WNET records

Consisting of reports, correspondence, memoranda, surveys, publications, program proposals, scripts, news clippings, press releases, newsletters, and notebooks, this collection documents the activities of Channel 13 in national and local programming, public affairs, funding, planned giving, planning, and the use of educational television.

Information is included on the history of WNET, on its transfer from New Jersey to New York, and on its audience surveys in New York and New Jersey. The collection also documents the history and role of National Educational Television; the history and use of educational television; long-range planning at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); and federal legislation that affected public television. Correspondents include Ethan Allen Hitchcock, chairman of the board, WNET; John Jay Iselin, president, WNET; Angela N. Solomon, public information department, WNET; Joseph S. Iseman, legal counsel for ETMA; Robert B. Meyner, governor of New Jersey; Newton N. Minow, chairman of the FCC; Howard L. Shephard, chairman, ETMA; Samuel B. Gould, president, Educational Broadcasting Corporation; Hartford N. Gunn, Jr., vice-chairman, PBS; and Robert B. Hudson, senior vice president, National Educational Television.

Consisting of reports, memoranda, manuals, booklets, a brochure, and pamphlets, this series documents the status of Channel 13 in the late 1970s and 1980s; the use of educational television in schools; and consumer information. The material is arranged in five subseries: Administration; Boards and Personnel; Education Division; Institutional Development; and Publications.

This subseries contains documents concerning the administration of WNET in the form of policy manuals, administrative guides, bylaws, and financial procedures. The materials are arranged alphabetically by type of document, except the Finance Department budgetary procedures.

This series documents the names and activities of various boards and personnel divisions within WNET between 1963 and 1986. All the board materials are arranged first alphabetically, and then chronologically.

This subseries documents the use of educational television in elementary, intermediate and high school grade levels and continuing adult education in the New York metropolitan area. The materials consist of manuals and a booklet and are arranged chronologically.

Consisting of reports, memoranda, press releases, and brochures, this subseries documents the present and future status of WNET as well as the department's effort to promote the station's achievements to ensure donor support. Information on the Henry Hudson Hotel and WNET's planned giving program is also included. The material is arranged chronologically.