The Michael McAlpin Collection consists primarily of print materials used in the production of the PBS television documentary Record Row: the Cradle of Rhythm and Blues. Included are production materials and interview transcripts created during Dr. Portia Maultsby's collaboration on the project as AAAMC director as well as VHS tapes of the rough cut, final broadcast version, and local coverage of the documentary.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C) and Text document
Extent:
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) including 3 videocassettes (VHS)
Collection includes audiocassette recordings of interviews about Ray Charles for Lydon's book Ray Charles : Man and Music (2004), a radio series about Ray Charles based on Lydon's book, complete or partial transcripts for many of the interviews organized loosely into book chapters, interviews with and about other African American musicians, class lectures given by Lydon at Indiana University and related publicity materials, and original music performed by Lydon.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
While the bulk of the collection deals with Mackenzie's involvement in the recording industry, there is some material on his career producing sound effects for radio and the movie industry.
Repository/Collector:
Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Contains 69 transcription discs, 1941, 1947 and 1950, of the Hoosier Hop broadcast on WOWO, Ft. Wayne, IN. Also contains photographs, publicity materials and songbooks.
Papers and recordings of radio personality and anchorman Mort Crim, known popularly as the inspiration for the Will Ferrell character in the Anchorman film. Crim was an alumnus of Anderson University and left his personal papers, recordings, and scripts to the University archives, where they are stored.
Content types:
Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, 8-track cassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, Betacam (including Betacam SP), U-matic (including U-matic S), Open reel video, Photographic print, and Text document
Contains transcripts of radio broadcasts during World War II when Dunn was a CBS correspondent covering the Pacific theater. Includes broadcasts from Batavia, Bandoeng, Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Hollandia, Leyte, Manila, Yokohama, Luzon and Tokyo.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
More than a dozen scripts for the program written by several authors. Note: Each script is listed as a separate collection in the online catalog although they are included in bound volumes. When searching the online catalog, search for "Family Theater" in either the "title" or "keyword" fields as the words "Family Theater" are in some, but not all collection titles.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
Contains correspondence and writings of John McGreevey. Includes scripts for Armstrong Theatre of Today, Cavalcade of America, Dr. Christian, Suspense, Arizana Adventures, Poe Presents, and Nick Carter, Master Detective. McGreevey was a writer and announcer for KTAR, Phoenix, AZ, 1948-1952.
Consists primarily of correspondence and legal papers relating to the financial affairs of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre as handled by Welles's personal attorney, L. Arnold Weissberger. Includes copies of contracts and agreements between Welles and Columbia Artists as his representative, between Welles and RKO, other legal documents relating to Mercury Theatre insurance policies for both Orson and Virginia Welles and photographs, mostly of theatre productions and performers.