Special Collections of the University of Virginia Library also holds a
large collection of the records of WRVA. The collection consists of 114
boxes of papers, tape recordings of broadcasts, scrapbooks, printed
materials, 1925-1968, etc., (ca. 50 shelf feet) from the files of WRVA. A
large segment of the collection is devoted to the files of Walter R.
Bishop, the station's public relations manager. The files begin in the
first month of broadcasting and continue until Bishop's death in 1963.

You can find the guide to UVa's collection (as well as the Library of
Virginia's) in the Virginia Heritage site, online at:

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/vhp

Virginia Heritage is a union database of finding aids to archival and
manuscripts collections in nineteen Virginia repositories.

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Edward Gaynor
Special Collections Department
Alderman Memorial Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110


On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:48:59 -0500, Brent Tarter
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the availability of the
>business files, historical files, and photographs of WRVA Radio for
>research.
>
>WRVA Radio of Richmond, Virginia aired its first broadcast on
November 2,
>1925 and was considered the "Voice of Virginia" for many decades.
In
>addition to local, national, and world news broadcasts, WRVA
featured such
>programs as the Corn Cob Pipe Club, the Old Dominion Barn
Dance, the
>Sunshine Hour, Calling All Cooks, and the Quiz of Two Cities.  WRVA
>announcers included Harvey Hudson, Sam Carey, Alden Aaroe, Lou
Dean, Lewis
>Martin, Tim Timberlake, and many others.
>
>The WRVA Radio Collection spans seventy-five years and
documents the history
>of WRVA, the role the station played in Virginia and Richmond for
over
>half-a-century, and the development of radio in Virginia and the
United
>States.  The collection is also rich in material on the station's original
>owners, tobacco manufacturers, Larus &amp; Brother Company.
>
>The collection also includes numerous sound recordings, but these
are CLOSED
>INDEFINITELY for preservation and conversion purposes.
>
>An on-line finding aid is accessible through the Library of Virginia's
>homepage at &lt;http://www.lva.lib.va.us/&gt;.  Click on "What We
Have," "Archives
>and Manuscripts Catalog," do a keyword search for "WRVA", then
select the
>"hit" for WRVA, you will be taken to the catalog record for the
collection.
>If you then select "Finding Aid" at the top of the screen, you will be
taken
>to a container listing and more complete description of the collection.
>
>Collection material can be accessed in the manuscripts reading
room at the
>Library of Virginia.  For more information please contact Archives
Reference
>staff at (804) 692-3888 or by electronic mail at
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