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Newspaper Topics in the Missouri Historical Review

The State Historical Society’s quarterly journal, Missouri Historical Review, offers in–depth researched commentary on the history of Missouri.  Below are select articles highlighting the history in newspapers in Missouri.

  • “Old Newspaper Files” (Vol. 5, No. 1)
  • “History of the County Press” (Vol. 4, Numbers 2 and 3)
  • “Nathaniel Patten, Pioneer Editor” (Vol. 9, No. 3)
  • “Biography of the Missouri Press Association” (Vol. 9, No. 3)
  • “The Five Oldest Family Newspapers in Missouri” (Vol. 17, No. 2)
  • “The New Journalism in Missouri” (Vol. 19, No. 3)
  • “The Tragedy of the St. Louis Republic” (Vol. 22, No. 2)
  • “Joseph Pulitzer” (Volumes 25 and 26)
  • “Joseph B. McCullagh” (Volumes 25 and 26)
  • “The Early Career of Joseph Charles, The First Printer in Missouri” (Vol. 26, No. 4)
  • “Agitation for Agricultural Improvements in Central Missouri newspapers Prior to the Civil War” (Vol. 36, No. 4)
  • “Walter Williams: Weekly Newspaper Editor” (Vol. 58, No. 4)
  • “The Missouri Negro Press: 1875–1920” (Vol. 64, No.4)
  • “Pioneer Women of the Missouri Press” (Vol. 64, No. 3)
  • “Government Patronage of the Press in St. Louis, Missouri: 1829–1832” (Vol. 74, No. 2)
  • “Eugene Field and the Political Journalism of St. Joseph” (Vol. 93, No. 3)