Papers of a foreign correspondent, news analyst, author and AFL-CIO radio coordinator consisting chiefly of books, articles, World War II communiques, plays, scripts for films and radio programs, speeches and over 700 tapes. Radio programs represented in the collection include John Vandercook and the News, Labor Answers Your Questions, Labor Reports to the Nation, Washington Reports to the Nation and As We See It. Also includes extensive script files for programs broadcast by the CBS West Coast Network and KMOX, St. Louis. Papers involving listener mail from the late 1940s are noteworthy for their concern with alleged communist influence in California.
Papers of a "Milwaukee Journal" reporter, ABC news broadcaster, and government official. Includes scripts for Fleming's appearances on Edward P. Morgan and the News. Of particular interest are files on Fleming's involvement with the National Association of Broadcasters and the Radio Television News Directors Association dealing with freedom of the press issues.
Papers,including pamphlets, bulletins and newsletters, publicity and promotional materials, programs, directories, reports and studies and related material relating to the history of WTAM-AM and WTAM-FM, an NBC-owned stations in Cleveland, OH. See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.
Papers of an attorney, career government employee and former FCC member and chairman. Includes speeches, writings, correspondence, biographical clippings and subject files relating to equal time and political broadcasting, the fairness doctrine, UHF/VHF allocations, the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee's investigations of the FCC during the 1950s and other topics.
Papers of the Foundation's four FM stations: KPFA, Berkeley, CA, KPFK, Los Angeles, CA, WBAI, New York City and KPFT, Houston, TX. Coverage is best for programming and operations of the individual stations. The files include a fairly comprehensive collection of program guides for KPFA, KPFK and WBAI and operational material chiefly for KPFA and KPFK. Although the remainder of the collection pertains to Pacifica in general, there is little documentation on overall policymaking. One box contains correspondence, memos, a printed history, personnel lists, financial information, program and station guidelines, newsletters, minutes of national meetings and general information on affiliates and tape sales. Another half box concerns investigations of Pacifica by the U.S. Senate and the FCC over alleged communist infiltration and the use of obscenity on the air.
Fragmentary personal and professional papers of a New York publicist and journalist. Contains correspondence, resumes, press releases, drafts of public relations projects, newspaper clippings about his career, including press releases for NBC, 1951-1952, and station and public relations records for WNEW, 1959-1962.
Papers of a journalist, actor, radio program director and World War II army intelligence officer, including a printed version of his army diary and biographical information.
Repository/Collector:
Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Papers of a Washington, DC, correspondent for NBC and public relations director for the Gulf Oil Corporation. News scripts, 1961-1975, comprise the majority of the collection. Contents include scripts for News on the Hour, Monitor, Today in Washington, and World News Roundup plus scripts for Voice of America and television.
Scripts for radio dramas written, directed or produced by a cantor at Temple Beth-El in Cedarhurst, NY together with collected files on other religious broadcasts sponsored by various Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Theological Seminary and the American Zionist Council. Most extensively documented is The Eternal Light on which Segal was frequently featured as cantor.