Title: Newton N. Minow Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1965

Creator:

• Minow, Newton N., 1926-

Call Number: U.S. Mss 65AF; Audio 343A; AB 746; CA 519-CA 521; DC 765-DC 771

Quantity: 23.6 cubic feet (59 archives boxes), 26 tape recordings, and 11 films

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Papers of Newton Minow, a Federal Communications Commission chairman (1961-1963) who focused national attention on the responsibilities of the television industry with his “vast wasteland” speech to the NAB in 1961. Correspondence dating from his years as chairman predominates, with chief topics of interest being an abortive reorganization of the commission, development of the government's role in satellite communication, and the expansion of educational television. There is also mail from the general public expressing opinions about broadcasting and letters from educators and publishers concerning public reaction to programs and commercials. Correspondence of significance is present from William Benton, Al Capp, Emanuel Celler, Martin Codel, LeRoy Collins, Everett M. Dirksen, Lawrence S. Fanning, Fred W. Friendly, Harry Golden, Arthur J. Goldberg, James C. Hagerty, Herbert Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nicholas Katzenbach, C. Estes Kefauver, and John F. Kennedy.

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Newton N. Minow was born January 17, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Washington High School during World War II. After enlisting in the Army, he was sent to the University of Michigan to study engineering and later served with the 835th Signal Service Battalion in India, helping to install a telephone line linking India and China.

On his return to civilian life he entered Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, where he received the B.S. degree in speech in 1949 and the LL.B. in 1950. After a brief period with a Chicago law firm, he served as law clerk to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1952 he became administrative assistant to Adlai E. Stevenson, then governor of Illinois. Returning to his old law office on the expiration of Governor Stevenson's term, Minow joined with Stevenson in establishing a new legal firm in Chicago in 1955.

It was from this partnership that the newly-elected president, John F. Kennedy, selected Newton Minow to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a position he held from March 1961 to May 1963. He had long been interested in broadcasting, particularly educational TV, as his firm was counsel to the Midwest Council for Airborne Television, and he was legal advisor to Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc., a pioneer in new techniques in visual education. His interest in broadcasting had been heightened by his participation in Stevenson's 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns; and in the 1960 campaign, when he was secretary of the National Business and Professional Men and Women for Kennedy-Johnson.

During his chairmanship of the FCC he succeeded in focusing public attention on the significance of television in its influence on both children and adults, and thus emphasized the great responsibility facing the television industry. His views were well expressed in his speech of May 9, 1961, before the National Association of Broadcasters when he referred to television as a “vast wasteland.” As chairman of the FCC he was also concerned with the development of a commercially feasible communications system through space satellites.

Mr. Minow resigned from the Federal Communications Commission to become executive vice president and general counsel of Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. In 1965 he continues as special counsel to the Britannica and also to the Curtis Publishing Company, and in addition has become a senior partner in the Chicago law firm of Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird and Minow. He lives near Chicago with his wife, Josephine, and his three daughters.

Mr. Minow's publications include frequent articles on the Chicago court system and on broadcasting. He lectures often on public issues, and he is an active member of the American Jewish Committee, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Chicago Bar Association, and many other civic organizations. In November 1964, his book, Equal Time: The Private Broadcaster and the Public Interest, was published. This is a collection of his speeches edited by Lawrence Laurent, radio and TV editor for the Washington Post.

Although the inclusive dates for material in this collection are 1954 to 1965, these are essentially Mr. Minow's papers during the period when he was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1961-1963. Prior to his taking office in March 1961, there are isolated items, and many congratulatory letters on his appointment; and following his resignation in May 1963, most of the material deals with preparation of his book, Equal Time.

The bulk of the collection is Correspondence, followed by small sections of Articles, Interviews, and Releases; Speeches; Book Manuscript; Clippings; Thesis By Emmett Lally; Tape Recordings; and Films.

The correspondence (Boxes 1-46) is filed alphabetically by subject, with letters arranged by months under each subject. This organization approximates the order in which the papers were maintained in Mr. Minow's office; but it necessarily means that correspondence with the same person or organization may be filed under more than one title. In instances where only one letter was exchanged with a correspondent, such letters are usually filed in the folder bearing the first initial, e.g. C-general.

Because various drafts for speeches, studies concerning the FCC, and plans for the space communications satellite program were so often accompanied by letters or inter-office memoranda, the correspondence includes more than simply letters. For instance, in the correspondence it is frequently possible to follow the development of a Minow speech through various drafts and revisions, including appraisals from his staff. Final copies of each speech, however, are filed in Box 47 under “speeches.”

Mr. Minow received many letters from the public criticising or suggesting improvements in broadcasting, expecially TV, and he frequently corresponded with educators and publishers concerning public reaction to TV programs and commercials. An example of the latter is his exchange of letters with L.S. Fanning of the Chicago Sun Times. Since he considered that it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the merits of a particular TV program, he sometimes marked letters referring to them as “confidential, not for publication;” however, he showed no reluctance to involve the FCC in matters where fairness in controversial televising was concerned.

Four topics treated in the correspondence are of particular note: (1) the unsuccessful attempt by President Kennedy to reorganize the FCC, (2) the development of the government's role in the space communications satellite program, (3) the expansion of educational television, and (4) the public and private life of a government official in Washington as revealed by letters from Mrs. Minow, chiefly to her parents.

Correspondence of particular significance is noted in Appendix 1.

Articles, Interviews, and Releases (Box 46) includes copies of several printed articles by Mr. Minow, as well as articles concerning his work with the FCC. Included in this box are also transcripts of interviews with him by members of the press, radio, and TV; releases relating to his speeches; and statements and biographical data concerning Newton Minow.

Delivering speeches was an important function of Mr. Minow's chairmanship of the FCC. By this means he not only made known FCC policies and expectations, but also brought to public attention his views on the purposes of broadcasting and the obligations of the industry. The many drafts of his speeches (filed with the correspondence) reveal him to be an articulate student of semantics, with definite ideas to express and a concern for audience reaction. The final reading copies in Box 47 probably represent a complete file of his speeches as chairman of the FCC.

The Papers also contained many speeches by others who had close ties with the government or the broadcasting industry. Because so many of these deal with various phases of mass communications and are so closely related to the work of the FCC, they were kept and are filed in Box 48.

Boxes 49-51 show the various stages in the development of the manuscript for Mr. Minow's book of speeches, Equal Time: The Private Broadcaster and the Public Interest. In the working copies, where it was difficult to distinguish between his own writing and that of the editor, Mr. Laurent, the manuscripts remain in their original order. Galley proof not annotated by Mr. Minow was not kept.

A much larger number of clippings have been filed with the Minow Papers than with the usual collection, because these already-organized news accounts are documentation not only of Mr. Minow's own work with the FCC but also of the government's part in the extension of educational TV and the development of the space communications satellite program. The clippings are filed by years, and within each year by name of publication or topic.

The thesis by Emmet Lally is on Minow's influence on broadcasting as chair of the FCC. The tape recordings include speeches by Minow; interviews, news conferences, and other appearances; miscellany; and recordings of programs and events in which he was not involved but which were sent to him. Films primarily concern Minow himself, the FCC, and broadcasting but also include miscellaneous items.

Newton N. Minow Papers at the Chicago Historical Society Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission of the copyright holder must be obtained before films can be duplicated. No reproduction of tape recordings Audio 343A/20-22, An Evening with Carl Sandburg, may be made for commercial purposes.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Newton N. Minow, Chicago, Illinois, 1964-1966.

U.S. Mss 65AF	Series: Correspondence
Box   1	A-general
Box   1	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Box   1	Ad Hoc Carrier Committee
Box   1	Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Box   1	Adult Education Association
Box   1	Advertising Age
Box   1	Advertising Council
Box   1	Advertising Federation of America
Box   1	“After 9” Plan
Box   1	All Channel Receivers
Box   1	All Channel Receivers--Hearings
Box   2	American Association of University Women
Box   2	American Bar Association
Box   2	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Box   2	American Civil Liberties Union
Box   2	American Council for Better Broadcasts
Box   2	AFL-CIO
Box   2	American Jewish Committee
Box   2	American National Theatre and Academy
Box   2	American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   2	American Women in Radio and Television
Box   3	Annenberg School of Communications (University of Pennsylvania)
Box   3	Anti-Defamation League
Box   3	Appointment of Minow to FCC--Congratulations Physical Description: 4 folders
Box   4	Appointments to see people Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   4	Arlie House--Seminar, 1963
Box   4	Arnaz, Desi
Box   4	Assistance offers to FCC
Box   4	Awards
Box   4	August, Herman A.
Box   4	Autograph and photograph requests
Box   4	B-general
Box   5	Banahan, John S.
Box   5	Bartley, Robert T. (FCC commissioner)
Box   5	Baskin, Burton
Box   5	Baskin, Mark
Box   5	Bazelon, David L.
Box   5	Bell, David E.
Box   5	Bell and Howell Company
Box   5	Ben-Ami, Oved
Box   5	Bennett, Marshall
Box   5	Bessborough, Eric
Box   5	Bessie, Simon Michael
Box   5	Bills in Congress
Box   5	Bingham, Barry
Box   5	Blair, William McCormick, Jr.
Box   5	Booth, Arden (KLWN)
Box   5	Booz, Allen and Hamilton Management Survey
Box   5	Boston, Channel 5
Box   6	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Box   6	Broadcast Advertisers Reports Inc.
Box   6	Broadcast Music Inc.
Box   6	Broadcast ratings
	Broadcasting, see Sol Taishoff
Box   6	Brockway Company
Box   6	Brookings Institution
Box   6	Bureau of the Budget
Box   6	C-general Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   7	California trip of , December 1961 Physical Description: 2 folders  Note: Includes speech at Commonwealth Club and Town Hall
Box   7	Canada trip of , March 1962 Note: Includes speech at Radio and Television Executives Club--Toronto
Box   7	Canadian Broadcasting Company
Box   7	Canon 35--proposed revision
Box   7	Caplin, Mortimer
Box   7	Capp, Al
Box   7	Carnes, Del
Box   7	Cartoons
Box   7	Celler Committee--hearing, June 1961
Box   7	Celler Committee--hearing, March 13, 1963
Box   8	Celler, Emanuel
Box   8	Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Note: Includes drafts for Convocation speech, January 22, 1963, and paper for “FCC and the Bureau”
Box   8	Channel 13--WNDT
Box   8	Chayes, Abram
Box   8	Chicago trip of February 1962 Note: Includes speech for Jewish Community Center
Box   8	Chicago TV hearings
Box   8	Children's programs
Box   9	Civil Defense
Box   9	Civil Defense Mobilization, Office of
Box   9	Clear Channel hearings
Box   9	Clippings, acknowledgements of
Box   9	Codel, Martin
Box   9	Cohn and Marks
	Collins, Leroy, see NAB-Collins
Box   9	Color television
Box   9	Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Box   9	Commerce, Department of
	Commonwealth Club, see California trip
Box   9	Complimentary articles, leaflets, studies etc. Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   10	Complimentary booklets
Box   10	Cone, Fairfax M.
Box   10	Conelrad
Box   10	Coney, Jack Arthur
Box   10	Congratulations to Minow--appointment to FCC
Box   10	Congratulations to Minow--personal
Box   10	Congressional correspondence--miscellaneous
Box   10	Congressional reaction to “wastelands” speech, May 9, 1961
Box   10	Cook Electric Company
Box   10	Copenhagen, Denmark trip, September 1961
Box   10	Cornblath, Marvin
Box   10	Cosgrove, Joe
Box   10	Corvan, Louis G.
Box   10	Craven, T.A.M. (FCC commissioner)
Box   10	Cross, John S. (FCC commissioner)
Box   10	Crown, Lester
Box   10	Crown, Robert
Box   10	Cuba--Voice of America
Box   10	D-general
Box   10	Daniel, Clifton
Box   10	Daytime broadcasting
Box   10	De-intermixture
Box   10	Democratic National Committee
Box   10	Diebold, John
Box   11	Dirkson, Everett
Box   11	Di Salle, Michael V.
Box   11	Disqualification of commissioners--FCC
Box   11	Dissenting statements by Minow
Box   11	Ditchley Foundation
Box   11	Doan, Richard K.
Box   11	Doyle, James E.
Box   11	Dungan, Ralph A.
Box   11	Dutton, Frederick G.
Box   11	E-general
Box   11	Editorials
Box   11	Educational TV Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   12	Electrical Industries Association
Box   12	Ellis, Elmo
Box   12	Emery, Walter B.
Box   12	Emmy awards
Box   12	Employee Board applications
Box   12	Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc. Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   12	Equal Time Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   13	Ernst, Morris I.
Box   13	Eternal Light, The program
Box   13	Ethical conduct in government
Box   13	European Broadcasting Union
Box   13	European trip, October 1962
Box   13	Evans, Mark
Box   13	Executives Club speech--Chicago, February 2, 1962
Box   13	F-general
Box   13	Fanning, L.S.
Box   13	Federal Aviation Agency
Box   13	Federal Communications Bar Association
	Federal Communications Commission
Box   13	Actions
Box   13	Administrative reports
Box   13	Complaints and compliance
Box   13	Fee schedule for commissioners
Box   14	Leaks
Box   14	Memoranda for use of personnel Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   14	Vol. 1-3: Preliminary draft, Organization and Management Survey of the Federal Communications Commission, for the Bureau of the Budget, Chapters I to XXII, January 1962.
Box   15	Minow statements Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   15	Miscellaneous
Box   15	Printed hearings and reports
Box   15	Reorganization Plan No. 2--bills and statements , 1961
Box   16	Reorganization Plan No. 2--debate, 1961
Box   16	Station trading
Box   16	Statistical material, newspaper broadcast joint interests as of November 1962
Box   16	Visiting dignitaries
Box   16	Federal Trade Commission
Box   16	Finkelstein, Louis
Box   16	Florida Association of Broadcasters
Box   16	Fly, James Lawrence
Box   16	FM broadcasters
Box   16	Ford, Frederick W. (FCC commissioner)
Box   16	Frankel, Jim (Cleveland Press)
Box   16	Fraser, Hugh Russell
Box   16	Freedom of Communications, sub-committee of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Comm.
Box   16	Furness, Betty
Box   17	G-general
Box   17	Garrison, Lloyd K.
Box   17	Georgia Association of Broadcasters
Box   17	Gilpatrick, Roswell L.
Box   17	Gladieux, Bernard L.
Box   17	Golden, Harry
Box   17	Goldberg, Arthur J.
Box   17	Goldberg law clerk selection
Box   17	Gould, Jack
Box   17	Government information officers speech, March 29, 1963
Box   17	Greater Washington Educational Television Association
Box   17	Guthman, Jack
Box   17	H-general
Box   17	Hagerty, James
Box   17	Ham radio
Box   17	Harper's Magazine
Box   18	Harris, Oren
Box   18	Harrison, Gilbert A.
Box   18	Hartford Pay TV
Box   18	Hartke, Vance
Box   18	Harvard-Yale-Princeton Clubs
Box   18	Hayakawa, S.I.
Box   18	Hayes, John S.
Box   18	Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of
Box   18	Hearing examiners
Box   18	Hehmeyer, Alexander
Box   18	Heller, Walter
Box   18	Hendryx, Gene
Box   18	Henry, William E. (FCC commissioner)
Box   18	Hepburn, Dave
Box   18	Hill, Ivan
Box   18	Holleb, Marshall M.
Box   18	Hoover, Herbert
Box   18	Hoover, Herbert, Jr.
Box   18	Horse racing broadcast rules
Box   18	House Un-American Activities Committee
Box   18	Hoyt, Palmer
Box   18	Humphrey, Hubert H.
Box   18	Hunt, John W.
Box   18	Hyde, Rosel H. (FCC commissioner)
Box   18	I-general
Box   18	Independent Telephone Companies
Box   18	International Communication
Box   19	International Frequency Registration Board
Box   19	International Radio and Television Society Physical Description: 3 folders  Note: Includes drafts for speeches, September 22, 1961; September 27, 1962
Box   19	International Radio Consultative Committee
Box   20-22	Invitations
Box   23	Invitations (continued)
Box   23	Invitations to speak
Box   23	Invitations to write articles
Box   23	Ivey, John E., Jr.
Box   23	J-general
Box   23	Jaffe, Louis L.
Box   23	Japanese broadcasters
Box   23	Javits, Jacob K.
Box   23	Jerrold Electronics
Box   23	Jewish Community Centers, Chicago
Box   23	Job applications Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   24	Johnson, Lyndon B.
Box   24	Joint Technical Advisory Committee
Box   24	Justice Dept.
Box   24	Juvenile delinquency
Box   24	K-general
Box   24	Kaiser, Philip M.
Box   24	Kefauver, Estes
Box   24	Kefauver hearings
Box   24	Kennedy, John F.
Box   24	Kennedy, Robert F.
Box   24	Kern, Janet
Box   24	Kimball, Penn
Box   24	Kingstree case--Palmetto Broadcasting Company
Box   24	Klutznick, Philip M.
Box   24	Kobak, Edgar
Box   25	Kohn, Louis A.
Box   25	Kupcinet, Irving
Box   25	L-general
Box   25	Lasker, Mrs Albert D.
Box   25	Laurent, Lawrence
Box   25	Lawrence, David
Box   25	Lee, Robert E. (FCC commissioner)
Box   25	Leibman, Morris I.
Box   25	Levin, A.N.
Box   25	Lewine, Robert
Box   25	Lewis, William B.
Box   25	Life Magazine
Box   26	Linde, Hans A.
Box   26	Loeb, Hamilton, Jr.
Box   26	Loevinger, Lee
Box   26	Look Magazine
Box   26	Lorentz, Pare
Box   26	Land TV commercials
Box   26	Loyola University of Los Angeles
Box   26	Luce, Clare Booth
Box   26	M-general
Box   26	McCall's Magazine
Box   26	McCullough, Dan H.
Box   26	McDougal, Edward D., Jr.
Box   26	McGannon, Donald H.
Box   26	McGee, Gale W.
Box   26	McManus, Margaret
Box   26	Macy, John W.
Box   26	“Magazine concept” of TV programing
Box   26	Martin, John Bartlow
	Mayors Conference, Miami, Florida
Box   26	Correspondence
Box   27	Drafts for speech
Box   27	Meet the Press
Box   27	Meyner, Robert B.
Box   27	Midwest program on airborne TV instruction
Box   27	Milwaukee Jewish Council Note: Includes drafts for speech, May 4, 1962
Box   27	Minow, Josephine
Box   27	Miscellaneous correspondence--chiefly with the general public Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   27	“A Moment With”--interview with Deena Clark
Box   27	Morgan, Edward P.
Box   28	Mueller, L.W.
Box   28	Motorola
Box   28	Murrow, Edward R.
Box   28	N-general
Box   28	National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Box   28	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
	National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
Box   28	Leroy Collins correspondence
Box   28	Conventions, 1961, 1963
Box   28	General correspondence Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   28	Speech of May 9, 1961, drafts Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   29	Speech of May 9, 1961, responses Physical Description: 5 folders
Box   29	Speech of April 3, 1962, drafts 1 and 2
Box   30	Speech of April 3, 1962, draft 3
Box   30	Speech of April 3, 1962, teleprompter copy
Box   30	Speech of April 2, 1963, drafts
Box   30	Speech of April 2, 1963, draft material
Box   30	Speech of April 2, 1963, responses
Box   30	NAB Public Affairs and Editorializing Conference Note: Includes drafts for speech of March 1, 1962
Box   31	National Association for Better Radio and Television
Box   31	National Association of Educational Broadcasters Note: Includes draft for speech of October 23, 1961
Box   31	National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners Note: Includes draft for speech of November 14, 1962
Box   31	National Audience Board Inc. (Peter Goelet)
Box   31	National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Box   31	National Community Antenna Television Association
Box   31	National Conference of Christians and Jews
Box   31	National Education Radio and Television Center
Box   31	National Press Club Physical Description: 2 folders  Note: Includes drafts for speech, January 11, 1962
Box   31	National Religious Broadcasters
Box   32	National Security Seminar, Pocatello, Idaho, 1962
Box   32	National Society for Crippled Children and Adults
Box   32	Nelson, Gaylord
Box   32	Network studies and hearings Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   32	Neuberger, Maurine B.
Box   32	New Republic
Box   32	“New York Debut--31”
Box   32	New York Times
Box   32	Article on educational TV
Box   32	Newsday
Box   32	Newsweek
Box   33	Nixon, Richard
Box   33	Novik, M.S.
Box   33	Northwestern University Seminar Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   33	O-general
Box   33	Option time
Box   33	P-general
Box   33	Pacifica Foundation
Box   34	Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Box   34	Parents Magazine
Box   34	Pastore, John O.
Box   34	Pay TV
Box   34	Peabody Award
Box   34	Perlis, Jack
Box   34	Pilkington Report
Box   34	Piver, Neil
Box   34	Political broadcasting
Box   34	Equal time
Box   34	Pratt, Haraden
Box   34	Princeton Symposium on World Affairs
Box   34	Programming--TV and Radio
Box   34	Proxmire, William
Box   35	Power, Jules
Box   35	Public Service, Conference on
Box   35	Q-general
Box   35	Qual, Ward
Box   35	R-general
Box   35	Radio Advertising Bureau Inc.
Box   35	Radio Amateur Call Book Directory
	Radio and Television Executives Society, see International Radio and Television Society
Box   35	Radio Conference
Box   35	Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Box   35	Radio Press International
Box   35	Radio Technical Commission for Marine Services
Box   35	Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA)
Box   35	Radnitz, Robert B.
Box   35	Rand, Ayn
Box   35	Rand Corporation
Box   35	Rather, Victor
Box   35	Reader's Digest
Box   35	References
Box   35	Regulation of TV commercials
Box   36	Reinsch, Leonard J.
Box   36	Reith, Lord
Box   36	Renewals for licenses
Box   36	Requests for materials
Box   36	Resignation from FCC Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   36	Resolutions
Box   36	Reston, James B.
Box   36	Rivkin, William R.
Box   36	Roe, Yale
Box   36	Roosevelt, Eleanor
Box   36	Russia
Box   37	S-general Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   37	Salinger, Pierre E.G.
Box   37	Sandstrom, Thad M.
Box   37	Sarnoff, David
Box   37	Sarnoff, Robert W.
Box   37	Saturday Evening Post
Box   37	Saturday Review
Box   37	Sandek, Robert
Box   37	Sayles, Sidney H.
Box   37	Schary, Dore
Box   37	Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Box   37	Schooler, Lee
Box   37	Screen Gems Inc.
Box   37	Screenings
Box   37	Securities and Exchange Commission
Box   37	Seldes, Gilbert
Box   37	Senate Appropriations Committee
Box   37	Shapiro, Mike
Box   37	Shayon, Robert Lewis
Box   37	Sheen, Fulton J.
Box   37	Sherman, Allan
Box   37	Show Business Illustrated
Box   37	Shriver, Robert Sargent, Jr.
Box   38	Siepman, Charles A.
Box   38	Silver, Mrs. M.A.
Box   38	Silver Quill Award
Box   38	Simulmatics Corporation
Box   38	Small business hearings
Box   38	Smith, Howard K.
Box   38	Smith, Merriman
	Space communications satellite
Box   38	General Physical Description: 4 folders
Box   39	Act of 1962
Box   39	AT & T
Box   39	Chicago speech of May 8, 1963
Box   39	Commercial
Box   39	Education report
Box   39	FCC bill HR11040
Box   39	FCC press briefing, June 5, 1961
Box   39	House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Box   39	Kennedy correspondence
Box   39	NASC meeting at the White House
Box   39	Project Telstar
Box   39	Senate Aeronautical and Space Science Committee
Box   39	Senate Commerce Committee
Box   40	Senate Committee on Small Business
Box   40	Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
Box   40	State Department speech, October 1962
Box   40	Space incorporators for Communications Satellite Corporation
	Speech material
Box   40	Miscellaneous Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   41	Permission to quote
Box   41	Requests for
Box   41	Spencer, Lyle M.
Box   41	Spivak, Lawrence E.
Box   41	Sponsor Magazine
Box   41	Stanton, Frank
Box   41	State, Department of
Box   41	Stevenson, Adlai
Box   41	Stewart, Irvin
Box   41	Summer student employees
Box   41	Sweep magazine
Box   41	T-general
Box   42	Taft Broadcasting Company
Box   42	Taishoff, Sol
Box   42	Terry, Hugh B.
Box   42	Telecommunications
Box   42	Telefilm
Box   42	Tele-Lecture Conference, National
Box   42	Telephone messages, 1961-1963 Physical Description: 3 folders
Box   42	Television Age
Box   42	Television Affiliates Corporation
Box   42	Television Information Office
Box   42	Television Quarterly
Box   42	Television--letters from viewers and producers
Box   43	Ten Outstanding Young Men (Jaycees' award)
Box   43	This Week magazine (regarding unpublished article)
Box   43	Tidewater Teleradio
Box   43	Tillstrom, Burr
Box   43	Tours
Box   43	Toy Manufacturers of the USA
Box   43	Trezevant, Richard
Box   43	Triangle Publications
Box   43	Trienens, Howard J.
Box   43	Turner, Terry
Box   43	TV Guide
Box   43	U-general
Box   43	UHF broadcasting
Box   43	UHF project
Box   44	United Auto Workers
Box   44	United Nations
Box   44	U.S. Information Agency
Box   44	Universities (individual universities alphabetized)
Box   44	V-general
Box   44	Vanocur, Sander
Box   44	VHF broadcasting
Box   44	Volunteers
Box   44	W-general Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   44	Wall Street Journal
	Warren, Albert , see TV Guide
Box   45	Washington Conversation--TV--CBS
Box   45	Weaver, Sylvester L. (Pat)
Box   45	Wechsler, James
Box   45	Weisman, Albert P.
Box   45	Western Union Telephone Company
Box   45	Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Box   45	WGBH--Cambridge, Massachusetts
Box   45	White House memos
Box   45	Wiesner, Jerome B.
Box   45	Williams, Harrison A.
Box   45	Wirtz, Willard
Box   45	WMAL--ABC dispute
Box   45	Women's National Press Club Note: Includes speech of July 18, 1962
Box   46	Wyden, Peter
Box   46	Wyman, Eugene L.
Box   46	X,Y,Z-general
Box   46	Yates, Sidney
Box   46	YMCA of New York
Box   46	Youth Forum
	Series: Articles, Interviews, and Releases	⇧
Box   46	Articles by Newton Minow
Box   46	Articles about Newton Minow
Box   46	Interviews with Minow
Box   46	Releases and statements concerning Minow and the FCC
Box   46	Newton N. Minow--biographical and memorabilia
	Series: Speeches	⇧
Box   47	Speeches by Newton Minow
Box   48	Speeches not by Minow but concerning mass communications
	Series: Book Manuscript	⇧
Box   49-51	Drafts and manuscript for the book, Equal Time
Box   52-59	Series: Clippings	⇧
Box   59	Series: Thesis by Emmett W. Lally, 1966 May Scope and Content Note: “A descriptive analysis of the influence of Newton N. Minow upon major issues in broadcasting while chairman of the FCC”.	⇧
Audio 343A	Series: Tape Recordings	⇧
	Recordings of which a transcript or reasonably accurate copy is in the Papers
343A/1-2	Speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., Parts I and II (“vast wasteland” speech), 1961 May 9
343A/3	Speech to the Radio and Television Executive's Society, New York, New York, 1961 September 22
343A/4	Speech to the National Association of Educational Broadcaster, New York, New York, 1961 October 23
343A/5	Speech to the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California, 1961 December 22
343A/6	Speech to the Executives' Club of Chicago, 1962 February 2
343A/7	Speech to the Milwaukee Jewish Council, Milwaukee, Wisconsin “Television in the Human Image,” 1962 May 4
343A/8	Speech to the International Radio and Television Society, New York, New York, 1962 September 27
343A/9	Speech to the combined Yale, Harvard, Princeton Presidential Press Dinner, 1962 November 20
343A/10	Speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Chicago Convention, 1962 April 2
	Recordings of which no transcript or copy is in Papers
343A/11	Appearance on “KNX Kaleidoscope,” Los Angeles, California in recognition as one of the Junior Chamber of Commerce's Ten Outstanding Young Men, 1962 January 25
343A/12	Minow interviewed by Sen. Paul Douglas on the latter's weekly Report to the state of Illinois, 1962 March 28
343A/13	“Telstar” Speech at the National Security Seminar. Poctatello, Idaho, 1962 November 5
343A/14	Interview for the American Bar Association program “Justice,” New York, New York, 1963 April 21
343A/15-16	Guest on TV production, “The American Presidency, Part II, The Democrats”. Ralph Newman, host, 1964 August
343A/17	Milton Schwartz sings his own composition ribbing his former classmate, Newt Minow, not dated
343A/18	Five spot statements by Minow relating to radio and its uses and advantages. Broadcast over WKRC, Cincinnati, Ohio, undated
343A/19	Speech to the International Radio and Television Society, New York, New York, 1962 September 27
343A/26	Tape recording of Minow's speech at the premiere of WETA-TV, undated
	Recordings found in Papers with no connection to Minow
343A/20-22	“An Evening with Carl Sandburg,” recorded in the State Dept. auditorium. 1961 October 26 Use Restrictions: No reproduction may be made for commercial purposes.
343A/23	“Women in the TV News,” presented at the Overseas Press Club, by women representing ABC, CBS, NBC. Moderators: Dick and Dorothy Doan, 1962 December 16
343A/24	Documentary on Henry W. Grady, WSB radio, Atlanta, Georgia. Winner of the American Association for State and Local History and the Broadcast Music Awards for 1962.
343A/25	“Paul Freed Reports,” first in a religious series as an example of public service broadcasts offered to stations without cost. 1963 February 6
	Series: Films	⇧
DC 765	Battle Line: Iwo Jima Note: Filmrite Associates, 1963. Official Films [sponsor]. Produced and directed by Sherman Grinberg.
CA 519	David Brinkley's Journal [segment] Note: NBC, 1963.
DC 766	Eyewitness: The Audience in the Living Room Note: CBS News, February 2, 1962. Producers: Leslie Midgley, John Sharnik. Director: Vern Diamond.
AB 746	[Mr. Minow] Note: RKO Teleradio Pictures, 1962.
CA 520	[Senator Paul H. Douglas making his weekly report] Note: Producer unknown, 1962.
DC 767	Television and the FCC, Part I Note: NBC News, January 28, 1962.
DC 768	Television and the FCC, Part II Note: NBC News, February 11, 1962.
DC 769	Television and the FCC, Part III Note: NBC News, February 14, 1962.
DC 770	Washington Conversation: The Private Mind and Public Philosophy of Newton Minow Note: CBS News, 1961. Producer: Michael J. Marlow. Director: Bill Linden.
DC 771	Your Man in Washington Note: WNBQ-TV, Chicago, Illinois, November, 20, 1961.
CA 521	Your Senator Reports from Washington Note: [WNBQ-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?], April 29, 1962.

Correspondent	Folder Title
Benton, William	Encyclopedia Britannica
Capp, Al	Capp, Al
Collins, Leroy	National Association of Broadcasters
Doyle, James E.	Doyle, James E.
	Katzenbach, Nicholas
Fanning, L.S.	Fanning, L.S.
Friendly, Fred W.	Columbia Broadcasting Company
	Resignation
Goelet, Peter	National Audience Board
Hoover, Herbert	Hoover, Herbert
Humphrey, Hubert H.	Congressional reaction to “wastelands” speech
	Cartoons
	Humphrey, Hubert H.
Johnson, Lyndon B.	Johnson, Lyndon B.
Katzenbach, Nicholas	Disqualifications
	Doyle, James E.
Kefauver, Estes	Kefauver, Estes
Kennedy, John F.	Kennedy, John F.
	White House Memoranda
Kennedy, Robert F.	Congratulations
	Kennedy, Robert F.
Laurent, Lawrence	Laurent, Lawrence
Lehman, Herbert H.	Anti-Defamation League
Minow, Josephine	Minow, Josephine
Murrow, Edward R.	Murrow, Edward R.
Proxmire, William	Congratulations
	Congressional reaction to “wastelands” speech
Roosevelt, Eleanor	Roosevelt, Eleanor
Schary, Dore	Anti-Defamation League
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.	California trip of December 1961
	Educational TV (July 17, 1962)
Stevenson, Adlai E.	Stevenson, Adlai E.
	Anti-Defamation League