Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: James Hugh Richardson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1917-1962
Collection number: 1137
Creator:
Richardson, James Hugh, 1894-
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
5 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: James Hugh Richardson (1912-1963) worked for the
Winnipeg telegram (1912), and the
Los Angeles evening herald (1913). He covered many of the celebrated crime and court cases of the 1920s, including the Frieda Lesser homicide and the
William Desmond Taylor murder mystery. He became the city editor for the
Los Angeles evening herald (1924-36), was the managing editor for the
Post-record (1935-36), and city editor for the
Los Angeles examiner (1937-57). The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, articles, and memorabilia related to Richardson's
life and career.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of James H. Richardson, 1954.
- Gift of Margaret Stimson Richardson, 1973.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Hugh Richardson Papers (Collection 1137). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Richardson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on November 23, 1894; his family moved to Winnipeg, and in 1912 he became
a
Winnipeg telegram reporter; he became a
Los Angeles evening herald reporter in 1913; he covered many of the celebrated crime and court cases of the 1920s, including the Frieda Lesser homicide
and the William Desmond Taylor murder mystery; city editor,
Los Angeles evening herald, 1924-36; managing editor,
Post-record, 1935-36; city editor,
Los Angeles examiner, 1937-57; died in Boulder City, Nevada, on September 30, 1963.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, articles, and memorabilia related to the life and career
of newspaperman James Hugh Richardson. Includes a corrected typescript and a printed copy of his book,
For the life of me: memoirs of a city editor (1954). Correspondents include: Upton Sinclair, Richard Nixon, James Cagney, Hedda Hopper, and William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence and manuscripts (Box 1).
- Manuscripts and writings (Box 2).
- Articles and memorabilia (Box 3).
- Memorabilia (Box 4).
- Scrapbooks, poster, phonograph records, and oversize photographs of Richardson (Boxes 5-8).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Richardson, James Hugh, 1894- --Archives.
Newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Richardson, James Hugh, 1894- --
For the life of me.