Journalism

The collection contains 17 scrapbooks of correspondence and press articles written by newspaperman Adolphus Benedict. Mr. Benedict was a reporter for a variety of newspapers in the US including the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the Brooklyn Eagle, and the Brooklyn Times. Finding aid »

The collection contains two (2) original artworks by Alfred Russell Art Editor and cartoonist for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He was a self-taught artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and painter. Much of his work appeared on the cover of the Globe-Democrat’s Sunday Magazine as well as calendars and advertisements for the Western Ammunition Company (aka Western Cartridge Company).  He was a member of the St. Louis Art Guild and the St. Louis Art League. Russell was born in Germany in 1868 and came to St. Louis at the age of 12. While training to be a newspaper artist, Russell was taught the trick of the art trade by Hungary native and etcher Nicole Staits. Russell, who became Staits’ closest friend, often worked Staits into his illustrations that appeared in the Globe-Democrat. Russell was best known for his humorous character sketches which appeared in the Sunday Magazine of the Globe-Democrat. His more serious works consisted of nature and the outdoor world of sport. Russell liked drawing in pen-and-ink but also worked in oils and pastels. His colored drawings were used for more than 25 years for the Sunday Magazine. His drawings of nature, especially autumn paintings printed on the Globe Sunday Magazine covers, are well remembered among St. Louisans. Many fans used Russell’s art to decorate their homes. Russell was hired to be part of the Globe-Democrat’s art department around the age of 18. Russell had to leave the Globe-Democrat after 30 years as Art Director after a stroke caused paralysis in April 1926. He continued to paint what he could during his last year of life, with many of the artworks being landscapes. Russell later died in 1927 in St. Louis. Russell worked at the Globe-Democrat when photography was just beginning to be used as illustrations. Artists were often rushed to a scene of an event to make sketches which were later completed back in the art studio on a chalk plate. Russell’s first work of this kind was covering the 1896 cyclone which left devastation in its wake in the St. Louis area. Almost twenty years later, Russell illustrated the city’s 1917 race riots since photographers had their cameras smashed by the mob. In November 1918, St. Louisans immediately became fond of Russell’s pen drawing of an olive branch aloft over a war-torn world that graced the newspaper issue announcing the end to World War I. >> Finding Aides <<

Collection of Army Overseas Editions of periodical titles and a few fiction titles published in small format. The collection spans 1939-1945. Finding aid »

The collection contains black and white photographs covering the years 1929-1964 with the bulk of the photos ranging from the early 1930s to the mid-1940s.  The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch covering the years 1933-1939.  Finding aid »

The collection contains forty-four (44) original artworks by Pulitzer prize winning comic strip and editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin.William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (1921-2003) served in World War II and volunteered to work for the 45th Infantry Division’s newspaper drawing cartoons about regular soldiers facing the dangers and tribulations of war, known as “Willie and Joe.” The cartoon originally was published for the G.I.s serving in Europe. This all changed in 1944, when Mauldin began working for Stars and Stripes which published his cartoons back home in the States as well as for the soldiers in Europe. From February 1944 to the end of the war, Mauldin was producing six cartoons a week. His cartoons became quick favorites among the G.I.s serving in Europe as well as all the folks back home in the States. Mauldin won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. The first was in 1945 and the other in 1959 while at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He won the National Cartoonist Society Award for Editorial Cartooning in the same year (1959) and then received their Reuben Award in 1961. Mauldin abandoned cartooning for a while after the war and did not return until 1958 when he took a position at the Post as a cartoonist. He remained at the post for four years until June 22, 1962 when he moved to the Chicago Sun-Times. Here he created his most recognizable post-war piece which ran in the Sun-Times on November 13, 1963. It was of the Abraham Lincoln Statue at the Lincoln Memorial grieving with his head in his hands for the assignation of President John F. Kennedy. Mauldin remained with the Sun-Times until his retirement in 1991. During his non-cartooning period, Maudlin worked as a film actor, writer, and illustrator. He also ran for Congress in New York in 1956.   Finding aid »

The papers of Caralee Strock Stanard consist of biographical materials, correspondence related to Stanard’s work as Post-Dispatch fashion writer, Sylvia Stiles, and fashion press releases.  The collection also includes items relevant to her affiliation with Alpha Delta Pi.  Stanard served as Grand President and wrote the Creed of Alpha Delta Pi.  Finding aid »

The collection contains the St. Louis Journalism Review photo morgue and Klotzer’s research and biography clipping files used to write articles for SJR. Finding aid »

The collection consists of the professional papers of Dorothy Brainerd (1906-1989) from 1952-1972.  The collection contains clipping scrapbooks, food articles and recipes, article drafts, and professional awards.  The bulk of the collection contains correspondence of letters from readers asking for solutions to a variety of homemaking & household issues.  Finding aid »

The collection of Edna Carroll consists of a scrapbook, photographs, and advertising print materials including proofs from Gardner Advertising. Finding aid »

The collection contains issues of FOCUS/Midwest published between the years 1962 to 1982. Finding aid »

The Gateway Review Collection consists of an almost complete run the quarterly magazine from 2010 to present. Finding aid »

The papers of Joe Pollack (1931-2012) consists of clipping books of published articles, correspondence, caricatures along with personal and biographical materials.   Finding aid »

Scope/content note: The collection of John J. Archibald consists of news story indexes covering the years 1978-1985. Finding aid »

The collection contains letters written to John McGuire, chiefly fan letters. The collection also contains one photo (1992 letter from Carl Payne). John McGuire spent five years at the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1950s with the intent of becoming a painter. Instead, he spent the 1960s through 2005 as a journalist, most of which was spent at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1967-2005). He began writing special interest stories and conducting interviews. In the latter part of his career, he specialized in obituaries. McGuire was beloved by many. He had knack for being a great storyteller, which resulted in his success as a Post-Dispatch feature writer. He was awarded the Riverfront Times’ Best of Award for the Best St. Louis Post-Dispatch Reporter in 2000. McGuire died in his sleep at the age of 71. Finding aid »

The collection contains Joseph Crouch’s original drawings, painting, and sketches; clippings from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and its supplemental sections and magazines—Sunday Pictures, Everyday and You Sections, and TV Magazine—where his much of his work was published. Finding aid »

The collection contains two handwritten journals of  AA Coult, a staff photographer of the St. Louis Republic. In addition to being staff photographer, Coult also served as the poultry editor for the Republic and was the Missouri State Poultry Board President. Finding aid »

Lemoine Skinner, Jr. consists of a scrapbook containing clippings of Skinner’s articles and editorials published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1939-1941 & 1945. Finding aid »

The collection contains scrapbooks, clippings, articles, publications, correspondence, a draft manuscript of the Veiled Prophet, a draft manuscript of the History of St. Louis Country Club, materials from the Women’s Association of the St. Louis Symphony Society and audiovisual recordings. The dated material covers the years 1942-2010 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1970-1989. Finding aid »

The collection contains photocopies of research notes for Max Putzel’s book on William Marion Reedy, The Man in the Mirror. Finding aid »

The Media Archives oral history project started in 1989 with the aim to preserve the experiences of media persons with rich histories in St. Louis journalism, radio and television, public relations and advertising. The collection consists of transcript notes and consent forms as well as some correspondence and supplementary biographical information.  Finding aid »

The Mill Creek Valley Intelligencer was “published by the Mill Creek Valley Publishing Company for the residence of LaClede Park, LaClede Town and Environs.” The collection houses an incomplete run of issues printed from Nov. 8, 1965 to Sept. 1976 (v.1, no.1 – v.8?). Volume 1 is complete. The other volumes are incomplete. Finding aid »

The Missouri Times Collection consist of five volumes of the Missouri Times, published in Jefferson City, MO from 1979 to 1984. The collection is organized into two subseries, the bulk of which consists of papers, including are administrative files, correspondence, and vertical files. Finding aid »

Post-Dispatch Notebook was published from 1949 to 1957[1]. Special Collections, SLPL has two complete sets for years 1950 to 1957 (vol. 1:no 1. – vol. 8:no 1). The notebook was “published monthly by and for the employees of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch”. Finding aid »

The collection contains the official publication of the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and documents membership activities, events and programs offered by the Press Club.  Finding aid »

St. Louis Fan was a magazine published by the Stadium Fans, Inc. from 1969 to 1976.   The collection contains an incomplete run of the monthly publication from 1972-1975.  Finding aid »

This collection houses the complete run for the publication from September 1988 to June 1989. Finding aid »

The collection consists of publications and pamphlets; ephemera, correspondence, and manuscripts; clippings; style and specimen books; memorabilia; and oversized publications, ephemera, and memorabilia. Finding aid »

The collection consists of an almost complete run of the monthly magazine, St. Louis Journalism Review.   The collection also includes a box of general research files, including clippings, correspondence, and ephemera. Finding aid »

The St. Louis News was a strike newspaper and only produced in 1978. The collection houses a complete run of the paper (v.1: nos.1-9), which was printed from Monday, November 27, 1978 to Saturday/Sunday, December 9-10, 1978. Finding aid »

Collection contains papers and publications of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild. The dated material covers the years 1946-2007 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1940s-1950s. Finding aid »

Although the date of many of the pieces is unknown, the dated material covers the years 1878-2014 with the bulk of the material ranging from the 1910s-2000s. The collection is organized into three subseries, the bulk of which consists of publications that represent the history of and changes within the Post-Dispatch as well as the greater world of (newspaper) publishing trends and standards. Finding aid »

The collection contains an incomplete collection of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch TV Magazine from April 1-7, 1956 – February 13-19, 1981. Finding aid »

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by radio from station W9XZY was the world’s first daily newspaper transmitted by radio signals to facsimile printers located in homes. The daily special edition of the Post-Dispatch was published for two years beginning on December 7, 1938. KSD, which was owned by the Post-Dispatch until 1977, operated the experimental facsimile station W9XZY out of the Post-Dispatch Building. The newspaper was dubbed the “radio edition” and was transmitted via ultra-high frequency. Finding aid »

This collection is a vertical file for publications (mostly newspapers, journals, and magazines) produced in metro St. Louis and the surrounding area. Finding aid »

The collection contains photos of professional organizations related to St. Louis publications, photos of staff and the physical buildings of St. Louis publications, as well as other miscellaneous photos related to St. Louis publications. Finding aid »

The collection contains material covering the years 1900-1918, with the bulk of the material ranging from 1907-1918. Most of the collection consists of the Sunday Magazine of the St. Louis Republic. Finding aid »

The collection houses papers of the St. Louis Star, the St. Louis Times, and the St. Louis Star-Times, chiefly those of the St. Louis Star-Times. The dated material covers the years 1900 to 1976 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1932 to 1951. Finding aid »

Marguerite Kettering assembled this collection during her time as editorial staff librarian at the St. Louis Sun.   The collection contains photos, administrative files, and newspapers (first and last issues of Sun).  Finding aid »

The St. Louis Sun Collection was assembled over time by Del Schwinke and consists of a complete run the newspaper as well as the newspaper’s supplements.  The Sun was published was published from September 25, 1989 to April 25, 1990. Finding aid »

The St. Louis Sun Photograph Collection is the photo morgue of the St. Louis Sun. The Sun was in publication from September 25, 1989 to April 25, 1990. Finding aid »

The collection consists of St. Louis Today issues published from Sept. 7-8 to Oct. 5-6, 1973 (vol.1:nos.1-12) which were printed to replace the Post-Dispatch and the Globe-Democrat during their strikes—“St. Louis Today...will continue in operation until the end of the current newspaper strike.”; “...produced by local newsworkers from the two metropolitan dailies.” Finding aid »

The papers of Sue Ann Wood Poor (1930-2016) span the years 1946-2010, with the bulk of the materials date ranging from 1960s-1990s.  The papers consist of a large collection of personal correspondence, publications and professional articles, University of Missouri, Rotary International Foundation Fellow, photographs, clippings, along with St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and professional awards memorabilia. Finding aid »

The collection contains research and administrative files, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and prototypes. The Sun was published from September 25, 1989 to April 25, 1990. Tom Birkenmeier was the Marketing Director for the Sun. Finding aid »

The collection consists of an incomplete run of The Second 50 Forum, an independent monthly newspaper written especially for older adults in the St. Louis area. The publishing dates of the paper are unknown, but it is suspected that volume 1, number 1 was printed on November 1979. The newspaper went out of print sometime after February 1988. Finding aid »