We have a fair number of audio recordings of public programs and lectures at The New School going back to the late 1950s--certain of them bear evidence of having been recorded by Pacifica Radio at The New School (I'd have to call them in from offsite storage to check if the station name bears the names of both WBAI and Pacifica), and indicates air dates. These are on 1/4" reel to reel tape. We have a small amount of documentation between TNS and the station(s) and surmise that The New School had a relationship with WBAI or Pacifica to record and broadcast lectures/programs featuring well-known participants. The Pacifica Radio Archive lists at least some of these recordings in its online catalog.
Repository/Collector:
The New School Libraries and Archives, Archives & Special Collections
Repository/Collector Type:
College or University
City:
New York
State:
New York
Country:
United States
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Reel-to-reel
Condition note:
Playable with proper equipment
Notes:
Related to TV, so perhaps not relevant, but worth mentioning: "We also have some files from the 1950s related to TNS's early ventures into educational television, although we do not have any of the actual recordings of these ventures."