Researching Pat Millard-Hunter and the Honolulu Advertiser
I just rehired a researcher to go through the microfiche of the newspaper, the Honolulu Advertiser. The women’s page editor of the newspaper, Drue Lyte, was a multiple winner of the Penney-Missouri Award – the top recognition for the sections. The photo above is of Drue.
Last fall, the researcher went through the microfiche looking for Drue’s byline but found few examples. A collection of letters between Drue and Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myrhe show that she was more editor than reporter. Instead, Drue mentored reporter Pat Millard-Hunter. It was Pat who wrote groundbreaking health and crime articles that ran in the women’s section. (The letters can be found in the Penney-Missouri papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection.)
Now, the researcher is looking for Pat’s byline. I also ordered some information about Pat that is located in the Penney-Missouri Award papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. This is part of a long-term project in demonstrating how progressive the women’s section of the Honolulu Advertiser was in the 1960s.
