Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to the professional career of Brian Ross, an award winning investigative journalist and prestigious alumni of the University of Iowa. This collection also contains born digital and digitized materials given to Ross from ABC after he retired. Content includes an "aired stories index" as well as filmed broadcasts produced by Ross's partner and award-winning executive producer Rhonda Schwartz.
Materials include writings, newspapers and clippings, correspondence, photographs, research materials, legal documents, interview transcripts, awards, and ephemera spanning Ross's early career prior to working for his first major network, NBC News until his departure from ABC News in 2018. A majority of the materials cover Ross's biggest news stories and historical elections throughout his decades long career.
You can find these materials under the following intellectual series: ABC NEWS, AUDIOVISUAL, AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS, BORN-DIGITAL, DIGITIZED MATERIALS, EARLY CAREER/NBC NEWS, EPHEMERA, PERSONAL PAPERS, and UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-2017
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. This collection is stored offsite; please allow 2-3 business days for retrieval.
Special Collections will only be able to provide access to digital material on request with appropriate warnings, no open access online. No reproduction restrictions and no restrictions on use.
Conditions Governing Use
The donor owns copyright in some of the collection, however, the collection may also contain materials from other individuals who may own the copyright, nor do they inted to assign copyright ownership to the university. There are no reproduction restriction and no restriction on use.
Special Collections will only be able to provide access to digital material on request with appropriate warnings, no open access online. No reproduction restrictions and no restrictions on use.
Copyright status for other collection materials may be unknown.Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit the Special Collections and Archives website.
Biographical / Historical
Brian Ross is a distinguished alumni of the University of Iowa and an award winning Investigative journalist. Born and raised in Chicago, Ross earned his Bachelors in Journalism in 1971 from the Unversity of Iowa School of Journalism. After graduation, Ross began working at KWWL Waterloo, Iowa from 1972-1974 before working for WCKT-TV in Miami and WKYC TV in Cleveland. Ross worked as a correspondent for both NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC from 1976 until 1994. Brian Ross switched networks and assumed his role of Chief Investigative reporter for ABC programs such as 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, and World News Tonight until his departure from the network in 2018. Brian Ross has covered some of the most signifcant events in recent history and has worked alongside some of the most prominent news figures like Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Jane Pauley. Ross has received numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards.
Biographical / Historical
Rhonda Schwartz is an award winning investigative journalist with a 5 decade career at both NBC and ABC Network News where she led the investigative team with her long time reporting partner Investigative journalist Brian Ross. Schwartz has received numerous awards including over a dozen Emmys, mulitple duPont-Columbia, Peabody and Polk awards as well as Edward R Murrow, IRE, Peabody and the prestigious Harvard Goldsmith Prize, among others.
Full Extent
12.84 Linear Feet (31 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rachel Romero
- Date
- 2026 January 26
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu