American Radio Archives

American Radio Archives is located at Grant R. Brimhall Library.

Coordinates: 34°11′58.53″N 118°51′11.78″W / 34.1995917°N 118.8532722°W / 34.1995917; -118.8532722 American Radio Archives is located at Thousand Oaks Library in Thousand Oaks, California, and contains one of the largest collections of radio broadcasting in the United States[1] and in the world.[2][3][4][5] Established in 1984 by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation, it has a collection of 23,000 radio and TV scripts, 10,000 photographs, 10,000 books on radio history, and 5,000 audio recordings.[6] It contains manuscripts, sound recordings, scripts, books, photographs and other materials related to the history of radio and radio broadcasting.[7]

It is housed in the Special Collections Department at Grant R. Brimhall Library. Established in 1984 by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation, its goal is to document and preserve the history of the radio for generations to come. Radio collections include TV material, as actors and writers often crossed into the other medium. The development of television is therefore a large part of radio’s history, and well represented at the Broadcasting Collection. The TV scripts of ARA belong to two groups: the general Broadcasting Collection and a number of smaller collections. The Broadcasting Collection consists of scripts purchased over the years from various sources. Smaller collections contain material complied by institutions and individuals. The scripts span more than 40 years of American TV history, including live broadcasting in the 1940s through the 1980s. The ARA covers the spectrum of TV entertainment programming, from soap opera to comedy, westerns, dramas, crime series, and more.[8][9]

Collections

American Radio Archives and Museum offers one of the largest collections of radio broadcasting in the United States and in the world. It has a collection of 23,000 radio and TV scripts, 10,000 photographs, 10,000 books on radio history, and 5,000 audio recordings. Notable archives include those of Bob Crosby, Norman Corwin, Carlton E. Morse, Monty Masters, Rudy Vallée, and KNX AM. The Radio Series Scripts Collections contains scripts from 1930-1990, while the Radio Sound Records Collection contains recordings from 1932-1994.[10][11]

The collections include scripts, books, personal papers, sound records, photographs, correspondence, and other material reflecting the history of radio- and TV broadcasting.[12] Collections at the American Radio Archives tend to be named for the person who compiled the material. Oftentimes this is the script authors, but may also be a producer, actor, an institution, etc.[13]

List of collections

Fletcher Markle directing CBS Radio's Studio One (1948).



Alphabetical list of collections at American Radio Archives:[14][15]

  • Bob Crosby Collection: The collection consists of three bound volumes of scripts for the Jack Benny Show, where Bob Crosby appeared as the bandleader in 1952-55.
  • Broadcasting Collection: the general collection of the American Radio Archives, consisting of donated and purchased scripts which are not part of any individual collection. It consists of small runs of many titles, approximately 18 linear feet.
  • Carlton E. Morse Collection: Carlton E. Morse was one of radio’s most prolific writers. He adapted the long-running series One Man's Family for television. The collection has scripts, photos, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials related to Morse’s radio series and the TV adaption. The collection is 32 linear feet.
  • Daniel Patrick O’Reilly Collection: features correspondence, papers, photographs, and scripts used by Daniel P. “Pat” O'Reilly, a KNX broadcaster. O’Reilly was one of the first news writers hired by KNX in the 1940s, and won numerous awards for his reporting. The collection consists of around two linear feet.
  • Earl Ebi Collection: contains photographs, scripts, correspondence, and other materials relating to Earl Ebi's TV- and radio career, as well as his career as a director and producer.
  • Fletcher Markle Collection: Clippings, research notes, scripts, correspondence and audiovisual material related to Fletcher Markle. He began his career as a director, producer and writer in Canada and England. His television work in the U.S. later included Front Row Center and Studio One. The collection is 40 linear feet.
  • Harry Remm Collection: showcases scripts used by art director and set dresser Harry R. Kemm.
  • Hilliard Marks Collection: home to the scripts written for the Jack Benny Show, and for the Jack Benny Television Show. Hilliard Marks was the brother-in-law of Jack Benny and a longtime director and producer of the Jack Benny Show. The collection consists of 64 scripts written for the show.
  • Jim Hummeland Collection: features scripts utilized by Chicago actor Jim Hummeland in local TV- and radio productions.
  • Joe Harnell Collection: contains TV scripts used for shows in which Joe Harnell contributed to the music score; Harnell was a distinguished composer and musician, who worked in TV and motion pictures.
  • John Pickard-Frank Provo Collection: materials documenting the careers of Frank Provo and John Pickard. It primarily consists of soap opera scripts used in TV and radio, with some related manuscripts of plays and novels. The collection contains 48 linear feet of materials.
  • LACC Collection: includes television scripts donated to American Radio Archives by the Los Angeles City College (LACC) Communications Department.
  • Marvin Miller Collection: personal papers and scripts documenting the life and career of radio and TV announcer Marvin Miller. His work as an actor and writer also included works such as The Millionaire and a number of guest appearances on numerous series. The collection is 48 linear feet and contains over 130 sound recordings of his performances.
  • Milton and Barbara Merlin Collection: features scripts of TV- and radio programs, story outlines, presentation material, sound recordings, and correspondence, which document the careers of writers Barbara- and Milton Merlin. Includes scripts for Halls of Ivy and Four Star Theatre. The collection consists of 21 linear feet of story outlines, presentation material, sound recordings, correspondence, and radio and television scripts.
  • Milton Josefsberg Collection: Milton Josefsberg wrote for many comedians of radio and television. The collection includes examples of his work for Jack Benny Show, All in the Family, The Lucy Show, and a variety of other television projects.
  • Monty Masters Collection: story treatments, scripts and other material documenting the career of San Francisco-based comedian Monty Masters. The collection is seven linear feet.
  • Morris Freedman Collection: includes scripts and some comedy spots and miscellaneous materials. Morris Freedman was a writer most notable for his work on the Duffy's Tavern for television and radio. The collection features 171 scripts along with some comedy spots and miscellaneous materials.
  • Moviola Collection: contains production notes, scripts and correspondence related to the development of the anthology series Moviola.
  • Norman Corwin Collection: motion picture screenplays, sound- and video recordings, scrapbooks, motion picture screenplays, correspondence, scripts, and various ephemera primarily related to Norman Corwin’s career in radio. Includes works for CBS such as V-E day (Victorian in Europe), On a Note of Triumph, in 1945. His television work includes Norman Corwin Presents and The Rivalry (1959). The collection is around 120 linear feet of material which were selected for inclusion during Corwin’s lifetime. The bulk of accessible materials document Corwin's career in radio and television broadcasting, motion pictures, the theater, and as an author and teacher, from 1935 to 1990.
  • Paul Werth Collection: features scripts for various TV specials. Paul Werth produced and authored for film, television and radio, and was also conducting his own radio show, as well as doing stage productions.
  • Robert Q. Lewis Collection: jokes, scripts and other materials relating to comedian Robert Q. Lewis, who also was a radio disc and host of several TV- and radio series from the late 1940s through early 1960s. Represented in the collection are programs such as Arthur Godfrey Time and Robert Q. Lewis Show. This collection contains roughly 21 linear feet of monologues, scripts, jokes, news clippings, and other materials.
  • Rudy Vallée Collection: scrapbooks, correspondence, scripts, etc. relating to singer-songwriter Rudy Vallée, who also had a career as an author, actor, bandleader, and saxophone player. Primarily featured is shows where Vallée made guest appearances. This collection consists of over 500 linear feet of material and constitutes the great majority of personal documents in Vallée's possession at the time of his death, including correspondence, scrapbooks, radio and television scripts, sound recordings, musical scores, photographs, business records, press clippings, and various ephemera. The bulk of accessible materials documents Vallée's career in radio broadcasting and entertainment from 1925-1975.
  • Sam Edwards Collection: scripts from the radio- and TV career of Sam Edwards, a longtime actor who went from childhood performances to a long career as a character actor in movies and television.
  • Snag Werris Collection: home of scripts and related radio and TV materials of Snag Werris, a vaudeville stage performer, magician and comedian. Represented are radio comics he wrote for Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn and Fred Allen. TV material includes early versions of the game show Dotto. The collection consists of two linear feet of materials.
  • Stephen T. Sibenick Collection: TV scripts and related photographs of Steve Sibenck.
  • Tom Koch Collection: contains TV- and radio scripts by Tom Koch, who began his career with CBS in 1947 as a staff writer. This collection consists of skits written for use on The Bob and Ray Show, and TV scripts for shows such as The Dinah Shore Chevrolet Show and The Jonathan Winters Show. The collection consist of two linear feet of scripts.
  • Woodworth Collection: features TV scripts from the estate of longtime ABC stage manager James Woody Woodworth.

References

  1. ↑ Sterling, Christopher H. and Cary O’Dell (2009). The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio. Routledge. Page 472. ISBN 978-0415995337.
  2. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/31/local/me-19347
  3. ↑ https://www.toacorn.com/articles/radio-artifacts-earmarked-for-library-face-uncertain-future-in-hollywood/
  4. ↑ http://www.americanradioarchives.com/index.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.tolibrary.org/research/special-collections-home/american-radio-archives
  6. ↑ Sterling, Christopher H. and Cary O’Dell (2009). The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio. Routledge. Page 472. ISBN 978-0415995337.
  7. ↑ http://www.americanradioarchives.com/collections.htm
  8. ↑ Berard, Jeanette M. and Klaudia Englund (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. Page 1. ISBN 978-0786433483.
  9. ↑ Berard, Jeanette M. and Klaudia Englund (2006). Radio Series Scripts, 1930-2001: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. Page 1. ISBN 9780786424696.
  10. ↑ Sterling, Christopher H. and Cary O’Dell (2009). The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio. Routledge. Page 472. ISBN 978-0415995337.
  11. ↑ http://www.tolibrary.org/research/special-collections-home/american-radio-archives
  12. ↑ http://www.americanradioarchives.com/collections.htm
  13. ↑ Berard, Jeanette M. and Klaudia Englund (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. Page 4. ISBN 978-0786433483.
  14. ↑ Berard, Jeanette M. and Klaudia Englund (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. Pages 4-5. ISBN 978-0786433483.
  15. ↑ Berard, Jeanette M. and Klaudia Englund (2006). Radio Series Scripts, 1930-2001: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection. McFarland. Pages 3-6. ISBN 9780786424696.
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