We have a fair number of audio recordings of public programs and lectures at The New School going back to the late 1950s--certain of them bear evidence of having been recorded by Pacifica Radio at The New School (I'd have to call them in from offsite storage to check if the station name bears the names of both WBAI and Pacifica), and indicates air dates. These are on 1/4" reel to reel tape. We have a small amount of documentation between TNS and the station(s) and surmise that The New School had a relationship with WBAI or Pacifica to record and broadcast lectures/programs featuring well-known participants. The Pacifica Radio Archive lists at least some of these recordings in its online catalog.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Reel-to-reel
Repository/Collector:
The New School Libraries and Archives, Archives & Special Collections
1. Recording of 1935 Broadcast of Radio Station WJZ - Testimonial Dinner for Martha Berry in Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, including address by Martha Berry, a Berry Quartet, and the introduction of Martha Berry by Mrs. Emily V. Hammond; 2. Interview of Sander Vanocuiz (NBC-TV News) Jan. 12, 1967, #87; 3. "Comment" Radio Program, #63; 4. "Comment" Radio Program, Mar. 31, 1970, #16; 5. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #139; 6. "Comment" Radio Program, Nov. 1970, #30; 7. "Comment" Radio Program, Guest – Mrs. Overstreet - Nov. 11, 1970, #120; 8. "Campus Spotlight" Radio Program on Berry - Mar. 27, 1971, #128; 9. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #145; 10. Berry Academy and College Radio Spots, 1974, #131; 11. Berry Academy and College Radio Spots, 1974, #130; 12. Berry Academy Radio Spots, Apr. 27, 1974, #140; 13. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #141; 14. Berry Academy and College Radio Spots, May 1974, #126; 15. "Comment" Radio Program, #62; 16. "Comment" Radio Program, #66; 17. "Comment" Radio Program on Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleavor, #129; 18. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #134; 19. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #135; 20. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #143; 21. Berry Academy Radio Spots, #144; 22. WLAQ News following Hammrick Hall fire
Mostly undigitized, but contains interviews with musicians such as Sun Ra, James Brown, and 12 reels collected by an attendee at the Woodstock music festival, among other recordings
Recordings entered for Peabody Awards consideration from 1940 to the present day. Programs come in all genres and are locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally produced.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Formats:
Disc (Commercial, Homemade, Transcription), Reel-to-reel, Audiocassette, Digital tape (DAT, DCC), CD, Digital file (.WAV), and Digital file (.MP3)
Extent:
19000 recordings
Repository/Collector:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection