John V. Shinn photographs
Scope and Content
The collection primarily consists of photographs of John V. Shinn and Martin Bloch's travels in California during June 1950. Shinn and Bloch visited an unidentified beach, the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Muir Woods, Sausalito, Joel Disher in San Jose, Sequoia National Park, and Gilroy, California. The collection also includes four other photographs, one at a beach house, one interior with Shinn, and two of Shinn at a desk. One of the images of Shinn at a desk is of Shinn shaking hands with an unknown person at the Lincoln Mercury Corporate office.
Dates
- Creation: 1950
Creator
- Shinn, John V. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical Note
John V. Shinn received his bachelor of arts from Harvard University and his masters of science from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. While living on the East coast he worked for newspapers, a national press service, and two major broadcasters before relocating to California. In California he worked for Aerojet Engineering Corporation in Azusa and from May 1949 the Lincoln-Mercury Corporation in Los Angles. He served as the editor of the employee newspaper, the Lincoln-Mercury NEWS, through December 1950. He was admitted to the University of Paris as a doctoral candidate in European history and government.
"Editor of NEWS Leaves for Study, Travel in Europe." Lincoln-Mercury NEWS, Decemeber 1950.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs and two issues of Lincoln-Mercury News. John V. Shinn and Martin Block photographed their travels in California during June 1950. The collection also contains four other photographs of Shinn. Shinn served as editor of the Lincoln-Mercury News, 1949-1950.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Processing information
The photographs were formerly housed in co-mingled box 103-293. Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, November 2014.
Subject
- Block, Martin F. (Person)
- Disher, Joel (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John V. Shinn Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael C. Oliveira
- Date
- (c) 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
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