Av Westin Papers, 1945-circa 1982

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 116AF
Box   1
Folder   1
Series: Biographical Information
Series: Early Life
Box   1
Folder   2-3
Scrapbook #1 - contents
Box   1
Folder   4
Class night and commencement photos
Box   1
Folder   5
Selected New York University newspapers, 1949 February-April
Series: CBS Years
Box   2
Scrapbook #2, 1951
Box   3
Scrapbook #3, 1952
Audio 509A
Disc recordings of The People Act
Note: Narrated by: Robert Trout.
Produced by: The People Act Center, State College Pennsylvania
Broadcast nationally on the CBS Radio Network.
Formerly Disc 115A.
Audio   509A/82
Program 1: Gary, Indiana—“Women Unite to Attack the Problem of Crime”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/1.
Audio   509A/82 (continued)
Program 2: Arlington, Virginia—“Citizens Organize to Reform Their Schools”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/1 (continued).
Audio   509A/83
Program 3: Blairsville, Georgia—“Farmers Rebuild Land and Lives by Working Together”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/2.
Audio   509A/83 (continued)
Program 4: Kansas City, Missouri—“Mexican-Americans Integrate into Life of Their City”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/2 (continued).
Audio   509A/84
Program 7: Tupelo, Mississippi—“Townspeople and Farmers Unite to Revive Area”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/3.
Audio   509A/84 (continued)
Program 8: New Sharon, Maine—“Citizens Finance and Rebuild Burned-out School”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/3 (continued).
Audio   509A/85
Program 11: Syracuse, New York—“A Community Acts to Meet the Needs of Older People”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/4.
Audio   509A/85 (continued)
Program 12: Belleville, Illinois—“An Airbase and a Community Work Out Their Common Problems”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/4 (continued).
Audio   509A/86
Program 13: King County, Washington—“Citizens Reorganized Their Juvenile Court System”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/5.
Audio   509A/86 (continued)
Program 14: Binghamton, New York—“A Community Provides New Life for the Handicapped”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/5 (continued).
Audio   509A/87
Program 15: Scranton, Pennsylvania—“A City Unites to Reduce Mass Unemployment”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/6.
Audio   509A/87 (continued)
Program 16: Seattle, Washington—“A Racially Mixed Area Learns the Power of Teamwork”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/6 (continued).
Audio   509A/88
Program 19: Carrol County, Georgia—“A Farm Community Receives a Visitor from India”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/7.
Audio   509A/88 (continued)
Program 20: Owatonna, Minnesota—“Displaced Persons Are Welcomed as New Americans”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/7 (continued).
Audio   509A/89
Program 21: East Harlem, New York—“Citizens of an Overcrowded Area Face Their Problems”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/8.
Audio   509A/89 (continued)
Program 22: Santa Barbara, California—“A Community Confronts Alcoholism”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/8 (continued).
Audio   509A/90
Program 23: Alexandria, Minnesota—“Young People Organize and a Town Unites”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/9.
Audio   509A/90 (continued)
Program 24: Jerome County, Idaho—“Neighbors Unite to Remake a Farm in a Day”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/9 (continued).
Audio   509A/91
Program 25: Delaware, Ohio—“A College Town Becomes a School of Practical Politics”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/10.
Audio   509A/91 (continued)
Program 26: “The People Act Throughout the Nation”
Note: Formerly Disc 115A/10 (continued).
U.S. Mss 116AF
Correspondence and office communication
Box   4
Folder   1
General correspondence, 1951 May-1960 March
Office communication
Box   4
Folder   2
1953 April-1957 July
Box   4
Folder   3
1961 May-1966 May
Box   4
Folder   4
Confidential
1963 October-1964 February
Box   4
Folder   5
1965 June-1965 December
Box   4
Folder   6
1966
Box   4
Folder   7
Letters to Fred Friendly, 1966 August-December
Box   4
Folder   8
Personnel records with related office communication
Box   4
Folder   9
Miscellaneous office communication
Writings and program ideas
Box   4
Folder   10
Scripts -- CBS radio, 1949 December-1951 August
Box   4
Folder   11
Article draft, circa 1954-1955
Program ideas
Box   4
Folder   12
1953-1956
Box   4
Folder   13
1957-1963
Box   4
Folder   14
1964-1965
Box   4
Folder   15
1966
Box   4
Folder   16
Newshunters, 1956-1966
Box   4
Folder   17
First Person/Today's Heroes, 1957-1967
Box   4
Folder   18
Television Around the World, 1966
Box   5
Folder   1
Interview transcript, 1966 November 29
CBS fellowship
Box   5
Folder   2
Correspondence
Box   5
Folder   3
Master's essay, first draft
Box   5
Folder   4
Master's essay, rough draft
Personal files
Box   5
Folder   5
CBS contracts and correspondence, 1955-1965
Box   5
Folder   6
Legal documents, 1955-1961
Box   3
Folder   1
Certificates and awards, 1958-1965
Box   5
Folder   7
Appointment book, 1961 June-December
Box   5
Folder   8
Material on appointment as CBS News producer and director in Europe
Box   5
Folder   9
Photos of Westin at work, circa 1961
Box   5
Folder   10
Correspondence - personal bills, 1965
Box   5
Folder   11
“Early Bird” information, 1965 April-May
U.S. Mss 116AF/Micro 932
Clippings
Box/Folder   6/1
Reel/Frame   1/1
1952-1957
Box/Folder   6/2
Reel/Frame   1/25
1958-1960
Box/Folder   6/3
Reel/Frame   1/56
1961-1962
Box/Folder   6/4
Reel/Frame   1/70
1965-1966
News releases
Box/Folder   6/5
Reel/Frame   1/94
1952-1955
Box/Folder   6/6
Reel/Frame   1/114
1959-1961
Box/Folder   6/7
Reel/Frame   1/122
1965
Box/Folder   6/8
Reel/Frame   1/195
“Early Bird,” 1965 April-June
Box/Folder   6/9
Reel/Frame   1/232
1966
Box/Folder   3/2
Reel/Frame  
Miscellaneous -- CBS
Series: PBL Years
Box/Folder   6/10
Reel/Frame   1/323
Explanatory documents
Correspondence and memoranda
Box/Folder   6/11
Reel/Frame   1/365
General correspondence
Memoranda
Box/Folder   6/12
Reel/Frame   1/385
1967 February-August
Box/Folder   6/13
Reel/Frame   1/478
1967 August-December
Box/Folder   6/14
Reel/Frame   1/539
1968 January-October
Box/Folder   6/15
Reel/Frame   1/618
Saratoga meeting, 1968 May
Box/Folder   6/16
Reel/Frame   1/626
Editorial Policy Board minutes and correspondence, 1967 May-1968 February
Programming
Box/Folder   7/1
Reel/Frame   1/685
Broadcasts - program rundown, programs 1-24, 1967 November-1968 April
Program proposals, 1968 May
Box/Folder   7/2
Reel/Frame   1/806
Avram Westin
Box/Folder   7/3
Reel/Frame   1/891
Bill Anderson
Box/Folder   7/4
Reel/Frame   1/1015
David Oppenheim
Box/Folder   7/5
Reel/Frame   2/1
Joe Russin
Box/Folder   7/6
Reel/Frame   2/57
John Wicklein
Box/Folder   7/7
Reel/Frame   2/82
Miscellaneous program proposals, 1968 May
Box/Folder   7/8
Reel/Frame   2/98
Projects, 1968 June-October
Box/Folder   7/9
Reel/Frame   2/243
Paper on “The Middle East,” 1968 September
Eastern Europe project
Box/Folder   7/10
Reel/Frame   2/294
Correspondence
Box/Folder   7/11
Reel/Frame   2/377
Correspondence and budget material
Box/Folder   7/12
Reel/Frame   2/493
Transcripts--“Czechoslovakia, the Wayward Satellite,” and “News in Perspective”
Box/Folder   7/13
Reel/Frame   2/550
Conventions and elections - election preview, 1968
Speeches and articles
Box/Folder   8/1
Reel/Frame   2/559
Speeches, 1966 December-1968 June
Box/Folder   8/2
Reel/Frame   2/760
Interview transcript, 1967 June 27
Box/Folder   8/3
Reel/Frame   2/781
Article copies and abstracts
Personal files
Box/Folder   8/4
Reel/Frame   2/821
Telephone call and appointment book, 1967 May-1969 February
Box/Folder   8/5
Reel/Frame   2/917
Expense reports, 1967 March-1969 February
Box/Folder   8/6
Reel/Frame   3/1
Trip details, 1967
Box/Folder   8/7
Reel/Frame   3/25
Pension plan, insurance, 1967-1968
Box/Folder   8/8
Reel/Frame   3/31
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - copies of nomination plaques, congratulations, 1968-1969
Box/Folder   8/9
Reel/Frame   3/43
Television jury, Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award
Clippings
Box/Folder   8/10
Reel/Frame   3/51
1966 December-1967
Box/Folder   8/11
Reel/Frame   3/71
1968
Box/Folder   8/12
Reel/Frame   3/134
1969
Box/Folder   8/13
Reel/Frame   3/167
Miscellaneous - PBL
Series: ABC Years
Box/Folder   8/14
Reel/Frame   3/171
Proceedings, ABC Affiliate General Managers meeting
Box/Folder   8/15
Reel/Frame   3/210
Telephone call record book, 1969 March-1970 January
Box/Folder   9/1
Reel/Frame  
Interdepartment correspondence, election coverage, 1970
Box/Folder   9/2
Reel/Frame  
Errata sheets and update for ABC News political fact book, 1970
Box/Folder   9/2a
Reel/Frame  
ABC News Political Fact book, 1970
Box/Folder   9/3
Reel/Frame  
Article on TV Evening News, about Westin as ABC producer, 1970
Audio   509A/1
Tape-recorded interview of Westin and Wallace Westfield, executive producer of NBC News, on their reactions to a speech by Vice President Agnew, 1969 November 26
PH 4054
Series: Visual Materials
Folder   1
Photographs for Heroes and Heroin and from Nixon's trip to China
Audio 509A
Series: Audio Recordings
Audio   509A/1
David Schoenbrun commenting on network news programs, 1973
Audio   509A/2
Av Westin telephone interview conducted by Syracuse University, 1975 April 17
Audio   509A/3
Sermon, Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr. Central United Church of Christ Detroit, Michigan, 1967 July 23, 30
Audio   509A/4
Sermon, Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr. Central United Church of Christ Detroit, Michigan, 1967 August 6, 13
Audio   509A/5-12
P.B.L. [Public Broadcast Laboratory] show #1 - Dress Part 1-5, 1967 November 5
Note: Part 1 (506A/6), part 4 (506A/10), and part 5 (506A/12) are duplicates.
Audio   509A/13-16
P.B.L. show #2 - Dress Part 1, 4-5, 1967 November 12
Note: Part 2 and/or 3 may be on 509A/14.
Audio   509A/17
Defectors Austin Texas Feed, 1967 November 17
Audio   509A/18-22
Police and minority relations Part 1-5, 1967 December 17
Audio   509A/23
Mai Kai Production on location Master music, 1968 January 10
Audio   509A/24
PBL from Channel 2, 1968 January 28
Audio   509A/25-28
PBL University of Illinois Reel 3-6, 1968 February 18
Audio   509A/29
Complete Tracks for PBL, 1968 December 12
Audio   509A/30
Public Education Lindsay Tape 161, 1969 January 29
Audio   509A/31
PBL "European Tsasiness," 1969 February 20
Audio   509A/32-33
PBL New York Audio-Part 1-2 Miller WPU, 1969 February 20
Audio   509A/34-35
London Audio Part 1-2, 1969 February 20
Audio   509A/36-37
Thomas Jefferson Symposium, 1972 April 10, 11
Audio   509A/38
Speaking of Everything, 1973 December 14
Audio   509A/39
Av Westin WGST with Forrest Sawyer, 1979 December 24
Audio   509A/40
Astronomy American Version Final mix reel 7/8
Audio   509A/41
Send to Av Westin
Audio   509A/42
Conversation between Forrest Sawyer (Host/Producer of MIDDAY, WGST Newsradio 92, Atlanta) and Bob Freeman, ABC cameraman between 1979-1981
Audio   509A/43
PBL Show music (dupe) open theme station break close theme
Audio   509A/44
PBL hear us o fool - Reel #3
Audio   509A/45
Astronomy American Reel 2-3
Audio   509A/46
R #3 Pt 2 Dean Acheson Interview
Audio   509A/47
Astronomy American RL 6
Audio   509A/48
Astronomy American Reel 4-5
Audio   509A/49
Unmarked 1
Audio   509A/50
Roberts show 3
Audio   509A/51
Dapss 3
Audio   509A/52
R #3 pt. 1 Dean Acheson Interview
Audio   509A/53
Big PBL with Pings/ Energy PBL with Pings PBL interconnects master
Audio   509A/54
Crisis # 3
Audio   509A/55
Generation Gap Rolls #86-88, 64-66
Audio   509A/56
R # 2 Pt 2 dean Acheson Interview
Audio   509A/57
Unmarked 2
Audio   509A/58
# 6 (45 minutes of wire tapping)
Audio   509A/59
PBL John W. Gardner show Cornwall U.
Audio   509A/60
80 PBL Univ. Parker Cont RIP 92
Audio   509A/61
Reel # 1 Pt 1 Dean Acheson Interview
Audio   509A/62
Public Ed. Trans R #45-48
Audio   509A/63
PBL Hear us o fool Reel #1
Audio   509A/64
81 Packer (continued) RIP 93 mis slated on tape as
Audio   509A/65
PBL Univ. 78 outside Gen studies RIP: 89 Packer Int. RIP 90 Transfer at usual settings
Audio   509A/66
Roll # 1 Gordon Parks Takes 1-5
Audio   509A/67
PBL Views on TV's impact on the new Bill Anderson
Audio   509A/68
PBL can man survive
Audio   509A/69
79 PBL-Univ Packer RIP: 91
Audio   509A/70
Radio and TU Reports 41 and 42 Vermont 80 PBL Univ Packer (continued) RIP 92
Audio   509A/71
993-90 Public Ed. Trans 34 and 35
Audio   509A/72
Av Westin PBL TV News Charleston
Audio   509A/73
PBL Jan 12 Show # 7 announce copy
Audio   509A/74
Special Assistance was provided by waid and chicogs
Audio   509A/75
Music for Pei Intro if needed
Audio   509A/76
Unmarked 4
Audio   509A/77
M.L. King 2
Audio   509A/78
M.L. King 4
Audio   509A/79
Unmarked 5
Audio   509A/80
Unmarked 6
Audio   509A/81
PBL Hear us o fool reel # 2
Audio   509A/82-91
The People Act
Note: See full list under Series: CBS Years.