Radio TV Services records, circa 1937 - 2012

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Radio TV Services
Abstract:
Established in 1954 as part of the Office of Information Services (now the Office of News and Communications,) Radio TV Services supervises the production of materials for radio and television, assists in the preparation of audio-visual materials needed by the university, and promotes the University's exposure to local, state, and national audiences. It makes documentary films, covers events and functions on campus, sets up news conferences in cooperation with local and national media, interviews university personnel, and provides features on students for their home-town media. Collection includes correspondence, subject files, sound recordings (audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes), film (16mm), and video tape (U-Matic and 2-inch quadruplex). Notable people documented on film and tape include Keith Brodie, Terry Sanford, Douglas M. Knight, Orin Pilkey, Robert Menzies, Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, Queen Noor al Hussein, Jesse Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Juanita Kreps, Robert McNamara, Ronald Reagan, William Westmoreland, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Reynolds Price, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Stokely Carmichael, Kenneth Clark, Sidney Cohen, Adam Clayton Powell, Betty Friedan, B. F. Skinner, Sam Ervin, Alex Haley, Tom Wolfe, Buckminster Fuller, and Cesar Chavez. Subjects include Duke University basketball, football, commencement, convocation, homecoming, the Epoch Campaign announcement, student unrest in the 60s, the Silent Vigil held after the death of Dr. King, the Duke Marine Laboratory, the discovery of the U.S.S. Monitor, oceanographic research, the 1954 Orange Bowl, Joe College Weekend, various campus scenes, Duke Gardens, and the Richard Nixon Library controversy. Completed films include Response to Our Challenge and This is Duke. English.
Extent:
36.5 Linear Feet
372 Gigabytes
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
UA.27.02.0001
University Archives Record Group:
27 -- University Communications
27 -- University Communications > 02 -- Radio TV Services

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes correspondence, subject files, images, sound recordings (audiocassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, and digital audio), film (16mm), video tape (U-Matic, 2-inch quadruplex, and digital video), and multimedia of events related to Duke occurring both on and off campus. There is a detailed subject file on index cards for most of the film and some of the sound recordings, as well as other indexes and notes.

Notable people documented on film and tape include Keith Brodie, Terry Sanford, Douglas M. Knight, Orin Pilkey, Robert Menzies, Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, Queen Noor al Hussein, Jesse Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Juanita Kreps, Robert McNamara, Ronald Reagan, William Westmoreland, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Reynolds Price, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Stokely Carmichael, Kenneth Clark, Sidney Cohen, Adam Clayton Powell, Betty Friedan, B. F. Skinner, Sam Ervin, Alex Haley, Tom Wolfe, Buckminster Fuller, and Cesar Chavez. There are also film and recordings documenting Duke University basketball, football, commencement, convocation, homecoming, the Epoch Campaign announcement, student unrest in the 60s, the Silent Vigil held after the death of Dr. King, the Duke Marine Laboratory, the discovery of the U.S.S. Monitor, oceanographic research, the 1954 Orange Bowl, Joe College Weekend, various campus scenes, Duke Gardens, and the Richard Nixon Library controversy. Completed films include "Response to Our Challenge" and "This is Duke".

Biographical / historical:

Established in 1954 as part of the Office of Information Services (now the Office of News and Communications,) Radio TV Services supervises the production of materials for radio and television, assists in the preparation of audio-visual materials needed by the university, and promotes the University's exposure to local, state, and national audiences. Harry Durham was the director from 1964-1966, followed by Charlie Braswell, who held the position until 1988.

The office produced a daily news program, "The News of Duke", and a weekly radio program, "Challenges in Education" (which eventually aired on more than 100 stations, including Voice of America and the Armed Forces Network). It also made documentary films, such as "Medicine at the Crossroads" (1966). It covers events and functions on campus, including trustee meetings, convocations, and protests. It sets up news conferences in cooperation with local and national media, interviews university personnel, and provides features on students for their home-town media.

Acquisition information:
The Radio TV Services Records was received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1988; 2008, accession numbers UA88-57, UA2008-0048, UA2008-0065; 2012, accession UA2012-0041.
Processing information:

Processed by Dean Jeffrey, November 2005; Patrick Dollar and Tracy M. Jackson, 2015; Hyeeyoung Kim, November 2017.

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA88-57, UA91-53, UA2008-0048, UA2008-0065, UA2009-0047, UA2010-0023, UA2012-0041.

Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, November 11, 2005

Updated by Sherrie Bowser, November 2008.

Inventory updated to include unique IDs for Film and Video series (except for Video subseries) by Tracy M. Jackson, July 2021.

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Restrictions:

Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.

In off-site storage; 48 hours advance notice is required for use.

Use of audiotapes, films, and videotapes from this collection requires the creation of reference copies. Reference copies for a few of the films have been made on VHS and DVD, and if a reference copy exists, it is noted in this finding aid. To arrange for the creation of reference copies of other items, please contact University Archives staff. Although these recordings and films are now stored in a stable environment, their condition and playback quality is unknown.

Electronic records in this collection have been migrated to a library server and digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Rubenstein Library Reading Room. To request access, please contact Research Services before coming to use these records.

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