Finding aid for the Frank O. Sotomayor papers 0549

Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Frank O. Sotomayor papers
Creator: Sotomayor, Frank
Identifier/Call Number: 0549
Physical Description: 36.27 Linear Feet 23 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1970-2016
Abstract: The papers of Frank O. Sotomayor, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, formerly at the Los Angeles Times; adjunct faculty member at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism; freelance writer and editor; and leader in national efforts toward newsroom diversity and inclusive coverage of all communities. The Frank O. Sotomayor papers include correspondence, photographs, research and subject files, collected newspapers and other publications, awards, recordings of interviews conducted by Sotomayor, paste up boards, and some of Sotomayor's published writings.
Language of Material: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Scope and Contents

The papers of Frank O. Sotomayor, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, formerly at the Los Angeles Times; adjunct faculty member at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism; freelance writer and editor; and leader in national efforts toward newsroom diversity and inclusive coverage of all communities. The Frank O. Sotomayor papers include correspondence, photographs, research and subject files, collected newspapers and other publications, awards, recordings of interviews conducted by Sotomayor, paste up boards, and some of Sotomayor's published writings.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. 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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Frank O. Sotomayor papers, Collection no. 0549, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Frank O. Sotomayor in multiple installments from 2011 to 2016.

Other Finding Aids

Frank O. Sotomayor Collection (MS 599). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections/frank-o-sotomayor-collection

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed. The finding aid's box-level subrecords are titled with incomplete summaries of each box's contents.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hispanic American journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Mexican American journalists -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Newspapers
Periodicals
Photographs
Research (documents)
Sotomayor, Frank -- Archives
California Chicano News Media Association -- Archives
Los Angeles Times (Firm) -- Archives

Box 1

Media Diversity, photographs, Los Angeles Times, USC, NAHJ, IJJ, and other material

Box 2

IJJ, Metpro, California Chicano News Media Association (CCNMA), interviews, LA Times Latino initiative, and other material

Box 3

Pulitzer, Latino initiatives, and other material

Box 4

Harvard research files and other material

Box 5

Institute for Journalism Education (IJE) and other material

Box 6

Alice McGrath interview and other material

Box 7

United Press International plaque, collected magazines, and other material

Box 8

Los Angeles-related programs and publications

Box 9

Merigay Finnerty material

Box 10

Photographs, publications, and other material

Box 11, Box 19

Collected articles and publications relating to John F. Kennedy and family

Box 12

Los Angeles Times

Box 13

Los Angeles Times and Among Ourselves

Box 14

Institute for Journalism Education (IJE), articles authored by Sotomayor, and other material

Box 15

Los Angeles Times / Nuestro Tiempo

Box 16

Los Angeles Times paste up boards

Box 17

Los Angeles Times / La Opinion

Box 18

Chicano newspapers

Box 20

Collected articles and publications relating to Richard Nixon

Box 21

Collected articles and publications relating to the Vietnam War

Box 22

Collected articles and publications relating to the O. J. Simpson murder case

Box 23

1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles