Register of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records
Date (inclusive): 1917-2014
Collection Number: 2000C120
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
, English
Physical Description:
264 manuscript boxes, 136 audio boxes
(205 Linear Feet)
Abstract: American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Includes sound recordings of broadcasts,
as well as documents used for creating broadcasts including scripts, correspondence, and memoranda relating to broadcasts
by Radio Free Europe to audiences in Eastern Europe and to broadcasts by Radio Liberty to audiences in the Soviet Union. The
entire collection is 7,704 linear feet (15,207 boxes).
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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
RFE/RL welcomes the re-use, republication, and redistribution for research and educational purposes of audio, video, text,
and graphic content produced by RFE/RL, Inc., its legal predecessor organizations, and its constituent language Services.
Users of RFE/RL content from this website must include in their work the information: "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty content,
including but not limited to recordings of broadcasts, program scripts, graphic and video content and web-based content, is
protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Used with the permission of RFE/RL, Inc., 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20036, USA. "www.rferl.org".
Users of RFE/RL content cannot alter the meaning, name or integrity of the content. The sale of RFE/RL content is strictly
prohibited. Some of the RFE/RL content on this website may contain content created by outside parties ("Third-Party Content").
Before using any RFE/RL products containing Third-Party Content, you must first obtain permission from the owner of the rights
to the Third-Party Content. Unlimited reproduction for institutional or other use of RFE/RL content found on this website
is not permitted without the express written permission of RFE/RL.
Learn more about the Terms of Use for RFE/RL content on the RFE/RL website. Inquiries about copyright permission involving
materials in RFE/RL archival collections should be emailed to: Martins Zvaners, RFE/RL Deputy Director of Communications.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Alternate Forms Available
Processing Information note
From 2017-2022 all Broadcasting Department and Service records were converted from series level description with attachments,
to individual finding aid records. During this conversion process the entire collection was renumbered and description re-evaluated.
Additional materials have been added, as well as previously undescribed sound recordings to each record.
Scope and Content of Collection
The RFE/RL Broadcast department records consist of the materials produced by RFE/RL for its radio programs. The extent of
the entire collection is 7,704 linear feet and 15,207 boxes. While the primary elements of this collection are sound recordings
and scripts (arranged by broadcast department or language service), there is also a good deal of derivative and associated
documentation created, received, or collected in the course of the daily functioning of the broadcasting service. Such documentation
includes editorial and research files, program logs and broadcast schedules, special programs, work plans, program lists,
listener mail, papers of individual employees collected or produced in the course of their duties, and other types of documentation.
The
News and Current Affairs Department records contain the news budget, which includes reports from wire agencies and other sources on events during the Hungarian Revolution
of 1956 and Prague Spring of 1968, as well as certain other topics. The records also contain scripts – printed versions of
news events and interviews as read by announcers – with sound bites of the event, speech, or interview on audio tapes.
The majority of the collection consists of department and language service finding aids, which contain a
Sound Recordings series, these consist of broadcast recordings, monitoring recordings, off-air recordings, and music recordings. Broadcast recordings
of RFE/RL broadcasts were captured either in the studio or direct from a transmitter. They constitute the defining record
of what RFE/RL committed to air. Typical content includes news reports, interviews, speeches, sermons, dramatic programming,
and music. Monitoring recordings represent radio broadcasts other than RFE/RL that were monitored on a radio in the RFE/RL
office and recorded to tape. Off-air recordings are raw captures of interviews, speeches, literary readings, music performances,
etc. that would have been edited for use on future broadcasts. Music recordings are predominantly commercially issued popular,
classical, and folk releases collected for on-air play; they are sometimes called a service's "music library." It is important
to note that music related broadcast programming, such as the Romanian Broadcasting Department's "Metronome" program, are
considered broadcast recordings since they contain whole programs as they were heard on air.
While part of the larger whole, each language service operated independently, with different practices regarding programming
logs, the labeling of tapes, etc. Nearly all services reused tapes in an effort to conserve resources, particularly in the
early years. Consequently, it is not uncommon for a language service to be missing sound recordings in multi-year spans, in
some cases with significant gaps on the order of decades. Scripts are generally a more complete resource than recordings,
which are usually scattered across time; scripts of early RFE programming are available on microfilm or paper even when no
recordings may exist. Scripts are also available for many of the extant broadcast recordings and can serve as an index to
their content. If an item of interest is found in a script, the date of that script can be used to search for a sound recording
of the same date. This is the most convenient way to approach the recordings, as most have not been indexed for content. In
some cases, as with the Polish Broadcasting Department records, a database can be used to find appropriate sound recordings.
From its earliest days through August 1995, when the radios adopted logging media to record all transmitters at once, nearly
all recorded sound produced or recorded by RFE/RL was captured on 1/4-inch open reel tape. Exceptions include an early set
of Crusade for Freedom recordings on lacquer disc and particular services capturing limited broadcast runs, raw interview
footage, and/or varying production elements on cassette and cartridge tape. Cassette, DAT and MiniDisc served this same purpose
in the years following 1995.
From August 24, 1995 through October 31, 2006, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty committed its broadcast recordings to multi-channel
logging media. Recordings of programs broadcast August 24, 1995 through August 26, 1999 are saved on VHS tapes encoded using
Racal Wordsafe machines while recordings broadcast September 25, 1999 through October 31, 2006 are on DDS tapes encoded using
an RCS Tracker system. Both systems recorded multiple concurrent tracks of audio, capturing on one tape the content of several
different transmitters. The Racal Wordsafe system captured twelve concurrent tracks, each 25 hours in duration, meaning each
tape has the potential to hold 300 hours of content. Tape is not the only storage mechanism for audio recorded using the RCS
Tracker system – it created audio files independent of tape, to be saved in whatever manner the user preferred – however tape
(DDS in this case) was the method chosen by RFE/RL. Each tape contains upward of eight concurrent tracks; multiple decks operated
simultaneously, affording the capture of all operating transmitters. The reader should note that, for inventory purposes,
tapes from this period are counted as single physical items despite containing multiple recordings from different language
services. Consequently, the sound recordings from this era – see the
Multiple Language Services series description – constitute 6,809 physical items rather than the 55,800 audio recordings.
The Daily Broadcast Analyses (DBAs), which form the
Daily Broadcast Analyses series, were used by management and the broadcasting departments and language services to track the quality and content of programming.
A special department, the Broadcasting Analysis Department, existed to collect data on programming and compile it into DBAs,
which were then distributed to management and back to the appropriate desks. In the collection, they are arranged according
to the category of origin: Radio Free Afghanistan, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Europe Baltic, Radio Liberty Nationality
Services, Radio Liberty Russian Service. The DBAs contain texts of all the Services and Departments together for each day.
DBAs were not issued every day, so the collection contains gaps. A separate category of translated scripts or parts of scripts
is also part of the DBAs and listed at its end.
Other Institutions with Related Archival Materials
Access to RFE/RL Russian Service sound recordings is handled by the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA). They
have a fully-searchable database available on their website at
www.osaarchivum.org
Access to RFE/RL Polish Broadcasting Department sound recordings is handled by Polish Radio. They have a fully-searchable
database available on their website at
www.polskieradio.pl
Access to Hungarian Broadcasting Department sound recordings is handled by the National Széchényi Library. The site
Magyar Október , provides access to programs broadcast by Radio Free Europe between October 22 and November 12, 1956.
Other institutions with collection materials related to RFE/RL include the following (click on the name of the institution
for more information):
Broadcasting Departments and Services
1917-2014
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by name of the Broadcast Department or Service. Each file contains it's own finding
aid record, use the provided link within to view.
Afghan Service records
2002-2004
Scope and Contents note
Contains program logs from 2002-2004. For Afghan content prior to 2002, see the Radio Free Afghanistan records. Target regions
include Afghanistan. Languages include Dari and Pashto.
1 manuscript box, 19 audio boxes
Albanian Monitoring Subsection Records
1952-1962
Scope and Contents note
Includes the papers of Nicolo Prennushi, employee of the Albanian Monitoring Subsection. See South Slavic Service (Balkan
Service) Records for Albanian language RFE/RL broadcasts.
1 manuscript box
Armenian Service records
1989-2000
Scope and Contents note
Includes newswires, scripts, and sound recordings. Target regions include Armenia. Languages include Armenian. Languages include
Armenian. See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses
for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
2 manuscript boxes, 6 audio boxes
Azerbaijani Service records
1934-1995
Scope and Contents note
Includes daily format and work plans, editor's file which includes collected writings and research files created by the service
chief, Mirza Michaeli, and older papers (including scripts prior to 1992) from the desk of Mecid Musazade. The collection
also contains scripts, special programs, and sound recordings beginning from 1987, as received directly from RFE/RL. Languages
include Azeri. Target regions include Azerbaijan.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
42 manuscript boxes, 53 audio boxes
Belarus Service records
1954-2007
Scope and Contents note
Includes daily format and work plans, editor's file, letters from listeners, press monitoring, program logs, program reviews,
scripts, special programs, telexes, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Svaboda. Target regions include Belarus. Languages
include Belarusian/Belorussian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
24 manuscript boxes, 10 audio boxes
Bulgarian Broadcasting Department records
1968-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondents' reports, daily broadcast schedules, editor's file, letters from listeners, newscasts, newswires,
program calendars, program logs, program summaries, schedules, scripts, special programs, studio utilization reports, and
sound recordings. Target regions include Bulgaria. Languages include Bulgarian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
694 manuscript boxes, 57 audio boxes
Czech Service records
1993-2002
Scope and Contents note
Includes scripts, special programs, and thumbnail sketches (with schedules), and sound recordings. The Czechoslovak Broadcasting
Department split into the Czech and Slovak services in 1993. Target regions include Czech Republic.
For Czech language content prior to 1993, see Czechoslovak Broadcasting Department Records. See also Multiple Language Services
Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2002.
214 manuscript boxes, 44 audio boxes
Czechoslovak Broadcasting Department records
1947-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's files, employee papers, index to tapes, letters from listeners, scripts, special programs, thumbnail sketches
(with schedules), and sound recordings. Target regions include Czech Republic. The Czechoslovak Broadcasting Department split
into the Czech and Slovak services in 1993.
For Czech and/or Slovak language content from after the 1993, see Czech Service Records and/or Slovak Service Records. See
also Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
997 manuscript boxes 293 audio boxes
Estonian Service records
1940-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings, correspondence, cover sheets, daily program summaries, editor's file, music programming, newswires, program
reviews, scripts, Soviet media digest, special programs, tape index and sound recordings. Target regions include Estonia.
Languages include Estonian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2004 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
270 manuscript boxes, 79 audio boxes
Georgian Service records
1950-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, printed matter, program reviews, scripts, special programs, and sound recordings. Also known as Ekho
Kavkaza and Radio Tavisupleba. Target regions include Georgia and South Ossetia. Languages include Georgian and Russian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
153 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 42 audio boxes
Hungarian Broadcasting Department records
1951-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, daily broadcast analyses, editor's file, employee papers, index to archival tapes, monitoring, news
budget, program schedules, program summaries, scripts, special programs, thumbnail sketches, and sound recordings relating
to broadcasts by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to audiences in Hungary.
See also Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
Access to Hungarian Broadcasting Department sound recordings is handled by the National Széchényi Library. The site
Magyar Október provides access to programs broadcast by Radio Free Europe between October 22 and November 12, 1956.
983 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 215 audio boxes
Kazakh Service records
1953-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes daily format and work plans, editor's file, employee papers, monitoring, program logs, program reports, scripts,
special programs, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Azattyq. Target regions include Kazakhstan. Languages include
Kazakh and Russian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
150 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 87 audio boxes
Kyrgyz Service records
1951-2014
Scope and Contents note
Includes cover sheets, editor's files, faxes, program reviews, reports, scripts, special programs, and sound recordings. Also
known as Radio Azattyk. Languages include Kyrgyz Target regions include Kyrgyzstan.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
76 manuscript boxes, 70 audio boxes
Latvian Service records
1939-2008
Scope and Contents note
Includes cover sheets, editor's files, scripts, special programs, summaries of original scripts, tape index, tentative programs,
and sound recordings. Target regions include Latvia. Languages include Latgalian and Latvian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2004 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
184 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 13 audio boxes
Lithuanian Service records
1975-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes cover sheets, editor's files, news reports, scripts, and sound recordings. Target regions include Lithuania. Languages
include Lithuanian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2004 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
152 manuscript boxes, 25 audio boxes
Moldovan Service records
2008
Scope and Contents note
Contains list of programs archived for the Web. Also known as Radio Europa Libera. Target regions include Moldova. Languages
include Romanian and Russian. The Romanian Broadcasting Department began Moldova-specific programming in 1998 and ceased programming
to Romania in 2008.
For Romanian language content from 1959-2008, see the Romanian Broadcasting Department Records. See also Multiple Language
Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1998-2006.
1 manuscript box
Multiple Language Service records
1960-2006
Scope and Contents note
Includes event file listings, program logs, tape library, and sound recordings for multiple languages. The sound recordings
series contains contents from a variety of language services: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian,
Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, North Caucasus, Persian (Radio Azadi, Radio Farda), Polish, Radio Free Afghanistan
(Radio Azadi), Radio Free Iraq, Radio Marshaal, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, South Slavic (Balkan), Tajik, Tatar-Bashkir, Turkmen,
Ukrainian and Uzbek.
Programming includes broadcast recordings, music and other recordings. No digital use copies are available for immediate access.
133 manuscript boxes, 196 audio boxes
News and Current Affairs Department records
1956-1998
Scope and Contents note
Includes newswires, summaries, transcripts, and sound recordings. No specific target regions. Multiple languages, including
English.
Of specific interest the News and Current Affairs Department records Contain the news budget, which includes reports from
wire agencies and other sources on events during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and Prague Spring of 1968, as well as certain
other topics. The series also contains scripts – printed versions of news events and interviews as read by announcers – with
sound bites of the event, speech, or interview on audio tapes.
134 manuscript boxes, 34 card file boxes, 132 audio boxes
North Caucasus Service records
1993-2008
Scope and Contents note
Includes audience research and evaluation review, program logs, program materials, and sound recordings. Target regions include
North Caucasus. Languages include Adyge, Avar, Chechen, Circassian, Ingush, Karachai-Balkar, Karakalpak, and Ossetian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006.
10 manuscript boxes, 6 audio boxes.
Persian Service records
1998-2002
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings from Iranian newspapers, program reports and logs, scripts and research files. Also known as Radio Farda.
Target regions include Iran. Languages include Persian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1998-2006.
43 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
Polish Broadcasting Department records
1929-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes cover sheets, editor's file, employee papers, indexes, irregularity reports,
letters from listeners, master books, production reports, program calendars, program directives, program schedules, scripts,
special programs, statistical reports, and thumbnail sketche and sound recordings. Target regions include Poland. Languages
include Polish.
Access to RFE/ RL Polish Broadcasting Department sound recordings is handled by Polish Radio. They have a fully-searchable
database available on their website at
www.polskieradio.pl
1599 manuscript boxes, 665 audio boxes
Radio Free Afghanistan records
1986-1993
Scope and Contents note
Contains sound recordings (1986-1993). Also known as Radio Azadi. Target regions include Afghanistan. Languages include Dari
and Pashto.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
33 audio boxes
Radio Free Iraq records
2004-2006
Scope and Contents note
Contains program logs (2004-2006). Target regions include Iraq. Languages include Arabic.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1998-2006.
3 manuscript boxes
Romanian Broadcasting Department records
1956-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's files, program calendars, employee papers, scripts, and sound recordings. The Romanian Broadcasting Department
began Moldova-specific programming in 1998 and ceased programming to Romania in 2008.
For Romanian language content from 2008-present, see the Moldovan Service Records. See also Multiple Language Services Sound
Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
717 manuscript boxes, 266 audio boxes
Russian Service records
1953-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's files, employee papers, program calendars, scripts, tape index, and sound recordings. Also known as Russian
Broadcasting Department, Radio Svoboda. Target regions include Russia and former Soviet republics. Languages include Russian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
Access to RFE/RL Russian Service sound recordings is handled by the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA). They
have a fully-searchable database available on their website at
www.osaarchivum.org
2354 manuscript boxes, 1473 audio boxes
Slovak Service records
1993-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes scripts and sound recordings, as well as writings, research materials, printed matter, news articles, and clippings
relating to broadcasts by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to audiences in Slovakia. The Czechoslovak Broadcasting Department
split into the Czech and Slovak services in 1993. Target regions include Slovakia. Languages include Slovak.
For Slovak language content prior to 1993, see the Czechoslovak Broadcasting Department Records.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2004 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
274 manuscript boxes, 30 audio boxes
South Slavic Service (Balkan Service) records
1969-2006
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, press monitoring, and sound recordings. Also known as Albanian Service, Balkan Service, and South
Slavic and Albanian service. Target regions include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Languages include Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006.
132 manuscript boxes, 204 audio boxes
Tajik Service records
1970-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, daily workplan, scripts and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Ozodi, target regions include Tajikistan.
Languages include Tajik.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
35 manuscript boxes, 29 audio boxes
Tatar-Bashkir Service records
1917-2007
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's files, scripts, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Azatliq, target regions include Bashkortostan,
Tatarstan, and Ukraine. Languages include Bashkir, Crimean Tatar, and Tatar.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
62 manuscript boxes, 56 audio boxes
Turkmen Service records
1988-2007
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Azatlyk, target regions include Turkmenistan. Languages
include Turkmen.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
2 manuscript boxes, 79 audio boxes, digital media
Ukrainian Service records
1954-2007
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, correspondence, letters from listeners, scripts, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Svoboda,
target regions include Ukraine. Languages include Ukrainian, Russian, and Crimean Tatar.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
287 manuscript boxes, 332 audio boxes
Uzbek Service records
1954-2000
Scope and Contents note
Includes editor's file, program logs, scripts, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Ozodlik, target regions include Uzbekistan.
Languages include Uzbek.
See also Multiple Language Services Sound Recordings for recordings from 1995-2006.
75 manuscript boxes, 143 audio boxes
Daily Broadcast Analyses
1974-1993
Scope and Contents note
Produced for internal review by RFE/RL's Broadcasting Analysis Department, DBAs are brief descriptions of the topics covered
during each service and/or broadcasting department's broadcast day. Services/languages include: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarus,
Bulgarian, Czechoslovak, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak,
Tajik, Tatar-Bashkir, Turkmen, Uigur (Uyghur) and Ukrainian. Arranged alphabetically by service and chronologically in semi-reverse
order therein (reverse date frames in accordance with original order).
Radio Free Afghanistan
1985-1993
Radio Free Europe
1974-1993
box 27, folder 3-6
1977 October 1-November 15
box 28, folder 1-2
1977 October 1-November 15
box 28, folder 3-4
1977 November 16-November 27
box 28, folder 5-6
1977 November 28-December 13
box 29, folder 4-6
1978 January 11-February 19
box 30, folder 1
1978 January 11-February 19
box 30, folder 2-5
1978 February 20-March 31
box 34, folder 5-6
1978 October 6-November 12
box 35, folder 1-2
1978 October 6-November 12
box 35, folder 3-6
1978 November 13-December 17
box 36, folder 1
1978 November 13-December 17
box 37, folder 1-5
1979 January 25-February 28
box 39, folder 4-6
1979 September 4-October 7
box 40, folder 1-2
1979 September 4-October 7
box 40, folder 3-6
1979 October 8-November 10
box 41, folder 1-6
1979 November 11-December 30
box 45, folder 3-6
1981 January 7-February 5
box 50, folder 3-7
1981 August 26-September 30
box 51, folder 3-5
1981 November 1-December 2
box 52, folder 3-7
1982 January 1-February 4
box 57, folder 5-7
1982 August 19-September 25
box 58, folder 1-2
1982 August 19-September 25
box 58, folder 3-7
1982 September 26-October 31
box 59, folder 1-4
1982 November 1-December 6
box 60, folder 4-6
1983 January 14-February 16
box 61, folder 1
1983 January 14-February 16
box 61, folder 2-6
1983 February 17-March 21
box 64, folder 6-7
1983 August 10-September 14
box 65, folder 1-3
1983 August 10-September 14
box 65, folder 4-6
1983 September 15-October 20
box 66, folder 1-2
1983 September 15-October 20
box 66, folder 3-6
1983 October 21-November 22
box 67, folder 1-5
1983 November 23-December 31
box 67, folder 6-7
1984 January 1-February 2
box 68, folder 1-3
1984 January 1-February 2
Radio Free Europe - Baltic
1986-1993
Nationality Services
1977-1993
box 138, folder 4-5
1977 September 16-November 15
box 139, folder 1-3
1977 September 16-November 15
box 139, folder 4-5
1977 November 16-December 31
box 140, folder 1-2
1977 November 16-December 31
box 140, folder 3-6
1978 January 1-February 23
box 141, folder 1
1978 January 11-February 23
box 142, folder 4-6
1978 June 26-September 20
box 143, folder 1-2
1978 June 26-September 20
box 143, folder 3-6
1978 September 21-October 31
box 144, folder 1-4
1978 November 1-December 15
box 149, folder 3-6
1979 August 26-September 30
box 150, folder 1-5
1979 October 1-November 10
box 150, folder 6
1979 November 11-December 31
box 151, folder 1-4
1979 November 11-December 31
box 151, folder 5-6
1980 January 1-February 15
box 152, folder 1-2
1980 January 1-February 15
box 152, folder 4-6
1980 February 16-March 31
box 153, folder 1-2
1980 February 16-March 31
box 155, folder 5-6
1980 August 10-September 20
box 156, folder 1-3
1980 August 10-September 20
box 156, folder 4-6
1980 September 21-October 26
box 157, folder 1-2
1980 September 21-October 26
box 157, folder 3-6
1980 October 27-December 5
box 159, folder 1-4
1981 January 20-February 26
box 162, folder 5-6
1981 August 1-September 10
box 163, folder 1-3
1981 August 1-September 10
box 163, folder 4-6
1981 September 11-October 22
box 164, folder 1
1981 September 11-October 22
box 164, folder 2-6
1981 October 23-November 30
box 165, folder 5-6
1982 January 16-February 23
box 166, folder 1-2
1982 January 16-February 23
box 169, folder 1-4
1982 August 5-September 20
box 169, folder 5-6
1982 September 21-November 15
box 170, folder 1-2
1982 September 21-November 15
box 170, folder 3-6
1982 November 16-December 31
box 171, folder 1-4
1983 January 1-February 28
box 173, folder 5-6
1983 August 1-September 20
box 174, folder 1-3
1983 August 1-September 20
box 174, folder 4-6
1983 September 21-November 3
box 175, folder 1
1983 September 21-November 3
box 175, folder 2-6
1983 November 4-December 31
box 176, folder 1-4
1984 January 1-February 7
box 180, folder 4-6
1984 October 5-November 18
box 181, folder 1-2
1984 October 5-November 18
box 181, folder 3-7
1984 November 19-December 31
box 182, folder 1-4
1985 January 1-February 11
box 182, folder 5-6
1985 February 12-March 22
box 183, folder 1-3
1985 February 12-March 22
box 186, folder 4-6
1985 September 3-October 16
box 187, folder 1-2
1985 September 3-October 16
box 187, folder 3-7
1985 October 17-December 1
box 192, folder 4-7
1986 October 8-December 5
box 193, folder 1
1986 December 19-31
Scope and Contents
(DBAs for Dec. 6-18 not issued)
box 193, folder 2-5
1987 January 1-February 22
box 193, folder 6-7
1987 February 23-April 30
box 194, folder 1-3
1987 February 23-April 30
box 195, folder 6-7
1987 September 4-November 10
box 196, folder 1-3
1987 September 4-November 10
box 196, folder 4-7
1987 November 11-December 31
box 197, folder 1-5
1988 January 1-February 29
box 209, folder 3-4
General
1990 November-December
box 209, folder 5
Armenian
1990 November-December
box 209, folder 6
Belarusian
1990 November-December
box 209, folder 7
Georgian
1990 November-December
Russian Service
1975-1993
Unknown sound recordings
1952-1997
undated
Access
Original audiovisual materials are
not available until they have been
reformatted. If interested in
accessing these materials, please
contact us for more information.
Scope and Contents
Contains audio materials for unknown programs and music that have not been identified to belong to any certain department
or service.
Unknown programs
1953-2000, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials,
please contact us for more information.
Scope and Contents
Contains 3,262 sound recordings of unknown program content from various broadcast services.
box 14270
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14271
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14272
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14273
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14274
1990-1994
Physical Description: 26, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14275
1991-1996
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14276
1996 April-June
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14277
1996 June-July
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14278
1996 July-1997 April
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14279
1997 April-May
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14280
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14281
undated
Physical Description: 26, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14282
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14283
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14284
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch); 1 sound microcassette
box 14285
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14286
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14287
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14288
1995 January 3, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14289
1988 June 17, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14290
1966-1988, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14291
1965-1983, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14292
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14293
1989-1994, undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14294
undated
Physical Description: 23, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14295
1996-1997, undated
Physical Description: 18, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14296
1979-1980, undated
Physical Description: 27, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14297
undated
Physical Description: 19, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 14298
undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
Scope and Contents
(1) reel removed. See box 14529
box 14299
undated
Physical Description: 6, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 14300
undated
Physical Description: 7, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 14529
undated
Physical Description: 1, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
Scope and Contents
Item removed from box 14298
box 14301
1988, 1992 October 25, undated
Physical Description: 40 compact sound cassettes
box 14302
undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14303
undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14304
undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14305
1996-1997, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14306
1996, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14307
undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14308
1999-2000, undated
Physical Description: 39 compact sound cassettes
box 14309
1996, undated
Physical Description: 39 compact sound cassettes
box 14310
1996 June, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14311
undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14312
1996 October, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14313
1987-1988, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14314
1988, undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14315
1989, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14316
1985-1988, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14317
1992-1996, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14318
1981-1985, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14319
undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14320
undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14321
1996-1997, undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14322
1988-1990, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14323
1989, 1993, undated
Physical Description: 39 compact sound cassettes
box 14324
1987-1988, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14325
undated
Physical Description: 40 compact sound cassettes
Scope and Contents
RFE Monitoring
box 14326
1989-2000, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14327
1996, undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14328
1990-1992, undated
Physical Description: 37 compact sound cassettes
box 14329
1989-1992, undated
Physical Description: 36 compact sound cassettes
box 14330
1982-1984, undated
Physical Description: 38 compact sound cassettes
box 14331
1953-1960, undated
Physical Description: 14 compact sound cassettes
box 14332
undated
Physical Description: 4 compact sound cassettes
box 14333
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14334
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14335
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14336
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14337
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14338
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14339
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14340
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14341
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14342
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14343
1990-1993, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14344
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14345
1992 March 29, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14346
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14347
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14348
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14349
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14350
1991 September 29, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14351
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14352
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14353
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14354
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14355
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14356
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14357
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14358
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14359
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14360
1991 September 29, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14361
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14362
1981-1994, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14363
1994 October, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14364
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14365
1991 September 29, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14366
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14367
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14368
1985, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14369
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14370
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14371
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14372
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14373
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14374
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14375
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14376
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14377
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14378
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14379
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14380
1990 March, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14381
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14382
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14383
1995 June 12, undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14384
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14385
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14386
undated
Physical Description: 26 sound cartridge tapes
box 14428
undated
Physical Description: 13 sound cartridge tapes
Unknown music
1965-1995
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials,
please contact us for more information.
Scope and Contents
Contains 441 music recordings.
box 10218
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10219
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10220
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10221
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10222
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10223
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10224
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10225
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10226
undated
Physical Description: 23, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10227
1979-1995
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10228
1981-1982
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10229
1981-1982
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10230
1965-1989
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10231
1990, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10232
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10233
undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10234
undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10235
1985 July 19, undated
Physical Description: 24, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)