Papers, recordings of radio interviews, and other sound recordings, mostly in connection with Tater's career as host of jazz radio shows, principally at KJZY (Sonoma County, CA), and KETR (Commerce, TX).
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Photographic print, and Text document
This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The collection also documents his personal interest in sailing and tall ships and his involvement in the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation.
Content types:
Text and Spoken word
Formats:
Text document, Analog audiocassette, and Microfilm
This series contains documents relating to Olin D. Johnston's campaign for governor in 1942 and for the U.S. Senate in 1944. Included are speeches, radio addresses, lists of political operatives, and correspondence relative to the campaigns.
This series contains documents relating to Ransome J. Williams' campaign for governor in 1946. Included are speeches, radio addresses, lists of political operatives, and correspondence relative to the campaigns. Arrangement by county illustrates his strategy and tactics according to the region of the state.
The collection documents Carol Cline’s interest and acclaim in the Dayton, Ohio radio community and the public relations industry. Also included is documentation on Cline’s international travels and civic commitment. The bulk of materials date from 1939-1966 and include correspondence, notes, news clippings, photographs, public relations materials, audio reels of "Carol’s Corner" radio broadcast interviews of famous and accomplished individuals, and a scrapbook. Cline interviewed high profile individuals from Miami Beach, Florida in 1963, including Mayor Kenneth Oka, and Marshal Wise, Director of the Cuban Refugee Center. Cline also interviewed professors and students from Cornell University, her alma mater. Cline’s interview subjects included several political figures, such as Congressman Robert Taft, Jr., Senator Paul Douglass, and Frances Perkins (former Secretary of Labor from 1934-1945). Entertainers interviewed by Cline included Bob Newhart, Roberta Peters, Helen Hayes, Peter Nero, Alan King, Jimmy Durante, and Liberace. Authors Abigail VanBuren, and Amy Vandervilt were a few of the authors interviewed. Among the Dayton Personalities were Roz Young, S.C. Allyn, Allan Eckert, Si Burick, Phil Donahue, and Dayton Philharmonic founder and director, Paul Katz.
Content types:
Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Acetate open reel tape and Open reel tape (unknown material)
Extent:
2.5 linear feet. 155 ¼" reel to reel audio tapes, the majority of which are 3" reels, however 5" and 7" tapes are also present.
Repository/Collector:
Wright State University, Special Collections & Archives Department
The collection consists of personal papers, photographs, and a video documenting the career Ed Castleberry, a pioneering black radio disc jockey and newscaster.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Still image, and Text
Formats:
VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, and Text document
Extent:
1 document case (.25 linear feet), including 26 photographs and 1 videocassette (VHS)
Clarence Manion (1896-1979) was Dean of the Law School at the University of Notre Dame. He started the Manion Forum after his retirement from the University. The collection consists of reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings (1954-1979) of the Manion Forum radio program (numbered 1-1294) and Manion Forum Footnotes (numbered 1-1850). It was a radio show with political comments on current events by Clarence Manion and / or his guests. Among the guests were Senator Joseph McCarthy, Strom Thurmond, Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., Barry Goldwater, Fred C. Koch, Eddie Rickenbacker, Craig Hosmer, Gerhart Niemeyer, Bonner Fellers, Daniel Lyons, SJ and others.
Content types:
Spoken word and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, and Text document
The Gay Peoples Union Collection presents digital copies of primary source materials documenting GPU and Milwaukee’s gay liberation movement. Materials were selected from the following collections held by the Division of Archives and Special Collections of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries: the Gay Peoples Union Records, GPU News, and the Eldon Murray Papers.
Content types:
Spoken word and Text
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Open reel tape (unknown material), and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
The KSFO Collection consists of audiovisual material and ephemera from this San Francisco radio station's years owned by Golden West Broadcasting, 1956-1983. KSFO was known for their news and sports coverage, as well as the voice talents of such personalities as Don Sherwood, Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, and Al "Jazzbo" Collins. The majority of this collection involves station marketing, promotions, and fundraisers, although there are airchecks and other broadcast recordings. Production library material includes jingles, themes, music beds, promotional spots, and advertising. Physical media in the KSFO collection is primarily audio on tape (around 650 objects), with some video (largely U-Matic cassettes), 16mm film (four reels), photographs, slides, and ephemera (eight scrapbooks of printed matter).
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, Text, and Two-dimensional moving image
Formats:
Polyester open reel tape, Motion picture film, U-matic (including U-matic S), Photographic print, and Text document