Guide to the American Wildlife Institute Radio Scripts MSS.0075
American Wildlife Institute
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
1984
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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American Wildlife Institute radio scripts
- Unit ID:
MSS.0075
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.3 Linear feet (18 scripts)
- Dates:
1937-1938
- Abstract:
These radio broadcast scripts sponsored by the American Wildlife Institute consist of a series of talks on wildlife conservation in America, 1937-38.
- creator
American Wildlife Institute .
Scope and Contents note
These radio broadcast scripts sponsored by the American Wildlife Institute consist of a series of talks on wildlife conservation in America. The collection contains of 18 scripts of 16 different broadcasts, from November 1937 through May 1938. Sponsored by the Institute, they were broadcast from station WOL of the Mutual Broadcasting System, in Washington, D.C.
An accompanying register lists the date each script was received by the Alabama Geological Survey, as well as the title of the talk and the speaker. Actual broadcast dates are given where known. The collection was acquired in October 1984 from miscellaneous material located in Smith Hall (Museum of Natural History) at the University of Alabama and subsequently moved to the Library.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
American Wildlife Institute radio scripts, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Transferred from the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 1984
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Tim Cary, 1984; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Environment and Conservation (localbroad)
Radio scripts (aat)
Science and Nature (localbroad)
Wildlife conservation (lcsh)
Radio Scripts Box 2647 Folder 1
Scope and Contents note
"The Unharnessed Forces of Conservation" (Jay N. "Ding" Darling), 11/18/37 "The 1937 Waterfowl Situation" (Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson) 12/9/37 "Bringing Back Wildlife" (Fred F. Jordan) 12/9/37 "Wildlife and a National Use Program" (Henry P. Davis) 12/11/37 "Conservation is Big Business" (broadcast 11/21/37) (Henry P. Davis) ca. 12/11/37 "Wildlife Conservation Blind Spots" (broadcast 12/19/37) (Seth Gordon) ca. 12/15/37
Radio Scripts Box 2647 Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
"Conservation Progress" (former Sen. Harry B. Hawes) 1/17/38 “A Conservation Conscious Womanhood" (Mrs. Emily G. Bogart) 1/26/38 "Fitting Into the Landscape" (Dr. Frank Thone) 2/22/38 [no title] (broadcast 2/18/38) (Carl D. Shoemaker) 2/28/38 "National Wildlife Restoration Week" (Cecil F. DeLaBarre) 3/8/38 "The Sportsman's Stake in Conservation" (Don S. Knowlton) ca. 3/17/38 "The Roar of the River" or "Wildlife Gangsters" (broadcast 3/20/38) 3/31/38 “Meeting Our Wildlife Problems Through Cooperative Research“ (Leo K. Couch) 4/21/38 [no title] 5/3/38