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By David Bond
Collection Overview
Title: Charles L. Klotzer collection of Freedom of the Press and Alternative Publications, 1946-2013
ID: 4/3/PP55
Primary Creator: Klotzer, Charles L.
Extent: 35.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in seven series: 1) Journals of freedom of press and alternative publications, 2) Review publications, 3) German Democratic Republic serials and monographs, 4) Democratic People's Republic of Korea serialsand monographs, 5) Cuba serials, 6) Oversized publications, and 7) Supplements.
Date Acquired: 08/09/2013. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: American Newspapers - History, Government and the press., Press and politics., Underground periodicals.
Languages: English, German
Abstract
Journals pertaining to freedom of the press and alternative publications collected by Charles L. Klotzer.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Charles L. Klotzer Collection consists of the many journals pertaining to freedom of the press, journalism in general, as well as reviews and alternative press publications, including those from foreign presses. Of particular interest to local investigators are the 18 alternative newspapers from the 1960's and 70's, such as Big Muddy Gazette, Little Rebel, and Southern Free Press, all printed in the Carbondale region. Foreign presses of note are those from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and Cuba.
Klotzer's alternative press collection is combined with a small collection of similar "underground" publications held by Southern Illinois University's Morris Library to assist the researcher. These include well-known newspapers and magazines like the Ann Arbor Argus, Berkeley Barb, and the Village Voice. Some issues of the Big Muddy Gazette and the Chicago Seed were donated by Michael Chusid in 2016, filling in some gaps in our holdings of these periodicals.
A "Supplements" series will include additional, similar periodicals as they are donated .
Biographical Note
Charles L. Klotzer escaped with his family from Germany in 1939 as a 13-year old German-Jewish boy. This incident surely played a role in his life-long vocation as a journalist and freedom of speech advocate. His career in journalism began in 1948 as assistant editor of the Troy, Illinois Tribune, working for the 19 year-old future Illinois senator Paul Simon, then the editor and publisher. He was founder of the Greater St. Louis Jewish Star and later, editor of the St. Louis Jewish Light.
Klotzer and his wife Rose began the monthly FOCUS/Midwest in 1962, dealing with the social, political, and racial issues of the 1960’s. In 1970, they founded, with the help of area journalists, academicians and social activists the St. Louis Journalism Review. In 1983, the two publications merged. The St. Louis Journalism Review (SJR), renamed the Gateway Journalism Review, moved to the journalism department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, as of July 1, 2010. SJR was the recipient of many local and national awards and is the only local journalism review in the United States.
During the course of his journalistic career Klotzer collected alternative publications from across the political spectrum, other journalism reviews, and East German and North Korean propaganda.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center
Accruals:
Some issues of the the Big Muddy Gazette and the Chicago Seed were donated by Michael Chusid in June 2016, acc. #2488.
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions:
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult Special Collections Research Center to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Acquisition Source:
Charles L. Klotzer
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Separated Materials:
The following publications duplicated materials in the general and/or special collections of Morris Library and can be found there through the catalog:
AIM Report-basement
Alumnus-basement
American Dialog-storage
Amicus Journal-basement
Brill’s Content-3rd floor
British Record-storage
Center Diary-basement
Chicago Journalism Review-storage
Church & State-basement
Coda-basement
College and Research Libraries-basement
Communitas-basement
Counterpoise-SC
Crisis-basement
Cultural Affairs-storage
Dissent-basement
DoubleTake-3rd floor
Education Today-basement
Encore-storage
Extra!-SC
Fields Within Fields-storage
Freedomways-storage
Grassroots Editor-basement
Hanging Loose-basement
Heterodoxy-SC
Illinois Democratic Forum-storage
In These Times-3rd floor
Integrated Education-basement
Intercom-storage
Journalism Studies Review-basement
Journal of the American Forensic Association-basement
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society-basement
Media & Consumer-storage
Mediainfo.com-basement
Media Report To Women-basement and 3rd floor
New Media and the Law-basement, 3rd floor, online
New Crisis-online
New Leader-basement
Off Our Backs-3rd floor
PA (Political Affairs)-3rd floor
Pacific Research & World Empire Telegram-storage
Parallax-storage
Press Censorship Newsletter-storage
Radical America-basement
Ramparts-storage
Reporter-storage
Rights-basement
Schism-storage
Smith-storage
Southern Patriot-storage
Southern Struggle-storage
Tempo-storage
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs-online
Working Papers Magazine-storage
WIN (Workshop in Non-violence)-storage
World Marxist Review-basement
World Order-storage
Worldview-storage
Montana Journalism Review-basement (under call number)
MORE, A Journalism Review-basement
New World Review-basement
Review of the News-storage
Serials Review-basement
Small Press Review-basement
World Press Review-basement
Related Materials:
Similar publications can be found in the following collections in SCRC, Morris Library:
Carbondale Peace Center records/PP02
Underground Newspaper collection/PP72
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Charles L. Klotzer collection of alternative newspapers, Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Freedom of the press and alternative publications, 1960-2008],
[
Series 2: Journalism Reviews, 1963-2004],
[Series 3: German Democratic Republic (East Germany) serials and monographs, 1954-1989],
[
Series 4: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) serials and monographs, 1974-1982],
[
Series 5: Cuba serials],
[
Series 6: Oversized publications],
[
Series 7: Supplements to Klotzer collection, 2005-2013],
[
All]
- Series 3: German Democratic Republic (East Germany) serials and monographs, 1954-1989

- This series contains East German English language propaganda collected by Klotzer.
- Box 25

- Folder 10: Aktuell, October 1985

- Folder 11: Amerika Woche, May 21, 1994, No. 20

- Folder 12: Arbeitskreis, 1964, No. 6

- Folder 13: Beitrage zum Thema Widerstand, 1970, 1975, 1980, Nos. 1, 6, 19

- Folder 14: Berlin and the Problem of German Reunification, 1961, 1964

- Folder 15: Fakten und Meinungen, 1966-67, 1969-70

- Folder 16: Friedensrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1964-66, 1972-73, 1978

- Folder 17: Information (from the Peace Movement of the German Democratic Republic), 1964-1966

- Folder 18: Information, 1967-1968

- Folder 19: Information, 1969-1970

- Folder 20: Information, 1971-1973

- Folder 21: Information, 1974-1976

- Folder 22: Information, 1977-1979

- Folder 23: Information, 1982-1983

- Folder 24: Information, 1984-1985

- Folder 25: Information, 1986-1987

- Folder 26: Information, 1988-1989

- Folder 27: Information, 1990, Special Edition

- Folder 28: Documents on the policy of the GDR, 1967, 1969

- Folder 29: Documents on the policy of the GDR, 1973-1974, various titles

- Folder 30: Documents on the policy of the GDR, 1975-1976, various titles

- Folder 31: Documents on the policy of the GDR, 1977-1979, various titles

- Folder 32: Documents on the policy of the GDR, 1980-1989, various titles

- Folder 33: Dresden: A Commitment to Peace, 1985

- Folder 34: Entering the Third Millennium Without Nuclear Weapons, 1986

- Folder 35: Great Decisions 1961, “Deadlock Over Germany”

- Folder 36: Millions Demand: Down With the NATO Missiles Decision, 1983

- Folder 37: Poisoned Weapon Against Peace and Socialism, 1978

- Folder 38: Solidarity With Vietnam, 972, Nos. 38, 39, 42, 49; June 1974, No. 10

- Folder 39: Speak German-Sprich deutsch! 1962, No. 9

- Folder 40: Tensions Within the Soviet Captive Countries, Document 70, Part 3,1954

- Folder 41: The United States and Germany, 1945-1955, 1955

- Folder 42: World Peace Day in the GDR, 1983-1985

- Box 26

- Folder 1: Assorted publications of the GDR, undated

- Folder 2: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1963-1964

- Folder 3: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1965-1970

- Folder 4: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1971-1972

- Folder 5: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1973-1974

- Folder 6: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1975-1977

- Folder 7: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1978-1980

- Folder 8: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1982-1983

- Folder 9: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1984-1986

- Folder 10: Assorted publications of the GDR, 1987-1989

- Folder 11: Assorted publications of the GDR, larger size

- Folder 12: Panorama DDR: Our Point of View, various titles

- Folder 13: Panorama DDR: Dokumentation (Documentation), various dates

- Folder 14: Panorama DDR: First Hand Information, 1975-1976

- Folder 15: Panorama DDR: First Hand Information, 1977

- Folder 16: Panorama DDR: First Hand Information, 1978

- Folder 17: Panorama DDR: First Hand Information, 1980, 83, 85

- Folder 18: 25 Years After, 1980

- Folder 19: 30 Years: A Soviet publicist’s reflections on the 30th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic, 1979

- Folder 20: Alternative U.S. Policy Toward Cuba, 1988?

- Folder 21: Anti-Semitism in West Germany, 1967

- Box 27

- Folder 1: The Arms Race-An Anachronism of our Time, 1976

- Folder 2: Berlin, 1979

- Folder 3: Bonn Sanktioniert Kriegsverbrechen, 1964

- Folder 4: Der Fall Lubke-Legende und Wahrheit (The Case of Lubke-Legend and Truth) 1966?

- Folder 5: Centres of Conflict, 1969

- Folder 6: Children in the GDR, 1979

- Folder 7: Committed to the Cause of Peace, 1979

- Folder 8: Do You Know About the GDR? 1983

- Folder 9: For the Sake of Life: Away with the Weapons of Mass Destruction! Stop the Arms Race! 1979

- Folder 10: Free German Youth, 1975?

- Folder 11: German Problem: Roadblock to Disarmament, 1964

- Folder 12: German Reality: Documentation on the Division of Germany and the Relations between the Two German States, 1968

- Folder 13: German Democratic Republic and the United Nations, Nos. 3, 9, 1966,1972

- Folder 14: GDR Answer to UN Secretary-General, 1988

- Folder 15: GDR Supports Stockholm Appeal for an End to the Arms Race and for Disarmament, 1976

- Folder 16: How Germany Was Divided, 1966

- Folder 17: Helsinki, What Next? 1977

- Folder 18: Imminent Danger to World Peace (The Atomic Arming of the West German Federal Republic) 1964

- Folder 19: Impressions of a World Forum of Peace, 1988

- Folder 20: International Forum: The Amsterdam Appeal, 1978

- Folder 21: Information Commons, 2004

- Folder 22: Instigator, Falsifier, Opinion Maker, 1963

- Folder 23: Keep Weapons Out of Space! 1985

- Folder 24: Meeting of the Juridical Sub-Commission of the International Commission of Enquiry into the Crimes of the Military Junta in Chile, 1977

- Folder 25: National Youth Festival of the GDR, Berlin 84, 1984

- Folder 26: Peace Chronicle: The GDR in the International Year of Peace, 1986

- Folder 27: Peace Information Bulletin, July 1964, Vol 2:2

- Folder 28: Peace Movement in the GDR, 1986

- Folder 29: Potsdam Agreement and 20 Years Later, 1964?

- Folder 30: Safeguard, Defend, Build Peace, 1974

- Folder 31: Struggle Against Fascism and War-Past and Present, 1975

- Folder 32: Universality As Condition and Aim of the United Nations Organisation, 1964

- Folder 33: West German Federal Republic: A Free Germany Speaks to America (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, December 26, 1954)

- Folder 34: What’s the GDR All About? 1989

- Folder 35: Where is the Federal Republic Heading? 1966

- Folder 36: Women in the GDR: Facts and Figures, 1975

- Folder 37: World Assembly of Builders of Peace, Warsaw 1977

- Folder 38: News Clippings, Correspondences, Press Releases about GDR, various dates

Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Freedom of the press and alternative publications, 1960-2008],
[
Series 2: Journalism Reviews, 1963-2004],
[Series 3: German Democratic Republic (East Germany) serials and monographs, 1954-1989],
[
Series 4: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) serials and monographs, 1974-1982],
[
Series 5: Cuba serials],
[
Series 6: Oversized publications],
[
Series 7: Supplements to Klotzer collection, 2005-2013],
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All]