Consists largely of photographs and newspaper articles but also includes some personal correspondence and memorabilia. The bulk of the material relates to Camille Brown Waggaman and focuses on her radio career, 1932-1963, and the years after her retirement. Waggaman hosted a radio talk show in Alabama, Around the Town, for 31 years.
Repository/Collector:
Woodson Research Center Special Collections & Archives, Fondren Library
Transcripts of KGBC, Galveston, TX announcements during Hurricane Carla, 1961, including records from various agencies describing the storm and its aftermath and letters to station manager Steve Cowan from grateful listeners.
Contains approximately 700 tapes and discs dating from the mid-1940s. Check library's in-house database if any of these are radio broadcasts. An annotated chronological list is available.
Repository/Collector:
Fine Arts Library,The University of Texas at Austin
Includes transcription discs of the radio series begun in 1945 and sponsored by Texas Gulf Sulphur. It was on one of these broadcasts that Van Cliburn made his debut at age 12. An annotated chronological list is available.
Repository/Collector:
Fine Arts Library,The University of Texas at Austin
Includes approximately 1,700 tapes of the following radio drama series: The Black Museum, The Detectives, NBC University Theater, Theatre Royal, Suspense, The Queen's Men, The Lives of Harry Lime, Inner Sanctum and The Scarlet Pimpernel. A list of the contents of most of the tapes is available.
Repository/Collector:
Fine Arts Library,The University of Texas at Austin
In addition to being a radio station, KUT was for many years the hub of the Longhorn Broadcasting Network. As a result, the station received tapes of numerous series from producers in the U.S. and abroad, including music, interviews with artists, writers and musicians and comedy. Check in-house database regarding specific programs and dates.
Repository/Collector:
Fine Arts Library,The University of Texas at Austin
Includes tapes of KUT broadcasts of UT Music and Musicians featuring UT faculty, students and guest artists such as Percy Grainger. A list of the contents of most of the tapes is available.
Repository/Collector:
Fine Arts Library,The University of Texas at Austin
Papers, including radio and television scripts, 1964-1991, documenting Rooney's career as a journalist and broadcaster with CBS. Also includes papers documenting his work as a journalist covering World War II.
Repository/Collector:
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin