Briefly describes both government and privately produced sound recordings from a variety of sources, including radio broadcasts, speeches, interviews, documentaries, oral history and public information programs. The earliest recording is from 1896 but most recordings fall in the 1935-present time span. Titles are described numerically and by personal name reference.
Repository/Collector:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Unit (Special Media Archives Services Division)
Describes 5,000 recordings, primarily of CBS-KIRO broadcasts, 1931-1977, which were originally maintained at the University of Washington. The collection consists of news and public affairs programs, actualities, speeches, interviews, wartime dramas and daily World War II news programs. Two finding aids are available: History in Sound: A Descriptive Listing of KIRO-CBS Collection of Broadcasts of the World War II Years (1963) and History in Sound: Part II (1972). Catalog cards contain brief content summaries and are more detailed than the published guides. Most entries are available on reel-to-reel reference tapes.
Repository/Collector:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Unit (Special Media Archives Services Division)
Describes 27,000 broadcasts of news and public affairs programs, 1943-1971. The catalog is arranged chronologically by date of broadcast and thereunder by program series, title, keyword or personal name reference.
Repository/Collector:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Unit (Special Media Archives Services Division)
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