National Women and Media Collection
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Cynthia Hessin Papers, 1977 (C4473)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 4 audio tapes
Recordings and transcripts of speeches from the 1977 National Women’s Conference in Houston as well as a program produced by Cynthia Hessin covering the events and her reports back to KHOW-AM Denver.
Glenda Holste Papers, 1968-2022 (CA6196)
7.0 cubic feet, 2 audio cassettes, 3 DVDs, 2 oversize items
The professional papers of a journalist and University of Missouri graduate who worked as a columnist, editorial writer, and editor of several daily newspapers; past president of the Journalism and Women Symposium; and a 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, materials from her JAWS presidency, and miscellaneous personal and professional material.
Deborah Howell Papers, 1991-2001 (C4366)
0.2 cubic feet (9 folders)
The papers of a journalist who worked for Newhouse News Service contain newsletters for employees of the organization.
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International Women's Media Project Records, 1986 (C4090)
0.4 cubic feet (6 folders), 10 audio cassettes
Proposals, schedules, reports, correspondence, questionnaires, articles, and notes of the United States Conference of the International Women's Media Project, held in Washington, D.C., November 12-15, 1986.
Virginia Irwin Collection, 1934-1963 (S0084)
1000 index cards, 1 cubic foot
The collection consists of annotated index cards to newspaper articles Virginia Irwin wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a feature writer.
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Journalism and Women Symposium Records, 1977, 1985-2019 (C4489)
7.0 c.f. (169 folders, 12 artifacts), 59 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 2 DVDs, 11.2 MB of digital files (14 docs, 10 pdfs), 4 oversize items
The records of the organization include correspondence, newsletters, symposium programs and planning materials, financial records, photographs, and audiovisual material.
Journalism and Women Symposium Records, 1990s (CA5298)
0.4 cubic feet (1 computer disk)
Addition includes correspondence, symposium financial documents and planning materials, membership information, photographs, and material on the American Society of News Editors.
Journalists Write On Exhibit, 1997 (C4092)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)
Dorothy Misener Jurney Papers, 1920-1992 (C3904)
2.0 cubic feet (115 folders)
Professional papers of Dorothy Misener Jurney, a reporter and editor on newspapers in Indiana, Miami, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. The papers consist of newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, speeches, photographs, slides, and miscellaneous material.
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Jane Guthman Kahn Papers, 1952-1957, 1969 (C4365)
0.1 cubic feet (3 folders)
The papers of Jane Guthman Kahn contain material concerning Press Time, a publication of the University of Missouri Journalism Students' Association and include issues of the publication and correspondence with nationally-known members of the journalism and advertising fields on various topics of interest to journalism students.
Elinor Fox Kamen Papers, 1940-1943 (K0944)
0.5 c.f.
Radio scripts and other documents relating to Kamen's career in radio broadcasting while working on the radio programs "The Little Red Schoolhouse" and "Women in the News."
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Paula Kassell Papers, 1931-2007 (C4091)
3.5 cubic feet (88 folders)
The papers of the director for New Directions for Women include personal and professional material, including her material concerning involvement in various feminist organizations. Included in the papers are correspondence, photographs, writings, awards, research projects, news clippings, and conference notes and speeches.
Susan J. Kaufman Papers, 1958-1996 (C4409)
1.3 cubic feet (37 folders)
The papers of a journalist and educator include materials from her early high school years through her professional journalism career and ending with her tenure as a professor of journalism at Eastern Illinois University. The collection also includes Kaufman’s involvement in the Nairobi Conference in 1985.
Mary Paxton Keeley Papers, 1830-1986 (C0848)
13.8 cubic feet (622 folders), 1 audio tape, 4 audio cassettes, 2 oversize items
Papers of the first woman graduate of the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, in 1910. She was active as a journalist, teacher, playwright, poet, fiction writer, and photographer. Material includes correspondence; diaries; manuscripts for Keeley’s articles, fiction, and poetry; clippings; audio cassettes; and photographs.
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Beverly Kees Papers, 1941-2004 (C4025)
27.75 cubic feet (954 folders), 2 volumes, 1 video cassette
The papers of Beverly Kees, a journalist, editor, and journalism instructor in Minneapolis, North Dakota, Indiana, and California; the first female executive editor at a Knight-Ridder newspaper; and editor and programs director for the Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center. The collection contains both personal and professional material, including office files, clippings, editorials, correspondence, photographs, reports, resources, and handbooks.
Carol Kleiman Papers, 1954-2015 (CA5733)
68 cubic feet, 10 oversize volumes, 36 audio cassettes, 1 audio tape, 1 video cassette, 1 film, 8 oversize items, 1 jpg
Papers of associate business editor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Contains columns and articles concerning employment and women in the workforce. Also includes other writings such as books, short stories, and poetry, and materials from speeches, and radio and television appearances.
Mary M. Knoblauch Papers, 1961-2014 (CA6727)
4.78 cubic feet (2 audio discs, 2 audio tapes, 4 video cassettes)
The papers of Mary M. Knoblauch, a print journalist for Chicago's American and the Chicago Tribune, include newspaper clippings, tear sheets, awards, certificates, audiovisual material, correspondence, and an unpublished manuscript. Also included are papers covering Knoblauch's time as a freelance writer, film critic, and writing coach.
Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Papers, 1950s-2023 (CA6637)
4.3 cubic feet, 1 video cassette, 20.26 GB of digital files
The papers of a journalism and communications educator at Florida International University in Miami, and executive director of the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, contain speeches, teaching materials, publications, survey material, materials documenting her involvement in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the Society of Professional Journalists, and miscellaneous professional material.
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Frances L. Lewine Memoir, no date (C4087)
0.1 cubic feet (6 folders)
The memoir contains a timeline presentation of women journalists' fight to get equal access to news events and be allowed full membership in the formerly all-male National Press Club.
Dorothy Roe Lewis Papers, 1926-1984 (C2233)
1.2 cubic feet (72 folders)
Papers of a 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 freelance writer. Material on ghostwriting assignments and freelance articles for newspapers and magazines.
Grace Lichtenstein Papers, 1960s-1986; bulk dates 1970-1986 (C4666)
1.5 cubic feet (24 folders) 28 audio cassettes
The 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.
Clarissa Start Lippert Papers, 1939-1976 (S0470)
0.8 cubic feet, 14 folders, 1 photograph, 36 volumes on 4 microfilm rolls
The papers contain scrapbooks, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting Clarissa Start Lippert’s career as a features writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Willie Mae "GRACY" Lowery Scrapbook, 1957-1958 (S0719)
0.4 cubic foot, 1 scrapbook
Willie Mae "Gracy" Lowry, a pioneer African-American female radio announcer and community servant. Gracy Lowery was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 28, 1916. She was the first female African-American radio announcer in St. Louis, and was a regular radio announcer at KATZ Radio Station for twenty-five years until her retirement. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings documenting her career in broadcasting.
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Joann S. Lublin Papers, 1976-2022 (CA6712)
5.75 cubic feet, 2 oversize volumes, 4.4 GB of digital files
The papers of Joann S. Lublin, author and longtime columnist for The Wall Street Journal, include sixteen volumes of newspaper clippings and recordings of interviews conducted for her books Earning It and Power Moms. Also included is research material and interviews which were used to write Earning It, publishing records, and drafts of the book.
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Marion T. Marzolf Papers, 1970s-1990s (CA5618)
11 cubic feet
Papers of a University of Michigan journalism educator. Includes research and teaching files, manuscripts of publications and unpublished works, correspondence, and other materials. Relates primarily to women in media.
Sarah Newcomb McClendon Papers, 1931-1992 (C2579)
3.5 cubic feet (127 folders)
The personal and professional papers of Sarah Newcomb McClendon, White House journalist and women’s rights advocate, contain biographical information, correspondence, newspaper columns, speeches, and other miscellaneous writings, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, awards, certificates, press badges, press cards, programs, posters, federal agency reports and publications, research, and family materials.
Ann Bryan Mariano McKay Papers, c. 1892-2009 (C4009)
16.25 cubic feet (937 folders), 26 audio cassettes, 1 16 mm film, 10 rolls of microfilm, 1 computer disc
The papers of Ann Bryan Mariano McKay, a journalist and Vietnam War correspondent, consist primarily of material relating to her work on the independent newspaper, Overseas Weekly, and include newspapers, newspaper copy, photographs, correspondence, and legal materials regarding a lawsuit over distribution of the newspaper in Vietnam. Other materials in the collection document her work with Vietnamese orphanages, as well as various aspects of both her personal and professional life, including a return trip to Vietnam in 1995 with her adopted daughter.
Media Watch Records, 1987-1993 (C4093)
0.1 cubic feet, 2 video cassettes
Susan H. Miller Papers, 1960s-1980s (CA4814)
15.4 cubic feet, 5 audio cassettes, 5 film strips
Research notes, course notes, articles, correspondence, and other papers of a journalist and editor.
Kay Mills Papers, c. 1890-2011 (C4070)
16.25 cubic feet (513 folders), 170 audio cassettes, 3 video cassettes, 1 compact disc
The papers of a journalist, author, and editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times include news articles, story files, books, manuscripts, research files, correspondence, personal papers, and interviews on audio cassette.
Missouri Press Women Records, 1940-1985 (C3967)
0.8 cubic feet (32 folders)
The records of the Missouri Press Women consist of award and scholarship information, by-laws, correspondence, financial and membership records, and minutes.
Missouri Women's Press Club Treasurer's Records, 1937-1964 (C2660)
1 volume
Financial records, including receipts and disbursements. Members' names given upon receipt of dues.
MOMbo, Inc. Records, 1991-2007 (CA6169)
0.2 cubic feet, 11 audio cassettes, 5 DAT tapes, 3 audio tapes, 4 CDs, 8 minidiscs, 1 DVD
Records of a syndicated radio program about motherhood, hosted and produced by Nanci Olesen. Includes audio recordings, promotional materials, program outlines, notes, clippings, correspondence, and financial reports.
Carol Wood Moriarty Papers, 1982-1990 (C4373)
1.0 cubic foot (25 folders), 1 oversize item
Papers of a managing editor at the Anchorage Times, include professional and personal correspondence, articles, Journalism and Women Symposium materials, and photographs.
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National Federation of Press Women Records, 1910-1998 (C3973)
5.0 cubic feet, 16 audio cassettes, 3 rolls of microfilm
Records of an organization consisting of affiliated state professional associations of press women, which promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes correspondence of officers, annual convention materials, histories of the organization and its members, publications, and affiliate information.
National Federation of Press Women Records, 1945-2020 (CA6205)
6.4 cubic feet, 9 audio cassettes, 1 CD, 3 computer discs, 3 rolls of microfilm, 2 video cassettes, 4 DVDs, 540 MB of digital files
Addition of publications, conference materials, meeting minutes, membership rosters, and other records of an organization founded in 1937 that promotes the professional development of journalists. Includes transcripts and audio recordings of oral history interviews with past presidents.
National Organization for Women, Legal Defense and Education Fund Records, 1970s-1980s (CA4832)
20.5 cubic feet
Records pertaining to the work of the organization and the papers of Kathy Bonk. Includes correspondence, conference files, federal agency files, legislative files, subject files, notebooks, state files, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous material. Contains material on the Equal Rights Amendment and 1980 elections.
National Sisters Communications Service Records, 1973-1985 (C3883)
7.8 cubic feet (601 folders), 7 audio cassettes
The records of a national resource office for religious communicators, founded in 1975 and based in Los Angeles, consist of administrative correspondence, minutes of board meetings, reports, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material of the service and its successor organization, the Center for Communications Ministry.
National Women and Media Collection, 1965-2009 (C3025)
1.75 cubic feet (38 folders), 23 audio cassettes, 16 video cassettes, 531 MB of digital files
The National Women and Media Collection (NWMC) contains speeches, newspaper columns, advertising campaigns, articles, interviews, and audiovisual material from women in the media as well as media organizations.
National Women and Media Collection 20th Anniversary Records, 2007 (C4006)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder), 1 video cassette, 1 compact disc, 1 DVD
Newspaper articles promoting lecture event, sound recording of Marj Paxson discussing founding of the collection, and video of the lecture and panel discussion featuring Tad Bartimus.
New Directions for News Records, 1970s-2000s (CA5556)
303.2 cubic feet, 38 oversize items (includes approx. 1,710 video cassettes, 725 audio cassettes, 840 computer disks, and 25 audio tapes)
Records of a project of the MU School of Journalism include project and research files; workshop and conference materials; correspondence; surveys; recordings of interviews; promotional materials; and miscellaneous material.
New Directions for News Research Project Papers, 1972-1988 (C3901)
7.4 cubic feet (485 folders), 1 audio cassette
Papers 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. The project led to the establishment of an independent newspaper think tank and research organization of the same name at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.
New Directions for Women Records, 1971-2000 (C4031)
8 cubic feet (237 folders), 23 rolls of microfilm
The New Directions for Women collection contains the business records of a feminist newspaper based in New Jersey and published from 1972 to 1993. The records 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.
Douglas Ann Johnson Newsom Papers, 1960s-1980s (CA4908)
18 cubic feet
Correspondence, files, papers, and manuscripts of books by a professor of journalism and public relations; correspondence and files of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
Rose M. Nolen Papers, 1873-2004 (C4227)
1.0 cubic foot (41 folders)
The papers of Rose Nolen contain clippings, research materials, and manuscript drafts of a Sedalia, Missouri, journalist. Topics include the Katy Depot in Sedalia, the Methodist Inner City Church in Kansas City, Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement, Bothwell Regional Medical Center, and Sedalia history.
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Amy Noyes Papers, no date (CA6311)
0.4 cubic feet
Papers of an author and journalist who worked for the News and Citizen and The Transcript, both of Morrisville, Vermont, contain reporter's notebooks, copies of award plaques, and newspapers.
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Over the Rainbow Collection, 1977-1978 (R0820)
(1 folder)
This collection consists of fifteen issues of "Over the Rainbow" a feminist newsletter edited by Betty Burnett of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.
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Geneva Overholser Papers, 1970s-2000s (CA6182)
19 cubic feet, 40 audio cassettes, 44 video cassettes, 13 DVDs, 1 CD, 5 computer discs, 1 oversize volume
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.
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Kate Parry Papers, 1973-2022 (CA6660)
1.4 cubic feet, 7 computer discs
The papers of a reporter, editor, ombudsman, and assistant managing editor who primarily worked for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, contain clippings, correspondence, training materials, speeches, and miscellaneous professional material.
Joye Patterson Papers, 1967-1988 (C4448)
1.6 cubic feet (39 folders), 2 audio cassettes
The correspondence and professional papers of a journalism professor, including material on women’s studies and women in media, the status of women, and the “Q-Conference.”