Finding Aids

Guide to the

Fort Worth News-Tribune Collection
1970-1989

69 linear ft.

Accession Number: 89-48, 90-7
Collection Number: AR368

Prepared by Shirley R. Rodnitzky
July 1996

 CITATION: Fort Worth News-Tribune Collection, AR368, Box number, Folder number, Special Collections Division, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Table of Contents

Historical Sketch
Series Description
Scope and Content Note
Provenance
Literary Rights
Note to the Researcher
Container List
Series I. Clippings, People and Subject, Box Summary
Series II. Photographs, People, Box Summary
Series III. Photographs, Subjects, Box Summary
Series IV. Correspondence Files
Series V. Newspapers, Individual Issues
Series V. Newspapers, Bound Issues
Series VI. Artifacts
Appendices [Index]    
Series I. Clippings, People and Subject Index
Series II. Photographs, People Index 
Series III. Photographs, Subjects Index 

Historical Sketch

The newspaper was founded as the News-Tribune in Haltom City in 1969, as a neighborhood weekly newspaper. It was purchased from owners Mrs. Ione Whiteman and Wallace Sheppard in August 1970, by veteran journalists, Mack H. and Madeline C. Williams. The new editor was Walter H. Gray. All were well-known in the newspaper business. They converted it into a county-wide paper specializing in news that did not appear elsewhere. The Fort Worth News-Tribune became a conservative, staff-owned newspaper that reported the local news of Fort Worth and Tarrant County with special emphasis on politics, legal matters, social functions, and historical articles. It was the first weekly newspaper in the United States to become a member of the Associated Press.

Mack Williams was a reporter and editor for many years with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Fort Worth Press, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Denton Record-Chronicle. He covered the White House during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and was a member of the White House Correspondents Association. Mack Williams served as editor of the News-Tribune and author of the popular column, "In Old Fort Worth."

Madeline Williams was City Hall reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and was on the editorial staff of the Dallas Times-Herald. Gray was also a former Star-Telegram City Hall reporter, a reporter for the Associated Press, the Houston Chronicle, and managing editor of the Laredo Times.

The Williams' owned and published the newspaper until February 1986, when it was sold to Fort Worth Publishing, Inc., owned by veteran newswoman Linda Pavlik and businessman James Lattimore, Jr. A third investor, Kenneth Garrett, Jr., was not involved with the news operation. Pavlik and Lattimore served as publishers until March 1989, when the newspaper ceased publication.

The newspaper's name varied through the years between 1970 and 1989. In August 1970, the masthead read News-Tribune; with the subtitle "The Newspaper of Government, Business, Community Progress." In 1980 the subtitle changed to "Home-Owned Newspaper of Fort Worth and Tarrant County." In 1982 the subtitle was shortened to "The Home-Owned Newspaper," and on June 25, 1982, the name was changed to Fort Worth News-Tribune with subtitle, "The Home-Owned Newspaper." The company published other weeklies during its last decade. In 1980 it began with the Downtown Trib: Your Guide to What's Happening. The name was changed in 1982 to Downtown News-Tribune and used the same subtitle. In 1984 it became the Monday News-Tribune: Downtown's Own Newspaper and finally in 1986, Fort Worth Today. In addition Fort Worth Shoppers' News was published from 1987-1989.

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Series Description

The Fort Worth News-Tribune Collection is arranged in six series:

Series I. Clippings, 1970-1989. 34.2 linear ft. (82 letter size document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically by name or subject. Contains clippings primarily about Fort Worth and Tarrant County residents, businesses, and city, county, and state government bodies. Also contains some clippings about nationally prominent figures in the entertainment business and politics.
Series II. Photographs, People, 1970-1989. 15.4 linear ft. (37 letter size document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically by name. Black and white prints, 8" x 10" or less, some color and Polaroid snapshots, and negatives are included. These are photographs that appeared in the newspaper, primarily local individuals, but includes some corporate groups and nationally prominent figures in the entertainment business and politics.
Series III. Photographs, Subjects, 1970-1989. 2.9 linear ft. (7 letter size document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Black and white prints, 8" x 10" or less, some color and Polaroid snapshots, and negatives are included. These photographs depict events, buildings, street scenes, and groups in and around Fort Worth and Tarrant County.
Series IV. Correspondence Files, 1981-1989. 1.7 linear ft. (4 letter size document boxes).
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Selected correspondence and business files used by the staff. Includes reports, notes, news releases, photographs, and printed materials.
Series V. Newspapers, 1970-1989. 14.5 linear ft. (11 bound volumes, 10 record center boxes, 6 oversize boxes).
Arranged chronologically. Two subseries, individual issues and bound volumes of the newspaper under its various names.
Series VI. Artifacts. 2 items.
Newspaper street rack and News-Tribune sign.
 
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Scope and Content Note

The collection is composed of the clippings files, photographs, correspondence files, artifacts, and newspapers produced and used by the business office and reporters of the Fort Worth News-Tribune. It is housed in 146 boxes totaling 69 linear ft.; in addition there are eleven bound volumes, and two artifacts. The materials are organized in the same series in which they were received. Materials are in alphabetical order by name of person or subject within each series. The newspapers consist of bound and unbound issues housed in chronological order.

There are five series in the collection. Series I is the clippings files, 1970-1989. The clippings were removed from labeled legal-sized envelopes to acid-free folders. There is a box by box summary and an alphabetical index to the clippings in the container list. The clippings contain stories about Fort Worth and Tarrant County residents, businesses, government bodies, and subjects as retained by the newspaper.

Series II are photographs of people and Series III are photographs of subjects, 1970-1989. The photographs were in a file cabinet that was transferred to Special Collections. All photographs and negatives were placed into acid-free folders. The photographs are primarily black and white, 8" x 10", glossy prints, but include some color prints, prints 5" x 7" and smaller, snapshots, and Polaroid prints. There are a smaller number of negatives that are or had been attached to the verso of the prints, but many have separated from their original prints and have been sleeved for protection. These negatives remain with the prints as they were received. There is a box by box summary and an alphabetical index to all persons, groups, and subjects in the photograph series in the container list.

The photographs appeared in the News-Tribune or were taken or collected by the newspaper staff. The people series are photographs primarily of local individuals, but they include some corporate groups, nationally prominent figures in the entertainment business and politics. The subject prints depict buildings, events, fashion, theatre and musical groups, street scenes, and other scenes and happenings in and around Fort Worth and Tarrant County. There is an occasional odd photo of an event in another city, state, or country.

Series IV are selected correspondence files used by the staff, 1981-1989. The files consist of correspondence, reports, notes, news releases, photographs, and printed materials. They are arranged alphabetically by the original titles. See the container list for the titles.

Series V are newspapers both bound and individual issues. The bound issues date from August 27, 1970, to May 25, 1973, then there is a gap until January 1980. The remaining bound issues date to December 1984. The unbound issues fill in many of the gaps and range from August 27, 1970 to March 17, 1989. It is nearly a complete set; however, the researcher should be aware that there are several gaps and some missing issues. Consult the container list for a box by box list detailing the titles and range of dates for the newspapers in the collection.

Series VI consists of two artifacts; a yellow News-Tribune newspaper street rack and a News-Tribune sign insert.

Business directories and guides, reports from the Fort Worth Independent School District, Dallas and Fort Worth periodicals, and a bound copy of In Old Fort Worth by Mack Williams were placed in the Special Collections Division cataloged holdings. A color map of proposed Forest Park improvements was cataloged and placed in the Cartographic History Library. Duplicate issues of the unbound newspapers were deaccessioned.

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Provenance Statement

Materials in the Fort Worth News-Tribune Collection were placed on permanent loan to the UTA Libraries, Special Collections Division, by Kenneth Garrett of Fort Worth on October 30, 1989, and February 13, 1990. Gerald Saxon and Marcelle Hull received the collection. It was accessioned by Marcelle Hull.

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Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from the Fort Worth News-Tribune Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Division.

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Note to the Researcher

Please wear white cotton gloves provided by Special Collections Division to handle all photographs and negatives. Some of the negatives were taped to the prints. Please notify a staff member if you find any loose, sticky negatives that need to be sleeved.

There are many pages of names in the clippings and photograph series. If you note any misspellings or corrections that should be made to the name indexes, please notify a staff member.

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Series I: Clippings, People and Subjects--Box Summary
Box Description
  1. Aab - Alexander
  2. Alexis - Anti-Abortion Bill
  3. Anti-Pornography Ordinance - Ayres, C.
  4. Ayres, L. - Barnhart
  5. Barnes - Beckerman
  6. Beckham - Billboard Control
  7. Billboard Zoning - Bond Issue
  8. Bond, Lewis - Bravo Petroleum Corp.
  9. Bray - Brumbaugh
  10. Brumley - Busing
  11. Butcher - Carlton, D.
  12. Carlton, R. - Chambers, F.
  13. Chambers, H. - City Zoning Commission
  14. Civil Courts Basement - Community Development
  15. Community Psychiatric Center - County Jail
  16. County Purchasing Agent - Crosby
  17. Cross - Daniels, W. C.
  18. Daniels, W. J. - Delao
  19. DeLargy - Dolan, G.
  20. Dolan, J. - DuPont, Pierre
  21. Dunsworth - Entech, Inc.
  22. Entress - Fenter
  23. Fentress - Ford, D.
  24. Ford, G. - FWISD (1983-1986)
  25. FWISD (1987) - Fort Worth Teachers
  26. Fort Worth Teen Court - Fuller
  27. Fullerton - George, K.
  28. George, L. B. - Goldman, M.
  29. Goldman, R. - Greater Fort Worth Hotel-Motel Association
  30. Greater Southwest International Airport - Gunn, R.
  31. Gunn, S. - Hampton
  32. Hamrick - Hart, L.
  33. Hart, M. - Hensley, H.
  34. Hensley, R. - Himark Printing Service, Inc.
  35. Himes - Horak
  36. Horan - Hulen
  37.   Hulen Mall - Israel
  38. Ivory - Johnson, I.
  39. Johnson, J. - Kamp
  40. Kantor - King, Thomas
  41. King, W. A. - KXOL
  42. Kyger - Lawhon
  43. Lawless - Lewis
  44. Lewis, L. D. - Lowrance
  45. Lowrey - Marcrum
  46. Marcus - Mayfield
  47. Mayo Clinic - McEuen
  48. McFadden Cheritable Trust - Meisch
  49. Meissner Brown Ambulance - Mischief
  50. Misfelot - Morgan, A.
  51. Morgan, J. - Myrick
  52. 911 Emergency - Nichols, Jim
  53. Nichols, Mark - Oktoberfest
  54. Olcott - Page, Melinda
  55. Page, Mike - Pate, B.
  56. Pete, C. - Perryman
  57. Peschel - Poole, John M.
  58. Poole, Joy - Public Defender, Tarrant County
  59. Public Housing Authority - Reagan
  60. Real Estate Developers - Richhert
  61. Richie - Rodzinski
  62. Roe - Ryskamp
  63. Saccu - Schlephorst
  64. Schluter - Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff, and Miller
  65. Shannon, J. - Simmons
  66. Simon - Smith, Liz
  67. Smith, Lucile - Spieckman
  68. Spierer - Stevens
  69. Steward - Sullivan
  70. Sumlin - Tarpley, B.
  71. Tarpley, G. - Tavender, E.
  72. Tavender, R. - Texas Municipal League
  73. Texas Municipal League Conference - Tidwell, D.
  74. Tidwell, K. - Tucker, J. D.
  75. Tucker, J. T. - Vandergriff
  76. Vandersand - Walls, T. S.
  77. Walsh, F. Howard - Weddell
  78. Weddington - Whittenburg
  79. Whittington - Williams, T.
  80. Williams, V. - Womack, C.
  81. Womack, D. - Wright, Jim, 1980-1984
  82. Wright, Jim, 1985-1986 - Zurovetz

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Series II: Photographs, People--Box Summary
Box Description
  1. Aab - Azevedo
  2. Babb - Beneke
  3. Benge - Boyles
  4. Boysen - Burpee
  5. Burr - Childress
  6. Chiles - Corley
  7. Corm - Davidovici, Bella
  8. Davidovici, Robert - Divins
  9. Dixon - Elkouri
  10. Ellegiers - Firestone
  11. Fisch - Futrell
  12. Gabbert - Glushak
  13. Goad - Gunther
  14. Gurley - Harwell
  15. Haskell - Hodfield
  16. Hodge - Ingram, R
  17. Ingram, S - Juno
  18. Jury - Kryaski
  19. Kubacak - Lewis, W
  20. Liberio - Martin, J.
  21. Martin, K. - McNutt
  22. McPeak - Mooney
  23. Moor - Neuschwander
  24. Nevitt - Palladino
  25. Palm - Phelps
  26. Phillips - Raso
  27. Ratliff - Roberts
  28. Roberts, T - Sanderson
  29. Sandifer - Shelley
  30. Shelton - Smith, N.
  31. Smith, P. - Stinson
  32. Stober - Thomas, C. A.
  33. Thomas, Carolyn - Unatin
  34. Underhill - Ware
  35. Wariner - Wilkerson
  36. Wilkes - Woolweaver
  37. Wooten - Zygadlo

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Series III. Photographs, Subjects--Box Summary
Box Description
  1.  Advanced Robotics Research Institute - Art (Amon Carter Museum)
  2.  Art (Fort Worth Art Museum) - Budweiser Clydesdales
  3.  Buildings - Circle Theatre
  4.  City Council - Fort Worth (Downtown)
  5.  Fort Worth Fire Dept. - Irish Cultural Association
  6.  Kite's Cleaners - Shakespeare in the Park
  7.  Ships - YWCA

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Series IV. Correspondence Files
Box 127
Folder Title and Dates
  1. Advertising, Business Sources, 1986
  2. Annual Report File, 1984-1987
  3. Austin Bureau, 1987
  4. Awards, 1986-1987
  5. Beverages, c.1986
  6. Board of Education, 1985-1986
  7. Bond Program, 1985-1986
  8. Bridal Section, 1986
  9. Cave, Tom, 1986
  10. Citizen Study Committee, 1985
  11. City Council (Fort Worth), 1984-1985
  12. City of Fort Worth, 1984-1986
  13. Communications, 1986
  14. Community Facilities, c.1980s.
  15. Contests, 1985-1987
Box 128
Folder Title and Dates
  1. Correspondence from Readers (Compliments - constructive), 1986-1987
  2. Correspondence from Readers (Complaints, etc.), 1986- 1987
  3. Culture (Fort Worth), 1984-1986
  4. Cutting Horses, 1986-1987
  5. Entrepreneurs, 198-?
  6. Financial Section File, 1986
  7. Fort Worth Bond Election, 1986
  8. Fort Worth Garden Club, 1986
  9. Fort Worth Today (Information), 1984-1986
  10. Fort Worth Transportation Authority, 1983-1985
  11. Free Lance - Ernest Jones, 1986
  12. General Correspondence, 1986-1987
  13. Health Care, 1986
  14. Historical Information, 1986
  15. Hospital Section, 1986
  16. Indoor Polo, 1986
  17. Investigative Reporting, 1986
  18. Invitations (Accepted/Declined), 1986-1987
  19. Jewel Charity Ball, 1985-1986
Box 129
Folder Title and Dates
  1. Law ("You and the Law"), 1986
  2. Lifestyle #1, 1986
  3. Lifestyle #2, 1986
  4. Market Research, 1983
  5. Market Study, Profile of News-Tribune Readers, 1981- 1984
  6. Mayfest, 1986
  7. Outdoors, 1986
  8. Pavlik, Linda (Resume), 1985
  9. Personnel - Irv Farman, 1986-1987
  10. Personnel - Terry Hiller, 1986-1987
  11. Personnel - H. Hamilton Howze, 1986-1987
  12. Personnel - Doug Jumper, 1987
  13. Personnel - Jim Moore, 1983-1987
  14. Personnel - Tom Mosley, 1986-1987
  15. Personnel - Erin O'Donnell, 1985-1987
  16. Personnel - Frank Perkins, 1986
  17. Personnel - Michael B. Rupe, 1986-1987
  18. Personnel - Cheryl Taylor, 1986
  19. Personnel - Mack Williams, 1986-1987
  20. Personnel - Ma'lisa Yost, 1985-1987
  21. Phone Record - Linda Pavlik, 1986
  22. Photography, 198-?
  23. Political, 1986
  24. Promotional, 1986-1987
  25. Real Estate, 1986
Box 130
Folder Title and Dates
  1. Senior Citizen Section, 1986
  2. Small Business Section, 1985-1986
  3. Southern Legislative Conference, 1986
  4. Southwest Freeway, 1986
  5. Speaker Engagements, Linda Pavlik, 1986
  6. Special Sports Section, 1985
  7. Summer Section, 1986
  8. Tarrant County Courthouse, 1983
  9. Tarrant County Local Emergency Planning Committee, 1987
  10. Taxes/Salaries, 1981-1982
  11. Travel, 1986
  12. University Recruitment, 1986
  13. Volunteer Connection, 1986
  14. Williams Lawsuit, 1988
  15. Zoning Ordinances, 1984

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Series V. Newspapers--Individual Issues
  1. Engineers, 1986
  2. Free Enterprise Section, 1984-1986
  3. Oktoberfest, 1985
  4. Special Sections (July 4th), 1985-1986
  5. Special Yellow Jaundice Edition, April 4, 1986
  6. Surveyors, 1986

Box Title and Dates

  1.     News-Tribune
    August 27, 1970-December 10, 1970; January 7, 1971-August 26, 1971; January 6, 1972-December 29, 1972; January 5, 1973-December 28,1973; January 4, 1974- December 23, 1974
  2.     News-Tribune
    January 3, 1975-December 26, 1975; January 2, 1976-December 31, 1976; January 2, 1977-August 26, 1977
  3.     News-Tribune
    January 6, 1978-December 29, 1978 (no issues, May-August); January 5, 1979-December 29, 1979
  4.     News-Tribune
    January 4, 1980-December 26, 1980; January 2, 1981-December 25, 1981
  5.     News-Tribune, Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 1, 1982-December 31, 1982; January 7, 1983-December 30, 1983
  6.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 6, 1984-December 28, 1984
  7.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 4, 1985-December 27, 1985
  8.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 10, 1986-December 26, 1986
  9.     Fort Worth News-Tribune, Fort Worth Shoppers' News
    January 2, 1987-December 25, 1987
  10.     Fort Worth News-Tribune, Fort Worth Shoppers' News
    January 1, 1988-December 30, 1989; January 6, 1989-March 17, 1989
  11.     The Downtown Trib, Downtown News-Tribune
    December 1, 1980-December 29, 1980; January 5, 1981-August 3, 1981; August 2, 1982-December 27, 1982; January 3, 1983-December 26, 1983
  12.     Downtown News-Tribune, Monday News-Tribune
    January 2, 1984-December 24, 1984
  13.     Monday News-Tribune
    January 7, 1985-December 30, 1985
  14.     Monday News-Tribune
    January 6, 1986-September 15, 1986
  15.     Fort Worth Today
    September 22-28, 1986--December 29, 1986-January 4, 1987
  16.     Fort Worth Today
    January 5-11, 1987--December 21-27, 1987; January 4, 1988-February 14, 1988
Series V. Newspapers--Bound
Vol. Title and Dates
  1.     News-Tribune
    August 27, 1970-May 25, 1973
  2.     News-Tribune
    January 4, 1980-June 27, 1980
  3.     News-Tribune
    July 4, 1980-December 26, 1980
  4.     News-Tribune
    January 2, 1981-June 19, 1981
  5.     News-Tribune
    July 3, 1981-December 25, 1981
  6.     News-Tribune
    January 1, 1982-June 25, 1982
  7.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    July 2, 1982-December 24, 1982
  8.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 7, 1983-June 24, 1983
  9.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    July 1, 1982-December 30, 1983
  10.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    January 6, 1984-June 29, 1984
  11.     Fort Worth News-Tribune
    July 6, 1984-December 28, 1984

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Series VI: Artifacts
Room B23

1. Yellow, metal News-Tribune street rack with cash box, approx. 40 inches tall.

Oversize Box 300

2. Black and yellow News-Tribune street rack signs, approx. 10" x 15."

Appendices

[Appendices contain a complete index of individual names of the clipping files and the photograph file].

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