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{"value"=>"<p>Includes correspondence about Southern AP members (also called Southern Press Association), their dues, meetings, role within AP; ASO was the Association's secretary; ASO's statement of 1892 denying that he intends to withdraw from the Southern AP; his letters of 1894 explaining his reasons for withdrawal; his letters of 1895 on the AP's rivalry with the United Press; consent agreement by the Press Publishing Co. to NYT's membership in the AP provided the NYT does not come under Hearst control (1897); ASO's letter to Melville Stone on cost of covering Spanish-American War (1898); ASO's letter to GWO objecting to his seeking seat on the AP board of directors (1899); documents and correspondence about the AP's move from Illinois to New York and incorporation there, resulting from the Illinois Supreme Court's decision in the Inter-Ocean case; correspondence about memberships, members' rights, and the Inter-Ocean case; correspondence about the first annual meeting in New York, with printed minutes of the meeting; original and revised charter and by-laws; financial report (to ASO as treasurer); membership list as of Nov. 21, 1900; ASO's letter to EWO on his election to the board of directors (1905); excerpts of a transcript of a board meeting discussing a change in the by-laws (1909); booklet on a NYT dinner for the board (1909); Addison Thomas' letter reviewing ASO's role in the controversy with the Southern AP in the 1890's; ASO's address at luncheon honoring Melville Stone on his 25th anniversary with the AP (1918); Stone's address reviewing the \"AP Wars\" of the 1890's (1924); booklet on a NYT dinner for the AP board (1924); miscellaneous correspondence; 25th anniversary booklet and luncheon booklet (1925); and correspondence about disputes over vacancies on the AP board of directors.</p>"}

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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>" See also: American Press\nCarnegie Endowment for International Peace\nChattanooga Times: Anniversaries\nChattanooga Times: News Coverage, Editorial Policy, Features\nDallas Times Herald\nDiehl, Charles Sanford (Col.)\nEvening Edition of the New York Times\nGraves, Charles M.\nMcClatchy, V. S.\nNation (Magazine)\nPhiladelphia Public Ledger: Acquisition by Ochs\nPhiladelphia Times: Acquisition by Ochs\nPhiladelphia Times: Disposition of Plant and Equipment\nSinclair, Upton\nSpeeches "}

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