The State Historical Society of Missouri--National Women and Media--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS

National Women & Media Collection

The National Women and Media Collection celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007. Read about its history and what others have to say about its important role in understanding the media profession today.

The National Women and Media Collection held by The State Historical Society of Missouri at the University of Missouri documents the roles women have played and are playing in media fields, both as media employees and as objects of coverage, how those roles have altered over time, and how attitudes of and towards women have changed.

The NWMC includes records of women's organizations and professional and personal papers of:

women journalists-reporters, correspondents, columnists, and photographers
educators--professors of journalism, mass communication, public relations, advertising
editors and publishers of newspapers and magazines
radio, television, and film producers and personalities
press secretaries
public relations personnel
advertising associates

These papers document:

the professional lives of women working in media fields
coverage of women's issues
the women's press
news by and about women
media stereotypes
gender and race discrimination
portrayal of women in advertising
activities of women's organizations and conference proceedings

Activities and contributions of women in American media fields can only be adequately documented if original source materials are available. The National Women & Media Collection is seeking professional correspondence and papers, including job descriptions, guidelines pertaining to women's jobs:

personal correspondence with family members and friends
diaries, memoirs, and speeches
research files
audio and video tapes and cassettes
records of women's organizations
minutes
reports
programs
committee files
identified photographs

If you have, or know of, papers and other documents you believe would be suitable for the National Women and Media Collection, we would like to hear from you. For further information contact:

The State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO 65201-5149
573/882-7083
shsofmo@umsystem.edu

National Women & Media Collection

Albers, Jo-Ann Huff

Journalist and director of the Western Kentucky University School of Journalsim and Broadcasting.
Papers (1970s-2000s) include correspondence, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, class evaluations, journalism education materials, newsletters, and material on first amendment issues (flag burning, freedom of speech, freedom of information), and the Equal Rights Amendment. [WUNP6160, 20.5 linear feet]

*Allen, Donna (1920-1999)

Director of Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women.
Papers (1920-1992) include professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, women in management. [C3795, 18.6 linear feet, 18 audio cassettes, 1 audio disc]

American Women in Radio and Television, Inc., Stop Sexual Harassment Campaign

Records include copies of public service announcements, letters, posters, brochures, and press releases. [WUNP5295, 1 folder]

*Anderson, Marie (1916-1996)

Women's page editor, the late 1950s to the early 1970s, primarily associated with the Miami Herald, under whose leadership the coverage changed from a focus on society news to address issues of working women.
Papers include correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, and other materials. [C4074, 5 cubic feet]

*Applegate, Roberta G. (1919-1990)

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 (1935-1987) consist of awards, correspondence, miscellaneous material, newspaper clippings, speeches. [C3840, 2 linear feet]

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

Non-profit educational association of journalism and mass communication faculty, administrators, students, and media professionals
List of committee members and papers about women in journalism presented at Association conferences, 1985-1988 [WUNP4880, 0.2 linear feet]

*Baldwin, Clara (1908-2001)

Trade reporter, children's book author and published poet.
Papers (1947-1993) include detailed letter describing travels through South America, 1947-1948, published trade articles and poetry, photographs, and family information. [C3953, 0.2 linear feet]

Banaszynski, Jacqui

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. [WUNP6200, 5.75 linear feet, RESTRICTED]

Bartimus, Tad (1947- )

Associated Press reporter in Vietnam and Cambodia in the early 1970s, first woman AP bureau chief in Alaska in mid 1970s, organized Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS).
Papers include articles, photographs, correspondence, "Among Friends" columns and other writings of Tad Bartimus, JAWS newsletters, and biographical information about women journalists. [WUNP5738, 13.8 linear feet, A/V materials, RESTRICTED]

Beasley, Maurine (1936- )

Journalism professor and author specializing in journalism education and women journalists.
Papers include book manuscripts, materials on the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Media, writings on journalism education and media gender bias. [WUNP6002, 17 linear feet.]

Biggs, Gloria N. (1912-2001)

Journalist, editor and, in 1973, the first woman publisher of a Gannett newspaper, the Melbourne Times in Florida.
Papers include correspondence, articles, awards, biographical materials.[WUNP5102, 0.4 linear feet]

Blakely, Mary Kay (1948- )

Journalist, author, and educator at the University of Missouri who is a contributing editor of Ms. Magazine and former Hers columnist for the New York Times. She is on the National Advisory Board of Women's Enews, the National Writers' Union, and is active in the Journalism and Women Symposium.
Papers include correspondence, research materials, and published articles. [WUNP6145, 5 linear feet]

*Bless, Bertha (1889-1977)

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

*Boehringer, Marie Daerr (1913-1997)

Cleveland, OH, journalist and poet, came to national prominence in the late 1940s and 1950s when she wrote articles about the postwar European recovery. Her marriage did not occur until her retirement, so most of her journalistic writings were under her maiden name.
Papers (1930-1997) include diaries, correspondence, newspaper clippings; article, poem and story manuscripts; publications; and miscellaneous papers. [C1221, 4 linear feet]

Bulkeley, Christy C. (1942-2009)

One of the first women newspaper publishers in the country who worked for Gannett much of her career.
Papers include news clippings, photographs, subject files, and media studies [WUNP6242, 17.5 l.f., 300 c.d., 24 v.c.]

Cotton, Martha

Journalist and NBC News producer on shows like NBC Evening News and Today, still writing, directing and producing films.
Professional papers include correspondence, story files, research notes, and miscellaneous; Volcano and Up Close and Personal materials. [WUNP5021, WUNP5480, WUNP5437, 4.4 linear feet, RESTRICTED]

Directory of Women's Media

Records (1975-1990) of the publication Directory of Women’s Media include correspondence, advertising, and issues of the directory. [C4066, 2 linear feet]

Drell, Adrienne

Journalist who worked for the Waukegan News-Sun and Chicago Sun-Times mainly covering the court system.
Papers contain 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. [WUNP6197, 14 l.f., 1 v.c.]

*Epstein, Eleni (1926-1991)

Fashion and beauty editor of the Washington Star from 1943-1981.
Papers (1948-1987) 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. [C3898, 0.8 linear feet]

Fitzpatrick, Mary Catherine Underhill

Papers of a journalist who reported eyewitness dispatches of the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Includes her memoir, 9/11 Remembered: A Personal Account, hand-written reporter�s notes, copies of her published stories, photographs, correspondence, awards she received from the Milwaukee Press Club for the coverage, and other items. [CA6261, 0.4 cubic feet]

Gardner, Mary A. (1921-2004)

Professor of journalism and newspaper consultant, first woman to earn a Doctorate in Journalism and Political Science at the University of Minnesota in 1960.
Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence and subject files, teaching, research, and consulting materials, photographs, and family papers. [WUNP5740, 51.5 linear feet; RESTRICTED]

Gender and Mass Media, Newsletters

International newsletter published in Sweden to exchange information about research and activities concerned with sex roles in mass media. Formerly titled, Sex Roles Within Mass Media. [WUNP4874, 0.2 linear feet]

Gibbons, Sheila J.

Author, vice president of Communication Research Associates, Inc. (www.communication-research.org), and editor of Media Report to Women, a quarterly journal of news, research and commentary.
Papers include newsletters, newspaper clippings, journal articles, conferences proceedings, and research papers concerning women and the media. Issues covered include marketing, women in film, news coverage of women, pornography, and women journalists. [WUNP5927, 5.4 linear feet]

Giffen, Jerena East

Missouri journalist, educator and author of books such as, First Ladies of Missouri and The Role of Media in Political Participation. [WUNP5898, .4 linear feet]

Green, Nancy L.

Journalism educator
Professional papers consist of correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, papers relating to professional organizations, and miscellaneous. [WUNP5097, 10 linear feet]

Harrigan, Jane

Journalist, educator and author of Read All About It, an account of a day at the Boston Globe and co-author of The Editorial Eye, used extensively in college editing courses.
Papers include manuscript, research materials, photographs, and other materials relating to her book, including a copy of the book. [WUNP5007, 1.5 linear feet, RESTRICTED]

*Harris, Fran (1909-1998)

Print and broadcast journalist, editor, and publisher who began her career on radio in 1931; by 1943 was the first woman newscaster in Michigan; continued writing and broadcasting until 1974.
Papers (1943-1976) relate to her involvement in the Women in Communications, Inc., professional organization formerly known as Theta Sigma Phi. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, periodical articles, conference programs, and photographs. [C1201, 1.4 linear feet]

*Hartley, Jo (1921- )

Advertising professional prior to becoming editor of COMMENT, a publication which disseminated information on research about women.
Papers (1968-1986) include correspondence, issues of COMMENT, grant applications and reports, and notes from conferences Hartley attended. [C3976, 2 linear feet]

Hessin, Cynthia

Denver broadcast journalist in the 1970s and 1980s and Rocky Mountain PBS executive producer since 1995.
Papers consist of audio tapes and transcripts of radio reports and programs about National Women's Conference, Houston, 1977. [WUNP4871, 0.2 linear feet]

Holste, Glenda

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. [WUNP6196, 5.25 linear feet, 2 audio cassettes, 3 DVDs]

International Women's Media Project

Correspondence, office files, reports, and taped recordings of International Women's Media Project conference held in 1986. [WUNP4862, 0.4 linear feet]

Hyde, Mary Ruth

Newsletters, annual reports, directories, correspondence, programs, and related materials of the Missouri Women's Network. [WUNP5307, WUNP5346, 2.7 linear feet]

Journalism and Women Symposium

Correspondence, office files, photographs, clippings, articles, symposium records, videocassettes from 1987 and 1988, and newsletters of Journalism and Women Symposium ( JAWS), 1986-1990. [WUNP4870, WUNP4906, WUNP5298, 5.5 linear feet]

Journalists Write On, Exhibit

Photographs from an exhibit on women journalists held at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, in 1997. [WUNP5940, 1 folder]

*Jurney, Dorothy Misener (1909-2002)

Reporter and women's editor on newspapers in Indiana, Miami, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., was one of the first editors in the nation to give prominence to issues such as the ERA and civil rights in the women's sections of newspapers, and helped launch New Directions for News at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in the early 1980s.
Papers (1920-1992) consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, speeches, photographs, slides, and miscellaneous material; the NDN material was combined with other papers to create the New Direction for News, Research Project Records (C3901). [C3904, 2 linear feet]

*Kassell, Paula

Correspondence, speeches, clippings, photographs, and other papers of a feminist and founder/editor of New Directions for Women, a nonprofit periodical that covered the women's movement from 1971-1993. [WUNP6192, 5.15 linear feet]

Kaufman, Susan J.

Journalism educator
Papers include correspondence, newsletters, clippings, and meeting minutes which relate to the history and activities of the Women's International News Service and the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press. Also includes personal and professional materials; correspondence; publications; and miscellaneous. [WUNP4813, WUNP5539, WUNP5599, WUNP5631, 2.6 linear feet]

*Keeley, Mary Paxton (1886-1986)

First woman journalism graduate in the world, University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1910, and active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, genealogist, and photographer.
Papers, 1830-1983, include correspondence, diaries, manuscripts for Keeley's articles, fiction, and poetry, clippings, tapes, and photographs. [C0848, WUNP4909, 17.25 linear feet]

*Kees, Beverly (1941-2004)

Journalist, editor and journalism educator in Minneapolis, Indiana, and California; first female executive editor in the Knight-Ridder chain; projects manager for Freedom Forum, a national foundation promoting journalism education and development; past president of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists; was teaching journalism at San Francisco State when she died.
Papers, 1941-2004, include both personal and professional material, including office files, clippings, editorials, correspondence, photographs, reports, resources, and handbooks. [C4025, 27.75 linear feet, 2 volumes, 1 video cassette, 1 compact disc]

Kilbourne, Jean

Media critic, lecturer, writer on topics of alcohol advertising and the image of women in advertising
Papers include resource lists, film brochures, flyers, congressional statement, slides and video tapes [WUNP5118, 1 folder, 925 slides, 5 video cassettes]

Kleiman, Carol (1931- )

Associate business editor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Papers include columns and articles concerning employment and women in the workforce; files for columns titled "Hunt," "Jobs," "The Career Coach" and "Women at Work," and miscellaneous correspondence and talk files. [WUNP5733, 80.5 linear feet, 10 volumes]

Lewine, Frances L. (1921-2008), Memoir

Associated Press journalist and CNN assignment editor.
Women journalists were not admitted to the National Press Club until 1971. Compiled by Lewine, the memoir documents the successful efforts to change the NPC. [WUNP6142, 0.2 linear feet]

Lewis, Dorothy Roe (1904-1985)

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.
Papers (1926-1984) include material on ghostwriting assignments and free-lance articles for newspapers and magazines. [C2233, 1.2 linear feet]

Lichtenstein, Grace

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. [WUNP6198, 1.4 l.f., 28 a.c.; RESTRICTED]

Marzolf, Marion T.

University of Michigan journalism educator and author.
Papers include research and teaching files, manuscripts of publications and unpublished works, correspondence, and other materials. Relates primarily to women in media. [WUNP5618, 13.5 linear feet, RESTRICTED]

Maynard, Micheline

New York Times journalist specializing in the automotive industry.
Papers include research material, press kits, and promotional materials. [WUNP6181, 6.75 linear feet]

*McClendon, Sarah (1910-2003)

Print and broadcast journalist and women's rights advocate who became a fixture at presidential news conferences, from F.D. Roosevelt to G.W. Bush.
Papers include correspondence, articles, biographical materials, materials on sexual harassment and women in the military, and documents relating to Executive Order 12336 pertaining to gender discrimination. [C2579, 3.5 linear feet]

*McKay, Ann Bryan Mariano (1932-2009)

Vietnam War correspondent, editor of Overseas Weekly newspaper, and contributor to War Torn: Stories of War by the Women Who Reported the Vietnam War.
Papers (c. 1892-2009) include issues of Overseas Weekly, legal papers concerning freedom of the press lawsuit, materials on adoption of Vietnamese children, and personal papers and photographs. [C4009, 16.25 linear feet, 26 audio cassettes, 1 film, 10 rolls of microfilm, 1 computer disc]

Media Watch

One copy of the teacher and parent guide to Don't Be a TV: Television Victim. [WUNP5367, 1 volume, RESTRICTED]

Miller, Susan H.

Journalist and editor.
Papers include research notes, course notes, articles, correspondence and other papers. [WUNP4814, WUNP4829, 15.4 linear feet]

*Mills, Kay (1941-2011)

Career journalist, editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times, and author of several books, including A Place in the News: From the Women's Pages to the Front Pages and This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Papers include news articles, story files, books, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, personal papers, and interviews on audio cassette. [C4070, 16.25 cubic feet, 170 audio cassettes, 4 video cassettes, 1 compact disc]

*Missouri Press Women

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

MOMbo, Inc.

Syndicated radio program about motherhood, hosted and produced by Nancy Olesen, 1990-2007.
Records include audio recordings, promotional materials, program outlines, notes, clippings, correspondence, and financial reports. [WUNP6169, 0.2 linear feet, 16 audio cassettes, 3 audio tapes, 12 compact discs, 1 DVD]

*National Federation of Press Women, Inc.

Organization consisting of affiliated state professional associations of press women, which promotes the professional development of journalists.
Records (1910- present) include correspondence of officers, annual convention materials, histories of the organization and its members, publications, and affiliate information. [C3973, 5 linear feet, MICROFILM; WUNP6205, 5.5 linear feet, 8 audio cassettes, 1 compact disc, 3 computer discs, 3 rolls of microfilm, 2 video cassettes ]

*National Sisters Communications Service

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

*National Women and Media Collection

Speeches, newspaper columns, advertising campaigns, articles, interviews, and audiovisual material from women in the media as well as media organizations, 1965-1992. [C3025, 1.75 linear feet, 22 audio cassettes, 16 video cassettes]

*National Women and Media Collection, 20th Anniversary

Newspaper articles promoting 2007 lecture event, sound recording of Marj Paxson discussing founding of NWMC, and video of the lecture and panel discussion featuring Tad Bartimus. [C4006, 1 folder, 1 videocassette, 1 compact disc, 1 digital video disc]

New Directions for News

An institute of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, headed by Jean Gaddy Wilson.
Records include administrative, project and research files; correspondence; recordings of interviews and journalism conference sessions; workshop materials, surveys, fiscal records, columns, public relations materials, exhibit documentation and miscellany. [WUNP5347, 5361, 5365, 5450, 5456, 5464, 5542, 5556; 225.3 linear feet]

*New Directions for News, Research Project

An institute of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, headed by Jean Gaddy Wilson
Records (1972-1988) 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. [C3901, 7.4 linear feet]

*New Directions for Women

Feminist newspaper based in New Jersey and published from 1972 to 1993.
The business records (1971-2000) 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. [C4031, 8 linear feet, 23 rolls of microfilm]

Newsom, Douglas Ann Johnson

Professor of journalism and public relations, co-author of Public Relations Writing.
Papers consist of correspondence, files, papers, and manuscripts of books; correspondence and files of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. [WUNP4908, 22.5 linear feet]

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

Correspondence, conference files, federal agency files, legislative files, subject files, notebooks, state files, newspaper clippings, and other papers pertaining primarily to the Equal Rights Amendment and 1980 elections. [WUNP4847, 8.75 linear feet]

Overholser, Geneva (1948- )

Papers of a journalist who was an editor for the Des Moines Register, on the editorial board of the New York Times, ombudsman for the Washington Post, and director of the school of journalism at University of Southern California
The papers consist of her writings, administrative files, speeches, and correspondence documenting her career in newspapers and public affairs journalism. [WUNP6182, 21.25 linear feet, audiovisual material]

Patterson, Joye

Journalism professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia
Correspondence and papers include topics of women in journalism, women's studies, and UMC Status of Women Committee; subject files on women in academe, advertising and journalism. [WUNP4872, WUNP5124, 4.6 linear feet]

Paxson, Marjorie B. (1923- )

Woman journalist for UPI and AP, editor and publisher, and established the National Women and Media Collection at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987.
Papers include materials on national and international women's conferences. [WUNP4811, 2.8 linear feet, A/V material]

*Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards

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

*Porter, Sylvia F. (1913-1991)

Personal finance columnist who wrote for the Ladies Home Journal, New York Post, and New York Daily News, as well as scores of books including, How to Make Money in Government Bonds (1939), How to Live Within Your Income, with J.K. Lasser (1948), and Sylvia Porter's Money Book (1975).
Papers (1939-1991) contain her columns, books, speeches, and other writings. Also included are correspondence and other publicity clippings concerning the Sylvia Porter Organization and her involvement in President Ford's efforts to curb inflation in the 1970s. [C3977, 7.4 linear feet]

Radio Homemakers, Oral History Project

Transcripts of interviews with women who worked as radio homemakers from the 1940s through 1980s. Also includes paper presented to 1992 Popular Culture Convention based on interviews. [WUNP6020, 0.2 linear feet]

*Richards, Carol R. (1944- )

Reporter for Gannett News, USA Today, and Newsday as a writer and editor.
Papers consist of articles, books, clippings, correspondence, handwritten notebooks, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous research materials on a variety of topics such as education, Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, and women�s issues. [C4073, 7 cubic feet, 5 audio cassettes]

*Scarberry, Alma Sioux (1899-1990)

Reporter, columnist, novelist, script writer, songwriter, publicist, and entertainer
Papers (1899-1990) include correspondence, clippings, photographs, newspaper serials, books, manuscripts, sheet music, audio tapes and records. [C3913, 3 linear feet]

*Searing, Laura Redden (1839-1923)

Deaf journalist, poet and author, a.k.a. Howard Glyndon, sent to cover Washington, D.C. for the St. Louis Republican during the Civil War. In the 1860s and 1870s, Redden wrote articles and poems for the New York Times, New York Sun, St. Louis Republican, New York Evening Mail, and various magazines, such as Harper's, Putnam's, and The Silent Worker. She kept company with some of the prominent men and women of the times including Ulysses S. Grant, Empress Eugenie of France, publisher Howard Ticknor, and writers Bayard Taylor, Mark Twain, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
Papers (1846-1963) consist of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Searing's writings. [C2290, 4 linear feet]

*Short, Beth Campbell (1909-1988)

Journalist from Oklahoma who primarily worked in Washington, D.C. covering Eleanor Roosevelt for the Associated Press, corresponding secretary for President Truman, and longtime Congressional press secretary.
Papers (1927-1968) consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and reports. [C3994, 0.6 linear feet]

*Stephenson, Malvina (1911-1996)

Journalist from Oklahoma who spent most of her career covering politics in Washington, D.C.
Papers (1863-1996) include 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. [C4038, 8.75 linear feet, 2 video cassettes, 1 audio disc]

*Taylor, Irene S. (1902-1989)

Journalist who worked as a stringer in Paris, France, for several news organizations during the 1930s, covering such topics as the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, Paris fashion shows, news from the Spanish Civil War, and evacuation of Americans from France in 1939 and 1940.
Papers (1891-1986) include correspondence, photographs, articles, and records from her service in the U.S. Army in the 1940s and 1950s. [C1220, 1.4 linear feet]

Tokyo Symposium on Women, 1988

Papers presented at Symposium on women and media, intra-family communication, women and networking, and women, work, and technology. [WUNP4883, 0.2 linear feet]

*Upton, Lucile Morris (1898-1986)

Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer, focusing primarily on the history of Springfield and the Ozarks and in Ozark folklore.
Papers (1823-1986) include newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks of her writings. [C3869, 9 linear feet and 71 volumes plus one linear foot on microfilm]

Wade, Betsy

Travel columnist for the New York Times who was head of the Times foreign copy desk during the Vietnam War and an editor of the Pentagon Papers.
Papers includes newsletters, Journalism and Women Symposium materials, correspondence, material on women's issues, and photographs. [WUNP6162, 3 linear feet, 2 audio cassettes, 7 computer discs]

*Washington Press Club Foundation, Women in Journalism Oral History Project

Records (1987-1993) include transcripts of interviews with 53 women journalists whose careers span from the 1920s to the present. [C3958, 4.4 linear feet, RESTRICTED]

*Williams, Sara Lockwood (1891-1961)

Journalist and wife of Walter Williams, first dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Papers (1885-1961) include material on both their journalistic careers and information on the founding of the Journalism School and Walter Williams' presidency of the University, 1931-1935. [C2533, 27.25 linear feet]

Wilson, Jean Gaddy (1944- )

Author and journalism professor at the University of Missouri and director of New Directions for News.
Papers include biographical materials; correspondence; speeches; teaching and conference materials; research projects and publications on women and minorities; research papers, scrapbooks, and projects of students; transcripts of interviews of journalists; recordings of interviews and journalism conference proceedings. [WUNP4877, 4900, 5024, 5173, 5234, 5282, 5296, 5351, 5465, 5611, 5684, 5735; 69 linear feet]

*Wilson, Theo (1917-1997)

Trial reporter for the New York Daily News, covering such famous trials as Sam Sheppard, Claus von Bulow, David Berkowitz, Manson Family, Angela Davis, the Pentagon Papers, Patty Hearst
Papers (1914-1997) consist of Wilson's newspaper articles, trial notes, awards, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items spanning her 60 year career as a reporter and writer. [C3972, 9 linear feet, MICROFILM]

Woods, Harriett (1927-2007)

Missouri state senator, journalist, television producer and civic leader
Papers (1964-1983) include published articles, television documentary scripts, correspondence, and political and legislative materials [SL51, SL490, 267 folders]

Women in Communications, Inc.

National honorary professional organization for women in communications.
Records include correspondence, press releases, awards, and office files of organization and its predecessor, Theta Sigma Phi. [WUNP4901, 2.9 linear feet]

Women in Communications, Inc., Student Chapter

Correspondence and files of student chapter of Women in Communications and its predecessor, Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary professional organization for women in journalism. [WUNP4864, 0.8 linear feet]

Women, Men, and Media Conference

Correspondence, programs, files, audio and video recordings of a conference held in 1988. [WUNP4865, 0.6 linear feet]