Mass Media & Culture

Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture holds a wide-ranging collection of resources documenting the history of radio and television broadcasting.

Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture is the home of the National Public Broadcasting Archives (NPBA) and the Library of American Broadcasting (LAB). The NPBA was founded by PBS board member Donald R. McNeil and became part of of the University of Maryland Libraries in 1990. Founded in 1972 as the Broadcast Pioneers Library, the LAB was originally housed in the headquarters of the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, D.C. until 1994, when it became part of the University of Maryland Libraries.