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WUOM records, 1914-1982 (majority within 1940s-1960s)

33.25 linear feet — 1 oversize volume — 437 GB

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University of Michigan radio station, founded 1948. Administrative records documenting the development of radio broadcasting at the University of Michigan; radio scripts, transcripts of talks given by faculty, publicity, scrapbooks, and photographs; and sound recordings of radio programs produced and broadcast by WUOM, as well as recordings of various University conferences, ceremonies, etc.

The records of radio station WUOM document the development of radio broadcasting at the University of Michigan from the 1920s through the 1960s. The bulk of the material dating from the founding of the campus radio station WUOM in 1948. The records include administrative files; scripts, publicity material, course guides and other program related material; and recordings of select broadcasts. the WUOM records are organized into three subgroups: Paper Records (including visual materials), Audio Materials (sound recordings) and Printed Material. The content description and arrangement idiosyncrasies of each are presented below. Though the dates of the current accession continue only into the early 1980s, with the bulk of materials concentrated in the 1940s-1960s, WUOM is a continuing unit of the university, and future accessions are anticipated.

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Audio Material, 1930s-1970s

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Ranging in date from the 1930s into the 1980s, the sound recordings have been arranged first by format into two groups, sound reels and sound discs; the sound reels have been further arranged by size. Thus, there are three separate series of sound recordings: sound reels (7-inch); sound reels (10 1/2-inch); and sound discs. The recordings within each series have been arranged by provenance and content into the following subseries:

  1. WUOM: Anniversaries and Dedication Programs
  2. WUOM: Original Productions, 1949-1967
  3. WUOM: Program Series, 1948-1990
  4. U-M Ceremonies and Convocations, 1961-1969
  5. U-M Conferences and Lectures, 1961-1969
  6. U-M History, 1958, 1961
  7. U-M Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1967
  8. State and Local History and Events, 1950, 1960, undated

Each recording has been assigned an inventory number which is listed in brackets following the item description in the boxlist. This number designates whether the recording is a reel (prefix "R") or a disc (prefix "D"), the recording's numeric sequence, and, for sound reels, the size ("A" for 7", "B" for 10 ½"). Unless otherwise noted, reel playback speed is 7 ½ inches per second (ips).

WUOM records, 1914-1982 (majority within 1940s-1960s)
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WUOM: Original Productions

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The subseries WUOM: Original Productions is comprised of recordings of dramatic and/or documentary programs or program series written, performed, and produced by WUOM staff, often in conjunction with university faculty and students. Except in a very few instances, only a representative sampling of recordings were retained for each series. Items of uncertain date or undated are listed first.

In: WUOM records, 1914-1982 (majority within 1940s-1960s)Audio Material, 1930s-1970sSound Reels (7-inch)
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(Radio program wherein E. Burroughs interviews Eleanor Steber of the Metropolitan Opera, U-M football player Willie Heston, poet Ogden Nash; Louis Elbel, writer of "The Victors"; Dramatization -- J Fred Lawton as Yost; Lawton and Earl Moore discus writing of Varsity.)
In: WUOM records, 1914-1982 (majority within 1940s-1960s)Audio Material, 1930s-1970sSound Reels (7-inch)WUOM: Original ProductionsArchives Anthology ([R2A]), [between 1950 and 1959]
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(Biographical Tribute to American Composer, Charles Ives. Reading with musical accompaniment starring Charles Ives, Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic and E.G. Burrows as Charlton Heston.)
In: WUOM records, 1914-1982 (majority within 1940s-1960s)Audio Material, 1930s-1970sSound Reels (7-inch)WUOM: Original ProductionsCharles Ives Dared / E.G. Burrows; Leonard Bernstein; New York Philharmonic Orchestra ([R3A]), [between 1950 and 1959]
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