Jack Stapleton Jr. Oral History Interview

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Title	Jack Stapleton Jr. Oral History Interview
Collection Title	Politics in Missouri Oral History Project, Records, 1996-
Collection Number	3929
Interviewee	Jack Stapleton Jr.
Interviewer	Will Sarvis
Date of Interview	6/6/1997
Subject--Name	Stapleton, Jack, Jr.
Subject	Oral history Missouri--History, Local Missouri--Politics and government
Keyword	Oral histories Missouri Politics Politics Political History Political Oral History
Coverage	United States; Missouri; Kennett, Missouri;
Transcription Format	Paper; Electronic
Pages	38
Audio Format	Audio cassette
Restrictions	Audio restricted, transcript available.
Finding Aid	http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/3929.html
Participants	2
Synopsis	Jack Stapleton, Jr., was born in Stanberry, Missouri (Gentry County), where his notable father operated three newspapers. In 1950 Mr. Stapleton, Jr., took ownership of the Stanberry Headlight from his father. In 1953, the two Mr. Stapletons purchased Dunklin Democrat (later, the Daily Dunklin Democrat) in Kennett, where Mr. Stapleton, Jr., has lived ever since. He sold the Democrat in 1989, but continued to work in the media field at the time of the interview, publishing the Missouri Political Newsletter. I first got interested in interviewing Mr. Stapleton for the Politics project through reading back issues of his newspaper, particularly as it covered the election fraud trail of 1970-1971 in neighboring Pemiscot County. Not until the interview did I learn of Mr. Stapleton Sr.s prominent role in an earlier era of Missouri politics. I met Mr. Stapleton, Jr. at his extraordinary Kennett office, a sizeable room with extremely little operating space owing to the hundreds of books, magazines, and other items crammed upon numerous shelves, plus the desk items, coffee and cigarette accommodations and other accouterments of a veteran journalist. Mr. Stapleton was very cordial, though understandably measured in his speech, and quite soft spoken, as perhaps one who especially appreciates the power of words.
Publisher	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgement to The Oral History Program of the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a Joint Collection of the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri.

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