Scope and arrangement
The collection consists of fifty one episodes from the 1946-1947 season. Most items are off-air recordings from WEAF New York. Episode titles are unknown unless specified.
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- Creator
- Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945
- Call number
- *L (Special) 98-15
- Physical description
- 101 sound discs
- Preferred Citation
*L (Special) 98.15, Adventures of Frank Merriwell Collection, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Repository
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
The collection consists of fifty one episodes from the 1946-1947 season. Most items are off-air recordings from WEAF or WNBC, New York. Episode titles are unknown unless specified.
Biographical/historical information
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell was a juvenile adventure program based on the novels by Gilbert S. Patton, written under the name Burt L. Standish. It was broadcast from March 26, 1934 until June 22, 1934, and again from Oct. 5, 1946 until June 4, 1949 on NBC.
The later series consisted of complete thirty minute episodes. whose featured character was Frank Merriwell, Yale University athlete.
The cast of the later series consisted of: Lawson Zerbe as Frank Merriwell; Elaine Rost, as his girlfriend, Inza Burrage; Hal Studer as Bart Hodge; Patricia Hosley as Elsie Bellwood. The announcer was Mel Brant. The music was performed by Paul Taubman, and the writers were Ruth and Gilbert Brann, with William Welch.
Administrative information
Processing information
Processed by Peggy Schein.
Key terms
Names
- Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945
- Brann, Gilbert (Adapter)
- Brann, Ruth (Adapter)
- Brant, Mel (Commentator)
- Hosley, Patricia (Performer)
- Rost, Elaine (Performer)
- Studer, Hal (Performer)
- Taubman, Paul (Musician)
- Welch, William (Adapter)
- Zerbe, Lawson (Performer)
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Material types
Using the collection
Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Access restrictions
Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.
Alternative form available
Some items may have been transferred to preservation and service copies. Original items that have not been transferred may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in the collection guide for more information