Contents List

Container	Title
U.S. Mss 86AF	Series: Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-13	General, 1941-1967
	Carbons
Box   1 Folder   14	1957
Box   2 Folder   1-9	1958-1966
Box   2 Folder   10	Re singing commercials, 1949
Box   2 Folder   11	Re NBC appointment, 1952
Box   14 Folder   1	Previously Restricted letters and memos, 1952, 1959-1962
	Series: Writings	⇧
	Articles and other items by Bannister
Box   2 Folder   12	General, 1948-1962
Box   2 Folder   13	“Static and Snow,” Broadcasting, 1950
	Humorous letters and poems
Box   2 Folder   14	Undated
Box   2 Folder   15	1938-1952
Box   2 Folder   16	Palmer House Letters, 1937-1951
	Books
	The Education of a Broadcaster, 1965
	Correspondence
	General
Box   2 Folder   17	1965, March-April
Box   3 Folder   1-3	1965, April-April, 1966
Box   3 Folder   4	Publisher, 1964-1965
Box   3 Folder   5	Re author's copies, 1964-1965
Box   3 Folder   6	Re interview by Lillian Friedman, WEVD, June 30, 1965
Box   3 Folder   7	Author's copy list
Box   3 Folder   8	Reviews and other publicity
Box   3 Folder   9	Background material
Box   3 Folder   10-13	Draft chapters for a book on Prohibition
	Series: Speeches and Other Remarks	⇧
Box   4 Folder   1-5	Correspondence and related material, 1944-1958
	Drafts and typed copies
Box   4 Folder   6	Undated
Box   4 Folder   7-10	1936-1958
Box   5 Folder   1-2	1959-1967
	Congressional Hearings
Box   5 Folder   3	White Bill, 1947
Box   5 Folder   4	Petrillo Hearing, 1948
	Series: NBC Subject File	⇧
Box   5 Folder   5	Adams, David, 1952-1956
	Affiliates
	Radio and Television
Box   5 Folder   6-7	Conventions, 1960-1963
Box   5 Folder   8	Meetings, 1953, 1958
Box   5 Folder   9	Station Trips, 1953, 1957-1960
	Radio
Box   6 Folder   1	General correspondence, 1955-1963
Box   6 Folder   2	Conventions, 1952, 1965
Box   6 Folder   3	Program Advisory Board, 1956
Box   6 Folder   4-5	Executive Committee, 1955-1960
Box   6 Folder   6	Regional Meetings, 1956
	Television
Box   6 Folder   7	General correspondence, 1955-1963
Box   6 Folder   8-10	Meetings, 1953-1965
Box   7 Folder   1-2	Executive Committee, 1955-1960
Box   7 Folder   3-4	Board of Delegates, 1958-1965
Box   7 Folder   5	American Telephone and Telegraph, 1951-1952
Box   7 Folder   6	Ampex Video Tape Recorder, 1956
Box   7 Folder   7-8	Bannister, Harry - Business correspondence, 1952-1958
Box   7 Folder   9	“Basic Economic Study,” 1952
Box   7 Folder   10	Bernstein, Leonard, 1959
Box   7 Folder   11	Beville, Hugh M., 1953-1956
Box   7 Folder   12	Cellomatic, 1959
Box   7 Folder   13-14	Clearance memos, 1956-1960
	Color Television
Box   8 Folder   1	General correspondence, 1954-1957
Box   8 Folder   2	Radio and TV Daily, 1959-1960
Box   8 Folder   3	Schedules, 1956-1960
Box   8 Folder   4	Twenty-one inch sets, 1954
Box   8 Folder   5	Columbia Broadcasting System, 1952-1953, 1958
Box   8 Folder   6	Comedy Writer Development Plan, 1955
Box   8 Folder   7	Committee for Economic Development, 1958-1960
Box   8 Folder   8	Compensation Committee Plan of Reduced Free Hours, 1952
Box   8 Folder   9	Culligan, Matthew J., 1956
Box   8 Folder   10	Damm, Walter J., 1958-1962
Box   8 Folder   11	Daylight Saving Time, 1952, 1956-1958
Box   8 Folder   12	Economic Club of Detroit, 1958
Box   8 Folder   13	Economic Data on Network Radio (report), 1952
Box   8 Folder   14-15	Educational Television, 1956-1961
Box   9 Folder   1-3	Federal Communications Commission, 1950-1960
Box   9 Folder   4	Fineschriber, William, 1953, 1955
Box   9 Folder   5	Government Committees, 1954-1956
Box   9 Folder   6	Heffernan, Joseph V., 1952-1955
Box   9 Folder   7	Herbert, John K., 1952, 1953
Box   9 Folder   8	How We Are Governed (reactions), 1957
Box   9 Folder   9	Incentive Compensation, 1959
Box   9 Folder   10	Kansas City-New Orleans Speech: Advertising Seminars, 1955
Box   9 Folder   11	Kintner, Robert, 1956-1963
Box   9 Folder   12	Lincoln Center, 1960
Box   9 Folder   13	Market Data for New Stations, 1954
Box   10 Folder   1	Milwaukee Journal1958-1959
Box   10 Folder   2-3	Miscellaneous, 1952-1965
Box   10 Folder   4	National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, 1951-1953
Box   10 Folder   5	National Association of Broadcasters, 1958-1965
	National Broadcasting Company
Box   10 Folder   6	News, 1957-1961, 1964
Box   10 Folder   7	Opera Company, 1956
Box   10 Folder   8	Western Radio Network, 1955
Box   10 Folder   9	National Telefilm Association Film Network, 1957
Box   10 Folder   10	Nielsen Coverage Service, 1952
Box   10 Folder   11	Option Time, 1952, 1956-1959
	Paar, Jack
Box   10 Folder   12	Party (Master of Ceremonies: Harry Bannister), 1958
Box   10 Folder   13	Miscellaneous, 1958-1961
Box   10 Folder   14	Pep Plan, 1955
Box   10 Folder   15-16	Personal, 1953-1965
	Political conventions and elections
Box   10 Folder   17	1951-1952
Box   11 Folder   1	1956-1958, 1961
Box   11 Folder   2	Proposals, 1956-1959
Box   11 Folder   3	Publishers Information Bureau Gross Billings, 1952
Box   11 Folder   4	Quiz Shows, 1958-1959
Box   11 Folder   5	Radio Agreements, 1957
Box   11 Folder   6	RCA Organization Notices, 1956
Box   11 Folder   7	Radio Executives Club, 1952
Box   11 Folder   8	Rates - Radio and TV, 1952
Box   11 Folder   9	Research, 1952, 1958, 1962
Box   11 Folder   10	Reynolds Metal, 1952
Box   11 Folder   11	Sales, 1952
Box   11 Folder   12	Sarnoff, David, 1955, 1957-1960
Box   11 Folder   13	Sarnoff, Robert, 1954-1965
Box   11 Folder   14	Sponsored Network Hours - Reports, 1952
Box   11 Folder   15	Stardust, 1959
Box   11 Folder   16	Station Acceptance of Sustaining Programs, 1952
Box   11 Folder   17	Station Assignments, 1952
Box   11 Folder   18	Station Clearances, 1957
Box   11 Folder   19	Station Compensation, 1956
Box   11 Folder   20	Station Representatives Association, 1955
Box   11 Folder   21-22	Stations, 1953-1963
Box   12 Folder   1	Stations Planning and Advisory Committee, 1950-1953
Box   12 Folder   2	Summer Schedules, 1952-1953, 1958
Box   12 Folder   3	Syracuse University, 1960
	Television
Box   12 Folder   4	Morning Programming, 1953
Box   12 Folder   5	Network Markets, 1952
Box   12 Folder   6	Network Rate Review, 1957
Box   12 Folder   7	Today, 1952, 1958
Box   12 Folder   8	Tonight, 1957
Box   12 Folder   9	Traffic Operations, 1952
Box   12 Folder   10	Trendex Ratings, 1956
	UHF
Box   12 Folder   11-12	General, 1954-1962
Box   12 Folder   13	Hearings, 1954-1955
Box   12 Folder   14	Variety, 1958
Box   12 Folder   15	Weaver, Sylvester L., 1954-1955
Box   12 Folder   16	Weekday, 1955
Box   12 Folder   17	Westinghouse, 1953-1961
Box   12 Folder   18	White, Frank, 1952-1953
Box   12 Folder   19	Year End Report - Station Relations, 1956
Box   13 Folder   1	Series: Articles and Newsclippings about Bannister, n.d., 1942-1965	⇧
Box   13 Folder   2	Series: Miscellany	⇧
	Series: Tape and Disc Recordings	⇧
Tape 432A No.   1	Speech at Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, September 6, 1957
No.   2-3	NBC Dinner in honor of Jack Paar, Bannister introduces program. March 31, 1958
No.   4	Interview with Lillian Friedman on “World of Books,” WEVD, re The Education of a Broadcaster, June 30, 1965. Physical Description: 4 reels
No.   5	Obituary for Harry Bannister on WWJ radio and TV, April 27, 1967.
Disc 71A No.   1	Bannister's New Year's Message to WWJ listeners, December 31, 1947. Note: Side 2 is miscellaneous excerpts from WWJ programs.
No.   2	Bannister's New Year's Message, n.d.
No.   3-4	Bannister introduces NBC foreign correspondent Robert Magidorf to Detroit Economic Club Luncheon, June 7, 1948.
No.   5	Bannister interviews Eddie Cantor over WWJ, n.d.
No.   6	Interview with Lillian Friedman on “World of Books,” WEVD, re The Education of a Broadcaster, June 30, 1965.
No.   7	“Candid Medic: The Harry Bannister Case,” a private recording made by several of Bannister's friends, 1960.
No.   8	Portion of the radio program Double or Nothing, n.d.
No.   9-10	Description of General Patton speaking to his troops, apparently a radio broadcast, n.d.
No.   11-12	Speech by Fred Allen marking name change of WEAF to WNBC, ca. 1946
No.   13	Recorded letter between two unidentified individuals regarding Ty Cobb. March 23, 1952.