Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hinckle, Warren
- Extent:
- 9 linear feet (4 cartons, 1 box, 2 oversize boxes) and 1.02 GB (2 .mv4 files)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Warren Hinckle papers, BANC MSS 2017/190, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Warren Hinckle was a journalist, editor, publisher, and iconoclast. He championed Hunter S. Thompson, helping to popularize the style of reporting known as gonzo journalism. Warren James Hinckle III was born in San Francisco in 1938 and raised in the city's Sunset District, in an Irish Catholic community. He lost an eye in a car accident and, subsequently, wore a large eyepatch, which came to symbolize his swashbuckling image. Hinckle earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of San Francisco in 1961. While there, he edited the college newspaper, The San Francisco Foghorn. After graduating, Hinckle started a public relations firm, and was a city reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He was editor of Ramparts magazine from 1964-1969 and, after leaving, he and Sidney Zion founded the short-lived journal, Scanlan's Monthly. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hinckle wrote columns about the city's politics and culture for The Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner and The San Francisco Independent. In 1993, Hinckle revived The Argonaut, a 19th-century magazine that he described as muckraking, leftist politics. He died in San Francisco in 2016.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift Of Linda Corso 2017.
- Processing information:
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Processed at the box level in 2023 by Marjorie Bryer.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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Access to digital materials is available on-site in the Heller reading room.
Warren Hinckle's digital files were received on 2 DVD-Rs. The DVDs contained video files which were converted to .m4v files for access using the video encorder, Handbrake v.1.6.1.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE:, Advance notice required for use.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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Warren Hinckle papers, BANC MSS 2017/190, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481