Reports and minutes of the NBC Advisory Council, 1927-1936. Created by Owen D. Young, the council was composed of such other distinguished citizens as Charles Evans Hughes, Walter Damrosch, Dwight Morrow, Newton D. Baker, Robert M. Hutchins, and Elihu Root, and it reviewed programming and made suggestions on NBC policy in the areas of ethics, good taste, and the public interest. Although touted as a forum for public access to broadcast decision-making, the council never functioned in that manner.

Half of the reports and minutes are bound, the others are in pamphlet form. For 1927, 1929, and 1934 there are minutes of the annual meetings, while the reports cover the period from the beginning of NBC operations in November 1926 through early 1936. (The council continued operation until February 1941.)

Particularly noteworthy is the annual report to the Advisory Council by the NBC president. Included here is information on the past year's broadcasting highlights with discussions of future plans. Through 1934 there are committee reports on such program areas as agriculture, education, labor, music, religion, and women's activities; in the last two years these are replaced by program summaries. For the later reports there are usually detailed program analyses; these are accompanied by program highlights broken down by type and often with narrative descriptions. For most of the 1930s there is a considerable amount of information on NBC's international broadcasts. Many of the reports also list NBC network stations and affiliates, advertisers, and notable entertainers and prominent individuals heard over the network. There is usually a map of NBC's broadcast circuits in the United States. The reports and minutes are arranged chronologically by year. The 1939 volume is a brief history.