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Summary Information
Carnegie Commission on Educational Television Records 1963-1967
- Carnegie Commission on Educational Television
U.S. Mss 145AF; Audio 588A
2.4 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) and 12 tape
recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
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. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0145af
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