Scope and Content This collection contains the archival records from 1965-1992 that Harl used and referred to in writing Arrogance and Power: The Saga of WOI-TV. Among the documents are reports, correspondence, flyers, depositions, legal documents and memoranda discussing the sale of WOI-TV, beginning with Harl’s concerns about programming decisions in the 1960s and 1970s and concluding with his final plea for Iowa Governor Branstad to intervene and stop the sale in 1994. The...

Abstract Betty Lou Varnum was a TV personality at WOI-TV in central Iowa. She began her career in 1954 as host of a program for children, "The Magic Window." She also hosted other WOI-TV programs "Dimension 5," "Status 6," and "Stringer’s Newscast." Varnum was an announcer for a number of televised VEISHEA parades at Iowa State University and Iowa State Fair parades in Des Moines, Iowa. She retired from WOI-TV in 1994. This collection contains biographical information, correspondence, program notes,...

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The collection (1946-1997) consists of records documenting the 1955 visit of a Russian delegation of agriculturalists to Iowa State University. These materials comprise the bulk of the collection and include memoranda, invitations, and itineraries for farm visits. Biographical information and general professional correspondence is also included in the collection.

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This collection chronicles the years that Harmon Deal was the General Manager of WOI.

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This collection contains newsclippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, and biographical files related to the Career Planning and Placement Services office.

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This collection (1913-2012, undated) contains materials related to the Instructional Technology Center including news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, media catalogs, subject files, biographical files, slide presentations, film production records, film production unit files, Instructional Technology Center records, and photo service records.

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This collection includes news clippings, annual reports, subject files, biographical files, and the papers of Carl Hamilton, David Lendt, Reid Crawford, and Murray Blackwelder.

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This collection consists of materials related to the Office of University Marketing. Records include news clippings, and administrative records.

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This collection (1895-2013) contains records from the Office of University Relations. Material includes news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, reports of TV broadcast clips, press releases, subject files, collections of materials related to John V. Atanasoff and Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland, biographical files, and telecommunications and uplink files

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The collection (1988-1994, undated) contains subject files and biographical files related to the Publications office.

Scope and Content This collection 1975-2016 includes records related to the Iowa State University University Museums. The news clippings include information about art exhibitions, facilities, and staff. The newsletters were published by the University Museums. They primarily consists of materials originally published in print format, though starting in 2006 University Museums started sending electronic newsletters and announcements to their members and donors as well....

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This collection (1948-1982, undated) contains papers related to John Huseby's work at Iowa State University. The papers include some of the many publications that Huseby oversaw and designed, as well as personal drawings, photographs, and newsclippings.

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This collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, newsletters, program guides, and a scrapbook, which document Joy Ringham Munn's tenure as host (1951-1953) of the WOI Television Program, "The Magic Window."

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The collection (1960-1987) Includes the important correspondence of Keith Ketcham during his nearly-ten-years as the General Manager of WOI Radio/TV as well as administrative documents from this period of his career.

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This collection contains Lendt's administrative records from the 1989 fiscal year. Types of materials include budgets, notes, meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and clippings.

Scope and Content This collection (1953-1955, undated) consists of visual graphics from the 1950s used for WOI-TV programming. The visuals were all designed by Martha Dloughy Squire, WOI-TV’s art director at the time. The visuals include special announcements for news bulletins and programs; promotional spots for WOI television and radio programming; promotional spots for individual Iowa State academic departments; promotional spots for the Iowa State Fair, the Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament, and the...

Scope and Content This collection (1897-2009, undated) contains articles and news clippings, correspondence, oral history interviews, photographs, and reports compiled by Mary Atherly primarily focusing on the Iowa State University Farm House and the President’s home, the Knoll. The materials in the collection related to the Farm House were used as sources for the book she wrote on the building’s history. These materials include articles and news clippings, biographical information...

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This collection (1946-1955) consists of production notes, scripts, and set plans for two series produced by Ray Stewart for WOI-TV: “In Our Care” and “The 11th Commandment.” Both series looked at state and private institutions caring for disabled, physically or mentally ill individuals, convicted criminals, juvenile delinquents, and unwed expectant mothers.

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This collection consists of materials related to Reiman Gardens. Records include news clippings, newsletters, brochures, biographical files, Reiman Gardens CoHorts records and Historian's books, administrative records, and slides and photographs. Administrative records include significant landscape blueprints and drawings.

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This collection (1938-1980) contains biographical information and an interview with Richard B. Hull.

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This collection includes correspondence related to Robert Mulhall's work at WOI, administrative papers from Mulhall's leadership of WOI, legal documents regarding actions taken by and against WOI Radio and WOI Television, and documents related to WOI’s extensive application for special service authorization to broadcast during the night-time hours

Scope and Content This collection documents the making of the hour-long PBS program "Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard," by Verda Williams. Series 1 - Biographical Information (1998) contains Williams' resume. Series 2 - Publicity (1985-1991) contains brochures, newspaper advertisements, and posters of Verda Williams' productions "Black Des Moines: Voices Seldom Heard" and "A Rose Is A Rose" both before and after...

Scope and Content This collection (1896-1869, undated) contains records relating to Griffith’s work on behalf of WOI Radio. The papers include documents and correspondence with Federal Communications Commission as well as the Federal Radio Commission, and legal documents from a Clear Channel court case that spanned the 1940s. In addition, the collection includes radio program scripts, listener surveys, program schedules, and documents concerning to the 6 A.M. broadcast start time. ...