Clarence Manion (1896-1979) was Dean of the Law School at the University of Notre Dame. He started the Manion Forum after his retirement from the University. The collection consists of reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings (1954-1979) of the Manion Forum radio program (numbered 1-1294) and Manion Forum Footnotes (numbered 1-1850). It was a radio show with political comments on current events by Clarence Manion and / or his guests. Among the guests were Senator Joseph McCarthy, Strom Thurmond, Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., Barry Goldwater, Fred C. Koch, Eddie Rickenbacker, Craig Hosmer, Gerhart Niemeyer, Bonner Fellers, Daniel Lyons, SJ and others.
Content types:
Spoken word and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, and Text document
Production materials documenting Smithsonian's thirteen-part program on the role of radio in transforming the African American community in the twentieth century. The program was produced in 1996 by Jacquie Gales Webb for Smithsonian Productions, with assistance from the AAAMC. The collection contains over 400 hours of interviews and historical aircheck tapes in addition to articles, research files, program scripts, and transcripts. The audio interviews feature conversations with over 150 well-known disc jockeys, radio professionals, record company executives, journalists, and scholars. The historical airchecks include station identifications and jingles, radio interviews with prominent Black figures, coverage of historical events, and programs highlighting or influenced by the contributions of Black performers, disc jockeys, and other important persons in radio.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape, Data cartridge, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Data disk (floppy disk)
Extent:
4.3 linear feet (10 boxes) + 297 audiocassettes (DAT : digital, stereo), 168 audiocassettes (analog), 9 8mm data cartridges, 7 audio discs (CD-R), 3 data disks (1.44 MB floppies)
These materials comprise a thirteen-part radio series of public service broadcasts produced by Sam Chase for WLIB radio in New York in cooperation with Newsweek Magazine.
The collection consists primarily of audiocassette copies of the 26-part radio series Wade in the Water, produced by NPR in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, and concieved and hosted by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Black radio photograph collection documenting events and personnel, including photos with rhythm and blues musicians, at Houston station KCOH in the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs were copied from the personal collection of Gardner. Accompanied by a transcription of an interview with Gardner which includes descriptions of each photograph.
Content types:
Still image
Formats:
Photographic print and Photographic negative
Extent:
12 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 11 negatives (black & white : 4 x 5 in.)
Photographs documenting the career of Houston deejay Skipper Lee Frazier, copied from his personal collection. Additional photo descriptions with biographical information transcribed from an interview with Frazier are available in accession folder. The collection consists of 12 b&w photographs with negatives primarily documenting Skipper Lee Frazier's activities in connection with KCOH in Houston during the 1970s and '80s.
Content types:
Still image
Formats:
Photographic print and Photographic negative
Extent:
12 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 12 negatives (black & white : 4 x 5 in.)
Collection consists primarily of materials related to Roberts's work at KYOK-AM in the 1960s and '70s including images of KYOK sponsored events such as the "We Love You" concert and associated publicity materials, a beauty pageant, radio contests, and on-site broadcasts throughout Houston. Also included are photographs of KYOK radio personalities and staff as well as candid and publicity photographs of visiting R&B artists.
Content types:
Still image
Formats:
Photographic print and Photographic negative
Extent:
60 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 60 negatives (black & white ; 4 x 5 in.)
The collection consists of materials related to Smithsonian Institution programs, including the Duke Ellington Youth Project, in addition to gospel sheet music and related research materials from George's personal collection.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, and Text document
The collection consists primarily of audio tapes of two radio programs produced by Bailey Broadcasting Services: The Hip Hop Countdown & Report (1991-1998) and RadioScope: The Entertainment Magazine of the Air (1990-1996). Press releases for RadioScope broadcasts are also included.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Text document, Photographic print, and Photographic negative
Collection consists of materials related to Lewis's work at the WERD radio station in the 1950s and '60s. Founded by Jesse B. Blayton, Sr. in October 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia, WERD was the first black owned and operated radio station in the United States. The collection materials comprise 7 black and white and 7 color photographs documenting WERD's early history. Content includes the exterior of the WERD studio building, publications related to WERD such as photographs of an issue of The Printed WERD, and a portrait of J.B. Blayton Sr.
Content types:
Still image
Formats:
Photographic print and Photographic negative
Extent:
7 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 7 photographs (color ; 3 x 5 in.), 2 negatives (black & white ; 4 x 5 in.)
Collection consists primarily of interview transcripts, program transcripts, and artist publicity materials used in the production of the Westwood One Radio programs Special Edition, That's Country Music, Rock Chronicles, My Top Ten, and History of Rock 'n Roll. It also contains materials from various specials including programs on Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones.
Doug "Jocko" Henderson was a pioneering "rapping" deejay primarily associated with Philadelphia radio station WDAS in the 1970s. Collection primarily documents Henderson's Get Ready company, which published materials to be used in schools to teach American history, spelling, and the dangers of drug abuse using rap lyrics. Also included is material documenting Henderson's bid for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania. Materials include audiocassettes, teaching manuals, correspondence, photographs, business cards, press clippings, flyers, and other memorabilia.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Text document, and Photographic print
Extent:
1 document case (.5 linear feet) + 8 audiocassettes : analog
Jack "The Rapper" Gibson was a pioneer in Black radio, as well as an innovator, a leader, and a mentor to many in the radio and music industries. His work as a Black radio deejay spanned the early days of Black radio in the 1940s through the Civil Rights Movement, and included stints at WERD-Atlanta, WLOU-Louisville, WMBM-Miami, WCIN-Cincinnati, and WABQ-Cleveland. After retiring from radio in 1961, he became a successful music industry executive working for Motown, Decca, and Stax Records. In 1976, he launched the industry magazine Jack the Rapper, the oldest Black trade publication targeted to radio, and for the next twenty years organized the annual "Jack the Rapper’s Family Affair," a Black music convention drawing generations of performers and music industry executives. His professionalism, continuous fight for racial equality and justice, and endearing human qualities made him a legend in the industry. This collection documents his long career in radio and music through personal correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, publicity materials, airchecks, interviews, lecture materials, and over 500 issues of his trade magazine "Jack the Rapper's Mellow Yellow."
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Open reel tape (unknown material), VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
Collection consists of black and white photographs from the 1950s through the early 1980s related to KYOK in Houston. Including are images documenting the activities of KYOK's deejays in the studio and surrounding communities, particularly in connection with listener contests and station-sponsored events such as dances and the "We Love You" concert. Also included are photographs of KYOK publicity materials and publicity photographs of many of the rhythm and blues artists, jazz, and blues artists featured on the station.
Content types:
Still image
Formats:
Photographic print and Photographic negative
Extent:
98 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 97 negatives (black & white : 4 x 5 in.)
The collection consists of personal papers, photographs, and a video documenting the career Ed Castleberry, a pioneering black radio disc jockey and newscaster.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Still image, and Text
Formats:
VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, and Text document
Extent:
1 document case (.25 linear feet), including 26 photographs and 1 videocassette (VHS)
Audio recordings of taped radio show episodes, primarily from the series The Afro-American in Indiana, but also including the additional programs Reflections in Black and Black Heritage , as well as a radio special and recordings from a NAACP convention. The radio shows, hosted by Fr. Boniface Hardin, featured multiple high-profile guests. The episode topics includes sports, music, education, historiography, slavery, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, segregation, the Indiana Constitution, the United States Constitution, church, religion, the NAACP, WWI, WWII, medicine, black businesses, the Institute of Afro American Studies, prison, labor history, and more.
Content types:
Performed music and Spoken word
Formats:
Analog audiocassette and Open reel tape (unknown material)
The collection consists primarily of materials collected during research for Nelson George's book Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (St. Martin's Press, 1985). This includes interviews (audiocassettes and transcripts), photographs, newspaper clippings, magazines, photocopies of legal documents, manuscripts, and correspondence.
Content types:
Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Text document, and Photographic print
Extent:
8 document cases (5 linear ft.), including 137 photographs + 24 audiocassettes
Series G, "Music Industry Interviews," consists of transcripts and audiocassettes of interviews primarily conducted by Portia K. Maultsby between 1981-1986 as part of her research on the Black music industry. The remainder of the series in this collection are still in the process of being accessioned and are unavailable for general research and public use.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
The Michael McAlpin Collection consists primarily of print materials used in the production of the PBS television documentary Record Row: the Cradle of Rhythm and Blues. Included are production materials and interview transcripts created during Dr. Portia Maultsby's collaboration on the project as AAAMC director as well as VHS tapes of the rough cut, final broadcast version, and local coverage of the documentary.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C) and Text document
Extent:
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) including 3 videocassettes (VHS)
Collection includes audiocassette recordings of interviews about Ray Charles for Lydon's book Ray Charles : Man and Music (2004), a radio series about Ray Charles based on Lydon's book, complete or partial transcripts for many of the interviews organized loosely into book chapters, interviews with and about other African American musicians, class lectures given by Lydon at Indiana University and related publicity materials, and original music performed by Lydon.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
Papers and recordings of radio personality and anchorman Mort Crim, known popularly as the inspiration for the Will Ferrell character in the Anchorman film. Crim was an alumnus of Anderson University and left his personal papers, recordings, and scripts to the University archives, where they are stored.
Content types:
Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, 8-track cassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, Betacam (including Betacam SP), U-matic (including U-matic S), Open reel video, Photographic print, and Text document
Contains recordings and some scripts for the This Is Our Duty and Decision Now series which were 15 minute public service type messages dealing with national security, veteran's welfare, child welfare and patriotism.
Consists of interviews of Indiana's early broadcasters and papers relating to the preparation of a book-length manuscript on the state's broadcast pioneers. Includes tapes and transcripts of 26 Indiana pioneer broadcasters, covering topics in Hoosier broadcasting from 1926-mid-l990s.
Repository/Collector:
Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library
While the bulk of the collection deals with Mackenzie's involvement in the recording industry, there is some material on his career producing sound effects for radio and the movie industry.
Repository/Collector:
Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Sound recordings of the series broadcast on WBAA, Purdue University. The interviews examine local and national social issues, including crime, religion, intimidation, protest, AfricanAmerican journalism and art, housing and the National Urban League.
Repository/Collector:
Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Contains personal and professional papers, including materials and photographs relating to the comedy team of Olsen and Johnson and their shows. Materials range from their vaudeville days beginning in the 1920s through their success on Broadway and radio in the 1930s and 1940s to their later years performing in smaller venues in the 1950s. Includes radio scripts from 1930s and 1950s.
Repository/Collector:
Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Contains correspondence and writings of John McGreevey. Includes scripts for Armstrong Theatre of Today, Cavalcade of America, Dr. Christian, Suspense, Arizana Adventures, Poe Presents, and Nick Carter, Master Detective. McGreevey was a writer and announcer for KTAR, Phoenix, AZ, 1948-1952.
Consists primarily of correspondence and legal papers relating to the financial affairs of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre as handled by Welles's personal attorney, L. Arnold Weissberger. Includes copies of contracts and agreements between Welles and Columbia Artists as his representative, between Welles and RKO, other legal documents relating to Mercury Theatre insurance policies for both Orson and Virginia Welles and photographs, mostly of theatre productions and performers.
Consists of the correspondence, papers and memorabilia relating to the career of Orson Welles. Includes 142 bound scripts and more than 140 sound recordings for most of the programs and series in which Welles appeared after 1937, including Mercury Theatre on the Air, Campbell Playhouse, Orson Welles Almanac (Lady Esther), Ceiling Unlimited, Hello Americans, This Is My Best and Mercury Summer Theatre. See detailed online finding aid at www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/welles.html. See also Weissberger Mss. Collection for additional Welles radio related material and additional Welles collection covering his film career.
Consists of correspondence, writings and memorabilia of William Anthony Parker White, critic, editor and writer most widely known by the pseudonym Anthony Boucher. Includes scripts and extensive files for the series Adventures of Ellery Queen, The Casebook of Gregory Hood and Sherlock Holmes, all dating from the mid-1940s.
Consists mostly of scripts for NBC affiliated, Chicago based programs collected by William Wokoun. Includes The Guiding Light, Captain Midnight, Lone Journey, Ma Perkins, Masquerade, The Road of Life, Today's Children, Vic and Sade and Woman in White. Also includes emcee scripts for music and variety shows and commercial scripts for various products and companies. See online finding aid for complete list.
Includes annual reports, budgetary material on guest radio speakers, correspondence to and from the Indiana Broadcasters Association, radio department course and curriculum material, files on radio shows and I.U. spots, correspondence with radio station personnel around the country and files on television programming.
Repository/Collector:
University Archives, Indiana Univeristy, Bloomington
Includes memorabilia, scripts, sound recordings and photographs. Most of the material is about the Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show with a limited amount of material, mostly in the scrapbooks, about their appearances on other radio programs such as the Jack Benny Show. As of 2005, the transcription discs were being transferred to CDs.
Papers of the Catholic priest known as the "Father Coughlin of the South" who broadcast on The Pastor's Fireside on radio and television. Includes sound recordings and transcripts of Terminiello's memoirs plus letters, sermons, clippings and other papers.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
More than a dozen scripts for the program written by several authors. Note: Each script is listed as a separate collection in the online catalog although they are included in bound volumes. When searching the online catalog, search for "Family Theater" in either the "title" or "keyword" fields as the words "Family Theater" are in some, but not all collection titles.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
Contains correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, subject files and sound recordings of his programs Notre Dame Authors and The Story of Notre Dame, ca. 1940s. Check online finding aid for details.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
Contains transcripts of radio broadcasts during World War II when Dunn was a CBS correspondent covering the Pacific theater. Includes broadcasts from Batavia, Bandoeng, Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Hollandia, Leyte, Manila, Yokohama, Luzon and Tokyo.
Repository/Collector:
University of Notre Dame Archives, University of Notre Dame du Lac
Contains 69 transcription discs, 1941, 1947 and 1950, of the Hoosier Hop broadcast on WOWO, Ft. Wayne, IN. Also contains photographs, publicity materials and songbooks.
Contains papers, including scripts for the Hoagy Carmichael Show, 1945, and Columbia Broadcasting System Presents Hoagy Carmichael, 1947-1948, memorabilia and sound recordings.
A private collection of broadcasts of sporting events, including many regular season and World Series baseball games dating back to 1933, regular season and Bowl football games dating back to around 1935, basketball games, auto racing, including a few Indy 500s, many boxing matches dating back to 1936, a limited pre-1960 golf collection and some event highlights such as horse racing, mainly Kentucky Derbys dating back to the mid-1930s, and several NHL hockey games and highlights dating back to 1945.