Records, 1969-1980.

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Records, 1969-1980.

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Records, mainly 1977-1979, of a Carnegie Corporation-sponsored study of public broadcasting that made recommendations for improvement in a published report "A Public Trust." Included are research reports and related background materials of staff and consultants; correspondence of staff, Chairman William McGill, and Executive Director Sheila Mahony; testimony (by Joan Ganz Cooney, Fred Friendly, John Gardner, Walter Heller, Frank Mankiewicz, and others), and agendas for hearings and special meetings; work plans; press material; and clippings. Research carried out by staff included case studies of programs such as "The Adams Chronicles," "All Things Considered," and "Nova"; funding sources; innovations in technological dissemination; and public participation and visits to Minnesota Public Radio and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Also included is correspondence and other material pertaining to the Freedom of Information suit brought by the commission to discover the politicization of programming during the Nixon Administration. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

10.6 c.f. (27 archives boxes); plusadditions of 201 tape recordings,448 photographs,445 negatives, and4 videorecordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925102

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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McGill, William J. (William James), 1922-1997

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Mahony, Sheila

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Mankiewicz, Frank, 1924-

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Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002

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John William Gardner (1912-2002) was vice president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1949 to 1955, and president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1955 to 1965. He was a member of President Kennedy's Task Force on Education in 1960, on President Johnson's Task Force on Education in 1964, and he served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1965 to 1968. From the description of Gardner, John William, 1912-2002 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)...

Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting

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Friendly, Fred W.

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Carnegie corporation of New York

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Cooney, Joan Ganz

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Heller, Walter W.

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Walter Heller was born on August 27, 1915 in Buffalo, New York. He received his B.A. degree from Oberlin College in 1935, his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1938 and 1941, respectively. Professor Heller began his career at the University of Minnesota in 1946 as a professor of economics and awarded the highest faculty distinction, Regents' Professor, in 1967. He was also chair of the department from 1957 until 1960. Professor Heller took a leave from the Universit...

Minnesota Public Radio

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British Broadcasting Company

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