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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Washington State Association of Broadcasters Records</titleproper>
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        <author encodinganalog="creator">Records were processed by Nanette Macy in April-May, 1992.</author>
        <sponsor encodinganalog="contributor">Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.</sponsor>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Washington State University Libraries 
                Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
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        <date calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="date" normal="2012">© 2012</date>
        <address>
          <addressline>Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA</addressline>
          <addressline>(509) 335-6691</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/</addressline>
          <addressline>mascref@wsu.edu</addressline>
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      <creation>Finding aid encoded by <emph render="italic"><emph render="underline">ArchProteus</emph></emph><date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2006">2006</date></creation>
      <langusage>Finding aid is in<language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn"> English</language></langusage>
      <descrules>Finding aid based on DACS (<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard</title>)</descrules>
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          <addressline>Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA</addressline>
          <addressline>(509) 335-6691</addressline>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="520$a">he records of the Washington State Association of Broadcasters consist of subject files that include correspondence, financial records, meetings records, and WSAB Bulletins..</abstract>
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      <p>The Washington State Association of Broadcasters, a trade association for radio and television, was first organized in 1935. The association has had a de facto permanent secretary located at Washington State University since the early 1950s. The association's public relations and lobbying activities are officially located in Seattle.</p>
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      <p>The records of the Washington State Association of Broadcasters consist of subject files that include correspondence, financial records, meetings records, and WSAB Bulletins. The files are divided into three series: Correspondence, Financial Information, and Meetings and Bulletins. Within each series, files are ordered chronologically.</p>
      <p>The records are obviously incomplete, with very apparent gaps at different points. The location of the missing records is not known</p>
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      <p>The collection is open and available for on-site research use. Researchers will be instructed to wear gloves. Though the images vary widely in their physical condition, reproductions in the form of digital scans and prints will be available for most of the items in the collection.</p>
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      <p>Records of the Washington Association of Broadcasters were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1984 (MS85-32) by Val Limburg, professor of communications at WSU and secretary of the association.</p>
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      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Washington State Association of Broadcasters -- Records and correspondence.</subject>
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      <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Television broadcasting -- Washington (State) -- Archives.</subject>
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