Miller, James L. (1897-1989), Interview, 1965 (C3397)

3 folders, 1 audio tape

INTRODUCTION

Tape and transcripts of an interview with the editor of the Washington Missourian.

DONOR INFORMATION

See the information folder to this collection for accession information.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Born in 1897 in Odessa, Russia, Miller and his family immigrated to the United States where they settled in Kansas and pursued farming and cattle ranching. Miller graduated from St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas. After graduation, Miller worked as a reporter for the Atchison Kansas Globe, and in 1923 became reporter with the Kansas City Star. He left Kansas City in 1929 for Waldo, Missouri, where he purchased a local paper; in 1931 he moved again to Iowa to edit the Milford Iowa Mail. Miller moved to the Washington Missourian in 1937.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This interview is one of four interviews with Missouri newspaper editors which constituted a pilot oral history project of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. Mike Coogan, a graduate student in history, conducted the interviews.

Topics covered include Miller's background, U.S. political parties, the role of news editors, government regulation of the news media, life and attitudes in Washington, Missouri, and contemporary issues. Included with the transcripts are Mike Coogan's overall impressions of the pilot oral history project, his general impression of Miller, and a tentative list of the questions to be used in the interview.

FOLDER LIST

a.t. 1Tape of interview
f. 1-2Unedited transcript
f. 3Edited transcript

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Atchison Kansas Globe, Atchison, Kansas
  • Australia
  • Bush, Hilary A.
  • Catholics--Missouri
  • Communism--Attitudes toward, 1960s
  • Corncob pipes
  • Dominican Republic
  • German Americans--Missouri
  • Hearnes, Warren Eastman (1923-2009)
  • Journalists--Missouri
  • Kansas City Star
  • Missouri, Washington
  • Oral history
  • Russia, Odessa, 1897
  • Television, sports
  • U.S. Foreign relations, Public opinion
  • University of Missouri, Attitudes toward
  • Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
  • Washington Missourian, Washington, MO