Records of Educational Television at New York University 1952-1956

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Records of Educational Television at New York University 1952-1956

The records document the involvement of two vice-chancellors of New York University, David D. Henry and Carroll Newsom, with the development of educational television, particularly in the New York metropolitan area, in the 1950s.

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