The papers of Edward Willis Scripps (1854-1926) provide ample information on the life and times of this pioneering journalist, including his correspondence and writings, his broad interests and political activity, and corporate correspondence between his business associates, and his family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

E.W. Scripps was publisher of the Cleveland Press and Cincinnati Post and the developer of a significant chain of American daily newspapers.

The E. W. Scripps Papers are a part of the Manuscript Collections in Ohio University's Archives and Special Collections.