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Subseries: Advisory Council Reports and Minutes: described in Part 6 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Subseries: Executives: described in Part 6 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Subseries: Public Relations
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Brooks, William F., Papers: described in Part 6 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Advertising: described in Part 6 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Continuity Acceptance
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Program Files, 1938-19612 boxes (1 foot, 5 inches) Files on programming decisions of the continuity acceptance department. The bulk of these files covers the mid-1940s through the mid-1950s and contains correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, reports, telegrams, scripts, press releases, and related material. For the most part, the files are comprised of carbons of outgoing correspondence and material received by Stockton Helffrich, director of continuity acceptance through most of the 1940s and 1950s. There is also a significant amount of material from department personnel who preceded Helffrich. Documented in the program files are decisions on the broadcast acceptability of more than one hundred radio and television programs. Of special concern was the treatment of sensitive subjects and the use of profane, suggestive, or derogatory language and actions. The files also document concern for proper conduct of quiz shows and contests, scheduling of appropriate commercials, and avoidance of “product plugs” on live programming. The files for soap operas and other dramatic productions reveal a conscious support of traditional mores and values. All programs listed are not equally documented, but the more substantial files include scripts and departmental reports. Programs which received adverse public reaction often have clippings and copies of audience mail. For television shows filmed in Hollywood, there are copies of reports on difficulties with shooting scripts or kinescope previews, as well as considerable correspondence between Helffrich and Hollywood personnel. The files have been arranged into one alphabetical sequence by program titles, with those programs which are sparsely represented segregated into a miscellaneous category. Among the NBC executives well represented in the program files are Wade Arnold, Kenneth Bilby, William F. Brooks, William Hedges, John K. Herbert, Joseph V. McConnell, William Burke Miller, Carleton D. Smith, and Sidney Strotz.
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Abbott and Costello, 1952-1955
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Adelaide Hawley Show, 1944-1955
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Anybody Home, 1952
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Aunt Mary, 1948-1950
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Baby Snooks, 1949-1950, 1955
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Baron and the Bee, The, 1953
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Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, 1952-1954
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Bat Masterson, 1961
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Big Show, 1950-1952
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Boomerang, 1948
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Breakfast at Baurs, (script 1943 June 9 and 12), 1948-1949
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Broadway Spotlight, 1949
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Call the Police, 1947-1948
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Calling All Cowboys, 1950
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Chicago Roundtable, 1948-1949
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Continental, The 1951-1952, 1956-1957
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Crisis, 1949
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Curtain Time, 1947-1949
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Date With Judy, A, 1947-1948
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Dimension X, 1950-1951 : Includes script: June 17, 1950, “Zero Hour” and There Will Come Soft Rains,” adapted by George Lefferts
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Dr. I.Q., 1942, 1947-1948
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Dr. Paul, 1948-1950, 1952
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Dr. Polgar, 1949-1950, 1953
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Doctors Anonymous, 1951
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Doctor's Orders, 1948
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Door With No Name, The, 1951
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Easy Does It, 1949-1950
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Everyman's Story, 1948-1949 : Includes script: 1948 December 26, #12, “With Trembling Hands,” by Howard Rodman
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Fearless Fosdick, 1952
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Get More Out of Life, 1949
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Hank McCune Show, 1950
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Harvest of Stars, 1947-1949
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Henry Morgan Show, 1949-1950 (contains script #5, April 10, 1949)
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Here Is Tomorrow, 1942-1943
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Highlights of the Bible, 1948-1949
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Hollywood Star Theater, 1947-1950, 1954
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I Want A Divorce, 1940
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I'd Like To See, 1948-1949
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I'd Rather Be Right, 1940
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Invisible Microphone, 1949 (contains script for May 27, 1949)
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It's Sewing Time, 1949
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Jack Lait-Confidential, 1950
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Jack Pearl Show, 1948
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Judy Canova Show, 1947-1948, 1950-1953
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Judy Splinter's Show, 1950
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Katie's Daughter, 1947-1948
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Kay Kayser Show, 1947-1950
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Lambs Gambol, The, 1949 (script for February 27, 1949)
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Leave It To The Girls, 1949-1951
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Let's Ask Mom, 1947 (script for March 1, 1947)
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Light of the World, 1947-1950
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Lora Lawton, 1947-1950 : Includes script: January 6, 1950, #1725, by Helen Walpole for Frank and Anne Hummert
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Ma Perkins, 1946-1949
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Maggie McNellis Show, 1944, 1946
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round, 1943-1947
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Manor House Party, 1947 (script for June 2, 1947, by Bill Sweeney)
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Mary Kay and Johnnie, 1948-1949
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Masquerade Party, 1952, 1957-1960
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Matinee Theater, 1955-1959 : Includes two scripts:1956, April 2, “Singer in the Valley,” by Dorothy R. Steward, adapted Helen Hanff; and
undated, “The Prophet Hosea,” by Marjorie D. Adler
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Meet the Expert, 1949 (script for May 6, 1949)
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Menosha the Magnificent, 1950
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Metropolitan Opera, 1951
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Mind Your Manners, 1948-1950
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Miscellaneous, 1938-1960
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Modern Farmer, The, 1945
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Molle Mystery Theater, 1943-1948
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Musical Merry-Go-Round, 1951
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My Good Wife, 1949
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My Mother's Husband, 1950
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My Silent Partner, 1949
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NBC Comics, 1950-1951
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NBC Salute to Veterans, 1948
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News from Belgium, 1942
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News Quiz, 1950
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Norman Brokenshire Show, 1948-1950
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Old Gold Amateur Hour, 1950
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Opera Once Over Lightly, 1952-1953
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Pass the Buck, 1945
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Portia Faces Life, 1943, 1947-1950
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Radio City Playhouse, 1948-1949
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Ranger Joe, 1947-1950
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Road of Life, 1947-1948, 1950-1951, 1954
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R.F.D. America, 1948-1949 (script for June 6, 1948)
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Scott Music Hall, 1952-1953
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Secret Echelon 9, 1951
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Short Story Theater, 1951-1952 : March 21, 1952, #16, “How Beautiful with Shoes,” by Wilbur Daniel Steele, Adapted by Earl Hamner
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Smilin' Ed McConnell, 1949-1951
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Song Is Born, A, 1944
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Sound Off, 1952
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Sports Newsreel of the Air, 1947-1948, 1950
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Standard Hour, 1951 (script for January 28, 1951)
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Stars In Khaki and Blue, 1952 (script for April 6, 1952, by Bob Condon)
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Stars Over Hollywood, 1950-1951
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Stop Me If You've Heard This One, 1948
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Stories by Olmstead, 1948
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Straw Hat Matinee, 1951
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Swap Night, 1948
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Take It or Leave It, 1948-1950
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Teentimers Club, 1945-1947
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Television Detective, 1949
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Tello-Test, 1944, 1947
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Texas Rangers, 1950-1952
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Theater of the Mind, 1949
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Theatre Royal, 1953-1954
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This Is Nora Drake, 1947-1949
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Those Two, 1951-1953
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Tobe's Topics, 1945 (script for September 1945)
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Today's Children, 1946, 1948-1949
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Treasury Men In Action, 1951-1954
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Triple B Ranch, 1947, 1949 (script for March 1, 1947)
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Twenty Questions, 1949
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Vacation Wonderlands, 1951
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WNBC Stamp Club, 1948-1949
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WNBT Panel Discussions, 1954
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Wanted, 1950
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Warren Hull Show, 1949-1950 (script for January 24, 1950)
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We Love and Learn, 1948-1950
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Welcome Travelers, 1948-1951, 1953-1954
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When A Girl Marries, 1947-1951
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White Hunter, 1951-1952
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World's Great Novels, 1947-1948
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You Are An Artist, 1949-1950
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Your Prize Story, 1952
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Your Radio Reporter, 1947-1948 (script #218 for October 4, 1947)
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Your Show Time, 1948-1949
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CART Reports, 1951-19601 box (2 inches) Reports sent to department personnel, radio and television program personnel, and owned-and-operated stations. Written by Stockton Helffrich, director of the continuity acceptance department, these mimeographed monthly reports are chatty, reflective, and designed to inform subscribers about NBC decisions and policies. Often as much as six pages in length, the reports include summaries and examples of audience complaints, refer to newspaper and magazine columnists' program reviews, cite changing social views and attitudes, and remark on the activities the National Association of Broadcasters, NBC's affiliates, and other broadcasting groups. Throughout, Helffrich examined the nature and role of broadcast censorship and its relationship to decisions on programs containing profanity, questionable amounts of sex and violence, certain portrayals of racial and ethnic groups, misleading or false commercials, and related topics. Many of the reports mention specific programs which provoked audience and/or journalistic comment; others contain examples of segments cut from NBC scripts. Arranged chronologically, the CART reports are complete for the years 1954 through 1959. For 1951, 1953, and 1960 there is only one monthly report per year; there are no reports for 1952. Use of these records requires the permission of the Director of the State Historical Society.
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CART Reports, 1951-1960
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Press and Publicity
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Brown, Milton. Papers, 1956 2 boxes (7 inches) : Papers of a manager of program publicity. Operating within the press department, program publicity was responsible for generating and coordinating routine promotion of NBC broadcasts by supplying background information and story ideas to the network, affiliated stations, and the print media. Divided into two alphabetically-arranged groups, CORRESPONDENCE and SUBJECT FILES, the collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, biographical sketches of entertainers, production information, plans, reports, publicity releases, fact sheets, Trendex ratings, and other material relating to daily operations. Documentation is present for a wide variety of NBC productions, including The Dinah Shore Show, Meet the Press, Modern Romances, and several quiz and audience participation programs. In sum, the papers illustrate the cooperation between the network and the print media in creating television coverage. Kenneth Bilby, Sidney H. Eiges, Michael Horton, Ellis Moore, and Al Rylander are all represented in Brown's files.
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Correspondence Files
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Regarding St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Irving Berlin (special to Journal American)
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Eiges, Sidney H. (1909-). Papers, 1946-195823 boxes (22 feet, 3 inches) Papers of a vice president for press and publicity who joined NBC as a press department writer in 1941. Included are correspondence, clippings, memos, logs, reports, speeches, minutes, financial records, press releases, drafts, photographs, and related material. First divided chronologically by year, the papers are then arranged as subject and department files. Taken together, the papers clearly reflect Eiges' responsibility for institutional and program publicity. Though much of the material is routine, there are some important files, especially those concerning reports; promotional campaigns; and press department coordination between New York, Chicago, and Hollywood. Especially noteworthy are the files on the development of the exploitation unit under Al Rylander. There is also significant material regarding such programs as “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” which was aired by NBC Opera Theatre; Medic; Fibber McGee and Molly; The Big Show; Victory at Sea; Howdy Doody; and the three major talk shows - Today, Home, and Tonight. Prominent entertainers mentioned in Eiges' files include Fred Allen, Steven Allen, Dinah Shore, and Arturo Toscanini; prominent correspondents are listed in an index which is at the end of this part of the finding aid. Throughout, there is noteworthy documentation of Eiges' relations with advertising agencies, newspapers, magazines, and affiliated radio and television stations. For most years, the files concern awards, ratings, the Public Relations Society of America, the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcaster, and Eiges' Columbia University course on radio and television publicity. Interesting and substantive files also relate to color television “spectaculars,” the Army-McCarthy hearings, and NBC's relations with the black community, particularly as they regarded employment policies. Because Eiges reported to the vice-president for public relations, there is a good deal of memoranda exchanged with the two men who held that position during the years documented here, William F. Brooks and Kenneth Bilby. In addition there is a considerable amount of correspondence, speeches, articles, and related public announcements by NBC executives sent to the press department for editing and approval. Among the more significant executive files are those for Charles Denny, Edward Madden, John F. Royal, David Sarnoff, Robert W. Sarnoff, Niles Trammell, and Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. There are two scripts in Eiges' files: the first part of The Quick and the Dead (box 161, folder 5) and an August 15, 1954, broadcast of American Forum of the Air entitled “McCarthy: A Force for Good of Evil?” (box 165, folder 40). A Selected Correspondent index is at the end of this part of the finding aid.
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NBC Code
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Sigma Delta Chi
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Thomas Knode
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Logs
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Photo
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New York Staff
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Press Department monthly reports
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Program Ideas
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Jack Benny
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Arturo Toscanini
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Chicago
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Foreign
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WNBC
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Blatz Beer
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Empire State
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General
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Look
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Military
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NBC Code
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Press Kit
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Charles R. Denny
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Ernest de la Ossa
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Joseph Dine
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Charles Hammond
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Horton Heath
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Harry Kopf
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James Miller
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Interdepartmental correspondence
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Management committee
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New York staff
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Photo log
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Fibber McGee and Molly
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Bob Hope tour
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Dennis Day tour
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Research
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Chicago
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Foreign
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Stations Planning and Advisory Committee
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Advertising agencies
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American Civil Liberties Union
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Joseph V. Baker Associates (race relations)
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Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Columbia University
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Sidney Eiges (personal correspondence)
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30-31
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Federal Communications Commission
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Sister Kenny Foundation
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Military
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National Conference of Christians and Jews
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Public Relations Society of Aermica
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Television
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General
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Color TV
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United Nations campaign by NBC
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Center Theatre
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Ed Wynn
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The Kate Smith Show
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The Quick and the Dead
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Saturday Night Review (Jack Carter Show and Your Show of Shows)
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Stations and Press Department Offices
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Chicago
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General
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20
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Welcome Travelers
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Foreign
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Hollywood
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Stations Planning and Advisory Committee
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Subject Files
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27
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Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
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Advertising agencies
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Joseph V. Baker Associates (race relations)
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Carl Byoir Associates
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Bulova Time Signal (CBS)
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Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
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Color TV
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Federal Communications Commission
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Michael Awards
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Military
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NBC Code
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National Collegiate Athletic Association luncheon
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Public Relations Society of America
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Strictly Sustaining (NBC publication)
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11
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Charles Denny
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NBC management
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Public Relations Society of America
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TV's Effects on Children
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“The Campaign Comes to Eighteen Million Whistle Stops” (RCA advertisement)
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Year End Reports
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
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Creative Program Conference, Greenbriar, Virginia
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National Association of Radio and TV Broadcasters, Information Committee
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NBC Radio Affiliates Meeting, Chicago
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Race Relations
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General
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32
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Charles Barry
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Charles Denny
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39-40
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41
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I Beheld the Glory
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Industry on Parade
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Robert Montgomery Presents
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Talent Usage Report
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Victory at Sea (exploitation manual)
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Chicago
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Foreign
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San Francisco
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Washington, D.C.
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WHAM-TV, Rochester, New York
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WKY-TV, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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1954
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Subject Files
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Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
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11
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Advertising agencies
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12
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Air Force radios
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American Association of Advertising Agencies (regarding color TV)
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14
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Awards
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Boosters
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Carl Byoir Associates
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18
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Canadian Football
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19
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Cigarette broadcasts
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Crime and Violence (TV study by Jack Mabley, Chicago Daily News)
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Tom Duggan (sportscaster fired by NBC)
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23
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Editorializing
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24
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Effects of TV on Children
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Election
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Federal Communications Commission
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George Washington Bridge Billboards
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28
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Joint Defense Appeal
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29
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Victor Lasky
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30
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Laxative advertising
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31-32
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Magazines
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33-34
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Joseph McCarthy (Army hearings)
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35
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Microphones for Dwight Eisenhower
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36
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Military TV
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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National Association of Radio and TV Broadcasters
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Box
165
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43
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General
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Box
165
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44
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TV Committee
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Box
165
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45
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Peabody Awards
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Box
165
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46
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Political Broadcast Procedures
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Public Relations
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Box
165
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47
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NBC Public Relations Committee
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Box
165
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48
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NBC publicity schedules
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Box
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49-50
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NBC Plan
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Public Relations Society of America
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Box
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51
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General
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52
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Seminar
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53
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Frank Quattrocchi (Hollywood Press Department)
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Race Relations
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54
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Coordinating Council for Negro Performers
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Committee for Racial Equality
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Integration without Identification (NBC employment policy)
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Negro Performers
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58
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Press clippings
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59
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Negro Public Relations
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60
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Radio Rate Reduction
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61
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Radio and TV Directors Guild (strike)
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Radio and TV Executives Society
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166
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2
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Radio and TV newspaper listings
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Radio Corporation of America
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166
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General
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Advertising and Publicity Committee
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8
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Annual Reports
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9
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Ratings
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Reader's Digest articles
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Box
166
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10
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Regarding David Sarnoff and color TV
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11
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Regarding children's programs
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Box
166
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12
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Religious broadcasts
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166
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13
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Subversives (1953-1954)
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Television
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Box
166
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14
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Citizens Group on TV
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166
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15
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Color Spectaculars
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Box
166
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16
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Color TV
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17
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TV production rate manual
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166
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18
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TV set network data
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166
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19
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TV Affiliates Executive Committee
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166
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20
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TV Affiliate meeting
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Box
166
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21
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Time Franchise Situation (regarding program scheduling)
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166
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22
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UHF conversion campaign, Norfolk, Virginia
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23
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Veterans Hospital Radio Guild
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Department Files
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Box
166
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24
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Advisory Reports from the newsroom
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Box
166
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25
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Budget
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166
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26
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Confidential
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166
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27
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Continuity Acceptance Reports
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Box
166
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28-33
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Daily correspondence (carbons)
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Executives and other personnel
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Box
166
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34
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David Adams
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Box
166
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35-36
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Kenneth Bilby
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166
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37
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John Clifford
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38
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Richard Connelly
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39
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Ernest de la Ossa
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40
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Charles Denny
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41
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William Fineschriber
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42
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Joseph Heffernan
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166
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43
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Mannie Sacks
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166
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44
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Cornelius Sullivan
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166
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45-46
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David Sarnoff
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Box
166
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47-49
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Robert Sarnoff
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Box
167
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1-3
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Sylvester Weaver
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Box
167
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4
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Exploitation
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167
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5-6
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Hollywood Press Department
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7
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Information Department
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Intercompany memos, A-Z
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Logs
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Box
167
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12-13
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Correspondence
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Box
167
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14
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Photos
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Box
167
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15
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Magazine report
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167
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16-17
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Management staff meetings
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167
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18
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Organization and Vice President memos
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Box
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19
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Owned and Operated station publicity operations
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Press Departments
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Box
167
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20
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Cost reductions
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Box
167
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21-22
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Memos
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Box
167
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23
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“Twelve Points”
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167
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24
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Press relations campaign for sales
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167
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25
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Weekly reports
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Programs and entertainers
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Box
167
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26
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
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Box
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27
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Sid Caesar tour
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Box
167
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28
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Emperor Jones
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Box
167
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29
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Facts Forum (radio series by H.L. Hunt)
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Box
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30
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Jackie Robinson
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Box
167
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31
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Theodore Granik
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167
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32
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Inheritance
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Box
167
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33
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Justice
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Medic
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Box
167
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34
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General
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Box
167
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35
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Memos
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Box
167
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36
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Press Releases
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Box
167
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37
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Publicity and promotional material
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167
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38
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Showings and station line-ups
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Box
167
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39
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Studies
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Box
167
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40
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J. Fred Muggs Round the World Junket
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Box
168
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1
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Program sneak previews for tours
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Box
168
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2
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Publicity plans
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Box
168
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3
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Strike It Rich
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Box
168
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4
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NBC Symphony
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Box
168
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5
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Talent Usage
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Box
168
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6
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Today,
Home,
Tonight
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Victory at Sea
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168
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8
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Voice of Firestone
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168
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9
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Releases
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Box
168
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10
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Responsibility Reports
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Stations and Press Department Offices
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Box
168
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11
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Chicago
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Box
168
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12
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Foreign
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Hollywood
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Box
168
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13-15
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General
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Box
168
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16
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Rose Bowl Parade
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168
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17
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Washington, D.C.
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1955
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Subject Files
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Box
168
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18
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Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
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Box
168
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19
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Advertising agencies
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Box
168
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20
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Affiliates
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Box
168
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21
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American Catholic Association
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Box
168
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22
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American Legion (Onondaga, New York)
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Awards
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Box
168
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23
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Homemaker
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Box
168
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24
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Sylvania
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168
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25
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Miscellaneous
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168
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26
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Beer and wine advertisements
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Box
168
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27
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Bernay's survey (regarding allocation of channels for educational TV)
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Box
168
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28
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Brooklyn studios
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Box
168
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29
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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168
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30
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Children's programs
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168
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31
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Box
168
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32
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Columbia University
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168
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33
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Enlightenment (regarding children's programs)
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168
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34-35
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Federal Communications Commission
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168
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36
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Fort Wayne Study (regarding TV)
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Box
168
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37
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Robert Goldenson (psychology professor, Hunter College)
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168
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38
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Victor Lasky
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Box
168
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39
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Lists
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Box
168
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40-41
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Magazines
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168
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42
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Mayor's TV Committee
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43-48
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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National Association of Radio and TV Broadcasters
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168
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49
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General
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50
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TV Information Committee
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168
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51
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National Radio and TV Week
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169
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1
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Negro Public Relations
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169
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2-4
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Newspapers, A-Z
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169
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5
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News stories
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6
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NORR Newsletter
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Pay As You Go TV
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8
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PIB Billings
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169
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Plotkin Questionnaire
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169
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10
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Political conventions
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169
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11
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Premier Day
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12
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Public Relations News
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169
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13
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Public Relations Seminar
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14
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Public Relations Society of America
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Radio Corporation of America
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169
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15-17
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General
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18
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Advertising and publicity
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19
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Annual Report
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20
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Color TV
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169
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21
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TV Promotion
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169
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22
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Radio and TV Executives
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169
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23-24
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Ratings
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169
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25
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Reviews and Interviews
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169
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26
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Showplane (tour of cities by NBC stars)
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Box
169
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27
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Sigma Delta Chi
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169
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28
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Speeches
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169
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29
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Benjamin Spock
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169
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30
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Stations, A-Z
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Television
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169
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31
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Chicago color TV (confidential)
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169
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32
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Color City (NBC study)
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33
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Color Spectaculars
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34
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Color TV
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35
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Spectaculars
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36
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TV pitchment (unethical advertising)
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169
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37-38
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Sets
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39
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Time (magazine)
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169
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40
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UHF
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41
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Union contract
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169
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42
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World Series
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Department Files
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169
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43-44
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Budget
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Daily Correspondence (carbons)
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169
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45-46
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170
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1-4
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170
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5-8
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General
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9-12
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Kenneth Bilby
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13-15
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Al Rylander
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16
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David Sarnoff
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17
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Pat and Bob
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18-19
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Robert Sarnoff
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20
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Sylvester Weaver
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Exploitation
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21
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Bulletins
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22
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Correspondence
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23
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Reports
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24
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Optional Station Plan
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Photo Log
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Press Department
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171
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General
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171
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6
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Releases
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Programs and entertainers
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171
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Alice In Wonderland
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8
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Steve Allen
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Perry Como Show
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171
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10
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Emperor Jones
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11
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Fall Program Schedule
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12
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The Four Poster
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13
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Theodore Granik
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171
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14
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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15
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Dr. Frances Horwich
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16
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Jeannie Carson tour
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The King and Mrs. Candle
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Martin and Lewis closed circuit viewing
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Medic
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20
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Monitor
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21
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Nightmare in Red
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171
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Pinky Lee-Howdy Doody
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24
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$64,000 Question
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171
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25
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Summer Schedule
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171
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26
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Today,
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27
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Tomorrow
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28
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Tosca
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171
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Weekday
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31
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Wide, Wide World
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171
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32
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Publicity schedules
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171
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33-34
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Responsibility Reports
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171
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35-37
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Sales Department meetings
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Stations and Press Department Offices
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171
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38
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Chicago
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171
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39
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Foreign
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171
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40-43
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Hollywood
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44
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San Francisco
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45
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Washington, D.C.
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171
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46
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WBUF, Buffalo, New York
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172
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1
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Year End Review
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1956
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Subject Files
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Box
172
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2-4
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Academy of TV Arts and Sciences
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172
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5
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Advertising agencies
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172
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6
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Advertising Checking Bureau Inc.
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Affiliates meeting
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172
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American Jewish Committee
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9
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Atlanta (Georgia) newspapers
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Awards
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Box
172
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10
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Look
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Horton, Michael. Papers, 1953-1958 1 box (1 foot) : Papers of a director of information, 1953-1958, which document responsibility for information and publicity. The files include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and other material. Much of this relates to programming and color television, presentations for award competitions, speeches and articles by NBC executives, preparation and editing of press releases, evaluation and response to audience mail, and preparation of various NBC publications. The files reflect Horton's close cooperation with his immediate supervisor, Sidney H. Eiges, and with Kenneth Bilby and Stockton Helffrich.
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Moore, Ellis. Papers, 1956 1 box : Papers of a director of press, consisting of correspondence, memoranda, publicity campaign plans and proposals, reports, press releases, speeches, and other material. Arranged alphabetically by subject, the papers concern routine operations of the department and press-released activities in other departments. In addition to Sidney H. Eiges, Moore's superviso, Kenneth Bilby, Milton Brown, Robert W. Sarnoff, Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., and other prominent NBC figures are represented.
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Coffin, Thomas E. Papers, 1948-19523 boxes Papers of an NBC supervisor of television program research who was primarily responsible for pioneering studies of television sales effectiveness. The studies were conducted in the New York metropolitan area by NBC in cooperation with Hofstra College in 1949 and 1951, and they point out the advertising superiority of television. Coffin began work on these studies while head of the Psychology Department of Hofstra College. In 1949 he joined NBC as a research associate, shortly thereafter becoming television research supervisor. Some of the files pre-date his employment at NBC and contain material which originated in the files of other NBC executives such as Hugh M. Beville, Edward England, Jack Landis, and William Reynolds. For the most part, these papers represent the working papers of the project. Probably the most interesting material is found in the correspondence, which contains exchanges between project participants regarding the scope and methods of the Hofstra studies. Throughout there are correspondence, memos, statistical data, drafts, reports, notes, questionnaires, and related material. There is also commentary for promotional slide shows. In addition to the two major NBC-Hofstra studies, the papers also document a study of summer television viewing, 1951, and miscellaneous radio and television studies by NBC and other research groups, 1948-1951. Among the miscellaneous studies are several of note: a Hofstra College project which measured the effects of television on family life, NBC-sponsored studies on audience reaction to Abbott and Costello and Fearless Fosdick, radio sales effectiveness, radio news listening in television homes during the Korean War, and length of television commercials, the effect of television on sports, and the reaction to large-screen theatre showings of Camel News Caravan.
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Markets and Media Files, 1947-1957 2 boxes (10 inches) : Integrated files of the markets and media division of research and planning. The bulk of the files pertain to the period 1955-1957, though there is a significant amount of material dating from as early as 1947. The files are arranged as one alphabetical group and, though carbons of outgoing letters and memos predominate, there are also bulletins, reports, studies, financial data, notes, and related material. For the most part the files document the activities of Allen B. Cooper, manager of the markets and media division; there is also a significant amount of material for Bernard Lipsky, supervisor of marketing (later advertising) and of Hugh M. Beville, director of research and planning. The files reveal quite well the division's responsibilities for studies of broadcast audiences and for reports on prospective sponsors prepared for use by other NBC departments and divisions. A substantial number of the files also pertain to studies of advertising in the print and broadcast media which NBC produced to convince sponsors of the value of broadcast advertising. There are reports throughout from the market research firm of Daniel Starch and Staff. Among the most prominent NBC executives represented in these files are Syd Eiges, Richard Pinkham, and Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. Oversized material from this section may be found in Box 563, Folders 5-7.
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Reports and Studies, 1948-19673 boxes (2 feet, 5 inches) Reports and studies divided into two groups: independent research organizations and NBC's research and planning department. Most of the reports and studies concern the effectiveness of television as an advertising medium, the impact of color, and the appeal of individual programs; a few scattered items pertain to radio. The reports and studies done by independent organizations are arranged alphabetically by name. About three-fourths of the reports and studies were produced by Advertest Research Inc. Located here is an almost complete set of monthly reports, The Television Audience Today; the “Colortown Study” on the development and impact of color television; and the “Media Effectiveness study conducted for the Automotive Industry.” Based on personal interviews in the New York area, each of Advertest's Television Audience of Today reports covers a particular topic in depth. Examples include television vs. radio; product usage in television homes, and weekend viewing habits. Several of the reports are annotated or contain memoranda by NBC personnel. Three organizations -- Jerome Barnum Associates, Allan C. Russell Research, and Schwerin Research -- produced reports and studies on the appeal of selected programs and pilots including Caesar's Hour, Howdy Doody, and Pinky Lee. Reports relating to automobile advertising and purchasing can be found under Qualitative Research Inc. and William H. Weintraub & Company Noteworthy among the NBC Research Department reports is “Why Sales Come in Curves.”
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Product Usage in TV Homes and the Advertising Effectiveness of TV, March
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TV vs. Radio - Three Year Comparison, November
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Situation Comedy Programs on TV, November
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Radio Listening Habits, November
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Four Program TV Ratings, April 1958
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A Profile of Set Owners, 1958
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Media Effectiveness Study for the Automotive Industry
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Final Report, 1958
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Highlight Summary, 1957
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Advertising's Role in Automotive Selling - Supplementary data, 1957
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Special Analysis for Chevrolet, 1958
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Special Report on the Summer Chevy Show, 1958
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American Research Bureau
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The National Color Television Audience, 1965
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Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, 1957
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Impact, 1956
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Tales of Wells Fargo, 1957
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Network Program Promos, 1961
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On-the Air Deviation Reports, 1961
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Advertising Effectiveness of Prudential Insurance on Huntley-Brinkley, 1967, and a special broadcast, 1960
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Daytime Rendezvous with Women who Buy, 1959
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The Power of Actuality Specials: The Death of Stalin, 1963
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Television Opinion and Preference Survey Among Members of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives, 1961
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Management Study of the U. S. Congress
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Company Knowledge Among Men Car Owners, 1958
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Report on Pittsburgh Radio Stations
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Influence of the Network on Daytime Serial Viewing, 1955
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Color Tuning Study, 1957
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Children's Television Survey, 1955
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Television Survey: A Study of Effectiveness, 1955
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Why Sales Come in Curves, 1952
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Rumple, Barry T. Memoranda, 1941-1945 1 box (5 inches) : Memoranda prepared by a manager of research which summarize monthly and semi-monthly reports produced by the research firms of C. E. Hooper Inc., and the Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting, 1941-1945. The memos are bound in three volumes; three volumes summarize Hooper and CAB reports on commercial and sustaining programs aired over NBC and the other major networks and the remaining volume concerns Hooper reports on NBC sustaining programs, 1941-1943. There is some duplication here of information in the other three volumes. Information supplied varies somewhat between Hooper and CAB reports, but all reports include data on current program ratings, previous ranking, and points change. The fifty leading commercial programs are listed in rating order. Often included, especially for the Hooper reports, are data on the audiences for limited network and regional programs, five-minute broadcasts (usually news), special events, and programs broadcast after 10:30 EST. Reports on sustaining programs often indicate the air time and frequency per week of programs reported.
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War Reports, 1941-1945 1 box (5 inches) : Reports on war-related programs and announcements broadcast by NBC, December 1941 through July 1945 and compiled by the program analysis division of the department. The reports identify NBC broadcasts by type (governmental announcements and programs, programs supported by outside organizations, and NBC's own commercial and sustaining programming). Typical of these broadcasts are recruiting announcements, war bond drives, presidential addresses, military band programs, and a great number of commercial and sustaining programs which treated war-related themes. For each broadcast there is information on its time, length, and broadcasting regularity. There is also significant program information, summarizing major themes and listing prominent performers. The reports are semi-monthly through 1942 and monthly thereafter. Prior to May 1943 they contain separate broadcast data for station WEAF.
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Files, 1950-1951, 1956, 1960 1 box (5 inches) : Integrated files from the offices of several members of NBC's station relations department, consisting of memos, reports, bulletins, minutes, correspondence, clippings, and related material. The files are divided by media and deal chiefly with the reception of NBC programs by affiliates and with FCC actions regarding affiliates. The folder on Monitor is particularly noteworthy because it contains a report on that program conducted by the Bureau of Applied Social Research of Columbia University. : More extensive office files for this period may be found in the collection presented to the Society by Harry R. Bannister.
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Color TV Status Reports
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Executive Committee Meetings
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Federal Communications Commission
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General
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Composite Report
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Actions on NBC affiliates
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Miscellaneous TV programs
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NBC Opera Company
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Owned and Operated Stations
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Station Managers Contact Lists
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Woolley, Easton C. Papers, 1940-1951 6 boxes (4 cubic feet) : Papers of a director of radio station relations, together with some papers related to several predecessors and one successor. Included are memos, surveys, reports, bulletins, minutes, correspondence, clippings and related materials. The files are divided into SUBJECT and GENERAL FILES, with a separate subjection on the STATION PLANNING AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The papers represent the ongoing relationship between NBC and its affiliated stations. Some of the more extensive areas of documentation include planning, research, traffic, and rates. In addition, special files deal with compensation of stations, the FCC, network policies and “Red Tab” sales policy memos. Most notable are the research files documenting the setting of rates in competition with CBS. There are also extensive files of the traffic between NBC and the various affiliates. Some notable files deal with the reclassification of employees during the war to avoid the draft, a report on the vulnerability of affiliates, Interim Conelrad (the procedure initiated in case of enemy air attack in the early 1950s), a brief history of affiliated stations (1942-1945), and a supervisory inventory containing comments and suggestions from station employees and work ratings. There are also extensive files on the Station Planning and Advisory Committee which appeared to have acted as a sounding board for affiliates to the network as well as a regular vehicle for the network to share information with affiliates.
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Activities reports, 1943-1949
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Budget, 1949
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Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 1945-1947
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1944-1946
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Canadian Radio-Listening Trends, 1942
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Clear Channel, 1947
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Crime and mystery programs, 1947-1948
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Bannister, Harry, 1947
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Blue Network Inc. (regarding Separation), undated
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Denny, Charles R., 1950
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Federal Communications network regulations, 1940-1947
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Hiatus Plan, 1948
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History of network affiliated stations, 1942-1945
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McConnell, Joseph V., 1950
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Miscellany, 1949-1950
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Notices and bulletins, 1949-1950
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Pacific Coast Time, 1944-1945
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Plan for radio network rate reductions, 1951
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Plans, 1942
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Rate Committee, 1946-1949
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Rate increase study, 1945
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Rate studies
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1943
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1945
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1951
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Nighttime rate analysis, 1951
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Pacific Coast stations, 1951
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Network option time, 1949
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Night, 1947
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Plan # 2 Night, 1945
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Rates, 1946-1951
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Rates-Miscellaneous, 1947-1949
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Research
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General, 1943-1950
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Analysis of network operations, 1947
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Analysis of proposed discount revision and extension of premium time, 1946
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Communications Division, 1948
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Recommendation on “Closed Circuit” communications, 1949
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Selective Service, 1942-1948
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Speeches, 1946-1948
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Station changes, 1944-1948
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Station contact file, 1948-1949
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Suggestion system, 1947
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Supervisory Inventory, 1948
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Telegrams, 1949
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Telephones, 1948-1949
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Television Survey-Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1948
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Tip Service, 1949-1950
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Toeppen Report, 1949
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Trade Marks, 1946
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Traffic Department
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Activities, 1948-1949
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Book wires (Commercial), 1947-1949, 1951
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Communications, 1945-1949
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Duplication, 1946-1947
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Operations, 1943-1948
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Personnel, 1945-1949
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Reports, 1950
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Trammell, Niles, 1945-1948
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U.S. Steel, 1950
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WHO contract meeting, 1950
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Woolley, Easton C.-Book wires, 1950
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Subject Files
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Affiliation refusals, 1947-1950
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575
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Affiliates meeting, 1950
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575
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American Federation of Musicians, 1947-1951
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American Federation of Radio Artists, 1948-1949
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Atlantis, 1951-1952
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Broadcast Measurement Bureau, 1946-1952
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Chime Breaks, 1951
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Closed circuit talks, 1949-1950
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Compensation sheets, 1950-1951
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575
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Compensation to stations, 1949
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575
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Comparative report on current and proposed contract, 1949
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575
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Contract analysis, 1941-1950
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575
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Cut-In announcement rates, 1939-1950
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575
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Dual affiliation, 1949-1950
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Facility changes, 1940-1949
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Frequency Modulation, 1943-1950
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Interim Conelrad, 1951-1952
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Labor-General, 1949-1950
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Management-General, 1952
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Miscellany, 1943-1952
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M & O station maps, 1947
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NABET, 1945-1949
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National Association of Broadcasters, 1942-1949
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Program policies, 1943-1951
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Network maps, 1947
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Network studies, 1947-1951
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Nielsen radio index, 1949-1952
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Political policy, 1948
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Program Board meetings, 1952
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Proposed changes in programs, undated
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Public service report, 1948-1952
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RCA, 1945-1952
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Radio Writers Guild, 1947-1948
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Rates (Network comparisons), 1947
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Red Tab Memos, 1946-1949
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575
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Vulnerability of NBC affiliates, 1949-1950
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Station Planning and Advisory Committee
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576
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Minutes of meetings, 1942-1951
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576
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Elections, 1948-1949
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576
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General correspondence
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576
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1948-1950
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577
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1941-1947
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577
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Meeting files
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577
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1948-1950
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577A
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1947
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Promotion and separate committees, 1950
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Subseries: Operations
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Business and Administration
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Conflict Production Files, 1954-1959 1 box (5 inches) : Production files for the unbroadcast series Conflict which concerned psychiatry. Produced by Barry-Enright Productions Inc., the property was purchased by NBC as part of a program package. At NBC such properties were the responsibility of the business affairs department. The papers, which are actually those of Jack Barry, refer to the development, production, and attempted sale of the pilot to NBC, CBS, and various advertisers; there are no materials relating to the handling of the property by the business affairs department. The pilot herein documented was written by Reginald Rose and directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Box
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Budgetary Information, c. 1955
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Contracts, 1954-1955; 1958
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Correspondence, 1954-1959
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Film Editing Material, 1956-1958, undated
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Film Reports, 1955
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199
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Scripts, 2 drafts and a preliminary outline by Reginald Rose, 1955
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199
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Story Ideas, 1954 (contains the script of Tell My Story, a 1954 NBC Radio special written by Samuel Elkin)
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Questionnaires, undated
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Lapore, Frank, Papers, 1949-1956 1 box (2 inches) : Papers of a manager of film and kinescope operations and services, who worked under the director (later vice-president) of the film division. The files consist primarily of inter-office correspondence, but also include policy statements and kinescope inventories. In general, the files contain good coverage of policy formulations and the development and operation of commercial film distribution.
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Commercial Distribution
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200
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Planning, 1949-1956
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200
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Political Footage, 1956
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200
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3
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Kinescope Negative Inventory, 1948-1949, 1955
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200
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Policies, 1951-1956
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Engineering
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Logs, 1956 4 boxes (1 foot, 8 inches) : Operational logs for the New York radio operations of the NBC network and WRCA for July and October 1956. Generally the information contained in the logs is routine, with data on personnel, equipment problems and maintenance and technical support for programs. Also included are logs of television audio requirements met by the engineering department. For each day, there is a radio program scheduled which identifies program by type, by origin of transmission, if outside whether transcribed or live, and by the identity and duration of accompanying commercials and announcement.
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Box
201
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1-16
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1956 July 1-16
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202
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1-15
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1956 July 17-31
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203
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1-15
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1956 October 1-15
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Box
204
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1-16
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1956 October 16-31
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Reports, 1931-19565 boxes (5 feet) Monthly reports of division and station engineers throughout the country. The reports are quite detailed and change significantly in format over time, and though the information supplied is often routine (e.g. equipment maintenance reports, power and frequency studies, and personnel changes), there is also information on the origination of NBC programming, special field broadcasts, and from 1931, the development of television. Generally there is more detail for New York City operations than for other areas; for the early 1940s this New York material is the only data supplied. There are some other gaps in coverage, most notably for the 1933-1935 and 1946-1948 periods.
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205
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1931-1932
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206
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1-31
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1936-1940
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207
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1-47
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1941-March 1945
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208
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1-42
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1945,
April-October 1951
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209
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1-38
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1951 November-1955
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Facilities Operations
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Grant, Norman, Papers, 1954-1955 1 archives box and 4 flat boxes : Papers generated in the office of the director of design and art operations, consisting of set designs, a few elevations, and prop requirements. The set designs are filed in oversize boxes; the prop requirements are filed with the standard sized material in the collection. The files are arranged alphabetically by program title, except for a few commercials, special and promotional spots which are grouped by general subject category.
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American Inventory
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598
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1
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Set designs
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210
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Prop requirements
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598
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2
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Armstrong Circle Theatre
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598
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Background
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Big Story
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598
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Set designs
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210
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2
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Prop requirements
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598
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5
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Camel News Caravan
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Childrens' Hour
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598
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Set designs
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210
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3
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Prop requirements
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598
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Coke Time
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598
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8
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Commercials, Miscellaneous
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598
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Continental Classroom
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599
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Eternal Light
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Frontiers of Faith/Catholic Hour
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599
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2
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Set designs
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210
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4
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Prop requirements
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Goodyear TV Playhouse
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599
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3
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Set designs
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210
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5
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Prop requirements
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599
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4
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Great Moments of Sports
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599
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5
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Happy Felton's Spotlight Club
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599
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Howdy Doody
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599
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7
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Justice
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599
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Juvenile Jury
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Kraft TV Theatre
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600
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Set designs
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210
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Prop requirements
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600
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2
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Mister Peepers
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Modern Romances
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600
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Set designs
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210
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Prop requirements
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Philco Television Playhouse
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600
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Set designs
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210
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Prop requirements
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600
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5
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Red Buttons Show
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Robert Montgomery Theatre
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600
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Set designs
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210
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Prop requirements
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601
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Specials, promotional spots, and unidentified material
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Way of the World
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601
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Set designs
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210
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10
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Prop requirements
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601
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3
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“Where Are We?”
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Wide Wide World
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601
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Set designs
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210
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11
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Prop requirements
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601
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World of Mr. Sweeney
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601
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6
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You're Hired
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Your Hit Parade
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Set designs
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McElrath, George (1900-). Technical Facilities Reports, 1955 3 boxes (1 foot, 3 inches) : Reports generated in the office of a director of technical operations, consisting of forms completed by the technical directors for various television programs produced in NBC's New York studios from February through September 1955. The forms, which are arranged chronologically, include data on personnel, equipment, and studio use.
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211
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1955 February-April 15
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212
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1955 April 16-July 15
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213
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1955 July 16-September 30
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Theiss, Ernest W. Papers, 1948-1957 3 boxes (3 feet) : Selected papers of a manager of production operations. This group of NBC records is arranged functionally into PROGRAM OPERATIONS and those divisions under Theiss; BROADCAST FILM (Stanley Parlan, manager); and BROADCAST OPERATIONS (Edward Whitney, manager). Included in the latter section are broadcast coordination plans, scripts, notes, and miscellaneous other files pertaining to Wide, Wide World, a weekly program featuring Dave Garroway. The collection also contains files for two subdivisions of broadcast operations: broadcast routines (Peter Affe, Edward Whitney, and Sumner Glimcher, supervisors, successively) and broadcast operations coordination. The broadcast routines segment includes samples of television operations routines, both for WNBC and for the network as a whole, which list broadcast coordinators, announcers, and the routing and timing of each program. With the exception of the Wide, Wide World material, the papers are limited; nevertheless, the documentation presents an outline of the functions of the department.
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Program Operations
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215
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General, 1953-1957
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215
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Program Operations Manual, 1952
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Broadcast Film Operations
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215
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General, 1949-1954
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215
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Progress Reports, 1950-1951
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Broadcast Operations
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215
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General, 1950-1957
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Wide, Wide World, 1955-1957
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1955
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215
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6
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June 27 (presented on Producers' Showcase
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215
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October 16, “A Sunday in Autumn”
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215
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October 30
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215
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November 13, “A Sunday with Youth”
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215
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November 27, “Heritage”
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215
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December 4, “American Rhapsody,” by Joe Liss
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215
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December 18, by Lou Salaman and Charles Andrews
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1956
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215
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13
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January 1, by Bob Corcoran and Gene Wyckoff
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215
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January 22, “Portrait of an American Winter,” by Joe Liss
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215
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January 29, “Two Ways to Winter,” by Lou Salaman
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215
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February 12, “The World of Celebrations,” by Bob Corcoran and Gene Wyckoff
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February 19, “America at Play While S.A.C. Stands Guard,” by Harold Flender and Alden Stevens
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215
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March 4, “Birth of an America,” by Joe Liss
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215
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March 11, [Sir Laurence Olivier's production of Richard III]
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215
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March 25, “Land of Plenty,” by Lou Salaman
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Hedges, William S. (1895-1978). Papers, 1951, 1953-1955 2 boxes (1 foot, 2 inches) : Papers of an NBC vice-president for integrated services, 1951-1959, which consist of fragmentary and routine correspondence, clippings, memos, reports, charts, speeches, financial data, and related material. Divided chronologically by year and then alphabetically by subject, the files are best for Hedges' responsibility for the divisions of integrated services: the general library, guest relations, transportation, traffic, purchasing, and the night executive officer. The papers treat such varied topics as union negotiations, safety regulations, disposition of NBC facilities, tours and displays, and television demonstrations. Hedges' activity in several professional organizations is reflected in the files on the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, the oral history project of the Radio Pioneers and Columbia University, and the Radio and Television Executives Society. : Hedges personally presented to the Society a small collection of separately-catalogued papers which includes some materials on his earlier years with NBC. The register for this collection includes more detailed biographical information.
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Library, 1934-19733 boxes (2 feet, 5 inches) Miscellaneous print and near-print material prepared by various NBC departments and divisions for distribution to advertisers, affiliates, employees, and the general public. The materials are of two kinds: speeches and articles and other kinds of printed matter. PRINTED MATTER, which is arranged alphabetically by office of creation, varies in character and completeness. Publications which warrant special mention include statements of program policies and broadcast standards; annual reviews and reports; The Fourth Chime, a history of NBC News; and mimeographed newsletters issued by WMAQ and the Western Network for their overseas employees during World War II. Many titles, especially those of the press department, are not complete; their presence is intended merely as illustration of the types of material issued. Further examples of many titles may be found scattered in the records. SPEECHES AND ARTICLES are alphabetically-arranged by name. As with the above material, copies of additional speeches by these and other NBC executives may be found throughout the records.
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Printed Materials
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Television Bibliography, 1948
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Program Policies, 1934-1956
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NBC Study Guide, 1962
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Behind Your Radio Dial, 1948
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NBC Symphony
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Commemorative Booklet, 1949
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News
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Personnel Management Newsletter, 1952-1953
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NBC Film Division, undated
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NBC News, 1948-1967
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NBC Program Information, 1950-1960
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NBC Radio Feature, 1955
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NBC Radio Program, 1955
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On the Dial, 1948
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Image America
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Medicine U.S.A.
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Rating Points, 1950-1951; Radio Coop Programs Handbook, 1955
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[Monthly Report of the Public Affairs Department], 1965-1973
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WRC-TV Dedication Press Information Kit, 1958
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Library. Additions, 1945-1964 0.4 c.f. : Additional print material issued by various NBC departments.
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NBC and You, 1945, 1948, employee manual
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Subseries: Spot Sales and Owned-and-Operated Stations: described in Part 8 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Subseries: Public Affairs: described in Parts 8-9 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Subseries: Radio Network: described in Part 10 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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Subseries: Television Network: described in Part 10 of this finding aid (see search link in abstract in Summary Information)
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