Louis DeSaussure Lang papers, 1925-1977.

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Louis DeSaussure Lang papers, 1925-1977.

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Scripts, letters, printed items, and photographs re Lang's career with WIS as a writer of commercial and public service copy on the continuity staff. Includes scripts written for local commercial accounts, such as South Carolina Electric & Gas, Belk's, and Weston's; and for public services features such as the Victory Bond program, 6 Dec. 1945, which was broadcast by WIS coast-to-coast as one of its first NBC "network feeds." Also including script for "Let's Go To Town" re Columbia news from the "Your Home Town" series which was recorded and sent to servicemen overseas; "Case for the City of Sumter" 1961; "College Drop In: Furman University," 1966; "Salute to Robert Whitehead McNeely, " 1967; "James F. Byrnes--South Carolina Statesman, " 1968; "This is Columbia, " undated; and undated script which won the Peabody Award for WIS broadcasting personality Joe Pinner as his television persona, "Mr. Knozit." Also contains transcript of interview, 1969, with G. Richard Shafto, former general manager of Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation, WIS' parent company; unpublished, annotated typescript of "So Rich a Heritage: A History of WIS Radio and Television," 1971, researched and written by Louis Lang. Sheet music and audio tape recording of "Easter Fanfare, " written by Vernon Weston for the Citadel Choir, 1970, and dedicated to Lang by the composer.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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