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Record industry publicity collection, 1937-1979
21.75 linear feet (41 boxes and 8 oversize folders, approximately 17,900 items). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Press releases, record catalogs, radio program scripts, promotional posters, monthly publications about new record releases, and other materials advertising sound recordings.
Johnny Carson papers, 1970-1992
47,600 items. 136 containers. 54.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Television personality. Correspondence, scripts, reports, and production files of the "Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson broadcast on the NBC television network documenting Carson's affiliation with the program from October 1970 through May 1992.
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Some or all content stored offsite.
NBC radio and TV program schedules, 1949-1958
approximately 674 items. 5 containers. 2.1 linear feet. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Radio and television program schedules for the major networks for March 12, 1949 through October 19, 1958 (probably used by NBC to sell advertising time).
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National Broadcasting Company press releases. Part I, 1924-1950
128 volumes. 128 items. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Library holds press releases issued by NBC from 1924 to1939 and from 1942 to 1989, and also special releases issued by AT&T (WEAF) from 1924 to 1926 in two looseleaf binders.
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National Broadcasting Company history files, 1922-1986
1966 folders of manuscript and published papers. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The National Broadcasting Company 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.
National Broadcasting Company press releases. Part II, 1951-1989
465 items. 465 volumes. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Library holds press releases issued by NBC from 1924 to 1939 and from 1942 to 1989. The press releases covered under this finding aid cover the years from 1951-1989 when television broadcasting dominated over the radio network.
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Howard Teichmann papers, 1857-2001
49,500 items. 141 containers plus 13 oversize. 60 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Author, educator, and theater administrator. Correspondence, drafts and typescripts of writings, financial records, notes, photographs, and research material pertaining to Teichmann's career as a playwright, biographer, educator, and theater administrator.
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Louis Jay Hazam papers, 1937-1977
70 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Television producer and author. Correspondence, scripts, writings, biographical material, printed matter, and a scrapbook relating to Hazam's career as a writer and producer of television documentaries.
Paul Rhymer radio scripts, 1934-1944
1,000 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Scriptwriter and humorist. Scripts of the daytime radio series Vic and Sade written by Rhymer for airing on the National Broadcasting Company.
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Edgar Kobak papers, 1916-1966
2,000 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Publicist, broadcasting executive, and consultant. Correspondence, autobiographical memoir, speeches and writings, business papers, clippings, and scrapbooks relating primarily to Kobak's work with McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, the National Broadcasting Company, and the Mutual Broadcasting System and to the early years of radio and television broadcasting and to his expertise in the field of public relations and communications.