The Greater Los Angeles Press Club was formed following World War II. The Club operated a café and cocktail lounge for their members from 1960 through the 1980s, but as interest in gathering there waned, offices were leased instead. During the early 1970s the Press Club actively defended freedom of the press and the rights of newsmen, protesting the arrest of journalist William Farr. The collection consists of newsletters, annual publications, and administrative files generated by the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, which document such events as the arrest of journalist William Farr during the Charles Manson trial in the early 1970s, correspondence regarding numerous First Amendment issues, and the club's annual Headliner Awards ceremony. There are photographs of the club's wide range of events, and of submissions from local newspapers and photographers for entry into the club's publications and awards competitions. There are also materials not associated with the club that include ephemera and photography publications. The collection spans the time period from 1948 to 1999.

Founded just after 1900, the Los Angeles Press Club was initially located at 327 South Hill Street in Downtown Los Angeles where it served as a gathering spot for local journalists. The club shut down during the Great Depression, but following World War II, the Greater Los Angeles Press Club was formed: "On September 24, 1946, newsmen from the surviving four daily newspapers founded the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. Since Los Angeles Press Club was taken by a nightclub we became the Greater…The nightclub is no longer around and we have reposessed [sic] our real name." The Press Club operated a café and cocktail lounge for their members from 1960 through the 1980s, but as interest in gathering there waned, offices were leased instead.

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