The bulk of the papers pertains to Weaver's professional career, beginning with his employment as an advertising executive at Young & Rubicam in the late 1940s. His subsequent years at NBC are also represented although the majority of the collection relates to Weaver's various endeavors after resigning as chairman of the network.
Papers of the radio and television writer best known for Vic and Sade. Scripts for this radio program comprise the bulk of the collection but there are also materials pertaining to Keystone Chronicles, The Public Life of Cliff Norton and other programs which Rhymer wrote either as an NBC staff member or as a freelance writer. Also includes a few recordings of Vic and Sade, general correspondence, articles about Rhymer and Mrs. Rhymer's book about the Vic and Sade program.
Papers relating to Wolff's career as a writer and producer of award-winning television documentaries best known for his work for CBS News. Also includes some WBBM scripts and material on documentary radio programs.
Includes correspondence, scripts, speeches, articles, reports, press releases and clippings. Half of the collection consists of files on his produced and unproduced writings for television, motion pictures, radio and the theater.
A script writer for radio. The bulk of the collection consists of the scripts she wrote between 1943-1978, including Merlin the Storyteller, Eye Witness, Cavalcade of America and Let's Meet the Ladies. Some of the scripts include notes, research or memos relating to them. Also includes personal papers and tape recordings of some of the programs.
Although outside the general time frame for the Golden Age of Radio, of possible interest to researchers are the transcripts in this collection of the program WCBS Radio Looks at Television which featured interviews with such prominent media personalities and critics as Goodman Ace, Roone Arledge, Kenneth A. Cox, Walter Cronkite, Fred W. Friendly, Mark Goodson, Ernest Kinoy, Millard Lampell, Lee Loevinger, Elmer W. Lower, Richard A.R. Pinkham, Hubbell Robinson, Jr., Morley Safer, Ed Sullivan, David Susskind, Harriet Van Horne, Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr., John F. White, Perry Wolff and David L. Wolper. The collection also includes two interviews with Susskind.