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Finding Aid of the Gladwin Hill papers 0178
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  • Preferred Citation
  • Related Archival Materials
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content

  • Title: Gladwin Hill papers
    Collection number: 0178
    Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 2.0 Linear feet 3 boxes; 1 map case file
    Date (bulk): Bulk, 1963-1968
    Date (inclusive): 1949-1991
    Abstract: This collection consists of Gladwin Hill's clippings files on the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and the notes he took while covering their assassinations for The New York Times in 1963 and 1968. Also included in this collection are magazines and newspapers with features about the Kennedy family.
    creator: Hill, Gladwin

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder# or item name], Gladwin Hill papers, Collection no. 0178, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Related Archival Materials

    The rest of Gladwin Hill's papers appear to be at UCLA's Department of Special Collections at the Charles E. Young Research Library. The collection is the Gladwin Hill Papers (Collection 1706).

    Conditions Governing Use

    The collection contains published articles; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

    Conditions Governing Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Consult finding aid for additional information.

    Biographical Note

    Gladwin Hill (1914-1992) was born in Boston and graduated from the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachussetts in 1932 and Harvard College in 1936. He started his career as a journalist working for the Associated Press. He spent World War II in Europe as a war correspondent. In 1945, he joined the New York Times and after the war he established the Times' first news bureau in Los Angeles, California. He served as the bureau chief for twenty-three years and was one of the first reporters to cover the environment as a beat. He covered the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 for the New York Times. After retiring in 1979, Hill continued to contribute to local publications and taught journalism at USC. He passed away in Los Angeles in 1992.

    Scope and Content

    This collection includes Gladwin Hill's notes, clippings files, and drafts of his articles from his investigation of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Also included in this collection are his notes and copy filed while covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 and magazines and newspapers with features about the Kennedy family and the Supreme Court. The titles of the files in this collection are Hill's original file titles.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Hill, Gladwin -- Archives
    Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination
    Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Assassination
    Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 1944- -- Archives
    Clippings
    Journalism--Archives
    Notes