United Press Wire Dispatches Special Collection, 1942-1945

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of United Press wire dispatches from World War II, covering a wide range of wartime topics including military news, war production (primarily of aircraft), women and industry, accidents. The topics covered issues primarily in the United States and heavily featuring North American Aviation.
Extent:
0.21 Cubic Feet 15” X 10” X 2.5” box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Item], [Filing Unit], [Series Title], [Subgroups], [Record Group Title and Number], [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives”]

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is contained in one box with dimensions 15” X 10” X 2.5”. The collection consists of wire dispatches using teletype machines. These machines utilize a continuous roll of paper. Consequently, stories printed on these machines may be printed continuously, causing the stories to be as long as two feet. This collection consists of United Press wire dispatches from World War II, covering a wide range of wartime topics including military news, war production (primarily of aircraft), women and industry, accidents. The topics covered issues primarily in the United States and heavily featuring North American Aviation.

Biographical / historical:

United Press (UP) was created in 1907 when publisher E.W. Scripps combined three smaller organizations. The company provided stories to newspapers which subscribed to the service by telegraph, and later by teletype. In 1958 it acquired International News Service and was renamed United Press International (UPI), reaching its peak in the 1960s and 70s. The Company had 2,000 full-time employees with 200 bureaus in 92 countries. In the 1980s newspapers began to trim their pages and some could not afford UPI and AP (Associated Press) news services. With the advent of television and then internet, business severely declined. In 2000, UPI was sold to News World Communications, a news media company founded in 1976 by Sun Myung Moon, who also founded the Unification Church.

Today, the company provides a service called News Track, in addition to a premium service providing more in-depth coverage of world news.

Acquisition information:
The materials in this Collection were donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Terms of access:

Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.

Preferred citation:

[Item], [Filing Unit], [Series Title], [Subgroups], [Record Group Title and Number], [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives”]

Location of this collection:
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 234-8291
archives@sdasm.org
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