Series: Subject File

Abbot, Waldo, 1953-1954

Academic Leader,1956

Adult Education Association, 1951-1956

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1956-1957

American Council on Education

1952-1955

1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 correspondence and other materials related to the American Council on Education, including meeting minutes and speeches from constituent meetings. Reports highlight the council's participation in the Joint Council on Educational Television, as well as the "Education Beyond High School" meeting in March 1956.

1961-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 to 1962 correspondence and reports related to the American Council on Education, including a summary of executive committee actions from an October 1961 meeting and a study questionnaire about copyright and other financial matters regarding teachers' use of educational films, television, and radio.

American Jewish Committee, 1949
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Scope and Content Note: A 1949 cover letter and report by the America Jewish Committee on pro-democracy radio and television programs. Program listings are divided by scripts and recordings and subdivided by categories including religious, interfaith scripts, and youth.

American Samoa project, 1961-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 to 1965 correspondence related to the NAEB's educational television project with the government of American Samoa, including contracts between the organizations. Also includes educator manuals about the role of television in new instructional systems.

Asia, 1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence regarding the NAEB program Asia Reports, with brochures from two organizations that collaborated on programs, The Asia Foundation and National Committee for a Free Europe. Correspondence also includes press clippings about Asia Reports.

Asian Broadcasting Union

1965-1967
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Scope and Content Note: 1965 to 1967 correspondence regarding the NAEB's application for membership in the Asian Broadcasting Union, with other materials related to the ABU including meeting minutes and agendas for general assemblies, a newsletter, and the organization's 1963 statutes.

1968-1969
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Scope and Content Note: 1968 to 1969 correspondence regarding the Asian Broadcasting Union. Correspondence from ABU Secretary-General Charles Moses informs or requests action from members on various topics, particularly space communications and the Prix Jeunesse International, a competition for youth television programs. Also includes meeting reports, agendas, and schedules for ABU general assemblies.

Association for Education by Radio-Television

Correspondence, 1955-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1956 correspondence regarding the Association for Education by Radio-Television, with an emphasis on membership information and journal distribution. Correspondence and other materials, including a press release and meeting minutes, address the conditions of the October 1956 merger of the AERT and the NAEB.

Directors, 1955-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1956 correspondence regarding the officers and directors of the Association for Education by Radio-Television, with a list of current positions and a questionnaire on biographical information.

Membership, 1955-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1956 correspondence regarding the Association for Education by Radio-Television, including a membership pamphlet, potential member lists, overdue membership notices, and broadcasting newsletters from other organizations. Organization newsletters include Better Broadcasts, the National Society for the Study of Communication, and News and Views (World-Wide Sacred Hearts Program).

Metropolitan School Study Committee, 1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 correspondence regarding the Association for Education by Radio-Television, with a letter promoting AERT to members of New York's Metropolitan School Study Council and a letter explaining AERT's lack of sponsorship of the National Scholastic Radio-TV Guild for 1955-1956.

Organizational structure, circa 1952-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1956 correspondence regarding the Association for Education by Radio-Television, including the organization's 1952 constitution and by-laws, December 1955 biographical questionnaires for officers and directors, and a 1956 membership chairman report. Also includes a schedule for the 1956 AERT conference and two issues of the AERT Journal (November 1956 and February 1957).

Atomic Energy, 1951
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 correspondence regarding the radio program The New World of Atomic Energy, a production of WLS in Chicago in collaboration with the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the Argonne National Laboratory. Includes discussion of the arrangement allowing NAEB to distribute the program to member stations.

Ausmus, Graydon, Correspondence

1948-1949
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Scope and Content Note: 1948 to 1949 correspondence about NAEB positions on FCC hearings and other matters, with a list of officers, directors, and members for 1950. Major topics include an FCC petition that would allow the Southern Baptist Convention to operate low-power FM stations, breaking the educational band of FM radio stations.

1950
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Scope and Content Note: 1950 correspondence regarding Graydon Ausmus' involvement with the NAEB, including his role as the Vice President. Other topics include the new WUOA-FM station at the University of Alabama, with Ausmus as the director of radio broadcasting services, and the fall 1950 NAEB convention. Also includes a list of NAEB officers, directors, and members.

1951
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 correspondence regarding plans, positions, and decisions of NAEB staff, including discussion of brochure revisions, the 1951 fall convention, and the relationship between FM radio and television. Also includes discussion of moving NAEB network headquarters from WNYC to the University of Illinois and a speech delivered to the American Association of Museums by NAEB president Seymour N. Siegel.

1952
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 correspondence involving NAEB staff, especially Graydon Ausmus, who became the NAEB president after serving as vice president. Major topics include: plans for the 1952 NAEB meeting in Columbus; the search for a new executive director to replace James Miles; and organizational concerns, particularly how decisions should be delegated between the NAEB staff and board.

1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence involving NAEB president Graydon Ausmus and other staff members. Includes discussion of executive director transition, with Frank Schooley acting as interim executive director until Harry Skornia began his term, and the Fund for Adult Education, with NAEB's 1953 request for funds and a financial report. Also includes three reports compiled by NAEB's Television Operations Committee: a survey on physical plant and equipment in TV operations of NAEB members, a report on salary scales of six educational television stations, and a survey of costs for educational television programs.

1954-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1956 correspondence involving NAEB president Graydon Ausmus and other staff members. Topics include funding requests to the Kellogg Foundation and the Fund for Adult Education. Also includes budgets, minutes and reports for board meetings, and a report from the Professional Advancement Committee.

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence involving NAEB president Frank Schooley, executive director Harry Skornia, other staff members. Includes grant proposals and funding requests to the Kellogg Foundation and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare' Office of Education, with budgets and financial statements for the NAEB. Also includes a text by Graydon Ausmus titled “The Role of Higher Education in Educational Television.”

Beacon Press, 1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1953 correspondence regarding Beacon Press books for NAEB programs that included episode scripts and other material.

Biographical data on NAEB leadership, 1953-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1965 correspondence primarily focused on biographical data, with resumes and brief biographies for various NAEB staff and members and contacts from other organizations. Also includes a program titled "Who's Who at the Baltimore Public Service Conference" from March 1958, with short biographies for speakers on the conference panels.

Board of Directors

Correspondence

1951-1952
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 to 1952 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and leadership, especially executive director James Miles. Includes minutes and reports from board meetings about grant applications and funds, as well as correspondence to all NAEB members about conferences, upcoming programs, types of membership, and other topics. Also includes a report on the 1952 Educational Television Programs Institute by the president of the American Council on Education, Arthur Adams.

1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and leadership, especially executive directors James Miles and Harry Skornia. Includes minutes and agendas from board meetings, with discussion of grant funds and financial reports. Correspondence also addresses regional meetings and a distribution agreement for BBC programs.

1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff, especially executive director Harry Skornia. Includes financial reports and surveys used for board votes on issues such as committee names and the NAEB's position on subscription television. Correspondence addresses topics including the hiring of Harold Hill as associate director and Morris Novik as a personnel consultant.

1957-1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1957 to 1958 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff, especially executive director Harry Skornia. Correspondence addresses topics including the use of grant funds from the Kellogg foundation, the selection of new NAEB leadership like regional directors, and the 1957 board meeting in Chicago.

1959
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Scope and Content Note: 1959 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff, especially executive director Harry Skornia and president William Harley. Includes discussion of travel insurance and expenses, board meetings in Chicago and Columbus, and a potential move of NAEB headquarters to Washington, D.C. Also includes a newsletter for board members and a list of board members for 1960.

1960
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff, with topics including appointments to the board and annual conventions, and financial support for travel as NAEB representatives. Also includes ballots for a board vote on NAEB leadership.

1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff, especially Harold Hill, Richard Hull, Loren Stone, and James Miles. Includes board memos from NAEB president William Harley and a wage study of educational television stations. Correspondence addresses NAEB's relationship with other educational broadcasting organizations and a disagreement, which began at the October 1960 board meeting in San Francisco, over NAEB's position on a local educational television issue in Philadelphia.

1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 correspondence involving the NAEB board of directors and staff. Topics include internal controversy over the NAEB's potential involvement in television production, the distribution of federal grants for educational television programs, and the NAEB's relationship with the National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC).

Election of chairman (1963), 1962-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 to 1964 correspondence related to the election of the NAEB board chairman, with December 1962 ballots for Richard Hull's re-election and a 1964 sample letter sent to nominees who did not win positions.

Executive staff meetings, 1961-1966
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 to 1966 correspondence related to NAEB executive staff meetings, with detailed agenda items and reports for some meetings during this period. Correspondence addresses the addition and adjustment of job positions, the expansion of NAEB publications, international activities, and network fees.

Experimental television production, 1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 correspondence related to the NAEB's possible experiment in producing educational television series, which was authorized by the board in May 1962. Correspondence addresses the controversy resulting from Loren Stone's memo about this board action and the problems it might raise for the NAEB and other educational broadcasting organizations, especially the National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC).

Joint Council on Educational Broadcasting, 1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence regarding the Joint Council on Educational Broadcasting (previously named the Join Council on Educational Television) and the relationship between the NAEB and the National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC), with multiple drafts of a proposal to formalize the working relationship between the two organizations.

Membership issues, 1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 correspondence regarding NAEB membership, with particular concerns about dues for new members, standards and goals for continuing memberships, and the professionalization aspect of the organization.

Minutes and Reports

1947 October
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Scope and Content Note: Meeting minutes from the October 1947 annual NAEB business meeting in Chicago, with summaries of special talks from NAEB staff and other guests, including FCC representatives.

1951-1956

1957-1962

1963-1967

1969

Bretz, Rudy, 1953-1957

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Correspondence, 1952-1957

Reports, 1950-1957

Broadcast Music Inc., 1952

Bronson, Vernon, 1960-1963

By-laws and constitution, 1962-1969

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1951-1957

Carmichael, O.C., 1953-1954

Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, 1965-1967

Census, 1948-1950

Chicago Radio Council, 1938-1943

Chicago Radio Project, 1953-1954

Churches, 1949-1950

Clear channel rules, 1946-1948, 1958

Cleveland Board of Education, 1938-1940

Cohn & Marks

Correspondence

1952-1960

1961-1964

Payola rules, 1959-1960

FCC, 1955-1956

Coleman, Robert, 1954-1959

Columbia radio literacy project, 1961

Columbia Records Inc., 1953-1956

Committees

General, 1952-1966

Advisory, 1953

Adult Education

Correspondence, 1951-1955

Minutes and reports, 1952-1956

Affiliates, 1962-1963

Committee on (Committees), 1962

Constitution

General, 1926-1964

Subcommittee on By-laws, 1950-1956

Subcommittee on Preamble, 1962

Conventions

1953-1954

1961-1962

Copyright, 1964

Development, 1959-1962

Employment Practices, 1968-1969

Engineering

Correspondence, 1953-1964

Minutes and reports, 1953-1961

Executive

Correspondence, 1940-1963

Minutes and reports

1952-1959

1966-1967

Federal Radio Education, 1949

Finance

1957-1958

1959-1961

Five, Committee of, 1951-1955

Fulbright, 1954-1956

Future Relations, 1960

Government Relations, 1962

Grants-in-Aid, 1953-1956, 1961-1962

History and Archives, 1961-1964

In-School Program, 1953-1955

Individual Member Study, 1963

Industry Relations, 1962-1963

Instructional Television, 1958-1963

International Relations, 1952-1966

Joint Planning, 1959

Liaison, 1955-1962

Live Network, 1960-1962

Membership, 1953-1962

Network Acceptance

1952-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1954 correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports related to NAEB's Network Acceptance Committee. Correspondence primarily addresses committee members' feedback and votes on submitted programs, with some discussion of procedures and technical problems within the committee.

1955
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 correspondence and reports related to NAEB's Network Acceptance Committee. Correspondence primarily addresses committee members' feedback and votes on submitted programs, with some detailed program summaries, including episode summaries, and correspondence with series submitters.

1956-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 to 1957 correspondence related to NAEB's Network Acceptance Committee with discussion of tape logistics, including distribution, returns, rentals, and sales. Also contains program offerings and cue sheets that include summaries of series and episode topics.

1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence and reports regarding NAEB's Radio Network Acceptance Committee, including a statement of purpose for the NAEB Tape Network and a draft of the committee's standards and procedures.

Nominating, 1954

Personnel Placement, 1955-1963

Policy, 1963

Presidential Search, 1961

Professional Advancement, 1952-1956, 1960-1964

Program Acceptance, 1952-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1962 correspondence and reports regarding NAEB's Tape Network Acceptance Committee, including discussion of possible programs and meeting reports by the committee.

Program Planning, 1953-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1956 correspondence related to NAEB's Program Planning Committee, with program descriptions and suggestions for programming areas to develop. Correspondence addresses potential NAEB programs proposed by government organizations, including the United States Information Agency's Voice of America project and the Air Weather Service.

Programming Practices, 1968-1969
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Scope and Content Note: 1968 and 1969 correspondence, survey report, and resolution regarding programming practices. Report studies member station programming of nationally distributed and/or network radio and television programs, with emphasis on those related to racial topics. Resolution reinforces dedication to serve black Americans with programming.

Publications, 1954-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1964 correspondence regarding the NAEB publications committee, with reports and questionnaires about the Newsletter and Journal. Includes discussion of publication goals and changes, committee management, and article submissions.

Public Relations, 1954-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1957 correspondence regarding the NAEB public relations committee, with news releases and meeting minutes. Includes discussion of committee responsibilities, public relations strategies and goals, and support for educational media legislation.

Public Relations, 1958-1960
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 to 1960 correspondence regarding the NAEB public relations committee, with membership publications and meeting minutes. Includes discussion of membership promotion, public relations efforts by member stations, and the possibility of a National Educational Radio and Television Week.

Public Relations, 1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence regarding the NAEB public relations committee, with committee reports. Includes discussion of committee organization, public relations staff, program ideas, and NAEB logo design and selection.

Public Relations, 1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 correspondence regarding the NAEB public relations committee. Includes discussion of Marion Corwell's work as chairman, fundraising, NAEB promotion during NBC's Family Living program, and the planning of a public relations kit and speaker's guide for member stations in 1962.

Public Relations, 1963-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1963 to 1965 correspondence regarding the NAEB public relations committee, with proposed NAEB constitution and bylaws for September 1964. Includes discussion of a speakers directory, changing committee membership, convention programs and meetings, and the 1965 discontinuation of the committee.

Radio Network Program, 1961-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 to 1962 correspondence regarding the NAEB radio network program committee. Includes discussion of music programming, network station awards, and the scheduling of quarterly programs.

Radio Network School

1953-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1956 correspondence regarding the NAEB radio network school committee, with school stations and in-school program subcommittees. Includes discussion of a questionnaire for member schools, distribution of tapes and handbooks, and program recommendation and selection.

1960-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1964 correspondence regarding the NAEB radio network school committee, with 2 issues of the monthly committee publication, Inschool Broadcaster. Includes discussion of committee's function, new members, and submitted programs.

Radio Planning, 1959-1963

Research

General

1952-1957

1958 January-April
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Scope and Content Note: January to April 1958 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee, with Sam Becker as the new committee chairman. Topics include the grants-in-aid program, funds for research programs, and the possibility of purchasing a Nielsen Coverage Study for research purposes. Also includes a report funded by an NAEB grant on listenership in Athens, Ohio.

1958 May-December
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Scope and Content Note: May to December 1958 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee, with Sam Becker as the committee chairman. Topics include the grants-in-aid program, the committee meeting at the 1958 NAEB convention, and a survey on areas of educational television that should be researched. Also includes the October 1958 committee report and funding proposals to the United States Office of Education.

1959
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Scope and Content Note: 1959 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee and committee chairman Sam Becker. Correspondence addresses the grants-in-aid program, a funding request to the Kellogg Foundation, and the committee's possible meeting with Marshall McLuhan to work on a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. Also includes the October 1956 and October 1959 committee reports.

1960
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee, especially committee chairman Sam Becker and executive director Harry Skornia. Topics include committee appointments, the NAEB's committee structure, and Becker's work on Title VII proposals for the U.S. Office of Education. Also includes a document defining responsibilities of the NAEB and correspondence from other individuals researching educational broadcasting.

1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee. Major topics include a survey on educational TV needs and the possibility of an NAEB audience survey office in Washington, D.C.

Subcommittee on Grants-in-Aid, 1957-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1957 to 1962 correspondence related to the NAEB Research Committee's subcommittee on grants-in-aid. Includes grant proposals for various projects, discussion of proposals, and responses to applicants. Also includes a report partially sponsored by an NAEB grant-in-aid, titled “A Survey of Radio and Television Listening in the Lafayette Area.”

Seminar

1955-1957 September
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1957 correspondence regarding the planning of the first NAEB Research Seminar, held at Ohio State University, with discussion of potential participants and biographical data. Also includes meeting minutes from an August 1957 research committee meeting.

1957 October-December
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Scope and Content Note: October to December 1957 correspondence regarding the first NAEB Research Seminar, held at Ohio State University in December 1957. Includes roster of participants, meeting minutes, the seminar schedule, committee reports on educational audiences and broadcasting effects, and discussion of participant selection and invitation.

Resolutions, 1960-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1965 correspondence regarding the NAEB Resolutions Committee, with discussion of committee appointments and annual reports from the committee.

Scientific Aid to Learning, 1939-1942
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Scope and Content Note: 1939 to 1942 correspondence between the NAEB's Frank Schooley and Irvin Stewart, director of the Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning, primarily regarding reports on broadcasting equipment and systems in schools.

School Stations, 1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1953 correspondence regarding the NAEB School Stations Committee, with reports and a questionnaire sent to school station personnel.

Tape Network Planning, 1950
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Scope and Content Note: 1950 correspondence and notes on possible NAEB Tape Network programs, with episode listings for some programs and comments from committee reports.

Television

Development, 1954-1961

Exchange, 1961-1962

Operation, 1953-1955

Planning, 1959-1963

Programming, 1953-1958

UHF, 1956

University, 1959

Utilization Project, 1958-1963

Workshop and Scholarship, 1954-1955

Committee for Economic Development, Subcommittee on Efficiency and Innovation in Education, 1966-1967

Conferences

Boston University, 1957

Brandeis University, 1963

Iowa State College, 1953

Ohio State University, 1957

Purdue University

1958

1961-1963

Rome, 1961

Tokyo, 1964-1965

UNESCO, 1958

Apmex Corporation, 1962

University of Chicago, 1964

University of Illinois (Allerton Seminars), 1949-1950, 1952, 1956-1957, 1963

University of Iowa, 1963-1965

University of Missouri, 1964

University of Wisconsin

1953

1956

1959-1961

1965

Warrentown, Virginia, 1962

Washington, D.C., 1958-1960

Congressional Record,1955-1956

Consulting team, 1954-1958

Conventions

1942

1947

1949-1955

1956-1957

1966-1967

1968-1976

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1951

Copyright, 1954-1966

Council of National Organizations

General correspondence, 1954-1957

Minutes and reports, 1956-1957

Divisions of the NAEB

Educational Television Stations, 1963-1966, 1968-1969

Individual Members, 1963-1966

Instruction, 1963-1966

National Education Radio, 1962-1966

Dunn, John, 1953-1954

Eastern Educational Network, 1961-1968

Educational Communications System, 1962-1966

Educational Media Council

1959

1960-1962 April

1962-1964 May

1965-1967

1968-1969

Educational Television and Radio Center

General

1953-1956

1957-1968

Committees

Affiliates, 1959-1961

Grants, 1953-1954

NAEB-NETRC Future Relations, 1960-1961

Electric Industries Association, 1963

El Salvador project

Encyclopedia Britannica films, 1953

European Broadcasting Union

1955-1957

1968-1970

1971
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Scope and Content Note: 1971 reports from the European Broadcasting Union's Radio Programme Committee, including proposals and strategy planning for various programming categories.

Executive Director

Policy statements, 1951-1973
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 to 1973 meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence regarding NAEB policy. Topics include proposed organizational changes, programming strategies, and distribution of the Cooper Union Forum program. Executive director letters from Jim Miles also provide updates on the NAEB's plans and practices.

Search and selection, 1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1953 correspondence regarding the search for NAEB's executive director replacement for Jim Miles, including applications, reference letters, and internal correspondence.

FM Multiplex, 1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 correspondence regarding the potential creation of an educational FM network, with a reprinted issue of Communication Engineering from Crosby Laboratories Inc.

FM Transmitters, 1948-1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1948 to 1958 NAEB correspondence regarding FM radio and industry publications promoting FM transmitters.

Fact sheet

1955-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1957 correspondence regarding the NAEB Research Fact Sheet service, including subscription changes and requests for research reports.

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence regarding the NAEB Fact Sheet service, with reprints of educational television research reports and brief correspondence related to Harry J. Skornia's work on the Fulbright Awards advisory screening committee.

Federal Communications Commission

1948-1950
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Scope and Content Note: 1948 to 1950 correspondence and reports regarding NAEB's participation in the FCC's Clear Channel and Mayflower hearings, including statement transcripts and newspaper coverage.

1952-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1956 correspondence and reports regarding FCC rules and hearings and NAEB positions on proposals. Topics include requirements for identification of recorded programs, Conelrad broadcasting, and television translators.

1957-1966

Financial

General correspondence, 1951-1957, 1962-1965

Disbursement ledgers, 1954-1957

Balance sheets, 1958-1967

Fleming, Marguerite, 1953-1954

Foundations

General, 1947-1951

Ford

1951-1957

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence regarding the NAEB's multi-year funding request to the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education, with multiple drafts of the request including appendices on NAEB functions, activities, and finances. Also includes a report on the WOI-TV project, “The Whole Town's Talking.”

1956-1959
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 to 1959 correspondence regarding the NAEB's funding requests to the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education. Includes a March 1959 NAEB report to the foundation, with information on series production, grants-in-aid, television studies, workshops and seminars, and other NAEB activities.

1960-1963
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1963 correspondence regarding NAEB grants from the Ford Foundation, with a March 1961 pictorial report summarizing educational television practices and developments. Also includes a 1963 grant proposal for professional development workshops in instructional television.

Hill, 1960 March 31
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Scope and Content Note: A March 1960 NAEB report by the Twin City Area Educational Television Corporation, titled "Upper Midwest Six-State Educational Television Network Survey." The study addresses the administrative, engineering, and programming feasibility of an educational television network in the region, with discussion of factors including costs, program resources, and audience potential.

Kellogg

1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1953 correspondence and reports related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Correspondence addresses disbursement of funds, as well as two major project areas supported by the Kellogg grant: the NAEB tape network and its offerings and NAEB meetings and seminars.

1954 January-June
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Scope and Content Note: January to June 1954 correspondence and reports related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, including a progress report for July 1953 to June 1954. Correspondence addresses increased funding commitments from the foundation, budget revisions, and the NAEB's financial problems.

1954 July-December
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Scope and Content Note: July to December 1954 correspondence and reports related to NAEB funds and disbursements from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Includes budgets and financial statements and a June 1954 report from the NAEB In-School Writers' Seminar.

1955-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1956 correspondence related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with a new five-year grant request and a renewed three-year commitment from the foundation. Includes NAEB progress reports to the foundation from 1955 and 1956 and reports, meeting minutes, and other material regarding NAEB projects funded by the foundation, including the radio network and seminars. Includes some earlier reports, from 1952 to 1954, and later correspondence, from 1969 to 1961, related to Kellogg funding.

1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1957 correspondence related to NAEB funds and disbursements from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, including the June 1957 annual report summarizing the growth, plans, and programs of the NAEB.

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with proposed budgets, financial statements, and draft requests for various project areas, including international relations and professional advancement. Includes an October 1958 funding request and its supporting materials.

1959
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Scope and Content Note: 1959 correspondence related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with a request focused on teacher training and professional standards development. Also includes discussion of a new grant to support the hiring of a full-time publications editor.

1960-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1962 correspondence related to NAEB funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with eleven-year grant period ending in 1962. Includes financial statements, as well as discussion of the proposed National Educational Broadcasting Center, Harry J. Skornia's departure from the NAEB, and the opening of the NAEB office in Washington.

Old Dominion, 1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 correspondence between NAEB president Graydon Ausmus and Monroe Bush, assistant to the Old Dominion Foundation's president, regarding the use of NAEB programs on commercial stations.

Pacifica, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1955 correspondence regarding NAEB's relationship with the Pacific Foundation, the operator of radio station KPFA. Correspondence addresses NAEB financial support for KPFA-produced programs during a period of staff problems at the foundation. Also includes two biweekly program listings from KPFA, for April 5 to 18, 1953 and June 28 to July 11, 1953.

Richardson, 1962-1963
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 to 1963 correspondence regarding an NAEB proposal to the Richardson Foundation. Includes a copy of the request, titled “Plan for Professional Development of Educational Broadcasting as an Aid to Better Citizenship.”

Rockefeller, 1953-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1954 correspondence regarding a six-month NAEB experiment in broadcasting poetry, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Includes proposals and reports on the project, with feedback from consultants.

Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence related to NAEB funding from the Standard Oil of New Jersey Foundation, with a funding request and extensive supporting materials. The funding request focuses on NAEB international program exchanges with BBC and other organizations, and the supporting materials include newsletters, program brochures, a member directory, and regional seminar reports.

Fulbright, 1953-1958

Fund for Adult Education

General correspondence, 1950-1961

Iowa project, 1951

Lowell project, 1951-1952

Reports, 1953-1957

Requests, 1953-1955

Grants-in-Aid

Correspondence

1952-1956

1957-1959

Reports, 1954-1961

Requests

1954-1956

1963-1966

Harley, William, 1951-1961

Historical, 1951-1957

The History Agency,1953

Hovey, Graham, 1953-1954

Hull, Richard B., 1953-1954

Hunter, Armand L., 1954

Institute for Education by Radio-Television, 1949-1965

International activities, 1954-1957

International Cooperation Administration, 1960

International exchange students, 1947-1948

Iowa, 1937-1942

Japan: Cultural and Educational Television Program Exchange Center, 1963-1965

Joint Committee on Educational Television (Broadcasting)

Correspondence

1951

1952-1963

1964-1968

Reports and minutes

1949-1958

1959-1966

1967-1969

Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, 1962-1963

Legislation

Kennedy-Nixon statements regarding federal aid to educational television, 1960

Magnuson, Warren (Dem.- Washington) 1958-1961

Harris, Oren (Democrat - Arkansas) 1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 correspondence related to proposed federal assistance for educational television. NAEB members and staff, state governors and education officials, and Representative Oren Harris (chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee) discuss state plans for educational television and potential funds. Includes some individual state reports.

Roberts, Kenneth (Democrat - Alaska) 1960-1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1961 correspondence regarding proposed legislation about educational broadcasting. NAEB members and staff, state governors and education officials, and congress members discuss support for legislation, hearing witnesses, state ETV activities, and NAEB statements on legislation.

Roberts, Kenneth (Democrat - Alaska) 1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 correspondence regarding legislation about federal assistance for educational television, with references to press coverage, grant eligibility for projects, local educational television organizations, and President John F. Kennedy's support.

Smather, George (Democrat - Florida) 1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence regarding the Smathers Bill's provision that could harm educational broadcasting stations. Features legislators, NAEB staff, and member station representatives, especially from the University of Michigan.

Lerch, John

Correspondence, 1954-1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1958 correspondence between radio producer John Lerch and NAEB staff, primarily network managers John Holt and Robert Underwood. Addresses distribution of Lerch's series Report in Europe and production of his series Report from Japan.

Report from Japan: scripts, circa 1954-1958
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Scope and Content Note: Scripts for Report from Japan, a series hosted by producer John Lerch. Topics cover contemporary social and political issues in Japan.

McKenzie, Betty 1961-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1961 to 1964 correspondence with publications editor Betty McKenzie regarding the NAEB Journal's authors, articles, mailing, printing, and ads.

McLuhan, Marshall

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 correspondence about the NAEB's planned collaborative project on new media education with Marshall McLuhan, including discussion of fundraising and drafts of the U.S. Office of Education grant application.

1959 January-June
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Scope and Content Note: January to June 1959 correspondence regarding Marshall McLuhan's project with the NAEB, with drafts of the U.S. Office of Education grant application. Discussions include budgetary needs and translating his concepts into experiments.

1959 July-December
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Scope and Content Note: July to December 1959 correspondence regarding Marshall McLuhan's project with the NAEB, including a progress report and draft syllabus for project sessions.

1960-1963
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Scope and Content Note: 1960 to 1963 correspondence regarding Marshall McLuhan's project with the NAEB, including discussion of grant fund distribution, staff compensation, and experiment design. Project materials include scripts for a pilot video and drafts of discussion and writing prompts for students.

Management Service, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1955 correspondence regarding labor-management relations and union memberships at NAEB member stations, with a focus on the work of consultant M.S. Novik.

Membership

Correspondence

1943-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1943 to 1954 correspondence and reports regarding NAEB membership, including member mailing lists, applications, acceptance notifications, and eligibility requirements.

1956-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 to 1967 correspondence regarding NAEB membership, including publication orders, membership inquiries from stations and individuals, and NAEB letters to potential new member stations.

1962-1966
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 to 1966 correspondence regarding NAEB membership, including inquiries and information about various forms of organizational membership.

Directories

1956-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1956 and 1957 NAEB member directories and 1977 NAEB public telecommunication directory including staff and board listings in addition to member stations and affiliated organizations.

1960-1962 and 1977

Industrial associates, 1958-1962

Prospective members, 1950-1955

Statistics, 1962-1965

Michigan, 1938-1941

Miles, James, 1952-1954

Miller, Allen, 1953-1954

Moley, Raymond, 1962

National Association of Radio-Television Broadcasters, 1953

National Association of the Performing Arts, 1939

National Citizens Committee for Educational Television, 1953-1954

National Committee on Education by Radio, 1938-1942

National Community Television Association, 1961

National Education Association, Department of Audio-Visual Instruction

1952-1957
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1957 correspondence and publications from the Department of Audio-Visual Education of the NAEB.

1952-1957 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1957 correspondence and publications from the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction of the NAEB.

National University Extension Association, 1953
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Scope and Content Note: June 1953 issue of the National University Extension Association Bulletin.

Netherlands, 1961-1963
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Scope and Content Note: 1961-1963 correspondence and publications from Radio Nederland.

New York Educational Institute of the Air, 1953-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1953-1954 correspondence and publications from WNYC's Educational Institute of the Air.

New York Municipal Broadcasting System, 1939-1944
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Scope and Content Note: 1939-1944 correspondence of the New York Municipal Broadcasting System.

New York State Education Radio and Television Association, 1961-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1961-1965 correspondence and publications of the New York State Education Radio and Television Association.

New York television monitoring project, 1952-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1954 correspondence and publications of the New York television monitoring project.

Nigerian education and radio and television project, 1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1962 NAEB proposal to the Agency for International Development for the Nigerian education and radio and television project.

Novik, Morris S. 1953-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1953-1954 correspondence of M.S. Novik.

Office space plan, Champaign, Illinois 1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 proposal for an office space plan, Champaign, Illinois.

Officers of the NAEB

1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 correspondence and publications of the Officers of the NAEB.

1955-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1955-1956 correspondence, publications, and reports of the Officers of the NAEB.

Ohio Radio Institute, 1938-1944
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Scope and Content Note: 1938-1944 correspondence and publications of the Ohio Radio Institute.

Paulu, Burton

1950-1960
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1960 correspondence and publications of Burton Paulu (collection #1).

1950-1960 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1960 correspondence and publications of Burton Paulu (collection #2).

Personnel, 1952-1966
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1966 correspondence and publications from or relating to various NAEB personnel.

Photographs, circa 1930s-1952
Scope and Content Note: The photographs relate to two radio programs, “World Neighbors” and “Report from Europe,” and to a conference at the University of Illinois in 1952.

NAEB Placement service, 1954-1955
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Scope and Content Note: 1954-1955 correspondence and publications of the National Association for Educational Broadcasters Placement Service.

Prix Italia

1953-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1953-1956 correspondence and publications of or relating to the Prix Italia (collection #1).

1953-1956 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1953-1956 correspondence and publications of or relating to the Prix Italia (collection #2).

Reports, 1954-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1956 Italia Prize programs in French, with a 1962 guidebook for the awards in French, English, and Italian. Guidebook includes rules for submissions and jury decisions, and programs include lists of jury members, submissions, and winners and photos of the jury and winners.

Programs

Correspondence

1951-1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 to 1954 correspondence about NAEB programs, including school program order forms and discussion of questionnaires, rights, and distribution of materials.

1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence, reports, and handbooks related to NAEB programs, including order forms, program outlines, program proposals, and a list of tape network stations.

1968 January-July
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Scope and Content Note: January to July 1968 correspondence and reports about Programs for the Disadvantaged, a project focused on racial issues and minority audiences from National Educational Radio and Educational Television Stations (divisions of the NAEB). Includes speeches about media education and a Communications Feasibility Study about media access for rural and poor populations from the Office of Economic Opportunity.

1968 August-December
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Scope and Content Note: August to December 1968 correspondence and reports about Programs for the Disadvantaged, a project focused on racial issues and minority audiences from National Educational Radio and Educational Television Stations (divisions of the NAEB), with related press releases and speeches about communications. Includes project summary report and NAEB comments on non-discrimination in broadcasting before the FCC.

Proposals

1958
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Scope and Content Note: 1958 Correspondence and documentation regarding program content submissions to the NAEB Network. Both NAEB Member and non-member representatives from various universities and other organizations correspondence with the NAEB's Bob Underwood (Network Manager) and Harold Hill (Associate Director).

Promotional materials

Jeffersonian Heritage, 1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 and 1953 Correspondence and documentation relating to the NAEB radio program Jeffersonian Heritage. Internal NAEB correspondence and correspondence with radio stations and printing companies regarding distribution of tapes, advertising, and supplementary materials, as well as press coverage of the series.

Jeffersonian Heritage (continued), 1952-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 and 1953 Documentation relating to the NAEB radio program Jeffersonian Heritage. Advertising and press materials, content descriptions, and a discussion guide for the radio series. Script and press materials for a NAEB/NBC collaborative television production about Jefferson.

People Under Communism, 1951-1956
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Scope and Content Note: 1951 to 1956 Correspondence, meeting minutes, and press releases about the NAEB radio program People Under Communism. Press releases include summaries of each episode, and minutes and correspondence address the financing, research, and production of the series and other possible programs.

Scripts

Creatures of Impulse, 1953
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Scope and Content Note: Script for Creatures of Impulse, a 1953 episode of the University of Michigan children's television series Down Storybook Lane. Includes cast and crew list, brief production notes, and studio floor plan. Written by Martha De Lano based on W.S. Gilbert's play and distributed by the NAEB.

The Great Adventure, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: Scripts for seven parts of the series The Great Adventure, the story of the French diplomats Tocqueville and Beaumont learning about American values and life in the United States during an 1831 visit.

The Last Citizen, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: Scripts for the eighteen-program series The Last Citizen: The Negro in America from WBAA (Purdue University), a project about the experiences and problems of black people in the United States. Features writer-director E.W. Richter and Dr. Louis Schneider (Professor of Sociology, Purdue University) in conversation with expert guests for the topic of each episode.

Letter From Italy, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: Scripts for Letter from Italy, a series hosted by reporter Graham Hovey and recorded at the Radiotelevisione Italiana studios for the NAEB. Topics cover contemporary social and political issues in Italy. Also includes responses to the show from member stations.

Master Pierre Patelin, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 script for Master Pierre Patelin, an adaptation of a 15th century French farce written by Dan W. Mullin (University of Michigan). Includes cast and crew list, brief production notes, studio floor plan, and credits drawings. Originally produced by the University of Michigan's Department of Speech and WWJ-TV in Detroit.

Outward Bound with Columbus, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: Script for Outward Bound with a Columbus, a radio opera by Riccardo Nielsen with text by Alessandro Piovesa. Arranged by Radio Italiana and distributed by the NAEB. Includes cast list.

People Under Communism, 1953-1955
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Scope and Content Note: Scripts for People Under Communism, an NAEB program produced in consolation with the Russian Institute of Columbia University, the Hoover Institute and Library at Stanford University, and the Russian Research Center at Harvard University. Episodes focus on social and political issues in the Soviet Union with scripted anecdotes and commentary from expert hosts and guests.

Ways of Mankind: program, 1954
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 draft of a discussion series pamphlet accompanying the NAEB anthropology radio program Ways of Mankind. Prepared by Walter Goldschmidt (UCLA), a consultant on the series, as part of The Fund for Adult Education's Experimental Discussion Project.

Publications, 1953-1966
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1966 correspondence and fact sheets related to NAEB publications, including publication statistics, lists of available materials, and correspondence from the publications committee.

Publicity, 1954-1960
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1960 correspondence, press releases, and press coverage regarding NAEB programs, including The Jeffersonian Heritage, and activities such as grant awards.

Radio Corporation of America, 1938-1939
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Scope and Content Note: 1938 to 1939 correspondence between NAEB and RCA staff regarding rules for the broadcasting of RCA records by educational radio stations.

Radio Corporation of America, 1959-1962
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Scope and Content Note: 1959 to 1962 correspondence and reports regarding the future of educational television in the United States, with an emphasis on the speech "Educational TV: A Blueprint for Action" by the president of RCA, John L. Burns.

Recording test data, 1939
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Scope and Content Note: 1939 data sheets that document NAEB tests of recording equipment, as well as correspondence with various manufacturers coordinating the tests, promotional material for equipment, and instructions for equipment use with diagrams. Data sheets include some charts.

Regions

Region I, 1955-1963
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Scope and Content Note: 1955 to 1963 programs and schedules for NAEB Region I conferences, with some correspondence related to regional announcements and activities. Region I includes NAEB members from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The 1955 conference program includes selected remarks and panel conversations, featuring both regional members and NAEB headquarters staff.

Region II, 1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 correspondence, schedules, and reports related to the 1953 NAEB Region II seminar-workshop, with an additional Region II report titled "A Financial Analysis of Fifty-Four Educational Stations" and brief correspondence about a University Film Producers Association meeting at the University of Southern California. Region II includes NAEB members from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The 1953 seminar-workshop report includes meeting minutes and summaries. The financial analysis report provides data for around half of NAEB member stations, including staff structures and salary information.

Region II, 1959-1966
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Scope and Content Note: 1959 to 1966 correspondence, schedules, attendee lists, and reports related to NAEB Region II seminars, including tentative schedules or full programs for the period from 1960 to 1966. Region II comprises NAEB members from Southeastern states. Correspondence includes discussion of conference planning and preparing conference reports.

Region III, 1953-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1965 correspondence, schedules, attendee lists, programs, and reports related to NAEB Region III seminars, with material about 1962 and 1963 conferences that focused on music programming. Correspondence includes discussion of establishing a regional educational television network and a funding application for the project. Region III includes NAEB members from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Region IV, 1954-1961
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Scope and Content Note: 1954 to 1961 correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports related to NAEB Region IV, with a full report on the 1954 region meeting at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. This report includes a directory listing members from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Region V, 1952-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1952 to 1964 correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports related to NAEB Region V seminars, including a report of proceedings with summaries of remarks and discussion sessions for the 1956 conference in Denver. Region V includes NAEB members from Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Region VI, 1953-1965
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Scope and Content Note: 1953 to 1965 correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports related to NAEB Region VI, including programs for the 1963 and 1965 Western Radio and Television Conference and a full report with keynote transcripts for the 1953 Region VI Seminar-Workshop. Region VI includes NAEB members from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

Reorganization

General, 1960-1964, 1967

Affiliates, 1963

ETV Division, 1963-1964

Resolutions, 1938-1940

Satellite Communications

1959-1963

1970

Scholarships, 1953-1958

Schooley, Frank, 1952-1953

Schooley, Louise, 1942-1945

Schram, W., 1952-1956

Scrapbook, 1951-1956

Siebert, Fred, 1938

Siegel, Seymour, 1951-1954

Skornia, H. 1953-1960

State Educational Television Commissions, 1962

Stations

Canada

China

California

California (continued)-Louisiana

Massachusetts-Texas

Texas (continued)-Wyoming

Sudanese project, 1961

Surveys

1947-1951

1952-1957, 1962-1964
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1957 and 1962-1964 correspondence, reports, and publications related to National Association of Educational Broadcasters surveys (collection #1).

1952-1957, 1962-1964 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1952-1957 and 1962-1964 correspondence, reports, and publications related to National Association of Educational Broadcasters surveys (collection #2).

Tape Network

1950-1953
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1953 correspondence and publications of or relating to the National Association for Educational Broadcasters Tape Network.

1950-1953 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1953 correspondence and publications of or relating to the National Association for Educational Broadcasters Tape Network (collection #2).

1950-1953 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1953 correspondence and publications of or relating to the National Association for Educational Broadcasters Tape Network (collection #3).

1950-1953 (continued)
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Scope and Content Note: 1950-1953 correspondence and publications of or relating to the National Association for Educational Broadcasters Tape Network (collection #4).

1954-1963

Tape recording service, 1961-1965

Tax exempt status, 1951-1961

Taxation of broadcasters, 1964-1965

Television

News clippings about educational TV, 1953-1954

Closed circuit project, 1956-1957

Editorializing, 1957-1959

Engineering Service

1954-1955

1956

State activities

Alabama-Maine

Massachusetts-Wisconsin

Subscription, 1953-1960

UHF channel allocation project, 1963-1964

Texas Educational Microwave Project, 1961-1964

Tunisian aid project, 1968

United States

Education, Office of, 1939-1944

Health, Education and Welfare, Department of

Correspondence, 1954-1962

Conference on Educational Broadcasting, 1958

National Defense Act (P.L. 85-864), 1958-1960

State, Department of, 1955-1962

Information Agency, 1962-1963

Uganda aid project, 1966

United Film Producers Association, 1953

United Nations and UNESCO, 1948-1957

United World Federalists, 1957

Universities and Colleges

University of Berne (Switzerland)

University of California

University of Chicago

Cleveland College

Concordia Seminary

Cornell

Drake

University of Florida

Grove City College

Indiana University

University of Iowa

State University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Kentucky

Luther College (Iowa)

Michigan State

University of North Dakota

Ohio State

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma Baptist

Oregon State

Purdue

St. Olaf College (Minnesota)

San Mateo College (California)

University of South Dakota

South Dakota School of Mines

South Dakota State College

University of Texas

University of Washington

Western State Teachers College (Michigan)

University of Wisconsin

University Association for Professional Radio Education, 1949

University Broadcasting Council, 1938

Workshops

General correspondence, 1954

Staging and lighting, 1956

Television engineering, 1954-1956

Television production

General correspondence, 1954-1955

Iowa State College, 1952

University of Illinois, 1953

Michigan State, 1954-1955

Videorecording, 1957-1958

World Educational Broadcasting Assembly, 1961-1964

Wynn, Earl, 1952-1954

Young & Rubicam Inc., 1962

Arthur Young & Company, 1966