DeWitt C. Reddick (1904–1980) earned his bachelors in 1925 and master’s in 1928 from
the University of Texas. He began his reporting career with the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram and the Austin American-Statesman in 1924. He became an instructor in
UT’s Department of Journalism in 1927 and served as director of the School of
Journalism from 1959 to 1964. Reddick wrote or co-authored many books, including
Journalism and the School Paper (1938), Modern Feature Writing (1949), and
Industrial Editing (1962).
Collection consists of research materials, classified files, literary manuscripts,
speeches, publications, photographs, and notes of journalist and UT journalism
professor Dewitt C. Reddick.
Unrestricted access.
Unrestricted use.
DeWitt C. Reddick Papers, 1927-1980, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Revised by Laurel Rozema, May 2010.
Collection contains unprocessed materials.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Inventory |
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Fiction written by Reddick when he was an undergraduate |
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Feature stories, ideas for |
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Speeches: |
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Religion |
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Public relations |
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Texas Independence |
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Journalism: |
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before 1961-1963 |
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and after 1964 |
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Collection of humor (to be used in speeches) |
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Communications |
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Aging |
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Education |
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"The Communication Crisis and the Journalism Teacher" |
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Mass media |
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Major addresses |
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State historic journalism sites, Committee of Texas Association of Sigma Delta Chi Chapter: |
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Gareta de Texas,
1954 |
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Telegraph and Texas Register,
1955 |
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Galveston Daily News,
1957 |
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| 3G452 |
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Texas student publication |
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Article about Texas in the 15th edition of the Encyclopoedia Britannica |
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As Dean, College of Communications, University of Tennessee |
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Austin College |
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| 3G454 |
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The Floating University (The Ryndam) |
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Reddick's Journal |
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Also part of the journal adapted as newstories |
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Dedication of new Journalism Building, (material from scrapbook) 1952 |
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Students: |
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Individual files, alphabetical by last name, A-P |
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| 3G456 |
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Individual files, alphabetical by last name, S-Z |
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All Faith Chapel: |
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Foundation and larger gifts committee (Reddick, chairman), all correspondence |
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Printed materials |
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Plans and development |
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Presbyterian Church: |
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Synod of Red River |
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The Presbyterian |
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| 3G457 |
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United Presbyterian Church |
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| 3G458 |
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"Mass Media and the School Newspaper," 2nd edition, pp. 1-684 |
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Letter to Marjorie Reddick from Wadsworth Publishing |
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Art inventory for the book |
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"Mass Media and the School Newspaper," 2nd edition, pp. 685-930 |
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John Peter Zenger |
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Letter to ex-students, 1938-1944 |
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United Way Nueces Activity Center |
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Miscellaneous |
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Photographs: |
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India, Agra |
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India, Ceylon |
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On ship |
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Miscellaneous |
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Cross country trip |
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"Mass Media and the School Newspaper" |
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General |
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Negatives |
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| 3S133 |
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Oversize photographs |
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Oversize papers |
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Unprocessed materials: |
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Posters |
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Western Chronicle, vol. 1, no. 1,
January 26, 1877 |
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La Presna |
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The Texas Presbyterian, 1956-1959 |
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Newspapers and magazines |
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| 2.325/L49b-c |
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Files |
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| 2.325/L50 |
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Articles |
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| 2.325/L51 |
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Subject titled files |
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| 2.325/L52 |
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Notes on U.S. history |
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Wadsworth publishing files |
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Miscellaneous files on journalism with photos and graphs (T.S.P.) |
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| 2.325/L53 |
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Materials on company publications files on speeches, articles, and books (annotated) |
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Miscellaneous |
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| 2.325/L54 |
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Subject titled files, ca. 1973-1979 |
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| 2.325/L55 |
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Files |
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Newspapers |
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Miscellaneous Journalism Department material |
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Books |
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| 2.325/L56 |
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Photographs and negatives (U.T.) |
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Journalism files |
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Alcalde copies,
1973-1974 |
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| 2.325/L57 |
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Letter files and speeches |
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Clippings |
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Presbyterian Church material |
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Subject titled files, A-B |
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| 2.325/L58 |
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Subject titled files, C-H |
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Other files regarding high school textbook on journalism |
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Files for high school textbook on journalism |
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| 2.325/L60 |
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School of Communications files,
1971-1976 |
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Reddick biographical information |
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| 2.325/L61 |
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Reddick biographical information |
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| 2.325/L62 |
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Newspaper fund seminars material |
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Accreditation reports |
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Junior college files |
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| 2.325/L63 |
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Junior college files |
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Presbyterian Church material |
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Personnel files, "H" |
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| 2.325/L64 |
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Files: H, I, J |
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Files: K, L |
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Talks |
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Note cards |
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Unprocessed |
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| 2.325/L67 |
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Talks |
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Student files |
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Photo files with negatives and glass negatives |
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Unprocessed |
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| 2.325/L71 |
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LBJ material |
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Les and Liz Carpenter material |
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| 2.325/L72 |
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Promotions of School of Communications files |
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| 2.325/L73 |
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Promotions of School of Communications files |
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| 2.325/L74 |
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Files on Journalism courses |
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Grade books |
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| 2.325/L75 |
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Files on Journalism courses |
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Grade books |
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| 2.325/L76 |
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Files on Interscholastic League |
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| 2.325/L77 |
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Journalism Abstracts, 1963-1965 |
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Other bound books, pamphlets, and reports |
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Files on world press (J383) |
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Old newspapers and foreign newspapers,
ca. 1936-1970 |
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| 2.325/L79 |
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Periodicals (Reader’s Digest in foreign printings) |
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Files: Journalism subjects |
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| 2.325/L80 |
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Files: Journalism Department,
ca. 1960s |
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| 2.325/L81 |
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Files: Journalism Department |
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Texas Ranger,
1924-1926 |
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| 2.325/L82 |
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Files: Journalism Department,
ca. 1960s-1970s |
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| 2.325/L83 |
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Files: Interscholastic League materials,
1941-1945 |
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| 2.325/L84 |
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Files: Journalism Department, U-Z, and miscellaneous |
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| 2.325/M10 |
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Books |
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| 2.325/M11 |
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Reports, 1950s-1970s |
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| 2.325/M12 |
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Files: Journalism Department, S-T |
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| 2.325/M13 |
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Files: Journalism Department, R |
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Department chronological files,
1974-1975 |
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| 2.325/M14 |
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Department chronological files,
1974-1975 cont., 1975-1976 |
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File box "NIMH" |
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| 2.325/M15 |
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Department chronological files,
1971-1972 |
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| 2.325/M16 |
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Department chronological files,
1970-1971, 1973 |
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| 2.325/M17 |
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Department chronological files,
1972, 1973-1974 |
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| 2.325/M18a |
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Department chronological files,
1973-1974, 1976 |
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| 2.325/K72b |
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Oversize materials |
