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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
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
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.
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.
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.
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.