Journalism collections’ lasting legacy
Vanderbilt University’s journalism collections document more than a century of newspaper and television reporting by award-winning writers, photojournalists, cartoonists, editors and publishers for major news organizations, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and The Atlanta Journal.
The largest set of papers in the collections are those of John L. Seigenthaler, longtime editor and publisher of The Tennessean newspaper, lifelong First Amendment activist, and a prominent figure in Tennessee social and political history. The John Seigenthaler Papers contain correspondence, clippings, writings, speeches, photographs, artifacts and recordings.
Other notable materials in the collections include the papers of sports journalist Grantland Rice, Washington Post reporter Christine Sadler Coe, NBC News President Julian Goodman, Chicago Tribune editor James D. Squires, and more.