Jean Bergantini Grillo was the Cambridge and Boston
Phoenix's Senior Editor from its first issue in 1969 through 1972. When the original
staff of the Phoenix was let go after the paper's sale in the summer of 1972, Grillo
helped start The Real Paper with the rest of the fired staff. While at the Phoenix,
Grillo was an art critic and covered feminist issues and activism. She graduated
from Rhode Island College in 1966 with a degree in English and after working at the
Phoenix, continued an active career as a journalist, art critic, television writer
and playwright.
The Jean Bargantini Grillo Collection contains a complete run
of the Phoenix from its first issue as the Cambridge Phoenix in 1969 until the
original staff moved to the Real Paper in 1972. There are also several early issues
of The Real Paper until Grillo left the paper in late 1972. There is also a small
group of reporter's notebooks used by Grillo in 1971 and 1972, index cards from her
rolodex, and a proof for a political cartoon created for the Phoenix by William D.
Steele.
Jean Bergantini Grillo (3rd from right) and the Cambridge Phoenix staff, 1969 (photo by Jeff Albertson)
Jean Bergantini Grillo was the Cambridge and Boston Phoenix's Senior Editor from its
first issue in 1969 through 1972. When the original staff of the Phoenix was let go
after the paper's sale in the summer of 1972, Grillo helped start The Real Paper
with the rest of the fired staff. While at the Phoenix, Grillo was an art critic and
covered feminist issues and activism. She graduated from Rhode Island College in
1966 with a degree in English and after working at the Phoenix, continued an active
career as a journalist, art critic, television writer and playwright.
Scope of collection
The Jean Bargantini Grillo Collection contains a complete run of the Phoenix from its
first issue as the Cambridge Phoenix in 1969 until the original staff moved to the
Real Paper in 1972. There are also several early issues of The Real Paper until
Grillo left the paper in late 1972. There is also a small group of reporter's
notebooks used by Grillo in 1971 and 1972, index cards from her rolodex, and a proof
for a political cartoon created for the Phoenix by William D. Steele.
