THE UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - SCRIPTS COLLECTION
66 Manuscript Boxes
1100 Tape Recordings
Processed: 1969 Accession Number 208 By: BF
The papers of the UAW Radio Department were deposited with the Labor History Archives in Dec, 1966 by Ted Andras. The UAW Radio Collection covers the period from 1949 to 1964.
Boxes Description of Series
1-36 "EYE OPENER". Scripts of morning radio program, 1954-1964. Includes special programs, various news inserts, and printed excerpts from the programs. Arranged chronologically.
37-55 "SHIFT BREAK". Scripts of afternoon radio program, 1957-64.
56-57 "EYE OPENER - PM". Scripts of late afternoon radio program, 1964.
58-62 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS". Scripts of evening radio program, 1950- 1952, 1957.
63-66 TELEVISION SCRIPTS. Scripts for "Ballot Box", a special pre- election series, Oct. 5-Nov. 1, 1954; "Meet the UAW", weekly program, October, 1954-December, 1956; and the daily program "Telescope", October, 1956-April, 1957.
TAPES Tape recordings of UAW Conventions (1955-1962), AFL-CIO Conventions (1955-1957), various "Eye Opener" and "Labor Views the News" programs (1956-1957), McClellan Senate Committee Hearings (1958), Hoffa Hearings (1957), Walter Reuther speeches and press conference (1955-1958), and miscellaneous speeches and interviews (1949-1960), including John F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Patrick McNamara, Hubert Humphrey, Norman Thomas, Ralph Bunche, Nikita Krushchev, and Philip Murray. -2-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 1 "Eye Opener"
April-August, 1954 (12 folders)
Box 2 "Eye Opener"
September-December, 1954 (13 folders)
Box 3 "Eye Opener"
January-June, 1955 (13 folders)
Box 4 "Eye Opener"
July-October 20, 1955 (9 folders)
Box 5 "Eye Opener"
October 21, 1955-January 23, 1956 (10 folders)
Box 6 "Eye Opener"
January 24-April, 1956 (12 folders)
Box 7 "Eye Opener"
May-August, 1956 (12 folders)
Box 8 "Eye Opener"
September-December, 1956 (14 folders)
Box 9 "Eye Opener"
January-April, 1957 (9 folders)
Box 10 "Eye Opener"
May-August, 1957 (9 folders)
Box 11 "Eye Opener"
September-December 10, 1957 (10 folders)
Box 12 "Eye Opener"
December 11-31, 1957 (2 folders) Program inserts, 1957 (4 folders) Program excerpts, 19 57 (2 folders) January-February 18, 1958 (5 folders) -3-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 13 "Eye Opener"
February 19-June 10, 1958 (12 folders)
Box 14 "Eye Opener"
June 11-September 10, 1958 (9 folders)
Box 15 "Eye Opener"
September 11-November 14, 1958 (10 folders)
Box 16 "Eye Opener"
November 17-December 31, 1958 (6 folders) Program inserts and excerpts, 1958 (7 folders)
Box 17 "Eye Opener"
January-March, 1959 (10 folders)
Box 18 "Eye Opener"
April-June 16, 1959 (10 folders)
Box 19 "Eye Opener"
June 17-November, 1959 (14 folders)
Box 2 0 "Eye Opener"
December, 1959 (2 folders) Program inserts and excerpts, (3 folders) 1959 January-March 10, 1960 (6 folders)
Box 21 "Eye Opener"
March 11-November, 1960 (15 folders)
Box 22 "Eye Opener"
December, 1960 (3 folders) Program excerpts, 1960 Special programs - Rockford, I11., (11 folders) 1960
Box 23 "Eye Opener"
Special programs - WLW, 1960 (5 folders) - Traverse City, 1960 - Aurora, I11., (2 folders) 1960 Program inserts, 1960 (3 folders) -4-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 24 "Eye Opener"
January-May 10, 1961 (13 folders)
Box 25 "Eye Opener"
May 11-October, 1961 (15 folders)
Box 26 "Eye Opener"
November-December, 1961 (6 folders) Special programs - Rockford, I11., 1961 - Aurora, I11., 1961 - Health Care Plan, 1961 Program inserts, 1961 (4 folders)
Box 27 "Eye Opener"
January-May 7, 1962 (12 folders)
Box 2 8 "Eye Opener"
May 8-September 13, 1962 (13 folders)
Box 29 "Eye Opener"
September 14-December, 1962 (12 folders)
Box 30 "Eye Opener"
Special programs - Aurora, I11., 1962 - Worcester, Mass., 1962 Program excerpts, 1962 (3 folders) Program inserts, 196 2 (4 folders) January-March 10, 1963 (6 folders)
Box 31 "Eye Opener"
March 11-July 18, 1963 (13 folders)
Box 32 "Eye Opener"
July 19-October, 1963 (12 folders)
Box 33 "Eye Opener"
November-December, 1963 (6 folders) Special programs - Aurora, I11., 1963 Program inserts, 1963 January-February 9, 1964 (5 folders) -5-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 34 "Eye Opener"
February 10-May, 1964 (12 folders)
Box 35 "Eye Opener"
June-August, 1964 (11 folders)
Box 36 "Eye Opener"
September-December 11, 1964 (7 folders) Special programs - Flint, Michigan, 1954 - miscellaneous, 1956
Box 37 "Shift Break"
June-November 13, 1957 (14 folders)
Box 38 "Shift Break"
November 15, 1957-February 23, 1958 (11 folders)
Box 39 "Shift Break"
February 24-May 7, 1958 (10 folders)
Box 40 "Shift Break"
May 8-July 16, 1958 (9 folders)
Box 41 "Shift Break"
July 17-October 7, 1958 (11 folders)
Box 42 "Shift Break"
October 8-December, 1958 (12 folders)
Box 43 "Shift Break"
January-March 6, 1959 (9 folders)
Box 44 "Shift Break"
March 9-May 21, 1959 (11 folders)
Box 45 "Shift Break"
May 22-August 19, 1959 (11 folders) -6-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 46 "Shift Break"
August 20-December 14, 1959 (13 folders)
Box 47 "Shift Break"
December 15, 1959-March, 1960 (12 folders)
Box 48 "Shift Break"
April-July 11, 1960 (11 folders)
Box 49 "Shift Break"
July 12, 1960-April, 1961 (13 folders)
Box 50 "Shift Break"
May-November, 1961 (15 folders)
Box 51 "Shift Break"
December, 1961-June, 1962 (14 folders)
Box 52 "Shift Break"
July-December, 1962 (12 folders)
Box 53 "Shift Break"
January-June, 1963 (15 folders)
Box 54 "Shift Break"
July-December, 1963 (15 folders)
Box 55 "Shift Break"
January-May 22, 1964 (13 folders)
Box 56 "Eye Opener P.M."
May 25-August 21, 1964 (11 folders)
Box 57 "Eye Opener P.M."
August 24-November, 1964 (10 folders) Box 58 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS" 1950 - October, 1951 (16 folders) -7-
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
Box 59 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS"
November, 1951-1952 (14 folders)
Box 60 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS"
January-February, 1957 (42 folders)
Box 61 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS"
March-April, 1957 (39 folders)
Box 62 "LABOR VIEWS the NEWS"
May-July 5, 1957 (47 folders)
Box 63 TELEVISION SCRIPTS
"Ballot Box" Oct. 5-Nov. 1, 1954 (3 folders) "Meet the UAW" Oct., 1954-Dec, 1956 (8 folders)
Box 64 TELEVISION SCRIPTS
"Telescope" Oct. 29-December, 1956 (14 folders)
Box 65 TELEVISION SCRIPTS
"Telescope" January-February, 1957 (13 folders)
Box 66 TELEVISION SCRIPTS
"Telescope" March-April 5, 1957 (12 folders) - 8 -
UAW RADIO DEPARTMENT - Scripts
TAPES
Reels
AFL-CIO Merger Convention, 1955 75 AFL-CIO Convention, 1957 70 "Eye Opener", "Labor Views the News", 1956-1957; Reuther addresses, 1955 65 "Eye Opener","Labor Views the News", 1956-1957 110 Hoffa Hearings, 1957 100 McClellan Senate Committee Hearings, 1958 190 Walter Reuther speeches, press conferences, 1957, 1958; miscellaneous 65 UAW Convention, 1955 50 UAW Convention, 1957 75 UAW Special Convention - Detroit, Jan., 1958 70 UAW Convention, 1959 100 UAW Special Bargaining Convention, April, 1961 60 UAW Convention, 1962 60 Miscellaneous speeches and interviews 35
All tapes have been placed in the special tape collection.