Proceedings of the Conference of the American Journalism Historians Association (Lawrence, Kansas, October 1-3, 1992). Part I: Journalism History before the Twentieth Century.

This proceedings contain 18 papers on American journalism history before the 20th century. Papers in the proceedings are: "Military and Press Discord during the Civil War: Foreshadowing of Future Disputes" (Maury M. Breecher); "The Missouri Press Association: A Study of the Beginning Motivations, 1867-1876" (Stephen A. Banning); "The Detroit Evening News: Nonpartisan, Reform Journalism in the 1870s: 1876-1877" (James Bow); "The Blood of Kansas and the New York Penny Press" (Gary L. Whitby); "Selected Texas Newspaper Editorials and Spanish-American War Sentiment" (Douglas Ferdon and John Tisdale); "A Visible Minority: Literary Journalism's Story-Telling and Symbolism Spurred the Anti-Chinese Movement by Tacoma Daily Newspapers in 1885" (Myron K. Jordan); "American Crime and Trial Pamphlets after the Penny Press" (James L. Aucoin); "For 'The Prosperity of the Denomination': Understanding the North Carolina Baptist Press, 1845-1861" (David A. Copeland); "The Stamp Act Press: The First True Mass Medium" (Julie Hedgepeth Williams); "Covering the Big Story: George Whitefield's First Preaching Tour, News Manipulation, and the Colonial Press" (David A. Copeland); "Latest from the Canadian Revolution: Early War Correspondence in the 'New York Herald' 1837-1838" (Ulf Jonas Bjork); "Abolitionist, Emigrationist, Feminist: Mary Ann Shadd Cary, First Female Editor of the Black Press" (Bernell E. Tripp); "James Bryce and the Promise of the American Press: 1888-1921" (James D. Startt); "Maria W. Stewart: An African-American Woman Journalist Who Raised a Fiery Voice in the Abolitionist Movement" (Rodger Streitmatter); "A Silence in Massachusetts: John Campbell and the Boston 'News-Letter'" (Wm. David Sloan); "American Newspaper Contempts before 1880" (Richard Scheidenhelm); "The Rise of the English-Jewish Press in America" (Barbara Reed); and "Congress and Journalistic Privilege: An Historical and Legal Perspective" (Robert L. Spellman). (RS)