The center maintains a collection of oral histories, photographs and manuscripts related to Austin personalities, history and business. To check whether any of the collections include material relating to radio, users can submit an online query.
Contains correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, songbooks and sheet music from Kincaid's career as the radio ballad singer, the "Kentucky Mountain Boy," who broadcast on WLS. Kincaid also appeared on stations in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston and on WHAM, Rochester, NY and from 1942-1947 with WSM's Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
Roberts appeared on the National Barn Dance on WLS, on stations in Council Bluffs, IA, 1932, on WLAP, Lexington, KY, 1934, and after 1935 made guest appearances on WLW and WHAS.
A music broadcaster, music collector and community historian, Lair's papers consist of business correspondence, mail from listeners, photographs, program scripts, newsclippings, promotional material and 50 sound recordings, including National Barn Dance and Renfro Valley Barn Dance and Renfro Valley Gatherin' which Lair created while working for WLW, Cincinnati, OH and which were also heard on WHAS, Louisville, KY. In addition to appearing on the National Barn Dance, Lair was a producer and music librarian at WLS.
A series of 46 audio recordings of interviews with performers and others who were associated with the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and other programs produced by Lair during the 1940s and 1950s.
Contains clippings, scrapbooks, short stories, poetry and photographs that document Phillips's work as a West Virginia newspaper columnist, radio personality and station manager.
Contains correspondence, clippings and audio recordings of music and interviews that reflect Powell's efforts at documenting early country music performers, mainly 1930-1950, with a focus on performers from Kentucky and those associated with programs such as the National Barn Dance and the Renfro Valley Barn Dance.
Includes scrapbooks and approximately 20 radio transcription discs of his appearances, 1937-1947, on The Andy Devine Radio Show, Screen Guild, Jell-O Program, Symphonies of Sage and Texaco Star Theatre.
The radio and television portion of the collection documents Crowther's participation on several radio and television programs, including a CBS Reports on censorship, Movie Memories with Bosley Crowther, WQXR, New York and Crowther's radio and TV movie reviews during "The New York Times" strike of 1963. Includes scripts and research material pertaining to the shows.
Includes a collection of 51 transcriptions of performances from 1939-1953 of shows, including the Bing Crosby Show, Jack Benny Show, Silver Theatre, The Six Shooter, Hollywood Star Playhouse, Suspense, Jimmy Stewart Show and Screen Guild.
Includes programming guides, correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches, notes, questionnaires, newsletters, editorials, a video tape and an audio tape relating to Curtis's speeches and editorials on KSL radio and television.
Includes course information, papers, correspondence and research projects relating to the Communications classes that Rich taught at BYU and an autobiography of his career in broadcast education involving KBYU.
Contains correspondence, scripts and sound recordings of many of Cummings's roles on radio, including Screen Guild Players, The Hollywood Theatre, Lux Radio Theatre, Screen Directors' Playhouse, The Four Star Playhouse, Cavalcade of America, Edgar BergenCharlie McCarthy Show, Hallmark Playhouse and Suspense.
Consists of newspaper clippings, radio broadcast programs, reproductions of paintings, correspondence, diary entries, pamphlets and miscellaneous items related to Grover's career as a broadcaster and as an artist.
Contains scripts, correspondence and other papers relating to her writings for radio and television. Includes scripts for My True Story, 1948-1960 and Whispering Streets, 1953-1960. Also includes outlines and storylines for future scripts, possible plots and audition scripts that Sangster wrote and correspondence she received from ABC and NBC. Little personal information is included in collection.
Contains radio and television scripts, 1940s-1950s, some published, some typescript versions written by Wishengrad for The Eternal Light. Also includes a few scripts for Have Seen the Light, WQXR, 1947, Birthday of the World, 1950s, for ABC, and the NBC Inter-American University of the Air, 1944.
Contains books, articles, scripts, including radio scripts, monologues and jokes written by Levenson. Also includes material written about him, as well as phonograph recordings, audio tapes, films, correspondence and memorabilia.
Contains correspondence, scripts, manuscripts and reports regarding his activities in the American radio and film industries. Included are papers regarding projects about various television and radio networks and private ventures. Also includes material regarding the Center for Mass Communications of Columbia University in which Bamouw figured prominently and files for the books he has written dealing with radio history. The online catalog listing for the Papers includes the names of more than a dozen radio related people referenced in the collection. The Radio Pioneers Oral History project also contains a transcript of a Barnouw interview.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, Butler Library
Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, notes, photographs and printed materials relating to his research, writing and teaching. Also includes correspondence concerning his syndicated radio talks.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, Butler Library
Includes playscripts, correspondence about his scripts, poems, notebooks and other manuscripts, including drafts, typescripts, notes, photographs, mimeographed scripts and printed materials relating to Cooper's plays, radio and television scripts, short stories and novels.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, Butler Library
Correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, reports, legal briefs and other documents, books, clippings and other printed materials dealing with Fly's professional activities and relationships in all phases of his career. Fly was chairman of the FCC, 1939-1944, and a frequent lecturer about radio, television and freedom of speech.
Repository/Collector:
Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, Butler Library