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  • Title: Albert H. Arkus papers
    Date (inclusive): 1952-1998
    Collection Number: 2011C21
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, digital media (5.8 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The collection relates mainly to technical and personnel aspects of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcast operations, in particular at the New York Programming Center. It is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, newswires, reports, manuals, printed matter, photographs, slides, blueprints, sound recordings, and memorabilia.
    Creator: Arkus, Albert H.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Box 14 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2011.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Albert H. Arkus papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    March 3, 1929 Born, Henry Albert Arkus
    1950 Joined Radio Free Europe as a studio recording technician
      Graduated from Queens College with a degree in speech and physics
    1975-1994 Worked as production manager and, later, broadcasting operations director of the RFE/RL New York Programming Center
    March 5, 2001 Died, Great Neck, New York

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection relates mainly to technical and personnel aspects of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcast operations, in particular at the New York Programming Center. It is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, newswires, reports, manuals, printed matter, photographs, slides, blueprints, sound recordings, and memorabilia.
    One strength of this collection lies in the documentation in the Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty file of Pope John Paul II's visit to New York in 1979. Newswires provide the context for the event while the correspondence describe the steps and preparations the studio undertook for the Pope's arrival, including detailed agendas, maps of the arrival route, diagrams of designated press areas, and some photographs.
    Most of the articles, clippings, and other printed matter in the collection relate to federal funding of RFE/RL, the technical complications of international broadcasting, and developments in sound and telecommunications technologies. The correspondence and memoranda in the Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty file echo these same topics, but with more focus on the broadcast transmissions and other technical and personnel operations at the New York Programming Center from the late 1970s until its closure in 1994.
    The audiocassette tapes in the Sound recordings series are comprised of recordings of news programs, speaking events, and studio audio tests.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged in 6 series: Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty file, Photographs and Slides, Printed matter, Sound recordings, Computer disks, and Memorabilia

    Related Materials

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Sig Mickelson papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Radio broadcasting -- Soviet Union
    Radio broadcasting -- Europe, Eastern
    Radio Liberty
    Radio Free Europe