Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers, 1963-1998

Gift of Charles Sweningsen, 2012.

The Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

The Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

Charles Sweningsen Collection of Chicago Sun-Times Newspapers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Emma Martin, 2012.

Charles Sweningsen was a copy editor at Down Beat Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times, where he worked for 35 years. During Sweningsen's time at the Sun-Times, the paper covered the assassinaton of President Kennedy, the impeachment of President Nixon, the Vietnam War, and Harold Washington's political career. Additionally, the Sun-Times underwent a period of change, as the paper discontinued its afternoon coverage and was sold by Rupert Murdoch.

Collection contains Chicago Sun-Times newspapers and clippings from 1963 to 1998. Papers cover the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and impeachment of President Nixon, and the first moon landing. Collection also contains headlines regarding changes at the Sun-Times, specifically the last Sun-Times afternoon edition, Rupert Murdoch's sale of the paper to Robert Page, and the paper's 50th anniversary.

Materials arranged chronologically.

• Names
  • Chicago sun-times
  • Sweningsen, Charles
• Subject
  • Chicago
  • Journalism
  • Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
  • Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Presidents -- America -- History -- 20th century
• Geographic CoverageIllinois -- Chicago