Broadcast Education Association (BEA) records
Collection
0181-MMC
The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is an academic organization that brings together educators, students, and industry professionals. It was founded as the Association for Professional Broadcasting Education in 1955. Major activities of the BEA include an annual convention and the publication of two journals. The BEA Records span the years 1956 to 2011 with the bulk of materials dating from 1969 to 2000. The chief archival components of the Records are the BEA History Files, the Louisa A. Nielsen Newsletter Files, and the Donald G. Godfrey Files (his personal papers related to BEA). Materials related to the BEA annual convention are particularly numerous. There are also studies and reports about broadcasting education. The Records include newsletters, minutes, photographs, posters, and correspondence.
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the Special Collections reading room. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
This collection contains restricted material. Donald G. Godfrey must grant researchers permission to see budgetary or personnel records during his lifetime. This applies to materials in Series 2. In addition, there is one completely restricted folder in Series 1.
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Queries regarding publication rights and copyright status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
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The BEA Records span the years 1956 to 2011 with the bulk of materials dating from 1969 to 2000. The chief archival components of the Records are the BEA History Files, the Louisa A. Nielsen Newsletter Files, and the Donald G. Godfrey Files (his personal papers related to BEA). Materials related to the BEA annual convention are particularly numerous. There are also studies and reports about broadcasting education. The Records include newsletters, minutes, photographs, posters, and correspondence.
This collection is arranged in four series:
The Broadcast Education Association Records were given to the Library of American Broadcasting in two donations. The BEA donated their records and other materials in 2004. Donald G. Godfrey donated his BEA files on March 29, 2012.
The following journals and books were separated from the BEA Records, cataloged, and placed in the Mass Media and Culture book collection:
Items which were not already in acid free folders were relocated to archival quality folders. Paper clips, some of which were beginning to rust, were removed. The order of the files was not altered.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives