Rogan Jones Papers 1912-1983 1930-1970

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Rogan Jones Papers 1912-1983 1930-1970

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The collection documents the activities and interests of radio and television broadcasting pioneer Lafayette Rogan Jones. Records span the period 1912-1983, with the bulk of materials dating from circa 1930-1970, and comprise subject files, clippings and scrapbooks, audio tapes and photographs.

15 linear ft.

eng,

Western Washington University Heritage Resources

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373191

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Jones, Rogan.

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Born in Memphis Tennesee on October 11, 1895, Lafayette Rogan Jones moved with his parents, Francis Goodbar Jones and Mary Rogan Jones to Boston in 1901, and then to Aberdeen, Washington in 1906. He attended private schools in Boston, public schools in Aberdeen and spent one year at Columbia University where he studied business. Jones lived in Aberdeen intermittently until 1930. Jones acquired his first radio station, KXRO, in Aberdeen, Washington in 1928, and purchased KVOS in Bell...

KVOS-TV (Television station : Bellingham, Wash.)

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