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Creator
Kurland, Patricia
Call number
*L (Special) 89-12
Physical description
119 sound tape reels, analog; 119 sound tape reels, analog
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Patricia Kurland collection of radio programs [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library

Repository
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Access to materials
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The collection consists of various radio series from the 1960's and 1970's in which host Patricia Kurland blends interviews, quotes from literature, comments on popular culture, and recorded music. It includes radio programs such as The Exchange, Potpourri, Something Special, and The Human Touch, all of which are dedicated to interviews with popular personalities. Two series, The Meliorist and Voices in the Night, consist of music and quotes from classic and popular literature.

Biographical/historical information

Patricia Kurland was a published writer and associated with the Meliorists, an adjunct of the Foundation for Arts and Letters, as well as a radio personality. She originally moved into communications as the Woman's Director of WNBC, Connecticut (Channel 30), and from there to The Herald Tribune Radio Network in New York where she was an independent radio and television producer. She is a member of both AWRT (American Women in Radio and Television) and NATAS (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences).

Scope and arrangement

The collection consists of various radio series from the 1960s and 1970s in which host Patricia Kurland blends interviews, quotes from literature, comments on popular culture, and recorded music. It includes radio programs such as The Exchange, Potpourri, Something Special, and The Human Touch, all of which are dedicated to interviews with popular personalities. Notable guests include Charles Angoff, Mahalia Jackson, Ruth Levitan, Molly Picon, Tobias Schneebaum, Al Silverman, Frances Steloff, and Jane Thayer. Two series, The Meliorist and Voices in the Night, consist of music and quotes from classic and popular literature.

Also included in the collection is a series of tapes recorded in 1970 at the Center for International Studies during the East West Trade Program.

Arrangement

Sound recordings of radio programs alphabetically arranged by title

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Victor Kassery under the aegis of Catalists Unlimited; 1988.

Using the collection

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor