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National Broadcasting Company records, 1921-2000 (bulk 1930s-1960s)
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- Summary
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Records of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the nation's oldest broadcasting network, founded in 1926 as a radio programming service which went on to both radio and television broadcasting....
Records of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the nation's oldest broadcasting network, founded in 1926 as a radio programming service which went on to both radio and television broadcasting. Although incomplete at the highest levels, the collection offers representative coverage of operations in advertising, public relations, research, sales, and news and public affairs broadcasting from the 1930s through the 1950s. Included are correspondence, memoranda, reports, logs, scripts, promotional material and publications, scenic designs, photographs, a few production files, and a library of scripts and recordings; legal and financial records are scarce.
The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.
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- Format
- Mixed Materials; Microforms; Photos, Drawings, Prints; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Physical Details
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- 419.4 c.f. (282 boxes, 315 cartons and 7 oversize boxes)
- 3197 disc recordings, and
- 72 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus
- additions of 5.2 c.f
- 162 tape recordings
- disc recordings
- 695 photographs, and
- 14 negatives
- OCLC
- ocn173705045, ocn173692725
- Finding Aids
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- Register to the processed portion
- COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION PAPERS: Paper records may be photocopied for private study only; copying for publication or distribution and/or the publication of material from the NBC records requires the written permission of NBC.
- COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION RECORDINGS: Any copying of NBC audio materials requires the written permission of NBC.
- Some of the original disc recordings now are also available on tape.
- Presented by the National Broadcasting Company, New York, N.Y., 1958-1974.
Subjects
- Abrahams, Mort, 1916-2009.
- Ameche, Don.
- Ann, Doris.
- Arnold, Wade.
- Barry, Charles C., 1911-
- Brinkley, David.
- Brooks, William F., 1902-1975.
- Capstaff, Albert M.
- Cott, Ted.
- Culbertson, Dorothy.
- Dann, Mike, 1921-2016.
- Eiges, Sidney H., 1909-1985.
- Fineshriber, William H., Jr.
- Frank, Reuven, 1920-2006.
- Frankel, Eliot.
- Gaines, John M.
- Gitlin, Irving, -1967.
- Green, Gerald.
- Hedges, William S. (William Saxby) 1895-1978.
- Herbert, John K., 1903-
- Huntley, Chet, 1911-1974.
- McGee, Frank, 1921-1974.
- Madden, Edward D. 1906-
- Menser, Clarence N.
- Mills, Ted.
- Pinkham, Richard A. R. (Richard Alden Ray), 1914-1997.
- Royal, John F., 1886-1978.
- Shea, Hamilton, 1914-
- Smith, Carleton D.
- Stern, Bill, 1907-1971.
- Strotz, Sidney N.
- Taylor, Davidson.
- Trammell, Niles, 1894-1973.
- Weaver, Pat, 1908-2002.
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Radio Corporation of America.
- United States. Federal Communications Commission
- WMAQ (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
- WMAQ-TV (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
- WNBC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
- WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- America united (Radio program)
- American forum of the air (Radio program)
- Author meets the critics (Television program)
- Background (Television program)
- Big show (Radio program)
- Catholic hour (Radio program)
- Chet Huntley reporting (Television program)
- NBC Continental classroom (Television program)
- Emphasis (Radio program)
- Ford theatre (Radio program)
- Frank McGee report (Television program)
- From these roots (Television program)
- Frontiers of faith (Television program)
- Great Gildersleeve (Radio program)
- Great moments in history (Radio program)
- Great plays (Radio program)
- Home is what you make it (Radio program)
- Howdy Doody show (Television program)
- Huntley-Brinkley report (Television program)
- Jack Armstrong, all American boy (Radio program)
- Living (Radio program)
- Meet the press (Television program)
- Monitor (Radio program)
- My true story (Radio program)
- NBC university theatre (Radio program)
- Nation's future (Television program)
- News of the world (Radio program)
- News on the hour (Radio program)
- One man's family (Radio program)
- Open mind (Television program)
- Outlook (Television program)
- Pepper Young's family (Radio program)
- Producers' showcase (Television program)
- Today show (Television program)
- University of Chicago roundtable (Radio program)
- Wide, wide world (Television program)
- Words at war (Radio program)
- Your United Nations (Radio program)
- Advertising agencies.
- Broadcast advertising -- United States.
- Broadcast journalism -- United States.
- Broadcasting -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Broadcasting -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Censorship -- United States.
- Educational broadcasting -- United States.
- Foreign correspondents.
- Mass media -- Audiences.
- Mass media -- Law and legislation.
- Mass media and business -- United States.
- Mass media and children -- United States.
- Broadcasting -- Public relations.
- Radio broadcasting -- United States.
- Radio programs -- United States.
- Radio stations -- United States.
- Religious broadcasting -- United States.
- Television broadcasting -- United States.
- Television programs -- United States.
- Television -- Stage-setting and scenery.
- Television stations -- United States.
- Women in mass media.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists.