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Detroit News records, 1856-1991 (majority within 1912-1982)

164.5 linear feet (in 180 boxes) — 33.4 GB (online)

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The Detroit News was a prominent daily newspaper founded by James Edmund Scripps in 1873. The success and expansion of the paper is largely attributed to Scripps' son-in-law, George Gough Booth. The collection contains photographic materials including glass plate negatives, film negatives, and photographic prints of various sizes as well as scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the Detroit News.

The Detroit News records, 1856-1991 (164.5 linear feet) consist of photographic materials including glass plate negatives, film negatives, and photographic prints of various sizes as well as scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from the Detroit News. The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical and maintains original order as far as could be discerned. In instances where multiple formats were stored together, they have been rehoused separately for preservation purposes. Researchers are encouraged to review the entire container list of this finding aid to identify corresponding materials of different formats within the collection, which have been indicated.

The researcher will find that a significant portion of the photographic materials depict interior and exterior views of the Detroit News building designed by Albert Kahn and erected in 1917. Additional topics of photographic materials include the radio station, WWJ and various events hosted by the News. Images of the Scripps and Booth families as well as employees of the Detroit News are also present among the collection. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, which present a broad range of subject matter as covered by a daily metropolitan newspaper. All of the glass plate negatives and a selection of film negatives have been digitized and can be viewed by following the links in the container list of this finding aid.

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Negatives

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The Negatives subseries (1906-1984, 9.75 linear feet) contains glass plate and film negatives as well as positive glass transparencies. These materials have been arranged further within the Negatives subseries by format, Glass Plate and Film. These materials range in size from 4 x 5 inches to 11 x 14 inches and are arranged alphabetically by folder headings, which were maintained from their original folders. Film negatives, 1922-1984 (2.75 linear feet) range in size from 4 x 5 inches to 8 x 10 inches and are comprised of both acetate and nitrate film. Content of the film negatives includes images of classroom scenes, crowds in the streets after a Joe Louis victory, a civil rights picket line outside of Woolworth's, and WWJ entertainers in costume. Glass negatives, 1906-1936 (7 linear feet) range in size from 4 x 5 inches to 11 x 14 inches. Content of the glass negatives is less varied than that of the film negatives and includes large runs of images depicting interior and exterior views of the Detroit News building and the previous News building on Shelby Street and Larned Street in downtown Detroit, as well as of the WWJ radio station building. Some of the smaller glass negatives include more editorial content such as images of the annual spelling bee and the Detroit News 50th Anniversary hosted at the Scripps family farm.