Sound recording of the Housewives Protective League program broadcast on July 11, 1956 on WCCO featuring Juergen Nash and Tom Swain, Executive Director of the Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission, discussing the goals and plans for the centennial celebration, including the roles of women in the celebration.
Typescript of "Radio Forty Two Years Ago" written by the spouse of Rudy Hilgedick who was instrumental in building Duluth's first radio station, WJAP. The reminiscence is centered on the first broadcast of a Christmas midnight mass, December 25, 1922. Topics include a description of the studio, the station's range, listening devices used at the time and the use of volunteer performers and staff. Several excerpts from cards and letters received from listeners throughout the U.S. after the broadcast are also included.
Includes papers relating to the Murphy family's ownership of radio stations, possibly the Murphy Broadcasting Company. Check inventory in repository for additional information.
A microfilm edition of earlier scrapbooks, 1928-1952, containing biographical sketches, photographs and poems of members of the League compiled in 1952. Included on the microfilm is a volume entitled "Minnesota Centennial Poetry: History with Music on Radio" consisting of scripts for a series of 13 radio programs presented in 1949.
Sound recording produced by Robert C. Bruce in 1991 in which he chronicles his 50 years as an actor, writer, producer and director in radio, television and motion pictures.
Advertising proofs, brochures, booklets, catalogs and photographs documenting work done for more than 130 different companies headquartered mainly in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN that were clients of this Minneapolis advertising agency. An inventory with additional information is available in the repository.