The Frank E. Schooley papers cover the years 1918 to 1987, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1929 to 1972. The collection primarily focuses on Schooley's forty-three year career in educational public broadcasting at the University of Illinois, and his involvement with various professional affiliations in the educational and public broadcasting field. The collection also includes a significant amount of materials relating to his life outside of his career. Types of documents found in the collection include correspondence, newsclippings, articles, printed ephemera, certificates, and photographs.
This collection is open for research use.
This series documents Frank E. Schooley's personal and family life. It includes newsclippings, articles, and programs that chronicle various events and civic activities important to Frank E. Schooley and his family. It also contains a good deal of correspondence relating to Schooley family news with brief references to professional associations and his career in public broadcasting. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and/or document type.
This series chronicles Frank E. Schooley's long association with the University of Illinois. It includes early school records, newsclippings, contracts, fan letters, articles, printed ephemera, and correspondence relating to Schooley's student activities, his teaching career, and his work as a manager at the University of Illinois public broadcasting station, WILL. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject and/or document type.
This series consists of materials documenting Frank E. Schooley's involvement with various professional organizations, focusing on his association with the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, and his membership on the Board of Directors for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It includes correspondence, newsclippings, certificates, and printed ephemera. Notable correspondents include former NBC president Robert W. Sarnoff and William G. Harley, former president of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject and/or document type.
This series consists of fourteen photographs of Frank E. Schooley by himself and with various other persons. The majority of the photographs are undated and the subjects unidentified. Photographs that are dated span the years 1955-1974. Some of the persons identified include Howard Bell, Charles R. Cook, and John Regnell.
Frank E. Schooley Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.
Frank E. Schooley Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1610 Accessed January 22, 2025.
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