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Gordon Greb Papers
MSS-2014-09-27  
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Description
The Gordon Greb papers contain documentation related to the world’s first radio broadcasting station, the 1969 strike by faculty at San Jose State College, and the creation of San Jose State's Mass Communications program.
Background
Gordon B. Greb was born August 7, 1921 a fourth generation Californian from Irvington (Alameda County) California, and grew up in Oakland and San Leandro. Upon completing a BA at University California at Berkeley in the spring of 1939, Greb attained a Masters from University of Minnesota and then conducted graduate work at Stanford University. Gordon Greb began his tenure at San Jose State University in 1956 in the Journalism Department, and helped to create the first Broadcasting major on the West Coast.
Extent
11 boxes (12.2 linear feet)
Restrictions
Copyright has been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jose State University Library Special Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Availability
This collection is open for research with the exception of recorded interviews in Series II.