Includes broadcast transcripts, other writings and sound recordings relating to American opinion regarding the Soviet Union and the development of the Cold War, 1945-1948.
Forty oral history interviews (tapes and transcripts) conducted between 1970 and 1975. Also contains address and cast lists for One Man's Family, original scripts for August 16 and 19, 1936, and program ephemera. Also newsclippings, "Random Reflections," written by Morse, 1972-1974, photographs of Morse and his family and a video "Good Old Days of Radio," narrated by Steve Allen, n.d.
Contains correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, notes, tapes, reviews of productions, photographs, periodicals and clippings. Although online finding aid lists a box of radio scripts, the contents of the box are not shown.
Contains corrected script for the half-hour program broadcast December 6, 1953. Includes two 15-rninute segments with an introductory and midway script for Lucky Strike advertisements.
Documents on the Pacifica Foundation, with emphasis on KPFA, Berkeley, CA. Consists primarily of printed articles about KPFA, programming schedules, information flyers and publicity materials.
Consists of two volumes of scripts by Bob Bums for the Bob Burns Show, 1944-1945, and 13 scripts written by Joel Malone, possibly for The Whistler, 1948-1950.
Contains over 400 recordings of Slate's broadcasts, including his programs with co-hosts Leo Durocher and Jimmy Piersall as well as recordings of post-game interviews and press conferences with athletes and luncheons of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. Also includes typescripts used in his broadcasts, photographs and publicity material related to his shows. As of 2005, the collection was partially processed.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains research material used by Wertheim in the writing of his book "Radio Comedy." Includes notes, photocopies of script pages, newspaper and magazine clippings and various drafts of his manuscript as well as 95 recordings of programs that he collected for his research.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains papers related to Peterson's service with the Armed Forces Radio Service, including reports, photos, memoranda, AFRS spots, scripts for Command Performance, 1942-1943, and other miscellaneous scripts.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
A collection of scripts for radio and television series, 1945-1946, 1949, including the Abbott and Costello Show and one script for Birds Eye Open House.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains sound recordings, beginning in 1989, from a Hollywood repertory company that performs plays and theater pieces written or adapted for radio, including some productions written and directed by Norman Corwin.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains scripts for radio and television series, 1930-1954, including Captain Post: Crime Specialist, 1930-1931, Chinatown Squad, 1932, Barbary Coast Nights, 1933, I Love a Mystery, 1943-1944, 1949-1952, Adventures by Morse, 1944-1945, His Honor the Barber, 1945-1946, I Love Adventure, 1948, Slice of Life, 1949, Mixed Doubles, 1949, One Man's Family, 1949, 1951-1952, and Family Skeleton, 1953-1954. Also contains some memorabilia on Morse's career (awards, clippings, etc.) and production documents related to particular series.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains over 9,300 individual scripts, 1940-1960, from what was the radio script archive at KNX, Los Angeles, a CBS affiliate station. Included in the collection are long series runs of I Was There, 1940-1942, 1944-1945, Amos 'n' Andy, 1944-1951, Romance, 1944-1946, 1948-1951, The Story of Sandra Martin, 1944-1945, Suspense, 1945-1959, The Whistler, 1945-1951, 1954-1955, Escape, 1947-1954, My Friend Irma, 1947-1954, My Favorite Husband, 1948-1951, Our Miss Brooks, 1948-1957, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 1949-1960, The Lineup, 1950-1953, Meet Millie, 1951-1954, Junior Miss, 1952-1954, Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1953-1955 and Have Gun-Will Travel, 1958-1960. In addition to scripts, the collection also contains scattered production notes and memoranda related to the broadcast of specific series.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains scripts for radio and television, including Studio One, 1947-1948, Ford Theater, 1948-1949, Life With Father, 1954, Sears Radio Theater, 1979-1980 and Mutual Radio Theater, 1980-1981. Also includes documents, photos, press clippings and most correspondence related to these series.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Consists of about 3,900 tapes, mostly of Bresee's program Golden Days of Radio as it was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, 1967-1995, as well as source material for his program, including complete episodes of many radio series from the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2005, the collection is partially processed and papers are being added to the collection on an ongoing basis.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Consists largely of radio scripts written by Pickard and Provo for radio and television, including Wendy Warren and the News, 1947-1958, and occasional episodes for Young Dr. Malone. Also includes scripts from Australian Broadcasting Company programs that Pickard either wrote, directed or acted in (ca. 1932-1935) for the Australian Broadcasting Company prior to his emigration to the United States as well as presentation scripts for proposed television and radio series, manuscripts of plays and novels and correspondence.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains papers relating to his career as a television producer and writer and as the author of a biography of Jack Benny and a book on comedy writing. Includes correspondence, radio and television scripts, book manuscripts, sound recordings, press clippings, research notes and other materials.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains scripts for Mr. President, Boston Blackie, The Ginny Simms Show, Everything for the Boys, The Man Called X and Halls of Ivy plus correspondence, including Milton Merlin's involvement with various writers' organizations such as the Hollywood Writers Mobilization during World War II and the Radio Writers Guild in which he served as national president in the early 1950s.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains scripts of Spotlight Playhouse, 1946, The Eddy King Show, 1947-1948, Ready for Brady, 1948-1949, The Monty Masters Show, 1948-1949, and Candy Matson, 1949-1951. In addition to these series, the collection contains story treatments and sample scripts for proposed television and radio series from the early 1950s as well as single copies of scripts from various radio programs.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Contains scripts for radio and television series, including Duffy's Tavern, 1946-1949, Jimmy Durante Show, 1950, That's Rich, 1954, Ray Milland Show, 1954-1955, Meet Millie, 1955-1956, Professional Father, 1955 and How to Marry a Millionaire, 1957-1958. Collection also includes series treatments, story outlines, sketches and jokes. Some items include production notes.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Currently contains materials selected and organized by Corwin for inclusion during his lifetime, including correspondence, scrapbooks, radio and television scripts, motion picture screenplays, sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, business records and contracts, press clippings and ephemera. The bulk of the accessible materials documents Corwin's career in radio and television broadcasting, motion pictures, the theater and as an author and teacher, 1935-1990. As of 2005, the collection is partly arranged and described.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Consists of contemporary syndicated rebroadcasts of classic radio programs, including Amos 'n' Andy, Burns and Allen, The Jack Benny Show, Dragnet, Suspense, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Your Hit Parade and other programs.
Repository/Collector:
UCLA Film and Television Archives, University of California, Los Angeles
Consists Primarily of black and white photographs of Rudy Vallee, his friends and associates and locations where he performed. Also includes one color photograph of Vallee and his wife Eleanor (ca. 1980), one letter from Vallee, several greeting cards and a small file of press clippings.
Contains material for Lewis's television and radio programs, including complete scripts as well as jokes and monologues written for use on these programs, correspondence, news clippings, music scores and photographs that document his entertainment career between the mid-1940s and 1960. Radio programs that are represented in this collection include Arthur Godfrey Time and both the radio and television versions of the Robert Q. Lewis Show.
Contains personal documents in Vallee's possession at the time of his death, including correspondence, scrapbooks, radio and television scripts, sound recordings, musical scores, photographs, business records, press clippings and ephemera. The bulk of accessible materials document Vallee's career in radio broadcasting and entertainment, 1925-1975.
Contains musical scores and arrangements prepared and used by the members of the Sportsmen Quartet during their performing career, 1943-ca. 1970. The group is most closely associated with the Jack Benny radio and television programs.
Contains over 11,000 recordings of radio programs, 1930-1960, as well as documentary recordings from later years plus papers that include extensive research files largely concentrating on Fibber McGee and Molly and its stars Jim and Marian Jordan. Only those sound recordings that have been transferred to cassette are available for use.
Contains writings in many different media, including short stories, newspaper and magazine articles, plays, screenplays, radio and television scripts, poetry and a biography on her brother Leonard Keeler.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Consists of personal papers documenting Knight's broadcasting from World War II through the 1970s. Contains family and personal correspondence, business files, legal files related to litigation with KPFA, including transcripts, a draft autobiography, calendars, photographs and ephemera.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Mainly correspondence and manuscripts of his novels and short stories and some financial papers. Includes some unidentified radio scripts. Albee also worked for an advertising agency and wrote commercials for Cavalcade of America.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Consists of internal corporate and production files and radio scripts of the electronic transcriptions that Grayson Rosser Productions produced. The radio plays were written by King Hamilton Grayson and Winifred Rosser and were first copyrighted to Radio Programs, Limited and later to King Hamilton Grayson and Winifred Rosser and Associates. The subjects of the plays include mysteries, comedies, dramas and one murder mystery set in Oakland, CA. The scripts and catalogs contain annotations regarding actors and sounds.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Draft history of the station, 1946-1960, "KPFA History," by Eleanor McKinney, January 1960, with annotations in an unknown hand. Also, "The Beginnings of Pacifica Foundation" by Gene R. Stebbins, 1969.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Photocopies of papers selected from KPFA, Berkeley files by Vera S. Hopkins, a retired staff member, to document the founding, development and problems of listener sponsored radio, 1946-1984. Emphasis is on the early history of Pacifica and on KPFA.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Consists of photographs commemorating activities and events involving Pittman and the NAACP Regional Office, 1951-1970. May not contain information about Pittman's radio program Negroes in the News.
Repository/Collector:
Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Collection consists primarily of radio scripts related to Lewis's career as a writer and director. Includes scripts for The Camel Program, 1944, Command Performance, 1944, The Danny Kaye Show, 1945-1946, GI Journal, n.d., Jubilee, 1944, Mail Call, 1943-1945, Only Yesterday, 1943, Our Miss Brooks, 1948-1954, Philco Radio Time, 1946-1947, Request Performance, 1945, and Sweeney and March, 1946-1948.
Repository/Collector:
Arts Library, Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Includes scripts for the Inheritance radio program, April-September, 1954. Most of the collection consists of television scripts and personal and business papers.
Repository/Collector:
Arts Library, Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)