Library of American Broadcasting Scripts collection
Collection
0189-MMC
The Library of American Broadcasting Scripts Collection is a collection of radio and television scripts gathered from several sources and donations by the original staff of the Library of American Broadcasting. Dating from 1925 to 1991, these scripts are the actual scripts used by radio and television performers. Many of the scripts contain the hand-written markings the performers created as they were preparing the script for broadcast. These scripts document almost seventy years of radio and television broadcasting and represent a variety of genres, including comedy, drama, soap operas, quiz programs, news programs, and music programs.
There are no restricted files in this collection.
Photocopies or digital surrogates may be provided in accordance with Special Collections and University Archives duplication policy.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.
Archival materials may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during our processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.
10.50 Linear Feet
English
The Library of American Broadcast Script Collection represents all forms of radio and television programming from 1925 to 1991, including drama, comedy, music, and news programming.
The Library of American Broadcasting (LAB)was established as the Broadcast Pioneers Library (BPL) by the Broadcast Pioneers Educational Fund, Inc., now the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, Inc, to preserve the history of radio and television broadcasting. The BPL/LAB accomplished this goal by collecting books, magazines, photographs, personal papers, audio recordings, film and video records, and, of course, radio and television scripts. The BPL was dedicated on April 19, 1972 and was originally located on the ground floor of the headquarters building of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. In 1994, The BPEF moved the BPL to the University of Maryland to join the National Public Broadcasting Archives, which was already in place.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by program title and by date if more than one episode of a program is present. Due to this simple arrangeement, the collection is arranged into only one series: Radio and Television Scripts.
The Library of American Broadcasting Script Collection came to the University of Maryland in 1994 as part of the Broadcast Pioneers Library
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives