Series Descriptions
R385.1, Box 1, folder 1-Box 2, folder 16
Series 1
Meeting Files
1976-1983
Physical Description: 62 file folders, 162 audiocassette tapes
Access
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
Meeting files primarily contain meeting agendas and minutes. However, meeting files may additionally contain reports, proposed
budgets, and other materials relevant to the work of the commission. Meeting agendas outline the date and location of the
commission meeting and a general description of the topics to be discussed in the meeting. Minutes reflect the policy and
administrative work of the commission in relation to their official charters. Meeting minutes further elaborate on the specific
topics outlined in the meeting agenda. Minutes also show the commission's oversight of specific projects undertaken by the
commission. The minutes generally contain a list of the commission members present at the meeting, reports from the chair
and executive director of the commission, and a detailed summary of the specific agenda items discussed during the commission
meeting. For many meetings there exists an audiocassette recording. A separation sheet has been placed in the textual file
folders where this is the case.
R385.2, Box 2, folder 17-Box 3, folder 29
Series 2
Committee Files
1975-1984
Physical Description: 49 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of committee.
Scope and Content Note
Committee files generally contain correspondence, memoranda, published articles, reports, and proposals. The topics covered
in committee files relate to the agendas of that specific committee, or that of the Public Broadcasting Commission itself.
Various committees dealt with such topics as: grant distribution; instructional broadcasting; policies; radio and television.
The specific charter of each individual committee demonstrates their relationship to work of the Public Broadcasting Commission.
R385.3, Box 3, folder 30-Box 4, folder 31
Series 3
Subject Files
1975-1984
Physical Description: 34 file folders and 3 audiocassette tapes
Access
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject headings.
Scope and Content Note
Subject files relate to the specific actions of the Public Broadcasting Commission. This series includes the annual reports
submitted to the Governor and the State Legislature that highlights the commission's performance and conduct. Subject files
also contain files related to community access to public broadcasting, local programming, and commission press releases.
R385.4, Box 4, folders 32-35
Series 4
Commissioners' Packets
1979-1980
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
The commissioners' packets contain documents pertinent to the weekly actions and communications of the commissioner. These
files primarily contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper articles relating to the policies of the Public
Broadcasting Commission.
R385.5, Box 4 folder 36
Series 5
Sacramento Update Tapes
1980-1983
Physical Description: 1 file folder, 95 1/4 inch reel-to-reel tapes
Access
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies. See Reference Archivist for access to reel-to-reel tapes.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by broadcast date.
Scope and Content Note
The Public Broadcasting Commission compiled weekly news broadcast tapes for dissemination on National Public Radio. They
are preserved on 1/4 inch reel-to-reel tape and reflect a variety of issues pertaining to California as a whole with an emphasis
on State Government. National Public Radio identification numbers are labeled on each tape.
See appendix A in the master finding aid at the California State Archives for a list of tape dates and subjects.
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