Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters collection, 1930s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters
Abstract:
The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (PPB) collection consists of 127.31 linear feet of material from the 1930s - 1990s. The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (PPB) was founded in 1966 to preserve the memory of West Coast broadcasting in the "golden age" of radio. The organization collected some of the most interesting and famous radio scripts, memorabilia, and sound recordings from American broadcasting history. The PPB collections include about 10,000 individual scripts, 20,000 transcription discs, and 20,000 tapes.
Extent:
149.5 Linear Feet; (150 boxes: 149 cartons, 1 document box) and 7.31 Linear Feet (117 audiotape reels)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters collection, PA Mss 237. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Background

Scope and content:

The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (PPB) collection consists of 127.31 linear feet of material from the 1930s - 1990s. The materials in this collection consist of radio, television, movie and play scripts all either bound or loose. The other part of the collection consists of A/V materials. (The A/V material is currently being processed and will be added to the finding guide upon its completion).

Biographical / historical:

The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (PPB) was founded in 1966 to preserve the memory of West Coast broadcasting in the "golden age" of radio. The organization collected some of the most interesting and famous radio scripts, memorabilia, and sound recordings from American broadcasting history. The PPB collections include about 10,000 individual scripts, 20,000 transcription discs, and 20,000 tapes. These materials document a major part of the history of radio broadcasting. The Thousand Oaks Library Foundation formed a joint venture with the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in January 2001 to provide a permanent home for the PPB collections. In April, 2014 the collection was donated to the TOLF and in 2021 was subsequently transferred to the University of California.

Custodial history:

This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.

Arrangement:

The material in this collection are arranged in two series by type.

  • Series 1, Scripts
  • Series 2, Audio

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters collection, PA Mss 237. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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