Public Broadcasting Service Programming, 1970-1973 and undated

These materials relate to PBS administration and policy during Holt's period as Coordinator of Programming. Arrangement is in six subject areas: administrative files, budgets, meetings, diaries, programs, programming policy, programming research, and season evaluations by program managers, and technical operations. Administrative files include memoranda, organizational charts, and reports on development. A small part of this series relates to the preparation of early PBS budgets. There is also a meetings section with information about the Board of Directors, Program Managers' Evaluation Committee, regional networks, and the Boards of Governors and Managers. Also included are appointment diaries. Several files on programs, information, transcripts, press kits, etc are included. Documentation of programming policy, research, and evaluation is more substantial: included are a file of memoranda and related documents on programming practices, reports on program planning and national service, research reports, and reports of program managers' evaluations of seasons. Some additional reports on PBS programming policy are attached to memoranda, 1976 and 1977, found in the Communications Consulting series. Technological Operations contains handbooks on broadcasting specifications and engineering and technical operations. An example of station memorabilia can be found in the WAMU-FM belt buckle in the oversize box. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each subject.