Newton Times photographs. 1972-1979. Biography O-P
(Mixed Material)

Box 8 of 51; Photographs 1336-1529.

Notable figures identified in photographs (for complete list of names, see inventory sheet in box): Lois Pines (32 photos), Robert F. Drinan, Seiji Ozawa, Theodore Mann, Michael Dukakis, Elliot Richardson, Edward Kennedy, Dorothy Reichard, Jimmy Carter, Edward Brooke, John Conyers, Tip O'Neill, John Kenneth Galbraith, Monte Basbas, Cynthia Creem, Thomas Concannon, Herb Regal, Michael Lipof, Richard McGrath, Matthew Jefferson, Mel King, Florence Mann, Honora Kaplan.

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Collection consists of black and white photographs and proof sheets.

Newton Times photographs : Biography O-P. Special Collections, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA.

Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton, MA 02459), Special Collections.

Gift;,The Newton Times newspaper.

The Newton Times was a prize-winning, liberal weekly newspaper which published in Newton, Massachusetts from 1971 to 1980. It was an alternative voice created by anti-war activists who weren't content with coverage of the issues by local newspapers. It served as a force in the community as it reported on social issues, analyzed city and public school budgets, assessed and endorsed political candidates and published a voters' guide before each election. It pushed for removal of asbestos in Newton North High School and raised awareness of Newton's distinctive neighborhoods. It was forced to close because of reduced advertising revenue taken by competing weeklies. The Newton Free Library has the Newton Times on microfilm (v. 1, #1, Sept. 8, 1971-v. 9, #22, Jan. 23, 1980), as well as 51 boxes of photographs from the newspaper's archive and a collection of mock-up maps used with articles. Collection includes but is not limited to photographs of widely known personalities and Newton city officials, aldermen, black leaders, educators, MBTA officials, charity and business administrators, clergy, fuel oil dealers, police drill team. Events pictured include inaugurations, political rallies, campaign headquarters activities. Businesses and civic groups pictured include Silver Lake Dodge, Newton School Committee, BCON, United Way, Oxfam, Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, Jaycees, Newton Republican Club, South Middlesex NAACP, Norfolk County-Newton Lung Association, League of Women Voters, Newton Women's Political Caucus, Newton Republican City Committee, Newton Democratic Committee.

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