Contains radio scripts designed to sway public opinion during World War II and the post World War II era, including Our Secret Weapon with Rex Stout as the "lie detective" debunking Axis propaganda, Freedom House Forum and Pride and Prejudice, a forum for representatives of different races and religions to discuss issues of prejudice.
Repository/Collector:
Princeton University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections
Contains transcripts of Axis and Allied propaganda broadcasts monitored by the Listening Center staff from November, 1939 through May, 1941. Also includes subject and research files of the organization.
Papers covering an overview of the company's sponsorship of several programs, including When A Girl Marries, 1939-1941, The Prudential Family Hour, 1945-1948, The Prudential Family Hour of Stars, 1948-1950 and The Jack Berch Program, 1945-1950?. Also includes scripts of the company's commercials for the programs.
Consists of manuscripts of three plays and an introduction compiled by James Boyd. The scripts were written as American propaganda plays and presented over CBS in the spring of 1941. Includes Boyd's "One More Free Man" (final title) and a mimeographed copy of Orson Welles's "His Honor, the Mayor" (annotated, probably by Boyd). The third play, "Above Suspicion," is ascribed to Sherwood Anderson although the play was not completed at his death. Anderson's idea was developed by the company and the play was presented in tribute to him.
Repository/Collector:
Princeton University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections