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Title: Philip Pearce Kerby Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1949-1984
Collection number: 464
Creator: Kerby, Philip Pearce, 1911-
Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Philip Pearce Kerby (1911-1993) was born in Pueblo, Colorado. He worked for many newspapers and journals as a reporter, editorial
writer and editor. He founded the Los Angeles political journal,
Frontier and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1976. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings
and printed materials relating to Kerby's editorship of
Frontier magazine, more than 20 original political and social pamphlets, and a Dallas novel typescript by Robert Owen edited by Kerby.
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.
Language:
English.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elizabeth Poe Kerby, 1995.
[Identification of item], Philip Pearce Kerby Papers (Collection 464). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233251
Kerby was born on December 24, 1911 in Pueblo, Colorado; became a reporter and editorial writer for the
Pueblo-Chieftain Star-Journal, 1931-42; reporter,
Denver Post, 1942-45; radio news editor for KGHF, Pueblo, 1946-47; editor,
Rocky Mountain Life, Denver, 1948; founded the Los Angeles political journal,
Frontier, in 1949, serving as its editor until it merged with
The Nation in 1967; served as associate editor of
The Nation, 1967-71; became an editorial writer and columnist for the
Los Angeles Times in 1971; awarded a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1976; retired in 1985; lectured at the University of Southern
California and UCLA; his editorials and articles were anthologized in textbooks. He died in 1993.
Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings by Kerby, and printed materials relating to his editorship of
Frontier magazine. Correspondents include Edmund G. Pat Brown, Bertrand Russell, Harold Ickes, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Allan
Cranston, Frank Church, Jesse Unruh, Stanley Mosk, Adlai Stevenson, Arthur Schlesinger, William O. Douglas, Albert Maltz,
Upton Sinclair, Carey McWilliams, Judd Marmor, Oliver La Farge, Dalton Trumbo, J. William Fullbright, Wayne Morse, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Edward R. Roybal, and I.F. Stone. Includes manuscripts of speeches and broadcasts on Santa Monica radio station,
KPFK, more than 20 original political and social pamphlets, and a Dallas novel typescript by Robert Owen edited by Kerby.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence.
- Printed material.
- Speeches.
- Writings by Kerby.
- Haug conspiracy case memorandum.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kerby, Philip Pearce--Archives.
Periodical editors--United States--Archival resources.