Stan Freberg Advertising Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Freberg, Stan, 1926-
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio -- advertising -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Radio programs
label: Topic
content: Television advertising
label: Topic
content: Television programs
label: Topic
content: Broadcast advertising
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Stan Freberg in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Freberg, Stan, 1926-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Stan Freberg Advertising Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Stan Freberg (1926-2015) was a writer, performer, and satirist who pioneered the use of comedy in radio and television commercials during advertising's creative revolution in the 1960s. The collection includes examples of his work including his radio and television shows as well as some of his best known television commercials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stan Freberg (1926-2015) was a writer, performer, and satirist who pioneered the use of comedy in radio and television commercials during advertising's creative revolution in the 1960s. The collection includes examples of his work including his radio and television shows as well as some of his best known television commercials.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0444
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Compact discs
label: Type
content: Commercials
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1: Audiovisual, 1958 -1991
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Mimi Minnick, 1992
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The Best of Stan Freberg, 1958,  digitized. See repository for details.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Compact discs
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercials
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Stan Freberg Advertising Collection contains commercially available recordings of Freberg's radio series, "The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows" (1958), his satire, "Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America" (1961), and the New Stan Freberg Show (1991). It also includes a compiliation reel of his television shows as well as commercials produced for Chung King, Jeno's Pizza, and Encyclopedia Britannica among others during the 1960s.