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Record Group: 11 C
Record Sub-Group: 13
Records Title: UMC; School of Journalism; Faculty Papers
Dates: 1929-1999
Volume: 12 and 2/3 cubic feet, 15.83 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

This Sub-Group contains records and memorabilia pertaining to faculty members of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism. Included in this Sub-Group are faculty correspondence, faculty resumes and personnel files, publications and manuscripts, photographs, news clippings, course materials, "Pictures of the Year" contest materials, speeches, and MU School of Journalism faculty meeting minutes.

Series Descriptions:

Series 1. - C:11/10/1 (A84-80)
This Series holds memorabilia and other materials relating to the career of UMC Professor Emeritus of Journalism, G. Thomas Duffy, (ca. 1929-1984). Included in the Series are correspondence, course lectures, draft manuscripts, publications, photographs, news clippings, and newspapers (including a copy of the first morning edition of the Columbia Missourian, 9/10/1968).
(1 c.f. and 1 OSF, 103, 6)
Note to Researcher: Professor Duffy was one of three men that has taught on faculty without a degree. The others were Walter Williams and Richard Cannon (photojournalism).

Series 2. - C:11/10/2 (A87-100)
This Series contains material pertaining to the career of UMC Journalism Professor, Jo Ann Dickerson, (ca. 1954-1986). Included in this Series are personal and professional correspondence, class materials, course evaluations, student recommendations, papers presented at professional conferences, manuscripts submitted to journals, and audio cassette tapes of National Public Radio segments and various other prerecorded materials.
(2 c.f., 031559, 031560)

Series 3. - C:11/10/3 (A88-32)
This Series holds records gathered by MU Journalism Professor Emeritus Clifton C. Edom (1943-1978) which chronicle his efforts in developing photojournalism at UMC. Included are correspondence, course materials, and records relating to Kappa Alpha Mu (the national honors society in photojournalism founded at UMC in 1944), Edom's annual photography workshops (1951-1976), "University of Missouri Annual Fifty Print Exhibit" (1943-1974), which evolved into the "Picture of the Year" contest, and the "Collegiate Photograph Competition," (1970-1977).
(2 c.f., 032219, 032220)
Note to Researcher: See
Record Group 11 C; Sub-Group 12 (Box 1, Folder 7) for interviews with Professor Emeritus Clifton Edom; for MU Bulletin concerning 50 Print Exhibits, see Record Group 11 C; Sub-Group 5, Series 12 (Box 3).

Series 4. - C:11/10/4
This Series holds publications authored or co-authored by members of the faculty of the UMC School of Journalism, (1946-1980). This Series is only a small sampling of School of Journalism faculty publications from this period.
(1/3 c.f., 133, 1)

Series 5. - C:11/10/6 (A89-26; A90-30; A95-155)
This Series contains records gathered by UMC Professor of Journalism Dale Spencer, (1948-1988). Included in the Series are correspondence, committee records, departmental administrative records, communication law course materials, student records, and manuscripts and speeches.
(4 1/2 c.f.; 4 c.f., 013223, 013224, 013225 047175; 1/2 c.f., 118, 5)
Note to Researcher: Some of the records in Series 5 are restricted and cannot be made available to the public. See restrictions note at the end of this finding aid.

Series 6. - C:11/10/7 (A91-88)
This Series is comprised of faculty meeting minutes and related correspondence generated by the UMC School of Journalism faculty, (1941-1974).
(1/6 c.f., 108, 3)
Note to Researcher: For more information on the administration of the MU School of Journalism, ask the University Archives staff about collection C:1/101/19.

Series 7. - C:11/14/1 (A85-30; A86-43)
This Series contains records gathered by UMC Professor of Journalism, Ruth Briggs Bratek, (1955-1985). Included in this Series are personal and professional correspondence, as well as Bratek's personnel information form, academic service report, and committee assignments. Also included in this Series are advertising journalism course materials, writings on the University of Missouri Academic Plan, information on the history of the UMC School of Journalism, and a survey of subscribers to the Columbia Missourian.
(2 1/3 c.f.; 2 c.f., 115, 3; 1 Pkg., 115, 3)
Note to Researcher: Some of the records in Series 7 are restricted and cannot be made available to the public. See restrictions note at the end of this finding aid.

Series 8. - C:11/10/5 (A88-64; A08-95)
This Series holds personal and professional correspondence generated by UMC School of Journalism Professor Joye Patterson, (1965-1987). Patterson's correspondence pertains largely to black journalism, environmental communications, and the UMC Environmental Health Center. Professor Patterson's correspondents include Alton Blakeslee, Donald Brenner, Jacob Bronowski, David Hendin, and Vernon E. Wilson. Also included is correspondence regarding the establishment of the Science Writing courses in the Journalism School, (1965-1967).
(1/3 c.f., 111, 3)

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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Compiled: 28 July 2000
Revised: 25 April 2006
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