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E.W. Scripps Letters to Annie Scripps

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Title	E.W. Scripps Letters to Annie Scripps
Subject	Business and Labor Newspaper publishing Climate and Weather Floods Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	E.W. Scripps (1854-1926) wrote these three letters to his sister Annie in 1879 and 1884. The first letter, from January 23, 1879, is on the letterhead of the Detroit Evening News. It measures 5 by 8.5 inches (12.70 by 21.59 cm) and is five pages in length. Scripps wrote in response to a "sisterly lecture" from Annie and discusses his work at the newspaper. A 12-page letter written on February 12, 1884 tells of the recent Ohio River flood, Scripps's financial situation, and details of running the Cincinnati Evening Post. The third letter, dated June 21, 1884, is 14 pages long. It refers to a court case in St. Louis, circulation of the Cincinnati newspaper, and family misunderstandings. Both 1884 letters are handwritten on Evening Post stationery and measure 5.75 by 9.25 inches (14.61 by 23.50 cm). All three letters mention Scripps's older half-brother James E. and their difficult relationship. E.W. Scripps was born near Rushville, Illinois, the youngest child of James Mogg Scripps and his third wife Julia Osborn Scripps. His father had eight children with his second wife, two of whom, James E. and Ellen Browning Scripps were major figures in the life of E.W. Scripps. His long career in journalism began in 1873 at the Detroit Evening News, where he worked with James E., Ellen, and his half-brother George. Scripps left Detroit in 1878 to start the Cleveland Penny Press. Its success allowed Scripps to launch similar papers in St. Louis (1880) and Cincinnati (1883). Although the St. Louis Evening Chronicle was unable to compete with Joseph Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch, the Cincinnati Penny Post, (later renamed the Post) prospered. In 1890, Scripps laid the foundation of a media dynasty with the formation of the Scripps-McRae League. The league launched 32 newspapers and acquired 15 others, among which were the Akron Press, Columbus Citizen, and Youngstown Telegram. It was later renamed Scripps Howard in recognition of Butler County native Roy W. Howard's contributions to the corporation. Scripps also started United Press International (UPI) to compete with the Associated Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association to provide his papers with features and editorial content. With his sister Ellen, Scripps helped to establish the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Scripps married Nackie Benson Holtsinger of West Chester, Ohio in 1885. They had six children. He died aboard his yacht Ohio in Monrovia Bay, Liberia, Africa and was buried at sea. These letters are part of a large collection of Scripps papers held at Ohio University.
Creator	Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926
Date of Original	1879; 1884
Collection	E.W. Scripps Papers
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) MSS117
Submitting Institution	Ohio University, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

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Full Text	work much. I dont bother either. Perhaps you think I am nervous and given to worrying. It is not so. Last night about half past two, a messenger came over to my hotel waked me up and told me that my press, which runs now all right, had "smashed all to pieces." That meant not exactly ruin but a stopping of the paper for a week or so and perhaps setting it back as far as my past six months work was worth. I got up and dressed, went down stairs hunted up the clerk and made him open

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