Stationery (blank) and pocket employee phone list, Chicago Sun-Times, undated
Content Description
Photographs, brochures, clippings, invitations, correspondence, and realia documenting the career of Richard G. (Dick) Suthers, who was a pressman in the production department of the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times from 1945 to 1985. Realia includes special rulers and slide rules for measuring type and columns, as well as a paper pressman's hat. Collection also includes the rotogravure plate of the front page of the Chicago Daily News's last edition, March 4, 1978.
Also included in the papers is a detailed notebook containing tables, mathematical equations, and diagrams kept by Suthers to estimate amount of paper needed for runs of newspapers, as well as other calculations.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Suthers, Richard G. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Richard G. Suthers papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org