Misplaced Pages

Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Students, scholars and broadcast professionals may study a wealth of material and artifacts at the Broadcasting Archives.

The Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland is home to several collections – the National Public Broadcasting Archives and the Library of American Broadcasting among them – housed together on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park. Among the other holdings is the unusual Art Gliner Humor Collection, since humor plays such an important part in the history of radio and television programming.

Douglas Gomery, professor emeritus at Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, is Resident Scholar at the Archives. He donated his papers and some 5,000 books to the Broadcasting Archives when he retired from teaching in 2005. Gomery served on the committee that put the Broadcasting Archives in place, and considers the Archives the proudest achievement of his 25-year career at Maryland. He describes the collection as one of the top five research collections for the study of radio and television in the United States.

Other scholars who have donated their libraries and papers to the Broadcasting Archives include John M. Kittross and Christopher H. Sterling. The Archives also holds extensive books and papers from the National Association of Broadcasters and is actively growing its collection of materials concerning broadcast media in Washington, D.C. (The Pick Temple collection – from the popular 1950s children's show on WTOP – is currently being accessioned.)

The Broadcasting Archives is located in Hornbake Library on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, just off the northeast corner of Washington, D.C. The Broadcasting Archives is a unit of the Archives and Manuscripts Department of the Collection Management and Special Collections Division, University of Maryland Libraries.

References

  1. "Treasure on Hornbake's Third Floor". Faculty Voice. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
University of Maryland, College Park
Located in: College Park, MarylandFounded: 1856
Academics
Athletics
Teams
Venues
Rivalries
Culture
Campus
Landmarks
Arts and
recreation
Facilities
Transportation
Events
People
Student life
Student groups
Media
Related

38°59′17″N 76°56′30″W / 38.988123°N 76.941617°W / 38.988123; -76.941617

Categories: