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Crime and the press -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Gibson and Kathy Riggins collection on the O. J. Simpson trial

 Collection
Identifier: 6217
Abstract A collection of files documenting the O. J. Simpson murder trial (The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) as compiled by two journalists covering the trial at NBC News in Burbank: reporter John Gibson and producer Kathy Riggins. Gibson and Riggins were part of the NBC team in charge of producing hourly reports on the original O. J. Simpson trial for NBC affiliate stations around the country. The team was tasked with producing news...
Dates: 1992 - 1996; Majority of material found in 1995

Edward S. Sullivan papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7111
Abstract A photographic and manuscript archive created and compiled by Edward S. Sullivan, a Los Angeles-based correspondent for the seminal crime publication True Detective, whose ground-level journalistic techniques often blurred the line between reportage and private investigation. The photo portion of the archive contains "evidence" of hundreds of murders, assaults, stick-ups, forgeries, and other criminal acts spanning from the 1930s through the...
Dates: 1930 - 1970