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8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a roll of paper in transit on the paper chute in the Akron Beacon Journal Building at the corner of East Market and Summit streets in Akron, Ohio. The print is mounted on linen that is bound in a green softcover album with 23 other photographs of the building. The cover is embossed in gold with the wording "Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated, Engineers and Constructors." The front cover is detached.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the paper chute at the Akron Beacon Journal Building at the corner of East Market and Summit streets in Akron, Ohio. The print is mounted on linen that is bound in a green softcover album with 23 other photographs of the building. The cover is embossed in gold with the wording "Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated, Engineers and Constructors." The front cover is detached.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight sitting at his desk and holding papers in his office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight sitting at his desk in his office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio holding a folder and looking at the photographer.

3 x 4.75 in. black and white tintype of a studio shot of John S. Knight as a boy posing in a sailor outfit. The tintype is inserted in a decorative orange and cream paper mat.

7.5 X 11 in. sepia toned photographic print of a profile potrait of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight, John S. Knight's father. The print is mounted to a parchment card stock and attached to a brown tri-fold paper enclosure with tissue paper covering the photograph.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) with an unidentified group of people at a cocktail party, probably at the historic Knickerbocker Building in Times Square in New York City. Knight and his associate are wearing paper hats made out of copies of the New York Post newspaper.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) standing with Roy A. Roberts (left) and an unidentified man. Roberts was managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) talking with Roy A. Roberts (left) and an unidentified man. Roberts was managing editor, president, editor and general manager of The Kansas City Star who guided the paper during its influential period during the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

14 x 16 in. sepia toned photograph print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper. The signature at the bottom of the photograph reads "Sincerely your friend, Charles L. Knight"

16 x 19 in. sepia toned photograph print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper.

3 x 4 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a child standing on a porch holding a ball. The print is glued and taped to a black piece of paper that appears to have been cut out of a scrapbook or photograph album.

6 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of Charles Landon "C.L." Knight sitting at a desk and smoking a pipe as he writes on a piece of paper.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) standing in a crowd holding a drink and the the hand of an African-American gentleman wearing a large paper-mache head at an event, possibly the Inter-American Press Association Conference in Miami Beach, Florida in November of 1963. Knight wears a name tag that says "Miami Herald" with a ribbon that says "host."

3 x 3.75 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a boy playing with a dog and a ball while an unidentified child sitd on ground in the background. The print is mounted to tan paper that appears to have come from a scrapbook or photograph album.

3 x 3.75 in. sepia toned photographic print of John S. Knight as a boy playing with a dog while two unidentified children sit on the steps in the background. The print is mounted to tan paper that appears to have come from a scrapbook or photograph album.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight standing in a tuxedo at an event with Lucille Wright Markey. Lucille Parker Wright Markey (1896-1982) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who owned Calumet Farm, the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse farm in the United States.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight addressing a group of people at an event.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of then former Chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company E.J. Thomas (right) talking and gesturing to John S. Knight (center) and an unidentified man as they look up at displays of Knight and his work during the testimonial dinner honoring him for 50 years in journalism held at the Sheraton Hotel in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1964.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight speaking to a group at a dinner party in Miami, Florida

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of Lee Hills and his wife Tina Hills (pictured to the left of the podium) with an unidentified group of people laughing at a dinner event. Lee Hills was an editor and publisher of the Miami Herald and the Detroit Free Press, first Chairman and CEO of Knight-Ridder Newspapers, and President of the Knight Ridder news service after he helped arrange the merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications. He later served as president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Tina Hills (Argentina Schifano Ramos), Lee Hills' second wife, was an Italian-American who was publisher of the newspaper El Mundo in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

6 x 8 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) standing in front of a Pan American airplane with a man identified as Henry C. Weidler, business manager of the Detroit Free Press.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Lee Hills, first Chairman and CEO of Knight-Ridder Newspapers and later Preisdent of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, standing at the podium during the testimonial dinner honoring John S. Knight for 50 years in journalism held at the Sheraton Hotel in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1964. John S. Knight can be seen at the head table in the center of the photograph with then former Chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company E.J. Thomas to his right. Norman P. Auburn, then President of The University of Akron, can be seen in the background sitting under the enlarged photograph of Knight at his typewriter.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight leaning down from the stage to shake hands and speak to some unidentified guests at the testimonial dinner honoring him for 50 years in journalism held at the Sheraton Hotel in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1964.

9 x 7 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight speaking with Basil L. "Stuffy" Walters, one of America’s leading newspapermen of his time. Knight hired Walters in 1944 to help the ailing Detroit Free Press and Chicago Daily News. Walters eventually became executive editor and director of Knights Newspapers and vice president of the Chicago Daily News.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight's prized Thoroughbread horse War Censor in which an artist placed Knight's head over that of the jockey's. One of Knight's past times was purchasing and breeding horses with his friend and partner Marshall Field and racing them at numerous races around the country.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) and an unidentified man reading copies of the Chicago Daily News newspaper with the headline "Jack Knight Hits Left End, Races Past 56-Yard Line" as a group of people, probably newspaper staff, look on.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of an unidentified couple at a dinner party in Miami, Florida where John S. Knight delivered a speech.

8 x 10 in black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) standing with an unidentified man.

8 x 8 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight looking at a plaque hanging in the 19th Hole Lounge at the Portage Country Club in Akron, Ohio listing the names of the winners of the Portage Country Club Championship Tournament. Knight's name appears on the plaque for the years 1932, 1934, 1935, and 1936.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (second from left) talking to former Brazilian President Eurico G. Dutra (second from right) and publisher Elmano Cardim, director of Rio's Jornal do Comercio. The man on the left is not identified. The picture was taken at a dinner party and reception given for Knight at the American Embassy residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where Knight delivered a speech at an Inter-American Press Association meeting as part of a trip through Latin America in 1955 to promote free press. Dutra was a Brazilian marshal, politician and president of Brazil from 1946–1951.

8 x 10 in black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) standing with two unidentified men who are shaking hands.

8 x 10 in black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) standing with an unidentified man.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the Knight-Ridder Newspapers Board of Trustees, including John S. Knight, Lee Hills, and James L. Knight.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) standing with two unidentified men.

Color negative of John S. Knight working at his desk in his office

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center), Lee Hills, and a group of unidentified men at the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspaper went public.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of an unidentified couple dancing at a dinner party in Miami, Florida where John S. Knight delivered a speech.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Lee Hills (center) and John S. Knight (to Hills' immediate left) listening to a group of men at the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspapers went public.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the floor at the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspaper went public.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Russell DeYoung (right), Chairman and Chief Executive of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company from 1964 to 1973, speaking with two unidentified men.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking to an unidentified man at an event where he delivered a speech.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) shaking hands with an unidentified man. A portrait of his father, Charles Landon Knight, hangs in background.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the clock and ticker at the New York Stock Exchange with the Knight Newspapers ticker or stock symbol on the board the day it went public.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (seated in chair, second row, second from left) and a group of unidentified men posing in suits outside of a building.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of an unidentified couple dancing at a dinner party in Miami, Florida where John S. Knight delivered a speech.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the Knight-Ridder Newspapers Board of Trustees, including John S. Knight, Lee Hills, and James L. Knight.

6 x 8 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) standing on a train platform with three unidentified men, including one in a United States Army dress uniform. Written on the back in cursive in black ink are the words "To John S. Knight. "Manchester Meeting" 11.8.41. With compliments Samuel B. Battersby 7/6/44."

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the Knight-Ridder Newspapers Board of Trustees, including John S. Knight, Lee Hills, and James L. Knight.