The Library of American Broadcasting was established as the Broadcast Pioneers Library (BPL) by the Broadcast Pioneers Educational Fund, Inc., now the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, Inc, to preserve the history of radio and television broadcasting. The BPL/LAB accomplished this goal by collecting books, magazines, photographs, personal papers, audio recordings, film and video records, and, of course, radio and television scripts. The BPL was dedicated on April 19, 1972 and was originally located on the ground floor of the headquarters building of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. In 1994, The BPEF moved the BPL to the University of Maryland to join the National Public Broadcasting Archives, which was already in place.
From the guide to the Library of American Broadcasting Scripts Collection, 1925-1991, 1930-1960, (Mass Media and Culture)
