Arthur Godfrey papers

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Thirteen/WNET Arthur Godfrey Collection, 1923-1983 and undated, 1950-1978

Arthur Godfrey papers

1923-1983 and undated (majority 1950-1978)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/15706

Arthur Morton Godfrey (1903-1983) was the leading personality in American broadcasting during the 1950s. He appeared regularly on network radio from 1945 to 1972, and on television from 1948 to 1959. His radio career began on WFBR in Baltimore in 1930 and concluded with Arthur Godfrey Time on the CBS network in 1972. Through most of the decade of the 1950s, Godfrey not only hosted a daily radio program but two top-ten prime time television shows, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, all for CBS. By 1959, total advertising billings from Godfrey's TV shows were estimated at an industry-high $150 million. The Thirteen/WNET Arthur Godfrey collection spans 1923 to 1983, with the bulk of the collection encompassing the years 1950 up through the late 1970s. The collection contains an extensive series of sheet music and business records. It also contains publicity clippings, scripts, personal correspondence, and photographs.

243.00 linear feet

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries