Frances L. Dewey Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 117 issues of The Broadcaster (December 1, 1927–April 19, 1932), a newsletter published in St. Louis by the Arkansas-Missouri Plant Department, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. It began as a weekly publication, but later changed to bi-weekly, then tri-weekly. The issues contain articles relating to employee and company news. The collection also contains typescript news stories compiled by Frances Dewey, an employee of the Webster Groves District office of Southwestern Bell located at 5 West Lockwood Avenue, Webster Groves, Missouri. These stories, dated October 25, 1927-June 15, 1931, relate to employees and affairs of the Webster Groves District office, and were submitted for inclusion in The Broadcaster. The collection also contains correspondence and other papers of the Eastern Division, mostly related to the publication of The Broadcaster; and issues of a typescript newsletter titled “The Microphone” (“The ‘Hook-Up’ Between the Editors of ‘The Broadcaster’”), dated 1928-1930.
Dates
- 1926-1932
Creator
- Dewey, Frances L., -1976 (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Biographical Sketch
A longtime resident of Webster Groves, Missouri, Frances L. Dewey worked as a clerk and secretary for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company from the late 1920s to the 1950s. She died October 27, 1976.
Extent
1.9 Cubic Feet ( (3 boxes))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Issues of The Broadcaster are filed chronologically in the first two boxes. Additional items in Box 3 are also filed chronologically.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The collection was donated by Paul Huffman in 2006.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony Million, September 2006.
Creator
- Dewey, Frances L., -1976 (Creator, Person)
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Arkansas-Missouri Plant Department (Publisher, Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of Frances L. Dewey Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Jaime Bourassa using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository