Finding Aid of the Gladwin Hill papers
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Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Hirsch
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historic Publications and Records Commission.
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2011 March
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 The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers.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
Publications & Clippings
Scope and Content
This series contains the clippings files maintained by Gladwin Hill on the Kennedy family, the Supreme Court and other topics
pertaining to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
Box 1, Folder 5
Crime - Kennedy, Robert Assassination
1968
Notes & Copy
Scope and Content
This series contains Hill's typescript and handwritten notes and drafts of the copy he filed with the
New York Times while covering the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
Box 2, Folder 1-2
RFK Assassination
1949-1968
Box 2, Folder 3
Election - 1968 & Bobby Assassination Copy
1968
Box 2, Folder 5
Sirhan Prosecution
undated
Box 2, Folder 6-9
Sirhan Duplicates
1964-1968
