Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project, Records, 1996- (C3965)
INTRODUCTION
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.
PROJECT SKETCH
The Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project is a regular, on-going project conducted by the State Historical Society of Missouri. The project, which began in 1996, seeks to document the history and development of Missouri newspapers through the collection of oral history interviews with experienced newspaper people. Topics and issues addressed include the role(s) played by local newspapers and newspaper people in community life; careers of important newspaper people; historical and ongoing technological, occupational, and philosophical changes in the newspaper business; and major news events and issues covered by news people.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project Records consist of oral interviews on audio cassettes, transcripts and/or audio logs of the interviews, notes, correspondence, and ephemeral material related to interviewees and their newspapers. The cassettes are arranged chronologically; the transcripts and tapes logs are arranged in the same order as the cassettes.
AUDIO LIST
| a.c. 1, 2 | Mildred Wallhausen | 14 June 1996 | Charleston |
| a.c. 3, 4 | Elmer Donze | 9 December 1996 | Ste. Genevieve |
| a.c. 5 | Kenneth Cope | 3 March 1997 | Neosho |
| a.c. 6 | Les Simpson | 4 March 1997 | Odessa |
| a.c. 7, 8 | Wallace Vernon | 5 March 1997 | Elton |
| a.c. 9 | Earl Jenkins | 7 March 1997 | Hermitage |
| a.c. 10, 11 | Don Ginnings | 1 May 1997 | Hermitage |
| a.c. 12, 13 | James Sterling | 1 May 1997 | Bolivar |
| a.c. 14-16 | George R. McCue | 7 January 1998 | Kirkwood |
| a.c. 17-19 | Herb and David Jones | 9 June 1998 | Kirkwood |
| a.c. 20, 21 | Neil Richards | 9 July 1998 | Potosi |
TRANSCRIPTS
| McCue, George R. | a.c. 14-16 |
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.
- Cope, Kenneth
- Donze, Elmer
- Ginnings, Don
- Jenkins, Earl
- Jones, David
- Jones, Herb
- Journalism
- McCue, Gerald R.
- Missouri, Bolivar
- Missouri, Charleston
- Missouri, Elton
- Missouri, Hermitage
- Missouri, Neosho
- Missouri, Odessa
- Missouri, Potosi
- Missouri, Ste. Genevieve
- Newspapers
- Newspapers--Missouri
- Newspapers--Missouri, St. Louis
- Oral history
- Richards, Neil
- Simpson, Les
- Sterling, James
- Vernon, Wallace
- Wallhausen, Mildred