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The Louise Degn papers (1946-2015) consist of personal and professional correspondence, journals, sheet music, newspaper clippings, and various materials such as scripts and researchfrom her work as a reporter for KSL and a professor at the University of Utah. The collection also includes documents and internal KSL correspondence concerning to the controversial program "Mormon Women and Depression," which almost did not air.

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The B. Floyd Farr papers (1936-1946) consist of advertisements, program correspondence, and scripts from KDYL and KPO; NBC annual reports (1936-1945); and various radio-related publications. Includes a biography written by George Snell. Farr was a radio announcer, engineer, and executive.

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The KSL Radio Playhouse records (1940-1946) contain scripts from “The KSL Players” radio program in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Abstract The G. Bennett Larson papers (1929-1987) primarily span the radio years 1930-1940. The collection is divided into three sections: the first section contains Larson's personal materials, the second section contains materials documenting the Time acquisition, and the third section contains twenty-six boxes of radio scripts that Larson either produced or directed. George Bennett Larson (1910-1989) began as a fledgling radio star with KDYL in Utah and went on to...

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The Philip Lasky papers (1927-1985) contain KDYL Radio materials. Lasky was manager of Salt Lake City radio station KDYL.

Abstract The Hector Haight Lee papers (1945-1988) consist of twenty-five typescripts of radio broadcasts from station KSRO in Santa Rosa, California. The broadcasts, called "Tales of the Redwood Empire," were aired from September 24, 1961 to March 17, 1963. These folktales of early pioneer life in the Redwood country of California deal with Indians, Spanish and Mexican rule, settlement, land quarrels, lost mines, and buried treasure. Hector Haight Lee was on the faculty of the University of Utah in...

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The Alvin G. and Lena M. Pack papers (1907-1988) contain materials relating to the life and career of Alvin G. Pack, a pioneer in the radio broadcasting industry who worked primarily with stations KALL and KSLO. Included are radio scripts, correspondence, news clippings, family materials, religions materials, personal narratives, lectures, time lines, awards, certificates, and a variety of other personal and professional materials.

Abstract The George Snell papers (1928-1984) document early radio in Salt Lake City, Utah, at station KDYL and the development of United Broadcasting Company in San Jose, California. A majority of the collection documents early radio programming through radio scripts that Snell wrote. The collection also covers the developmental phase, sale, and acquisition of radio stations. George Snell (b. 1909) was born on 4 April 1909. He developed a love for the raido at an early age and played a major role in...