Indianapolis Times collection
Collection — Box: 1-114
Identifier: L722
Scope and Contents
The collection includes over 150,000 photographs dating from 1939-1965. Also included are newspaper clippings and brochures, relating to international, national, state and local topics.
Dates
- 1930s-1965
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Contact the repository for more information.
Historical Note
The Indianapolis Times began publication as the Sun in 1888 edited by Fred L. Purdy. After various ownership changes throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, Scripps-Howard publishing purchased the paper in 1922 and it was renamed the Indianapolis Times.
The Indianapolis Times exposed the Ku Klux Klan and its influence on Indiana state politics during the 1920s, resulting in journalism’s highest award, the Pulitzer Prize. It advocated for children’s needs during the Great Depression and helped over 4,000 Indiana residents find jobs by publishing free advertisements during the 1960s. The newspaper ran its final issue on October 11, 1965. Daily circulation totaled 89,374 with a Sunday circulation of 101,000.
"Despite its successful journalism and philanthropy, the Times lacked the resources and circulation to compete with Indianapolis’s rival dailies, the News and the Star. On October 11, 1965, the Indianapolis Times ran its final issue and suspended publication. Its final daily circulation totaled 89,374, with a Sunday circulation of 101,000."
This information and more about the newspaper's history from the Indiana Historical Bureau's post within the Hoosier State Chronicles blog, here: https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/indianapolis-times/.
The Indianapolis Times exposed the Ku Klux Klan and its influence on Indiana state politics during the 1920s, resulting in journalism’s highest award, the Pulitzer Prize. It advocated for children’s needs during the Great Depression and helped over 4,000 Indiana residents find jobs by publishing free advertisements during the 1960s. The newspaper ran its final issue on October 11, 1965. Daily circulation totaled 89,374 with a Sunday circulation of 101,000.
"Despite its successful journalism and philanthropy, the Times lacked the resources and circulation to compete with Indianapolis’s rival dailies, the News and the Star. On October 11, 1965, the Indianapolis Times ran its final issue and suspended publication. Its final daily circulation totaled 89,374, with a Sunday circulation of 101,000."
This information and more about the newspaper's history from the Indiana Historical Bureau's post within the Hoosier State Chronicles blog, here: https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/indianapolis-times/.
Extent
114 Cubic Feet (114 cubic foot boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Joseph Freeman on October 12, 2017.
- Title
- Indianapolis Times collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
