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Arthur Unger Papers, 1943-2004 (C4027)
10.8 cubic feet (756 folders), 58 audio cassettes, 2 audio tapes, 4 audio discs, 5 CDs, 1 video cassette

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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, no date (C0819)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Advertisement for Kansas farmlands in the "Golden Belt."

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United States Army Air Forces, Flying Training Detachment, 73rd Collection, 1943 (R0944)
(1 folder)

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This is a single issue of 'Cape Cadet' (Volume 1, Number 37, December 4, 1943), the newsletter of the 73rd Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment. This unit was stationed at Harris field in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The commanding officer was Captain Clarke Simonds.

University of Missouri School of Journalism Scrapbook, circa 1909-1913 (P0162)
725 photographs

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The Journalism school scrapbooks (circa 1909-1913) contain images believed to have been taken by one of the student photographers for the University yearbook, the Savitar. In addition to showing everyday academic and student life, photos depict a tour of the state prison in Jefferson City, athletic events, fraternity hazing, the Farmers' Fair, St. Patrick's Day events and homecoming parades. Other areas covered include Christian College and Stephens College, including images of students at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.

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University of Missouri, KOMU-TV Records, 1953-1962 (C3387)
3.2 cubic feet

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Organization and daily business of the University of Missouri's commercially operated television station. KOMU-TV was established in 1953 as an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company and National Broadcasting Company.

University of Missouri, School of Journalism Honor Medalists Interviews, 2007-2009 (CA6159)
0.2 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 14 CDs, 2 video cassettes, 1 DVD

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The University of Missouri School of Journalism awards honor medals to the school's outstanding journalists.The collection contains oral history interviews conducted with thehonor medalists bygraduate students from the school. Included are transcripts, supporting material, audio, and video.

University of Missouri, THE INDEPENDENT Record Book, 1904-1910 (C2486)
0.08 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The collection contains minutes of the meetings of the board of the university newspaper, THE INDEPENDENT.

Lucile Morris Upton Papers, 1823-1986 (C3869)
1 cubic foot, 25 rolls of microfilm (599 folders, 71 volumes), 1 video cassette

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The personal and professional papers of a Springfield, Missouri, journalist and writer consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks.  The papers are especially strong in the history of Springfield and the Ozarks region, and in Ozark folklore.

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Joseph Harry Vaughan, Jr. Papers, 1968-1979 (K0581)
1 c.f.

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Audio broadcast newscasts made by Vaughan dealing with major news events in the metropolitan Kansas City, and Lawrence, Kansas areas.

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Maurice E. Votaw Papers, 1909-1978 (C3672)
1.2 cubic feet (55 folders)

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The papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism primarily pertain to his years as a professor of journalism at St. John’s University, Shanghai, China, and an adviser to the Nationalist Chinese Ministry of Information. Included are transcripts of oral interviews, correspondence, literary productions, minutes, printed materials, maps, lists, photographs, and books. Topics include Votaw’s life; writers, missionaries, political and military leaders, and events in China (1922-1977); U.S. China policy; Chinese and American journalism and newspapers; the Shanghai Short Story Club; and St. John’s University and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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Herb Waerckle Papers, 1942-2000 (S1008)
1 cubic foot, 6 photographs

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The papers of Herb Waerckle contain family histories and a scrapbook pertaining to Waeckerle's career as a journalist for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and as well as his career in public relations working for the Schnucks and Monsanto.

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Wakanda Record Ledger, 1870-1871 (CA6631)
0.05 cubic feet (1 folder)

Ledger, scrapbook, and notebook for the Wakanda Record newspaper, published in Carrollton, Missouri. Includes expenses and accounts for the newspaper, which was edited at the time by A.T. Combs. Also includes newspaper clippings, notes, articles, and essays on morality.

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James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region", 1950 (R0929)
(1 folder)

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The James Blaine Walker, "The Unmuffled Voice in the Ozark Tourist Region" are two newsletters for two African American Methodist churches of which James Blain Walker was the pastor. They were Mount Lebanon Methodist Church at Lebanon in Laclede County, Missouri, and Elkins Methodist Church at Rolla in Phelps county, Missouri. Included are church calendars and news items, inspirational articles, and advertisements for local businesses.

Joseph H. "Jack" Wally, Jr. Collection, 1933-2005 (K0329)
30 c.f.

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Wally was a professional photographer with the Kansas City Journal, a businessman, and an inventor. Photographs of famous local and national individuals. Places and events. Motion picture film of family activities and Wally's interests in trains and aviation. Also materials relating to his interests and the production and promotion of his businesses and inventions.

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Washington Press Club Foundation, Women in Journalism Oral History Project Records, 1987-1994 (C3958)
4.4 cubic feet (289 folders)

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The 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 1990s.

Weingarten Internment Camp Collection, 1943-1945 (R1161)
(1 folder)

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This collection includes a newsletter, a copy of orders, a roster for the 408th Military Police Escort Guard Company, and a pass from the Weingarten Internment Camp, a prison-of-war camp at Weingarten in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, during World War II.

Merle McDougald "Doug" Werner Interview, 2000 (C3034)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 4 audio cassettes

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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.

Harvey W. Wertz Interviews, 1979 (CA6482)
3 audio cassettes

Interviews conducted with Harvey Wertz, an early graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a long-time newspaperman.

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Debra Weyermann Papers, 1970s-2012 (CA6399)
5.0 cubic feet, 20 audio cassettes, 1 video cassette

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The papers of a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and investigative reporter who worked for the Arizona Daily Star, Denver Post, and Santa Barbara News-Press. The papers include research for Weyermann's books The Gang They Couldn't Catch and Answer Them Nothing, as well as news articles, interviews on audiocassettes, and miscellaneous professional material.

James Parker Wheatley Papers, 1945-1982 (S0205)
1 cubic foot, 4 folders, 16 volumes

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The James Parker Wheatley Papers document the daily activities of a pioneer in educational television programming. Born in 1906, Wheatley served as a broadcaster on the Armed Forces Network, general manager of WGBH in Boston, and the first public affairs director of KMOX in St. Louis. Materials of interest include Wheatley's diaries, reflecting his appointments with potential interviewees for programs on WGBH and KMOX, and an undated telephone directory of his professional contacts.

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L. Mitchell White Papers, 1925-1931 (C4617)
0.25 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Correspondence, financial records, and miscellaneous papers related to the Missouri Associated Dailies and the MEXICO LEDGER.

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Robert M. White II Papers, 1950s-1980s (CA2725)
77 cubic feet

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Correspondence, speeches, China trip materials, budgets, New York Herald information, and miscellany of owner of the Mexico Ledger, Mexico, Missouri.

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Robert M. White II Interview, 1965 (C3398)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Audio and transcripts of an interview with the editor of Missouri's Mexico Ledger.

Whizzo, Ol' Gus and Me Collection, 1940-2003 (K1236)
2 c.f.

Notes, video interviews, and video/film transfers used in the production of a Public Television documentary about Kansas City children's TV programing in the 1940s-1980s.

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Frances Royster Williams Papers, 1913-1997 (K0249)
60 c.f.

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Original illustrations, poetry, layouts, clippings and fan mail related to the "Cuddles and Tuckie" newspaper series and books. Also included are scripts, audio tapes, copyright certificates, and news clippings related to the "Cuddles and Tuckie" dramatizations; and Mrs. Williams' commercial artwork for local businesses. Also includes personal papers of the family including home movies.

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Glenn A. Williams Papers, 1945-1947 (C0422)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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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.

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Paul N. Williams Papers, 1956-1977 (C4627)
1.2 cubic feet (77 folders)

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Papers of an Ohio State University professor of journalism. Includes materials about Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. and materials gathered for the writing of a book about investigative reporting.

Sara Lockwood Williams Papers, 1885-1961 (C2533)
27.5 cubic feet (1433 folders, 54 volumes)

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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.

Walter and Sara Lockwood Williams Collection, 1920-1942 (C2540)
2.9 cubic feet

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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.

Walter Williams Santa Fe Trail Scrapbook, 1911 (C1443)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Series of newspaper articles on the Santa Fe Trail, written by Walter Williams.

Walter Williams Scrapbooks, 1915-1931 (C1439)
0.83 cubic feet (4 volumes)

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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.

Jean Gaddy Wilson Papers, 1959-2011 (C3884)
29 cubic feet (733 folders), 288 audio cassettes, 5 video cassettes, 3 audio tapes

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Papers of a journalism educator and author, primarily dealing with research on women and minorities in media. Contains her work on, "Taking Stock: Women in the News Media 20 Years Before the 21st Century," including taped interviews and transcripts of media professionals and extensive research data. Also includes correspondence, speeches, publications, teaching and conference materials, and papers pertaining to her early career in journalism, media, and public relations.

Theo Wilson Papers, 1914-1997 (C3972)
9.0 cubic feet (451 folders, 7 volumes), 4 rolls of microfilm, 1 audio cassette, 1 audio tape, 1 video cassette

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The papers of Theodore R. Wilson, trial reporter for the New York Daily News, consist of newspaper articles, trial notes, awards, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items spanning her 60-year career as a reporter and writer.

Betty Winfield Papers, 1978-1997 (C4462)
1.5 cubic feet (63 folders)

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The papers of journalism historian and former University of Missouri Professor, including research material and notes for her doctoral dissertation Roosevelt and the Press: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Influenced Newsgathering, 1933-1941 (1978) and her books FDR and the News Media (1990) and Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music (1999).

Arthur Witman Color Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0665)
135 photographs

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The collection consists of color photographs Witman took of various St. Louis scenes and events, including Busch Stadium during the 1967 World Series, the Veiled Prophet, the St. Louis Zoo, and Powell Hall.

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Arthur Witman 120mm Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0732)
749 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman papers contain photographs he took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They include images of labor unions, women in World War II, sharecroppers, children, and schools.

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Arthur Witman 35mm Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0733)
1,750 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman papers contain 35mm photographs he took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They include images of labor unions, women in World War II, sharecroppers, children, and schools.

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Arthur Witman 35mm Photographs, 1932-1984 (S0549)
547 photographs

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This collection consists of 35mm photographs taken by Arthur Witman during his career as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Arthur Witman Arch Construction Photographs, 1963-1967 (S0702)
2522 photographs

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This collection consists of photographs took of the construction of the Gateway Arch from 1963 to 1967 for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was the only news photographer on permanent assignment at the construction and had complete access at the site, enabling him to take photographs from all heights and angles. He primarily worked with slide film, but also used a Panox camera, the only one of its kind in St. Louis, to create photographs covering 140 degrees horizontally.

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Arthur Witman Papers, 1934-1978 (S0455)
1 cubic foot, 38 folders

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Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. The papers contain correspondence, articles, speeches, and newspaper clippings.

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Arthur Witman Papers Addenda, 1954-1987 (S0794)
.4 cubic feet, 54 photographs, 12 audiotapes

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman Papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, letters of congratulations, and audiotapes, pertaining to Witman's freelance work and lectures he gave on photojournalism. Also included in this addenda is a mock-up of a book on the Gateway Arch that Witman had written but was never published.

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Arthur Witman Photograph Addenda, 1932-1984 (S0717)
13516 photographs

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This addenda to the Arthur Witman Papers contain photographs Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Subjects of interest include Busch Stadium, Cahokia Mounds, women in World War II, and fundamentalist religious gatherings.

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Arthur Witman Photograph Collection, 1932-1984 (S0541)
1695 photographs

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Arthur Witman was St. Louis Post-Dispatch news photographer (1932-1969), who pioneered the use of 35mm in news photographs and Organized the St. Louis Press Photographer's Association in 1945. This collection consists of photographs Witman took for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Arthur Witman Photographic Prints Collection, 1936-1956 (S0836)
2 cubic feet, 94 folders, 1971 photographs

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This collection contains photographic prints of images Witman took as a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The photographs include images of women working in factories during World War II, the St. Louis Zoo, Carl Sandburg, and the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) Rally in St. Louis.

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Frank Oliver Wiziarde Papers, 1887-1993 (K0322)
16 c.f.

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Wiziarde was Whizzo the Clown, much beloved television personality airing and at other venues in the Kansas City area and Topeka, KS. Includes news clippings, correspondence, Whizzo show ideas, magazines, photographs, circus contracts, posters, masks, banners, flyers and videotape and film.

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Jacob H. Wolf Jr. Papers, 1972-1980 (CA6493)
3.3 cubic feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 oversize item

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The papers of a UPI bureau chief in Jefferson City, Missouri, contain material from Missouri political campaigns on which Wolf served as press secretary.

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Collection, 1961-2013 (C4403)
0.8 cubic feet (27 folders)

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Material created and collected by an education and publishing organization working towards media democracy and media justice for women includes publications, campaign and political buttons, and a dissertation on the institute's founder, Donna Allen.

Women, Men and Media Conference Records, 1980-2000 (C4096)
0.8 cubic feet (51 folders), 22 audio cassettes, 12 video cassettes

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The records of an organization which focused on projects monitoring the advancement of women in media and the portrayal of women by the media.

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Kenneth Franklin Young Papers, 1936-2005 (K1039)
2.5 c.f.

Young was a radio and television broadcast engineer and cameraman with KCMO radio and KCTV. He also performed in plays with a variety of theater companies. Includes correspondence, negatives, photographs, broadcasting materials, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and video.

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