The National Broadcasting Company history files
Contributors: Dunham, Corydon B., 1927-; Frank, Rueven.; Goodman, Julian, 1922-; Kaltenborn, H. v. 1878-1965.; Lohr, Lenox R. b. 1891.; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971.; Scott, Walter Dill, 1869-1955.; Tinker, Grant.; Silverman, Fred.; Tartikoff, Brandon.; Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957.; Trammell, Niles, 1894-; Weaver, Pat, 1908-; Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972.; RCA Corporation.; WEAF (Radio station : New York, N.Y.); WJZ (Radio station : New York, N.Y.); National Broadcasting Company Radio Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1922
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1966
Subjects: National Broadcasting Company, inc.; Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History.; Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Archival resources.; Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Employees.; Radio advertising -- United States -- History.; Television broadcasting -- United States -- History.; Television broadcasting -- United States -- Archival resources.
Description: The NBC history files document the activities of the first national broadcasting network in the United States. The collection includes memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, policy statements, and pamphlets covering the creation of the network, its growth in the field of radio, and its subsequent expansion into television broadcasting. The materials span 1922 through 1986, but most date from the mid-1920s through the late 1940s. The history files are one of the eleven collections that comprise the NBC Archives at the Library of Congress.
Notes: Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center and on the Library of Congress web site.
Gift; National Broadcasting Company; 1992.
Permission to quote or republish materials from the history files is needed by NBC.
Table of contents: value: Topical folders, 1922-1986 (649 folders); value: Advertisers, 1927-1961 (38 folders); value: Personnel and organizations, 1926-1980 (88 folders); value: Committees, councils, and internal organizations, 1923-1973 (122 folders); value: Board of directors, 1926-1956 (100 folders); value: Network affiliates, 1923-1983 (44 folders); value: General reports, 1930-1936 (67 folders); value: Annual reports, 1932-1959 (6 folders); value: Programs: subject lists, schedules, samples, 1931-1972 (126 folders); value: Speeches, 1923-1990 (63 folders); value: Programs: schedules, transcripts, and masterbooks, 1922-1979 (28 folders); value: Election news, 1962-1988 (55 folders); value: Consultant reports, 1947-1957 (14 folders); value: Pamphlets (566 folders).