Charles L. Klotzer collection of Freedom of the Press and Alternative Publications, 1946-2013 | Southern Illinois University Special Collections Research Center

By David Bond

Collection Overview

Title: Charles L. Klotzer collection of Freedom of the Press and Alternative Publications, 1946-2013

ID: 4/3/PP55

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

American Newspapers - History
Government and the press.
Press and politics.
Underground periodicals.

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-3^rd 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-3^rd 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-3^rd 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 3^rd floor

New Media and the Law-basement, 3^rd floor, online

New Crisis-online

New Leader-basement

Off Our Backs-3^rd floor

PA (Political Affairs)-3^rd 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 30^th 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