Vance H. Trimble papers on E. W. Scripps Biography
Scope and Content
The Vance H. Trimble papers on E. W. Scripps biography contain materials related to Trimble's biography of E. W. Scripps, the journalistic pioneer who founded the Scripps Howard newspaper chain. The collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Original Material Generated in the Preparation of the Scripps Biography; and Series II: Working Files and Collected Material.
Series I contains the original manuscript and Trimble's typed research notes. Series II contains primary and secondary materials related to the Scripps family and firm. Some of these materials are compiled in dated working files. The materials include photocopied correspondence, diary entries, chronologies, books, reviews, newspaper clippings, and third party remembrances which span the period from 1889 to 1926.
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1988
Creator
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio University Libraries.
Conditions Governing Use
Ohio University retains all property rights to the collection.
Vance H. Trimble reserves all copyright, either expressed or implied, to the typescript of the E.W. Scripps biography. The contents of the manuscript may be utilized for scholarly research and limited quotation provided full credit is given to the author. Consideration of all other copyrights is the responsibility of the researcher and publisher.
Biography of Vance H. Trimble
Vance H. Trimble was a newspaper reporter and author. After working for many papers throughout Oklahoma and Texas, Trimble joined the Houston Press, part of the Scripps Howard chain, as a copy editor in 1939. Within six months he was promoted to city editor and in 1950, he was appointed managing editor of the Press. In 1955, he was transferred to the Scripps Howard Washington bureau as news editor. Here he undertook an investigation of nepotism and payroll abuses in Congress. His six-month series of stories triggered public indignation that prompted the Senate to open its payroll records for the first time in 34 years, and won for Trimble in 1960 a journalism "triple crown": the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, the Sigma Delta Chi award for distinguished Washington correspondence, and the Raymond Clapper Award for the year's best Washington reporting. In 1963, he was appointed editor of the Kentucky Post
in Covington, Kentucky, from which position he retired in 1979.
Besides hi 1992 biography of E.W. Scripps The Astonishing Mr. Scripps: The Turbulent Life of America's Penny Press Lord
, Trimble published several other biographies.
Extent
4.8 cubic feet
Abstract
The Vance H. Trimble papers on E. W. Scripps biography contain materials related to Trimble's biography of E. W. Scripps, the journalistic pioneer who founded the Scripps Howard newspaper chain. The collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Original Material Generated in the Preparation of the Scripps Biography; and Series II: Working Files and Collected Material.
Statement of Arrangement
These records are organized into the following series:
- Series I: Original Material Generated in the Preparation of the Scripps Biography
- Series II: Working Files and Collected Material
Other Finding Aid
A paper copy of the folder list is available.
Acquisition Information
The Ohio University Archives received the collection in December 1988 as a gift from Vance Trimble.
Existence and Location of Copies
Ohio University will entertain requests to photocopy reasonable amounts of material from the collection for the convenience of individual researchers.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 (Person)
- Scripps family (Person)
- E.W. Scripps Company (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Vance H. Trimble papers on E. W. Scripps Biography
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Seth Lerner, Amy Borgstrom Summers, and Katherine E. Absher
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository