Collection of radio programs, 1961-1979.

Links

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Creator

Kurland, Patricia.

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

• 119 sound tape reels : analog.
• 77 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 7 in.
• 39 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 7 in.
• 3 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in.

Scope/Contents Notes

The collection consists of various radio series from the 1960's and 1970's in which host Patricia Kurland blends interviews, quotes from literature, comments on popular culture, and recorded music. It includes radio programs such as The Exchange, Potpourri, Something Special, and The Human Touch, all of which are dedicated to interviews with popular personalities. Two series, The Meliorist andVoices in the Night, consist of music and quotes from classic and popular literature.

Also included in the collection is a series of tapes recorded in 1970 at the Center for International Studies during the East West Trade Program.

Biographical/Historical Note

Patricia Kurland was a published writer and associated with the Meliorists, an adjunct of the Foundation for Artsand Letters, as well as a radio personality. She originally moved into communications as the Woman's Director of WNBC, and from there to The Herald Tribune Radio Network in New York where she was an independent radio and television producer. She is a member of both AWRT (American Women in Radio and Television) and NATAS (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences).

Controlled Access Terms

• Authors -- Interviews.
• Radio programs.
• Television talk shows.
• Literature -- Readings with music.

Additional Creator Names

• Angoff, Charles, 1902- ive
• Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972. ive
• Levitan, Ruth. ive
• Picon, Molly. ive
• Schneebaum, Tobias. ive
• Silverman, Al. ive
• Steloff, Frances. ive
• Thayer, Jane. ive
• Foundation for Arts and Letters.
• Centrul de Studii Internaţionale (Bucharest, Romania)
• Contact (Radio program)
• Exchange (Radio program)
• Meliorist (Radio program)
• Human touch (Radio program)
• Midnight kinship (Radio program)
• Potpourri (Radio program)
• Something special (Radio program)
• Voices in the night (Radio program)