Research archive gathered by Theodore S. Delay in support of his 1951 USC dissertation, "An Historical Study of the Armed Forces Radio Service to 1946." Consists largely of memoranda and reports of official U.S. Army origin and copies of AFRS "Playback Magazine." See online finding aid for detailed inventory. The period covered is 1944-1945 and the focus is on the Pacific theater of action.
Repository/Collector:
Archival Research Center: Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Southern California
Recordings of interviews, broadcasts, and call-in segments primarily created for the radio program Art of Jazz, produced and presented by Art Vincent, Jazz DJ and concert producer. The show aired on radio stations in the New York Metropolitan area, including WFHA, WJLK, WRLB, and WGBO. In addition to some live concert recordings, the show featured interviews with major figures in the jazz world.
Contains research material used by Wertheim in the writing of his book "Radio Comedy." Includes notes, photocopies of script pages, newspaper and magazine clippings and various drafts of his manuscript as well as 95 recordings of programs that he collected for his research.
Repository/Collector:
American Radio Archives, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation
Recording of a broadcast by Oscar Theodore Broneer relating to conditions in Greece at the end of World War II as recorded by NBC. In English and Greek.
Contains finished scripts, unproduced manuscripts, legal documents, correspondence and research materials, including undated radio scripts for The Treasury Star Parade, Camel Caravan, and The Camel Hour.
A privately held collection of 90,000 hours of programs, mostly on reel-to-reel tape. Although the collection includes all programming genres, it is particularly strong in music, especially jazz, blues, county and western, including Renfro Valley Barn Dance, Midwestern Hayride, Louisiana Hayride, Hollywood Barn Dance and Town Hall Party.
A privately held collection of approximately 26,000 programs with an emphasis on comedy and mystery. Highlights include AFRS programs such as Command Performance, Mail Call, G.I. Journal and Jubilee, The Lone Ranger, 1938-1948, news broadcasts, primarily from World War II, Fibber McGee and Molly, Our Miss Brooks, Phil Harris/Alice Faye, Philo Vance, Let George Do It and Boston Blackie.
Includes a complete run of the Texaco Star Theatre, 1935-1949, a large collection of AFRS programs from the 1960s, including AFRS versions of Gunsmoke, Walk Softly Peter Troy and Radio Novels, interviews with variety and radio artists conducted by Bob Dwan and miscellaneous other programs, including Behind the Story and Biography in Sound.