Description
Gladwin Hill (b.1914) was a reporter,
wire editor, feature writer, columnist (1932- ), and war correspondent in Europe (1944-46).
He later served as chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the
New York Times
(1946-68), was a member of the board of directors for the Los Angeles Press Club, and a
national environmental correspondent (1969- ). The collection consists of manuscript
articles, book manuscripts, manuscripts of speeches and lectures, correspondence, essays,
unpublished materials, interview notes, personal diaries (1935-73),
New York
Times
Los Angeles Bureau records and correspondence, photographs, and
ephemera.
Background
Hill was born on June 16, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts; BSc, Harvard University, 1936;
became reporter and feature writer for the Boston transcript, 1932-36; worked
variously as a reporter, wire editor, feature writer, columnist, and war correspondent; war
correspondent in Europe, 1944-46; was first reporter to fly into Germany on a U.S. bombing
raid and filed the first eyewitness story on the Normandy invasion; served as chief of the
Los Angeles bureau of the New York Times, 1946-68; member of the board of
directors, Los Angeles Press Club; became national environmental correspondent in 1969;
publications include Dancing bear: an inside look at California politics
(1968) and Madman in a lifeboat: issues of the environmental crisis
(1973).
Extent
56.5 Linear Feet
(113 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special
Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their
heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and
pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents
do not hold the copyright.
Availability
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