The WSOU records include sound recordings of past radio broadcasts and some documentation of station activities. Sound recordings include some Italian programs, symphonic music, promotional spots, sports play-by-play broadcasts, and coverage of elections in Newark, among others. Other materials include a letter from John L. Sullivan of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to Frank McKenna on Relic Rock Review. Materials are on recorded sound discs (record albums on vinyl) and reel-to-reel audiotapes.
Formats:
Cylinder and Reel-to-reel
Repository/Collector:
Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center
Contains material on Rice's interests in radio, including material dealing with his varied business enterprises in minstrel shows for the major radio networks.
Repository/Collector:
Princeton University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, concert programs, 1945-l966, and other memorabilia of the Mandolin Club of Newark. The group performed on WORAM, 1932-1933, and later on WGCP. Much of material is in German.