Tempe Daily News Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP TDN

Scope and Content Note

This collection constitutes the photo morgue of the Tempe Daily News. The images document Tempe's social and economic development, including churches, businesses, street scenes, buildings, and portraits of community leaders. All photographs were taken by staff photographers; no images from news bureaus are included.

Dates

Creation: 1960-1983, Undated

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Historical Note

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The Tempe Daily News was created in 1887 when Curt W. Miller (1864-1943) purchased the 20-month-old Salt River Valley News, renamed it Tempe Daily News, and published its first edition in August of 1887. It became Tempe's official newspaper in 1895. Miller published the News until his death in 1943. His grandson, Curt W. Miller, continued publishing the newspaper until September of 1944, when he sold it to Francis Connolly. At the time, the paper had one carrier, one linotype machine, and a circulation of 110. Connolly published the News until his death in 1978, by which time it had a circulation of 15,000 and employed 80 carriers in addition to 50 other employees. His widow, Irma Connolly, published the paper until 1980, at which time she sold it to Cox Enterprises.

Cox renamed the paper Tempe Daily News Tribune in 1986 in order to make it consistent with the other newspapers it had acquired in the region. Cox sold its holdings to Canada-based Thomson Newspapers in 1996 and the paper's new owners combined the Tempe Daily News Tribune with four other newspapers to form The Tribune in 1997. This publication became the East Valley Tribune in December of 1999. Thompson sold its holdings to California's Freedom Publications, Inc. in 2000 and the East Valley Tribune ceased publication in 2009, ending 122 years of continuous local news coverage in Tempe.