Includes cassettes of Lankes narrating and commenting on a variety of topics, including jazz bands, vaudeville, other music groups and Fred Allen's Chase and Sanborn Program.
Repository/Collector:
Special Collections Department, Alderman Memorial Library, University of Virginia
An eclectic collection of 41 cassettes with programs of historic interest, e.g., speeches of Winston Churchill, Adolph Hilter, the invasion of Normandy, the Hindenburg disaster, Charles Lindbergh, Amos 'n' Andy, Benny Goodman, etc. A complete list of titles is filed with the collection.
Contains papers relating to the founding of WRVA, Richmond in 1925 Virginia's first radio station. Includes daily program logs, 1925-1932, broadcast and publicity material, scrapbooks, photographs and some phonograph records. Lucy was an announcer, writer, producer, performer and general manager of the station during its early years. Also includes papers relating to the Lams & Brother Company, a tobacco firm that owned the station.
Repository/Collector:
Library Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University
Consists mostly of correspondence, a speech and notes, ca. 1932, regarding WMBG and WRVA. Lucy was a manager for WRVA and also worked for the Larus & Brother Company that owned WRVA.
A glossy print of a publicity photograph of the Carter sisters. Original photograph made by WRVA, Richmond, VA to advertise its Old Dominion Barn Dance program.
Repository/Collector:
Special Collections Department, Alderman Memorial Library, University of Virginia