Quotes & Notes

Many scholars, authors, and would be broadcasters and broadcast journalists come to the LAB in search of unique materials which offer insights into the various aspects of the business of broadcasting through the eyes of the broadcaster. The statements that follow are direct quotes from students, scholars, educators and authors who have used the LAB.


Quotes…

“Now that my research is compete, I am writing to thank you for supporting this wonderful resource for media analysts and historians like myself…p.s. the photos were amazing”
Susan Murray/author/assistant professor, NYU

“It is reassuring to know that the Godfrey Collection has finally found its way into the hands of professionals who know both how to care for it and how to make it accessible.
William B. Moffett/Producer and Program Host/WDVR FM, Sergeantsville, NJ

“Words cannot express my thanks to you and your staff for your assistance recently on my minorities and women in broadcasting research.”
George Daniels/Graduate Student. U of Georgia, College of Journalism & Mass Communication

“I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for your assistance in the development of our upcoming publication Molly’s World.”
Connie Russell/Book Development/Pleasant Company Publications

“I am writing to thank you for the help you provided earlier this year for the revision and expansion of my survey, Oral Histories Relating to Journalism History.”
James D. Startt/Senior Research Professor/History Department/Valparaiso University

“Your operation is nothing less then breathtakingly impressive.  I can’t tell you how pleased I am to see that there is an institution devoted so thoroughly to the history of broadcasting in the United States.  The personal attention you gave my research project was especially appreciated.”
Jack M. Berthards/President and Tonal Director/Schoenstein & Co.

“Just a note to say thank you so much for your kid help in organizing the background notes for the programme “Children’s Hour” which you sent me.  It was so kind of you to help with the stories about American radio in the “golden age,” and fascinating to har about the programmes which so manhy American children so clearly enjoyed.”
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“Thank you so much …The Library made me feel like a kid on Christmas morning…the time I spent will be invaluable for my current research project…”
Rich Tiner/Belmont University

“Our radio documentary is not only done…it went to air on Sunday…Listeners loved the historical tape in the first  part of the doc…thanks again so very, very, much.”
David Gutnick/CBC

“By visiting your facility, the students learned the importance of maintaining a record of broadcast history.  Seeing the dedication of you and your colleagues is an indication that such a record will be available to scholars. You added an important element of reality to my course and for that I thank you.”
John C. Doolittle, PhD/Associate Professor/American University

Book Notes…

Here is a sampling of books, educational, scholarly, historical and for entertainment whose authors scoured our archives. The LAB is credited in each of these works.
  
Author(s)Title
Horace NewcombEncyclopedia of Television
Michele Helms & Jason LoviglioRadio Readers: Essays in the Cultural History of Radio
Valerie Tripp & Nick BachesMeet Molly an American Girl
David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle & Alan StephensonBroadcast Announcing Work Text: Performing for Radio, Television and Cable
Mark LasswellFifty Years of Television
Betty Boodel, Sylvia Bugbee & Lorry M. FeinerAn Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letter of Lt. Col. Betty Boodel, Women's Army Corps
Daniel StashowerThe Boy Genius and the Mogul: The Untold Story of Television
American Women in Radio & Television & Jane LawrenceMaking Waves
Evan I. Schwartz
The Last Lone Invention: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
Tim HollisHi There, Boys and Girls: America's Local Children's TV Programs
Julian StringerMovie Blockbuster
Christopher H. Sterling & Michael C. KeithThe Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio
David WeinsteinThe Forgotten Network: Dumont and the Birth of American Television
Susan MurrayHitch Your Antenna to the Stars! Broadcast Stardom and Early Television
Douglas GomeryWho Owns the Media?
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