Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections
Edmund Craney scrapbook of U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce European Trip of Communications Inspection by Subcommittee on International Communications
Craney, Edmund B., 1905-1991
2212
Collection 2212, MtBC, us
2 volumes
1 box
1945 May-1945 June
Edmund B. Craney (1905-1991) was a longtime resident of Butte and a pioneer in radio and television broadcasting in Washington and Montana. The collection consists of a two volume diary/scrapbook created as he accompanied Senator Burton K. Wheeler with the U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on a 32 day European communications inspection tour.
Collection materials are in English
Edmund B. Craney (1905-1991) was a longtime resident of Butte and a pioneer in radio and television broadcasting in Washington and Montana. As an active broadcaster, he was honored with a Peabody award in 1947 for his coverage of a translator network enabling television signals to reach remote areas. Craney established the Greater Montana Foundation, dedicated to the betterment of broadcasting in the state and in 1979; he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service from Montana State University.
In 1945, Craney accompanied Senator Burton K. Wheeler with the U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on a 32 day European communications inspection tour and kept a two volume diary/scrapbook of his experience. Included are photographs, memorabilia, and souvenirs along with detailed notes on activities and sites visited.
Volume 2 includes references to sexual assault in the entries from May 20-21 that may be harmful or difficult to experience.
This collection is open for research.
Scrapbook and laid-in memorabilia pertaining to a European trip taken by Craney, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, and others were donated to Special Collections by Edmund Craney on April 25, 1989.
This collection was processed 2009 May 22. Laid-in material was removed to numbered folders for separate housing.
[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT
Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975
United States-Congress-Senate-Committee on Interstate Commerce
Europe--Description and travel
Americans--Europe--Diaries
Communication policy--United States
Communication, International
Travelers' writings, American--Europe
Americans
Europe
Travelers' writings
Travelers' writings, American
Civic Activism
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks
Albums (Books)
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs of Senator Wheeler touring Anzio cemetery, inspecting ruins in Anzio and Pompeii
1
Photo of Senator Wheeler and General Alexander
1
Notes on trip to Rome with pictures of formal dinner given by General Brown
1
Photographs and notes of Senator Wheeler's audience with the Pope
1
Photographs of Malta and Athens
1
Photographs of the Pyramids
1
Photographs of Jerusalem
1
Photographs of Tripoli
1
Photographs of Azores and Bermuda
1
Currency samples from England, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Greece and Egypt
1
Photograph of Interstate Commerce Commission party before boarding flight to Europe
2
Restricted U.S. Army Signal Dispatch Service Traffic Diagrams: Teletype, Radio, Telephone. Burton K. Wheeler
2
Itinerary of European trip
2
Letter from James Forrestal to Senator Wheeler
2
Edward Craney's passport and passport information
2
Photographs - London airport
2
Food rationing letter and list of foods
2
Photographs at Officer's mess in London
2
Military communications and message center photographs
2
Photographs of London
2
Photograph: Prime Minister Churchill meets Ambassador Winnant and Senators
2
House of Commons Proceedings: Summary of Congressional Proceedings. USA
January 1945-March 1945
2
(v.1:4 pp. 395-396, 408-424) Debate In The Senate: "Americas War and Foreign Policy" Burton K. Wheeler
Photographs of airfield at Stratford-on-Avon
2
Restricted U.S. Army Signal Dispatch Service Traffic Diagrams: Teletype, Radio, Telephone Edward B. Craney
2
Secret map of Allied Armies in Europe and England
2
Senators inspect WACS (photographs)
2
Photographs of Paris
2
Photographs and postcards - Rheims
2
Photographs of General Eisenhower and Senators
2
Photographs of General Eisenhower talking with ex-POW's
2
Photographs of Frankfort and Heidelberg
2
Photographs of German prisoners and displaced persons
2
Map of Itinerary for Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
2
Description of trip to Dachau Concentration Camp
May 25, 1945
2
Photographs of Dachau
2
Photographs of Munich
2
Photograph of General Fredericks (once stationed in Helena, Montana)
2
Maps and mementos
2
Photographs of Berchtesgaden, Hitler's limousine, home and portrait; Goering's train, home and art museum
2
Confidential Telecommunications - U.S. Army - Mediterranean Theater
1
1
Confidential Major telephone and teletype installations - Africa and Middle East
1
2
Secret Navigational Aid Equipment information
1
3
Secret Signal Corps Radio Stations information - Africa-Middle East Theater
1
4
Itinerary for Senate Interstate Commerce Committee; Paris, Naples, Rome, Verona
1
5
Souvenir Program, menu, tickets. Montana Standard clipping
1945
November 10, 1970
1
6
Souvenir postcards and booklet of Montecassino Abbey; Leaf from trees of the Garden of Gethsemane; Booklets: Gethsemane and Holy Sepulcher
1
7
Restricted U.S. Forces Paris Telephone Directory
1
8
Confidential Synopsis of U.S. Naval Forces: Northwest African Waters
1
9
History of the Ninth United States Infantry
1
10
Rifle target taken from drying room at Dachau Concentration Camp (next to gas chamber)
May 25, 1945
1
11