Media Collection Descriptions

Collections concerning mass communications, such as the founding records of a public television station or a newspaper morgue; records of media and public relations organizations, such as press associations; and papers of journalists, announcers, station managers, and photojournalists. Also see the National Women and Media Collection.

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Allen, Donna (1920-1999), Papers, 1920-1992, (C3795)
18.6 linear feet
Papers of director of Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women. Includes professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, nad wome in management. Also documents Allen's involvement in labor, civil rights, and anti-war activism.

Allen, Lafe F., Papers, (WUNP5798)
MICROFILM
10 linear feet
INVENTORY. Papers of a journalist and member of the United States Information Agency, consisting of copies of news stories, articles and other writings, correspondence, notes, background and research material, and miscellaneous personal records related to Allen's coverage of U.S. foreign policy activities in central and south America, Europe, and Asia, 1950s-1960s.

ANATOMICAL RECORD Papers, 1908-1913, (C0913)
1 folder(s)
ANATOMICAL RECORD, published under auspices and support of Wistar Institute. Minutes of meetings with decisions on policies to be followed by RECORD editor; letter to Horace Jayne advising him of vote of thanks extended by editorial board for establishing RECORD and regretting his withdrawal; minutes of meeting held by editors; various journals published by Institute.

Applegate, Roberta G., Papers, 1935-1987, (C3840)
2 linear feet
Papers of Roberta G. Applegate; student at Michigan State University and reporter for the Associated Press of Michigan, 1935-1946, first female press secretary to the Governor of Michigan, 1947-1949; reporter and editor for the MIAMI HERALD from 1950-1964; and Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1964 -. The papers consist of awards, correspondence, miscellaneous material, newspaper clippings and speeches.

Atwater, James D., Papers, (WUNP5691)
1 linear foot
INVENTORY. Papers of journalism educator and dean of School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Includes correspondence, talks, subject files, and other materials.

Bain, George Grantham (1865- ), Papers, 1891, (C1743)
1 folder(s)
Letters about newspaperman Bain from Charles Ritch Johnson and the Saint Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT managing editor, May 8-9, 1891. Also biographical sketch of Bain with compliments from other journalists about his work.

Banaszynski, Jacqui, Papers (WUNP6200)
RESTRICTED
5.75 linear feet
Papers of a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and journalism educator who worked for several Midwest and Pacific Northwest newspapers. Includes articles, research materials, interview notes, correspondence, and datebooks.

Beck, John F., Papers, (WUNP5824)
INVENTORY. Papers of a television producer/director/writer, consisting of scripts and associated correspondence, production notes, and research material for stories aired on "CBS Reports," "60 Minutes" and other network news programs; 1960s.

Bell, Ovid K. (1875-1953), Papers, 1899-1921, (C3224)
1 linear foot
Business correspondence of Ovid Bell, editor of the FULTON GAZETTE. Covers letters F-W, arranged alphabetically. Some correspondents are Walter Williams, Joseph Mudd, Joseph W. Folk, David R. Francis, and representatives of other newspapers in Missouri.

Bell, Ovid (1875-1953), Collection, 1824-1950, (C3805)
10 folder(s)
Papers of and materials collected by a Fulton, MO, resident relating to the history and residents of Callaway County. Comprises correspondence, copies of speeches and lectures given by Bell, and documents including a typescript 1849 diary, tax rolls, Callaway County Agricultural and Mechanical Society membership lists, and a regimental history and troop roster of Company B, 1st Missouri Cavalry, C.S.A.

Bless, Bertha (1889-1977), Papers, 1894-1985, (C1740)
4.3 linear feet
Papers of Bertha Bless, publisher of the Weston Chronicle, Weston, Missouri, and member of the National Federation of Press Women and Missouri Press Women. Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, convention materials, and miscellaneous materials related to the various press organizations in which Bless was involved.

Boehringer, Marie Daerr (1913-1997), 1930-1997, (C1221)
4 linear feet
Diaries; correspondence; newspaper clippings; article; poem and story manuscripts; publications; and miscellaneous papers of a Cleveland, OH, journalist and poet.

Boggs, William M. (1862-19 ), Papers, 1844-1909, (C1672)
1 folder(s)
Five letters to F.A. Sampson, State Historical Society of Missouri, from Napa City, CA, June-October 1909, about Lilburn W. Boggs. Two sketches of Bent's Fort in 1844. Pamphlets about the U.S. receiving ship INDEPENDENCE and the 1846 U.S. possession of California. Newspaper article, 1905, about Oliver P. Wiggins.

Boyer, Mary Joan, Scrapbook, 1957-1959, (C1386)
1 volume(s)
Newspaper articles on history of Jefferson County, MO, from DAILY NEWS-DEMOCRAT, Festus, MO (1957-1959), and JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORD, Hillsboro, MO (1959). Interviews with long-time residents and a poem by M.J. Boyer, "Autumn in Jefferson County."

Brandt, Raymond P. (1896-1974), Papers, 1917-1974, (C0850)
2 linear feet
Correspondence, newspaper articles, interviews, notes, financial accounts, audio cassettes and photographs of a Sedalia, MO, man who was a Washington, D.C. correspondent for the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH from 1923 to 1967. Brandt wrote on politics, economics, and the Soviet Union, which he visited five times.

Brewer, Basil (1884-1975), Papers, 1911-1965, (C3132)
10 linear feet
Correspondence, editorials, news clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks dealing with Brewer's activities as publisher of the NEW BEDFORD STANDARD-TIMES, his philanthropic work, and his political interests.

Burke, William Jeremiah (1902-1990), Papers, 1903-1985, (C3608)
RESTRICTED
5 linear feet
Correspondence; diary; manuscripts of novels, short stories, poems, and articles; and photographs of the director of editorial research at LOOK Magazine, 1943-1968. Correspondence of Burke and Thomas Allan Brady, 1922-1962, and of Burke and Maurice M. Milligan, 1947-1951; and manuscripts of Milligan's book, THE MISSOURI WALTZ.

Carr, Will D., Scrapbooks, 1886-1889, (C1388)
2 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings of the writings of Will Carr, including DIVORCED BY DEATH; PEN PICTURES of the members and actions of the Missouri 34th and 35th general assemblies by Will Yum.

CARROLLTON DEMOCRAT, Carrollton, Missouri, Papers, 1936-1938, (C0591)
1 folder(s)
Telegrams to the DEMOCRAT about King Edward VIII's abdication; Franklin D. Roosevelt's recommendations to Congress, 1937; Martin Johnson's death; the wreck of Amelia Earhart's plane; and the death of Queen Marie of Romania.

CASS COUNTY DEMOCRAT-MISSOURIAN, 1957, (C0827)
1 folder(s)
Articles on the old Civil War mansion of John R. William and a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements of Cass County, MO, 1956.

Clayton, Charles, Papers, (WUNP5038)
0.2 linear feet
Correspondence, research materials, an unpublished biography, and other writings by and about William Marion Reedy--a columnist and editor of REEDY'S MIRROR, a weekly publication from 1893 to 1920.

Cockrell, Allen V., Daybook, 1895-1901, (C1080)
1 volume(s)
Contains miscellaneous notes and clippings of political and historical interest, with a few scattered accounts. Allen V. Cockrell resided in Washington, D.C., where he wrote a weekly column published in various Missouri newspapers.

Cooley, Polly, Letter, 1851, (C0838)
1 folder(s)
Letter to her husband, N.G. Cooley, who was in Idaho prospecting for gold. Reprinted in CARROLLTON DEMOCRAT, 1935.

Cotton, Martha, Papers, (WUNP5437)
RESTRICTED
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to professional papers of an NBC journalist. Includes correspondence, story files, research notes, and miscellaneous.

Cotton, Martha, Papers, (WUNP5021)
RESTRICTED
0.8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Research materials and papers of NBC News producer and journalist.

Cross, John Newton (1850- ), Scrapbook, 1934, (C1396)
1 volume(s)
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings from Missouri newspapers.

Culbert, Prudence Lily, Scrapbook, 1821, (C1397)
1 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings of poems, news stories, drawings, and obituaries.

Dale, E.L. (1890- ). Interview, 1965, (C3396)
4 folder(s)
Tape and transcription of interview with editor of CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS. Topics include Dale's background, role of news, editor, government role in news media, civil rights, and contemporary issues in U.S. and Missouri.

Drell, Adrienne, Papers, (WUNP6197)
14 l.f., 1 v.c.
Papers of a journalist who worked for the Waukegan News-Sun and Chicago Sun-Times mainly covering the court system. The bulk of the collection contains news clippings, court transcripts, depositions, and affidavits concerning the criminal trial of Rev. L.R. Davis and the lawsuit he brought against Drell and the News-Sun. The collection also includes other news stories by Drell and personal materials.

Epstein, Eleni (1926-1991), Papers, 1948-1987, (C3898)
0.8 linear feet
Papers of Eleni Sakes Epstein, fashion and beauty editor of the WASHINGTON STAR from 1943-1981. The papers consist of correspondence, speaking engagements, photographs, miscellaneous material pertaining to the fashion industry, FASHION IN NEWSPAPERS, clippings and audio cassette interviews with American, European, and Asian fashion designers and others.

Fantel, Hans (1922-2006), Papers, c. 1925-2006, (C4003)
RESTRICTED
3.2 linear feet
Papers of Hans Fantel, a freelance writer who wrote about high fidelity and home electronics for a variety of publications including the New York Times. Contains his articles, correspondence, photographs, and an account of his escape from Nazi controlled Austria.

Filley, Chauncey Ives (1829-1923), Letter, 1880, (C1824)
1 folder(s)
To D.K. Abeel, Kansas City, MO, from St. Louis, MO, Feb. 20, 1880. Political maneuvering in Missouri for General Grant's presidential candidacy in 1880. Organization and influence of St. Louis German vote, the WESTLICHE POST, Emil Preetorius. State politics, particularly party positions. Also typed copy.

Fitzpatrick, Daniel R. (1891-1969), Cartoons, 1934-1943, (C0820)
3 folder(s)
Newspaper cartoons concerned with Missouri politics during this period. Published in the ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH.

Fitzpatrick, Daniel R. (1891-1969), Papers, 1913-1966, (C3832)
1 linear foot
Personal and business correspondence of D.R. Fitzpatrick, editorial cartoonist for the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (1913-1958). Letters, magazines, and newspaper articles concerning "Fitz's" cartoons of local, regional, and national politics, including government propaganda for both World Wars. Also includes 16 one-half hour television documentaries on political affairs, entitled 45 YEARS WITH FITZPATRICK.

Flynn, Francis Marion (1903-1974), Papers, 1920-1975, (C3812)
1 linear foot
Papers of a New York City newspaper executive and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The collection has correspondence, clippings, speeches, in-house publications, pamphlets, and photographs from Flynn's tenure at the JAPAN ADVERTISER PRESS and the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.

Freedom House, Archives, (WUNP5392)
RESTRICTED
8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of clippings, articles, correspondence, and collected materials relating to press freedom and freedom of information. Arranged alphabetically by name of country.

Freedom House, Archives, (WUNP5359)
RESTRICTED
47 linear feet
INVENTORY. Records, publications, clippings, and other materials documenting "a new world information order," international journalism, and press freedom violations. Includes materials created and compiled by Freedom House, primarily from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Freedom House, Archives, 1976-1994, (WUNP5447)
RESTRICTED
3 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of materials relating to U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, United Nations Association, and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Materials date from ca. 1976-1994.

French Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1883-1897, (C0870)
1 folder(s)
Scrapbook of French newspaper clippings about world events. Most of the clippings refer to France, the French Chamber of Deputies, England, the British parliament, and Ireland. Articles on William E. Gladstone and Charles S. Parnell, Irish home rule bill and Napoleon's expedition into Egypt.

George, Nicholas (1923-2002), Papers, (WUNP5993)
RESTRICTED
82.25 linear feet
NVENTORY. Office correspondence, wire copy, and news reports on audio tapes and cassettes of managing editor for ABC Radio News during the 1960s and 1970s. Tapes document most major events of this period including the Kennedy and King assassinations, Vietnam War, and space missions. The papers also contain materials from George's teaching career in the 1980s and 1990s.

Gollan, J.S., Speech, 1930, (C0733)
1 folder(s)
Address of editor of LA PRENSA, Buenos Aires, an exchange lecturer of the University of Buenos Aires, before the Columbia Kiwanis Club, March 25, 1930.

Goode, Malvin R. (1908-1995), Papers, 1911-2001, (C1706)
8 linear feet
Malvin Russell Goode, Sr. was the first African American broadcast journalist at ABC News. The collection consists of letters, speeches, photographs, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, awards, and other miscellaneous items documenting his life, career, and African-American culture.

Harman, Moses (1830-1910), Papers, 1858-1984, (C3802)
MICROFILM
13 folder(s)
Papers of Moses Harman, founder and publisher of LUCIFER, THE LIGHT-BEARER, later the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EUGENICS. He was a proponent of women's rights and the eugenics movement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Includes typescript copies of a speech and articles by Harman, a photograph, articles about Harman, and issues of LUCIFER, THE LIGHT-BEARER, 1896-1907.

Harris, Fran, (1909-1998), Papers, 1930, 1943-1976, (C1201)
1.4 linear feet
Papers of a journalist, editor, and publisher relating to her involvement in the Women in Communications, Inc., professional organization formerly known as Theta Sigma Phi. Include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and periodical articles, conference programs, and photographs.

Hartley, Jo (1921- ), Papers, 1968-1986, (C3976)
2 linear feet
Papers of the editor of COMMENT, a publication which disseminated information on research about women. Includes correspondence, issues of COMMENT, grant applications and reports, and notes from conferences Hartley attended.

Hickok, Estelle, Scrapbooks, 1927-1945, (C1405)
11 volume(s)
Clippings about Charles A. Lindbergh's career, marriage, flight to Paris, subsequent world trips, kidnapping of son, the Hauptman trial, life in England, World War II neutrality speeches, opposition to Lend-Lease Bill and involvement in various commercial and military aviation projects.

Holste, Glenda, Papers, (WUNP6196)
5.25 linear feet, 2 audio cassettes, 3 DVDs
Professional papers of a journalist and University of Missouri graduate who worked as a columnist, editorial writer, and editor of several daily newspapers. She is a past president of the Journalism and Women's Symposium and public affairs specialist for Education Minnesota, the state's educators union. The collection consists of subject files from her work at the St. Paul Pioneer Press as well as materials from her JAWS presidency.

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Arizona Project, Records, 1976-1977, (C3885)
RESTRICTED
26 linear feet
Records of the Arizona Project, a cooperative journalistic investigation into organized crime and political corruption in Arizona, consisting of subject files, photographs, and audio cassettes.

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Records, (WUNP5473)
RESTRICTED
28 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of materials relating to the Arizona Project and subsequent trial, and materials relating to various projects conducted during the late 1980s.

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Records, (WUNP5516)
0.3 linear feet
Research files relating to Danny Casolaro. Addition to IRE, Inc.

Jurney, Dorothy Misener (1909-2002), Papers, 1920-1992, (C3904)
2 linear feet
Professional papers of Dorothy Misener Jurney, a reporter and editor on newspapers in Indiana, Miami, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. The papers consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, speeches, photographs, slides, and miscellaneous material.

Kaufman, Susan J., Papers, (WUNP5631)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism educator. Primarily materials submitted for promotion to full professor. Also includes miscellaneous correspondence and records.

Keefe, James F. (1923-1999), Papers, 1915-1998, (C3834)
17.4 linear feet, 62 audio cassettes
Writings, speeches, correspondence, and photographs of James F. Keefe, a conservationist with the Missouri Conservation Commission. Keefe was also an editor, sportsman, and black powder gun enthusiast.

Keeley, Mary Paxton (1886-1986), Papers, 1830-1983, (C0848)
7.25 linear feet
Papers of the first woman graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, 1910. Active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, genealogist, and photographer. Material includes correspondence; diaries; manuscripts for Keeley's articles, fiction, and poetry; clippings; tapes; and photographs.

Kees, Beverly (1941-2004), Papers, 1941-2004, (4025)
27.75 linear feet, 2 volumes, 1 video cassette, 1 compact disc
The papers of Beverly Kees, a journalist, editor, and journalism instructor in Minneapolis, North Dakota, Indiana, and California; the first female executive editor at a Knight-Ridder newspaper; and editor and programs director for the Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center. The collection contains both personal and professional material, including office files, clippings, editorials, correspondence, photographs, reports, resources, and handbooks.

Knight, Robert P., Papers, (WUNP5209)
5.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Video library, correspondence and miscellaneous papers of a University of Missouri journalism instructor. Mostly about international and minority journalism.

Knight, Robert P., Papers, (WUNP5345)
INVENTORY. Video and audio materials collected by a University of Missouri journalism professor. Includes interviews, lectures, and other materials relating to foreign, minority and U.S. media.

Leake, Harold H. (1891-1978) and Dorothy V. (1893-1990), Papers, 1841-1990, (C4011)
40.25 linear feet, 4 card files, 9 audio discs, 8 video cassettes
The papers of Harold H. Leake, music teacher, radio broadcaster, and Episcopal priest, and Dorothy V. Leake, educator and biologist, consist of correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, diaries, subject files, and other materials relating to the personal and professional lives of the Leakes and their family.

Lewis, Dorothy Roe (1904-1985), Papers, 1926-1984, (C2233)
1.2 linear feet
Papers of a feature writer for Universal News Service, women's editor for Associated Press, columnist for Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, editor of the MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, and free-lance writer. Material on ghostwriting assignments and free-lance articles for newspapers and magazines.

Lichtenstein, Grace, Papers, (WUNP6198)
RESTRICTED
1.4 l.f., 28 a.c.
Papers of a journalist and writer. The collection consists of research material, interview notes, transcripts, and tapes, books and articles Lichtenstein wrote on early women Olympians, professional women tennis players, women artists in the Southwest, and an unfinished project on women entrepreneurs.

Lusk, Mrs. W.H., Scrapbook, 1859, (C1411)
1 volume(s)
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings pasted into an 1857 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.

Made-in-St. Louis Exposition, Scrapbook, 1910, (C1410)
1 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings covering events of a "Made-in-St. Louis" Exposition, from St. Louis newspapers, August 1910.

Mahoney, Tom (1905-1981), Papers, 1922-1969, (C3063)
MICROFILM
Papers of Tom Mahoney, a 1927 University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate and track athlete, who was a reporter, editor and publicist in Texas, Kansas City and New York. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, memos, photographs and miscellaneous material relating to his school days and his career.

Mayo, Peter, Papers, 1956-1964, (C3458)
0.4 linear feet
Correspondence between Peter Mayo, Chicago architect, and editorial cartoonists throughout the United States regarding his requests for original cartoons for his collection. The Peter Mayo Cartoon Collection is in the State Historical Society.

McClendon, Sarah (1910-2003), Papers, 1931-1992, (C2579)
3.5 linear feet
Personal and professional papers of Sarah Newcomb McClendon, White House news correspondent from Tyler, Texas. McClendon was also a women's rights advocate throughout her life and the collection focuses on women's rights issues. Addition to the National Women and Media Collection.

McKay, Ann Bryan Mariano (1932-2009), Papers, c. 1892-2009, (C4009)
MICROFILM
16.25 linear feet
The papers of Ann Bryan Mariano McKay, a journalist and Vietnam War correspondent, consist primarily of material relating to her work on the independent newspaper, Overseas Weekly, and include newspapers, newspaper copy, photographs, correspondence, and legal materials regarding a lawsuit over distribution of the newspaper in Vietnam. Other materials in the collection document her work with Vietnamese orphanages, as well as various aspects of both her personal and professional life, including a return trip to Vietnam in 1995 with her adopted daughter.

Media Watch, Records, (WUNP5340)
RESTRICTED
2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Copies of MEDIA WATCH, a quarterly publication, from 1987-1992; and two videocassettes "Don't Be a TV: Television Victim" and "Warning: The Media May be Hazardous to Your Health."

Meng, Warren Douglas, Scrapbooks, n.d., (C1436)
3 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings compiled by W.D. Meng, newspaperman and editor of Missouri Blue Book, 1933-1934. Volumes one and two contain miscellaneous newspaper clippings of Civil War articles, poems, and photographs. Volume three contains newspaper clippings on the Blue Book.

Miller, Edwin L., Scrapbook, 1888-1897, (C0873)
1 folder(s)
Newspaper clippings taken from a Holden, Johnson County, MO, newspaper, pertaining to deaths of literary, military and political notables of the time, Holden M.E. Church convention program and membership certificate, Johnson County wolf hunt, and feature and human interest stories.

Miller, James L. (1897- ), Interview, 1965, (C3397)
4 folder(s)
Tape and transcripts of an interview with the editor of the Washington Missourian.

Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project, Records, 1996-, (C3965)
0.2 linear feet
Interviews with Missouri newspaper people regarding the history and evolution of newspapers in Missouri. The records include audio cassettes, transcripts, logs, notes, correspondence, and related ephemera.

Missouri Press Association Papers, 1866-1915, (C1822)
15 folder(s)
Papers about the annual meetings of the Press Association: agendas, lists of participants, and information discussed.

Missouri Press Association, Records, 1882-1982, (C3714)
MICROFILM
1.8 linear feet
Records of an organization of editors, publishers, and employees of publishing establishments containing histories, correspondence, minutes, annual meeting programs, newsletters, clippings, and photographs. Includes information on regional associations and the Missouri Press Association confidential bulletins from 1930 to 1982. Bulletins are on microfilm.

Missouri Press Photographers Association, Photographs, (WUNP4989)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of photographs used in MPPA's 1988 "Pictures of the Year" contest.

Missouri Press Photographers Association, Photographs, (WUNP4913)
0.2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Photographs included in MPPA's "Pictures of the Year," exhibit.

Missouri Press Women, Papers, 1961-1985, (C3967)
0.8 linear feet
The papers of the Missouri Press Women consist of award and scholarship information, by-laws, correspondence, financial and membership records, and minutes.

Missouri Women's Press Club, Treasurer's Records, 1937-1964, (C2660)
1 volume(s)
Financial records, including receipts and disbursements. Members' names given upon receipt of dues.

Morris, Joe Alex, Sr. (1904-1990), Papers, 1926-1979, (C0229)
2 linear feet
1 volume(s)
The papers of Joe Alex Morris, Sr., a journalist and author from Lancaster, MO, include story drafts and notes, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper and magazine clippings.

Morrissey, David H. (1951-1996), Papers, (WUNP5759)
6.25 linear feet
INVENTORY. Subject files, research materials, and teaching materials related to the Freedom of Information Act, government secrecy, and electronic records of an investigative reporter and professor of journalism.

Mott, Frank Luther (1886-1964) and Vera I. (1885- 1964), Papers, 1775-1965 (C2344)
MICROFILM
44.75 linear feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm
Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning History of American Magazines; and his wife.

Mott, Frank Luther (1886-1964), Papers, 1824-1962 (C2343)
0.5 linear feet
The papers of a professor of Journalism and Director of the School of Journalism from 1927-1942; dean, School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, 1942-1951, and emeritus, 1951-1964.

National Federation of Press Women, Inc., Records, 1910-, (C3973)
MICROFILM
5 linear feet
Records of an organization consisting of affiliated state professional associations of press women, which promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes correspondence of officers, annual convention materials, histories of the organization and its members, publications, and affiliate information.

National Federation of Press Women, Inc., Records, (WUNP6205)
MICROFILM
5.5 linear feet, 8 audio cassettes, 1 compact disc, 3 computer discs, 3 rolls of microfilm, 2 video cassettes
Publications, conference materials, meeting minutes, membership rosters, and other records of an organization founded in 1937 that promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes transcripts and audio recordings of past presidents’ oral histories. See also C3973.

National Sisters Communications Service, Records, 1973-1985, (C3883)
7.8 linear feet
Records of a national resource office for religious communicators founded in 1975 and based in Los Angeles. The records consist of administrative correspondence, minutes of board meetings, reports, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material of the Service and its successor organization, the Center for Communications Ministry. Sr. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, was executive director.

National Women and Media Collection, 20th Anniversary, Records, 2007, (C4006)
1 folder(s)
Newspaper articles promoting lecture event, sound recording of Marj Paxson discussing founding of NWMC, and video of the lecture and panel discussion featuring Tad Bartimus.

New Directions for News, Papers, (WUNP5365)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of administrative files and correspondence, primarily materials relating to the funding of the NDN project.

New Directions for News, Papers, (WUNP5347)
INVENTORY. Recordings of interviews, journalism conference sessions, promotional materials, and other events for use and demonstration of New Directions for News; a project of the UM School of Journalism.

New Directions for News, Papers, (WUNP5361)
0.1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence and audiovisual workshop materials. Includes some commercial materials and conference recordings.

New Directions for News, Papers, (WUNP5556)
13 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of project and research files; workshop materials, correspondence, surveys and miscellaneous.

New Directions for News, Papers, 1987-1992, (WUNP5542)
7.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence and topical files from ca. 1987-1992.

New Directions for News, Papers, 1988-1993, (WUNP5450)
0.8 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of board meeting minutes and records, 1988-1993, and file relating to funding prospects, 1990-1993.

New Directions for News, Papers, 1993, (WUNP5456)
0.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of correspondence, meeting materials and transcriptions of minutes of Freedom Forum Roundtable meetings in 1993.

New Directions for News, Research Project, Papers, 1972-1988, (C3901)
7.4 linear feet
Papers consist of newspaper clippings, research data, reports, and correspondence documenting a research project that analyzed U.S. newspaper coverage of several women's issues and events of the 1970s and published its findings in a 1983 report. Virginia R. Allen was director, Catherine East was issues specialist, and Dorothy Misener Jurney was media specialist on the project.

New Directions for Women, Records, 1971-2000, (C4031)
8 linear feet, 23 rolls of microfilm
The New Directions for Women collection contains the business records of a feminist newspaper based in New Jersey and published from 1972 to 1993. The records include correspondence, reader surveys, newspapers, indexes, and financial records, as well as material concerning publicity, fundraising, grants, advertising, circulation, and conferences hosted by the publication.

O'Donnell, John, Papers, 1945, (C0902)
1 volume(s)
Copies of his sports column, which was written in the form of letters to servicemen and women during World War II. O'Donnell also printed letters from them.

Parry, Duke Needham (1893-1932), Papers, 1923-1924, (C2227)
1 linear foot
Newspaper clippings, unpublished articles, and miscellaneous notes by Parry while International News Service foreign correspondent in Japan.

Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards, Records, 1960-1993, (C4050)
23.4 linear feet, 20 rolls of microfilm
The records of the Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards consist of administrative material concerning the program’s newspaper, magazine, and television competitions and workshops. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, and photographs.

Pershing, John J. (1860-1948), Letters, 1917-1918, (C1624)
1 folder(s)
Letters to Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary, State Historical Society of Missouri, from France. Pershing thanked Shoemaker for the biographical sketch in the MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW and agreed to send the "Stars and Stripes" to the Society.

Porter, Sylvia F. (1913-1991), Papers, 1939-1991 (C3977)
16 linear feet
3 video cassettes
6 audio cassettes
The papers of Sylvia Porter, a personal finance columnist who wrote for the New York Post and New York Daily News, consist of her columns, books, speeches, and other writings. Correspondence and publicity clippings concerning the Sylvia Porter Organization and her involvement in President Ford’s efforts to curb inflation in the 1970s are also included.

Powell, John Benjamin (1886-1947), Papers, 1910-1952, (C3662)
2.9 linear feet
Papers of a journalist, including correspondence, literary productions, printed material, photographs, and a scrapbook. Rough drafts for MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN CHINA and Powell's articles (1941-1947). Information on China, Japan, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Central Asia, India, Philippine Islands, World War II, and the Washington Conference.

Priddy, Robert, KLIK, 1954-1974, A Double Decade of Service, c. 1978, (C2186)
0.2 linear feet
A history of KLIK radio station in Jefferson City, Missouri, by the station's news director.

Reid, Dudley A. (1898-1957), Papers, 1898-1958, (C3855)
2 linear feet
Papers of Dudley Alver Reid, an editor and publisher of weekly newspapers in Missouri and Iowa. The papers consist of correspondence, miscellaneous material and scrapbooks.

Rice, Herbert Francis (1901-1963), Papers, 1944-1963, (C2903)
5 folder(s)
Personal correspondence with friends and business associates, largely concerning the Civil War in Missouri; manuscripts of articles by Rice on various Missouri history subjects; newspaper clippings from the KANSAS CITY TIMES; Rice's obituary; and miscellaneous handbills and programs.

Rogers, Harrison Lang (1919- ), Interview, 1965, (C3395)
4 folder(s)
Tapes and transcription of interview with the editor of the JOPLIN GLOBE and JOPLIN NEWS HERALD. Topics discussed include Rogers' background, role of news editors, contemporary issues in Missouri and America, civil rights, American political parties and the conflict between Missouri's urban and non-urban areas.

Saults, Dan, "Let Us Discuss A Man," 1962, (C2133)
1 folder(s)
Speech about John Newman Edwards (1839-1889). Edwards was a Missouri Confederate, newspaper editor, author, and friend of Joseph Shelby, Quantrill, and the James Brothers. Saults discusses Edwards' friendship with Shelby, their Civil War experiences, the fiasco in Mexico after the war, and Edwards' newspaper career and drinking problems.

Scarberry, Alma Sioux (1899-1990), Papers, 1899-1990, (C3913)
3 linear feet
The papers of Alma Sioux Scarberry, a reporter, novelist, script writer, publicist, and entertainer include correspondence, clippings, photographs, newspaper serials, books, manuscripts, sheet music, audio tapes and records. The Scarberry Papers are an addition to the National Women and Media Collection.

Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1886-1972), "History of the Missouri Press Association," n.d., (C1255)
1 volume(s)
History of the Press Association, 1867-1916.

Shoemaker, Floyd C. (1886-1972), "The Stars Look Down on Christmas," 1943, (C1256)
1 volume(s)
Article published in the MISSOURI FARMER.

Shoemaker, Ralph J. (1906-1980), Papers, 1920-1964, (C3350)
2 linear feet
2 volume(s)
Correspondence, transcriptions of speeches, and pamphlets about newspaper libraries; correspondence and news coverage about publication of THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS; microfilm reports, copies of SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION FOR CLIPPING AND PICTURE FILES by Shoemaker; and office and World War II photographs.

Short, Beth Campbell (1909-1988), Papers, 1927-1968, (C3994)
0.6 linear feet
Papers of Beth Campbell Short, a journalist from Oklahoma who primarily worked in Washington, D.C. covering Eleanor Roosevelt for the Associated Press. The papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and reports.

Southeast Missouri Press Association Minute Book, 1893-1981, (C3646)
MICROFILM
Annual meeting minutes of organization of newspaper publishers. Minutes reflect concern about advertising rates, postal rate and freedom of the press legislation, and contemporary issues. Includes list of organization's presidents.

SQUATTER SOVEREIGN, Atchison, Kansas, 1855-1857, (C0800)
MICROFILM
Paper published by J.H. Stringfellow and R.S. Kelley as a pro-slavery weekly advocating that "the squatter claims the same sovereignty in the Territory that he possessed in the States." In 1857 ownership passed to S.C. Pomeroy and O.F. Short and the policy became pro-free state.

State Historical Society of Missouri, Typescript Collection, (C0995)
RESTRICTED
MICROFILM
The State Historical Society of Missouri Typescript Collection consists of typescripts of articles and manuscripts donated over the years to the Historical Society.

Stephenson, Malvina (1911-1996), Papers, 1863-1996, (C4038)
8.75 linear feet, 2 video cassettes, 1 audio disc
The papers of Malvina Stephenson contain the professional papers of a journalist who spent most of her career covering politics in Washington, D.C. The collection includes story and subject files, scrapbooks of articles and columns, research for a biography on Senator Robert S. Kerr, scripts for radio news reports, and other personal and professional material.

Stephenson, William, Papers, (WUNP4878)
81.2 linear feet
INVENTORY. Correspondence, reports, studies, research files, and publications of a professor in the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism who developed the Q-methodology of measuring public opinion in advertising and communications.

Stevens, Walter Barlow, Scrapbooks, (SUNP2541)
50 volume(s)
Scrapbooks of a ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT Washington correspondent containing clippings, some correspondence, photographs, drawings, and miscellany.

Sussman, Leonard R., Papers (WUNP6221)
11.3 linear feet, 107 audio cassettes, 2 audio discs, 2 CDs, 15 video cassettes
Papers of a journalist and author who served as executive director (1967-1988) of Freedom House, an independent, nongovernmental organization devoted to strengthening free institutions worldwide. Includes articles, clippings, correspondence, diaries, publications, and recordings of interviews and radio and television appearances.

Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Day Book, 1895-1898, (C1270)
1 volume(s)
Day book of newspaper and printing business in Boonville, MO. Also Switzler's personal expenditures.

Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Editorials, 1841, (C1647)
1 folder(s)
Manuscripts of "The President's Veto" and "Whigs! Stand to Your Posts!!" in the Columbia, MO, PATRIOT.

Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Scrapbooks, 1884-1896, (C1428)
12 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings collected by Switzler. Volumes are indexed.

Switzler, William Franklin (1819-1906), Scrapbooks, n.d., (C1444)
6 volume(s)
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings attributed to William F. Switzler. Volume 3 contains a handwritten description of Sedalia, MO, around 1865 with pictures of Sedalia buildings and countryside.

Taft, William Howard, Papers, (SUNP6103)
4 linear feet
Research notes and miscellaneous papers from a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism compiled for his book "Show Me Journalists: the First 200 Years." The work is one of a series of monographs published under the auspices of the Missouri Press Association.

Taylor, Irene S. (1902-1989), Papers, 1891-1986, (C1220)
1.4 linear feet
Papers of a journalist who worked as a stringer in Paris, France, for several news organizations during the 1930s. Includes correspondence, photographs, articles, and records from her service in the U.S. Army in the 1940s and 1950s.

THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1908-1922, (C0794)
1 folder(s)
Copies of newspaper edited by William Jennings Bryan.

THE TRUE AMERICAN, Schoharie, New York, 1812, (C0795)
1 folder(s)
Issue for 5 September 1812 containing public announcements of sales, debts, and legal action, articles on the War, the Rhode Island election, ex-president Adams, and notices to British subjects residing in Schoharie County.

Thompson, L.D., Letter to DAILY DEMOCRAT-NEWS, Marshall, Missouri, 1932, (C0815)
1 folder(s)
Letter written by state auditor to the Marshall newspaper on the question of increased state taxes.

Trigg, George W., Scrapbooks, n.d., (C1430)
2 volume(s)
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, photographs, Missouri Press Association convention buttons, membership cards, press passes, and programs collected by George W. Trigg, editor of the CONSERVATOR newspaper, Richmond, MO.

Unger, Arthur (1924-2004), Papers, 1943-2004, (C4027)
RESTRICTED
10.8 linear feet, 77 audio cassettes, 2 audio tapes, 4 audio discs, 5 CDs, 1 video cassette
Arthur Unger was an entertainment journalist who reviewed movies and television shows for the Christian Science Monitor and Ingenue. He edited several magazines as wide-ranging as Mechanix Illustrated and Datebook and toured with the Beatles. The collection includes recordings, transcripts, and notes from his interviews with celebrities, his writings, Beatles publications, and personal materials.

Union Pacific Railway, Handbill, n.d., (C0819)
1 folder(s)
Advertisement for Kansas farmlands in the "Golden Belt."

University of Missouri, KOMU-TV, Records, 1953-1962 (C3387)
3.2 linear feet
The records of KOMU-TV contain correspondence regarding the organization and daily business of the University of Missouri's commercially operated television station. KOMU-TV was established in 1953 as an affiliate of American Broadcasting Company and National Broadcasting Company. Included is correspondence with the American Broadcasting Company, National Broadcasting Company, the Federal Communications Commission, H-R Representatives, Incorporated, program viewers and KOMU-TV’s attorneys, Fisher, Wayland, Duvall and Southmayd. Policy on religious programming, political broadcasts, and liquor advertising along with daily program scheduling comprise the inter-office correspondence.

University of Missouri, THE INDEPENDENT Record Book, 1904-1910, (C2486)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of the meetings of the board of the university newspaper, THE INDEPENDENT.

Votaw, Maurice E. (1899-1981), Papers, 1909-1978, (C3672)
1.2 linear feet
Papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, primarily pertaining to his years as professor of journalism at St. John's University, Shanghai, China, and as adviser to the Nationalist Ministry of Information.

Washington Press Club Foundation, Women in Journalism Oral History Project, Records, 1987-1993, (C3958)
RESTRICTED
4.4 linear feet
Records of the Washington Press Club Foundation, Women in Journalism Oral History Project. Includes transcripts of interviews with fifty-three women journalists whose careers span from the 1920s to the present.

Werner, Merle McDougald "Doug" (1913-2004), Interview, 2000, (C3034)
1 folder(s)
Cassettes and transcript of an interview with a war correspondent and foreign service officer who was one of twenty journalists to land at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

White, L. Mitchell, Papers, 1920s, (SUNP3156)
0.2 linear feet
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers related to the Missouri Associated Dailies and the Mexico Ledger, 1920s.

White, Robert M., II (1915- ), Interview, 1965, (C3398)
RESTRICTED
2 folder(s)
Tape and transcriptions of interviews with the editor of Missouri's MEXICO LEDGER. Interview includes White's background, experiences with Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur, views on being editor of the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE and the MEXICO LEDGER, and general reminiscences about people White knew and news reporting.

White, Robert M., II, Papers, (SUNP2725)
RESTRICTED
77 linear feet
INVENTORY. Correspondence, speeches, China trip materials, budgets, NEW YORK HERALD information, and miscellany of owner of the MEXICO LEDGER, Mexico, MO.

Williams, Glenn A., Papers, 1945-1947, (C0422)
1 folder(s)
Papers pertaining to assignment with the Associated Press in London, England. Newspaper work in England, visit to parliament, and opinions of some of the cabinet members.

Williams, Paul N., Papers, (WUNP5446)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Papers of an Ohio State University professor of journalism. Includes materials about Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., ca. 1975-1976; and materials gathered for the writing of a book about investigative reporting.

Williams, Sara Lockwood (1891-1961), Papers, 1885-1961 (C2533)
27.25 linear feet
The papers of Sara Lockwood Williams and Walter Williams; material on their journalistic careers; and information on the founding of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Walter Williams’ presidency of the University, 1931-1935.

Williams, Walter (1864-1935) and Sara Lockwood (1891-1961), Collection, 1920-1942, (C2540)
2.9 linear feet
News items by and about Walter and Sara L. Williams; speeches and course notes by the former; School of Journalism faculty meeting minutes, 1911-1924; correspondence about journalism scholarships and prizes; and clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence about journalism here and abroad.

Williams, Walter (1864-1935), Santa Fe Trail Scrapbook, 1911, (C1443)
1 volume(s)
Series of newspaper articles on the Santa Fe Trail, written by Walter Williams.

Williams, Walter (1864-1935), Scrapbooks, 1915-1931, (C1439)
4 volume(s)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and miscellaneous material. Scrapbooks cover Pan American Congress of Journalists, 1926; Williams' visiting professorship in Mexico City, 1926; and a South American tour by the Williamses in 1931.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5024)
0.4 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism professor. Includes correspondence, teaching and conference materials, and miscellaneous.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5735)
3.9 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism educator. Includes documents regarding the Women in Media Research Project; correspondence; and miscellaneous.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5684)
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to the papers of a journalism educator relating to women in media research projects. Contains transcriptions of interviews with media professionals and related materials.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5465)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism educator relating to women in media research projects, 1984-1992. Includes articles, news releases and research materials.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5351)
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism educator. Includes research materials on women and minorities; transcripts of interviews of journalists; recordings of interviews and journalism conference proceedings; and miscellaneous.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5296)
0.3 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism professor. Includes research proposals, class materials, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5282)
3.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism educator. Most materials concern women in media, research projects and publications.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5173)
1 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition to papers of a journalism instructor. Includes vita and biographical materials, correspondence and research materials.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP4900)
2.6 linear feet
INVENTORY. Research papers and project of students in "Women in Media," Journalism 317, Fall 1988. Audio tapes of papers presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication photographs of participants in Journalism Week.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP4877)
1.4 linear feet
9 volume(s)
INVENTORY. Papers of a journalism professor, including correspondence and speech; research papers, scrapbooks, and projects of students in "Women and Media," Journalism 317, Fall 1987.

Wilson, Jean Gaddy, Papers, (WUNP5234)
2.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Oral interviews and recordings with some transcriptions for Wilson's study entitled "Taking Stock: Women in the Media 20 Years Before the 21st Century."

Wilson, Theo (1917-1997), Papers, 1914-1997, (C3972)
MICROFILM
9 linear feet
Papers of Theodore R. Wilson, trial reporter for the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. The papers consist of Wilson's newspaper articles, trial notes, awards, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items spanning her 60 year career as a reporter and writer. Part of the Women and Media collection.