Summary Information

Title: John M. Lavine Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1937-1993 (bulk 1960s-1980s)

Creator:

• Lavine, John M.

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss DD; PH Eau Claire Mss DD; EA 068-069

Quantity: 22.0 c.f. (20 record center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 1 card box, and 1 flat box), 2 reels of Super 8 mm film (2 cans), 0.4 c.f. of photographs (219 photographs and 25 contact sheets in 1 archives box), and 0.2 c.f. of negatives and transparencies (9 negatives, 428 negatives on 93 strips, and 8 transparencies in 1 negative box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1937-1993 (mainly from the 1960s through the 1980s), of John M. Lavine, a journalism educator and the publisher-owner of the Wisconsin-based Lavine Newspaper Group (LNG). The collection documents operations of four newspapers (the Chippewa Herald-Telegram of Chippewa Falls, Portage Daily Register, Baraboo News Republic, and the Shawano Evening Leader), as well as his service as a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board and as a leader of the Inland Daily Press Association (IDPA). Included are personal and business correspondence, clippings, speeches and writings, and career-oriented subject files.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ec00dd