Lou Cannon Rodney King papers, 1965-1997, bulk 1991-1995

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Summary

Creators:
Cannon, Lou
Abstract:
The collection mainly contains materials relating to Lou Cannon's book Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1997). Some files are closed, pending review for confidential materials.
Extent:
33 linear feet (24 cartons, 3 document boxes, 1 oversize box, 116 audiocassettes, and 1 DVD)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Lou Cannon Rodney King papers, Mss 258. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection mainly contains materials relating to Lou Cannon's book Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1997). Some files are closed, pending review for confidential materials.

Biographical / historical:

Lou (Louis S.) Cannon was born in New York City on June 3, 1933. He is an American journalist and, non-fiction author, best known for his several works on Ronald Reagan. He was raised in Reno, Nevada and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, and San Francisco State College. He was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the later 1960s, while Reagan was Governor of California. In 1972 he began working for the Washington Post as a political reporter. He became senior White House correspondent for the Washington Post during the Reagan administration and also wrote a weekly syndicated column. In addition, he is the author of Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1997).

Acquisition information:
Gift of Lou Cannon, Oct. 8, 2008; additions, 2009.
Arrangement:

Book [Research] Files. Arranged alphabetically. Boxes 1-8.

Internal Affairs and Related Documents. Some files closed, pending review by LC. See container list for details. Box 9.

Interviews. Some interviews closed, pending release by LC. See container list for details. Boxes 10-11.

Reports. Most re King Case, but some earlier, re LAPD. Arranged alphabetically, by title. Boxes 12-13.

Research / Background Files. Includes Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department [Christopher Commission] files. Boxes 14-16.

Riot Newspapers.Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, Apr. 30-May 9, 1992, Apr. 18, 1993, Aug. 15, 1993. Box 17.

Trial Transcripts - Federal Trial (Boxes 18-19), Simi Trial (Boxes 20-23), Williams, Damien (Boxes 24-25), Miscellaneous Cases (Box 26), Other Documents, (Boxes 26-27).

Oversize. Comb-bound copies of the Los Angeles Daily News, Mar. 6 – July 28, 1991. Box 28.

Audiovisual Materials - Audiocassettes. Interviews, Alphabetical and Chronological Series. 116 tapes, separately numbered. Some interviews closed, pending release by LC. See container list for details.

DVD. "The Final Report: LA Riots"

Physical location:
A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval. Some portions of the collection are closed, pending release by donor, as noted in the container list.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Lou Cannon Rodney King papers, Mss 258. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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