Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Cardwell, Richard
- Abstract:
- The Hoosier State Press Association mss., 1933-1984, consist of background materials for the HSPA, as well as drafts of legislation by HSPA general counsel Richard Cardwell and issues of public debate.
- Extent:
- 24 Boxes
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Hoosier State Press Association mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Hoosier State Press Association mss., ca. 1933-1984, was created by Richard W. Cardwell, General Counsel for the Hoosier State Press Association for twenty-five years.
The Hoosier State Press Association, founded in 1933, is a trade association that provides legal help, lobbying, and networking to Indiana newspapers.
Richard Cardwell, graduate of Kokomo High School (1951) and Indiana University (BA, 1955; JD, 1958), became HSPA general counsel in 1961. He was the primary author of the Indiana Open Door Law, which requires that the public have access to government meetings, and the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, which mandates that the public be allowed access to government records. He has represented the newspaper industry before the Indiana General Assembly on a number of First Amendment causes.
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists of background materials for the HSPA, as well as Cardwell drafts of the following legislation and issues of public debate: Open Committees in the General Assembly, 1969-1971; Juvenile Code, 1969-1979-; Open Door Law, 1975-1977; Public Record Law, 1976-1983; Governor's Commission on Individual Privacy, 1976-1977; Obscenity, 1974-1975; and Access to Criminal Proceedings, 1981-1982. In addition, the collection includes clippings, articles, and the association's files on legal developments affecting Indiana newspapers in thirty categories of operations.
Subject Files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, newspaper and magazine clippings, and government documents. Open Door Law contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and government documents regarding House Bill 1022 & Senate Bill 83, House Bill 1237, Senate Bill 304, House Enrolled Act no. 1516, and Senate Enrolled Act no. 83, all of which concern public meetings. (These are also commonly referred to as "Sunshine Laws," "Sunshine Bills," "Open Records Laws," and "Open Meeting Laws.") Juvenile Code Records contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and government documents. Freedom of Information Records contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and government documents. Current Case Files contain correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and government documents. Some subjects in Current Case Files overlap with Subject Files. The last series, Miscellaneous Files, contains various correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal documents, clippings from newspapers and magazines, and government documents unrelated to any previous series.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 2003
- Processing information:
Processed by Erin Dobias.
Completed in 2012
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Subject Files; II. Open Door Law Records; III. Juvenile Code Records; IV. Freedom of Information Records; V. Current Case Files; VI. Miscellaneous.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Hoosier State Press Association mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu