Land-Grant College Radio Hour, 1938.

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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), and Chicago (at the NBC Tower). NBC is one of the Big Three television networks, and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the...

Higginbothan, Alfred L., 1895-1967.

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The Land-Grant College Radio Hour was performed at the University of Nevada for the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), on July 20, 1938. Alfred L. Higginbotham, journalism professor, wrote the script and directed the production. Opening the program was university regent, Silas Ross. Acting as announcer was Jennings Pierce for NBC, who conducted interviews with J.A. Carpe...

Higginbotham, Alfred L., 1895-1967.

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Alfred L. Higginbotham taught for more than 40 years in the Journalism Department; in 1965 the Department of Journalism was named in his honor. He assisted in founding the Nevada State Press Association in 1924; established the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1948; was advisor to the University chapters of Kappa Tau Alpha and Sigma Delta Chi; was active in professional college and university associations; served as a member of numerous university committees and boards; and as a public relations...

Pierce, Jennings.

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Carpenter, Jay Arnold, 1883-1965.

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University of Nevada, Reno

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Governor's Day was an annual occasion for honoring ROTC cadets. In 1970, students that opposed the war in Vietnam held a peace rally the same day, and distributed flyers and posters on campus announcing the rally and opposition to the Governor's Day observances. From the description of Governor's Day records, 1970. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40932828 In 1970/71, the Oral History Program at the University of Nevada and the University Archives initiated ...

Post, Theodore H.

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Miller, William Charles, 1952-

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Ross, Silas Earl, 1887-1975

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Nevada funeral director (Ross-Burke Company); member of University of Nevada-Reno faculty (1909-1914) and Board of Regents (1932-1956); active in the Freemasons (1908-1975), and served as the Nevada Grand Master. From the description of Silas Earl Ross papers, 1955-1967. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 77575480 ...

Creel, Cecil Willis, 1889-1968.

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Cecil Willis Creel became director of Agricultural Extension for the University in 1921, and except for 1942, in an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, he continued to hold this position until his retirement in 1952. He was named Dean of the College of Agriculture in 1945, and held this position through 1949. During this time, Creel also served as consultant on Boulder Dam legislation and was a member of the land appraisal board (1929, 1931); was a member of the Emergency Relief and Constructi...

Morrill Hall (Reno, Nev.)

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