urn:taro:utexas.cah.03141 A Guide to the Lois Sager Foxhall Collection, 1917-2011 (bulk 1936-1976) Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Foxhall, Lois Sager, 1917-1989 Foxhall, Lois Sager, Collection 1917-2011 (bulk 1936-1976) Materials are written in English and German. 2011-406 7 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprising correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts of essays and features, printed materials, notes, notebooks, research materials, literary productions, scrapbooks, publications, military reports and orders, financial documents, photographs, and miscellaneous materials, the Lois Sager Foxhall Collection, 1917-2011 (bulk 1936-1976), chronicles Foxhall’s career as a journalist for the Dallas Morning News. Biographical Note

Born to Emory H. Sager and Irene Kelly Sager in Memphis, Texas, Lois Sager Foxhall (1917-1989) was a Dallas Morning News journalist and served as one of the first female war correspondents during World War II. After graduating from Childress High School, Foxhall attended Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman’s University), before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Communications in 1939 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Following her graduation, she worked in UT Austin’s Department of Public Relations.

Foxhall began her career as a journalist in the mid-1930s, initially writing for her hometown newspaper, the Childress Daily Index. In 1943, she was hired as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. She gained a great deal of acclaim after authoring a series of articles on juvenile delinquency during wartime, which were later reprinted as a pamphlet by UT Austin’s Hogg Foundation. During World War II, she became the first foreign female war correspondent from the Southwest U.S. after the Dallas Morning News sent her on assignment to Europe. Foxhall wrote on a wide range of economic and social issues, including rehabilitation and reconstruction in Germany as well as the response of the United Nations and the Nuremberg Trials. Headquartered in Weisbaden, Germany, she traveled throughout East Germany and other European countries, interviewing refugees, the displaced, and American soldiers.

Following the war, Foxhall received the prestigious Nieman Foundation Fellowship journalism award from Harvard University in 1947. Studying modern history and international relations for two years, Foxhall returned to the Dallas Morning News as a writer for the Austin Bureau a year later.

On October 31, 1949, she married Lewis Foxhall, with whom she had three children: Nene, Carol, and Lewis. Foxhall settled with her family in Memphis, Texas, and continued to write for the Dallas Morning News as a free-lance journalist until the mid-1970s. Her articles from this period concern family life, women’s issues, politics, and other social commentary. Following her death in 1989, her daughter Nene E. Foxhall established the Lois Sager Foxhall Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Journalism at UT Austin.

Sources:

Former Journalist Lois Foxhall dies at 72. Houston Chronicle. Last modified July 6, 1989. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1989_636333/former-journalist-lois-foxhall-dies-at-72.html.

Lois Sager Foxhall Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Journalism. University of Texas at Austin Development Office. Accessed March 30, 2012. http://endowments.giving.utexas.edu/5464/.

 Scope and Contents

Comprising correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts of essays and features, printed materials, notes, notebooks, research materials, literary productions, scrapbooks, publications, military reports and orders, financial documents, photographs, and miscellaneous materials, the Lois Sager Foxhall Collection, 1917-2011 (bulk 1936-1976), chronicles Foxhall’s career as a journalist for the Dallas Morning News. Newspapers, clippings, scrapbooks, and manuscript drafts consist of Foxhall’s essays and features primarily published in the Dallas Morning News and the Childress Daily Index, documenting her writing process and work as a journalist. Such topics addressed in her articles include life as a student, the reconstruction of Europe, especially Germany following World War II, women’s issues and political involvement, child rearing, fashion, and social and educational topics.

Correspondence concerns the war, family life, her career as a journalist, her Nieman Foundation Fellowship, and her relationship with fellow journalist Nora Waln. Printed materials consist of brochures, programs, and pamphlets relating to journalism; research materials including clippings, correspondence, among other items, and notes pertain to individuals impacted by World War II, child development, psychology, the Nuremberg Trials, and the United Nations; World War II military orders and reports relate to the statuses of refugees, displaced persons, reparations and restitution in Germany, and Foxhall’s travel throughout Europe; and notebooks and literary productions illustrate Foxhall’s creative endeavors and her writing process.

Additionally, the collection includes financial documents such as receipts; photographs of Foxhall and her family members; miscellaneous materials relating to travel, Europe in World War II, and journalism standards; and course notes and assignments as well as other educational-related materials concerning Foxhall’s attendance at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman’s University), UT Austin, and Harvard University during her Nieman Foundation Fellowship.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Foxhall, Lewis Lyles, 1916-2004. Foxhall, Lois Sager, 1917-1989 -- Archives. Foxhall, Nene. Waln, Nora. Subjects (Organizations) Childress Daily Index. Dallas Morning News. Subjects Harvard University. Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Texas State College for Women. University of Texas at Austin -- Students. Women journalists -- Texas. Women war correspondents -- Texas. World War, 1939-1945. Places Austin (Tex.). Childress (Tex.). Dallas (Tex.). Germany. Memphis (Tex.). Preferred Citation

Lois Sager Foxhall Collection, 1917-2011 (bulk 1936-1976), Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Separated Material

Some material has been separated to the Artifact Collection.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Bethany Anderson, March 2012.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2AA58 Oversize newspapers and illustrations, [ca. 1930-1950] 4Ad129 Personal documents: Immunization register and birth certificate, 1917 and 1945 Wedding invitation, 1949 Wedding announcement, Dallas Morning New,1949 Educational materials: Childress High School: Diploma and commencement materials, 1935 Childress High School Yearbook, 1934 Biology class notes, [ca. 1932] Photographs of yearbook, 1934 Texas State College for Women: Class materials and programs, 1935-1936 Class notes and assignments,1936 University of Texas: Journalism class outline on Texas Courts,1934 Journalism class scrapbook, 1937 Journalism class notebooks and assignments, [ca. 1938] Journalism class notes and assignments, 1939 English class assignments, 1935-1936 English class notes, handouts, and quiz, 1938-1939 English class notes and materials, 1939 Philosophy class textbook and assignment,1936, 1938 Journalism class notes and outlines, [ca. 1935-1939] Chemistry, French, and Government class notebooks, [ca. 1935-1939] Miscellaneous class materials, 1937 and undated Engagement calendar, map, correspondence, and programs, 1932-1939 Commencement materials and grade reports,1938-1939 Photographs: 1937-1945 [ca. 1957] undated Yosemite Park, undated 4Ad130 World War II materials: I.D. cards, 1945-1947 Correspondence,1945 Newspaper clippings, [ca. 1945] Newspapers,1945 Orders, U.S. Forces European Theater, 1945 Invitational Travel Orders, U.S. War Department, 1945 International Military Tribunal, 1945 U.S. Army Reports, 1945 Monthly Report of Military Governor: September 1945 October 1945 November 1945 Printed materials, 1939-1945 and undated Publications, 1944-1945 Dayton Moses: Correspondence, 1944 Article clippings, 1944 and undated Legal documents, 1923 Photographs, [ca. 1939] Drafts of articles, [ca. 1940s] Newspaper clippings relating to foreign trade, the atomic bomb, the Franco dispute, and Iran-Turkey-Arabia, 1946 Historical and biographical sketches and notes, 1945 and undated Notes, [ca. 1945] Notebooks, [ca. 1946] Photographs, [ca. 1945] Miscellaneous materials, [ca. 1945] 4Ad131 Dallas Morning News: Correspondence: 1945-1964 1965-1969 Letterhead and envelopes Features and Essays: 1945-1946 1963-1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973-1974 1975 1976-1978 Manuscript drafts of features and essays, undated Research notes, undated Newspapers: Prairie Dog Gazette, 1991 Childress Index: Through College column, 1936 1935, 1938 1938-1972 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings: 1861, 1935-1952 1963-1975, 1989 undated 4Ad132 Nieman Foundation Fellowship, Harvard University: Correspondence, 1947, 1976 Registers and reports, 1947-1948 Course materials on Russia, 1947 Course materials on Far East, [ca. 1947] Notebook for course on History of Diplomacy, United States and World Politics, [ca. 1946] Notebook for European History course, 1947-1948 Course materials and reading lists, 1947-1948, 1975-1976 Newspaper clippings, 1947 Printed materials, 1947 Manuscript drafts of articles: The Human Problem of Peace, undated Folk Songs Pioneer, undated Articles by Harry Ferguson, undated Miscellaneous articles, undated Literary productions, 1948 and undated Publication: Negro Folk Songs, 1936 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings: Child development, 1973 and undated 4Ad133 Research files: Wolko Wladyslaw: Certificate, clippings, and manuscripts, 1945 and undated Family life: Manuscript draft of article, printed materials, and correspondence, undated Mental health: Correspondence and notes, 1969-1978 National Psychology: Printed materials and notes, 1946-1947 Newspaper clippings, 1947 Child development: Newspaper clippings, 1973 and undated Animal Issues: Newspaper clippings, undated United Nations Security Council: Memos, agendas, and press releases, 1946 Memberships and Trusteeships newspaper clippings, 1946 Notebook, [ca. 1946] United Nations and International Relations: Newspaper clippings, 1946 American Foreign Policy Speeches: Newspaper clippings, 1946 General Assembly Background: Printed materials, correspondence, and clippings, 1946 South and Central America and Mexico: Newspaper clippings, 1946 Russia and British for Policy Declarations: Newspaper clippings, 1946 China and India: Newspaper clippings, 1946 Palestine Conflict: Newspaper clippings, 1946 Greece Dispute: Newspaper clippings, 1946 Yugoslavia Dispute: Newspaper clippings, 1946 Paris Peace Conference: United Nation Report, 1946 Newspaper clippings, 1946 Miscellaneous reports and research materials, undated Poetry, undated Magazine clippings, 1936-1973, 1995, and undated Publications: Introductory Music, 1929 The Daedalian Quarterly,1935-1936 Story,1936-1937 Sparks, 1945 Harper’s Magazine, 1937 Preventing Wartime Delinquency, 1943 Financial documents, 1946-1956, and undated Miscellaneous printed materials, 1949 and undated Miscellaneous items, 1935-2006 Miscellaneous items, undated 4Ad134 Correspondence: 1935-1937 1938-1939 1941-1949 1950-1956 1961-1966 1967-1969 1970-1977 1989-1994 undated Hogg Foundation, 1964-1977 Postcards, 1938 Nora Waln: Correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1951-1960, and undated Personal papers: Church School and Kindergarten, 1957-1960 Address book and notes, undated Notes, undated Notebooks, undated Trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, 1939 Printed materials: 1926-1939 1941-1949 1950-1976 1992-2011 undated Award, undated 4M699p Scrapbooks: Newspaper clippings 4M699q Newspaper clippings 4M699r Childress Daily Index newspaper clippings 4M699s World War II newspaper clippings 4M699t World War II newspaper clippings and materials 4M699u United Nations and International Relations newspaper clippings and materials