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James D. Squires Papers
1955-2004

Series I: Journalism career (1972-1989)
Boxes 1-21

This 21-box series contains four subseries, arranged chronologically.

The Nashville Tennessean (1962-1972)
This 2-box subseries contains one folder of correspondence and four folders of notes and notebooks, including notes on prominent figures and the Democratic presidential primaries of 1972. There are clippings of Squires' stories from 1963 to 1972, clippings of stories by other reporters and wire (Associated Press and United Press International) stories. Topics include prison reform, gambling in Tennessee and politics.

Box 1: Correspondence, notes, clippings
1. Incoming correspondence - Ellis, Craig-Woods, Frank
2. Notes
3. Notebooks 1-4
  1. [1965-1966] Howard Baker
  2. 1971 Elton Hayes' killing by Memphis police officers
  3. [1971] Gambling in Tennessee
  4. 1972 Democratic presidential candidate Fred Harris
4. Notebooks 5-8
  1. 1972 Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey
  2. 1972 Democratic presidential candidates Scoop Jackson and Julian Bond
  3. 1972 Democratic presidential campaign notes
  4. 1972 Tennessee Democratic convention
5. Notebooks 9-11
  1. 1972 Democratic campaign - Richard Daley and George McGovern
  2. [1972] Prison reform
  3. 1974 Nixon opens new Grand Ole Opry off Briley Parkway
6. Clippings - 1963
7. Clippings - 1964
8. Clippings - 1965
9. Clippings - 1966
10. Clippings - 1967
11. Clippings - 1968
12. Clippings - 1969
13. Clippings - 1970
14. Clippings - 1971

Box 2: Clippings, press releases, certificate, photographs, original clippings
1. Clippings - January 9, 1972-March 19, 1972
2. Clippings - April 3, 1972-May 21, 1972
3. Clippings - June 11, 1972-August 20, 1972
4. Clippings - n.d. 1972
5. Clippings - n.d.
6. Clippings - n.d.
7. Clippings - n.d.
8. Press releases
9. Nieman Fellowship acceptance certificate
10. Photographs
11. Original clippings - 1963-1964
12. Original clippings - 1965-1966
13. Original clippings - 1967-1968
14. Original clippings - 1969-1971
15. Original clippings - January 9, 1972-March 19, 1972
16. Original clippings - April 3, 1972-May 21, 1972
17. Original clippings - June 11, 1972-August 20, 1972
18. Original clippings - n.d. 1972
19. Original clippings - n.d.
20. Original clippings - n.d.

Chicago Tribune - Washington, D.C. (1972-1976)
This 4-box subseries contains eight folders of correspondence and eight folders of notes and notebooks, several of which are from the Republican National Convention of 1976. There are byline files containing clippings of Squires' stories from 1972 to 1977, clippings of stories by other reporters, carbon copies of stories submitted via Telex, and carbon copies of wire (Associated Press and United Press International) stories. Interesting topics included in this subseries are Squires' 1975 trip to China as part of the press corps accompanying former President Gerald Ford and the Republican National Convention of 1976. Also of interest are the notes and stories about the Watergate scandal and Admiral Thomas Moorer’s White House spy operation (the "Moorer-Radford spy ring") conducted in December 1971, a story Squires broke in 1974.

Box 3: Correspondence, notes, byline files, clippings
1. Incoming correspondence - Angleton, James-Duscha, Julius
2. Incoming correspondence - Hawley, Ed
3. Incoming correspondence - Kennedy, Ethel-Patterson, Harriet
4. Incoming correspondence - Simon, Paul-Stewart, Donald
5. Incoming correspondence - Tankersley, Tiffany-Woods, Frank A.; unidentified
6. Outgoing correspondence - 1974-February 28, 1975
7. Outgoing correspondence - March 1975-December 1975
8. Outgoing correspondence - 1976; n.d.
9. Notebooks 1-4
  1. 1973 Watergate - James McCord testimony
  2. [1973-1974]Watergate
  3. 1975 Announcement of U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam
  4. 1975 Gerald Ford's St. Patrick's Day speech at Notre Dame University
10. Notebooks 5-8
  1. 1975 Edward Kennedy
  2. [1975-1976 Republican campaign
  3. February 1976 George Wallace rally at Lithuanian Hall, South Boston; New Hampshire presidential primary
  4. February 1976 Massachusetts presidential primary
11. Notebooks 6-12
  1. March 1976 Florida presidential primary
  2. April 1976 Pennsylvania presidential primary
  3. April 1976 Pennsylvania presidential primary
  4. 1976 Democratic presidential primary campaign
12. Notebooks 13-16
  1. 1976 Democratic presidential primary campaign; Virginia Washington Stith
  2. 1976 Republican presidential primary campaign
  3. 1976 Republican presidential primary campaign
  4. 1976 Republican presidential primary campaign

Box 4: Notebooks, notes, byline files
1. Notebooks 17-20
  1. August 1976 Republican National Convention
  2. August 1976 Republican National Convention
  3. October 1976 notes for October 17, 1976 story "A Candidate Whose Appeal is Regional"
  4. 1977 editorial notes
2. Notes - 1974
3. Notes - 1976 Republican National Convention
4. Notes - 1976 Republican National Convention
5. Byline file - October 1972-December 1972
6. Byline file - 1973
7. Byline file - 1973
8. Byline file - 1974
9. Byline file - 1975

Box 5: Byline files, clippings by others
1. Byline file - November 21, 1975-December 8, 1975
2. Byline file - 1975 columns
3. Byline file - 1976
4. Byline file - 1976 columns
5. Byline file - 1977
6. Clippings - 1974
7. Clippings - 1975
8. Clippings - 1976
9. Clippings - August 15, 1976-August 16, 1976
10. Clippings - August 17, 1976-August 19, 1976
11. Clippings - August 20, 1976-November 4, 1976
12. Press releases - July 1976
13. Press releases - August 1976; n.d.

Box 6: Telex and wires, corrections, publications
1. Telexed stories - 1975
2. Telexed stories - 1975
3. Telexed/wired stories - 1975
4. Wire reports - January 1974
5. Wire reports - 1976
6. Wire reports - 1976
7. Story corrections
8. Publications - Battleline July 1976
9. Publications - The Bulletin July/August 1974
10. Publications - Congressional Quarterly Special Report: Guide to the Republican National Convention 1976
11. Publications - Focus July 1976
12. Publications - Kansas City Media Information Guide RNC 1976
13. Publications - Little Trib June 1974
14. Publications - Political Intelligence 2(21) 1976
15. Publications - A Report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee by the Seventh Congressional Delegation to the People's Republic of China October 28, 1975
16. Publications - Time February 24. 1975
17. Publications - Transmittal of Documents from the National Security Council to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Committee on Armed Services February 6, 1974
18. Publications - Understanding China by Clayton Kirkpatrick, 1975
19. Senate Armed Services Committee statement - Charles Radford, February 19, 1974
20. Senate Armed Services Committee statement - Rear Admiral Robert O. Welander, February 21, 1974
21. Miscellaneous - 1975 (China trip with Pres. Gerald Ford)
22. Miscellaneous - 1976 (Republican National Convention
23. Miscellaneous - 1976 (Republican National Convention
24. Miscellaneous - Hal Phillip Walker's Platform
25. Miscellaneous - Environmental Defense Fund Staff Directory
26. Miscellaneous
27. Photographs
28. Clippings - originals

Orlando Sentinel (1977-1981)
This 3-box subseries contains two boxes of correspondence. Roughly half the correspondence is made up of letters to the editor. The rest of the series contains press releases, Squires' entire byline file for 1977-1981, clippings and publications. Correspondents of note include former presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

Box 7: Incoming correspondence and letters to the editor
1. Incoming correspondence - Argirion, Michael-Driscoll, George C.
2. Incoming correspondence - Eagles, Dana Scott-Huskey, C. Everette
3. Incoming correspondence - Jean, Charlie-Liddon, W.M.
4. Incoming correspondence - Madigan, John W.-Prague, Ellen
5. Incoming correspondence - Reagan, Ronald-Twombly, Angus
6. Incoming correspondence - Walker, Mort-Wurfel, Walt
7. Incoming correspondence - Unidentified
8. Letters to editor - February 1, 1977-February 11, 1977
9. Letters to editor - February 12, 1977-February 28, 1977
10. Letters to editor - March 1977
11. Letters to editor - April 1977
12. Letters to editor - May 1977
13. Letters to editor - June 1977
14. Letters to editor - July 1977
15. Letters to editor - August 1977

Box 8: Letters to the editor, outgoing correspondence, press releases
1. Letters to editor - September 1977
2. Letters to editor - October 1977
3. Letters to editor - November 1977
4. Letters to editor - December 1977
5. Letters to editor - January 1978
6. Letters to editor - February 1978-April 1978
7. Letters to editor - May 1978-June 1978
8. Letters to editor - July 1978-August 1978
9. Letters to editor - September 1978-December 1978
10. Letters to editor - January 1979
11. Letters to editor - February 1979
12. Letters to editor - March 1979-August 1979
13. Letters to editor - October 1979-December 1979
14. Letters to editor - April 1980-August 1980
15. Letters to editor - September 1980-December 1980
16. Letters to editor - January 1981-March 1981
17. Letters to editor - April 1981-July 1981
18. Letters to editor - n.d., signed
19. Letters to editor - n.d., unidentified
20. Outgoing correspondence - 1977
21. Outgoing correspondence - 1978
22. Outgoing correspondence - 1979
23. Press releases

Box 9: Clippings, publications, photographs, miscellaneous
1. Byline file - December 10, 1976-June 28, 1981
2. Byline file - 1976
3. Byline file - January 1978-April 1978
4. Byline file - May 1978-August 1978
5. Byline file - September 1978-December 1978
6. Byline file - January 1979-March 1979
7. Byline file - April 1979-July 1979
8. Byline file - August 1979-December 1979
9. Clippings - 1981; n.d.
10. Publications - The Bulletin February 1977
11. Publications - Florida Bar News January 10, 1978
12. Publications - Sentinel-Star Galley Proof January 1, 1977
13. Photographs
14. Miscellaneous

Chicago Tribune - Chicago (1981-1989)
This subseries is the largest in the collection at 13 boxes and contains four boxes of incoming correspondence, two of letters to the editor, one-and-a-half of outgoing correspondence and half a box of phone messages. Also included are newspaper clippings and various publications. Events of interest are the Tribune’s endorsement of Harold Washington for Chicago mayor in 1983, material from Squires’ 1984 trip to the former Soviet Union as part of an American Society of Newspaper Editors delegation, the “American Millstone” series about Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood published in 1985, the printers’ union strike in 1985-1986, and material documenting Squires’ struggle against the corporate ethos of Tribune management in the late 1980s. Also of interest are the lengthy battle between the Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times, culminating in Rupert Murdoch’s purchase of the Sun-Times and columnist Mike Royko’s defection to the Tribune. Correspondents of note include former presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, advice columnists Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) and her sister Abigail Van Buren, former U.S. Senator and Vice-President Al Gore, Jr. and his mother Pauline Gore, columnist Mike Royko, cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, authors Arthur Miller and Tom Wolfe, and newspapermen David Halberstam, Bill Kovach and John Seigenthaler. One book has been removed and shelved with the Southern Civilization collection.

Box 10: Incoming correspondence
1. Incoming correspondence - Alexander, Bill-Axelrod, David
2. Incoming correspondence - Bacon, Warren-Bazán, Dominator Kaiser
3. Incoming correspondence - Bell, Gene-Brown, William
4. Incoming correspondence - Brumback, Charles T.
5. Incoming correspondence - Burleigh, William-Byrne, Jane
6. Incoming correspondence - Cahill, Daniel-Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn
7. Incoming correspondence - Chapman, Steve-Christopher, Robert
8. Incoming correspondence - Clark, Bill-Compton, James
9. Incoming correspondence - Cook, Stanton
10. Incoming correspondence - Coreth, Clemens-Curley, John
11. Incoming correspondence - Daley, Steve-Dickey, Robert
12. Incoming correspondence - Dishon, Colleen (Koky)
13. Incoming correspondence - Dixon, Alan-Driscoll, John
14. Incoming correspondence - Dubinin, Yuri-Dusseault, Norman

Box 11: Incoming correspondence
1. Incoming correspondence - Egel, Marian-Fox-Alston, Jeanne
2. Incoming correspondence - Frandsen, M. Olaf-Gore, Tipper
3. Incoming correspondence - Gosselin, Denis-Hawley, Willis
4. Incoming correspondence - Hay, Howard-Healy, Paul
5. Incoming correspondence - Heck, Charles
6. Incoming correspondence - Heffron, Mary-Huntington, John
7. Incoming correspondence - Isaacs, Norman-Judge, Bernie
8. Incoming correspondence - Kariher, Harry-Kirk, Don
9. Incoming correspondence - Kirkpatrick, Clayton
10. Incoming correspondence - Kirschner, Collette
11. Incoming correspondence - Kleiman, Carol-Kovach, Bill
12. Incoming correspondence - Lacy, Bill-Lehman, Tenney
13. Incoming correspondence - Leonard, Dick

Box 12: Incoming correspondence
1. Incoming correspondence - Letizia, Daniel-MacNelly, Jeff
2. Incoming correspondence - Madigan, John
3. Incoming correspondence - Mahoney, Barbara Ann-Miller, Arthur
4. Incoming correspondence - Miller, Kristie-Mulroy, Thomas
5. Incoming correspondence - Murphy, Pat-Murray, Randolph
6. Incoming correspondence - Neal, Steve-Owens, Major
7. Incoming correspondence - Page, Robert-Price, Michael
8. Incoming correspondence - Quaal, Ward-Rice, William
9. Incoming correspondence - Rider, Marsha (for Larry Flynt)
10. Incoming correspondence - Risser, James-Seigenthaler, John
11. Incoming correspondence - Senese, Diane-Simon, Paul (U.S. Senator)
12. Incoming correspondence - Simon, Roger-Soeteber, Ellen

Box 13: Incoming correspondence, memoranda, letters to the editor
1. Incoming correspondence - Soo, Charlie-Szczech, Bernadette
2. Incoming correspondence - Taylor, Kristin-Trohan, Walter
3. Incoming correspondence - Troutman, Russell
4. Incoming correspondence - Trudeau, Garry-Vogt, Amanda
5. Incoming correspondence - Waller, Michael-Wilson, James
6. Incoming correspondence - Wilson, Jean
7. Incoming correspondence - Wilson, Julie-Worthington, Rogers
8. Incoming correspondence - Wright, Helen
9. Incoming correspondence - Wood, Thomas-Zyda, Joan
10. Incoming correspondence - Unidentified
11. Memoranda
12. Letters to editor - February 1982
13. Letters to editor - October 1982
14. Letters to editor - January 1983-February 1983
15. Letters to editor - March 9, 1983-March 21, 1983
16. Letters to editor - March 22, 1983-March 27, 1983
17. Letters to editor - March 28, 1983-March 31, 1983
18. Letters to editor - April 2, 1983-April 10, 1983

Box 14: Letters to the editor
1. Letters to editor - April 11, 1983-April 14, 1983
2. Letters to editor - April 15, 1983-April 26, 1983
3. Letters to editor - May 1983-September 1983
4. Letters to editor - October 1983-December 1983
5. Letters to editor - n.d. [1983]
6. Letters to editor - January 1984
7. Letters to editor - February 1984
8. Letters to editor - March 1984-August 1984
9. Letters to editor - September 1984-October 1984
10. Letters to editor - November 1984-December 1984; n.d. [1984]
11. Letters to editor - January 1985-June 1985
12. Letters to editor - July 1985
13. Letters to editor - August 1985-November 1985
14. Letters to editor - December 1985
15. Letters to editor - Petition from North Lawndale residents, 1985
16. Letters to editor - January 1986
17. Letters to editor - March 1986
18. Letters to editor - April 1986-December 1986
19. Letters to editor - n.d. [1986]
20. Letters to editor - January 1987-April 1987
21. Letters to editor - May 1987-July 1987
22. Letters to editor - August 1987-December 1987
23. Letters to editor - n.d. [1987]
24. Letters to editor - January 1988-April 1988
25. Letters to editor - May 1988
26. Letters to editor - June 1988-August 1988
27. Letters to editor - January 1989
28. Letters to editor - February 1989
29. Letters to editor - March 1989
30. Letters to editor - April 1989
31. Letters to editor - May 1989-June 1989

Box 15: Letters to editor, outgoing correspondence
1. Letters to editor - July 1989-August 1989
2. Letters to editor - September 1989
3. Letters to editor - October 1989-December 1989
4. Letters to editor - n.d.
5. Outgoing correspondence - July 17, 1981-July 20, 1981
6. Outgoing correspondence - July 21, 1981
7. Outgoing correspondence - July 22, 1981
8. Outgoing correspondence - July 23, 1981
9. Outgoing correspondence - August 1981-September 1981
10. Outgoing correspondence - 1982
11. Outgoing correspondence - 1983
12. Outgoing correspondence - 1984
13. Outgoing correspondence - 1985
14. Outgoing correspondence - January 1986-March 1986
15. Outgoing correspondence - May 1986-July 1986
16. Outgoing correspondence - August 1986; n.d. [1986]
17. Outgoing correspondence - 1987
18. Outgoing correspondence - 1988
19. Outgoing correspondence - January 3, 1989-January 4, 1989
20. Outgoing correspondence - January 6, 1989-January 16, 1989

Box 16: Outgoing correspondence, phone messages
1. Outgoing correspondence - January 17, 1989-January 31, 1989
2. Outgoing correspondence - February 1989
3. Outgoing correspondence - March 1989
4. Outgoing correspondence - April 1989
5. Outgoing correspondence - May 1989
6. Outgoing correspondence - June 1989
7. Outgoing correspondence - July 1989
8. Outgoing correspondence - August 1, 1989-August 17, 1989
9. Outgoing correspondence - August 18, 1989-August 28, 1989
10. Outgoing correspondence - August 30, 1989-August 31, 1989
11. Outgoing correspondence - September 1989
12. Outgoing correspondence - October 1989
13. Outgoing correspondence - November 1989-December 1989
14. Outgoing correspondence - n.d. [1989]
15. Phone messages - 1982
16. Phone messages - 1983
17. Phone messages - 1984
18. Phone messages - n.d. [1984-1985]
19. Phone messages - 1985

Box 17: Phone messages, weekly agendas
1. Phone messages - 1986
2. Phone messages - 1987
3. Phone messages - n.d. [1987]
4. Phone messages - 1988
5. Phone messages - February 1989-September 1989
6. Phone messages - October 1989-December 1989
7. Phone messages - n.d.
8. Weekly agendas - 1984
9. Weekly agendas - January 1985-March 1985
10. Weekly agendas - April 1985-June 1985
11. Weekly agendas - July 1985-August 1985
12. Weekly agendas - September 1985-October 1985
13. Weekly agendas - November 1985-December 1985
14. Weekly agendas - January 1986-February 1986
15. Weekly agendas - March 1986
16. Weekly agendas - April 5, 1986-April 21, 1986
17. Weekly agendas - April 27, 1986-June 7, 1986
18. Weekly agendas - June 16, 1986-July 1986
19. Weekly agendas - August 1986-September 1986
20. Weekly agendas - October 1986-December 1986
21. Weekly agendas - January 1987-February 1987
22. Weekly agendas - March 1987-April 1987
23. Weekly agendas - May 1987-June 1987

Box 18: Weekly agendas, speeches, notes
1. Weekly agendas - July 1987-August 1987
2. Weekly agendas - September 1987-October 1987
3. Weekly agendas - November 1987-December 1987
4. Weekly agendas - January 1988-February 1988
5. Weekly agendas - March 1988
6. Weekly agendas - April 1988
7. Weekly agendas - May 1988-June 1988
8. Weekly agendas - July 1988-August 1988
9. Weekly agendas - September 1988-October 1988
10. Weekly agendas - November 1988-December 1988
11. Weekly agendas - January 1989-February 1989
12. Weekly agendas - March 1989-April 1989
13. Weekly agendas - May 1989-June 1989
14. Weekly agendas - July 1989-August 1989
15. Weekly agendas - September 1989-October 1989
16. Weekly agendas - November 1989-December 1989
17. Speeches
18. Notes - 1985-1988
19. Notes - 1989; n.d. [1988]

Box 19: Clippings, publications
1. Clippings - 1981
2. Clippings - 1982
3. Clippings - 1983
4. Clippings - January 1984-August 1984
5. Clippings - October 1984-December 1984
6. Clippings - January 1985-March 1985
7. Clippings - April 1985-September 1985
8. Clippings - 1986
9. Clippings - 1987
10. Clippings - 1988
11. Clippings - January 1989-April 1989
12. Clippings - May 1989-September 1989
13. Clippings - October 1989-December 1989
14. Clippings - n.d.
15. Publications - Avenue M January 1990
16. Publications - Brief on behalf of Chicago Tribune Co. 1986
17. Publications - The Bulletin June/July 1984
18. Publications - The Bulletin November/December 1984
19. Publications - The Bulletin November/December 1985
20. Publications - The Bulletin January 1986

Box 20: Publications, press releases, photographs, miscellaneous
1. Publications - Chicago July 1984
2. Publications - Chicago Times Magazine July/August 1988
3. Publications - Columbia Journalism Review June 1970
4. Publications - Columbia Journalism Review July/August 1985
5. Publications - Columbia Journalism Review January/February 1986
6. Publications - Columbia Journalism Review July/August 1988
7. Publications - Donald G. Herzberg Memorial Fund Lecture given by John Chancellor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, December 3, 1984
8. Publications - Harper's Magazine May 1984
9. Publications - Little Trib June/July 1981
10. Publications - Minorities and the Tribune SRG Report
11. Publications - The National Leader August 1984
12. Publications - The New Republic February 10, 1986
13. Publications - Nieman Reports Summer 1985
14. Publications - Nieman Reports Spring 1989
15. Publications - The Quill September 1985
16. Publications - Trib Data-Link January 16, 1984; April 9, 1984; November 26, 1984
17. Publications - Washington Journalism Review July 1985
18. Press releases
19. Photographs
20. Miscellaneous - Dummy mocks of Chicago Tribune, 1981
21. Miscellaneous - 1981
22. Miscellaneous - 1983
23. Miscellaneous - Russia trip notes, 1984
24. Miscellaneous - Russia trip souvenirs and receipts, 1984

Box 21: Miscellaneous, original clippings
1. Miscellaneous - Russia trip postcards, 1984
2. Miscellaneous - Russia trip briefing materials, 1984
3. Miscellaneous - 1984
4. Miscellaneous - 1984
5. Miscellaneous - 1985
6. Miscellaneous - 1986
7. Miscellaneous - 1987
8. Miscellaneous - Gridiron Dinner, 1988
9. Miscellaneous - 1988
10. Miscellaneous - 1989
11. Miscellaneous - 1989
12. Miscellaneous - 1989
13. Miscellaneous - n.d.
14. Miscellaneous - n.d.
15. Original clippings - December 13, 1983-March 31, 1985
16. Original clippings - April 2, 1985-January 31, 1986
17. Original clippings - February 24, 1986-April 3, 1987
18. Original clippings - April 3, 1987-May 5, 1989
19. Original clippings - May 12, 1989-November 24, 1989
20. Original clippings - December 9, 1989-December 15, 1989; n.d.

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James D. Squires Papers1955-2004Series I: Journalism career (1972-1989)Boxes 1-21

James D. Squires Papers
1955-2004

Series I: Journalism career (1972-1989)
Boxes 1-21