Includes articles, scripts and photographs of Tait Cummins, a sports writer and broadcaster in Cedar Rapids. His second wife, Dorothy Ireland Cummins, also worked at WMT.
Contains transcripts of Field's program, the Letter Basket, broadcast on KFNF, station publications, programming schedules, postcards and photographs of radio personalities. The collection provides an account of the development of commercial radio.
Includes scripts for Have You Heard, written by Edith Webber in the 1940s for WHO, Des Moines. The program included book reviews and commentary about fashion, music, historical figures, etc. Also includes material relating to George Webber's career as the founder of KWDM-AM in 1948 which became KWKY in 1959 after it was sold to 3M. George Webber also started KWDM-FM in 1964.
Contains papers relating to Ackley's career with KSO and KRNT, Des Moines owned by the Iowa Broadcasting Co. Ackely was a newscaster and master of ceremonies for special programming, transcriptionist and music director. Includes scripts, ephemera, a scrapbook and photographs.
Includes newsletters, souvenir programs, newsclippings, files on WHO, Des Moines radio and television history, information about the station's founder, B. J. Palmer, and scrapbooks.