Bob Navarro papers, 1915-2013

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Summary

Creators:
Navarro, Robert (1932-2024)
Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet 5 boxes
Language:
English , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Bob Navarro papers, Collection no. 0594, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of broadcast journalist Robert (Bob) Navarro (1932-2024), who spent 38 years covering news at KCBS and KNBC in Los Angeles and Sacramento. The collection includes Navarro's writings, photographs, family memorabilia, collected publications, and other material. Navarro also worked as a reporter at KTLA Channel 5 and KCAL Channel 9, a news director at Spanish-language channel KVEA-TV, and hosted his own show, "Bob Navarro's Journal," a weekly public affairs series on KCBS-TV. Navarro was the first Mexican-American on-air reporter based west of the Mississippi. The biographical information used in this note was taken from the website for the PBS documentary, Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle, as well as from Navarro's obituary published by the Los Angeles Times on September 8, 2024.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Bob Navarro, December 17, 2014.
Processing information:

The collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Bob Navarro papers, Collection no. 0594, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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