Collection, 1920-1987 (bulk 1930-1982).

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Collection, 1920-1987 (bulk 1930-1982).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39694618

This collection contains correspondence; office memos; telegrams; dinner invitations; Christmas cards; radio scripts; information about early radio and television personalities and productions; some historical newspapers; information about other newspaper collectors; information about stories covered on WBEN; information about the WBEN-TV strike of 1968; newspaper clippings; news releases; schedules; brochures; posters; slides and photographs of television and radio personalities (Bob Hope, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Lucy and Desi, Fibber McGee and Molly, Ed Gardner, Clint Buehlman, Buffalo Bob, the Millers, Van Miller, Ken Philips, Chuck Healey, etc.), other famous personalities (Presidents Herbert Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, and Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth II, Kaiser Wilhelm, etc.), staff at The News, WBEN AM-FM radio, and WBEN-TV, early television equipment and antennas, arial views of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, television, radio, and musical programs; CH 4 WBEN TV decals; microphone plates; bumper stickers; and business cards.

15 linear ft.

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416077

Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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Haeffner, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony), 1907-1987.

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Joseph A. Haeffner was the promotion manager of WBEN and WBEN-TV in Buffalo, N.Y. He was born in Baltimore, July 9, 1907. He worked as assistant to the publicity director at the Baltimore Sun (1923-29). Then joined The Buffalo Evening News in June 1929, while the newspaper was applying for a radio license (WBEN) before the Federal Radio Commission. He served as a member of the editorial promotion staff, radio editor, and promotional advertising director for The News. He ...