Series I: General, 1953-2002
This small series contains records with regard to Roone Arledge's career in the television industry as a whole. Within this series are articles about Roone Arledge, ABC NEWS, and ABC Sports, various awards Arledge received for his contributions to the field of broadcasting, personal records, such as his diploma from Columbia College and his military records, and speeches that he gave. There are also records pertaining to other news organizations in the United States, Europe, England, and Japan. Arledge was a board member of ESPN and A & E Television Networks and documents concerning his work for them may be found here as well.
Articles
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1976, (2 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 3
1977
Box 1 Folder 4 to 5
1978, (2 Folders)
Box 1 Folder 6
1979
Box 1 Folder 7
1980
Box 2 Folder 1
1981-2001
Awards
Box 2 Folder 2
Alexander Hamilton Medal, 1998 November 18
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Boston University Honorary Degree, 1991
Box 2 Folder 4
Center for Communication, Inc., 1996-1997
Mapcase 14-O-1
George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, 1976, 1984, 1976, 1984
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International Radio and Television Society, 1983
Box 2 Folder 6
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy Awards), 1979-2002
Box 2 Folder 7
National Press Foundation, 1990-1991
Box 2 Folder 8
The New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., 2001
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News World Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998
Box 2 Folder 10
Olympics, 1980-1988
Box 2 Folder 11
Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, 2001
Box 2 Folder 12
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, 1998
Box 2 Folder 13
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, 1989
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Walter Cronkite Award, 1997
Box 2 Folder 15
Canadian Embassy Dinner, [1983]
Box 2 Folder 16
Carter, Jimmy, 1993-2002
Mapcase 14-O-1
Certificates, 1969-1977
Box 2 Folder 17
Columbia University Diploma, 1954 February 24
Council on Foreign Relations
Box 4 Folder 3
House Sub-Committee on Telecommunications Testimony, 1987-1989
Box 4 Folder 4
Interviews, undated, 1999
Box 4 Folder 5 to 7
John Kennedy School of Government, 1998-2002, (3 Folders)
Box 5 Folder 1
Memoirs, 1984-2002
Box 5 Folder 2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1987-2000
Box 5 Folder 3
Military Records, 1953-1955
Box 5 Folder 4
The Museum of Television and Radio, 1993-1994
News Organizations
Box 5 Folder 5 to 8
BBC--General, 1993-2001, (4 Folders)
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BBC--Employees, 1997
Box 6 Folder 2 to 3
British Sky Broadcasting, 1991-1994
Box 6 Folder 4
Canal Plus, 1991-1993
Box 6 Folder 5
CNN, 1996-1998
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Fox Broadcasting, 1991-1994
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Fujisankei Communications International, Inc., 1999-2000
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Independent Television News Ltd., 1992-1999
Box 6 Folder 9
Nine Network Australia Limited, 1991-1994
Box 6 Folder 10
Nippon Hoso Kyokai, 1991-1995
Box 7 Folder 1
Reuters, 1993-1996
Box 7 Folder 2 to 3
Non-ABC Professional Work--A & E Television Networks Management Committee, 1998-2002, (2 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 4 to 5
Non-ABC Professional Work--ESPN, 2001-2002, (2 Folders)
Box 7 Folder 6
Resume, 1954-1960
Speeches
Box 7
General, 1996-2001
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Wake Forest University, 1988
Box 8 Folder 14-O-1
Wake Forest University--Poster, 1988 September 8
Trips
Box 8 Folder 2
German Television, 1992-2001
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Nicklaus/Flick Golf School, 1995-1996
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Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, 1991-1999
Box 8 Folder 5
Washington Press Club Dinner, 1995
Series II: Correspondence, 1954-2002
Series II is the largest of the collection. The letters held here date from Roone Arledge's time at ABC as head of both the sports and news division. In general, the correspondence, while large in bulk, is limited in content. The letters consist primarily of the type of letters an executive would be professionally obligated to send, such as congratulatory notes to colleagues within and outside of the company, thank you letters for corporate gifts, letters of inquiry from individuals wanting to work at ABC, and complaints from all manners of citizens. This series is divided into two subseries: Topical and Chronological. Please note that individuals listed in Subseries II.1 may be found in Subseries II.2.
Subseries II.1: Alphabetical, 1982-2001
Subseries II.1 is arranged alphabetical by an individual's last name or by topic. Letters listed by a name may be correspondence exchanged to and from that person or about that person. These individuals are mainly other ABC senior executives and administrative staff as well as numerous anchors. Notable individuals include Peter Jennings, Barbara Walter, Diane Sawyer, Ted Koppel, and Robert Iger.
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Baker, Barry, 1997 July
Box 8 Folder 7
Cosell, Howard, 1982 December-1985 April
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Downs, Hugh, 1992 August-1998 January
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Friedman, Paul, 1991 August-1993 October
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Goodman, Roger, 1990 March-1994 July
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Granum, Rex, 1995 September-1996 December
Box 8 Folder 12
Iger, Robert, 1994 March-1998 August
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International Radio and Television Society Award, 1982 November-1983 March
Box 8 Folder 14
Jennings, Peter, 1991 September-2001 February
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Kipper, Judith, 1991 July-1998 February
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Koppel, Ted, 1988 August-1996 April
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Nine Sundays
, 1991 September
Box 9 Folder 4
O'Neil, Terry, 1994 August-1996 February
Box 9 Folder 5
Patterson, Neil, 1997 September-1999 May
Box 9 Folder 6 to 7
Personal, 1981 August-1994 January, (2 Folders)
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Sawyer, Diane, 1989 February-2000 March
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Sawyer, Forrest, 1993 February-1997 August
Box 9 Folder 10
Sias, John, 1990 December-1991 February
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Stossel, John, 1992 June-1995 February
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Temple, Bill, 1996 January-1997 March
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Wald, Richard, 1993 December-1999 November, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 5
Walters, Barbara, 1987 March-1999 January
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Westin, David, 1994 October-2000 August
Box 10 Folder 7
Zucker, John, 1994 October-1997 July
Subseries II.2: Chronological, 1954-2002
The correspondence contained in this subseries is primarily external. The majority of the letters are requests for Arledge to research certain topics for potential inclusion in one of ABC's news shows, attend fundraising functions, accept ideas for new shows, or participate in a conference or lecture series. There are also complaints from viewers and, to a lesser extent, complimentary letters. The interoffice correspondence consists of lengthy memos, many of which have multiple notes written on them from different senior executives.
Incoming
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1976 February-1981 December
Box 11 Folder 2 to 3
1984 January-December, (2 Folders)
1985
Box 11 Folder 4
January-March
Box 11 Folder 5
March-May
Box 11 Folder 6
June-September
Box 11 Folder 7
September-December
Box 12 Folder 1
1986 January-September
Box 12 Folder 2
1986 April-1987 May
Box 12 Folder 3
1986 July-December
Box 12 Folder 4
1988 January-July
Box 12 Folder 5
1988 August-December
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Memos, 1989 January-September
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Memos, 1989 October-December
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1989 January-September
Box 13 Folder 4
1989 October-December
Box 13 Folder 5
Memos, 1990 January-June
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Memos, 1990 July-December
1990
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January-February
Box 14 Folder 2
March-April
Box 14 Folder 3
June-September
Box 14 Folder 4
October-December
Box 14 Folder 5
Memos, 1991 January-May
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Memos, 1991 July-September
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1991 January-June
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1991 October-December
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Memos, 1992 February-September
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1992 January-June
Box 15 Folder 5
1992 July-November
Box 15 Folder 6
Memos, 1993-1998
Box 15 Folder 7
1993 January-November
Box 16 Folder 1
1994 January-December
Box 16 Folder 2
1995 January-August
Box 16 Folder 3
1995 September-December
Outgoing
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1954 January-1961 June
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Memos, 1978 October-1983 June
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Memos, 1984 February-1987 December
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1984 January-May
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1984 June-August
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1984 September-December
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1985 January-April
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1985 Mary-September, 1985
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1985 October-December
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1986 January-June
Box 17 Folder 7
1986 July-December
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1987 January-June
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1987 July-December
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Memos, 1988 June-December
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1988 February-July
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1988 August-November
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Memos, 1989 January-December
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1989 July-October
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Memos, 1990 April-August
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1990 May-December
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Memos, 1991 April-June
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1991 January-July
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1991 August-December
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Memos, 1992 January-December
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1992 January-April
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1992 June-December
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1993 January-December
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1994 January-September
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1994 October-December
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1995 January-December
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1996 January-June
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1996 July-December
Box 20 Folder 5
Memos, 1997-2000
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1997 January-December
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1998 January-1999 February
Box 21 Folder 2 to 3
Incoming and Outgoing, 1997 January-1999 November, (2 Folders)
Box 21 Folder 4 to 5
Incoming and Outgoing, 2000 January-2002 August, (2 Folders)
Series III: ABC News, 1977-2002
Series III is comprised of topical files documenting Roone Arledge's time as President of ABC News. Included are financial records, such as operating budgets and long range plans, program development for potential news shows, legal documents from several lawsuits, concerning predominantly the Food Lion and Philip Morris cases, and documents in regards to various trips Arledge conducted. Of note are Arledge's appointment books that were maintained by his personal assistant. These books contain Arledge's numerous appointments, meetings, trips and other activities related to his work at ABC. Often, names of individuals who participated in these activities are listed as well. The notebooks provide insight into how Arledge organized his time as well as show the amount of coordination involved in being President of ABC News.
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ABC Affiliate News Director Advisory Board, 1994-1998
Box 21 Folder 7
Anchors, 1988-2000
Box 22 Folder 1
AOL Merger, 1996-1997
Appointment Books
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1977
Box 22 Folder 3
1978
Box 22 Folder 4
1979
Box 22 Folder 5
1980
Box 22 Folder 6
1981
Box 22 Folder 7
1982
Box 23 Folder 1
1983
Box 23 Folder 2
1983
Box 23 Folder 3
1984
Box 23 Folder 4
1985
Box 23 Folder 5
1986
Box 23 Folder 6
1987
Box 24 Folder 1
1988
Box 24 Folder 2
1988
Box 24 Folder 3
1989
Box 24 Folder 4
1990
Box 24 Folder 5
1991
Box 24 Folder 6
1992
Box 25 Folder 1
1993
Box 25 Folder 2
1993
Box 25 Folder 3
1994
Box 25 Folder 4
1995
Box 25 Folder 6
1996
Box 25 Folder 7
1997
Box 26 Folder 1
1998
Box 26 Folder 2
1999
Box 26 Folder 3
2000
Box 26 Folder 4
2001
Box 26 Folder 5
2002
Finances
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5-Year Plan, 1996
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Forecast, 1998
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Forecast, 1999
Box 27 Folder 2
Long Range Plan, 1995-1996
Box 27 Folder 3
Long Range Plan, 1998
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Operating Budget, 1998
Box 27 Folder 5
Operating Budget, 1999
Box 27 Folder 6
Government, 1979-1980
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Gulf War, 1991
Box 28 Folder 2
Investigative Team, 1998
Lawsuits
Box 28 Folder 3
General, 1994-1995
Box 28 Folder 4
Food Lion, 1996-1997
Philip Morris
Box 28 Folder 5
Articles
Call Registers
Box 28 Folder 6
1992 August 12
Box 28 Folder 7
1992 October-December
Box 28 Folder 8
1992 December-1993 February
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1992 December-1994 January
Box 29 Folder 2
1993 February-April
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1993 April-June
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1993 June-August
Box 29 Folder 5
1993 August-October
Box 29 Folder 6
1993 November-1994 January
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1994 January-1995 January
Box 29 Folder 8
1994 January-March
Box 29 Folder 9
1994 March-May
Box 30 Folder 1
1994 May-July
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Undated
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Correspondence, 1994 August-1995 August
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Press Releases, 1995
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Transcripts
Box 30 Folder 6
National Town Meeting, 1991-1993
Box 30 Folder 7
NewsOne, 1986-1994
Box 30 Folder 8
NewsWorld, 1999-2000
Box 30 Folder 9
Notebooks, undated
Box 31 Folder 1 to 2
Political Coverage--General, 1978-1992, (2 Folders)
Box 31 Folder 3
Political Coverage--Cheney, Dick, 1991
Program Development
Box 31 Folder 4 to 5
General, 1987-1992, (2 Folders)
Box 31 Folder 6 to 7
24-Hour News, 1996, (2 Folders)
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Moments of Crisis, 1992-1993
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Saturday Shows, 1997-1998
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Seven Days
, 1996
Box 32 Folder 4
Turning Point
, 1993-1994
Shows
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20/20
, 1985-1990
Box 32 Folder 6
Good Morning America
, 1996-1998
Box 32 Folder 7
Nightline
, 1993-2002
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Sunday Morning Show
, 1997-1998
Box 33 Folder 2
World News Tonight
, 1993-1997
Trips
Box 33 Folder 3
ABC Dinner, 1994-1997
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Affiliate Stations, 1996
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Berlin, 1995
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China, 1979-1995
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Cuba, 1997
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Ireland, 1989-1996
Box 33 Folder 9
Jerusalem Conference, 1985
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Moscow, 1985-1998, (2 Folders)
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Worldwide Television News, 1998-2002
Box 34 Folder 2
Washington D.C. Bureau, 1996-1998
Series IV: ABC Sports, 1961-2001
This small series holds topical files in regards to ABC Sports. General administrative records, records pertaining to the NFL, Monday Night Football, Wide World of Sports, and the network coverage of the Goodwill Games, championship boxing, and Major League Baseball are found in this series. There is also documentation of the many Olympic Games that were covered including Calgary, Seoul, Los Angeles, and Sarajevo. The Olympic records illustrate the amount of synchronization and planning that Roone Arledge and his team were required to do in order to cover the multiple competitions occurring at the event. Additionally, there are transcripts of testimonies by Howard Cosell and Roone Arledge, correspondence, and accompanying documents concerning the Subcommittee on Communications' review of the Communications Act of 1934, particularly with regard to in particular how television networks (and, in this case, sports divisions) obtained programming
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General Administrative Records, 1977-1986
Box 34 Folder 4
Articles, 1986-1988
Box 34 Folder 5
Baseball, 1983-1989
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Boxing, 1977-1983
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Contract, 1966 September 1
Box 34 Folder 8
Cosell, Howard, 1995
Box 34 Folder 9
Goodwill Games, 1984-1988
Box 34 Folder 10
Hall of Fame Dinner, 1985
Box 34 Folder 11
Korea, 1982-1987
NFL
Box 34 Folder 12 to 13
General, 1967-1971, (2 Folders)
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Correspondence, 1980 February-1984 June
Box 35 Folder 2
Rozelle Meetings, 1985
Olympics
Box 35 Folder 3
General, 1976-1984
Box 35 Folder 4
Baden, 1981-1988
Box 35 Folder 5
Barcelona, 1984-1992
Box 35 Folder 6 to 8
Calgary, 1982-1988, (3 Folders)
Box 36 Folder 1
Hall of Fame, 1982-1989
Box 36 Folder 2
Innsbruck, 1973-1976
Box 36 Folder 3
Los Angeles, 1983-1984
Box 36 Folder 4
Meetings, 1984-1985
Box 36 Folder 5
Olympic Moments, 1985-1987
Box 36 Folder 6 to 7
Sarajevo, 1980-1984
Box 36 Folder 8
Seoul, 1984-1985
Box 37 Folder 1
Skycam, 1983-1985
Box 37 Folder 2 to 4
Subcommittee Hearings, 1976-1978, (3 Folders)
Folder 5 to 6
United States Football League (USFL)--General, 1982-1986, (2 Folders)
Box 38 Folder 1
USFL--Court Transcripts, 1986 June 12
Box 38 Folder 2
Wide World of Sports, 1961-2001
Series V: Photographs, 1984-1994
There are a small number of photographs within this collection. Most were taken while Arledge was receiving some type of recognition, such as his honorary degree from Boston University. There are also photographs from his visit to the White House and the meeting with executives from the Japan-based television network, Nippon Hoso Kyokai.
Box 38 Folder 3
1984-1986
Box 38 Folder 4
1991-1994
Series VI: Memorabilia and Realia, 1989-1998
This series is composed of several objects such as commemorative stamps and an award given by the Wrestling Hall of Fame. Of particular interest are several sets of Russian nesting dolls acquired in one of Roone Arledge's many trips to Moscow. These matreshka " depict political leaders who have had an impact on Russia's cultural and political history. Examples include Mikhail Gorbachev and his cabinet members, Stalin, chief prosecutors (with the names of those that were killed during their time), and the successive heads of numerous secret police organizations leading up to the KGB.