Howard Hoffman KABC collection (ARA), 1942-1999, bulk 1943-1954, 1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Hoffman, Howard (1954-) and KABC (Radio station) (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Abstract:
The Howard Hoffman KABC collection consists of 22 boxes, or 22 linear feet of mostly scripts, correspondence, news, and memoranda pertaining to KABC radio between 1943-1954. The remaining materials consists of public relations materials like photographs, biographies, and scrapbooks from the 1990s. Howard Hoffman was the creative/production director at KABC Radio and unofficial historian of the station.
Extent:
22 Linear Feet; (22 boxes: 19 record boxes, 2 document boxes, 1 flat box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Howard Hoffman KABC collection, PA Mss 185. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Howard Hoffman KABC collection consists of 22 boxes, or 22 linear feet of mostly scripts, correspondence, news, and memoranda pertaining to KABC radio between 1943-1954. The remaining materials consists of public relations materials like photographs, biographies, and scrapbooks from the 1990s.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Hoffman (1954- ) is a voice actor and broadcast branding producer in Washington State and operates the internet radio station Great Big Radio. He was the host of Top 40 radio shows on the east as well as the west coast. From 1994 to 2011 Howard was the creative/production director at KABC Radio and unofficial historian of the station.

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 and date.

  • Series 1, KABC scripts and records, 1943-1954
  • Series 2, KABC public relations materials, 1990s

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

Indexed terms

Names:
Thousand Oaks Library Foundation

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], Howard Hoffman KABC collection, PA Mss 185. 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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