University of Wyoming
Ray Poindexter was knowledgeable about early radio and wrote articles about its history. He also organized the Old Timers Announcers Club and received letters from early radio announcers with their histories in 1976.
The collection contains seven letters written in 1976 and sent to Ray Poindexter from early radio announcers from the 1920s and 1930s including Harold W. Arlin, Harry Von Zell, and Dick Joy. Each man described briefly the highlights of his career. Most of these radio announcers migrated to television and commercial work as the entertainment industry evolved technologically.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Ray Poindexter at the date of processing.
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