| Accession Number: | MA uu:136 |
| Location: | Manuscript stacks, row 12 |
| Dates: | 1938-2011, bulk 1938-1939 |
| Size: | 1 box |
| Creator/Collector: | Collected by James Lawrence Collection created in Special Collections |
| Acquisition info: | Donated by James Lawrence Individual items added by Special Collections |
| Accruals: | No accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | The collection was assembled over time by James Lawrence and donated to Special Collections sometime between 1988 and 2010. |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | Jean Gosebrink, 1990s; Sarah Cain, July 2014 |
| Conservation notes: | All items placed in acid-free folders within archival boxes. Metal fasteners have been removed. |
| Scope and Content: | The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by radio from station W9XZY was the world’s first daily newspaper transmitted by radio signals to facsimile printers located in homes. The daily special edition of the Post-Dispatch was published for two years beginning on December 7, 1938. KSD, which was owned by the Post-Dispatch until 1977, operated the experimental facsimile station W9XZY out of the Post-Dispatch Building. The newspaper was dubbed the “radio edition” and was transmitted via ultra-high frequency. |
| Arrangement: | Chronological |
| Restrictions: | Unrestricted. Permission required to reproduce images |
| Remarks: | Clippings were added to the collection by Special Collections staff in 2014. |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch/W9XZY Papers
1938 - 2011
1 slim Hollinger; 0.2 cu. ft.
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/1 | Finding aid |
| 1/2 | Clippings, 1938-1939, 1961, 2011. NC-L-051, NC-L-052, NC-L-057 |
| 1/3 | “The world’s first radio daily newspaper: an exhibit by the St. Louis PostDispatch.” 1939. Brochure distributed at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. |
| 1/4 | Reproduction of December 7, 1938 (vol.1:no.1; pg. 1) and “The world’s first radio daily newspaper”, 1939 (5 copies). Brochure explaining the Radio newspaper, with v. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 7, 1938), on cover. NC-A-053 (3 copies). M13 (1 copy) |
| 1/5 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, December 7, 1938 (vol.1:no.1; pgs. 1-9). NC-N-055 |
| 1/6 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, March 7, 1939 (vol.1:no.91; pgs. 1-9). NC-N-056 |
| 1/7 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 3, 1939 (vol.1:no. 148; pgs. 1-8). NC-N-056 |
| 1/8 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 8, 1939 (vol.1:no. 153; pgs. 1-9). NC-N-056 |
| 1/9 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 9, 1939 (vol.1:no. 154; pgs. 1-8). NC-N-056 |
| 1/10 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 16, 1939 (vol.1:no. 161; pg. 1). NC-N-056 |
| 1/11 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 8, 1939 (vol.1:no. 162; pgs. 1-9) |
| 1/12 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 24, 1939 (vol.1:no. 169; pgs. 1-3, 5-7). NC-N-056 |
| 1/13 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 29, 1939 (vol.1:no. 174; pgs. 1, 7). NC-N-056 |
| 1/14 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 30, 1939 (vol.1:no. 175; pg. 1). NC-N-054 |
| 1/15 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, May 31, 1939 (vol.1:no. 176; pgs. 1, 3). NC-N-056 |
| 1/16 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, June 5, 1939 (vol.1:no. 181; pg. 1). NC-N-056 |
| 1/17 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, June 19, 1939 (vol.1:no. 195; pgs. 1-9). NC-N-056 |
| 1/18 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio from station W9XYZ, August 12, 1939(vol.1:no. 249; pgs. 1-4). NC-N-056 |
