Contains papers relating to Tedesco's ownership and management of 12 radio stations, including KCHY, Cheyenne, WY and the Northern States Broadcasting Corporation of the Black Hills, Rapid City, SD.
Disassembled scrapbook of a Minneapolis metal dealer and junk yard operator who served as a special assistant in the Minneapolis regional office of the War Production Board during World War II. The scrapbook contains letters, press releases, scripts of radio spot announcements, clippings, speeches, advertisements and other material documenting publicity for a 1943 salvage campaign in Minnesota and the Dakotas known as the Farm Scrap Program.
Includes radio scripts, outlines and other notes for Moritz's weekly Christian program, Good News Broadcast, which was broadcast over KMHL, Marshall, MN during the 1950s plus information on other radio broadcasting, 1949-1956.
Includes script for a 1941 WJDX Memorial Day radio broadcast, "A Page from the Past," that was presented by the W. D. Holder Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Consists of correspondence, printed materials, social papers, a scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings and other papers relating to his career which included his role as chairman of the Federal Radio Commission and the first chairman of the FCC.
Consists of bound volumes of scripts, both rough drafts and typescripts of actual broadcasts, for Magnolia Sketches broadcast over WJDX, Jackson prepared under the WPA Federal Writers' Project. The topics covered include historical sketches of towns in Mississippi, famous personalities in the state, anecdotes, stories of industry and business from early days to the time of the broadcasts and other historical material. The material was prepared and delivered by Dickson.
Includes scripts for Orchids to You written by Harkins, a Jackson florist. Each script contains biographical information on a citizen of Jackson or the surrounding territory.
Contains papers relating to the company's early involvement in radio and television broadcasting in Mississippi, including the establishment of Mississippi's first network radio station, WJDX, in 1929.
Includes a list of the first licensed stations in Mississippi, a list of the existing AM and FM stations in Mississippi showing location, date first licensed and changes in call letters, 1924-1936, program logs of WPFB, March 17 and September 2, 1932, and WROB, October 18, 1947, and studio log and meter readings for station WRBJ, 1931.
Contains a variety of materials, including compositions, correspondence, military records, newsclippings, oral history transcripts, photographs, political campaign ephemera and memorabilia, printed material, public relations material, scrapbooks, slides, sound recordings, speeches, subject files and miscellany. May contain information relating to Pittman's role as president of Tylertown Broadcasting Company and general manager of WTYL AM-FM.
Miscellaneous papers, consisting primarily of programs and articles written by and concerning Still, an African American composer. Includes a copy of Still's own manuscript of the song "Mississippi" composed for the Sound Off program and first presented on that program over the ABC network, July 26, 1948.
Contains 747 recordings, mostly on reel-to-reel tape, of off-air recordings of popular radio programs. Mixed genres. Program titles and some broadcast dates and performer information is available in an inhouse catalog.
Contains 449 transcription discs featuring local St. Louis productions and CBS network feed programming, including CBS News Analysis, Columbia Country Journal, Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, Marvels Cigarettes-Viewing the News, News of Europe, People's Platform, Goldbergs and World Today.