National Broadcasting Company history files
Contributors: Dunham, Corydon B., 1927-; Goodman, Julian, 1922-; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971; Silverman, Fred; Trammell, Niles, 1894-1973; Weaver, Pat, 1908-2002; 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: 39320
Subjects: Employees; Television broadcasting; Radio broadcasting; National Broadcasting Company; Radio advertising; History
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: The National Broadcasting Company retains the rights governing subsequent use of materials in the collection. For permission to quote or republish materials from the collection contact the National Broadcasting Company.

Gift; National Broadcasting Company; 1992.

A finding aid to the collection is available in the Recorded Sound Reference Center and at URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs000001
Table of contents: title: Topical folders, 1922-1986 (649 folders); title: Advertisers, 1927-1961 (38 folders); title: Personnel and organizations, 1926-1980 (88 folders); title: Committees, councils, and internal organizations, 1923-1973 (122 folders); title: Board of directors, 1926-1956 (100 folders); title: Network affiliates, 1923-1983 (44 folders); title: General reports, 1930-1936 (67 folders); title: Annual reports, 1932-1959 (6 folders); title: Programs: subject lists, schedules, samples, 1931-1972 (126 folders); title: Speeches, 1923-1990 (63 folders); title: Programs: schedules, transcripts, and masterbooks, 1922-1979 (28 folders); title: Election news, 1962-1988 (55 folders); title: Consultant reports, 1947-1957 (14 folders); title: Pamphlets (566 folders).