Fred Wittner Papers, 1928-1972

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 138AF
Series: Personal
Box   1
Folder   1
Biographical information
Box   1
Folder   2
Articles by Harold Engel
Box   1
Folder   3
Survey for the Rocky Mountain Public Radio Service, 1937
Box   1
Folder   4
Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association
Box   1
Folder   5
Wisconsin State Radio Council
Box   1
Folder   6
National Association of FM Broadcasters, 1962-1964
Series: WHA Radio, General
Box   1
Folder   7
Early development, 1922, 1936-1962
Box   1
Folder   8
Oldest station controversy
Box   1
Folder   9
Twenty-sixth anniversary, 1945
Box   1
Folder   10
Historical marker, 1957-1964
Box   1
Folder   11
Articles concerning WHA radio
Box   1
Folder   12
Announcer's manual, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Policy statements, 1928-circa 1950
Staff members
Box   1
Folder   14
Malcolm Hanson, 1922, 1947-1958
Box   1
Folder   15
Harold B. McCarty
Box   1
Folder   16
Others (i.e., former WHA employees at other stations, 1937-1942)
Programs
Box   1
Folder   17
College of the Air
Box   1
Folder   18
School of the Air, 1933-1935
Note: Includes survey, 1935.
Box   1
Folder   19
Radio study groups sponsored by the National Youth Administration, 1936-1937
Box   1
Folder   20
Legislative Forum, 1941-1953
Box   1
Folder   21
Finances, 1933-1939
Box   2
Folder   1
Wisconsin State Prison (Waupun) listeners, 1934
Box   2
Folder   2
Statistics and studies concerning the operations of WHA radio, 1932-1937
Box   2
Folder   3
Plans for future growth considered from 1934 to 1940
Box   2
Folder   4
Controversy, 1935-1939, concerning the broadcasting of music
Box   2
Folder   5-6
Correspondence of Harold Engel with members of the U.S. House and Senate (primarily from Wisconsin) concerning WHA radio, 1938-1947
Box   2
Folder   7
Miscellaneous material concerning WHA radio
Series: WHA Radio Service
Campaign for a clear channel (increased power and hours)
Box   2
Folder   8
General, 1933-1939
Box   2
Folder   9
Letters and resolutions of support, 1933-1938
Box   2
Folder   10
Letters of support from Wisconsin mayors, 1934
Box   2
Folder   11
Correspondence between Harold Engel and A. Ballard Walton, a supporter of educational broadcasting, of Lakeside, Ohio, 1937-1939
Box   3
Folder   1
Opposition by commercial radio stations WTMJ, Milwaukee, and WIBA, Madison; includes their attempt to eliminate WHA and WLBL (Stevens Point), 1933-1934
Box   3
Folder   2
Charges by the Chicago Tribune, 1938, that WHA is controlled by the “La Follette machine”
Campaign for FM
Box   3
Folder   3
General, 1946-1952
Box   3
Folder   4
Opposition by the League of Wisconsin Radio Stations, 1946-1948
Box   3
Folder   5
Use of Rib Mountain State Park as a site for an FM antenna, 1945-1948
Box   3
Folder   6
Interference from WTCH, Shawano, Wisconsin, 1948-1951
Box   3
Folder   7-8
Application to the Federal Communications Commission for 750 kilocycles, 1959-1964
Series: WHA Television
Campaign for Educational Television
Box   3
Folder   9-11
General, 1951-1955
Box   3
Folder   12
News clippings, 1952-1954
Box   4
Folder   1
Opposition by the Wisconsin Committee on State-Owned, Tax-Supported Television, 1953-1954
Box   4
Folder   2
Opposition by the Republican (State) Convention, 1954
Box   4
Folder   3
Miscellany
Box   4
Folder   4
Facilities improvement proposal, 1958-1960
Box   4
Folder   5
Assignment of Channel 3 (WISC-TV), 1961, sought by WHA-TV
Box   4
Folder   6
Articles about WHA-TV
Series: WHA Radio and TV, Building Plans
Box   4
Folder   7
Building alterations, 1938-1954
Box   4
Folder   8
Radio arts building proposal by William Tamminga, 1949
Note: M.A. thesis, Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Box   4
Folder   9
Building proposals for WHA and related departments of the University of Wisconsin, 1946-1958
Series: Other Radio and Television Material
Annual reports, 1938-1957, of the University of Wisconsin Committee on Radio and Television
Physical Description: 1 volume 
Box   5
Folder   1-2
WLBL, Stevens Point and Auburndale, Wisconsin
Box   5
Folder   3
WMVS-TV, Milwaukee Vocational School, fight against channel takeover by a commercial station, 1953-1955
Box   5
Folder   4
WUWM-FM, Milwaukee campus of the University of Wisconsin, 1957-1964