Contains papers relating to the creation, broadcast and promotion of WGBH's programming and the development of related print and multimedia materials. The records also relate to the development of the LICBC and WGBH-FM/WGBH-TV and to some extent the development of public radio.
Repository/Collector:
Media Archives & Preservation Center, WGBH Education Foundation
Includes letters, mostly written by Benny to Frank Remley, the left-handed guitarist who played on the Benny radio shows. The letters are almost all comments on "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" articles.
Correspondence, published and unpublished writings, subject files, financial and legal records, biographical material, memorabilia and Brewster and Murrow family papers and photographs chiefly dating from 1929-1965. Of particular note are letters written by and to the Murrows while they were in Great Britain during World War II which reflect his work as director of European broadcasting for CBS, Inc. and her duties as executive director of the London Committee of Bundles for Britain, Inc.
Contains correspondence, manuscripts, including radio scripts, photographs, printed material, film reels, audio tapes, scrapbooks, professional material, printed material, financial material and research papers relating to his career as a producer.
Contains 8,000-9,000 audio recordings dating from the 1940s and print material including scrapbooks and biographical information about the artists. Collection is searchable via an in-house catalog. Note: Additional BSO recordings may be in the NBC Collection in the Library of Congress.
Includes audio tapes of programs on religion with Dr. Harold Scott from the Unitarian Society of Salt Lake City, UT. For more information see unpublished finding aid.
Includes programs, playbills and clippings for virtually every theater in Boston operating from the 1920s-1950s. May contain information about actors who also appeared on radio.
Contains production materials, poems, scrapbooks, 1936-1939, photographs with Hollywood celebrities, scripts by Rathbone and his wife, Ouida Bergere Rathbone, and correspondence.