Records of the TIO, a public relations office and information clearinghouse established by the Television Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters in March 1959 following the well-publicized Congressional hearings concerning rigged television quiz shows. In addition to refuting the notion that TV was damaging American society, the TIO provided members with information on industry trends, viewing habits, and new technologies. The collection (which is organized chronologically) includes press releases, press/information kits, scripts to broadcast editorials and to PSAs, speeches by TIO executive directors Louis Hausman and Roy Danish, circular memoranda sent to station managers, magazine and newspaper reprints, Roper surveys, educational materials aimed at teachers such as the "Teachers Guides to Television," and several of the office's publications including InformaTIOn, FACTS, Quick Takes, and TV Sets-In-Use. Also included is a collection of the TIO's advertisements, several videotapes (which appear to be PSAs and "infomercials" aimed at TIO members), and a film.
