Contains correspondence, radio scripts and speeches and research material related to Hansl's career as program supervisor, 1939-1940, for the series Women in the Making of America broadcast in cooperation with the WPA's Federal Theatre Radio Division, Gallant American Women, and Womanpower, 1943-1944.
Papers of Dore Schary, a playwright, motion picture executive, and activist in Jewish and liberal political causes documenting both his personal and professional life. Included are general correspondence; microfilmed scrapbooks; scripts and production material for plays and motion pictures; records pertaining to MGM; non-dramatic writings, speeches (many in recorded form), and an autobiography and a family memoir; home movies and photographs; correspondence, reports, lists, financial records, and speeches from his tenure as national chairman of the Anti-Defamation League and subject files on other organizations with which he was involved such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Jewish Committee, and the Democratic Party; and personal and biographical information. Documentation in the production files varies but may include correspondence, notes, variant drafts of scripts, clippings, financial records, publicity, stills, designs, and casting information. Records of Schary's years as executive producer, studio head, and vice-president at MGM include reports of executive meetings, correspondence and memoranda, and scattered financial reports. Also present are papers pertaining to the career of Schary's wife Miriam, painter M. Svet. The collection is arranged in four parts: the Original Collection, the 1968 Additions, the 1977 Additions, and the 1981 Additions. The Original Collection dates 1923-1962 and is organized in these categories: Biographical and Personal Material, General Files, General Writings, and Production Files. The 1968 Additions date 1933-1952 and consist of Production Files only. The 1977 Additions date circa 1920-1980 (though primarily 1956-1977) and again contain Biographical and Personal Material, General Files, General Writings, and Production Files, as well as a new category, Anti-Defamation League Files. Finally, the 1981 Additions date 1924-1980 (primarily 1974-1980) and include the same categories as the 1977 Additions plus a separate category for Disc Recordings. The Original Collection includes other disc recordings, and tape recordings are present in all but the 1968 additions. Some records are present only in microfilm format.
Content types:
Still image, Two-dimensional moving image, and Spoken word
Formats:
Acetate open reel tape, Lacquer disc, Pressed LP disc, Photographic print, and Microfilm
Extent:
74.2 c.f. (203 archives boxes, 1 record center carton, and 1 flat box), 37 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 26 tape recordings, 231 disc recordings, 55 reels of film, and photographs
Contains papers, photographs and sound recordings related to the Anderson Radio Station of Wahoo, NE. The station was one of the first broadcast stations in the U.S. and the first radio sending station in the Midwest. Collection, which includes photographs and nine sound recordings, relates to Anderson's broadcasts and the history of radio. May also include material about Eddie Killan's Harmony Five.
Includes correspondence, biographical material, printed material, scrapbooks, personal files and material related to d'Harnoncourt's work on Art and America.
Includes scripts, interviews, clippings, photographs and other material related to Biggar's career in radio. The collection offers some insight into the formative years of radio, especially the material related to the National Barn Dance and WLS, Chicago. Papers also cover Biggar's work at WLW, Cincinnati and WLBK, DeKalb, IL. Also includes other papers.
Includes research files for broadcasts, 1937-1966, and sound recordings used in broadcasts and other professional and personal papers. A second collection includes post 1966 correspondence and other material.
Contains over 200 audio tapes of KSD local programming, newscasts and specials. Includes more than 100 photographs showing scenes from KSD studios and KSD/NBC personalities, scripts, public relations releases, pamphlets, clippings and other printed materials. Also includes recordings of Russ David's program, St. Louis Serenade, that was fed to NBC.