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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Standard School Broadcast Tape Collection
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0042
Physical Description:
5.42 Linear Feet
: (5) box(es)
Date (inclusive): 1957-1970
This collection consists of radio broadcast and special effects recordings from the
Standard School Broadcast radio program. Produced by the Standard Oil Company of California,
the program was geared for educational use with focus on music appreciation and American
history. The examples found within the collection are sourced from the offices of Standard
Oil in San Francisco.
Open for research; material must be requested at least three business days of intended use.
Contact the Archive of Recorded Sound for assistance.
Property rights reside with the repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with
the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact
the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Standard School Broadcast Tape Collection, ARS-0042. Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA.
The Standard School Broadcast Tape Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of
Recorded Sound by William R. Moran in 1970.
Standard School broadcasts captured on transcription and instantaneous discs are filed
separately in the Non-Commercial Disc Collections (ARS.0033) at the Stanford Archive of
Recorded Sound. Documents pertaining to the production of the Standard School broadcasts can
be found in the Adrian Michaelis Papers (004.014) at the Museum of Performance + Design.
The Standard School Broadcast was founded in 1928 with the intent to promote music
appreciation and American history for young students on the Pacific Coast of the United
States. The program's sponsor, Standard Oil of California, partnered with the NBC Pacific
Coast Network to carry the broadcast over the air waves until the 1950s. The Standard School
Broadcast afterwards moved into syndication receiving in 1975 the Peabody Institutional
Award for excellence in continuous educational radio programming.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Standard School Broadcast (Radio program)
Music appreciation
Educational radio programs
Historical radio programs
Moran, William R.