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Barlett & Steele Archive Biographical Note: Journalists Donald L. Barlett (1936- ) and James B. Steele (1943- ) worked together at The Philadelphia Inquirer , (1971-1997), Time Magazine , (1997-2006), and as contributing editors at Vanity Fair (2006- ). They also have written eight books. Barlett and Steele pioneered the reporting methods now standard in their profession. In 1972, they used a computer to analyze more than 1,000 cases of violent crime in Philadelphia. “Crime and Injustice” was the largest computer-assisted project of its time and was widely replicated by other journalists for years afterward. Barlett and Steele won two Pulitzer Prizes and scores of other national journalism awards for their work at The Philadelphia Inquirer and two National Magazine Awards at Time Magazine . Scope and Content Note: The Barlett and Steele Archive (1971-2010) consists of materials created and collected by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele in connection with their research for published and unpublished newspaper and magazine articles and books. It contains raw research on unfinished and unpublished projects, as well as leads on potential stories. The archive includes audiovisual materials, books, corporate and government reports, correspondence, Freedom of Information Act filings, interview notes and transcriptions, manuscripts, statistical analyses, tax returns, and numerous letters from readers expressing their views on a wide range of issues or suggesting future stories. The files relate to a variety of topics including criminal justice, energy, federal housing programs, foreign aid, Howard Hughes, Indian gaming, litigation, nuclear waste, Olympics, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and taxes. The collection tracks decades of public policy-making on these issues and includes court records, government audits, property records, and legislative histories that detail the manipulation of public policy by special interests. Series Descriptions and Preliminary Inventory Please be advised that this collection is only minimally processed so the inventory does not list every folder. Series 1: Federal Housing Administration Scandal This series consists of the materials collected for Barlett & Steele’s 1971 exposé in The Philadelphia Inquirer of how real estate speculators in Philadelphia and other cities misused a program intended to promote low income home ownership. Their investigation discovered that poor families were being charged exorbitant prices for houses that often fell apart weeks later. Box 1 Individuals: A-W Box 2 Businesses & Government Agencies Miscellaneous Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation Annual Report 1969-70 Telephone Calls O’Toole Assessments Study Box 3 Notebooks Reports Federal Grand Jury Indictments Mortgage Foreclosures Clearfield Properties Box 4 Current Appraisers (work file) Story Dupes Newspaper Clippings Box 5 Appraisers 1 Baltimore Housing Investigation Correspondence Detroit News Series FHA Background Material FHA Interviews FHA Art FHA Counseling Service Steele Testimony FOI Act FHA Letters FHA Programs FHA Regulations FHA Suspension of Brokers FHA Telephone Calls Grand Jury Investigation Inquirer Lawsuit L & I Certifications Mortgage Foreclosures Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. Homeowners Association of Philadelphia Northwest Tenants Organization Sherr Realty Co. La Zar Associates Sitco Inc. Tower Real Estate United Brokers Mortgage United National Insurance Co. Series 2: Crime and Injustice This series contains the materials collected by Barlett & Steele for their 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer investigation of the Philadelphia criminal court system. This computer-assisted investigation disclosed racial injustices, discriminatory sentencing patterns, and the maladministration of justice. Box 1 Transcripts C-M Box 2 Transcripts P-Z, A-C Box 3 Transcripts Box 4 Computer Print outs (two sets of some volumes) NDJ Frequencies Unlabeled Vol. 1, 3-5 Box 5 Computer Print Outs Vol. 6-8 Box 6 Computer Print Outs Vol. 9-10 Computer tape Box 7 Files Box 8 Files Box 9 Files Box 10 Files 1971 Robbery 1971 Aggravated Assault & Battery 1971 Rape Cases 1971 Master Index 2 Box 11 1971 Murder Note cards Notebooks Punch cards District Attorneys Annual Reports 1969, 1970-71 Arlen Specter on Channel 10, 2/25/1973 Box 12 Crime in the U.S. 1969-1980 Municipal Criminal Court Reports State Judiciary Reports Box 13 State Judiciary Reports State Court Caseload Statistics Box 14 Metal printing plates State Judiciary Reports Box 15 Murder Cases - Children Volume A Volume 2 Volume 5 WKS 18-20 Validity, Synthetic, SAC & Natural Products Series 3: Howard Hughes This series consists of materials collected by Barlett & Steele for their 1975 Philadelphia Inquirer article “The Silent Partner of Howard Hughes,” and Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes. The Inquirer investigation revealed the close financial and political ties of the Hughes’s companies with federal government agencies. (Detailed inventory available on demand) Box 1 1975, 1970-1975 – Air West Box 2 Air West - Continental Connector Corporation Box 3 Continental Development Corporation - Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes Box 4 Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes Box 5 Empire: The Life, Legend and Madness of Howard Hughes – Glomar Explorer Box 6 Glomar Explorer - Hughes Aircraft Box 7 Hughes Aircraft - Hughes Estate Box 8 Hughes Estate Box 9 Hughes Estate Box 10 Hughes Estate Box 11 Hughes Estate Box 12 Hughes, Felix T. – Hughes, Howard R. Box 13 Hughes, Howard R. Box 14 Hughes, Howard R. Box 15 Hughes, Howard R. - Jarlson, Alan E. Box 16 Kalmbach, Herbert W. – Meier, John Herbert Box 17 Meier, John Herbert - Mormon Will Box 18 Mormons – Nixon, Richard M. Box 19 Noah Dietrich - Photographs Box 20 Photographs – Renegotiation Board Box 21 Research – Robert A. Maheu Box 22 Robertson, Robert – Summa Corporation Box 23 Summa Corporation – Wilbur Sutton Thain Case Box 24 Wilbur Sutton Thain Case - Zamparelli, Mario Arnold & Company 3 Box 25 Replica of will Hughes Memos, etc. Aircraft Series - Howard Hughes H-4 "Hercules" Kirkpatrick Sale Talk (audio tape) Unlabeled Super 8 Film W.W. Norton - Howard Hughes (film) Series 4: Nuclear Waste This series consists of materials amassed by Barlett & Steele for “Forevermore: Nuclear Waste in America,” (The Philadelphia Inquirer , 1983) and the subsequent book. This investigation uncovered the nation’s failure to develop a national policy to deal with deadly radioactive waste produced by power plants and other nuclear facilities. Box 1 Marshall Islands Companies General Box 2 Companies General – Individual Box 3 Companies – Individual Box 4 Companies – Individual Sites Box 5 Sites Radiation Box 6 Radiation Box 7 Radiation HLW Sites Reprocess. Box 8 Reprocess. General Box 9 General Sites Box 10 Sites Individuals Foreign Box 11 Congressional Hearings Spent Fuel Box 12 WIPP Reports Box 13 States Litigation Box 14 Litigation Decommission Utility Safety Analysis Reports Uranium Low Level Waste Box 15 Fall Out Statistics Box 16 Files Box 17 Files Box 18 Files List of NRC Licenses Box 19 List of NRC Licenses Book Manuscript 4 Files Box 20 Files Box 21 Files Box 22 Book Manuscript Box 23 Book Manuscript Licensed Operating Reactors Box 24 Licensed Operating Reactors Box 25 Licensed Operating Reactors Reports Box 26 Reports Box 27 Reports Box 28 Reports Box 29 Reports Box 30 Reports Congressional Hearings Box 31 Congressional Hearings Books Box 32 Photos Box 33 Nuclear Waste Recycling Manuscript Box 34 Chem-Nuclear U.S. Ecology Radiation - Historical - National Archives Box 35 Reports Low Level Waste Box 36 Nuclear Waste GAO Reports Series 5: Olympics This series contains the materials Barlett & Steele collected for their 2001 Sports Illustrated article “Snow Job” on the Salt Lake Olympics bid scandal. They investigated the bribery allegations, federal road and transportation funding, and the Snowbasin land exchange. Also included are items relating to the Atlanta and Lake Placid Olympic Games. (Detailed inventory available on demand) Box 1 Adefope, Henry - Dizdarevic, Sead Box 2 Dizdarevic, Sead - Johnson, David R. Box 3 Johnson, Jack - Myers, C. C. (Clinton Charles) Box 4 Myers, C.C. - Sinclair Oil Box 5 Sinclair Oil - Zweig, Andrew Q. Box 6 Park City (Utah) Salt Lake (Olympic Contract) Lake Placid Brochures Snowbasin Speed Skating Oval Squaw Valley Summit County (Utah) Summit County Utah Land Values Sydney (Olympics) Taxes (Salt Lake Transit) Utah Maps Venues (SLC Olympics) 5 Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee Reference Sources Floppy Disks Series 6: Indian Gaming This series consists of materials collected for “Wheel of Misfortune,” Barlett & Steele’s 2002 Time story on how the casinos on Native American reservations were enriching private investors but doing very little to assist Native Americans. Box 1 People A-M Box 2 People M-Z Places A-N Box 3 Places O-S Casinos A-R Box 4 Casinos S-W Tribes & Organizations A-F Box 5 Tribes & Organizations F-N Box 6 Tribes & Organizations N-T Box 7 Tribes & Organizations T-W Trust Notices Box 8 Loose Box 9 LK Files (Laura Karmatz, Research Assistant) Box 10 LK Files Box 11 Arizona Department of Gaming Indian Trust Funds Indian Casinos Box 12 Mohegan Tribe – SEC Filings Tigua Indians – State of Texas vs. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Box 13 Scotts Valley Band vs. United States Chumash Casino –CJ Papers Perez-Wheeler vs. Kickapoo Tribe (TX) Box 14 Upper Lake Band Cheryl Schmit Box 15 United States vs. Mark Nichols Gregorio Cervantes Labor Dept. vs. Willie