Description
Correspondence; articles, speeches and poems written by him; clippings; photographs; and scrapbooks.
Mainly concerning his career as editor, publisher and editorial consultant on Hearst newspapers in San Francisco and New York.
Background
Born:
September 30, 1882 in San Francisco
Died:
April 16, 1959, in Sonoma
Parents:
Samuel M. and Henrietta (Kramer) Coblentz
Schools:
Santa Maria Public School; graduated from Santa Maria Union High School, 1900
Married:
Lolita Heyneman, of San Francisco, 1934
Career:
Reporter,
San Francisco Examiner, 1900-1907
City Editor,
San Francisco Examiner, 1907-1913
Managing Editor,
San Francisco Call, 1913-1915
Managing Editor,
San Francisco Examiner, 1915-1925
Publisher,
San Francisco Examiner, 1925-1927
Managing Editor,
New York American, 1927-1934
Publisher,
New York American, 1934-1937
Supervising Editor, Hearst papers, 1937-1940
Publisher,
San Francisco Call-Bulletin, 1940-1950
Editorial Consultant to The Hearst Papers, 1950-1959
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