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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection includes documentation on local arts and artists, city planning, commerce and manufacturing, crime and criminals, higher education, entertainment, local government and politics, state government and politics, journalists and journalism, law and legal profession, newspapers, police, radio and television, tourism, and transportation.
Biographical Note
Born in the Bronx and educated at UCLA, Keen arrived in San Diego in 1936 as a reporter for The San Diego Sun. He later became a reporter for the San Diego Union, a contributing editor of San Diego Magazine, and the editorial director for KFMB-TV. Keen received numerous prestigious awards for his investigative reporting and was referred to by his colleagues as "The Dean of San Diego Journalists."
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
Accruals:
1982
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Acquisition Source:
Ruth G. Keen
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Harold Keen Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
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- Folder 1: Jury Duty - Fact Sheets and Handbook

- Folder 2: Jury Duty - Newspaper Articles

- Folder 3: Jury Duty - Miscellaneous Notes

- Folder 4: Larry Kapiloff - Ross Tharp Debate - Clippings, articles, releases, moderator's commentary, correspondence

- Folder 5: Keen's People - "Two Career Couples." Newspaper articles and fact sheets

- Folder 6: Keen's People - Miscellaneous subjects, miscellaneous notes

- Folder 7: Keen's People - "Frugality." Interviewing notes andcommentaries

- Folder 8: Keen's People - "Frugality." Newsletters and news releases

- Folder 9: Keen's People - "Frugality." Newspaper and magazine articles

- Folder 10: Research materials - Ray Kroc

- Folder 11: Research materials - Herbert Marcuse

- Folder 12: Research materials - Media

- Folder 13: Tom Metzger - Handwritten and typed notes

- Folder 14: Tom Metzger - Newspaper articles, May 5, 1980 - June 12, 1980

- Folder 15: Research materials - James Mills

- Folder 16: Research materials - James Mills

- Folder 17: "New Ideas" program - miscellaneous notes

- Folder 18: "New Ideas" program - correspondence

- Folder 19: "New Ideas" program - Newspaper articles and photos

- Folder 20: Interview notes on Douglas Reid

- Folder 21: Lynn Schenk - Newspaper articles, February 28, 1978 - April 16, 1981

- Folder 22: Lynn Schenk - Notes and rough draft for article in San Diego Magazine

- Folder 23: C. Arnholt Smith - Correspondence

- Folder 24: Notes and interviewing material with C. Arnholt Smith

- Folder 25: C. Arnholt Smith - Newspaper articles

- Folder 26: C. Arnholt Smith - Commentaries

- Folder 27: Dr. Leonell Strong - Newspaper articles

- Folder 28: Dr. Leonell Strong - Fact Sheets

- Folder 29: David Stutz - Interview script

- Folder 30: Gertrude Weiss Szilard - Interviewing draft, photocopied articles, pamphlet

- Folder 31: UCSD Extension Class - San Diego News Media

- Folder 32: UCSD Extension Class - San Diego News Media

- Folder 33: Judge Welsh - Interviewing notes

- Folder 34: Judge Welsh - Newspaper articles

- Folder 35: Mayor Pete Wilson - Interview draft, notes, clippings, correspondence

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