Carnegie Commission on Educational Television Records, 1963-1967

Summary Information

Title: Carnegie Commission on Educational Television Records
Inclusive Dates: 1963-1967

Creator:
  • Carnegie Commission on Educational Television
Call Number: U.S. Mss 145AF; Audio 588A

Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 12 tape recordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of the Carnegie Corporation-funded study of public television in the United States, which was instrumental in the establishment of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The collection includes correspondence, proceedings of staff meetings and conferences (including a tape recording), reports by staff and outside experts, and early drafts of the commission report, Public Television: A Plan for Action (1967). In addition, there are reports of visits by commission representatives to 65 non-commercial stations; a survey of state educational broadcasting authorities; annual reports of the stations, 1963-1965; and related material concerning educational television. The remainder of the collection is comprised of new articles, press releases, and material and tape recordings related to public presentations by commission members and James R. Killian, chairman. Noteworthy correspondents include Lyndon B. Johnson and E.B. White.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0145af