Weston A. Cate, Jr. Vermont history radio broadcasts, ca. 1978-1983.

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Weston A. Cate, Jr. Vermont history radio broadcasts, ca. 1978-1983.

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This collection consists of recordings of radio broadcasts made by Weston A. Cate, Jr., during his tenure as director of the Vermont Historical Society. These broadcasts were part of a historical radio program called "The Voice of the Vermont Historical Society," which first aired over station WNCS-FM in Montpelier in June, 1977. This program, described in a VHS newsletter from November - December 1977 as a fifteen minute broadcast on historical topics, first aired on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm and covered a wide range of topics related to Vermont's history. The specific subjects discussed in all recordings included in the collection are listed in an inventory attached to this record. Weston A. Cate's original radio broadcasts were preserved on 68 reel-to-reel tapes (5") numbered from RA3.1 to RA3.68. These tapes were later transferred onto 14 cassette tapes numbered 378.1 to 378.14. These cassette tapes have, in turn, been recorded onto 25 compact discs. While the majority of the original reel-to-reel tapes are undated, dated broadcasts span from July 1978 to April 1983 with the bulk dating from 1980.

68 sound tape reels + 14 sound cassettes + 25 sound discs.

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