Contains a collection of automobile and petroleum industry advertisements, ca. 1920-1949 that include sheet music and other material from radio programs sponsored by gasoline, oil or automobile companies. Also includes photographs of the radio personalities appearing on the covers.
Includes records documenting the many film, video and radio production activities of the Smithsonian. See online listing for names of specific projects.
Includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. While most of the materials document technical aspects of radio, Series 109 and 134 contain considerable information on broadcasting history.
Includes a print ad with a reference to Crestfallen Manor and a second ad with a reference to a Lowell Thomas CBS radio program at the bottom of the page.
Includes transcripts for radio ads for Simmons products, some on Simmons Radio Hour, including some 1930s and some n.d., and a May 25, 1936 script for the Home Hour with L.L. Murray.
A wide-ranging collection of over 1,000 celebrity advertising endorsements culled from high-end magazines. Includes radio personalities such as Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Fred Allen, Jack Webb, Bob Hope and others as well as advertisements that involve radios or radio stations. See online finding aid for list of personalities and products.
Contains records, 1936-1942, including scripts and related promotional literature for The World Is Yours and a file of collected information on other contemporary educational radio programs. Check repository for additional information.
Includes correspondence, notes, scrapbooks about the artist and a phonograph record of an interview of Gurr conducted by Jan Gelb on Of Interest to Women, 1950.