About the Collection
The Belo Records collection, 1827-2000s, includes business documents and artifacts preserved by the company’s leadership since its establishment in 1842. The Belo Corporation was named after Colonel A.H. Belo in the late 1870s. Originally a newspaper publishing business located in Galveston, Texas, the company moved to Dallas in the 1880s and developed into a corporation consisting of printing and publishing enterprises, broadcasting stations, and an online publishing company. Over time, the company’s holdings included the "Galveston Daily News," the "Texas Almanac," "The Dallas Morning News," the "Semi-Weekly Farm News," WFAA-TV, and other radio and television stations.
The physical archive contains operational documents of Belo Corporation and A.H. Belo Corporation, as well as records of its constituent properties: publishing companies, radio and television stations, and online media, either founded or purchased by the Belo Corporation. Included are internal departmental annual reports; business correspondence; business and personal papers of Belo leaders, starting with members of the Belo family and continuing with G.B. Dealey and his successors; operational ledgers; documents related to the purchase of different publishing and media properties; bound newspapers and journals; anniversary mementos; and books by Belo employees. Also included are photographs spanning more than a century, visual and sound recordings, video and audio oral histories, and transcripts of interviews with Belo executives.
Digitized items are available from the following series in the finding aid: