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2.5 x 2.5 in. color transparency of a three quarter length portrait of John S. Knight standing and holding a copy of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight dining at an event with Robert R. "Colonel" McCormick, owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.

7.5 x 9.5 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (second from right) standing on a runway at an airport with a group of unidentified men in front of a Pan American airplane.

8 x 10 in. color photographic print of Joseph "Joe" Thomas, secretary and general counsel of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, kneeling while he holds a baseball bat in one hand and points with the other to a group of participants at a baseball event. Participants include John L. Collyer, president of the B.F. Goodrich Company (fourth from the left); Lee R. Jackson, president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (fifth from the left); and James Penfield Sieberling, president and chairman of the Seiberling Rubber Company.

5 x 7 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and an unidentified girl.

8 x 10 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight (left, foreground) holding a baseball bat at a baseball event next to Joseph "Joe" Thomas, secretary and general counsel of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. Lee R. Jackson (far right, background), executive vice president and then president of Firestone, John L. Collyer (second from left, background), president of the B.F. Goodrich Company, and two unidentified men can be seen in the background. All the men are wearing Cleveland Indians baseball caps.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight (center) standing outdoors on a patio with two unidentified men.

2 x 2.5 in. color transparency of John S. Knight working at his desk in his office.

2 x 2 in. 35mm color transparency slide in cardboard mount of (from left to right) James L. Knight, Lee Hills, John S. Knight, and an unidentified man on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspapers went public.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Joe Magnus, Jack Searle, John S. Knight, and Poncet Davis at a golf outing. Poncet "Ponce" Davis was a leader in the rubber industry and the head of his family’s firm, Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. (now Robbins LLC), located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Jack Searle was probably John Gideon "Jack" Searle (1901-1978), an American heir, businessman, and philanthropist who served as vice president and general manager of his family's pharmaceutical company G. D. Searle & Company (often referred to as Searle and now known as G.D. Searle, LLC, a wholly owned trademark of Pfizer) that is most notable for having developed the first female birth control pill and the artificial sweetener NutraSweet.

8 x 10 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight and Joseph "Joe" Thomas, secretary and general counsel of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, holding a baseball bat at a baseball event in a crowd of men dressed in suits and wearing Cleveland Indians baseball caps. Other participants include E.J. Thomas (far left), president of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Lee R. Jackson (to the immediate right of Thomas, in wine blazer), president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; John L. Collyer (in between Knight and Thomas, in blue cap), president of the B.F. Goodrich Company; and James Penfield Sieberling, president and chairman of the Seiberling Rubber Company.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) talking with two unidentified men at an event where he delivered a speech.

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 John S. Knight and an unidentified man holding a trophy.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (far left, seated) and numerous unidentified men at a banquet.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight shaking hands with an unidentified man at the New York New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspapers went public as James L. Knight (far right) and Lee Hills (center) look on.

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

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) standing with three unidentified men. The photograph is inscribed and signed in blue ink "For John S. Knight as a token of highest regard" and the signature is illegible.

4 x 5 in. color transparency of a painting of a three quarter length portrait of John S. Knight sitting with his legs crossed.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a blackboard at the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspapers went public that says "Don't Take It For Granted, Check It."

3.5 x 3.5 in. color photographic print of an unidentified elderly couple associated with John S. Knight. The words "New Years. Sue- 1970" are written on the back.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) and an unidentified professional golfer, probably winner Raymond Floyd, at the 1969 American Golf Classic. The American Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1976. It was the third event to be played at the storied Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio after the Rubber City Open Invitational (1954–1959) and the 1960 PGA Championship.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (second from left) standing with three unidentified men at the Glen View Country Club "Twa Days," a member-guest golf tournament. The Glen View Club is a private country club in Golf, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It is thought to be one the Midwest's most prestigious golf and country clubs and counts among its 300 members some of the Chicago area's most prominent businesspeople.

7 x 9 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight seated at the head table at a banquet in a grand ballroom. A portrait of his father, Charles Landon Knight, hangs above the head table.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) an unidentified man, James L. Knight, Herbert L. Smith, Jr., Lee Hills, and John S. Knight on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange the day Knight Newspapers went public. Herbert Ludlam Smith, Jr. was a founding partner of Murphy, Marseilles & Smith, New York stockbrokers, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange since 1933.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Michael Gerald O'Neil, president and later chairman of the General Tire & Rubber Company; John S. Knight; E.J. Thomas, chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; and Phillip Leslie "Phil" Graham, newspaper publisher and co-owner of The Washington Post, holding golf clubs and posing at a golf course.

2.5 x 2.5 in. color transparency of a half length portrait of John S. Knight sitting and leaning against a support.

5x7 in. color photograph of John S. Knight, Lee Hills, and Tina Hills seated together at a table at a dinner party

3.5 x 4.5 in color photographic print of an unidentified associate of John S. Knight.

2.5 x 2.5 in. color transparency of a three quarter length portrait of John S. Knight sitting and holding a copy of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper.

2.5 x 2.5 in. color transparency of a half length portrait of John S. Knight sitting and leaning against a support.

11 x 13 in. black and white photographic print of a portrait painting of John S. Knight holding a newspaper.

3.5 x 4 in. black and white photographic print of Leonard K. Firestone (center) and unidentified friends or family on what appears to be the deck of a ship. Firestone was the son of Harvey Firestone, Sr., founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. He served as President of the Firestone Aviation Products Co. and later President of Firestone of California from 1943 to 1970.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of four unidentified children associated with John S. Knight posing for a portrait in front of a piano. The girl in the center is identified as Tracy.

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

3 x 4 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight standing outdoors with noted Akron attorney C. Blake McDowell, Sr. and Joe Thomas.

4.5 x 6 in. color photographic print of the front of a home associated with John S. Knight with palm trees at Christmas time.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of three unidentified golfers on a golf course. The men were playing in a golf tournament the same day as John S. Knight, Stuart Symington, and Poncet Davis with Ohio Governer Frank Lausche in attendance.

4.5 x 6.5 in. black and white photographic print of an unidentified couple associated with John S. Knight boarding a United Airlines airplane.

2.5 x 2.5 in. color transparency of John S. Knight working at his desk in his office.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of an unidentified woman associated with John S. Knight at a horse race.

3.5 x 5 in. color photographic print of John S. Knight (left) and an unidentified man posing outside in front of a university building.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Lee and Tina Hills 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.

5 x 7 in. color photographic print of (from left to right) Lee Hills, Tina Hills, and John S. Knight sitting at a head table 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.

2.5 x 4 in. black and white prayer card from the memorial service of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938 until 1940), and father of President John F. Kennedy. The front of the card features a black and white halftone photomechanical print of a headshot portrait of Kennedy while the back includes his name, birth and death dates, and a prayer printed next to an image of a crucifix.

Congratulatory letters regarding the Akron Beacon Journal's 100th anniversary

Information regarding John S. Knight

Speeches from the 50th Anniversary in Newspaper Business celebration

Congratulatory letters regarding the Akron Beacon Journal's 100th anniversary

Knight Newspapers shareholders' meeting information