C Mott, Frank Luther (1886-1964) and Vera I. (1885- 1964), Papers, 1775-1965 2344 44.75 linear feet, 6 audio cassettes, 1 roll of microfilm MICROFILM (Diaries #1-5 only) This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at
[email protected]. INTRODUCTION Papers of a journalism educator, dean of University of Missouri School of Journalism, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning History of American Magazines; and his wife. DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection by the University of Missouri Library on 10 December 1957 (Accession No. 3332). An addition was donated on 10 December 1959 by Frank Luther Mott (Accession No. 3423). Another addition was placed on contract by the Frank Luther Mott Estate on 10 August 1965 (Accession No. 3632). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Frank Luther Mott, professor of journalism and dean, was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, on 4 April 1886, to David Charles and Mary E. Tipton Mott. He attended Audobon High School, Audobon, Iowa, and graduated in 1903. He was a student at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1903-1906. From there Mott went to the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.B. in 1907. His M.A. (1917) and Ph.D. (1928) degrees in English were received from Columbia University. He married Vera H. Ingram, 7 September 2010. They had one daughter, Mildred. Mott was co-editor with his father of the Marengo (Iowa) Republican, 1907-1914; editor, Grand Junction (Iowa) Globe, 1914-1917;