s0768 HALL, GEORGE H., PAPERS, 1932-1994
26 FOLDERS, 473 PHOTOGRAPHS

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS

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George H. Hall enjoyed a long career in the newspaper business, which included community reporting in rural Missouri, investigating communism in the Far East, and preparing the editorial page for publication. In 1974 George H. Hall retired from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He originally joined the Post staff in 1942 and was quickly reassigned to the Washington bureau. Hall returned to St. Louis in 1959 to work as assistant editor of the editorial page. He later became the editor of that page upon the retirement of Robert Lasch in 1971.

Hall graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where he worked as managing editor of the college's humor magazine. He earned a degree from Columbia University School of Journalism in 1933. Hall's first permanent newspaper job was with the Leader-Press of Springfield, Missouri. Before joining the Post-Dispatch, Hall worked for newspapers in several cities as well as KMOX radio station in St. Louis.

As a member of the Post-Dispatch Washington bureau, Hall covered the Missouri congressional delegation and the entire range of foreign aid for developing countries. In 1954, he took a four-month trip to the Far East, visiting Japan, the Philippines, Formosa (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and Egypt to assess the possibility of these nations coming under communist domination.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains career memorabilia, including scrapbooks, travel notes, press passes, notebooks, correspondence, and photographs. The scrapbooks contain photojournalism of rural Missouri reporting and Far East travels.

SERIES CONTENTS

1. Papers, 1932-1993
2. Photographs and scrapbooks, 1932-1994
3. Publications, 1933-1991

FOLDER LIST

SERIES 1, PAPERS, 1932-1993

BOX 1 (031634)

1. Address books and business cards, n.d.
2. Career Souvenirs, 1932-1959
3. Correspondence and Memos, 1945-1991
4. Correspondence, news clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to Joseph Pulitzer, 1945-1993
5. East St. Louis riverfront development proposal, 1992
6. Illustrations, 1953
7. Letter written home while in the Far East, 1953-1954
8. Newspaper clippings, 1933-1992
9. Passports and travel papers and notes, 1952-1958
10. Press cards and credentials, 1938-1959
11. Travel literature, 1947-1953

SERIES 2, PHOTOGRAPHS AND SCRAPBOOKS, 1932-1994

12. Photographs, 1933-1994, 768.1-768.9
13. Negatives from the 1930s and of Far East travels, n.d., 768.10-768.141
14. Scrapbook of Hall's news articles and photojournalism, 1932-1943, photographs 768.142-768.164
15. Scrapbook of Hall's Far East travels, 1953-1954, photographs 768.165-768.315
16. Slides of Far East travels, n.d., 768.316-768.473

SERIES 3, PUBLICATIONS, 1933-1991

BOX 2 (031635)

17. The Columbia Journalist, published by the students of the Columbia School of Journalism, 1933
18. The Eads Bridge, photographic essay by Quinta Scott and historical appraisal by Howard S. Miller, 1979
19. The Herblock Gallery, by Herbert Block, c. 1964
20. Herblock's State of the Union, by Herbert Block, c. 1968
21. Joseph Pulitzer and His World, by James Wyman Barrett, c. 1941
22. Joseph Pulitzer II and the Post-Dispatch: A Newspaperman's Life, by Daniel W. Pfaff, c. 1991
23. Pulitzer, by W.A. Swanberg, c. 1967
24. A Report to the American People, by Joseph Pulitzer, n.d.
25. A Tradition of Conscience, by Joseph Pulitzer Jr., c. 1965
26. We Go Fishing in Norway, by Joseph Pulitzer, 1954

INDEX

Egypt
Far East
Formosa (Taiwan)
Hall, George H.
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Journalism
The Philippines
Photojournalism
Pulitzer, Joseph
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Vietnam


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