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| Title: | University of Chicago. Office of Radio and Television Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1931-1981 |
| Size: | 20 linear feet (36 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection comprises materials related to a former office dedicated to public and university-related radio and television broadcasts discussing a wide variety of subjects, programs, and events. These include formal conversations and debates, films, documentaries, people, groups, reports, and studies regarding topics relevant to the University of Chicago campus up to a nationwide scale. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Office of Radio and Television Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
This collection contains records of material related to the University of Chicago's former Radio and Television Office.
In 1924, the University began to experiment with broadcasting lectures over the radio station WMAQ, operated by the Chicago Daily News. The relationship with WMAQ developed thanks to Henry Justin Smith who came to the University in January 1924 on a year’s leave of absence from the Daily News to direct publicity for the University’s development campaign. During the first year of the University’s connection with WMAQ, the University’s radio programming was under the general direction of the Publicity Office and under the immediate supervision of Henry Justin Smith and his assistant Russell Pierce. Radio programs were offered only occasionally.
In the summer of 1925, President Burton appointed a committee to take charge of University broadcasting. The committee consisted of various deans, departmental heads, directors, and faculty. John Van Zant was hired to operate the program full time, and he was replaced by Allen Miller in June 1926. The Radio Committee convened in October 1925. At the Radio Committee’s third meeting, an executive committee was appointed consisting of Gordon J. Laing (chair), Percy H. Boynton, Henry Justin Smith, and John Van Zant. When Henry Justin Smith returned to the Daily News in 1926, he was succeeded by Russell Pierce. Smith was eventually replaced on the Radio Committee by the Secretary of the University, Rowland Hayes. The Committee and Allen Miller worked closely with WMAQ’s programming director, Judith Waller.
A studio and equipment were installed in Mitchell Tower. Malcolm Romberg was the University’s first radio engineer. By 1927, UChicago was broadcasting select classes from wired classrooms, beginning with a course broadcast from Harper Memorial Library on the topic of American Life taught by Professor Percy H. Boynton from the English Department.
Non-educational content was also broadcast in the 1920s. University Chapel services were aired Sundays on WMAQ and WLS. Sports programs were broadcast on any station as long as there was space available in the radio booths or in the press stand. KYW first presented football games in the fall of 1923, WMAQ in 1924, and WWAE in 1930. Blackfriars performances were aired on WMAQ and WWAE. An attempt was made to air Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances in Mandell Hall in 1927, but the University could not afford the Symphony’s fees.
Many new educational radio programs were developed by UChicago in the 1930s, including the “University of Chicago Round Table.” “Round Table” debuted in February 1931, airing conversations among University scholars about current topics. The program was conceived by faculty member T. V. Smith and WMAQ’s Judith Waller and was based on interdisciplinary roundtable discussions occurring in the University’s faculty club dining room. The program was broadcast every Sunday on WMAQ. A core group of 15-20 faculty members regularly participated in the program, with three faculty on air each week. As the program grew, political and business leaders were invited. In 1933 it was picked up by NBC, WMAQ’s parent company, which broadcast it nationally. The number of stations broadcasting the program peaked at 118 in the early 1950s. “Round Table” was heard throughout the United States for 22 years and earned a Peabody Award in 1941 for Outstanding Educational Program.
The 1940s saw the appointment of a new Radio Director, Sherman H. Dryer. President Robert M. Hutchins appointed a new Advisory Committee on Radio chaired by Ralph A. Beals. In 1946, an official “Board of Radio” was added to the University Statutes. This was a faculty advisory board separate from the Radio Office and was first chaired by Edward H. Levi.
In the 1950s, the Radio Office came under the leadership of George E. Probst. Through a grant from the National Association of Educational Broadcasting, UChicago began broadcasting social science and humanities programming on WFMT in 1953. Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr. was appointed as Executive Secretary of the Radio Office in 1954.
1955 marked an important moment of change for broadcasting at the University of Chicago. NBC ended “Round Table” on June 12, 1955. It was replaced with a segment called “New World” on NBC’s “Monitor” radio program on June 19, 1955. The University continued to invest in radio programming and debuted a program on WBBM devoted to religious choral music called “The Sacred Note,” in October 1955, in part to rebuff criticism that the University had communist tendencies. The University also began to shift into television broadcasting. In 1955 the Radio Office collaborated with the College’s Home Study Department to present Chicago’s first television educational course for college credit: Professor Herman Finer’s “Government and Human Nature.” When WTTW Channel 11 came on air in December 1955, the University of Chicago was an early participant. Its program “The Humanities” was one of the first shows to air on WTTW.
As the Radio Office took on more responsibility for producing television programming for commercial and educational broadcasting outlets in the mid-1950s, it became the Office of Radio and Television. Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr. remained at the helm as Executive Secretary and Lee Wilcox served as Associate Director. The Office coordinated its activities with the Public Relations Department of the Development Office. The Office of Radio and Television produced “educational broadcasting” and Broadcast Office produced “public relations broadcasting.” These responsibilities eventually merged under a new Director of Educational Broadcasting. Rosenheim stepped down from his position in September of 1957 and was appointed as chair of the Board of Radio. Alec Sutherland was appointed Director of Educational Broadcasting. Lee Wilcox became Associate Director of Educational Broadcasting.
The University continued to ramp up its television production. In April 1957, “All Things Considered” debuted on WTTW. The program was viewed as a television successor to the “Round Table” and “New World” radio programs. In 1958 Lee Wilcox produced for WBKB (ABC Channel 7) a 13-week television course called “Science 58” that dealt with basic principles of science. Alec Sutherland was also named Director of the nascent Center for Continuing Education in 1959.
The early 1960s brought additional administrative change. The advisory Board of Radio was subsumed by the Board or Adult Education in February 1960. The Board was reestablished in 1965 as the Board of Radio and Television, with Philip Kurland as chair. John B. Buckstaff served as Director of Educational Broadcasting.
The long-running syndicated radio program “From the Midway” began in 1963 as a series of recorded live lectures.
Jonathan Kleinbard was appointed Director of the Radio and Television Office in 1966. Under his leadership, WTTW committed to reviving “Round Table” in 1968 as a television program hosted by UChicago dean and faculty member, Kenneth J. Northcott. Additional tv programming aired on WMAQ-TV, including a children’s program called “Read Me a Story,” and on WGN-TV, including “Charlando” which was aimed at Spanish-speaking communities of Chicago. WLS-TV launched “Perspectives” in September 1968. Another syndicated radio program, “Conversations at Chicago,” began that same year.
In 1969, Nick Aronson was appointed Director of the Office of Radio and Television. The Office moved from the Administration Building to the basement of the Center for Continuing Education adjacent to the Office’s radio studio. The Office of Radio and Television continued to produce “Round Table,” “Perspectives,” “From the Midway,” and “Conversations at Chicago” into the 1970s. It debuted another television program, “Memorandum” on WMAQ-TV in 1970. By 1973, “Round Table” had morphed into a series of specials on WTTW. The University also started “University of Chicago Review of the Arts” on WBBM radio in 1973.
The Board of Radio and Television continued to exist in the 1970s. It was chaired by John G. Cawelti (1971-1975) and by Norval R. Morris (1975-1977). The Office of Radio and Television was officially disbanded in July 1981, and its staff were transferred to the Public Information Office.
The Office of Radio and Television Records are organized into six series:
Series I: Programs and Events,
Subseries I: Conferences and Seminars,
Subseries II: Broadcasts, Lectures, Debates and Productions;
Series II: Television Programs, Films and Documentaries;
Series III: Reports and Studies;
Series IV: People and Groups;
Series V: Committees, Networks and Organizations;
Series VI: General Files.
Series I contains two subseries based on the scale and nature of the events in question.
The collection contains correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, round table abstracts, interview records, newsletters, booklets, and other documents representing the activities of the Radio and Television Office. Detailed series descriptions are found at the beginning of each series in the inventory section of the guide.
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Series I: Programs and Events |
This series contains materials related to various programs and events that covered a variety of topics relating to current events. Subseries I comprises materials pertaining to seminars and conferences that took place both locally and nationwide, addressing and engaging with pertinent subject matters (e.g. ‘the Urban Environment’). Subseries II encompasses the remaining material that similarly discusses relevant social, economic, and political issues of the day on a shorter, more intimate timeline. The overwhelming majority of this subseries is devoted to round table discussion topics that were recorded and broadcasted to homes all across the United States.
Subseries 1: Conferences and Seminars |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Arts and the Public. Conference program, publicity, scheduling notes. ca. Oct. 1966. |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Arts and the Public. Correspondence (internal and with stations), program, publicity, transcripts. Oct. 1966-Aug. 1968. |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | World Tensions. Conference Proceedings. May 11, 1960. |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | National Association of Education Broadcasters, 1967 Denver Convention. Correspondence, publicity, brochure, transcript, report. ca. Oct. 1967. |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | National Association of Education Broadcasters, 1968 D.C. Convention. Correspondence, brochure. Mar. 1965-Jul. 1967. |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | National Association of Education Broadcasters, 1968 D.C. Convention. Correspondence, program, publicity, brochure, magazine, registration information for Paul Wagner. ca. Nov. 1968. |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Beardsley Ruml Colloquium. Correspondence, program, publicity, articles, transcripts. May 1970-Mar. 1972. |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | The Urban Environment. Correspondence, publicity, conference program, clippings, brochure, transcript. Oct. 1966.-Sep. 1967. |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Law and the Changing Society. Correspondence, publicity, conference program, transcript. Jun. 1967-Jul. 1968. |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | U.S. Department of State. Brochure, conference program. Mar.-Nov. 1968. |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Center for Policy Study Seminar, transcript for reels 1-4. N.d. |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Center for Policy Study Seminar, transcript for reels 5-9. N.d. |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Center for Policy Study Seminar, transcript for reels 10-14. N.d. |
Subseries 2: Broadcasts, Lectures, Debates, and Productions |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Actuality Interviews. Correspondence, mailing lists, publicity. 1966-1968. |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Actualities on Cholera, Teeth, Lisco, Mullen, Spear, and Yale Brozen. Correspondence and feedback from radio stations. 1967-1968. |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Health Care for the Poor. Correspondence with panelists, consent-to-publish forms. 1970-1971. |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation. Correspondence.1964-1967. |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | 1968 Alder Encyclopedia Britannica Lecture Series. Correspondence, program, publicity, notes. 1966-1969. |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Gun Control. Correspondence, publicity, report. 1967-1968. |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Frontiers of Science. Correspondence. 1968. |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Educational Broadcasting. Lecture, publicity, correspondence, program of study, 1963-1967. |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Federal Crime Legislation. Correspondence, program, newspaper, consent-to-publish forms, copies of laws. 1970-1971. |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Contemporary Chamber Players. Concert program, publicity, correspondence, newspaper, list of radio stations. 1965-1969. |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Civic Dinner. Correspondence. 1966-1967. |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | China. Correspondence, program, brochure. 1967-1968. |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Campaign for Chicago. Correspondence, clippings, publicity, feedback from radio stations. 1967. |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Cable TV. Correspondence, consent-to-publish forms. 1971. |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Book Beat. Correspondence. 1967. |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Columbia University. Correspondence, program, minutes. 1966-1968. |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Federal Communications Commission, 1962 Hearings. Clippings, program, article, legal documents. 1961-1964. |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Legal inquiries to university legal counsel. Correspondence, transcripts, legal forms. 1964-1965. |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction. Correspondence, article, schedule, brochure, report. 1960-1962. |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Privacy, Rioting. Publicity. 1968. |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | KGTS-FM. Correspondence. 1970. |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Voice of America. Correspondence, brochure. 1962-1967. |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Voice of America (Projects). Correspondence, scripts (with manuscript edits), brochure, roster of foreign students at the University. 1964-1967. |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Living Theater. Correspondence, newspaper. 1968-1969. |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | WFMT Broadcast. Brochure, correspondence, publicity, clipping, station profile. 1961-1969. |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | WFMT Broadcast. Correspondence, publicity, clipping, station profile. 1961-1969. |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | The Uses of Knowledge and The University and the Community. Correspondence, consent-to-publish forms, publicity. 1967. |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Perspectives. Program schedule. 1970-1971. |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1972. |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1973. |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1974. |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1975. |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1976. |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Review of the Arts broadcast series. Weekly program. 1978. |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Hunger. Correspondence, program, publicity. 1968-1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | The Future of the Black Politician in America. Correspondence. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Indian Power. Correspondence, report, travel expense. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Electoral Reform. Correspondence, travel expense. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Student Protest. Correspondence, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Humanities and Social Crises. Correspondence. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | US Foreign Policy. Correspondence, travel expense, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Violence in America. Correspondence, travel expense, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | Plight of the Unemployed Ph.D. Correspondence, consent-to-publish forms. 1971. |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Zoning. Correspondence, consent-to-publish forms. 1971. |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | Conversations with Hans Morgenthau. Correspondence, publicity, consent-to-publish form. 1971. |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Media and the Cities. Correspondence, publicity, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 19 | Moon and Outer Space. Correspondence, travel expense, biography, publicity, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 20 | Pornography. Correspondence, travel expense, transcript, publicity, newspaper. 1969. |
| Box 5 Folder 21 | Drugs. Correspondence, clippings, travel expense, publicity, contacts, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | The Woodlawn Organization and University of Chicago. Correspondence, publicity, clipping, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | What Has Happened to the Political Machine? Correspondence, clipping, notes, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | The Draft. Correspondence, biography, notes, publicity, transcript. 1968-1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Collapse of the Third Republic. Correspondence, notes. 1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Penal Institutions. Correspondence, notes, clipping, publicity, transcript. 1969. |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Nuremburg: Pinkville. Correspondence, transcript, notes, clipping. 1969-1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | The Future of Art Museums, Correspondence, travel expense, clipping, transcript. 1969-1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Test Tube Baby. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Crime in Combat. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Laos. Clipping. N.d. |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Political TV “Packager.” Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Population. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | U.S. Penal System. Clipping. N.d. |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | The Credibility Gap. Publicity, transcript. 1967-1968. |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | The Credibility Gap. Cue sheet, biographies, correspondence, clipping. 1967. |
| Box 6 Folder 16 | The Effect of Government Policy. Transcript, correspondence, cue sheet, biography. 1967. |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | The Supreme Court. Cue sheet, correspondence, clipping, transcript. 1967-1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Money, Taxes and Inflation. Cue sheet, magazine, correspondence, clipping, transcript. 1967-1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | The Social Responsibilities of the Physician. Correspondence, clipping, cue sheet, transcript. 1967-1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Cities and the Police. Correspondence, cue sheet, clipping, transcript. 1967-1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Communications and Power. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript, budget. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Who Should Go to College? Clipping, cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Violence and the Intellectual. Cue sheet, clipping, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Dissent in American Politics. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | The Quality of Inequality. Cue sheet, correspondence, clipping, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | The Suburban Dilemma. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Chemical-Biological Warfare. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript, magazine. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Genetic Counseling. Cue sheet, correspondence, clipping, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Justice For All. Cue sheet, correspondence, clipping, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Privacy and the Presidency. Cue sheet, correspondence, conference program. 1967-1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Drugs in American Society. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 7 Folder 16 | Morality and the Law. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Crisis in Public Schools. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Race and Unemployment. Cue sheet, correspondence, magazine, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Public Television. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Church and Race. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Pre-Convention Politics. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | The Media and the Cities. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | The Soviet Union. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Education in America. Cue sheet, correspondence, transcript. 1968. |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | The Radical Liberal and November 3. Correspondence, clipping, brochure, cue sheet. 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Crime and Violence in America. Correspondence, clipping, list of questions, reference materials. 1969-1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Reviving Our Environment. Correspondence, clipping, list of questions. 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Legislating Private Morality. Correspondence, list of questions. 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | U.S. Soviet Relations. Correspondence, clipping. 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | The UN: 25 Years Old. Correspondence, biography, articles, list of questions. 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 15 | Recession--Inflation. Correspondence, publicity, list of questions, clipping, transcript. 1969-1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 16 | Hunger in America. Correspondence, clipping, travel expenses, list of questions, publicity, report, transcript. 1969-1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 17 | The Right of the Media to Dissent. Correspondence, transcript, list of questions, articles, clipping, 1970. |
| Box 8 Folder 18 | Religion in the Age of Aquarius. Correspondence, magazine, list of questions, clipping, transcript. 1969-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Politician’s Guide to Crime Control. Correspondence, publicity, list of questions, transcript. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | “Advertising and Consumer Affairs.” Correspondence, list of questions, newspaper, magazine. 1969-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Oh! Theater! [1/2] Correspondence, travel expense, list of questions, play bill, clipping, 1969-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Oh! Theater! [2/2] Photographs. Ca. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Burger Court [1/2]. Correspondence, list of questions, clipping, notes. 1967-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Burger Court [2/2]. Correspondence, magazine, clipping, biography, photograph, publicity. 1967-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Southeast Asia. Correspondence, photograph, biography, list of questions. 1969-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | The Pill, Populations and Family Planning. Correspondence, list of questions, publicity, magazine. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Revival of Victorianism. Correspondence, publicity, note. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | TV and the FCC. Correspondence, list of questions, clipping, article, 1959-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | CPS Associates Program. Correspondence, publicity, list of questions, newspaper. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 12 | The Current State of Motion Pictures. Correspondence, clipping, list of questions. 1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 13 | The United States Image Abroad. Correspondence, list of questions, brochure, publicity. 1969-1970. |
| Box 9 Folder 14 | Abortion. Correspondence, list of questions, clipping. 1970. |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | From the Midway. Weekly program abstracts. 1962-1970. |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | From the Midway. Weekly program abstracts. 1971-1979. |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | From the Midway. Weekly program abstracts. 1966-1981. |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Conversations at Chicago. Weekly program abstracts. 1968-1973. |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Conversations at Chicago. Weekly program abstracts. 1973-1977. |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Conversations at Chicago. Weekly program abstracts. 1977-1981. |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Conversations at Chicago. Program abstracts. 1968-1981. |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | U.S. Supreme Court Cases. Transcript (Tape 1-5). Sep. 1965. |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | U.S. Supreme Court Cases. Transcript (Tape 6-10). Sep. 1965. |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | From the Midway. Titles and Speakers. 1963-1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Roundtable. Notebook containing clippings, brochures, awards, report, photograph, and other publicity materials, and correspondence. 1950-1991. |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | Future of Black Politics. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. 1969. |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | Humanities and Social Crisis. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. N.d. |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Hunger in the Developing Nations. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | Violence in America. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | Student Protest. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. 1969. |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | Race and Unemployment. Roundtable transcript with manuscript edits. 1968. |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Roundtable. Publicity. 1969. |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Revival of the Roundtable. Proposal, clipping, correspondence [1/2]. 1963-1967. |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Revival of the Roundtable. Proposal, clipping, correspondence [2/2]. 1963-1967. |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries [1/2]. 1968-1970. |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries [2/2]. 1968-1970. |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | Roundtable. Cue sheets and transcripts with manuscript edits. Ca. 1969.
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| Box 14 Folder 1 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries [1/2]. 1968. |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries [2/2]. 1968. |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries. 1969-1970. |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | Roundtable. Transcript orders, inquiries, list of board members, empty order forms. 1968-1970. |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | Roundtable. Correspondence on funding, programming, media inquiries. 1969-1970 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Roundtable. Press clippings, 1969-1970. |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries. 1968-1969. |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Roundtable. Correspondence on programming, scheduling, funding. 1970-1971. |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries. 1970-1971. |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | Roundtable. Correspondence, transcript, clipping, publicity [1/2]. 1973-1975. |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | Roundtable. Correspondence, transcript, clipping, publicity [2/2]. 1973-1975. |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries. 1963-1967. |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries (with money). 1969-1970. |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries (with no money). 1969-1970. |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Roundtable. Clippings. 1968-1969. |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Roundtable. Cue Sheets. 1969. |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Roundtable. Press Releases.1969. |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Roundtable. Clippings [1/2]. 1967-1968. |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Roundtable. Clippings [2/2]. 1967-1968. |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | Roundtable. Transcript orders and inquiries. 1968. |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | Roundtable Committee. Correspondence, report, brochure. 1944-1967. |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Roundtable. Clippings and publicity. 1967-1968. |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Roundtable. General Correspondence, 1967-1968. |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Roundtable. Correspondence on syndication. 1968. |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Roundtable. Biographies and photographs. Ca. 1963-1967. |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Roundtable. Photographs. N.d. |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Roundtable. Correspondence, notecards, clippings, article. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Roundtable. Budget, correspondence, program. 1968-1969. |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | Roundtable. Correspondence on financing. 1966-1968. |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Roundtable. Transcript on violence, facts about roundtable, back cover for Spring 1969 book. 1969. |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Human Adventure. Program, correspondence, script. 1939-1944. |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Human Adventure. Program, script. 1945-1946. |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Human Adventure. Program, brochure, clipping, cards. 1945. |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Radio Programs. Program, awards, brochure, 1925-1949. |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Radio Programs. Publicity and proposal. N.d. |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Radio Office-Round Table. Memorandum, report, brochure, program. 1944-1951. |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Radio Office-Round Table II. Program, correspondence, report, memorandum, brochure. 1931-1948. |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | Radio Office. Clippings. 1939-1941. |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | Dissent in American Politics. Transcript. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | Dissent in American Politics. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | Violence and the Intellectual. Transcript. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 17 Folder 13 | Communications and Power. Transcript. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 17 Folder 14 | Cities and the Police. Transcript. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Social responsibilities of the physician. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Justice for All. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Chemical-Biological Warfare. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | The Quality of Inequality. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Suburban Dilemma. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Privacy and the Presidency. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Genetic Counseling. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Morality and the Law. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Crisis in the City Schools. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Drugs in American Society. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1968. |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | The Effect of Government Policy on Research. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1967. |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | US Foreign Policy. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 18 Folder 13 | Electoral Reform. Transcript with edits. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 18 Folder 14 | Red Power: Problems and Policy. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 18 Folder 15 | Miscellaneous Debates. Ca. 1969. |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Supreme Court as legislator. Transcript with edits. 1967. |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Money, tax and inflation. Transcript with edits. 1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Roundtable. Dialogue books. Spring 1969. |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Notebook. Dates, titles, participants of roundtables. 1938-1949. |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Notebook. Dates, titles, participants of roundtables. 1949-1954. |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Notebook. Dates, titles, participants of roundtables. 1938-1955. |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Roundtable. Pamphlets. 1969. |
Series II: Television Programs, Films and Documentaries |
This series contains materials related to the visual aspect of the Radio and Television Office. These discussion topics, although spoken about on the radio, included aspects of visual broadcasting (e.g. film clips) and were recorded as such for the purpose of being shown on television in some form, usually as documentary films.
| Box 20 Folder 6 | The Anderson Platoon. Correspondence. 1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Argonne National Laboratory. Correspondence, pamphlet, film catalog, “Accent on the Atom” cue sheet, publicity. 1963-1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | The Student Film Group. Correspondence, prospectus, film script for “The Disaffected Student.” 1967-1968. |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Cinema. Correspondence, brochure. 1965-1966 |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Documentary Film Unit (Doc Films). Correspondence, proposal. 1963-1968. |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | Egyptologists. Correspondence. 1965-1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | LASR film on the alpha-scattering experiment. Correspondence. 1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | Film Clip File, Newsreel, film on Henry Moore. Correspondence, invoice. 1965-1966. |
| Box 20 Folder 14 | Nobel Program. Correspondence, recording report, memorandum. 1966-1967. |
| Box 20 Folder 15 | Spectrum. Correspondence, prospectus, clipping. 1964-1968. |
| Box 20 Folder 16 | At Random. Correspondence. 1964-1966. |
| Box 20 Folder 17 | The Not So Vanishing American. Correspondence, articles, clipping, prospectus, list of questions, cue sheet, Declaration of Indian Purpose. 1961-1966. |
| Box 20 Folder 18 | Legal Services to Youth. Correspondence, publicity. 1968. |
Series III: Reports and Studies |
This series contains various reports and studies devoted to the programing and broadcasting genres, most of which have to do with education-oriented institutions. It includes correspondence, news clips, proposals, and preliminary reports pertaining to the business of these institutions’ relationship with the Radio and Television Office.
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Educational Communications Systems. Correspondence. 1965-1966. |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Educational Communications Systems. Clipping. 1964-1966. |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Educational Communications Systems [1/2]. Reports, studies, proposals. 1961-1967. |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Educational Communications Systems [2/2]. Reports, studies, proposals. 1961-1967. |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Educational Television System. Report, correspondence, clipping, program service form. 1962-1967. |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Inauguration of Edward Levi. Correspondence. 1968. |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Institute for Education by Radio & Television Awards. 1963. |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Institute for Education by Radio & Television Awards. 1964. |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Institute for Education by Radio & Television Awards. 1965. |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Instructional Television (ITV) (CIC Model). 1962-1967. |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Television Education. Report and clipping. 1965-1968. |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Cable Television and the University of Chicago [1/2]. Reports and proposals. Ca. 1981. |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Cable Television and the University of Chicago [2/2]. Reports and proposals. Ca. 1981. |
Series IV: People and Groups |
This series contains the Office of Radio and Television’s files on specific persons, groups, or institutions. The clippings, correspondence, brochures, and other documents in this series sometimes relate to television or film programming on the history, lives, achievements, etc. of these individuals or groups. Folder titles in this series only indicate the theme of the materials, and do not exhaustively list every type of material present.
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Enrico Fermi. Chicago Pile-1 25th Anniversary. 1966-1967. |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Memorial lectures. 1966-1967. |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Ronald H. Coase. Paper. 1968. |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Humberto Fernandez-Moran. Film scenario. 1968. |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | John Hope Franklin. Clipping. 1968. |
| Box 22 Folder 10 | Charles Huggins [1/2]. Television program. 1965-1968. |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Charles Huggins [2/2]. Television program (vinyl record of Nobel speech). Ca. 1966. |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Robert S. Mulliken. Nobel Prize interview. 1966-1967. |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | David Sarnoff. Correspondence. 1950-1952. |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Alvin K. Schiller. Film screening. 1966-1967. |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Walter Schwimmer. Lectures on television industry. 1963-1966. |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Theatre. 1967-1968. |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Russell Tuttle. 1965-1966. |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Senator Birch E. Bayh Jr. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Ramsey Clark. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | John W. Gardner--Common Cause. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Dr. Haughton County Hospital. Clipping. N.d. |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Nicholas Johnson, Federal Communications Commission. Clipping. N.d. |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Nixon--Campus Report. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Senator George McGovern. Correspondence. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 15 | Casper Weinberger. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 23 Folder 16 | University of Chicago Theatre: Corinne Frada Pick. 1968-1969. |
Series V: Committees, Networks and Organizations |
This series contains materials relating to various organizational groups and their discussions, agendas, reports, etc. when relevant to public broadcasting.
| Box 23 Folder 17 | Report of CIC-ITV Subcommittee Meeting. April 1969. |
| Box 23 Folder 18 | National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB). Newsletter. 1966-1967. |
| Box 23 Folder 19 | NAEB Organization. Correspondence, conference material, reports. 1964-1965. |
| Box 23 Folder 20 | NAEB Organization. Correspondence, conference material. 1964-1968. |
| Box 23 Folder 21 | NAEB Organization. Correspondence, conference material, reports. 1962-1964. |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | National Association of Broadcasters. Correspondence. 1970. |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | National Education Radio (NER). Correspondence, clipping, programming, publicity. 1966-1968. |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | National Educational Television (NET). Correspondence, 1963-1968. |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Center for Policy Study. Correspondence. 1966-1967. |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | International Radio and Television Institute (IRTI). Prospectus. 1966. |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | National Urban Coalition. Clipping. 1970. |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Chicago Environmental Control Appeal Board. Clipping. N.d. |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1963. |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1964. |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1966. |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1967. |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1968. |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1969. |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1970. |
| Box 24 Folder 15 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1971. |
| Box 24 Folder 16 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1972. |
| Box 24 Folder 17 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1973. |
| Box 24 Folder 18 | Radio and Television Board. Report. 1974. |
| Box 24 Folder 19 | Illinois Telecommunications Commission. Correspondence, meeting agenda, report, legislation. 1967. |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | University Broadcasting Council. Report, minutes, correspondence. 1936-1944. |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Committee on Educational Television Final Report. Ca. 1953. |
Series VI: General Files |
This series contains miscellaneous documents (e.g. finance, sponsorships, photographs, etc.) that pertain to the Office of Radio and Television, but exist outside of the purview of the other series titles.
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Batelle Memorial Institute. Correspondence. 1967-1968. |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Folk Festival. Correspondence, schedule. 1967-1968. |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | General College Bowl. Press release. 1968. |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Chicago Youth Development Project. Correspondence. 1968. |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Festival of the Arts. Correspondence. 1966-1967. |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Johnson Federation. 1962-1967. |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | Miscellaneous File [1/3]. Circa 1969. |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous File [2/3]. Circa 1969. |
| Box 25 Folder 11 | Miscellaneous File [3/3]. Circa 1969. |
| Box 25 Folder 12 | U of C and Its Environs Maps. N.d. |
| Box 25 Folder 13 | Black Binder. Reports, budget, programming. Ca. 1980. |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Moon Landing Photos, undated |