Helen Sioussat Papers

Helen Sioussat Papers

Sioussat, Helen

LAB 96-20

32.75 linear feet

1937-1958

1913-1992 and undated

Mass Media and Culture

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Helen Sioussat (1902-1995) was Director of the Talks and Public Affairs Department at CBS from 1937 to 1958, where she oversaw as many as 300 broadcasts a year addressing such topics as government, labor, education, religion, civil rights and international affairs. She would go on to create the television program, "Table Talk," TV's first roundtable discussion show. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence sent to Ms. Sioussat over the course of her career.

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