MS 599
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Frank O. Sotomayor |
| Collection Name | Frank O. Sotomayor Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1943-2004 |
| Physical Description: | 2 linear feet |
| Abstract | This collection includes University of Arizona materials, photographs from Sotomayor’s time as a Arizona Daily Wildcat journalist, materials related to the Maynard Institute, newspaper clippings, copies of The Verde Independent independently run by students from Cottonwood, Arizona, and other student run newspapers. Materials also include some of Mr. Sotomayor’s awards, his scholastic endeavors, and other publications. Included is a copy of Southern California’s Latino Community: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, the series of articles that won his team the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. |
| Collection Number | MS 599 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
UA Alum and Tucson High School Class of 1962 graduate, Frank Sotomayor is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times.
Sotomayor grew up in Barrio Hollywood and attended Davis Elementary and John Spring Junior High prior to attending Tucson High School. At Tucson High, he worked on the Cactus Chronicle and served as a sports editor. During his senior year, he worked as a sports correspondent for the Arizona Daily Star while continuing his work with the Cactus Chronicle.
During his time at the University of Arizona, Mr. Sotomayor worked for the Arizona Daily Wildcat as a reporter and from 1965-66 was the Editor in Chief, during the last year that the paper was linked to the journalism department. He also received the Donald Still Award for service to the Arizona Daily Wildcat. Upon graduation, he received a degree in journalism and was named outstanding male graduate of the Class of 1966. In 1966, Sotomayor received the Robert Nugent Award. He was inducted into the Arizona Daily Wildcat Hall of Fame in 1971.
Sotomayor earned a fellowship to Stanford University and received a master’s in communication in 1967. During his time at Stanford, he worked as a reporter and copy editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. In August 1968 he married Meri Finnerty Sotomayor, a 1967 graduate of the UA journalism program. From 1985-86, he worked closely with the Harvard University upon winning the Neiman Fellowship. Sotomayor then did a tour with the Army where he was the editor and a reporter with the Pacific Starts and Stripes in Tokyo. Upon his return in 1970, he began working with the Los Angeles Times.
In 1974, Sotomayor and his wife Meri Finnerty co-authored “Para Los Ninos: Mejorando la Educacion para los Mexicoamericanos” (“For the Children: Improving Education for Mexican Americans”), a report about education for Mexican-Americans. The title was published by the US Commission for Civil Rights.
Sotomayor co-founded the California Chicano News Media Association (CCNMA) in 1976. The CCNMA is a non-profit, professional organization that promotes diversity in news media by providing encouragement, scholarships, and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in journalism. The group provides education and financial assistance, helps with job placement for journalism students, offers professional training, and monitors coverage of communities of color to ensure it is accurate and fair.
One year later in 1977, Sotomayor co-founded the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, which promotes diversity in the news media through improved coverage, hiring, business practices and training programs. The institute began as a volunteer project with only nine working journalists.
In 1978, Sotomayor worked alongside the Friends of Journalism, which sought to keep the UA Journalism Department from closing. The group successfully helped to keep the Journalism Department open. Sotomayor also served on the board of advisors at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for two years.
In 1983, Sotomayor was a writer and co-editor, alongside Frank del Olmo and George Ramos, that produced a 278-part series on Latinos in Southern California. The series urged readers to see Latinos as more than just stereotypes. The series won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
In 1998, Sotomayor received the Centennial Achievement Award from the University of Arizona, followed by induction into the Hall of Fame in 2002. That same year, he was named to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
This collection includes University of Arizona materials, photographs from Sotomayor’s time as an Arizona Daily Wildcat journalist, materials related to the Maynard Institute, newspaper clippings, copies of The Verde Independent independently run by students from Cottonwood, Arizona, and other student run newspapers. Materials also include some of Mr. Sotomayor’s awards, his scholastic endeavors, and other publications. Included is a copy of Southern California’s Latino Community: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, the series of articles that won his team the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The materials in this collection have been divided into nine series, which includes eight subseries of different newspapers Sotomayor worked with prior to his time at the Los Angeles Times.
There are no restrictions on this collection.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Frank Sotomayor Collections (MS 599). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processed by Michelle Nicole Boyer-Kelly.
| Davis Elementary School, 1950-1953 | |||||||||||
| This series includes childhood souvenir Valentine’s Day cards from the 2nd-3rd grade and a photograph of Frank Sotomayor’s 3rd grade class at Davis School. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | Photocopy of Frank Sotomayor’s 3rd grade class, Davis Elementary, 1953 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Valentine’s Day souvenir cards from 2nd-3rd grade at Davis Elementary, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Roskruge Junior High School booklet, 1950-1951 | |||||||||
| Tucson High School, 1957-1958 | |||||||||||
| This series includes a certificate of merit from the High School Fine Arts Summer Session hosted by the University of Arizona in 1958 and one pamphlet from the program. Frank Sotomayor attended with a scholarship from John Springs Faculty. The series also includes souvenir booklets and pamphlets from events Sotomayor attended as a high school reporter. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 4 | Miscellaneous souvenir booklet and letter from Triangle Y Camp, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Santa Margarita Church souvenir dedication pamphlet, January 20th, 1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | High School Fine Arts Summer Session, 1958 | |||||||||
| University of Arizona, 1962-1966 | |||||||||||
| This series includes materials collected by Frank Sotomayor during his time at the University of Arizona. Items include programs, personal notebooks, ephemera, sports tickets, registration information, and convocation and commencement announcements. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 7 | UA Orientation Week Program, September 10-15th, 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | UA Visitor’s Guide, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | UA ROTC personal notebook, 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | UA Student Handbooks for Academic Years, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1966-67 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | UA Regular Session Course Offerings, First semester, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | UA Campus Calendar, First semester, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | UA Student Union Memorial Building pamphlet, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | UA postcard, sticker decal, and Kitten Klues pamphlet , 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | UA Student Schedule receipts and tickets issued, 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | UA Track and Field Meet schedule vs. Los Angeles State, April 5th, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | UA Sports tickets to UA vs. ASU football, November 27th, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | UA springs sports program, 1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | UA sports “Traditions 108” button pin, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | UA Arizona Daily Wildcat market pamphlet, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | UA Arizona Daily Wildcat Editor files, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | UA City of Tucson statement of earnings and deductions, July 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | UA Honors Convocation Programs, December 1st, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | UA Commencement ceremonies announcement, June 1966 | |||||||||
| Maynard Institute, ca. 2008 | |||||||||||
| This series includes one publication, “History of Maynard Institute,” authored by Frank Sotomayor. Some of the photographs in the publication are attributed to Sotomayor’s wife, Meri. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 25 | “History of Maynard Institute” by Frank O. Sotomayor, ca. 2008 | |||||||||
| Newspaper Clippings, 1963-1999 | |||||||||||
| This series includes newspaper clippings from Sotomayor’s career prior to his work with the Los Angeles Times. These newspapers have been organized chronologically and are divided into separate subseries. | |||||||||||
| The University Review, 1963 | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 26 | The University Review, 1963 | |||||||||
| The Verde Independent, 1965 | |||||||||||
| A UA Journalism class on community newspapers would produce a weekly paper in the spring. In 1965, Sotomayor was part of the class that wrote and edited the Verde Independent in Cottonwood, Arizona. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 27 | The Verde Independent, 1965 | |||||||||
| Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1962-1965 | |||||||||||
| Includes articles and editorial pieces from Frank Sotomayor during his time at the Arizona Daily Wildcat, which at the time was house within the UA Journalism Department. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 28 | Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Arizona Daily Wildcat, 1966 | |||||||||
| Tucson Daily Citizen, 1965-1966 | |||||||||||
| While attending the University of Arizona, Sotomayor contributed to the Tucson Daily Citizen as a correspondent. This subseries includes some of his published work. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 33 | Tucson Daily Citizen, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Tucson Daily Citizen, 1966 | |||||||||
| Arizona Daily Star, 1966 | |||||||||||
| While attending the University of Arizona, Sotomayor contributed to the Arizona Daily Star as a correspondent. This subseries includes some of his published work. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 35 | Arizona Daily Star, 1966 | |||||||||
| The Frumious Bandersnatch, 1966 | |||||||||||
| A humor newspaper that served the University of Arizona campus. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 36 | The Frumious Bandersnatch, 1966 | |||||||||
| The Editing Program for Minority Journalists, El Independiente, 1980-1999 | |||||||||||
| The Institute for Journalism and the University of Arizona announced a program to prepare minority journalists for editing jobs in the daily newspaper industry. The program was conducted at the University of Arizona’s Journalism Department and enrolled ten minority journalism professionals in an intense practical course of training for seven weeks from June through August. The faculty included experienced editors from daily papers throughout the country and also operated a summer program for minority journalists through the University of California and a nation job network for minority journalists in Washington. The program became known as the Editing Program for Minority Journalists, which helped to edit both El Independiente and Headline. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 37 | Editing Program for Minority Journalists, miscellaneous documents, 1980-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | El Independiente, 1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Headline, 1982-1990 | |||||||||
| Photographs, 1959-1966 | |||||||||||
| This series includes photographs taken by Frank Sotomayor and others for his early journalism work. Photographs have been separated by date, subject, and title where applicable. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 40 | Undated photographs from the Arizona Daily Wildcat, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Photos taken at Old Tucson of Frank and Meri, 1959-1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Tucson Rodeo Parade, 1960 | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Wildcat backfield, 1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | UA basketball players ready to travel, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Homecoming Parade in Downtown Tucson, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Arizona Daily Wildcat photos, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Arizona Daily Wildcat photos by Sotomayor and Spragne, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Arizona Daily Wildcat photos by Garry Morris, 1966 | |||||||||
| Awards, 1961-2003 | |||||||||||
| This series includes various awards that Frank O. Sotomayor received throughout his career. They are arranged by date. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 49 | Senior Day, Admission to University of Arizona, 1961 | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Phi Eta Sigma scholarship, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | University Scholar Honors, 1963 | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Leadership School, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Eugene Pullman Journalism Scholar, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Society, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | University of Oklahoma School of Journalism Field Study in Peru, 1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Undergraduate Award for a Personal Library, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | Who’s Who Among Students, 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Bobcat’s Men’s Night, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Nugent Award, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Senior Class Breakfast, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | Sigma Delta Chi’s Outstanding Male Graduate in Journalism, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | UA Alumni Association, Distinguished Citizen Award, 1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | UA Alumni Association, Centennial Achievement, 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | Arizona Daily Wildcat Hall of Fame, 2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni Hall of Fame, 2003 | |||||||||
| Pulitzer Prize Exhibit, 2004 | |||||||||||
| This series contains information pertaining to an exhibit series entitled “20 Years after the Pulitzer.” The series includes exhibit information from the University of Arizona Special Collections Library, symposium information, dinner information, and a discussion at the Arizona Daily Star. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 66 | Special Collections exhibit photographs and summary, 2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | “20 Years after the Pulitzer” symposium documents, pamphlets, and photos, 2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 68 | Symposium dinner summary and photographs, 2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 69 | Symposium Arizona Daily Star discussion photographs, 2004 | |||||||||
| Publications, 1972-2004 | |||||||||||
| This series contains publications authored and co-authored by Frank O. Sotomayor. These publications include both English and Spanish versions of “Para los Ninos” and two copies of a text on Frank del Olmo. | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 70 | “Adios Amigos” Manzo Area Council Newsletter 1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 71 | “Para los Ninos” in English 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 72 | “Para los Ninos” in Spanish 1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 73 | Southern California’s Latino Community: a series of articles reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 74 | Frank del Olmo: Commentaries on His Times, paperback, 2004 | |||||||||
| 1 | 75 | Frank del Olmo: Commentaries on His Times, hardcover, 2004 | |||||||||