Found 3 collections related to Radio programs -- United States

Jane Cowl (1884-1950) was an actress, playwright and theatrical producer. She appeared in her most famous acting roles in the 1920s and 1930s and co-authored several plays during this period with Jane Murfin. During World War II she was co-director of the Stage Door Canteen, an entertainment center for U.S. servicemen and women in New York City. She also hosted a radio program in the 1940s. Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, diary, and biographical materials collected by Cowl. Correspondence, 1923-1948, is with noted playwrights, directors, actors, and theater managers; other correspondence, 1943-1946, concerns her charitable work with disabled veterans and underprivileged children. Also, diary written during Cowl's first trip to Europe in 1907 in which she described the European stage; materials she collected for a planned autobiography; and personal financial accounts. less

The American Association for Adult Education (A.A.A.E.) was founded in 1926 as an organization to promote continuing education and education for adults. The Association was absorbed by the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (A.E.A.) in 1951. Records focus on a radio survey concerning radio listeners who used radio for educational purposes. Survey was conducted across the United States and abroad, although responses from Europe were scarce because of World War II. The A.A.A.E. cooperated with the Federal Radio Education Committee who conducted the study. Both the A.A.A.E. and the Federal Radio Education Committee were headed by Frank Ernest Hill during this period. The Federal Radio Education Committee, in turn, was headed by the United States Office of Education. Two types of questionnaires were sent out. The first type, sent to radio stations, colleges, libraries, all C.C.C. camps, and YMCAs, was designed to locate "listening groups". The second survey was sent to the "listening groups" to establish information about those groups. Results were used to promote better education by radio. America's Town Meeting of the Air, a radio program, as well as Levering Tyson, director of the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education, took part in the survey. less