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Title: Albert H. Arkus papers
Dates: 1952-1998
Collection Number: 2011C21
Creator: Arkus, Albert H.
Collection Size:
10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 cassette boxes
(5.3 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Albert H. Arkus papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2011.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records, Hoover Institution Archives
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records, Hoover Institution Archives
Sig Mickelson papers, Hoover Institution Archives
| March 3, 1929 | Born, Henry Albert Arkus |
| 1950 | Graduated from Queens College with a degree in speech and physics |
| Joined Radio Free Europe as a studio recording technician | |
| 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.
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
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Radio Free Europe.
Radio Liberty.
Radio broadcasting--Europe, Eastern.
Radio broadcasting--Soviet Union.