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Papers of
Jeane R. Young
Processed by: Jennifer Thompson
July 1998
0.5 lin. ft.
Biography | Scope and Content | Provenance | Series Description
Jeane R. Young has been with public broadcasting since 1973, where she started in the Public Broadcasting Service's Division of Public Records. In June of 1978, she became director of the Television for Learning Project, a promotional project under the auspices of the Educative Awareness Project. In December of that same year, she left PBS as the director of the Learning Project to join WKNO-TV in Memphis as their community relations director. While no longer the director, Young did continue on as a consultant to the Learning Project. In 1979, she began as the director of public affairs for Economic Development Administration for the United States Department of Commerce. Young also served as director of public affairs for the Wolf Trap Foundation, where she was in charge of public affairs, public relations and marketing activities.
The Papers of Jeane R. Young cover the years 1974 to 1979, with the bulk of the collection from 1975 to 1978. The collection, an overview of public television during the 1970s, documents Young's involvement with the Television for Learning Project, and includes further information on the Educative Awareness Project, underwriting in public television, the Children's Television Workshop, finances and budgeting, and the future of public television in the 1980s. Types of documents include photographs, memoranda, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, notes and reports. Hartford N. Gunn, Jr. figures prominently in the documents of the collection
The collection consists of one series:
The Papers of Jeane R. Young were donated to the National Public Broadcasting Archives, University of Maryland Libraries by Jeane R. Young in May of 1992.
Series 1: Chronological Files, 1974-1979 (0.5 lin. ft.)
This series focuses on the attempts of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to increase public awareness to the importance of educational television. Topics include the 1975 Television for Learning Project, which was a promotional part of Phase II of the Educative Awareness Project. The collection also includes information pertinent to Phase I of this three-year collaboration between the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service. Other topics included in the collection are the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), the Public Broadcasting Service show "The People", program underwriting in public broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service fundraiser FESTIVAL '75, the National Program Production and Distribution Agreement, and the future of public broadcasting in the 1980s, specifically freedom from government restrictions. The documents are arranged chronologically
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