Finding aid for the Theodore S. DeLay collection of Armed Forces Radio Service memorandums, reports, and other material
0109
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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specol@usc.edu
2010
Title: Theodore S. DeLay collection of Armed Forces Radio Service memoranda, reports, and other material
Collection number: 0109
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear ft.
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1941-1945
Abstract: Research archive for a history of AFRS activity during World War II. The military radio service broadcast news and entertainment
by shortwave wherever U.S. forces were engaged.
creator:
DeLay, Theodore S.
creator:
United States. Armed Forces Radio Service.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Theodore S. DeLay collection of Armed Forces Radio Service memoranda, reports, and other material,
Collection no. 0109, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Acquisition
Donated by Theodore S. DeLay, Jr., May 1951.
Scope and Content
Research archive gathered by Theodore S. Delay in support of his 1951 USC dissertation, "An Historical Study of the Armed
Forces Radio Service to 1946". The collection largely consists of memorandums and reports of official U.S. Army origin, and
copies of "AFRS Playback Magazine". The accompanying correspondence and letters of transmittal make it clear that they were
most willingly made available to Mr. Delay. The period covered is 1944-45, and the focus is on the Pacific, not the European
theater of action. Many Hollywood personalities contributed to the success of AFRS.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
DeLay, Theodore S. -- Archives
United States. Armed Forces Radio Service. -- Archives
Armed Forces--History--Archival resources
Brochures
Memorandums
Radio--Archival resources
Reports
United States--History--20th century--Archival resources
Box 1, Folder 1
Activities and Progress Reports
1944-1945
Scope and Content
Publications by War Department.
Box 1, Folder 3
AFRS Playback Magazine Vol. 3 No. 3- Vol. 4 No. 1
1945 October 17-1946 January 21
Box 1, Folder 4
Armed Forces Radio Service
1949 June 1
Scope and Content
Dissertation by Lt-Col Russell Oliver Fudge.
Box 1, Folder 5
As above Photocopy
1949 June 1
Box 1, Folder 6
AFRS and its Use by the AAF Regional Hospital at Buckley Field, Colorado
undated
Scope and Content
Typescript by T.S. DeLay, Jr.
Box 1, Folder 7
Citation: for Hollywood Victory Committee
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Hitchhiker on AFRS Road to Tokyo TS; letters of Maj. H. Austin Peterson
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
As above Photocopy
undated
Box 1, Folder 11
How Shortwave Serves Our Armed Forces Overseas
1946 May 29
Box 1, Folder 12
Office of War Information Background Information
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
Outlines of Current AFRS Troop Information Activities
1945 June 25
Box 1, Folder 14
Progress Report
1942 May 26-1945 December 1
Box 1, Folder 15
Quarterly Report - Confidential (Unclassified)
1945 April 1-June 30
Box 1, Folder 16
Radio Listening Habits of Enlisted Men Booklet- Research Branch, Special Service Division, War Department
1942 October 3
Box 1, Folder 17
Radio on the Battle Fronts - Address given by Martin H. Work
undated
Box 1, Folder 18
Recommendations on the Installation and Operation of an American Expeditionary Station - Prepared by AFRS, Los Angeles
undated
Box 1, Folder 19
Synthesis Report AFRS Morale Services Division
1943 October 25
Box 1, Folder 20
"This is the Armed Forces Radio Service" Parts 1 and 2 - Part1="Headquarters and Global Operations"; Part 2= "Operations in
the European Scene"
1945 August 1
Box 1, Folder 21
"This is the Armed Forces Radio Service"- The greatest signature in Radio - by Major J.K. Connell
undated
Box 1, Folder 22
Victory through Air Power By Col. T.H.A. Lewis, in National Association of Broadcasters 25th Anniversary Bulletin
1945 March 9
Box 1, Folder 23
Diagram of Headquarters, Los Angeles Branch AFRS
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note
Pasted into a diagram detailing the structure of the AFRS
Box 1, Folder 24-25
Miscellaneous- Memoranda, etc.
various
Box 2, Folder 1-3
Armed Forces Radio Service Forward Plan Bound- 3 volumes
1945 November 1-1946 July 1
Box 2, Folder 4
Information and Education Division Booklet- Privately Printed/Limited Edition
1945 October
Box 2, Folder 5
History of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Series: Historical Reports on War Administration, United
States Government Printing Office
1947