National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records, 1925-1977 (bulk 1950-1970) | Ausmus, Graydon, Correspondence, 1951 (Box 019, Folder 01)

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National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records, 1925-1977 (bulk 1950-1970) | Ausmus, Graydon, Correspondence, 1951 (Box 019, Folder 01)

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1951 correspondence regarding plans, positions, and decisions of NAEB staff, including discussion of brochure revisions, the 1951 fall convention, and the relationship between FM radio and television. Also includes discussion of moving NAEB network headquarters from WNYC to the University of Illinois and a speech delivered to the American Association of Museums by NAEB president Seymour N. Siegel.

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Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

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