Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Arrangement
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Gledhill Library
Title: Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection
source:
Stockton, Bayard, 1930-2006
Identifier/Call Number: AR.1997.001
Physical Description:
104 Electronic files
Physical Description:
107 Cassettes
Date (inclusive): 1983-1986
Abstract: The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) community affairs radio interviews
aired on KMGQ-FM Goleta and conducted with a wide variety of well-known people on current events such as the arts, social
issues, the environment, education, agriculture, politics, science, and history.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1997-094
Content Description
The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection contains one hundred four (104) community affairs radio interviews
digitized from audiocassette copies of interviews from the "Good Companions" radio show, hosted by Bayard Stockton on station
KMGQ-FM Goleta. The collection includes tape index sheets for some of the interviews.
Biographical / Historical
Bayard Stockton (1930-2006), the Good Companions program host, started his career as a Cold War spy for the CIA in post-WW
II Europe. In the 1960s he worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsweek. He also authored three books. Stockton moved to
Santa Barbara in 1980 where he became involved in the community. Over the years, he was known as a radio personality, a teacher,
writer, lecturer, media hound, political watchdog, and staunch supporter of causes. The Good Companions program ended its
three-year run in 1986 when radio station KMGQ-FM Goleta was sold.
Arrangement
The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection is arranged in twenty-three (23) series:
1) Santa Barbara Actors
2) Santa Barbara Agriculture
3) Santa Barbara Artisans
4) Santa Barbara Business
5) Santa Barbara Channel Marine Resources
6) Santa Barbara Crime
7) Santa Barbara Chefs
8) Santa Barbara Cultures
9) Santa Barbara Education
10) Santa Barbara Humanitarianism
11) Santa Barbara Interpersonal Relations
12) Santa Barbara Mass Media
13) Santa Barbara Musicians
14) Santa Barbara Natural Disasters
15) Santa Barbara Painters
16) Santa Barbara Performing Arts
17) Santa Barbara Politics
18) Santa Barbara Public Health
19) Santa Barbara Science
20) Santa Barbara Survivors
21) Santa Barbara Travel
22) Santa Barbara Women
23) Santa Barbara Writers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show audio tapes were donated by Bayard Stockton to the Santa Barbara Historical
Museum in 1997.
Processing Information
The Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection was processed by Chris S. Ervin CA in July and August 2021. The
audiocassette tapes were digitized by California Revealed during the 2021/2022 grant cycle and are hosted by California Revealed
and Internet Archive. The digital versions were quality-controlled by Chris S. Ervin CA in February 2023.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of radio program], Bayard Stockton Good Companions Radio Show Collection, AR-1997-001, Gledhill Library, Santa
Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact
the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Public affairs radio programs
Acting
aeronautics
Age discrimination
AIDS activists
Alcoholism
Art dealers
Art galleries, Commercial
Artists
Astronauts
Authors
Avocado
California -- History
Charity
Christmas -- Mexico
Class reunions
Cocaine abuse
Compassion
Computer Camp
Cooking
Cooks
Crime
Dance
Dating (Social customs)
Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli
Editorial cartoonists
Elections
Electronic musical instrument makers
Fisheries
Flood control -- California -- Santa Barbara County
German states -- Politics and government
Goleta Valley Community Center (Goleta, Calif.)
Homeless persons
Housing
Lawyers
Mariculture industry
Marine biology
Marine resources conservation
Medical rehabilitation
Misogyny
Motion picture film
Mural painting and decoration
Musicians
Mussels
Orchids
Offshore oil well drilling
Olive
Opera
Painting
Performing arts
Philosophy, Modern
Photography
Popular music -- Writing and publishing
Raggedy Ann (Fictitious character)
Radio programs
Real estate developers
Referendum
Santa Barbara Harbor
School budgets
Screenwriters -- Credits
Screen process printing
Seafood industry
Sex discrimination in the mass media industry
Singers
Soccer teams
Stress management
Surgery, Plastic
Television acting
Television broadcasting
Travel
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States
Wildfires
Wine and wine making
Women dentists
Woodworkers
Writing
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Access Theatre (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Ashmore, Harry S., 1916-1998
Austin, Tony (Anthony)
Auchincloss, Pamela, 1956-
Aznavour, Charles, 1924-2018
Ballard Canyon Winery (1974-1992)
Bartlett, Terry (Terry Ann)
Beaver, Jerry, 1932-2018
Ben-Zeev, Yoram, 1944-
Berg, Lodewijk van den, 1932-
Blatt, Thomas Toivi, 1927-2015
Bloch, Robert, 1917-1994
Blumenfeld, Erik, 1915-1997
Bollay, Denny (Dennison), 1950-
Butler, Michael (Michael Philip), 1941-
California. Department of Transportation
Callahan, Larry
Capra Press
Carlos, Ann (Ann Wyckoff)
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1959-1987)
Chevron Oil Company
Clemmons, Penny, Dr.
Collura, Frank
Corning, Merv (Mervin Allen), 1926 - 2006
Craft, Christine, 1944-
de Picciotto, Phyllis
Direct Relief
Dos Pueblos Orchid Farm (Goleta, Calif.) (1943-)
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Dowling, Vincent (Vincent Gerard), 1929-2013
Downey, Bill, 1922-1994
Easton, Robert, 1915-1999
Elings Park (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Elliott, John, 1929-2019
Esparza, Hortensia
Eventoff, Frank
Fox, Karen (Karen Wilson)
Franklin, Erik
Gabriele, Guy
Gelbart, Larry
Gibney, Frank (Frank Bray), 1924-2006
Goodall, George
Goodson, Billy (Bill)
Grand Hotel (Los Olivos, Calif.)
Guardian Angels (Organization)
Hallock, Gene, DDS (B Gene), 1928-2002
Harris, King
Harwin, Jerry (Jerome), 1911-2012
Hazard, Ralph W. (Ralph Walter), 1916-2003
Heath, Bill
Heslin, Joe
Howorth, Peter, 1944-
Huston, Valerie
Huttenback, Robert A. (Robert Arthur), 1928-2012
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
Jaidar, George, 1930-
Jones, Steve
Keading, Bob
Kehoe, Ron
Keller, Gregory S., MD, Dr.
KEYT-TV
Kingma, Daphne Rose
KMGQ-FM (Radio station: Goleta, Calif.)
Lathim, Rod
Lewis, Danny
MacDougall, Peter R., Dr.
Matthews, Walt (Walter), 1940-2008
McClintock, Kathy, Dr., DDS
Meek, Bob, Ph.D. (Robert Preston), 1947-2004
Meisel, Harris, Dr., 1932-2018
Messina, Jim
Mitchum, Robert, 1917-1997
Montecito Bank & Trust (1975-)
Montecito Water District (Santa Barbara County, Calif.) (1921-)
Pacific Basin Institute
Pacific Conservatory Theatre (Santa Maria, Calif.) (1964-)
Papas, William, 1927-2000
Phillips, Fletcher, Dr. (Fletcher R.)
Prichard, Yvette
Quijada, Michael
Rapp, Joanne
Redden, Ole (Harold Roy), 1924-2013
Richmond, Earl H.
Roberts, Ines (Ines Labunski)
Roehm, Charlie (Charles Sewall), 1930-2018
Rouse, Stella Haverland, 1908-1999
San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Santa Barbara Advertising Club
Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show
Santa Barbara Ballet (Santa Barbara, Calif.) (1972-)
Santa Barbara High School
Santa Barbara Research Center
Santa Barbara Symphony
Santa Barbara Writers' Conference
Shipman, Stephen W.
Siemens, Sharol
Siemens, Wayne
Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942-
Sobibór (Concentration camp)
Strong, Bob (Robert)
Strong, Ray, 1905-2006
Stubchaer, Jim (James M.)
Towbes, Michael, 1929-2017
Underwood, Hank
United States. Forest Service (1880-)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.)
Vercammen, Paul J., 1928-2002
Villa, Eduardo
Wagner, Mike (Michael J.)
Watkins, Jack, Maj. Gen. (Jack L.), 1928-2013
Weaver, Pat, 1908-2002
West, Timothy, 1934-
White, Jerry
Williams, Kathy
Williamson, Laird (Laird Harold), 1937-2020
Young, Noel, 1922-2002
Stockton, Bayard, 1930-2006