Arthur B. Church Papers, RS 21/7/31, Special Collections Department, Citation: Iowa State University Library
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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Special Collections Department 403 Parks Library Ames, IA 50011-2140 515 294-6672 http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html RS 21/7/31 Arthur B. Church (1896-1978) Papers, 1885-1980 This collection is stored offsite. Please contact the Special Collections Department at least two working days in advance. RS 21/7/31 2 Descriptive summary creator: Church, Arthur B. (1896-1978) title: Papers dates: 1885-1980 extent: 89.7 linear feet (69 records center cartons) collection number: RS 21/7/31 repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. Administrative information access: Open for research. This collection is stored offsite. Please contact the Special Collections Department at least two working days in advance. publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department preferred Arthur B. Church Papers, RS 21/7/31, Special Collections Department, citation: Iowa State University Library. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RS 21/7/31 3 Biographical note Born in Lamoni, Iowa on August 5, 1896, Arthur Burdette Church received his A.A. (1920) from Graceland College (Lamoni, Iowa), attended Iowa State College (University), and the Dodge Radio and telegraph Institute in Valpariso, Indiana. In 1914, he established his first experimental radio station in Lamoni, Iowa, 9WU. During World War I, Mr. Church taught radio first at Ft. Levenworth, Kansas, and later at Camp Meade, Maryland. After the war, Mr. Church returned to Lamoni and operated 9ZH until 1920 when Dr. Fredrick M. Smith asked Mr. Church to come to Independence, Missouri to establish a radio station for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (AXJ). He also established the Central Radio Company in Kansas City in 1920 and began to establish the radio station WPE, after two years, this became station KFIX, and two years later, in 1924, became KLDS. In 1928, because of Federal Radio Commission requirements, this station became KMBC and was purchased by Midland Broadcasting Company, founded by Mr. Church in 1927. Mr. Church was also a television and FM radio pioneer, beginning with experimental station W9XAL TV in 1933, which later became KXBY and finally KMBC-TV, he also operated an UHF station, KA2XAQ. In 1941 he had established an experimental station W9XER, an FM station that was to become KMBC FM in 1944. He sold KMBC in 1954 and retired in June of that year. On June 2, 1918, Arthur married Cicely Ida Case in Lamoni, Iowa, They had three children, Margaret Fay Cicely Church Battison, Virginia Alice Church Morris Peters, and Arthur “Arky” Burdette Church Jr. Churc passed away September 22, 1978. Collection description This collection contains biographical and personal correspondence, correspondence of various business ventures and corporations, and records from KMBC radio, KMBC/KFRM radio, KFRM radio, and KMBC TV. The radio and television station records include documents relating to the stations’ equipment, correspondence, publicity materials, and photographs and scripts from various programs such as KMBC radio programs “Big Brother Club;” “Bonnie King”, aka, “Midland Minstrels and Bonnie King”” and “Tune Chasers and Bonnie King;” “Brush Creek Follies;” “Happy Hollow;” “Phenomenon, Electrifying History;” and “Texas Rangers.” Organization This collection is in its original order. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RS 21/7/31 4 Container list Box Folder Title Dates 45 75 Smith, John G. correspondence 1885 65 9 Kansas and Missouri plat maps 1893-1943 4 37 Church, Charles, F. 1897-1945 4 35 Church, Charles F. Sr., personal correspondence, 1899-1938 Church, Arthur 18 27 “The Rosary”, sheet music, Ethelbert Nevin and Robert 1911 Cameron Rogers, Boston Music Company 51 49 Lamoni High School yearbook The Phoenix 1914 51 48 Lamoni High School yearbook The Phoenix 1915 51 42 The Service of Information, Brig General George P. 1915 Scriven 67 7 Church, Arthur, Commercial Radio Operators Licenses 1915-1923 51 47 Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, yearbook Acacia 1916 51 26 US Training Signal Corps lecture series outline prepared 1918 and used by Arthur Church 1 39 Church, Arthur, military records 1918-1919 47 11 “Mirandy”, presentation, Dorothy Dix, includes photograph 1919-1934 (1 B&W 6.5x9) 1 25 Church, Arthur, Iowa Teachers Certificate 1920 51 46 Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, yearbook Acacia 1920 6 15 Central Radio Company 1920-1922 3 93 Church, Arthur, personal correspondence, Reorganized 1920-1946 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 4 42 Church, Virginia Alice, Baptism certificate 1921 51 45 Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, yearbook Acacia 1921 55 85 KMBC TV photographs, W9XAL, photographs, (3 B&W 1923, 8x10) undated 1 6 Church, Arthur B., personal correspondence, Gates, 1924-1927 George H. A. 4 32 Church, Arthur, Residence, 1410 West Walnut, 1925-1926 Independence, Missouri, construction bills SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RS 21/7/31 5 Box Folder Title Dates 6 1 ABC Radio Company, Independence, Missouri 1925-1928 4 31 Church, Arthur, Residence, 1410 West Walnut, 1925-1933 Independence, Missouri 50 53 Autumn Leaves, Volume 39 #10, Reorganized Church of 1926 Christ of latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri, October 1926 68 3 Radio Broadcasters at Radio World’s Fair, New York, 1926 New York, September 13, 1926, matted photograph, (1 B&W 10x15.25) 55 86 Radiomen at Radio’s World Fair, New York, September 1926 13 1926, photographs, (1 B&W 8x10) 44 19 Shrine Temple Built by Ararat, Kansas City, Missouri 1926 55 81 KLDS photographs, musicians, photographs, (9 B&W 1926 8x10) 44 20 “Molly” programs, Port Arthur Route Players, Kansas City, 1927 Missouri, signed by J. M. Salter, April 1927 47 28 “WLS Choral Musical Hour”, script, WLS, Chicago, Illinois 1927 66 2 Burkett Simplified Four String Chord System for Tenor 1927 Banjo 51 44 Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, yearbook Acacia 1927 9 20 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, December 1927 1927 9 19 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, November 1927 1927 9 18 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, October 1927 1927 9 34 KMBC radio, KLDS-KMBC timeline, June 11, 1927- 1927-1932 December 31, 1932 9 27 KMBC radio, Kansas City Journal-Post correspondence 1927-1934 47 64 “Back in 1922”, script, Silvertone Radio series 1928 50 77 “Basch Jewelry series” script, WSPD, Toledo, Ohio, June 1928 1928 47 66 “Ship-a-Hoy” and “We’re All at Sea”, scripts, Carl N. Leo 1928 and George Dickinson, KOMO Seattle Washington, Renfro Wadenstein Furniture Company Fantasy Hour Series 47 62 “Silver threads---and Gold”, script, Herschell C. Weiss 1928 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RS 21/7/31 6 Box Folder Title Dates 6 2 ABC Radio Company, Independence, Missouri, inventory, 1928 May 31, 1928 43 60 Bill of Sale, KMBC and Reorganized Church of Jesus 1928 Christ of Latter Day Saints, November 10, 1928 55 83 KMBC radio photographs, Response to Sears Roebuck 1928 and Company advertising, photographs, (1 B&W 8x10) 45 67 KMBC radio programs, “Keeping Fit”, Harry Strandhagen, 1928 fan mail 47 88 KMBC radio programs, “Old Home Town Band practice”, 1928 script KMBC, Sears, Roebuck Silvertone Hour, October 15, 1928 9 21 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, January- 1928 February 1928 9 23 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, June 1928 1928 9 22 KMBC radio, Kansa City Post radio section, March-May 1928 1928 47 101 KMBC radio, programsming log, Aladdin Control Room, 1928 June 1928 11 52 KMBC radio, programsming log, Station Operating Log, 1928 June 1928 11 53 KMBC radio, programsming log, Telegraph Operators 1928 Report, Columbia Chain, June 1928 55 80 KMBC radio photographs, Aladdin Studio, photographs, 1928, (3 B&W 8x10) undated 2 50 Church, Arthur, personal correspondence, Blair, F. B. 1928-1933 11 40 KMBC radio, programs ideas and material, sources, 1928-1934, scribes, services and syndicates undated 66 14 KMBC radio newsclippings 1928-1953 50 59 “Great Moments of Great Adventures, Jesse James and 1929 the Weeping Widow”, script, National Association of Broadcasters, New York, May 16 1929 47 4 “Navigators”, script, H. L. Rennick, KVOO, Tulsa 1929 Oklahoma 47 85 “Patience”, script, National Association of Broadcasters, 1929 New York New York 54 35 “Snow Bound”, script, Long, Harry R. 1929 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RS 21/7/31 7 Box Folder Title Dates 54 38 “Song Stories”, scripts dramatizations playetts #2, 8, 9, 1929 Lord, Phillips H. (Seth Parker) 54 8 “Ten Nights in a Bar Room”, script adaptation, Allstate 1929 Tire Hour, Sears, Roebuck and Co., KMBC, January 5, 1929 54 34 “The Sleeping Beauty”, script adaptation, by Reid, 1929 Dorothy E. 54 11 “Things That Never Happened”, script, Allstate Hour, 1929 WLS, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1929 47 5 “Willie and Lillie” script, Bob Herrick, KMOX, St. Louis, 1929 Missouri 50 92 Broadcast Advertising – The Sales Voice of America, 1929 Columbia Broadcasting System, New York, New York 49 67 Kansas City Mayor Albert I. Beach, August 1929, 1929 photographs, (2 B&W 8x10) 55 67 KMBC radio photographs, Sears Roebuck and Company 1929 Square Dance Callers contest and Barn Dance Players, December 15 1928, photographs, (4 B&W 8x10) 22 28 KMBC radio programs, "Happy Hollow", scripts, August 1929 1929 22 32 KMBC radio programs, "Happy Hollow", scripts, 1929 December 1929 22 27 KMBC radio programs, "Happy Hollow", scripts, July 1929 1929 22 31 KMBC radio programs, "Happy Hollow", scripts, 1929 November 1929