University of Utah Department of Journalism records, 1948-1970

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. Dept. of Journalism
Title
University of Utah Department of Journalism records
Dates
1948-1970 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.75 linear ft.
Collection Number
Acc0163
Summary
The Department of Journalism was founded in 1947 with Quintus Wilson as head. Parry D. Sorenen became acting head in 1961. Milton C. Hollstein became head in 1962 and remained in that position until 1971. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the files of Quintus C. Wilson and Parry D. Sorensen (1948-1962) and Milton C. Hollstein (1962-1970). The collection also contains a report sent to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Journalism Department in 1970.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the files of Quintus C. Wilson and Parry D. Sorensen (1948-1962) and Milton C. Hollstein (1962-1970). Principal subjects are teaching, student and professional conferences, workshops, and contests. Also included are materials related to participation in professional organizations such as the American Society of Journalism School Administrators and Sigma Delta Chi.

The collection also contains a report sent to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Journalism Department in 1970. The report gives a comprehensive look at the structure and certain problems wthin the Department of Journalism.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah Department of Journalism records, Acc. 163, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 163.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into five sections; 1. General files; 2. Chronological Letter File; 3. Organizations; 4. Ad Hoc Committee on the Journalism Department ; and 5. Restricted Material. The collection arrangement is alphabetical under each major section except for the chronological letter file section.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 1

Container(s) Description Dates
subseries
1
Quintus C. Wilson & Parry D. Sorensen Files
Box
1
Administration to Bennett, Wallace
Folder
1
Administration - University of Utah
1960-1962
2
Advertising Program
1953-1963
3-5
Alcoholism
1951-1961
6
Alcoholism - The International Student: Digest of Alcohol Studies
1955-1963
7-16
Alcoholism - Essay Contest
1952-1962
17
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1959
18
The American Editor
1959-1960
19
American Political Science Association
1959-1960
20
Associated Press Convention
1964
21
Associated Press Internships
1958-1959
22
Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU)
1957
23
Atomic Energy Press Conference
1951-1954
24
Baker, Hugh S.
1958
25
Bennett, Wallace F., Senator
1954-1957
2
Brigham Young University to Clyde, George Dewey
Folder
1
Brigham Young University
1949-1960
2
Canham, Erwin
1952-1954
3
Carbon College
1952; 1957
4
Carrier-Salesmen Scholarships
1953
5-13
Catalog
1949-1960
14
Caxton Printers, Inc.
1945
15
CBS Foundation Fellowships
1957-1960
16-17
Censorship
1950-1956
18
Center for Intercultural Studies
1960
19
Chicago Daily News
1951 January 3
20
Christian Science Monitor Editorial
1951 November 26
21
City Celebrations
1958
22
Civil War Press Corps
1958-1959
23-33
Class Schedules
1949-1962
34
Classroom Aids, Films, Tapes
1960-1967
35
Clyde, George Dewey
1957
3
Coca-Cola to Deseret News
Folder
1
Coca-Cola
1950
2
College Day Newsclippings
1963-1969
3
College Day - Salt Lake Tribune
1962-1966
4-5
College of Letters and Science
1958-1962
6
College Papers
1951; 1960
7
Colorado - Accrediting Program
1957-1960
8
Columbia Broadcasting System
1958-1960
9
Columbia Scholastic Press
1950
10
Compiled Newspaper List
1953
11
Consolidation
1950
12
Copyright Forms
1948
13
" Coranto" - School of Journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana
1950
14
Courts - Eugene E. Pratt
1948
15
Crackpot Letters
1951-1954
16
Cracroft, Paul
1952-1955
17
Daily Utah Chronicle
1948-1960
18
Davis County Clipper
1964
19
Democrat Party
1951
20
Department Heads and Deans Council
1957-1962
21
Department of Interior
1952
22
Deseret News
1948-1959
4
Deseret News Internships to Editorial of the Month
Folder
1-11
Deseret News - Internships
1950-1960
12-13
Deseret News - Readership Survey
1951-1952
14-19
Deseret News - Scholarships
1954-1959
20
Dugway Proving Grounds
1951-1956
21
Dupont Chemical
1958
22
Economics for Editors
1952-1960
23
Editor and Publisher - Correspondence
1949-1960
24-26
Editorial of the Month
1951-1959
5
Editorial of the Month to Graphic Arts Council
Folder
1-5
Editorial of the Month
1960-1964
6
Editorials
1951-1958
7
Educational Television
1958-1959
8
English, Utah Council of Teachers of - Constitution
undated
9
Ethiopia
1959
10
Fashion News
1951
11
Foreign News
1958
12
Free Lance Writing Workshop
1962
13-14
Free Press
1948-1959
15
Freedom
1951
16
" Freedom from Hunger" - The Advertising Council
1963
17
Freedom of Information
1958-1960
18
Freedoms Foundation
1950-1956
19
Geography
1950
20
Graduate School
1951-1958
21
Granger-Watkins Libel Suit
1952
22
Graphic Arts Council
1960-1962
6
High School to Humanities
Folder
1
High School
1949-1963
2-7
High School Awards
1951-1959
8-15
High School Press Conferences
1949-1961
16
History
1952-1955
17
Home Economics
1951-1953
18
Human Events
1956
19
Humanities
1954
7
India to Journalism Awards Banquet
Folder
1
India
1949-1950
2-3
Industrial Editors Association of Utah
1952-1964
4
Industrial Journalism
1951-1962
5
Intermountain Chapter of the Society of Technical Writers and Publishers
1962-1964
6
International News Service
1948-1957
7
Iowa
1948-1955
8
Japan
1959
9
Japanese Visitors
1958
10
Jefferson, Thomas - Awards
1958
11
Job Opportunities
1949-1957
12
Jonas, Frank
1951-1952
13
Jordan High School
1950-1960
14
Jordan School District Press Conference
1951-1955
15-19
Journalism Awards Banquet
1954-1959
8
Journalism Awards Luncheon to Medicine and the Press
Folder
1-2
Journalism Awards Luncheon
1951; 1953
3
Journalism Correspondence
1958-1961
4
Journalism Publications
1962-1963
5-6
Journalism Quarterly
1951-1960
7
Kappa Tau Alpha - Certificates
1961
8
K.S.L.
1948-1956
9
KUED Television
1958-1960
10
Lectures
1948-1949
11
Lee, J. Bracken - Speeches on Education
1951
12
Libel
1943-1958
13
Library, University of Utah
1950-1960
14
Life Magazine
1951-1953
15
Lindley, Will
1958-1959
16
Lithotype Process
1949-1951
17
Littleton Independent
1948-1952
18
Long, William
1951
19
MacNiven, Hugh G.
1950-1953
20
Mademmoiselle
1958-1959
21
Marketing Services
1949; 1957
22
Maryland, University of
1958-1959
23
Masthead
1952
24
McCall's Award
1961
25
Medicine and the Press
1950-1954
26
Men's Press Club
1949-1953
27
Metro Associated Services, Inc.
1958
9
Microfilm to Photography
Folder
1
Microfilm
1946-1958
2
The Milwaukee Journal
1958
3
Minnesota Alumni Association
1948-1950
4-5
Model United Nations
1957-1958
6
Moler, Murray
1957-1958
7
Murray Eagle
1949
8
The Nation
1949
9
National High School Photographic Awards Contest
1951-1953
10
National Newspaper Week
1949-1960
11
The Negro and the South
1956-1959
12
Nevada Community Service Contest
1957-1958
13
New Newspaper Service
1956
14
New Orleans Item - Legislature Dispute
1950
15
News Survey
undated
16
Nieman Foundation
1948-1960
17
Offset
1949
18
Old Newspaper Correspondence
1951-1952
19
One-Party Press
1952-1955
20
Passports
1958
21
Pearson, Drew
1951-1952
22
Photo Fair
1953-1954
23
Photo Journalism Directory
1954-1956
24
Photo Survey
1955
25
Photochrome Club Exhibit
1958-1959
26
Photography
1958-1960
10
Picture of the Month to Press Conferences
Folder
1-4
Picture of the Month
1954-1962
5-6
Picture of the Year
1960
7
PM - Founding
1937-1940
8
Poetry
1952
9
" The Pony Dispatch"
1955
10
" Prayers Should Not Be for Savants..."
1952
11
Presidents and Press
1953
12
Press Associations
1951-1953
13
Press Columnists of Iowa
1953
14
Press Conference
1960-1961
11
Professional Journalism Education to Schick, Franz B.
Folder
1
" Professional Journalism & Liberal Education" - University of Iowa
1959
2
Promotion
1949
3
Propaganda
1951-1958
4
Public Opinion Polls
1958-1959
5
Public Relations
1950-1960
6
Public Relations Conference
1954-1955
7
Public Welfare Association Convention
1955
8
Publications Council
1949-1960
9
Publicity
1949-1959
10
Publishers Auxiliary
1951-1956
11
Quantic Method
undated
12
Quill and Scroll Society
1950
13
Quotes
1958-1959
14
Radio and Television
undated
15
Radio Committee
1949-1956
16
Radio News Program
1948-1959
17
Radio Pronunciation Guide
1951
18
Radio & Television Control
1955-1957
19
Readership Studies
1947-1955
20
Registration
1948
21
Republican Party
1951
22
Requests by Department
1956-1966
23
Requests for Information
1956-1962
24
ROTC
1952-1957
25
Salaries
1956-1961
26
Salt Lake Tribune - General
1948-1958
27
Salt Lake Tribune Scholarship
1953-1954
28
Saturday Evening Post
1960
29
Schick, Franz B.
1949
12
Scholarships to Sports Writers and Photography Clinic
Folder
1
Scholarships
1956-1961
2
Scholastic Editor
1949-1957
3
School of Business Report
1952-1953
4
Scott, John
1953
5
Semantics
1950
6
Small Business
1957
7
Smith, Oliver R. - BYU Journalism Head
1958
8
South America
1951
9
Speakers
1952-1956
10-14
Sportswriters and Photographers Clinic
1952-1960
13
Sports Writers and Photographers Clinic to Survey of Alumni
Folder
1-2
Sportwriters and Photographers Clinic
1961-1962
3
Springville Herald
1950-1959
4
State University of Iowa
1955-1960
5
Stet Magazine
1950-1957
6
Student and Publisher
1956-1957
7-8
Student Christian Fellowship House
1951-1959
9
Student Christian Fellowship House - Personnel Committee
1950-1958
10
Style Guide
1957-1958
11
Summer Session
1958-1960
12
The Sun Advocate
1950
13
Survey of Alumni
1962
14
Surveys & Questioneers to Utah Colleges High School Programs
Folder
1
Surveys and Questioneers
1959-1962
2
Time
1951-1959
3
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
1952
4
Torre, Marie
1959
5-8
Tribune-Telegram Scholarships
1950-1958
9
TV Research
1952-1954
10
Type and Design Workshop
1961
11
Typography Laboratory
1948-1954
12
Typography Museum
1958
13-14
Typography Workshop
1958-1960
15
United Nations
1948-1958
16
United Press
1948-1960
17
University College
1948-1956
18
University Newspapers
1949
19
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
1960
20
Utah Business Conference
1953
21
Utah Colleges High School Programs
1949-1959
15
Utah Conference on Higher Education to Wyoming Press Association
Folder
1
Utah Conference on Higher Education
1950
2
Utah Education Association (U.E.A.)
1949-1959
3
Utah Educational Review
1951
4
Utah High School Activities Association
1952-1959
5
Utah Publication Laws Compilation and Annotation
1962
6
Utah State Industrial School
1949-1950
7-8
Utah State Press Association
1948-1964
9
Utah State Press Association - Education Committee
1945-1956
10
Vernal Express
1955-1956
11
Warrum, Noble - Biography
undated
12
Weekly Internships
1955
13
Weekly Newspapers
1955-1960
14
Weekly Papers Internships
1956
15
West High School
1958
16
Western Interstate Committee for Higher Education
1955
17
Wilson, Quintus C. - Awards
1960
18
Wire Service
1958-1961
19
Women's Pages
1950
20
Women's Press Club
1949-1958
21
Writers Conference
1949-1956
22
Writer's Workshop
1950-1952
23
Wyoming
undated
24
Wyoming Press Association
1958-1959
25
Wyoming Press Association - Photography Contest
1959
16
Wyoming Press
Folder
1
Wyoming Press Contest
1951-1959
2
Wyoming State Press Association - Best Editorial Page Contest
1957
2
Milton C. Hollstein Files
Box
16
Budget to Hearst Foundation Awards
1946-1958
Folder
3-6
Budget
1963-1967
7
Class Schedules
1963-1968
8-11
Enrollment
1962-1966
12
Expenditures
1962-1963
13
Faculty Recruitment
1968
14
Fleming, Karl - Matrix Speaker
1966
15
General Correspondence
1964-1965
16-18
Graduate School
1965-1970
19
Hearst Foundation Awards
1962-1963
17
Hearst Foundation Awards to Journalism Education Major
Folder
1
Hearst Foundation Awards
1963-1964
2
Hearst, William Randolph
1968-1969
3-5
Hearst, William Randolph - Contest
1964-1969
6
High School Certificate Requests
1965
7
High School Press Conferences
1962-1963
8
High School Students - Achievements and Acknowledgement
1967
9
Home Study
1964-1968
10
Industrial Editors Upgrading Contest
1963
11
Internships
1960-1967
12
Journalism Education Major
1949-1954
18
Journalism Education Major to Picture & Editorial of the Month Contest
Folder
1-2
Journalism Education Major
1957-1967
3
Kent, Bill Lawrence-Carleton
1966
4
KUER
1968-1969
5
Main Library Orders
1964-1965
6-9
Picture of the Month
1963-1967
10-11
Picture and Editorial of the Month Contest
1967-1969
19
Picture & Editorial Contest to Sportwriters & Photographers Clinic
Folder
1
Picture and Editorial of the Month Contest
1969-1970
2
Press Conferences - Correspondence
1964-1967
3
Prospective Students
1966-1968
4
Requests to Department
1962-1968
5
Research Studies
1949-1960
6
Scholarships
1961-1967
7-10
Sportswriters and Photographers Clinic
1963-1965
20
Sportswriters & Photographers Clinic to Work Study
Folder
1-3
Sportswriters and Photographers Clinic
1966-1968
4
Subscriptions
1962-1968
5-6
Summer Journalism Teachers' Workshop
1964-1965
7-8
Summer School
1964-1968
9
Utah State Press Association
1955-1966
10
Work Study Time Reports
1969-1970

Chronological Letter FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
21-22
1966-1969

Organization FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
23
American Association of Schools & Departments of Journalism to American Society of Journalism School Educators
Folder
1
American Association of Schools & Departments of Journalism
1957-1960
2
American Association of University Professors
1952-1959
3-4
American Council of Education for Journalism
1958-1962
5
American Council of Education for Journalism - Accrediting Committee
1959
6
American Newspaper Guild
1948-1960
7
American Newspaper Publishers Association
1949-1963
8
American Press Institute
1949-1957
9-11
American Society of Journalism School Administrators
1958-1965
12
American Society of Journalism School Administrators - Convention
1955
13
American Society of Journalism School Administrators - U of U Membership
1949-1962
Box
24
American Society of Journalism School Administrators to Association for Education in Journalism
Folder
1-2
American Society of Journalism School Administrators
1958-1959
3
Associated Business Publications
1957-1961
4
Associated Collegiate Press Scorebook
1946-1950
5-6
Association for Education in Journalism
1957-1961; 1964-1965
7
Association for Education in Journalism - Audio-Visual Aids Committee
1950-1951
8-10
Association for Education in Journalism - Conventions
1955; 1957
11-12
Association for Education in Journalism - International Communications Committee
1957-1959
25
Association for Education in Journalism to Journalism Quarterly
Folder
1
Association for Education in Journalism - Survey
1958
2-6
Association for Education in Journalism - Conventions
1958-1963
7
Inland Press Association
1960
8
Inter-American Press Association
1957-1960
9
International Association for Mass Communication Research
1958-1959
10
International Press Institute
1957-1961
11
Journalism Quarterly
1962-1963
26
Kappa Tau Alpha
1950-1962
27
Kappa Tau Alpha to National Industrial Editors
Folder
1-3
Kappa Tau Alpha
1962-1966
4
Kappa Tau Alpha - Banquet
1964
5
Kappa Tau Alpha - Roster
1957-1961
6
Kappa Tau Alpha and Association for Education in Journalism - Convention
1956
7
League of Utah Writers
1954
8
National Association of Journalism Directors
1949-1959
9
National Association of Radio News Directors
1949-1952
10
National Association of Radio News Directors - Education Committee
1950-1951
11
National Business Publications
1957-1961
12
National Conference of Editorial Writers
1956-1960
13
National Council on Research in Journalism
1950-1952
14
National Editorial Association
1948-1958
15
National Industrial Editors
1953-1956
28
National League of American Pen Women to Sigma Delta Chi
Folder
1
National League of American Pen Women
1952-1953
2
National Newspaper Promotion Association
1955-1958
3
National Scholastic Press Association
1951
4
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
1954-1960
5
Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Association
1956-1960
6
Sigma Delta Chi - Convention
1952
7-10
Sigma Delta Chi, University of Utah
1948-1956
29
Sigma Delta Chi, University of Utah
1956-1965
30
Sigma Delta Chi to Theta Sigma Phi
Folder
1
Sigma Delta Chi, University of Utah
1965-1967
2
Sigma Delta Chi - Forms and Manuals
1955-1963
3
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
1949-1950; 1963
4-8
Theta Sigma Phi - Correspondence
1954-1969
9
Theta Sigma Phi - Literature
1954-1958
Folder
31
Theta Sigma Phi to Miscellaneous
Folder
1
Theta Sigma Phi - Petitions
1957-1959
2-4
Utah Association of Journalism Directors
1950-1963
5
Utah Association of Journalism Directors - Newsletter
1963
6
Miscellaneous Publications and Associations
1953-1962

Ad Hoc Committee on Journalism DepartmentReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
31
Committee Records
Folder
7
Letter of Transmittal
circa 1970
8-9
Correspondence
1967-1969
10
Ten Year Plan
1966 February 15
11
Speech Correspondence
1968-1969
12-17
Accreditation Reports
1956; 1963-1964; 1966

Restricted FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 5

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
32-33
Restricted Materials
1947-1962

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Journalism--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Hollstein, Milton Clifford, 1926-
  • Sorensen, Parry D.
  • Wilson, Quintus C.

Corporate Names

  • American Society of Journalism School Administrators
  • Sigma Delta Chi
  • University of Utah--Archives
  • University of Utah--Curricula
  • University of Utah--Faculty

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums
  • Reports