News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records, 1956-1998

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Summary

Creators:
RFE/RL
Abstract:
American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records include newswires, summaries, transcripts, and sound recordings. No specific target regions. Multiple languages, including English.
Extent:
134 manuscript boxes, 34 card file boxes, 132 audio boxes (161.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000.
Processing information:

In 2019 tape index cards in boxes 14735-14768 were added to the collection, the container list was converted from a PDF to EAD and the collection was renumbered.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Radio broadcasting
Audiotapes
Names:
Radio Free Europe
Places:
Europe, Eastern

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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