The Museum maintains a large audio collection of radio programs that can be listened to on site. Program holdings cannot be searched online but the research staff will respond to individual queries. The New York City location maintains the main archive. If a program is not available in the Beverly Hills site, a researcher can request that it be dubbed in New York and sent to California. See the Addendum for an additional collection dealing with broadcasts of boxing matches.
An extensive collection containing a diverse range of material about thousands of theatrical and musical personalities who appeared in New York City during the 18th-20th centuries. Collection covers both important and many lesser known personalities and includes personal correspondence, portrait engravings or lithographs, photographs, biographical data, clippings, articles, programs, playbills, original sheet music and sheet music covers. Also includes drawings, playscripts, scrapbooks, fan letters, manuscripts of biographies, sketches, texts of speeches and personal items. Check with Museum for specific personalities included in the collection.
Includes photographs of radio programs and personalities. Contact the Museum for information about specific programs or people included in the collection.