Please contact the contributing institution: Indiana University Archives or Indiana University Digital Library Program
Repository:
Indiana University Office of University Archives and Records
Management
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Fax: 812-855-8104
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator:
Indiana University. Department of
Radio and Television
Title:
Indiana University Department of Radio
and Television Chair's records, 1939-1963, (bulk 1945-1952)
Collection No.:
C104
Extent:
14.8 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English
Abstract:
In 1938, Indiana University began to
engage in radio activities. A room was set aside for use as a studio and control
room, and a radio director and program director were hired. For years, radio classes
were taught through several already established departments such as Speech and
Journalism. At the Board of Trustees September 20, 1945 meeting, they approved the
establishment of a Dept. of Radio as an "unattached" department under the Dean of
Faculties. In 1953 it became the Department of Radio and Television within the
College of Arts and Sciences and in 1974 the Department of Telecommunications. This
collection contains the department chair's records from 1939-1963 and is comprised
of correspondence, budgetary information, annual reports, information on various
radio and television stations, and subject files. Records span the tenures of chairs
Harry Skornia (1942-1953) and Elmer Sulzer (1954-1964).
