Additional oral histories with radio related information may be included under the subject headings "Motion Pictures and Television," "Theatre" and "Music." There is no separate "Radio" subject category. For more information, contact the Program office.
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Oral History Program, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Includes manuscripts, personal and professional papers, photographs and recordings, including recordings of Herrmann conducting the CBS Symphony from late 1930s-1940s.
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Donald C. Davidson Library, Performing Arts Collections, University of California at Santa Barbara
Ninety seven recordings of Screen Guild Theater programs used as a fundraising effort for the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Note: The name of the program changed depending on the sponsor, e.g., Gulf, Lady Esther Cosmetics and Camel Cigarettes.
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Donald C. Davidson Library, Performing Arts Collections, University of California at Santa Barbara
Includes correspondence, speeches, minutes, memoranda, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, reference material and scripts for Your County Government Report documenting McLean's civil service activities during her terms on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, 1956-1963.
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University Library, University of California at Santa Cruz
Contains correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, reports, administrative files, subject files, bibliographies, essays, memoranda, research proposals, questionnaires, charts, graphs, maps, typescripts and books. Subseries 7, Radio Study, deals with a 1933 study that involved radio and children.
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Library, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Contains correspondence, press releases, informational material, broadsides, radio scripts, lists of supporters and contributors, clippings and scrapbooks with memorabilia. Material relates to the Committee's efforts to involve the United States in World War II.
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Library, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago
Scrapbooks document Storer's career in the communications industry, 1947-1971, and include some newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and memorabilia relating to the Storer Broadcasting Company, 1953-1971.
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia
Contains published and unpublished manuscripts, including an unpublished biography of Tallulah Bankhead, correspondence, reviews, poetry, literary contracts and photographs relating to Maxwell's activities as an author, editor and educator. Correspondence discusses Maxwell's writings, publication and readings of his works, his production of radio programs and his involvement with the Federal Writers' and Federal Theatre Projects.
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia
Two collections that contain lectures, including handwritten manuscripts, typed drafts with corrections and final copies. Many of the lectures were broadcast on the CBS Music Hour. Papers also includes talks for CBS Symphony Broadcasts.
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia
Includes brief radio advertisements for a free copy of Robinson's 6,000 word lecture on Psychiana which was available from the radio station carrying the advertisement and a radio address broadcast over KEX, May 17, 1934.
Scripts 1-4 and 6 of a thirteen part series, University of Idaho Presents, written by Ross Alm of the Department of Speech, possibly in the 1950s, and designed to acquaint the citizens of ldaho with the operation of the university.
Papers document Sandage's work in advertising as it related to radio, including the radio/TV diary method of survey research. Also includes research surveys in Ohio and Illinois.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Includes sound recordings of Gordon's band performing at the Hollywood Palladium and for local California radio shows during the 1950s plus scrapbooks, reviews, business records and other papers.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Printed and duplicated reports on surveys of radio listeners, including a study on teenage listening habits and a "diary of radio listening" for a Radio Research project.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Includes schedules and scripts of talks for December, 1937, January-May 1938, November-December, 1938 and January-May, 1939. The talks most likely dealt with health and medical issues.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Contains research reports done by members of the faculty and staff concerning educational radio and TV, content analysis, psychological effects of mass media and music broadcasting.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Several individual collections that include scripts, sound recordings, scrapbooks, special program announcements, annual reports and a subject file that contains general correspondence, reports, studies, publications, personnel files and legal documents.
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University Archives, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Includes scripts by Ross for Mr. & Mrs. Blandings and Suspense, three recordings of Suspense and other papers related to his television and film career. See online finding aid for list of other scripts which are not identified as being radio or television.
Includes correspondence, minutes of the board of directors, convention reports, financial records and committee and membership files. Also includes copies of the organization's publications such as the "Commentator" and "RTNDA Bulletin." Correspondents include Edward R. Murrow. As of 2005, much of the collection remains in a semiprocessed and/or unprocessed state although there is an online finding aid.
A souvenir booklet prepared to explain the operations of a metropolitan newspaper. Also includes information about the newspaper's paper mill and radio station.
Includes 44 transcripts and broadcast recordings of speeches and interviews by and about Alfred M. Landon probably broadcast on WREN, Topeka, KS. For a fuller description of collection, see the Manuscripts Inventory in the Kansas Collection.
Text of weekly radio program of Dean Clarence E. Manion, possibly titled Manion Forum or Manion Forum of Opinion. Includes March 6, 1955 broadcast and possibly others.
Includes arrangements of popular music, primarily for George Gershwin's radio show, 1933-1935. Katzman was an arranger, organist and pianist for Gershwin.
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Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Two letters from Henry Manners Katzman to George Griffin of Broadcast Music Inc., San Francisco, March 5 and 10, 1970, reminiscing about the New York popular music and radio scene, 1932-1935. Katzman describes George Gershwin's radio show in detail with anecdotes.
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Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Consists of originals and adaptations of songs and small combo arrangements from the 1920s-1950s performed by musicians during the broadcasts. Index cards in a large filing cabinet acquired from WHAS serve as the finding aid. The collection is indexed by title, composer and subject.
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Dwight Anderson Music Library, University of Louisville
Interviews with Irving Hunter about early radio and country western music in Bangor in the 1930s. Includes an interview with musician Watie Akins about his employment with WLBZ, ca. 1930. Subjects covered include local and national programming, equipment used by the station, affiliations with different networks, technological advancements in radio and equipment, remote and delayed broadcasts, a discussion of performers, the process of making radio logs and more.
Papers documenting the history and prograniming of KBPS, Portland, OR. Includes correspondence, reports, financial documents, scripts, speeches and sound recordings.
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National Public Broadcasting Archives, University of Maryland
Contains documents relating to Novik's career in public broadcasting, including correspondence, reports, hearings, clippings, conference materials, press releases and other papers. Novik was associated with WNYC, New York, and was executive secretary of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Papers also include correspondence with the FCC and the Institute for Education by Radio-Television.
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National Public Broadcasting Archives, University of Maryland
An extensive audio collection of old time radio programs that provides a representative sampling of most shows and series. An online catalog is available and copies of individual programs can be purchased on cassette.
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Periodicals/Non Print Collections, University of Memphis
Includes material for a Caddie Woodlawn memorial program broadcast in February, 1940 on the Idaho State University radio station dealing with the adventures of growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s.
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Children's Literature Research Collection, University of Minnesota
Contains biographical information, personal correspondence, materials pertaining to Ukrainian American organizations and cultural activities and historical material on Ukraine and Ukrainians in America, including a program booklet of the Third Annual Ukrainian Radio Day held on August 29, 1948 in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Nurczynski arranged music for the Shep Nolan Band and Krakowiaki who played live on the Echoes of Poland. Papers consist primarily of published and mimeographed sheet music. Mainly in Polish with some English material. See also Walter and Valeria Nurczynski Collection below.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Includes a publicity kit issued by American Relief for Italy, Inc. in 1947 containing radio spots, proclamations, editorial announcements and a fact sheet about the organization's activities.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, speeches, scrapbooks and files on various organizations to which Dundurs belonged, including those related to the Latvian American community. Some time after 1951, Dundurs worked as a radio talk show host. Check with repository to determine if papers cover his radio career.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains personal and church related papers and sheet music, including concert leaflets and programs commemorating the Slovenian Radio Hour in Pueblo City, CO. Some of the materials are in Slovenian.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Consists of correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, newsletters and miscellany pertaining to the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education, including materials related to Americans All, Immigrants All.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Clippings in the collection pertain to Quilici's anti-fascist radio work and to the movemenet to erase General Italio Balbo's name from Chicago streets and parks.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains correspondence and published items, newspaper clippings on fascism, socialism and World War I, photographs, pamphlets, cartoons and caricatures by Fort Velona and materials pertaining to Arturo Giovannitti and New York politicians. Valenti also worked for the Italian American station WHAY in Connecticut. Check with repository to determine if papers cover his radio career.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Papers reflect Jaskolski's involvement with the Polish Variety Hour and Voice of America. Also includes materials pertaining to many Polish American organizations in the Boston area.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains biographical material, personal correspondence, materials relating to his legal and literary careers and civic and political activities, miscellany, photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, scripts of radio broadcasts, speeches, lectures, short stories and book manuscripts.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Komichak worked as engineer and assistant manager for WPIT-AM and FM, Pittsburgh, PA and was director of Ukrainian radio programming. Papers are in Ukranian and English.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains tape recordings, slides, newspaper clippings, correspondence and financial records relating to Rasins's Latvian American broadcasting and other Latvian American community activities in Colorado Springs, CO and the Twin Cities, MN.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Records of a national organization composed of many Polish American fraternal, social, cultural, professional, veteran and other similar organizations. Collection includes many press releases, papers relating to a special commission dealing with radio and television issues and a radio address commemorating the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Poland.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains both personal papers and organizational records and includes correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, scripts, newspaper clippings, listener aids, research files and phonograph records from Americans All, Immigrants All for which DuBois served as consultant, 1938-1939.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, sheet music (mostly of songs sung by Valeria), radio scripts, and financial reports of the Polish War Relief Committee of Boston, ca. 1944. From 1937-1944 Nurczynski produced Echoes of Poland. Also includes correspondence and photographs of Alexandra J. Jaskolski and papers of Karol Jaskolski.
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Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contain biographical information, postcards, newspaper clippings and correspondence, much relating to the Ukrainian community and including material on the Ukrainian Family on Radio and other radio announcements.
Repository/Collector:
Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Contains materials relating to all aspects of Sherlock Holmes in different media, including a log of Sherlock Holmes on radio, 316 Edith Meiser radio scripts, 154 sound recordings of the broadcasts on 33 1/3 rpm and 16" transcription discs and much more. A print guide to the collection, "Edith Meiser and Her Adventures with Sherlock Holmes: A Guide to the Edith Meiser Collection at the University of Minnesota," is available from the Department of Special Collections for $10.
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Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Minnesota
Documents Church's 30 years in radio and television, including as owner and operator of KMBC radio and television in Kansas City, MO from the 1920s-late 1950s. Church was the creative force behind several syndicated shows, including The Brush Creek Follies, The Texas Rangers and Phenomenon. Collection includes photos, published sheet music, scripts, scrapbooks, promotional material, contracts, telegrams, station newsletters and broadcast recordings. Recordings are in the Marr Sound Archives.
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Department of Special Collections, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Consists of scripts for KIDO-NBC, including KIDO Showcase, Fashion Club, Down Memory Lane with Kathryn Kane, The Bob Hope Show and various other NBC programs.
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Department of Special Collections, University of Missouri-Kansas City
An oral history project. The online listing gives names of the participants without identifying whether they were in radio, and if so, when. Check with library for more information.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Collection of 514 audio tapes with broadcasts from the Golden Age of Radio. Mostly entertainment shows of various genres but also includes some news items and speeches. For a list of the contents check: http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0256.htm.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Papers document Hayes's career as a radio broadcaster, 1961-1988, although he began his radio career in the Air Force in 1950 as an announcer for the Armed Forces Radio Service and in 1956 he began work as the black on-air personality and first black news announcer for a station in Alexandria, LA. Includes photocopies of scrapbooks containing publicity literature and photographs reflecting Hayes's radio work from the early to mid-1960s in Chicago, including his work on WMMP, the first black owned station in the Midwest, WSBC, WVON and WGES.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Contains correspondence, scripts, newsclippings, and photographs relating to Eschen's radio and television career, including his work on KFRU, WIL and KSD, 1946-1956. Collection also includes an oral interview with Eschen's son about his father.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Papers deal primarily with Pulitzer's editorship of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" and cover nearly every aspect of the operation and production of the newspaper, including radio advertising, 1925-1927.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Papers cover Hyland's early career in sales in radio and later as general manager of KMOX, St. Louis. Contains some mostly unspecified recordings, 1958-1964, including "Pass The Biscuits, Mirandi," with the Spike Jones Combo broadcast September 9, 1963.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
In addition to papers related to Dooley's career and personal life, the collection includes transcripts and tapes of That Free Men May Live, Dooley's weekly program on KMOX St. Louis.
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Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Materials by and about Huntley, including biographical information, personal and professional correspondence, scripts written for his radio and television projects, speaking engagements and news commentary projects and press clippings, primarily spanning his years with NBC. Boxes 2-6 in Series ID contain radio scripts. See online finding aid for list of programs, interviews and dates.
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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Contains manuscripts of writings by or about Kennedy reflecting her life and writing career, including plays, radio scripts, poetry and miscellaneous texts.
Includes scripts written by Bregman for David Dickon's program, Parade of American Songs, broadcast weekly over WEVD, New York in the early 1930s. Collection includes other materials relating to folk music and Bregman's personal life.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Includes correspondence, notes, scripts, films and other items relating to Fisher's career in radio and in television news broadcasting. Online finding aid lists names and dates of scripts but not for what radio program.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Included in the large collection of Smith's papers and writings is the radio script for "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and material regarding the musical version of the story.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contains about 100 items dealing with radio plays, including correspondence, copyright notices, playscripts and other materials, chiefly from the 1930s and 1940s. Some of the radio plays were written by Holman while others were edited by him. Many of the plays were used in the Forum of the Air series which aired in the late 1930s.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contains papers relating to Crutchfield's career, including his work at WBT, Charlotte, NC as a radio announcer, program director and general manager, as president of the Jefferson Pilot Broadcasting Company, 1965-1977, and also his career at CBS.
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Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill