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Record Group: 11 C
Record Sub-Group: 10
Records Title: UMC; School of Journalism; KOMU-TV; Administrative Records and Video Productions
Dates: 1945-1999
Volume: 40 and 1/2 cubic feet, 50.62 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
This Sub-Group contains University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism records pertaining to the development and operation of MU's KOMU television station. Included in this Sub-Group are correspondence files, news releases, newspaper ads and promotional articles, program idea files, broadcast scripts, budget materials, video taped programs, and reports evaluating KOMU. Topics addressed in this Sub-Group include accreditation, Federal Communication Commission regulations, freedom of the press, radio and television courses at MU, educational television, and the broadcast industry. Also included in the Sub-Group are some materials related to KOMU but predating the station's creation, such as personal papers of faculty members in the UMC Journalism School's Broadcasting Department.
Series Descriptions:
Former Series #1 C:11/6/1
UMC; School of Journalism; KOMU-TV; Missouri Forum; Program Notes
This summary description has been enlarged to a full inventory. Please follow this link to reach the full inventory.This former Series holds UMC School of files relating to the KOMU television program "Missouri Forum" including news releases, newspaper ads, news articles, correspondence with program guests, program idea folders, and research relevant to program topics.
Former Series #2 C:11/6/2
UMC; School of Journalism; KOMU-TV; Edward C. Lambert Professional Papers
This summary description has been enlarged to a full inventory. Please follow this link to reach the full inventory. This former Series contains Professor Edward C. Lambert's professional papers, administrative correspondence, and other material related to KOMU-TV (1945-1978).
Series 3. - C:11/6/4
This Series holds film clips of programs broadcast on the UMC School of Journalism's television station, KOMU (1970-1972). The subjects of these films vary from portions of an Orange Bowl football game broadcast to a report on Brown Recluse spider research. Notable guests who appear in these films include University Presidents C. Brice Ratchford and John C. Weaver, child-raising specialist Dr. Benjamin Spock, MU head football coach Dan Devine, and Missouri Governors John H. Dalton and Warren E. Hearnes.
(1/3 c.f., B3A, B7, 5, Back; Shoebox, B3A, B2, 3)
Note to Researcher: For more footage of John C. Weaver, ask University Archives staff about collection UW:4/2/4. This film concerns his election as President of the University of Wisconsin, October 26, 1970.
Note to Archivist: The KOMU 16mm film clips are all stored in the shoebox. A title list of the films is available with the box list in Room 723.
Series 4. - C:11/6/5, C:11/6/6
This Series holds audio and video tapes of the UMC School of Journalism's Missouri Forum television program (1961, 1964, 1970-1992, scattered issues). The programs in this Series vary widely in content but often feature political figures and deal with legislative and governmental topics. Also addressed by some of the programs in the Series are subjects such as prison reform, environmentalism, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, sexism, domestic violence and censorship, as well as day-to-day events and activities on the UMC campus. Missouri Forum was hosted during this period first by Professor Edward C. Lambert and later by Professor Rod Gelatt.
(37 1/6 c.f., Follow this link for box locations.)
Note to Researcher: Collection C:3/25/5 also contains audio tapes of the Missouri Forum.
Series 5. - C:11/6/8 (A01-135)
This Series holds one VHS tape produced by News Center 8 at KOMU, UMC School of Journalism's television station (1987). The 49 minute video is entitled, "New Art, New Experiments with Art, Research and Technology, A Portfolio of Artists." The video highlights the creative use of computers and was produced by Birgit Wassmuth, Associate Professor of Advertising. Other speakers include Dick Helmick, Tom McKenney, Lee Snyder, Ed Small, Larry Rugolo and Julie Mueller-Brown.
(1 Pkg., B3A, C2, 4)
Series 6. - C:11/6/9 (A06-59)
This Series contains records created and received by KOMU-TV at the University of Missouri-Columbia, (1978-1999). The records consist of sports footage produced, aired, or taped by KOMU-TV. Included in the Series are basketball and football highlight tapes, season preview tapes, and a few game tapes.
(3 c.f., 057428, 057429, 057430)
Note to Archivist: The formats of the tapes include Betacam and U-matic.
The box lists for this Series are available online. They can be accessed by following this link.
Restrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.
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