ORU_Coll224.xml Guide to the Robert W. Ruhl Papers Ruhl (Robert W.) papers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet. Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2012
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 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-14. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Robert W. Ruhl papers Coll 224 2.5 linear feet 5 boxes 5 Manuscript boxes (legal size) 1913-1958 5 legal size manuscript boxes Robert W. Ruhl (1880-1967) was the publisher and editor of the Medford Mail Tribune. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence and source material on the Oregon system of higher education. English . 1 2 3 4 5

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 Journalism--Oregon--Medford Newspaper editors--Oregon--Medford Universities and colleges Publishers and publishing--Oregon Education, Higher--Oregon Education, Higher--Research--Oregon Correspondence

Robert W. Ruhl (1880-1967) was the publisher and editor of the Medford Mail Tribune. "His editorial battle against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s earned him the respect of other Oregon journalists, and his paper's fight against a radical local "populist" movement brought him the Pulitzer Prize in 1934."

Ruhl retired in the 1950s and sold the Mail Tribune to Eric Allen, Jr., who continued the paper's progressive tradition. Ruhl and his wife, Mabel, lived in San Francisco until his death in 1967. The annual Robert W. Ruhl Lecture Series at the University of Oregon's honors Ruhl's contribution to Oregon journalism.

Source: Oregon Encyclopedia online: http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/ruhl_robert_1880_1967_/

The collection contains personal and professional correspondence and source material on the Oregon system of higher education.

Personal correspondence is filed by date, 1919-1958.

Business and general correspondence is also filed by date, 1913-1958.

 Ruhl (Robert W.) papers

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