Third Programme Transcripts

Third Programme Transcripts, 1955-1968

Overview of the Collection

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme
Title: Third Programme Transcripts
Dates: 1955-1968 (inclusive)
19551968
Quantity: 1 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 Boxes)
Collection Number: Cage 638 (collection)
Summary: This collection consists of mimeographed transcripts and scripts from the Third Programme, a series of radio programs produced by Douglas Cleverdon for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that aired between 1955 and 1968.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of mimeographed transcripts and scripts from the Third Programme, a series of radio programs produced by Douglas Cleverdon for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that aired between 1955 and 1968. This program series was a precursor to BBC's Radio 3. Additionally, the collection includes correspondence between Charles Apfelbaum and the Washington State University Libraries related to the collection acquisition.

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Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Third Programme Transcripts, 1955-1968 (Cage 638)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically in a single series.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from dealer Charles Apfelbaum in 1995.

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Frederick Laws Radio script: "E. M. Forster: A Profile", 1965-1970 (Cage 637)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Information: "The Third Dimension"; acquisition correspondence with Charles Apfelbaum	1983, 1995
1	2	Max Beerbohm: "A Tribute to Sir Max Beerbohm" by Siegfried Sassoon	1956
1	3	Norman Douglas: "Sir Compton Mackenzie" and "Constantine Fitzgibbon"	1956, 1957
1	4	Norman Douglas: "Looking back on Norman Douglas"	1957, 1968
1	5	T. S. Eliot: "Murder in the Cathedral," Poems used at the Memorial Service in Westminister Abbey	1965
1	6	Eric Gill: "Recollections of Eric Gill"	1961
1	7	Ethel Hatch: "The Slade School in the Nineties"	1967
2	8	Henry James: "The Aspern Papers," "Henry James in Cambridge" by Geoffrey Keynes, "Reminiscences of Henry James," "Recollections of Henry James"	1968
2	9	Lord Keynes: Radio Portrait of Lord Keynes by Leonard Woolf	1964-1965
2	10	Francis Meynell: "The Lovely that are not Beloved"	1960
2	11	Meynell Family Poetry: "Family Poetry"	1962
2	12	Stevie Smith: "Poems and Conversation," "Poems with a Conversation," "Poems," "Too Tired for Words"	1968, 1957
2	13	Francis Thompson: "Poems of Francis Thompson"	1959
2	14	H. G. Wells: "The Truth about Pyecraft"	1958-1959

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Radio addresses, debates, etc.
Radio broadcasting -- England -- London
Radio plays
Radio programs -- England -- London

Personal Names

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956
Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
Hatch, Ethel
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982
Meynell, Francis, 1891-1975
Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971
Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Corporate Names

BBC Radio 3
British Broadcasting Corporation. Third Programme

Geographical Names

England -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Cleverdon, Douglas (creator)
- Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982 (creator)
- Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 (creator)
- Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 (creator)

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