boston transcript, 1932-36; worked variously as a reporter, wire editor, feature writer, columnist, and war correspondent; war correspondent
in Europe, 1944-46; was first reporter to fly into Germany on a U.S. bombing raid and filed the first eyewitness story on
the Normandy invasion; served as chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the
New York Times, 1946-68; member of the board of directors, Los Angeles Press Club; became national environmental correspondent in 1969;
publications include
Dancing bear: an inside look at California politics (1968) and
Madman in a lifeboat: issues of the environmental crisis (1973).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscript articles, book manuscripts, manuscripts of speeches and lectures, correspondence, essays,
unpublished materials, interview notes, personal diaries (1935-73),
New York Times Los Angeles Bureau records and correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Hill, Gladwin--Archives.
New York Times Company--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Journalists--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Diaries.
Related Material
Oral history interview with Gladwin Hill [oral history transcript] / Gladwin Hill, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, (1988?). Available at the
Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Container List
Gladwin Hill Papers
ca. 1935-1991
Note
New York Times story manuscripts also include a great deal of unpublished material in the form of memos to editors with story suggestions,
background information, etc. It should not be assumed that every story waspublished. Also, editing of stories in New York
would render the published version different from the originally submitted manuscript.
Boxes 1-16
Manuscripts of
New York Times articles on general subjects.
1946-1980
Scope and Content Note
Related notes and correspondence are provided with the manuscripts, where they have survived.
Note
Sorted alphabetically by subject.
Boxes 17-21
New York Times manuscript duplicates.
Scope and Content Note
Possibly duplicating some of the material in boxes 1 through 7.
Boxes 21-29
New York Times manuscripts on environmental subjects.
Scope and Content Note
Grouped alphabetically by subject.
Boxes 29-36
New York Times manuscripts of stories on Western U.S. politics.
1946-1960s
Scope and Content Note
These are grouped rather haphazardly -- sometimes chronologically, sometimes by subject alphabetically, and sometimes by personality
name.
Boxes 36-37
Associated Press manuscripts: “Screwy News” features.
1939
Boxes 36-37
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.
1936-1941
Boxes 37-43
Magazine article manuscripts, including correspondence with publishers.
1940s-
Scope and Content Note
Also, “Madman in a Lifeboat” manuscript.
Boxes 43-46
World's Fair Magazne article manuscripts.
1980 through 1991
Boxes 43-46
Maturity News Service manuscript.
Late 1980s-1991
Boxes 43-46
Book review manuscripts.
1960s-1990
Scope and Content Note
Also, recent Op-Ed projects, published and unpublished.
Boxes 46-48
Awards; media projects (e.g., radio survey), works in progress; unpublished short story manuscripts.
Boxes 46-48
Essays written under pseudonyms.
1950s-1960s
Boxes 48-51
Personal diaries.
1935-1973
Boxes 51-61
New York Times Los Angeles Bureau records and correspondence.
1940s-1970
Boxes 61-66
USC workshop notes, projects and correspondence.
Boxes 66-69
Earthquake Manual project, prepared in conjunction with members of Greater Los Angeles Press Club.
Scope and Content Note
Also, Hollywoodland Homeowners Association notes and correspondence.
Boxes 69-72
Personal and professional correspondence.
1970-1992
Boxes 72-77
Family correspondence.
1920s-1950s
Boxes 77-84
Family corresondence, including World War II.
1930s-1940s
Boxes 85-87
Family correspondence.
1940s to present
Boxes 88-93
Manuscripts of speeches and lectures.
1946-1973
Boxes 97-108
“Dancing Bear” manuscript, correspondence and raw notes.
Boxes 109-110
World War II notebooks, manuscripts, ephemera.
Boxes 111-112
Photos and family data.
Note
(Box 111 is a flat box)
