Chicago reporter Jerry Field's dissertation on the history of Public Radio, "A History of Educational Radio in Chicago, 1920-1960, on Station WBEZ-FM" as well as a compilation of information about Broadcasting During the Polio Epidemic, 1937. Also includes information about Field's involvement in several organizations: The Chicago Journalists' Association, International Press Club of Chicago, the Chicago Headline Club, and others.

Photographs of the Near North News, a Chicago community newspaper founded in 1956 and published for over 40 years by Arne Matanky. Contains images of Chicagoans as well as national and international figures. Also a card file containing information on Chicago individuals and organizations, and a birthday index arranged by date.