Scope and Contents The National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) was a US organization of broadcasters coordinating educational radio programs. These audiotapes cover 1952-1973 and consist of 5,063 audiotape reels. The collection also houses one set of transcription discs. NAEB was eventually absorbed into National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System. The majority of audio tapes are radio programs distributed by the NAEB's radio service to National Educational Radio...

Abstract William Gardner Harley (1911-1998) began his broadcasting career in 1936 at WHA radio at the University of Wisconsin, became director from 1940-1944, and then served as WHA-TV manager from 1954-1960. He was program coordinator of Ford-National Association Educational Broadcasters' Adult Educational Radio Project from 1950-1952.From 1960 to 1975, he was president of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB). During that time, Harley was also director of the Joint...

Abstract Edmund Ferdinand Ball (1905-2000) was a noted philanthropist. His membership in the National Council of the Humanities led to serving as a member of the Eastern Indiana Educational Television Board. From 1970 to 1973, he served as a public member of the Executive Board of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB). In 1973, Ball was designated lay representative to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for WIPB-TV, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.That...

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Karin Elizabeth Ades (1944-2015) devoted her career to public service broadcasting and educational television. After working for public television station WMVS (Milwaukee, WI) from 1968 to 1974, Karin Ades worked in public relations and promotion for the Public Television Library and PBS Video from 1974-1981. The collection includes press clips and publications documenting National Association of Education Broadcasters' (NAEB) graphic and design awards and WMVS/WMVT activities.

Abstract Barbara Cole served as a television teacher and research writer for the American Samoan Educational Television Program from 1966 to 1968. Early in 1961, the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), with money from Congress, began studying methods for improving literacy in American Samoa. It was decided to use television to improve educational practices. Cole’s work for the project included curriculum development, writing lesson plans, writing scripts for televised...

Abstract Edwin G. Burrows (1917- 2011) managed the University of Michigan's radio stations WUOM and WVGR. He interviewed about 500 individuals for a cultural arts program titled The Eleventh Hour, including Alvin Ailey, Robert Bly, and Kurt Vonnegut. Burrows helped charter National Educational Radio (NER), the National Association of Educational Broadcasters' radio division. He was chairman and a member of the board of network advisors for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Burrows...

Abstract Dr. Warren Frederick Seibert (1927-2001), an educational psychologist and television researcher, worked at Purdue University as a TV program research consultant and head of instructional media research from 1956 to 1963. His positions at Michigan State University, from 1969 to 1972, included work as a senior research scientist at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. In 1980, Seibert moved to the Washington, D.C. area to be chief of the Educational Research and Evaluation Branch...

Abstract Australian-born Cyril Scott Fletcher (1904-1991) was a noncommercial, educational television pioneer. He came to educational and instructional broadcasting via Encyclopedia Britannica Films, where he oversaw the creation of films and filmstrips for the classroom. In 1951, Fletcher became president of the Fund for Adult Education, a part of the Ford Foundation. For the next ten years, Fletcher helped establish the first thirty noncommercial television stations in the United States....

Abstract Raymond D. Hurlbert (1902-1996) began his public broadcasting career in the early 1950s when he helped establish the Alabama Educational Television Network and the Alabama Educational Television Commission, becoming its first president from 1953 to 1955. In 1955, he served as general manager of the Alabama Educational Television Network. From 1962 to 1963, Hurlbert served on the television board of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), including a stint as chair. He...

Abstract Presley D. Holmes Jr. (1929-2016) was director of broadcasting at WOUB radio (Athens, OH) from 1962 to 1970. He also served the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, later joining the NAEB staff in Washington, D.C. as director of the educational television stations division. Homes was among those who advised the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on the Public Broadcasting Service structure and formation. He also worked for PBS as director of planning and research in 1973 and...