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Overview of Holdings
The National Public Broadcasting Archives (NPBA) brings together the archival record of the major entities of non-commercial broadcasting in the United States. These entities include:
NPBA also has the personal papers of many
individuals who have made significant contributions to public broadcasting,
such as:
An extensive reference library contains basic studies of the broadcasting industry, rare pamphlets and journals on relevant topics.
Besides the textual records of public broadcasting's major institutions, NPBA also collects and maintains a selected audio and video program record of public broadcasting's national production and support centers (NAEB, NPR, CPB/Annenberg) and of local stations WETA, WAMU-FM and Maryland Public Television (MPT).
Oral history tapes and transcripts from the NPR Oral History Project, those conducted by Jim Robertson and the ongoing series produced by NPBA staff, are also available.
