Finding aid to the Warren Hinckle Papers
Marjorie Bryer
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Warren Hinckle papers
Creator:
Hinckle, Warren
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2017/190
Physical Description:
9 linear feet
(4 cartons, 1 box, 2 oversize boxes)
Physical Description:
1.02 GB
(2 .mv4 files)
Date (inclusive): 1937-2012
Date (bulk): 1963-2011
Language of Material:
English
.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE:, Advance notice required for use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift Of Linda Corso 2017.
Biographical sketch
Warren Hinckle was a journalist, editor, publisher, and iconoclast. He championed Hunter S. Thompson, helping to popularize
the style of reporting known as gonzo journalism. Warren James Hinckle III was born in San Francisco in 1938 and raised in
the city's Sunset District, in an Irish Catholic community. He lost an eye in a car accident and, subsequently, wore a large
eyepatch, which came to symbolize his swashbuckling image. Hinckle earned his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of San
Francisco in 1961. While there, he edited the college newspaper, The San Francisco Foghorn. After graduating, Hinckle started
a public relations firm, and was a city reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He was editor of Ramparts magazine from
1964-1969 and, after leaving, he and Sidney Zion founded the short-lived journal, Scanlan's Monthly. In the 1980s and 1990s,
Hinckle wrote columns about the city's politics and culture for The Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner and The San Francisco
Independent. In 1993, Hinckle revived The Argonaut, a 19th-century magazine that he described as muckraking, leftist politics.
He died in San Francisco in 2016.
Summary
Consists of writings, research notes, and personalia related to Hinckle's career as a journalist. Writings include articles,
newspaper columns, and manuscripts. There are small amounts of correspondence and materials related to his publishing ventures.
Research notes are filed alphabetically by topic and may include drafts of published work. Major topics include San Francisco's
people, culture, and politics and U.S. imperialism.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital materials is available on-site in the Heller reading room.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Warren Hinckle's digital files were received on 2 DVD-Rs. The DVDs contained video files which were converted to .m4v files
for access using the video encorder, Handbrake v.1.6.1.
Preferred Citation
Warren Hinckle papers, BANC MSS 2017/190, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley..
Processing Information
Processed at the box level in 2023 by Marjorie Bryer.
Related Archival Materials
Related collection: Title--Warren Hinckle: journalist, editor, publisher, iconoclast (BANC MSS 2015/137).
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco chronicle.
San Francisco examiner.
Ramparts (Berkeley, Calif.)
Scanlan's monthly.
Argonaut (San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco chronicle.
Journalists -- California.
journalism -- California -- San Francisco.
Journalism.
Journalists.
California.
California -- San Francisco.
Archives.
Born digital
Hinckle, Warren -- Archives.
Carton 1
Correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, approximately 1993-2000; materials related to Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson? : the picaresque story of the
birth of gonzo, 1974-2011; manuscripts (Can You Take a Little Joke?, Citizen of a Strange Land, A Dictionary of First and
Last Lines, Do No Harm/Libby Zion Trial Notes, A Short Historie of the CIA's Pursuit of an Official Secrets Act, and Uppie
Goes to Hollywood), approximately 1978-1998.
Carton 2
Articles and columns; Hinckle's Journal and research notes, A-B
1968-2011
Carton 3
Research notes, C-N
1970-2012
Carton 4
Research notes, O-Z and publications
1978-2012
Scope and Contents
Research notes, O-Z and Miscellaneous, 1978-2012; Hinckle's Publishing Ventures, including The Argonaut, Alta, The Independent,
Ramparts, Scanlan's Monthly, The War News, and The Waterfront, 1963-2012.
Box 1
Personalia
Scope and Contents
Personalia, including copies of his baby book, photographs, awards, articles about Hinckle (and publishing), and information
about his oral history, 1938-2012.
oversize_box 1
Graphic works
Scope and Contents
Watercolor of Hinckle and his dog Bentley; posters (advertising Thompson and Hinckle's columns and his other publications;
Hinckle for mayor; Murphy Bernard; Bushmills boycott); Gayslayer book cover, 1970-1991; San Francisco Foghorn Newspaper scrapbook,
1956-1957.
oversize_box 2
Hinckle columns and miscellaneous publications
Scope and Contents
Hinckle columns from the Examiner, Chronicle, and miscellaneous publications - subjects include Cuba, the S and L scandal,
and George H.W. Bush, 1970-2012; articles about Hinckle, including SFPD arrests of him and Marilyn Chambers, 1985-1998; historic
newspapers, 1937, 1938, 1963; one photograph, 1984.
digital_folder 001
California State Assembly hearing on restoring Hetch Hetchy
2006
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital materials is available on-site in the Heller reading room.
digital_folder 002
Huell Howser California's Gold television show, Hetch Hetchy episode
2005
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital materials is available on-site in the Heller reading room.
