Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers

Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers, 1938-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Rundell, Hugh Augustus
Title: Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers
Dates: 1938-1983 (inclusive)
19381983
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.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Series 1: Oral history and recorded materials. (Broadcasting in the Pacific Northwest)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Leo Beckley
1	2	Stan Bennett
1	3	Al Bond	1976
1	4	Marie Brattain and Clara Chevigny
1	5	Jack Clark
1	6	Joe Chytil
1	7-8	Ed "E.B." Craney	1975
1	9	Richard O. Dunning	1976
1	10	Trevor Evans	1976
2	11	Haines Fay
2	12	Hugh Feltis	1976
2	13	O.W. Fisher
2	14	Jerry Geehan
2	15	Art Gerbel
2	16	Dayee Haas
2	17	Jim Hamstreet
2	18	Carl Haymond	1977
2	19	Catherine Jones
2	20	Jessica Longston	1977
2	21	Peter Lyman
3	22	Frank Mankiewicz
3	22.1	Allen Miller
3	23	Lincoln Miller
3	24	Ester Murphy
3	25	James Murphy
3	26	H.B. Murphy
3	27	Wally Nelskog
3	28	Pat O'Day
3	29	Bob Pollock
3	30	Homer Pope
3	31	Robert Priebe
3	32	Robert Priebe
4	33	James Ross
4	34	Les Smith
4	35	Scott Smith
4	36	Loren Stone
4	37	Loren Stone
4	38	Archie Taft
4	39	William Taft
4	39.1	Richard Wald
4	40	James Wallace
4	41	James Wallace
4	42	W.W. Warren
4	43	Cole Wylie
4	44	Recorded material: Edward R. Murrow Symposium Tapes	1978

Series 2: Papers and correspondence.Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	45	A Glossary of Cable Terms; Bibliocable; Bibliography of Cable Terms	1972
5	46	A History of Radio Broadcasting in Seattle up to the Establishment of the Radio Act of 1927, by William Hanford Brubaker	1968
5	47	A Suggested Procedure: An Approach to Local Authorization of Cable Television	1972
5	48	American Radio Broadcasting Sampling and Broadcasting Techniques. Plus: Glossary of Terminology	undated
5	49	Lucy L. Bridge and Radio Anniversary	1923-1924
5	50	Broadcast News and the First Amendment	1977
5	51	Broadcast Satellite Services	1981-1983
5	52	Budget and Staff, Communications Department	1976-1977
5	53	Cable Economics; The Use of Financial Analysis in Decision- Making	1972; 1975
		Cable Television
Box	Folder
5	54		1974-1975
5	55		1980-1981
Box	Folder
5	56	CATV System Management and Operation, By Robert B. Cooper, Jr.	1966
5	57	Citizens' Guide to Cable Television Franchising	1980
5	58	Code of Good Cable Television Franchising Conduct	undated
5	59	Communications Act of 1934	1934
5	60	Communications Seminar; New York Times Articles	1982
5	61	Communications Two Hundred and Fifty
		Communications
Box	Folder
5	62		1978-1982
5	63		1978-1982
5	64		1981
Box	Folder
5	65	Biographical Information on Edward R. Murrow	1981-1982
6	66	Communications Two Hundred and Fifty-Five Master Dittos	undated
6	67	Community Television Review	1981
6	68	Current Cable Regulation: Addressing the "New" Cable undated --Tape recording
6	69-70	Curriculum Advisory Activities	1977-1980
6	71	Daily Market Quotations; plus "Slow Freight" Drama	1938
6	72	Directory of Broadcasting Stations, Washington	1965
6	73	Equipment	undated
6	74	General Correspondence	1975-1977
6	75	File Index for Oral History Interview	undated
7	76	How to Plan an Ordinance, an Outline and Some Examples	1972
7	77	Hugh Feltis Correspondence	1976
7	78	Hugh Rundell Correspondence	1978
7	79	Instructional Innovator	1980
7	80	Interviewees	1977
7	81	Interviewing	1963-1978
7	82	Charles E. Kinkaid, Executive Director, the Saul and Dayee Haas Foundation: Oral History Project	1975
7	83	Lecturers	1975
7	84	Letter I to Prospective Oral Interviewees	1976-1977
7	85	Letter I, Including Names of Participants
7	86	Letters to Prospective Interviewees	1975-1977
7	87	Miscellaneous Articles and Pamphlets	1976
7	88	James A. Murphy Correspondence	1978
7	89	Murrow Symposium. Guest Speaker, Charles Kuralt	1976
7	90	Pacific Northwest Oral History Project: Participants and Responses to Letter III	1976-1977
7	91	Print-Broadcast First Amendment Parity, A Bibliography by R.H. MacDonald	1980
7	92	Professional Activity Reports: Lorraine Montano and Pamela Grindstaff	1977
7	93	Progress of the Oral History Project	1977-1978
7	94	Public Service Satellite Consortium	1980-1981
7	95	Commonly Used Terms in Telecommunications	undated
7	96	Rules and Regulations, Cable Television Service	1976
7	97	Secretary's File on Interviewees	1977
7	98	Senate Resolution 294; and: Correspondence with E.B. Craney.	1938
7	99	Space Satellites	1977
7	100	State's Broadcasting Industry to be Researched, Hilltopics	1976
7	101	Symposium On Projected Telecommunications Traffic Trends. National Academy of Sciences.	1980-2000; 1979
8	102	Technical Standards and Specifications, The Urban Institute	1973
8	103	Technology of Cable Television. And: The Uses of Cable Communications.	1973
8	104	The Consumer and Cable Television, A National Conference	1981
8	105	The Consumer and Cable Television, by Kay Kopolovitz	1981
8	106	The Informational Society: Ethical and Social Issues, The Edward R. Murrow Symposium	1981
8	107	The Value of Improved Communications to Hospitals,	1979
8	108	Travel for Hugh Rundell	1978
8	109	United Cable Television Corporation Annual Report	1981
8	110	Washington Radio Stations: 1938 and 1974
8	111	Washington State Defense Council	1942-1943
8	112	Washington State University Oral History Project	1976
8	113	Washington State University Oral History Project, Release Forms	undated

Typescript, They Took to the Air: An Oral History of Broadcasting in Washington, Narrated by the Men and Women who Built the State's Radio and Television Stations, compiled and edited by Burt Harrison, 1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box 9, Folder 114

Typescript, They Took to the Air, abridged, 1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box 9, Folder 115

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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.

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