Presley D. Holmes Papers
Abstract
Presley D. Holmes' broadcasting career ranges from being director of broadcasting at WOUB (Athens, OH) from 1962 to 1970 to working for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters as director of the Educational Television Stations Division. He was also a member of the "six-pack," which advised the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on the structure and formation of the Public Broadcasting Service. In addition, he worked for PBS in 1973 as Director of Planning and Research and for National Public Radio (NPR) as programming vice president from 1974 to 1977. The collection documents Holmes' work in instructional and public broadcasting.
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Historical Note
Presley D. Holmes' formal higher education started at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1950, he obtained his bachelor's degree in Speech, with a minor in English, Social Science and Education. He also received a teaching certificate at the secondary school level. He continued his education at the University of Michigan from 1950 to 1951, where he earned a master's degree in Speech (Radio). After serving in the military as an instructor of U.S. Army Psychological Warfare, from 1951 to 1953, he studied for a year at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, where he was awarded the Degé Annuel, Mention Bien. In 1959, Holmes completed his graduate studies and earned his doctorate in Speech (TV) with a minor in Educational Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit.
He started his broadcasting career at WHRV, Ann Arbor, while studying at the University of Michigan. Holmes interrupted his pursuit of advanced degrees to work in commercial television in Detroit from 1954 to 1957, on the production staff of WWJ-TV. During the same period, he was a substitute teacher for the Detroit Public Schools. After receiving his Ph.D., Holmes stayed at Wayne State, where he taught speech and public address as an assistant professor from 1959 to 1962. He also directed a Ford Foundation TV Teaching Project from 1960 to 1961, involving videotaping eight complete classroom courses for closed-circuit and broadcast (WTVS) use.
From Michigan, Dr. Holmes went to Athens, Ohio to join the Ohio University faculty as assistant professor from 1962 to 1965, and as Director of Broadcasting at WOUB AM-FM-TV and closed-circuit ITV from 1962 to 1970. From 1966 to 1968, he served as director of the School of Radio-TV, and as an associate professor. Then, from 1968 to 1970, he was associate dean and tenured full professor in the College of Communication which had undergraduate and graduate programs in four schools: Journalism, Radio-TV, Speech and Hearing Sciences and Interpersonal Communication.
During the early years at Ohio University, from 1962 to 1966, he served the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) as the research editor for the NAEB Journal, later the Educational Broadcasting Review. He also chaired NAEB's Research Committee and Publications Advisory Committee. In addition, he served as a consultant on NAEB's National Project for the Improvement of Televised Instruction as well as the association's ITV Study, Title III, Public Broadcasting Act, 1968.
In 1970, he joined the NAEB staff in Washington, DC as director of Educational Television Stations division. There, he represented the nationwide PTV stations to Congress, federal agencies and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). He was a member of the "six-pack", which advised CPB on the structure and formation of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Among other things he insisted that the 'S' stand for "service", not "system". His primary responsibility for non-commercial television was developing a plan and draft federal legislation for the long-range financing of public broadcasting and he continued that work as Director of Planning and Research at PBS, after the merger of ETS and PBS in 1973. His responsibilities there also included system planning for new licensees and development of facilities guidelines, for different types and sizes of stations. From 1974 to 1977, Holmes worked as programming vice president at National Public Radio (NPR) overseeing all program division functions including program production, operations/engineering, development and public information.
From 1977 to 1982, Dr. Holmes taught at the University of Illinois, Chicago as an adjunct professor, in addition to his full-time position as president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council, an interinstitutional cooperative effort to activate an ITV broadcast station. Then, from 1982 to 1987, he was executive director and chief executive officer of the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority, a 3-station public television and an 8-station public radio statewide broadcast service. His final position, from 1987 to 1992, was at Delta College, Michigan, as Director of Broadcasting, general manager of WUCM/WUCX TV/WUCX-FM, and professor of Humanities. He retired in April, 1992.
Throughout his career, Dr. Holmes undertook many consulting projects. From 1964 to 1968, he worked with the Speech Association of America on the Radio-TV-Film Research Papers. Other projects in the sixties included the Appalachian Educational Laboratory in 1967 and the US/AID Teacher Training Project in Kano, Nigeria in 1969. From 1971 to 1974, he assisted the U.S. Office of Education with the Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program. In 1977, he consulted at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and at the Public Broadcasting Service. In early 1982, he headed a major futures project for the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.
Dr. Holmes also belonged to numerous advisory panels and boards of directors. From 1967 to 1968, he served on the National "Emmy" Award Panel of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was the first vice president of the newly-formed Central Educational Network as well as treasurer of the Ohio Council on Educational Television Board (1967). He was elected to the National Educational Television (NET) Affiliates Council in 1968. Other board memberships include the Public Service Satellite Consortium Board of Directors from 1975 to 1981, the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council as a charter member of the board of directors starting in 1977, and the Community Advisory Board of WBEZ-Chicago from 1978 to 1979. From 1978 to 1979, Dr. Holmes worked on the Station-College Education Project on Adult Learning, a joint project of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, University of California at San Diego and the University of Mid-America. He also published articles in various journals and textbooks including AV Communication Review and Educational Radio-TV.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Presley D. Holmes Papers documents his work in instructional and public broadcasting. The documents cover the years 1947 to 1984 and undated material, with the bulk of the documents ranging from 1955 to 1981. Significant topics include instructional television in the army and in the schools as well as the issues of long-range financing of public broadcasting. Types of documents include articles, correspondence, phonograph records, reports, speeches and studies.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
The Presley D. Holmes Papers was given to the University of Maryland Libraries by Presley D. Holmes in October of 1991 and April of 1992.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen E. King, May 1995
EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup completed by Karen E. King and Scott Prouty, April 2005.
Arrangement of Collection
Organized as six series:
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Educational Institutions, 1947-1968 and undated (1.25 linear feet)
This series focuses on Holmes' career in instructional and educational television at the Detroit Public Schools, Wayne State University and at Ohio University. Topics include closed-circuit television and activities at the station WOUB-TV. Types of documents include correspondence, studies, bibliographies, articles, as well as Holme's 1959 dissertation "Television Research in the Teaching-Learning Process".
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Public Schools -- "The Television Teaching Project: Report for the Year, 1957-58" Elmer F. Pflieger, Coordinator, 1958 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Bibliographies, 1960-1961 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Closed-Circuit Television -- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Bulletin Vol. X, No. 3 Lewis,Philip, comp. Closed Circuit Television Installations in Teacher Education Institutions, March 29, 1957 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Closed-Circuit Television -- Article: Blundell, W. Irvin, "Starting Out with Closed-Circuit TV", August 1967 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Closed-Circuit Television -- Reports -- Class Sessions, 1958 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Closed-Circuit Television -- Reports -- Class Sessions -- Progress Report of Closed Circuit Television at Evanston Township High School 1957-58, 1958 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Wayne State University -- Instructional Television -- Closed-Circuit Television -- Reports -- Stone, Oliver M. and John R. Martin. Instruction in Graphics by Closed-Circuit Television, January 1, 1959 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Wayne State University -- College of Education Tape Schedule - Spring Session 1962: English Education 320, 1962 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Wayne State University -- Conventions: -- Holmes, Presley D., Jr. "If Visuals Aren't Good, Don't Use Them!" Educational Radio-TV NAEB Convention Issue, October 1961 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
| Wayne State University -- Conventions: -- Holmes, Presley D., Jr. "On Understanding Television: Significant Differences?" DAVI National Convention, Kansas City., March 28, 1962 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence, 1960-1965 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
| Wayne State University -- Dissertation -- Doctoral Dissertations in Radio and Television : prior to 1947, 1947-1957 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
| Wayne State University -- Dissertation -- "Television Research in the Teaching-Learning Process", July 1, 1959 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
| Wayne State University -- Dissertation -- Mailing Lists, 1959-1962 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 14 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 15 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 16 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 1 | folder 19 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| Wayne State University -- Correspondence-Requests, 1959-1968 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Wayne State University -- Study "Television in Education", 1959 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
| Wayne State University -- Press Releases, 1961 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
| Wayne State University -- Studies -- Ellery, John B. A Pilot Study of the Nature of Aesthetic Experiences Associated With Television and Its Place in Education. Wayne State University, Division of Broadcasting, January 18, 1959 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 10 | |
| Wayne State University -- Studies -- Souder, Marjorie A., et al. A Study of the Effectiveness of Televised Instruction in a Physical Education Activity Course., 1962 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
| Wayne State University -- Studies -- Holmes, Presley and Keith Kossuth. "TV in Michigan Higher Education", undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
| Wayne State University -- Survey: Ward, James. "Survey of Television Policies of Selected Universities", January 1961 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
| Wayne State University -- Television Stations -- Articles - WDET: Inside Wayne Vol. XXII, No. 1: 4-5., July 20, 1962 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
| Wayne State University -- Television Stations -- Photographs, 1954-1961 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 15 | |
| Ohio University -- Bibliographies, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 16 | |
| Ohio University -- College of Communication, 1968, undated | series 1 | box 2 | folder 17 | |
| Ohio University -- Department of Speech. Brooks, Keith, ed. The Communicative Arts and Sciences of Speech [Holmes co-authored chapter 26] - with accompanying correspondence, 1967 | series 1 | box 2 | folder 18 | |
| Ohio University -- Educational Television - Studies, 1967, undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Ohio University -- Instructional Television -- Articles, 1965, 1967 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Ohio University -- Instructional Television -- Chu, Godwin C. and Wilbur Schramm. Learning From Television: What the Research Says, 1968 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Commission on Instructional Technology, July-August 1968 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Correspondence - Maryland Educational Broadcasting, undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Commission -- Educational Communications System: Phases I & II (May 1965) with accompanying correspondence (June 8, 1965), 1965, 1967 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Population Estimates, Fall 1966 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Proposals -- Television and Children -- "Televising Child Learning Activities for Parental Motivation and Orientation", undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Proposals -- Television and Children -- "Televising Child Learning Activities..." Grant Application, May 26, 1965 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 9 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Proposals -- [TV-Remote Van] -- Correspondence, 1965-1966 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Proposals -- [TV-Remote Van] -- Head Start, undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Reports -- Evans, Richard I. The University Faculty and Educational Television: Hostility, Resistance and Change. A Social Psychological Investigation in Depth, 1962 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Speeches -- A Brief History of WOUB-TV, undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Speeches -- Upcoming Programming, undated | series 1 | box 3 | folder 14 | |
| Ohio University -- WOUB-TV -- Speeches -- Remarks Prepared for the Ohio Educational Television Network Commission, November 16, 1966 | series 1 | box 3 | folder 15 | |
Series 2: Educational/Public Broadcasting Agencies, 1959-1984 and undated (1.50 linear feet)
This series document Holmes' work on the Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council, the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authoriy as well as his work with the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Topics include the Chicago City Junior College, open-circuit television, children's television, and facilities guidelines for public television stations. Types of documents include articles, reports, and phonograph records.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Correspondence, June 1961 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 16 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Course Information -- Astronomy 201: Descriptive Astronomy Telecourse Study Guide, 1959 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 17 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Course Information, 1961 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 18 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Reports -- Erickson, Clifford G. and Hyman M. Chausow. The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television. -- The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television -- Report of the First Year, March 1958 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 19 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Reports -- Erickson, Clifford G. and Hyman M. Chausow. The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television. -- The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television -- Report of the Second Year, April 1959 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 20 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Reports -- Erickson, Clifford G. and Hyman M. Chausow. The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television. -- The Chicago City Junior College Experiment in 6 Offering College Courses for Credit Via Open Circuit Television -- Chicago's TV College: Final Report, August 1960 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 21 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Chicago City Junior College -- Reports -- Willis, Benjamin C., et al. Chicago's TV College: A Report of a Three Year Experiment by the Chicago City Junior College, 1960 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 22 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- Children's Television -- Witty, Paul A. School Children and Television: Summary of the results of ten yearly studies of children's television viewing in the Chicago metropolitan area, February 1960 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 23 | |
| Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council -- NTIA Policy Documents, 1979 | series 2 | box 3 | folder 24 | |
| National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Educational Television Stations -- Thompson, Jerome V. "Summary Statement of Findings of a Mail Questionnaire Survey of Public Television Station Goals and Goal Achievement Assessment", 1972 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Educational Television Stations -- "Public Television Stations Projected Operations and Costs", March 1977 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| National Public Radio -- Long Range Plan, February 1976 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Public Broadcasting Service -- Advisory Council of National Organizations. State of the Art: A Study of Current Practices and Trends in Educational Uses of Public Radio and Television, August 1, 1974 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Public Broadcasting Service -- Facilities Guidelines for Public Television Stations, April 1983, revised February 1984 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Public Broadcasting Service -- Holmes, Presley D. "Draft Script - Financing", undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| Public Broadcasting Service -- Long-Range Facilities Projections Public Television Field System (1984-1994), February 10, 1984 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority -- Central Educational Network - correspondence, 1981 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority -- Wingspread Conference -- Summary: Introduction; Agenda; Participants, undated | series 2 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority -- Wingspread Conference -- Dallin Oaks Transcript; Update of November 1983 Memorandum, 1983 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
| West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority -- Wingspread Conference -- "Analysis of First Amendment Rights of Public Broadcasters", November 4, 1983 | series 2 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
Series 3: Instruction, 1955-1963 and undated (0.25 linear foot)
This series focuses on television instruction in the armed forces, especially its use in army training. Types of documents are articles and reports.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Training -- Articles -- Burke, Col. A. L. "Signal School TV Comes of Age" Reprinted from the September 1959 issue of SIGNAL, 1959 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
| Army Training -- Articles -- "How Lowry Air Force Base Uses Closed Circuit Television...", September 1959 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
| Army Training -- Articles -- Lowry Air Force Base. "Technical Training by Televised Instruction", undated | series 3 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Kanner, Joseph H., et al. Television as a Training and Educational Medium. Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 1955 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Runyon, Richard P., et al. Factors Leading to Effective Television Instruction. Vol. 3, No. 4, Fall 1955 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 16 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Desiderato, Otello L., et al. Procedures for Improving Television Instruction. Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1956 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 17 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Runyon, Richard P. and Joseph H. Kanner. Present Status of Signal Corps Television Research Volume 4, No. 2, Spring 1956 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 18 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Kanner, Joseph H. Future Trends in Television Teaching and Research. Volume 5, No. 4, Fall 1957 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 19 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Kanner, Joseph H. Teaching by Television in the Army - An Overview. Volume 6, No. 3,, Summer 1958. | series 3 | box 4 | folder 20 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Kanner, Joseph H., et al.Televsion in Army Training. Volume 6, No. 4, Fall 1958 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 21 | |
| Army Training -- Audio-Visual Communication Review reprints -- Kanner, Joseph H. and Wesley P. Marshall. Television in Basic Training: The Improvement of Training by Television. Volume 11, No. 5, September-October 1963 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 22 | |
| Army Training -- Reports -- Kanner, Joseph H., et al. Television in Army Training: Evaluation of "Intensive" Television for Teaching Basic Electricity. Army Pictorial Center, January 1958 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 23 | |
| Army Training -- Reports -- Kanner, Joseph H., et al. A Report on Television in Army Training. Department of the Army, Office of the Chief Signal Officer., June 1, 1958 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 24 | |
| Army Training -- Reports -- Kanner, Joseph H., et al. Television in Army Training: Evaluation of Television in Army Basic Training. Department of the Army, Office of the Chief Signal Officer., August 1, 1958 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 25 | |
| Army Training -- Reports -- Allen, M. Robert. Television, Education, and the Armed Forces: An Informal Report., December 1, 1958 | series 3 | box 4 | folder 26 | |
Series 4: Consulting Work/Professional Activities, Memberhips, 1960-1981 (0.25 linear foot)
This series documents Holmes' consulting work with the Pennsylvania Public Television Network, the Public Broadcasting Service, and the US/AID Teaching Training Project in Kano, Nigeria. It also covers his membership on the Citizens Committee on Educational Television and his professional activities with the Institute for Education by Radio-Television. Types of documents include articles and a glossary.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Work -- Pennsylvania Public Television Network. Telecommunications Glossary, April 1981 | series 4 | box 4 | folder 27 | |
| Consulting Work -- US/AID Teacher Training Project. Holmes, Presley. "Educational Television" Ohio University/USAID Project, Kano, Nigeria, May, 1969 | series 4 | box 4 | folder 28 | |
| Consulting Work -- Public Broadcasting Service. "An Examination of Factors and Assumptions Affecting the Number of Future Public Television Stations", June 30, 1977 | series 4 | box 4 | folder 29 | |
| Professional Activities, Memberships -- Citizens Committee on Educational Television, 1964 | series 4 | box 4 | folder 30 | |
| Professional Activities, Memberships -- Institute for Education by Radio-Television, 1960, 1962 | series 4 | box 4 | folder 31 | |
Series 5: Articles/Books/Magazines, 1955-1970 and undated (0.50 linear foot)
This series focuses on various broadcasting issues including educational television, mass media, children's television and television instruction.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles -- Children and Television, 1963, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Articles -- Educational Television, 1965-1966, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Articles -- Mass Media - General, 1962, 1966, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Articles -- Television Instruction, 1963, 1966 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Books -- O'Hara, Robert C. Media for the Millions: The Process of Mass Communication, 1961 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Books -- Zettl, Herbert. Television Production Handbook, 1961 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Magazines -- The American Psychologist - Special Issue on Educational Television, October 1955 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 7 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE, July 1968 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE -- McLuhan, Marshall and Quentin Fiore. War and Peace in the Global Village with The McLuhan DEWLINE, 1968; September 1968 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE -- vol. 1, no. 4-6, October-December 1968 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE -- vol. 1, no. 7-11, January-April 1969 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE -- vol. 2, no. 1; vol. 2, no. 3; vol. 2, no. 5, September 1969; November 1969; March-April 1970 | series 5 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
| Magazines -- The McLuhan DEW-LINE, undated | series 5 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
Series 6: Earplay, 1975-1977 (1.00 linear foot)
Earplay was an innovative radio anthology series distributed by National Public Radio from 1971 to 1981. This series contains recordings on 13" LP records from 1975 to 1977. Plays include "Argive Soliloquies" by John Reeves and "The Old One Two."
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earplay -- Hours 1-6, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | ||
| Hour 1: "Hydronymus" by Manfred Bieler, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 2: "The Night Bathers" by Leo Goldman, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 3: "Properties" by E.G. Burrows, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 4: "Voices in My Head" by Rose Goldenberg and "Buster is Upstairs" by Anne Leaton, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 5: "Show Me the Way to Go Home" by Kevin Faller and "The Reunion of Olives and Daisies" by Larry Reed, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 6: "Clem Maverick" by R.G. Vliet, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 1 | item 6.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 7-14, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | ||
| Hour 7: "Bells in Europe" by Peter Leonhard Bruan, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 8: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 1 - "The Road to Aulis" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 9: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 2 - "Death of a Royal Virgin" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 10: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 3 - "This Smashed City, Unearthed" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 11: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 4 - "The Price of Power" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 12: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 5 - "Under Moonlight, A Winter Man with a Knife" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 6.0 | |
| Hour 13: "Argive Soliloquies," Part 6 - "The Iron Ring" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 7.0 | |
| Hour 14: "Hyenas" by Peter Leonhard Braun, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 2 | item 8.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 15-20, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | ||
| Hour 15: "The Store" by Mavor Moore; "Sincerely, Benny Lester" by Norman Kline; "Squirrels Aren't Like That" by Norman Kline, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 16: "Operation Vega" by Friedrich Durrenmatt, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 17: "Standard Safety" by Julie Bovasso; "Abstract and Concrete" by LaVerne Kehr, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 18: "Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr. Kooning" by Stanley Eveling, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 19: "No Knocking on People's Doors" by Katherine Kennedy, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 20: "Little Pictures" by Anne Leaton, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 3 | item 6.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 21-26, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | ||
| Hour 21: "Departures" by David Kranes; "The Friends of the Family" by Donald Barthelme, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 22: "Processional" by John Reeves, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 23: "A Sense of Property" by James W. Nichol, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 24: "Crime Marches On" by Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 25: "The Mystery" by Bill Naughton, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 26: "The Great American Fourth of July Parade" by Archibald MacLeash, 1975 | series 6 | box 6 | folder 4 | item 6.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 1-6, 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | ||
| Hour 1: "Listening", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 2: "J.B.", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 3: "Man and Superman", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 4: "A Visit with John Howard Griffin", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 5: "Cause Celebre", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 6: "A Doll's House", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 1 | item 6.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 7-16, 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | ||
| Hour 7: "My Name is Bird McKaI", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 8: "The Disagreeable Oyster", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 9: "The Day John William Fell Down the Stairs and Died", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 10: "Kowalski's Last Chance"; "Tiger", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 11: "Twenty Years of Twilight", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 12: "Mr. Luby's Fear of Heaven", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 6.0 | |
| Hour 13: "The Austere Gwendoline Parker Elliott", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 7.0 | |
| Hour 14: "The Old One Two", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 8.0 | |
| Hour 15: "Random Moments in a May Garden", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 9.0 | |
| Hour 16: "The Maze", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 2 | item 10.0 | |
| Earplay -- Hours 16-26, 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | ||
| Hour 17: The Midnight Mocker"; "Scat Melisma", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 1.0 | |
| Hour 18: "Haywire at Humbleford Flag", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 2.0 | |
| Hour 19: "The Codicil to Mary Purty's Will", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 3.0 | |
| Hour 20: "Crime and Punishment, Part 1", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 4.0 | |
| Hour 21: "Crime and Punishment, Part 2", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 5.0 | |
| Hour 22: "Crime and Punishment, Part 3", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 6.0 | |
| Hour 23: "The Grappling Court", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 7.0 | |
| Hour 24: "Dinosaurs"; "Under the Loofah Tree", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 8.0 | |
| Hour 25: "Trucker", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 9.0 | |
| Hour 26: "The Summer of Timothy Once", 1976-1977 | series 6 | box 7 | folder 3 | item 10.0 | |
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- Educational broadcasting -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- Holmes, Presley D. -- Archives.
- Public broadcasting -- United States -- History -- Sources.