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. ------------- 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 & 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 <http://www.lva.lib.va.us/>. 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 [log in to unmask] > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html