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This collection is organized into four series: Correspondence; Administrative files; Radio shows; and Radio and television stations. The Administrative files series is further organized into two sub-series: Annual reports and Subject files. The entire collection spans the years 1939-1963 and is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
The Correspondence series was created from files originally labeled "Miscellaneous," and is comprised of correspondence between the chair and colleagues within the University as well as outside contacts. Prominent correspondents include John Ashton, Herman Briscoe, William O. Aldridge, W.G. Biddle, Governor George N. Craig, Norman Ramsey, Dean Frank T. Gucker, and Herman B Wells, and officials from various state universities and several national organizations. The subject matter covered by the correspondence includes award nominations, information on former students, letters pertaining to radio programs at Universities outside of IU, fan mail and mailed questionnaires and surveys. The materials in this series span the period from 1942-1961.
Administrative files, 1937-1962, is the second series in the collection. This series is further organized into two sub-series: Annual reports and Subject files. The Annual reports sub-series includes departmental reports from 1937-1962. The second sub-series, Subject files, 1943-1961, contains records pertaining to various national associations, such as such as the AFM (American Film Market), the FCC (Federal Communications Commission),and the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters). The records in this sub-series deal mostly with radio and telecommunications, Indiana University policies and procedures, the radio-TV departments of other Universities, faculty matters, awards, and educational courses and programs.
The next series in the collection is Radio and Television shows, 1951-1961. It contains scripts of shows put on the air by Indiana University as well as memos and schedules relating to these shows including episodes of “University Spotlight,” “Sunday news & sports,” and “Once Upon a Time.” The folders in this series are arranged alphabetically, and the folders containing records pertaining to television stations are marked as such.
The fourth series in the collection, Radio and television stations, contains information about radio and television stations from all over the United States, but mostly in the Midwest. Some of the folders contain transcripts of particular shows, while others contain show lists and show times listed according to time zone. Many of the school stations were contracted to air Indiana University’s program, “School of the Sky”. The records in this series span the period from 1943-1952.
