Collection: Beth E. Burrows papers | Archival Collections

Beth Elpern Burrows is an experienced radio writer and producer, who worked in public broadcasting from 1966 to 1977, at WHA-Radio in Madison, Wisconsin. The collection contains recordings of programs written and/or produced by Beth Burrows during this time period including: Fitzgerald's Prophecy(and oral history of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Tools(four series of programs about drug education); Reckoning with Boris(a series for teaching third grade mathematics); The Way It Was(docu-dramas about 19th century American history; and The Inner Core Project(various documentaries from a week of programming on Milwaukee's inner city. The collection also contains scripts, clippings, and viewer letters related to these programs.

Dates

1968-1979
Majority of material found within 1968-1972

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Extent

3.5 Linear Feet (5 hollinger boxes; 1 oversize box; 1 item in shared LP box; )

24 Tape Reels : 1/4 open reel tape ; 7 inches

3 Tape Reels : 1/4 open reel tape ; 10.5 inches

3 Tape Reels : 1/4 open reel tape ; 5 inches

1 Sound Discs

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Beth Burrows and her husband Ed Burrows were active in the public radio community in Wisconsin and Michigan. Ed worked at the National Center for Audio Experimentation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Bed worked at WHA, an AM radio station managed by the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was officially licensed in 1922, although the first successful audio transmissions from the station were reportedly performed in March 1919, which is considered by some to be the date of its founding.

Beth also worked at WUOM/WVPR in Michigan, where she developed the Fitzgerald's prophecy radio series. This series was based on oral history interviews she conducted with longtime residents of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged as three series.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Beth Burrows in June of 1994.

Related Materials

Materials related to the radio series "Fitzgerald's Prophecy" can be found at the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library in their Grand Valley State Colleges oral history project collection. The collection contains the original oral history tapes used to create the radio series. The collection is open for research through the University of Michigan.

The Edwin G. Burrows papers are also housed at the University of Maryland and are open for research.

Administrative Information

Title: Guide to the Beth E. Burrows Papers
Status: Completed
Author: Processed by Rebecca Thayer.
Date: 2017-04-20
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Finding aid written in English.

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Beth E. Burrows papers

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