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Meet our Foundation Board of Directors

The St. Louis Media History Foundation is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are always looking for interested people to join us in our mission to save, preserve, catalog, and share the rich history of St. Louis media. If you’re interested in serving on the Foundation Board or helping with our archives, please contact our Executive Director Frank Absher St. Louis Media History Foundation Board of Directors Executive Committee:President: Dan MartinVice President: Ginnie WestmorelandTreasurer: Pat...

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Print Media History Articles

For most people, two individuals come to mind when thinking of the history of print media in St. Louis: Elijah Lovejoy and Joseph Pulitzer. But many more contributed to the local history of the print medium, and their different publications, which number in the hundreds, show a colorful developmental process through the centuries. (Most of the masthead images shown on this site have been photo edited because of the poor quality of the microfilms and Read more…

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