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Title
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SC225 Kansas City Star Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The Kansas City Star newspaper company was founded in 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson and Samuel Morss. Nelson and his family went on to retain ownership of the company until their deaths in 1926 when ownership was bought by employees of the newspaper. Local stockholders owned the newspaper until 1977 when it was sold to corporate ownership. This collection, made up of a portion of the company’s records, documents the history of the newspaper and its founding family.
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Date
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1829/2007
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Lena Rivers Smith: The Lady and the Legacy
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Description
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Profile chronicling the life and journalism career of Lena Rivers Smith. Smith's early life and education are covered. Her time working for the Kansas City Call newspaper and WDAF-TV, where she was the first African American to work for the station's news staff, is also described.
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Date
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1978-11
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Object Type
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Magazine
