Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0882
Creator:
Fogel, Richard H.
Title: Richard H. Fogel papers
Dates: 1912-1974
Bulk Dates: 1968-1974
Physical Description:
4.75 Linear feet
Summary: A significant portion of this collection includes agendas, clippings, case files, reports, and resolutions related to the
national and California Sigma Delta Chi Freedom of Information Committees. Founded in 1961, the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation
promotes excellence and ethics in journalism. The Freedom of Information Committee monitors press freedoms across the nation,
and is often called upon to intervene in instances where the media is restricted. Included are several case files from high
profile courtroom cases in California and throughout the nation dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as records
related to the committee's support of journalists who were expelled from the United Nations in 1971. Also included are clippings,
correspondence, case files from several California university newspapers pertaining to freedom of the press issues, and the
syllabus and class notes from History of Western Civilization, 1946. The collection also includes a 1912 scrapbook belonging
to Fogel's father, Moe M. Fogel, which contains clippings from several Los Angeles area newspapers.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Richard H. Fogel Papers (SC0882). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Richard H. Fogel earned his AB in Journalism from Stanford University in 1947. Fogel served as the chairman of the Sigma Delta
Chi California Freedom of Information Committee in 1969 and as the national Freedom of Information Committee chairman in 1972.
During this time Fogel worked as the assistant managing editor of the Oakland Tribune.
Description of the Collection
A significant portion of this collection includes agendas, clippings, case files, reports, and resolutions related to the
national and California Sigma Delta Chi Freedom of Information Committees. Founded in 1961, the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation
promotes excellence and ethics in journalism. The Freedom of Information Committee monitors press freedoms across the nation,
and is often called upon to intervene in instances where the media is restricted. Included are several case files from high
profile courtroom cases in California and throughout the nation dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as records
related to the committee's support of journalists who were expelled from the United Nations in 1971. Also included are clippings,
correspondence, case files from several California university newspapers pertaining to freedom of the press issues, and the
syllabus and class notes from History of Western Civilization, 1946. The collection also includes a 1912 scrapbook belonging
to Fogel's father, Moe M. Fogel, which contains clippings from several Los Angeles area newspapers.
Access Terms
Fogel, Richard H.
Society of Professional Journalists (U.S.)
Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
Freedom of information--United States.
Freedom of the press--United States--20th century.