Papers, 1911-1978.

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Papers, 1911-1978.

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Includes correspondence, biographical material, financial material, legal material, literary productions, photographs, scrapbook material and general files pertaining to the career of Douglas Meador. Collection bulks with literary productions written by Meador. Correspondence generally concerns Meador's writing and early attempts to syndicate his column. Of special interest are Motley County Pioneer materials and West Texas Press Association files.

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Harper, Margaret, 1949-

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Meador, Douglas (Ben Douglas), 1901-1974.

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Newspaper columnist. Born in Matador, Texas, in 1901. Authored weekly column "Trail Dust" in the Matador "Tribune." Died in Lubbock, Texas, in 1974. From the description of Family papers, 1894-1983, (bulks 1920-1983). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25195382 Newspaper editor and publisher. Born in Matador, Texas, in 1901. Began his writing career in California in 1922. Returning to Texas in 1929, he worked for the Childress "Daily Index" and started a newspaper ...

Texas Press Association

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After several aborted attempts to form a state press association in 1853, 1869, and 1873, 77 Texas newspaper publishers organized the Texas Press Association at Houston in 1880. J. W. Fishburn, publisher of the Mexia Ledger served as the association’s first president. Furthermore, the association is governed by a board of directors pulled from the boards of Texas’s five regional press associations. The association formed with the shared goal to preserve and promote the future of Tex...

West Texas Press Association.

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