Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) Audio Recordings

Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) Audio Recordings, 1973-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Northwest Public Radio
Title: Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) Audio Recordings
Dates: 1973-1999 (inclusive)
19731999
Quantity: 9 Linear feet of shelf space, (9 boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 287 (collection)
Summary: When the National Public Radio network began in 1971, KWSU was one of the initial members. Through the 1980s, translator stations were established throughout parts of the Washington, and in adjacent Idaho and Oregon, and a network of stations based out of WSU and soon including Tri-Cities (KFAE), University of Idaho (KUID) and others began to form. This network of stations took the name Northwest Public Radio. The audio recordings from Northwest Public Radio include not only finished radio programs, but also interviews taken for radio productions, short broadcast news items, and 'work' pieces that represent shows or presentations still in progress. A significant number of items are also recordings of WSU events.
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Radio services at Washington State University date to 1922, when station KFAE began in December, 1922; that subsequently became KWSC and then KWSU in 1969 (after Washington State College had become Washington State University ten years earlier in 1959). In about 1950, it instituted a "tape network," locally produced programs which were distributed on recording tape to commercial and non-commercial broadcasters in the state. When the National Public Radio network began in 1971, KWSU was one of the initial members. Through the 1980s, translator stations were established throughout parts of the Washington, and in adjacent Idaho and Oregon, and a network of stations based out of WSU and soon including Tri-Cities (KFAE), University of Idaho (KUID) and others began to form. This network of stations took the name Northwest Public Radio. Programming for these radio stations has long been a mix of local programming and programming acquired from the various public broadcasting networks and program distribution services.

For a fuller history of Washington State University radio, please see Burt Harrison's 1993 "Washington State On The Air".

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The audio recordings from Northwest Public Radio include not only finished radio programs, but also interviews taken for radio productions, short broadcast news items, and 'work' pieces that represent shows or presentations still in progress. A significant number of items are also recordings of WSU events, notably Murrow Symposia, Borah Symposia, convocations, and commencements.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) Audio Recordings, 1973-1999 (UA 287)

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series based on material types. Series 1 consists of 7" reel-to-reel tapes, series 3 is 10" tapes, and series 4 is 5" tapes. Series 2 is a small set of mini-disks, and Series 5 and Series 6 respectively are comprised of cassette tapes and digital audio tapes. Within each series, items are generally organized chronologically, with undated items at the end of each series, alphabetically by subject or responsible party. The exceptions to this is Series 1, which has two subseries of distinct programs, Northwest Perspectives (Subseries 1) and Talking Politics (Subseries 2) and then has a Subseries 3 organized as above. Similarly, Series 6 has an unofficial subseries consisting of Classic Northwest programs, given its own numbering.

Acquisition Information

The audio recordings of Northwest Public Radio (NWPR) were given by that department to the University Archives on February 19th, 2010 as UA2010-01.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in February and March of 2010.

Separated Materials

During processing, a small number of nationally produced recordings were discarded, as were a number of musical program digital audio tapes (DATs).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: 7 inch inch reel to reel audio tapesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries 1.1: Northwest Perspectives
Box	item
1	1	Baltezore, Jay	1988 September 30
1	2	Harrison, Dale	1988 October 10
1	3	Unidentified	1988 October 17
1	4	Unidentified	1988 October 24
1	5	Unidentified	1988 October 31
1	6	Harrison, Dale	1988 October 31
1	7	Unidentified	1988 November 07
1	8	Baltezore, Jay	1988 November 14
1	9	Unidentified	1988 November 28
1	10	Morgan, Pat	1988 December 12
1	11	MK	1988 December 26
1	12	Compton, Charles	1989 January 02
1	13	Baltezore, Jay	1989 January 09
1	14	Unidentified	1989 January 16
1	15	Unidentified	1989 January 23
1	16	Compton, Charles	1989 January 30
1	17	Unidentified	1989 February 06
1	18	Kasavant, Ken	1989 February 13
1	19	Compton, Charles	1989 February 20
1	20	Unidentified	1989 February 27
1	21	Unidentified	1989 March 06
1	22	Unidentified	1989 March 20
1	23	Harrison, Dale	1989 April 03
1	24	Harrison, Dale	1989 April 03
1	25	Compton, Charles	1989 April 10
1	26	Dumin, Fred	1989 April 17
1	27	Unidentified	1989 April 24
1	28	Orlich, Donald	1989 May 01
1	29	Unidentified	1989 May 08
1	30	Unidentified	1989 May 15
1	31	Unidentified	1989 May 22
1	32	Unidentified	1989 May 29
1	33	White, Tony	1989 June 19
1	34	Krantz, Grover	1989 June 26
1	35	Miller	1989 September 03
1	36	Unidentified	1989 September 17
2	37	Unidentified	1989 September 24
2	38	Unidentified	1989 October 15
2	39	Harrison, Dale	1989 October 22
2	40	King, Doug	1989 October 22
2	41	Unidentified	1989 November 12
2	42	Harrison, Dale	1989 November 19
2	43	Unidentified	1989 November 19
2	44	Unidentified	1990 January 07
2	45	Unidentified	1990 January 14
2	46	Harrison, Dale	1990 January 21
2	47	Gorton, Slade	1990 January 28
2	48	Joyce, Ed	1990 February 04
2	49	Massey, Doug	1990 February 11
2	50	Smith, Charles	1990 February 18
2	51	Compton, Charles	1990 February 22
2	52	Unidentified	1990 March 04
2	53	Unidentified	1990 March 11
2	54	Joyce, Ed	1990 March 18
2	55	Massey, Doug	1990 March 25
2	56	Unidentified	1990 April 01
2	57	Compton, Charles	1990 April 08
2	58	Unidentified	1990 April 15
2	59	Joyce, Ed	1990 April 22
2	60	Limrick, Pat	1990 April 29
2	61	Unidentified	1990 June 03
2	62	Compton, Charles	1990 June 10
2	63	Unidentified	1990 June 17
2	64	Joyce, Ed	1990 June 24
2	65	Compton, Charles	1990 July 09
2	66	Kirshenman, Fred	undated
2	67	McKay, Gordon	undated
2	68	Unidentified	undated
		Subseries 1.2: Talking Politics
Box	item
2	69-72	Pall, Linda	1979's
3	73-77	Pall, Linda	1980's
3	78-81	Pall, Linda	1981's
3	82	Pall, Linda	1982's
3	83-86	Pall, Linda	undated
		Subseries 1.3: Miscellaneous
Box	item
3	87	Kirkley, Donald - Conv. with H.L Mencken	1948 June 30
3	88	Vogel Symposium - Mr. Schoeffels, wheat farmer, Wilbur, WA	1973 March 26
3	89-90	Murrow Symposium - Sevareid/Ashmore	1973 April 27
3	91	Jackson, Keith - Commencement Address	1978 June 03
3	92	Herbeck - The Palouse Indians	1980 January
3	93-94	Morgan, Patrick - Soviet Review	1980
3	95-96	Frey - Criminal Justice	1980
3	97-99	Buckingham, Peter - Historical Perspectives	1980
3	100	Black issues and concerns	1981 April 02
3	101	Redford, Robert - Convocation	1981 October 16
3	102	Smith, Ray - Pullman Schools	1981
3	103	Kicza, Jogn - Latin America	1981
3	104	True, Terry - On Drugs	1981
3	105	Harrison, Dale - News stories	1988 May 01
3	106	Harrison, Dale - News stories	1988 May 05
3	107	Messerschmidt, David - Technology and the Schools	1988 May 05
3	108	Kelser, Cherylyn - Harpsicord	1988 December 23
4	109	Joyce, Ed - Idaho house/senate Leg. Dist. #5: elections	1990 October 05
4	110	Kreidler, Margaret - W.C. Commission Candidates Forum	1990 November 05
4	111	NPAN Regional - 6 features	1990 November 28
4	112-113	BDH - News stories	1990
4	114-116	Nez Perce Artists - SAPATQ'AYN	1991
4	117	Gardner, Booth - Commencement Address	1991 May 11
4	118	Historian, Hanford - Hanford History	1991 September 20
4	119	Serafin, Barry - Interview after WSU Pres. Convocation	1991 October 07
4	120	Banse - Election Coverage	1991 November 06
4	121	Primary Election	1992
4	122	Nell Lake / NPAN - Spotted Owl in Congress	1992 May 21
4	123	Lohet, Ingrid - Chesan Mine	1992 June 12
4	124	Compton, Charlie - Sid Morrison post-election interview	1992 September 23
4	125	Messerschmidt, David - NPAN Election Night Info.	1992 November 03
4	126	Kreidler, Margaret - Tom Foley/ Marlyn Derby Election Special	1992 November 05
4	127	Honig, Doug - Horizons- legal issues	1992
4	128	Blazek, Mary Lou - Hanford Technical Steering Panel	undated
4	129	Harrison, Dale - Work Tape Compilation	undated
4	130	IAL - Collective Bargaining	19uu April 15
4	131	Kjellander, Paul - Silver City / Rosalie Sorrel / Unidentified	undated
4	132	Lowry, Mike, Governor - State of State	undated
4	133	Messerschmidt, David - Port Angeles: Ringside on the Pacific Rim	undated
4	134	Murrow, Edward - American Legion vs. ACLU	undated
4	135	Murrow, Edward - This I Believe	undated
4	136	Vidal, Gore - Face to Face	undated
4	137	WSU - Artist Ross Coates	undated
4	138	Education Reform	undated
4	139	Northwest Area Features	19uu May 16
4	140	Prop. 1	undated
4	141	Storytelling	undated

Series 2: Mini-disksReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
4	1	Feature Disk 1 - bones, kid study interview, pay equity, etc.	1996
4	2	OAFP	Fall 1998
4	3	Features - Kid food	undated
4	4	Nez Perce Grant	undated

Series 3: 10 inch reel to reel audio tapesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
5	1	Dale Harrison, John Donnely - The Challenge of Global Poverty	1981 March 04
5	2	Dale Harrison, Larry Branen - Infant and materna1 nutrition	1981 March 12
5	3-5	Morning Edition - Mt. St. Helens, 1 year later	1981 May 18
5	6	Spellman, Governor - State of the State	1983 January 10
5	7	Murrow Symposium KWSU - Opening Remarks (reel 1)	1983 April 22
5	8	Murrow Symposium KWSU - The Impact of the Murrow Heritage (reel 2)	1983 April 22
5	9	Murrow Symposium KWSU - From the London Blitz to Beirut Battles (reel 3)	1983 April 23
5	10	Murrow Symposium KWSU - The News and the Messenger (reel 4)	1983 April 23
5	11	Murrow Symposium KWSU - Keynote Address - Diane Sawyer (reel 5)	1983 April 22
5	12	Murrow Symposium KWSU - Mass Media and Government: How Adversarial?	1983 April 23
6	13	Murrow Symposium KWSU - Murrow Symposium - Reel 6 continued	1983 April 23
6	14	Joyce, Ed - James Farmer Speech	1985 February 21
6	15	Smith Inaugural - Inaugural Speech	1985 March 21
6	16-17	Weekend Edition - Unidentified	1985 October 19
6	18	SME Final Show - John, Perry, Vince	1985 November 23
6	19	SME Final Show - Final Show	1985 November 30
6	20	Bob and Bill	1988 May 02
6	21	Northwest perspectives - Reporters and the reactor	1989 June 05
6	22	Compton, Charles - Baugher-Newhouse Promo, Senate Race	1990 October 31
6	23	All Stations - Election Special	1990 November 01
6	24	Joyce, Ed - Borah Symposium	1991 February 20
7	25	Joyce, Ed - Borah Symposium and News	1991 March 08
7	26	Murrow Symposium - Murrow Symposium	1991 April 01
7	27	Critical Condition Series - Best Of Seattle After Noon	1991 September 13
7	28	Folkmasters #11	1991 December 15
7	29	Borah Symposium - Borah Symposium	1992 February 10
7	30	Nader, Ralph	1992 February 20
7	31	Borah Symposium - Borah Symposium	1992 March 11
7	32	Daggett, Dr. Bill - Educational Reform	1992 March 24
7	33	Borah Symposium - Borah Symposium	1992 April 06
7	34	Sikes, Alfred (FCC Chairman) - Alfred Sikes Speech, Murrow Symposium	1992 April 24
7	35	Campaign Forum - Senate Forum part 1	1992 August 01
7	36	Campaign Forum - Senate Forum part 2	1992 August 01
8	37	Campaign Forum - Candidates Forum part 1	1992 August 01
8	38	Candidates Forum part 2 and/or classical music	1992 August 01
8	39	Blethen, Frank - Gubernatorial debate	1992 October 16
8	40	Stimpson, Catherine - Post-Modernsim	1993 January 01
8	41	Ashby, Leroy	1993 February 17
8	42	AIDs Benefit - AIDs Benefit	undated
8	43	Compton, Charles - Snake River, Drawdown Forum	19uu March 16
8	44	Harrison, Dale - Work Tape	1990-1992
8	45	Honig, Doug and Messerschmidt, David - The Once and Future Northwest	19uu September 02
8	46	Kreidler, M. - 9th district candidates forum	undated
8	47	La Duke, Winona - Winona La Duke Speech, Quincentenniel	undated
8	48	Morning Edition - AMPEX-- daily recordings	undated
9	49	Morning Edition - AMPEX-- daily recordings	undated
9	50	Nichols, Scott - "gay guy"	19uu November 12
9	51	Northwest Portrait - Northwest Portrait	undated
9	52	Schorr, Daniel - Daniel Schorr and/or classical music	undated
9	53	Trotter, Kathleen - SPI Forum	19uu December 14
9	54	Watson, Paul	undated; after 1991

Series 4: 5 inch inch reel to reel audio tapesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
9	1	Science in the News / Morning Edition - Chinese bigfoots / news clips	1985
9	2	News: anti-Sandinistas, Nicaragua, El Salvador	1986
9	3	Agricultural news	1986
9	4	Gunther Schuller interview	1986 January 30
9	5	Goodspeed, Nancy - News: UI boiler, Wheat shipping, others	1980s
9	6	Blakesly, Bethel - Summer News	undated
9	7	Callahan, Scott - News, summer/fall	undated
9	8	Harrison, Burt - Literary Scrapbook: H.L. Mencken	undated
9	9	Hodge - Teaching Shakespeare in Idaho High Schools	undated
9	10	Ludlum, Annie - Paul Heyne Interview, Economic best seller	undated
9	11	WSU artist Ross Coates	undated
9	12	Interview: David Grimes, WSU Fire Captain	undated
9	13	Jim - Interview: Ron Johnson, USDA-APHIS	undated

Series 5: Audio cassette tapesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	item
9	1980	6 boxed tapes - Murrow Symposium: Women in communication, Nimmo lunch, Leonard dinner, Garcia Keynote	1980
9	1981	10 bundled tapes - Murrow Symposium	1981

Series 6: DAT (digital audio recording) tapesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
item
1	NWPPC Meeting	1992 December 09
2	News/produced pieces - infant immunization, child violence, etc.	1995-1996
3-4	Washington Idaho Symphony	1995-1996
5	Pickett, John - Faculty Recital Series	1996 February 14
6	Roger Briggs interview	1996 February 26
7	New Vistas - Hilary Field Interview	1996
8	Consort Columbia	1997
9	Sehnelle, Robert - News - Apple orchards, poison, ontrovert, etc	1997-1998
10	OAFP - Hearts of Space	1998 February 14
11	WWDTM - WWDTM	1999 September 16
12	Alcohol Series	1999
13	Teresa (last name unclear) - Hate Groups	undated
14	Sports Camp Audio	undated
15	Wharton, Bill and Linda	undated
16-18	Wilson and Cazavarro	undated
19	Windows on Our community - Farmers market	undated
20	Windows on Our community - Work	undated
CN1-CN13	Classic Northwest Program - Numbered 1-13, #5 missing at time of donation to Archives	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Public radio -- Washington (State)

Corporate Names

Northwest Public Radio

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Washington State University. (creator)

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