Walter Williams (journalist)
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Walter Williams was an American journalist and educator. He founded the world's first journalism school at the University of Missouri, and later served as the university's president. An internationali
Walter Williams
Williams and his wife Sarah, 1935
The State Historical Society of Missouri, a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in the preservation and s
Walter Williams (journalist)
…National Editorial Association. Working with his employer Edwin William Stephens through the Missouri Press Association, Williams helped to found the State Historical Society of Missouri in 1898. In the late 1890s Walter Williams began lobbying the Missouri General Assembly and the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri to…
The Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, Missouri is the headquarters of the society.
A view of the stacks in the Reference Library at the Society.
Ellis Library, former entrance to the State Historical Society of Missouri.
From across Elm Street