| Collection Name: |
Missouri Newspapers Oral History Project |
| Repository Name: |
University of Missouri, Columbia. State Historical Society of Missouri [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Columbia, Missouri, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
C3965 |
| URL: |
http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/3965.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1996- |
| Description: |
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. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
11 |
| Broad Subjects: |
News and Print Journalism |
| ASP Subjects: |
Journalism; Journalists; Missouri; Missouri--History; Newspapers; Oral history; United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000577 |
