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Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers, 1938-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Rundell, Hugh Augustus
Title
Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers
Dates
1938-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 containers., (4 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 561
Summary
Correspondence and subject files, principally regarding the Department of Communications at Washington State University, along with transcriptions and working papers from the Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project.
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 for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Hugh Rundell was born at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1919. He graduated from Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin, taking a degree in speech with some emphasis on radio. After service in the Army and employment at the University of West Virginia, he joined the faculty of Washington State College in 1948 as an Assistant Professor of Speech.

Rundell worked for WSU until retirement in 1982, concentrating on a variety of radio-related jobs, both with the college radio station and in classes. He was well-known as the author of a pronunciation guide to place names in Washington and the announcer on the widely-syndicated program Legendary Pianist.

During 1976-1978 Rundell conducted a series of oral interviews of several radio broadcasting pioneers in the Northwest.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 561, Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

WSU Libraries staff have arranged the Papers of Hugh Rundell and related the Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project papers as a single collection of personal papers, largely because the working papers of the oral history project were intermingled in Rundell's papers.

Series 1 consists of recording tapes, transcriptions and similar oral history materials. Series 2 consists of papers and correspondence of Hugh Rundell, related both to this project and to broadcasting and teaching in general. The general correspondence covers a wide range of broadcasting subjects, including activities of the Communications Department at Washington State University.

Acquisition Information

In 1979 Hugh Rundell donated the papers of the Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project to the Washington State University Libraries. Further materials were received in 1983 and 1984 (MS 84-10 and MS 83-41) from the heirs of Hugh Rundell.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Broadcasting--Washington (State)--Study and teaching

Personal Names

  • Rundell, Hugh Augustus, 1919- --Archives (creator)

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University--Faculty--Archives
  • Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project.

Finding aid prepared by Barbara Kovarik Gahl.
2012

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