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Series 1: Radio broadcasting
Documentation includes original materials and photocopies, as well as faxes and ditto copies. If no date is given then the information was not available. Materials in Yiddish and English. Includes correspondence, the background and history of stations, publicity for stations and featured performers, continuity guidelines, radio licenses and applications for renewal,
Subseries A: History, programs, legal documents, and related materials
Materials in Yiddish and English. Includes correspondence, the background and history of stations, publicity for stations and featured performers, continuity guidelines, radio licenses and applications for renewal.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 NBC: religious programming policy, 1935
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 WABC, 1929
Photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 WADS and WAVZ, 1950s
Original documents.
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 WARD, circa 1940s-2000s
Original documents.
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 WBBC, 1920s-1930s; 2000s
Original documents and copies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 WBNX, 1920s-1940s
Photocopies, plus one original brochure (circa 1930s).
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 WCFL, 1920s-1930s
Photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 WEDC, 1930s-1940s
Photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 WEVD, 1920s
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 WEVD, 1940s
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 WEVD, 1950s
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 WEVD, 1960s
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 WEVD, 1970s-1990s
Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 WEVD, 2000s
One original document and a newspaper clipping.
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund, 1920, 1932
Photocopied documents on the background of WEVD as a radio station operating in memory of Eugene Debs. Includes a 1992 letter to Henry Sapoznik from Paul F. Gullifor, Bradley University.
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund stock books (1 of 3)
Includes originals and copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence and radio license renewal documents. A fax to Henry Sapoznik (1992) is also included.
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund stock books (2 of 3)
Includes a program from the dedication of the new WEVD building (1938). See description for box-folder 2/6.
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund stock books (3 of 3)
Includes a verified reception stamp and handwritten notes on yellow legal paper. See description for box-folder 2/6.
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund, Inc.: stock certificates 1-25, 1928-1932
Bound oblong volume with original stock certificates (some detached), bearing stock transfer tax stamps.
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 WEVD: Debs Memorial Radio Fund, Inc.: stock certificates 25-50, 1933-1939
Bound oblong volume with original stock certificates (some detached).
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (1 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
Includes originals and photocopies of FRC and FCC documents, radio licenses and applications for license renewals, correspondence, newspaper articles, financial information regarding the Debs Memorial Fund, Inc., program information, and related documentation.
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (2 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (3 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (4 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (5 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (6 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (7 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
Documents are from 1953-1991.
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 WEVD: FRC and FCC documents (8 of 8), 1926-1957, 1991
Two issues of the news flyer, "What's Nu!" (one from 1954, the other undated).
BOX-FOLDER 3/9-10 Sections of the FBI report on radio station WEVD (2 folders), 1940s-1970s; 1994
Includes original letter from the FBI to Andy Lanset, who had requested the report. The report is photocopied, with information redacted in the source copy.
BOX-FOLDER 3/11 Henry Sapoznik's WEVD file, 1990
Original documents. Includes correspondence to Sapoznik while he worked at WEVD, and a program script in transcribed Yiddish.
BOX-FOLDER 3/12 WEVD, 1950s, undated
Copy of a letter from the Yiddish Radio Guild of America, an original page and two photocopies from WEVD English and foreign language program schedules, and an original document called "Who's Who among advertisers on WEVD."
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 WHN (1 of 2), 1920s, undated
Originals and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 WHN (2 of 2), 1927-1941
Photocopies of license application documents, program analysis sheet, and related materials.
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 WHOM, 1938-1950
45th anniversary program schedule for the station, legal papers, correspondence, and newspaper articles. Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 WJLB, undated
Two-page photocopy of Weinberg's Yiddish radio hour (a memoir), by Harry Weinberg.
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 WLIB, 1942, undated
Original documents. Master program schedule for September 1942, and an radio station profile prepared for Sapoznik.
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 WLTH (originals and photocopies), 1935-1947
Original documents and photocopies. Correspondence to Victor Packer, program advertisements, a songster in Yiddish and English, with music; program schedules, a station profile created for Sapoznik, and related documents.
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Publication on the history of WNYC radio and TV (original), circa 1986
Overview of WNYC's history.
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 "Lincoln and the Jews," by Emanuel Hertz, 1928
Original copy of the text delivered on WRNY radio.
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Brooklyn radio stations, 1928-1934, 1999, undated
Radio station profiles prepared for Sapoznik, newspaper articles, and related documents. Original documents and photocopies.
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Raymond, Art. Put your money where your mouth is. 1978
Original copy of a small book on finding a job in the radio industry.
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 "Recollections of Jewish Radio and Television," October 21, 1985
Talk delivered by Sholom Rubinstein.
BOX-FOLDER 4/12 "Jewish Radio Stations," undated
Unpublished research report by Beatrice Goldsmith on Jewish radio stations. Faxed document, printed on regular bond paper.
Subseries B: Scripts and related materials
Materials are in Yiddish.
BOX-FOLDER 4/13 Shulamis
Original copy of a script for the radio play, in Yiddish.
BOX-FOLDER 4/14 Tsvei Kuni Lemels
Original copy of a script for the radio play, in Yiddish.
Series 2: Radio writers, performers, and programs
Includes scripts, correspondence, and related documentation.
Subseries A: Nahum Stutchkoff
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Bei Tate Mames Tish (Round the Family Table) (1 of 3), circa 1939
Original, typed copy of a script for the program, in Yiddish; pencilled notations throughout, and housed in a black paper binder. The name of Max Friedlander is handwritten in pencil on the last page, with further notes. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document.
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Bei Tate Mames Tish (Round the Family Table) (2 of 3), circa 1939
Original, typed copy of the radio play, in Yiddish; pencilled writing and notations throughout, and housed in a tan paper binder.
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Bei Tate Mames Tish (Round the Family Table) (3 of 3), circa 1939
Original, typed, unbound copy of the radio play, in Yiddish. This may be a draft or revision of the play. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document.
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 In a Yidisher Groseri (In a Jewish Grocery) (1 of 2), circa late 1930s
Photocopy of the radio play, with handwritten notations and orange highlighting.
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 In a Yidisher Groseri (In a Jewish Grocery) (2 of 2), circa late 1930s
See description for box-folder 5/2.
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Radio appeals for a Jewish sanitorium, undated
Original, typed text in Yiddish with handwritten notations. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document. This was the Brooklyn Jewish Sanitarium, now called Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Publicity and articles, circa 1930s-1960s
Original documents and photocopies. Includes publicity and articles about Stutchkoff.
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Note and envelope to Henry Sapoznik, January 2003
Subseries B: Wolf Younin
These manuscripts were received as a group from the donor. Wolf Younin was, at one point, the secretary for the Yiddish Radio Guild of America.
BOX-FOLDER 6/1-2 Yiddish Radio Guild of America - correspondence (2 folders), 1942-1943, undated
Original documents; in Yiddish and English. Most are typed, with some documents and notes handwritten in pencil.
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Yiddish Radio Guild of America - scripts, undated
Original documents; in Yiddish.
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Wolf Younin - scripts and correspondence, 1941-1943, undated
Original documents, typed and handwritten; in Yiddish and English.
BOX-FOLDER 6/5-6 Wolf Younin: advertising copy (2 folders), 1943, undated
Original documents, typed and handwritten; in Yiddish and English.
BOX-FOLDER 6/7 Yiddish Radio Guild of America: news scripts and advertisements, 1943-1944, undated
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