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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records
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Title: News and Current Affairs Broadcasting Department records
Date (inclusive): 1956-1998
Collection Number: 2000C120
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
134 manuscript boxes, 34 card file boxes, 132 audio boxes
(161.0 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
RFE/RL
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
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and graphic content produced by RFE/RL, Inc., its legal predecessor organizations, and its constituent language Services.
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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".
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[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.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio broadcasting
Europe, Eastern
Audiotapes
Radio Free Europe