Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of 1368 radio transcription discs from several UCLA collections. Titles in this collection include: Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws; The Ballet; Bing Crosby; Carnation Bouquet; Carnation Contented Hour (extensive run); Carnation Family Party; Casey, Crime Photographer; Chuck Wagon Group; Father Knows Best (extensive run); Flynn and Quinn; Good News of 1939; Hallmark Playhouse; Heartbeat Theatre (extensive run); I Can't Leave Her Behind; Labor Arbitration; Lone Journey; Louella Parsons Show; Mystery Is My Hobby (extensive run); NBC Symphony; National Farm and Home Hour; Oklahoma Roundup; President Truman speech; "Red" Carnation Gives a Weekend Party; Rising Tide; Scientific Dissertation; Sons of the Pioneers Show (extensive run); Stars Over Hollywood; Suspense; This Is Your FBI (extensive run); Uncle Tom's Cabin; We're Very Fussy On the Radio/How to Break Into Radio; What's Doin' Ladies.
Biographical Note: "[Harry S. Truman,] born May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri, U.S., died December 26, 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, [was the] 33rd president of the United States (1945-53), who led his nation through the final stages of World War II and through the early years of the Cold War, vigorously opposing Soviet expansionism in Europe and sending U.S. forces to turn back a communist invasion of South Korea."--"Truman, Harry S." from Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, http://search.eb.com/ (Viewed February 3, 2010)
Provenance: Tapes recorded and collected by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Deposited at the Walter J. Brown Media Archives by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Cite Collection As: UCLA Radio collection, 1941-1982. Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries.