Sub-Series

Sub-Series I: Transcripts,, 1959 and 1963.

Dates

1959 and 1963.

Scope and Contents

Transcripts includes transcripts of HAW's 1959 radio programs and of HAW's 1963 TV and radio programs. The subject matter is varied but frequently concerns atomic fallout and the hazards of atomic radiation, arms control, labor legislation and the Labor Subcommittee's activities, migratory labor, housing, mass transportation, civil rights, and the future of NATO and other foreign affairs. Although the 1959 transcripts focus on HAW's positions, the 1963 material follows an interview format. In this format, HAW was often the interviewee, questioned by several newspapers and reporters from outlets such as Newsweek, Metro Media, New York Post, and CBS. Jim Randolph, a reporter from Metro Media, conducted many of the interviews. However, HAW also acted frequently as the interviewer and among his significant interviewees were Senators Eugene McCarthy, William Fulbright, and Tom Clark, Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, Edward R. Murrow of the US Information Agency, and Archibald Alexander on arms control. The interviews generally range in time from 5 to 30 minutes.

Most, though not all, of the 1963 transcript files include the related recording on an Edison Voicewriter disc.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Undetermined .

Physical Description

(0.75 cubic feet)

Restrictions

Rutgers has no mechanism for playing the Edison Voicewriter discs and access copies on an alternative medium were not available as of the date of this Inventory. Therefore, the content of these discs cannot be accessed by researchers because of these technical limitations. However, as digitization of additional material occurs over time, the finding aid may not be current in this regard, so the researcher should contact Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives for current status or to discuss access alternatives.

Additional Description

Arrangement

Transcripts is arranged with the radio transcripts of 1959 followed by the transcripts of 1963. Within each year, arrangement is chronological. The 1963 transcripts were retained in their original folders.

Related Series

There are no other files of transcripts of HAW's TV and radio recordings in the collection.

The Film and Video sub-series of AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL includes four films from the Senate Recording Studio from the 1960s (none from 1963) of HAW either being interviewed or acting as interviewee.

GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE & PUBLIC RELATIONS CORRESPONDENCE and CENTRAL CORRESPONDENCE include topical files on Publicity/Public Relations, including those related to TV and radio. Though these include mostly correspondence, some transcripts can be found in those files. These, though, are typically transcripts of HAW interviews done by broadcast networks, not in the Senate Recording Studio.

PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS include some "Radio Reports Home" from 1965 and 1966.

Appraisal and Discard Information

Generally, the files for 1959 included only multiple copies of the transcripts. Two copies (if available) of each of the 1959 transcripts were retained, with all other copies and original folders discarded. For 1963, the files tended to include only unique material with few copies. Therefore, for 1963, all material was retained by the archivist in its original folders. Edison Voicewriter discs found in the files were retained as found.

All transcript files found by the archivist were retained. It is known that HAW did TV and radio interviews and broadcasts in other years, however, only files for 1959 and 1963 were found by the archivist.

General

Index Terms

Where a dominant theme was known or could be identified for the individually-foldered 1963 interviews, that theme was included as an index term in the container list.

"Edison recording disc" is included as an index term for those folders in which a disc is present.