Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 114 audiotape reels

Summary

1. The collection consists of 114 audio recordings, and 42 moving image recordings, detailing her career in media and marketing.

Subject

1. African American television journalists
2. African American women in advertising
3. African Americans in television broadcasting
4. Women air pilots
5. Women in marketing
6. Women television news anchors

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Video recordings.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS Murray 2011-22

Note

1. Joan Murray (born November 6, 1937 in Ithaca, New York) was the first African-American woman to report the news on a major network show. She was employed by CBS in 1965 after writing a letter to CBS-TV requesting they hire her as a news broadcaster. She began her professional life as a court reporter, then becoming a secretary in the Press Department of CBS-TV in New York City. In addition to being a news reporter, Joan Murray is an entrepreneur, small plane pilot, and writer.

Linking entry (note)

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Joan Murray papers, 1953-2009. (Sc MG 847)

Author

1. Murray, Joan, 1937-2021, creator.

Title

1. Joan Murray audio and moving image collection.

Publisher

1. [2011]

Linking entry

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Joan Murray papers, 1953-2009. (Sc MG 847)

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS Murray 2011-22