Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004, bulk 1950-1990
Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004, bulk 1950-1990
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1417
- Bib ID:
- 6297812 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Friendly, Fred W.
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 97.4 linear feet (220 document boxes 3 index card boxes 2 record cartons 1 oversized box)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
One folder in box 189 has been restricted until 2051.
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.
Description
Summary
This collection encompasses the life and career of Fred Friendly as an author, educator, and television news producer. The collection is comprised of correspondence, printed materials, invitations to events, awards, photographs and audio-visual materials of news programs. Also represented are administrative files and memos from his work at CBS, the Ford Foundation, and Columbia University.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 9 series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
One folder in box 189 has been restricted until 2051.
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Fred Friendly papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Materials
Related material: Oral History Collection of Columbia University. The Reminiscences of Fred W. Friendly (1967) [Radio Pioneers project] (1950-1974), p. 50; Ford Foundation, Office of the President. McGeorge Bundy Office Files, 1966-1979
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Ruth Friendly. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1999.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers processed Alexandra Bernet and Carolyn Smith.
Finding Aid written by Carolyn Smith 2007.
AV items in boxes 223-254 are from accession 2012-2013-M070 and are closed until reformatting.
Revision Description
2009-03-05 File created.
2009-04-30 xml document instance created by Patrick Lawlor
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2020-08-04 Added links to first batch of digitized material. kws
2021-03-15 Added links to batch 2 of digitized AV materials. kws
2021-06-07 Added links to batch 3 of digitized AV materials. kws
2021-08-23 Added links to batch 4 of digitized AV materials. kws
2021-10-02 Ingested additional AMI from 2012-2013-M070. kws
Biographical / Historical
Fred Friendly (1915-1998) was born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer in Manhattan, New York. Son of Samuel Wachenheimer, a jewelry manufacturer, and Therese Friendly Wachenheimer, he lived in New York until the family moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1926. He graduated from Hope Street High School and then attended Nichols Junior College in Massachusetts, where he graduated with an associate's degree in 1936.
Wachenheimer began his broadcast career as a radio announcer in Providence, where he took his mother's maiden name and was thereafter known as Fred Friendly. He wrote and narrated a program on WEAN called "Footprints in the Sands of Time", a short radio documentary program that profiled historic persons.
Friendly served in the Army during World War II and worked as a correspondent for "CBI Roundup", an Army newspaper for the China-Burma-India Theater. He was present at the liberation of the Malthausen concentration camp in Austria. Following Victory in Europe Day (May 7, 1945) he was granted a three-month leave of absence to travel in Europe. There, he experimented with audiotape techniques while making a documentary about troops. While this documentary was never distributed, it taught him much about audio techniques and the power of original footage. By the time he was discharged in 1945, as a master sergeant, he had been awarded four battle stars, the Legion of Merit, and the Soldier's Medal, which he received after he rescued several persons from a dock fire in India.
Following the war, Friendly returned to New York City. He married Dorothy Greene, a researcher for Life magazine in 1947; they had three children and would later divorce. Friendly then began work on "I Can Hear It Now", the record album that provided an oral history of the years 1933 to 1945. The record used only original recordings, not recreations, and interspersed famous speeches by leaders with more personal touches. He convinced Edward R. Murrow, already a well-known voice, to narrate the album. Released in 1948, the album was more successful than anticipated and marked the beginning of their collaborative work.
In 1949 and 1950 Friendly created two successful radio series for NBC: "Who Said That?", a quiz show featuring panelists and topical news questions, and "The Quick and the Dead", a four-part documentary about the development of the atomic bomb. Friendly then left to join Murrow at CBS, where they worked on Hear It Now, a radio series based on their successful recording. Taking the leap into the new medium of television, they debuted "See It Now", which broke ground as a long-form news program. The program began as a half-hour show in 1951, but later expanded to an hour in 1953. Murrow was the face of the broadcast, while Friendly focused on production.
"See It Now" dealt with a wide variety of news-topics, but throughout 1953 and 1954 Murrow and Friendly created and broadcast several programs that concentrated on Senator Joseph McCarthy and his investigation of communists in America. The first show that raised the McCarthy issue was "The Case of Milo Radulovich, A0589839" broadcast in October 1953. Radulovich was an Air Force reservist who was discharged because of allegations of communism against his family members. Friendly would later state that they were actively looking for stories to better illuminate the methods of Senator McCarthy. With this in mind, they created the program"Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy" broadcast in March 1954. It relied soley on footage of McCarthy in order to let his own words be the focus of the program. CBS did extensive customer surveys after this program ran and the barrage of phone calls and telegrams arrived were mainly in support of the program. As time went on, Friendly and Murrow produced many other provocative programs dealing with issues such as race and the tobacco industry. The show was cancelled in 1958 when both men became committed to other projects.
In 1960, Friendly became the executive producer of the news documentary program"CBS Reports". The show had a large staff and was able to handle long and large-scale investigative reports. Friendly was appointed the president of CBS News in 1964. This was to be a short-lived position, as he resigned in 1966. His decision to show Senator Fulbright's hearings on American involvement in the Vietnam War in the United States Senate was over-ridden, and a re-run of "I Love Lucy" was broadcast instead. He resigned in protest.
After his resignation, Friendly was invited to work at the Ford Foundation as the adviser to the President on Communications. His plan to fund a public television network with the profits from a communications satellite paid for by commercial networks met with opposition, and was not put into place. However, the idea did spur Congress to pass the Public Broadcasting Act in 1967, which created the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). With his previous work still fresh in his mind, Friendly penned "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control", a memoir about his time at CBS.
In 1968, Friendly married Ruth Mark, a former schoolteacher and widow. Each having three children from previous marriages, they raised their six children together. He began teaching at Columbia University as the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Journalism the same year. Bringing more life experience than degrees to his teaching career, his time in the Journalism School at Columbia University had a lasting impact. He created and instituted the Summer Program in Broadcast and Print Journalism for Members of Minority Groups (later renamed the Michele Clark Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists), which ran from 1968 to 1974. In 1974, he began the Media and Society Seminars, a series of conferences and round-table discussions that brought lawyers, politicians, doctors, and journalists together to talk about ethical issues. These later evolved into "The Fred Friendly Seminars", which are still in production today under the auspices of Ruth Friendly.
In 1976 Friendly published "The Good Guys, the Bad Guys and the First Amendment", which dealt with the history of the Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Doctrine, a regulation which required networks to provide equal time for opposing opinions on issues presented during a public broadcast. Upon ending his time at the Ford Foundation in 1980, Friendly had more time to devote to his "Media and Society Seminars" and also to his private speaking engagements. In 1981 he published "Minnesota Rag: The Dramatic Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Case that Gave New Meaning to Freedom of the Press", which delved into an influential court case.
Springing from personal and professional interest, Friendly's final book "The Constitution, That Delicate Balance" was published in 1993 as a companion to two "Media and Society Seminar" series"The Constitution, That Delicate Balance" (1984), and "That Delicate Balance II: Our Bill of Rights" (1991). For his many contributions to television, Fred Friendly was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1994. He died in New York in 1998.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Correspondence, 1960-1992
The bulk of Friendly's correspondence relates to the production of the Media and Society Seminars (MSS), a process which required frequent communication with film crews, editors, and participants. Invitations to potential panelists describe a seminar's theme and goals, while other letters contain proposals for future seminars or reflections on completed ones, discussions on editing film, or expressions of thanks after an especially successful panel. The series also includes conversations between Friendly and Columbia professors, usually concerning course content or guest speakers. Personal correspondence is less common, but appears occasionally in the form of short letters to friends.
This series consists of three subseries, which represent different filing systems. However, the content of all three series is similar and overlapping, and information related to a particular event, person, or topic may be found in multiple subseries.
This subseries consists of letters and memos that were pulled from other parts of the collection and then grouped by the first letter of the correspondent's name or institution. As further alphabetical arrangement was not undertaken, researchers should examine all folders in each letter group.
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Correspondence in this subseries retains its original order. Letters and memos were first grouped alphabetically and then filed chronologically.
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Friendly kept files of correspondence from individual colleagues, friends, and institutions which were arranged alphabetically by name. Please note that additional correspondence with these individuals may also be found in subseries I.1 and I.2
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Series II: Writing, 1940-1996
Friendly produced dozens of articles and speeches, as well as several books. Although his work covers many topics, he was especially interested in free speech, the history and impact of television, and the role of ethics in government, business, law, and journalism. This series consists primarily of drafts, research notes, and correspondence with editors and colleagues
Friendly's short articles on media and ethics appeared frequently in popular magazines and newspapers, particularlyThe New York TimesandThe Washington Post. He was also called upon to write book reviews and prefaces for books on radio and televison history. This subseries includes drafts and research notes for a number of his articles, filed alphabetically by title.
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This subseries holds materials relating to Friendly's four published books, as well as one unpublished manuscript,The Mole, the Judge and the Rule of Law, which reflected on the controversial court caseBritish Steel Company vs. Granada Television. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title and include heavily annotated drafts, research notes, and occasional book reviews
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Friendly was frequently invited to college commencement ceremonies, professional conferences, and dedications. He also wrote eulogies honoring the lives of friends and colleagues. Most files in this subseries contain notes and drafts of speeches, as well as invitations and programs. They have been arranged alphabetically by title where possible, or by institution where no title exists.
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Series III: Media and Society Seminars, 1974-1996
One of Friendly's many achievements was the creation of Media and Society Seminars (MSS). Conducted by Columbia University, the seminar series brought politicians, doctors, journalists, and other specialists together for moderated round-table discussions on challenging ethical dilemmas. Friendly stressed that the goal was, "not to make up anybody's mind, but to open minds; to make the agony of decision-making so intense that you can only escape it by thinking." From the time of its founding in 1974 until Friendly stepped down as producer in 1992, MSS orchestrated over 600 seminars on diverse topics including medical malpractice, affirmative action, abortion, and business ethics. Many of these were televised on PBS, and several were also offered on VHS tapes, along with workbooks and discussion questions to be used as "telecourse" series in high school and college classrooms. The program was later renamed Fred Friendly Seminars in his honor.
The series is comprised primarily of seminar transcripts, but also includes proposals and planning notes, research notes, film production information, promotional packets for telecourses, and drafts of "hypotheticals"—the scenarios that provided the focus of each discussion. Items have been arranged by seminar title.
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Box 132 Folder F.1
Box 132 Folder F.2-3
Box 132 Folder F.4
Box 132 Folder F.5-8
Box 133
Box 133 Folder 1-2
Box 133 Folder F.3-5
Box 133 Folder F.6
Box 134
Box 134 Folder F.1-2
Box 134 Folder F.3
Box 134 Folder F.4-5
Box 134 Folder F.6
Box 134 Folder F.7-8
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Box 135 Folder F.2
Box 135 Folder F.3-4
Box 136 Folder F.1-2
Box 136 Folder F.3-4
Box 136 Folder F.5-7
Box 137 Folder F.1-2
Folder F.3
Box 137
Box 137 Folder F.5
Box 137 Folder F.6
Box 138 Folder F.1-4
Box 138 Folder F.5
Box 139 Folder F.1
Box 139 Folder F.2
Box 139 Folder F.3
Box 139 Folder F.4
Box 139 Folder F.5-7
Folder F.8
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Box 140
Box 141
Box 141 Folder F.1-3
Box 141 Folder F.4
Box 141 Folder F.5
Box 141 Folder F.6-7
Box 142 Folder F.1
Box 142 Folder F.3-4
Box 143 Folder F.1
Box 143 Folder F.2
Folder F.3
Box 143
Box 143 Folder F.5-6
Box 143 Folder F.7
Box 143 Folder F.8-9
Box 144
Box 144 Folder F.1
Box 144 Folder F.2
Box 144 Folder F.3-4
Box 144 Folder F.5
Box 144 Folder F.6-7
Folder F.8
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Box 145
Box 145 Folder F.1
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Box 145 Folder F.3
Box 145 Folder F.4
Box 145 Folder F.5-7
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Box 146 Folder F.1
Box 146 Folder F.2
Box 146 Folder F.3
Box 146 Folder F.4
Box 146 Folder F.5-6
Box 146 Folder F.7
Box 147 Folder F.1-2
Box 147 Folder F.3-4
Box 147 Folder F.5
Box 147 Folder F.6-9
Box 148 Folder F.1
Box 148 Folder F.2-3
Box 148 Folder F.4
Box 148 Folder F.5-6
Folder F.7
Box 149
Box 149 Folder F.3
Box 149 Folder F.4
Box 149 Folder F.5-7
Box 150 Folder F.1
Box 150 Folder F.2-3
Box 150 Folder F.4
Box 150 Folder F.5
Box 150 Folder F.6
Box 150 Folder F.7
Box 150 Folder F.8
Box 150 Folder F.9
Box 151 Folder F.1-8
Series IV: Conferences and Seminars, 1962-1996
In addition to overseeing MSS, Friendly was also an active participant at government, business, and professional conferences. In some cases he was asked to replicate the round-table style of MSS at corporate retreats or annual meetings. At other events, he served as a moderator, panelist, or specialist. Files in this subseries contain notes, correspondence, and programs, and are arranged alphabetically by event title or topic. Two folders at the end of the subseries include invitations and programs for additional events.
Box 152 Folder F.1
Box 152 Folder F.2
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Box 152 Folder F.5
Box 152 Folder F.6
Box 152 Folder F.7
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Box 152 Folder F.11
Box 152 Folder F.12
Box 152 Folder F.13
Box 153 Folder F.1
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Box 153 Folder F.7
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Box 153 Folder F.9
Box 153 Folder F.10
Box 153 Folder F.11
Box 153
Box 153 Folder F.12
Box 153 Folder F.13
Box 154 Folder F.1
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Box 154 Folder F.3
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Box 154 Folder F.5
Box 154 Folder F.6
Box 154 Folder F.7
Box 154 Folder F.8-9
Box 154 Folder F.10
Box 154 Folder F.11
Box 154 Folder F.12
Box 155 Folder F.1
Box 155 Folder F.2
Box 155 Folder F.3
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Box 155 Folder F.5
Box 155 Folder F.6
Box 155 Folder F.7
Box 155 Folder F.8
Box 155 Folder F.9
Box 155 Folder F.10
Box 155 Folder F.11
Box 155 Folder F.12
Box 155 Folder F.13
Box 155 Folder F.14
Box 155 Folder F.15
Box 156 Folder F.1
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Box 156 Folder F.4
Box 156 Folder F.5
Box 156 Folder F.6
Box 156 Folder F.7
Box 156 Folder F.8
Box 156 Folder F.9
Box 156 Folder F.10
Box 156 Folder F.11
Box 156 Folder F.12
Box 156 Folder F.13
Box 156 Folder F.14
Box 157 Folder F.1
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Box 157 Folder F.3
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Box 157 Folder F.5
Box 157 Folder F.6
Box 157 Folder F.7
Box 157 Folder F.8
Box 157 Folder F.9
Box 157 Folder F.10
Box 157 Folder F.11
Box 157 Folder F.12
Box 157 Folder F.13
Box 158 Folder F.1
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Box 158 Folder F.3
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Box 158 Folder F.5
Box 158 Folder F.6
Box 158 Folder F.7
Box 158 Folder F.8
Box 158 Folder F.9-10
Box 158 Folder F.11
Box 158 Folder F.12
Box 158 Folder F.13
Box 159 Folder F.1
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Box 159 Folder F.3
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Box 159 Folder F.6
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Box 159 Folder F.11
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Box 159 Folder F.15
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Box 159 Folder F.19
Box 159 Folder F.20
Box 159 Folder F.21
Box 160 Folder F.1
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Box 160 Folder F.3
Box 160 Folder F.4
Box 160 Folder F.5
Folder F.6
Box 160
Box 160 Folder F.8
Box 160 Folder F.9
Box 160 Folder F.10
Box 160 Folder F.11
Box 160 Folder F.12
Box 160 Folder F.13
Box 160 Folder F.14
Box 160 Folder F.15
Box 160 Folder F.16
Box 160 Folder F.17
Box 161 Folder F.1
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Box 161 Folder F.6
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Box 161 Folder F.9
Box 161 Folder F.10
Box 161 Folder F.11
Box 161 Folder F.12
Box 161 Folder F.13
Box 161 Folder F.14
Box 161 Folder F.15
Box 161 Folder F.16
Box 162 Folder F.1
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Box 162 Folder F.3
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Box 162 Folder F.5
Box 162 Folder F.6
Box 162 Folder F.7
Box 162 Folder F.8
Box 162 Folder F.9
Box 162 Folder F.10
Box 162 Folder F.11
Box 162 Folder F.12
Box 162 Folder F.13
Box 162 Folder F.14
Box 162 Folder F.15
Box 162 Folder F.16
Box 162 Folder F.17
Box 163 Folder F.1
Box 163 Folder F.2
Box 163 Folder F.3
Box 163 Folder F.4
Box 163 Folder F.5
Box 163 Folder F.6
Box 163 Folder F.7
Box 163 Folder F.8
Box 163 Folder F.9
Box 163 Folder F.10
Box 163 Folder F.11
Box 163 Folder F.12
Box 163 Folder F.13
Box 163 Folder F.14
Box 163 Folder F.15
Box 163 Folder F.16
Box 163 Folder F.17
Box 164 Folder F.1
Box 164 Folder F.2
Box 164 Folder F.3
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Box 164 Folder F.5
Box 164 Folder F.6
Box 164 Folder F.7
Box 164 Folder F.8
Box 164 Folder F.9
Box 164 Folder F.10
Box 164 Folder F.11
Box 164 Folder F.12
Box 164 Folder F.13
Box 165 Folder F.1
Box 165 Folder F.2
Box 165 Folder F.3
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Box 165 Folder F.5
Box 165 Folder F.6
Box 165 Folder F.7
Box 165 Folder F.8
Box 165 Folder F.9
Box 165 Folder F.10
Box 165 Folder F.11
Box 165 Folder F.12
Box 165 Folder F.13
Box 165 Folder F.14
Box 165 Folder F.15
Box 166 Folder F.1
Box 166 Folder F.2
Box 166 Folder F.3
Box 166 Folder F.4-5
Series V: Television and Radio, 1947-1991
This series contains a small but varied representation of Friendly's career as an announcer, from his early work as a writer and announcer for WEAN-Providence though his time as president of CBS. Materials include scripts and transcripts of programs with related notes, office correspondence and memos, and research notes.
This subseries holds scripts, transcripts, and related notes for radio programsI Can Hear it Now: 1933-1945andI Can Hear it Now: the 1960s, and episodes of the television programsSee It Now,CBS Reports,CBS News Specials, and several stand alone programs. It also contains a small amount of correspondence about the production of programs and clippings, articles, and correspondence concerning to Edward R. Murrow.
Box 166 Folder F.6
Box 166 Folder F.7
Box 166 Folder F.8
Box 166 Folder F.9
Box 166 Folder F.10
Box 166 Folder 11
Box 167
Box 168 Folder F.1
Box 168 Folder F.2-3
Box 168 Folder F.4
Box 168 Folder F.5
Box 168 Folder F.6-10
Box 169 Folder F.1-8
Box 170 Folder F.1-2
Box 170 Folder F.3
Box 170 Folder F.4
Box 170 Folder F.5-6
Box 170 Folder F.7
Box 170 Folder F.8
Box 171
Box 171 Folder F.1
Box 171 Folder F.2
Box 171 Folder F.3
Box 171 Folder F.4
Box 171 Folder F.5-6
Box 171 Folder F.7
Box 171 Folder F.8
Box 171 Folder F.9
Box 171 Folder F.10
Box 171 Folder F.11
Box 171
Box 171 Folder 1F.3
Box 171 Folder F.14
Box 171 Folder F.15
Box 171 Folder F.16
Box 171 Folder F.17
Box 171 Folder F.18
Box 172 Folder F.1
Box 172 Folder F.2
Box 172 Folder F.3
Box 172 Folder F.4
Box 172 Folder F.5-6
Box 172 Folder F.7
Box 172 Folder F.8
Box 172 Folder F.9
Box 172 Folder F.10
Box 172 Folder F.11
Box 172 Folder F.12
Box 172 Folder F.13
Box 172 Folder F.14
Box 173
Box 173 Folder F.2
Box 173 Folder F.3
Box 173 Folder F.4
Box 173 Folder F.5
Box 173
Box 173 Folder F.7
Box 173 Folder F.8
Box 173 Folder F.9
Box 173 Folder F.10
Box 173 Folder F.11
Box 173 Folder F.12
Box 173 Folder F.13
Box 173 Folder F.14
Box 173 Folder F.15
Box 173 Folder F.16
Box 173 Folder F.17
Box 173 Folder F.18
Box 173 Folder F.19
Box 173 Folder F.20
Box 173 Folder F.21
Box 173 Folder F.22
Box 174 Folder F.1
Box 174 Folder F.2
Box 174 Folder F.3
Box 174 Folder F.4
Box 174 Folder F.5
Box 174 Folder F.6
Box 174 Folder F.7
Box 174 Folder F.8
Box 174 Folder F.9-10
Box 174 Folder F.11
Box 174 Folder F.12
Box 174 Folder F.13
Box 174 Folder F.14
Box 174 Folder F.15
Box 174 Folder F.16
Box 174 Folder F.17
Box 174 Folder F.18
Box 174 Folder F.19
Box 174 Folder F.20
Box 174 Folder F.21
Box 174 Folder F.22
Box 174 Folder F.23
Box 175 Folder F.1
Box 175 Folder F.2
Box 175 Folder F.3
Box 175 Folder F.4
Box 175 Folder F.5
Box 175 Folder F.6
Box 175 Folder F.7
Box 175 Folder F.8
Box 175 Folder F.9
Box 175 Folder F.10
Box 175 Folder F.11
Box 175 Folder F.12
Box 175 Folder F.13
Box 175 Folder F.14
Box 175 Folder F.15
Box 175 Folder F.16
Box 175 Folder F.17
Box 175 Folder F.18
Box 175 Folder F.19
Box 175 Folder F.20
Box 175 Folder F.21
Box 175 Folder F.22
Box 175 Folder F.23
Box 175 Folder F.24
Box 175 Folder F.25
Box 176 Folder F.1
Box 176 Folder F.2
Box 176 Folder F.3
Box 176 Folder F.4
Box 176 Folder F.5
Box 176 Folder F.6
Box 176 Folder F.7
Box 176 Folder F.8
Box 176 Folder F.9
Box 176 Folder F.10
Box 176 Folder F.11
Box 176 Folder F.12
Box 176 Folder F.13
Box 176 Folder F.14
Box 176 Folder F.15
Box 176 Folder F.16
Box 176 Folder F.17-18
Box 177 Folder F.1
Box 177 Folder F.2
Box 177 Folder F.3
Box 177 Folder F.4
Box 177 Folder F.5
Box 177 Folder F.6
Box 177 Folder F.7
Box 177 Folder F.8
Box 177 Folder F.9
Box 177 Folder F.10
Box 177 Folder F.11
Box 177 Folder F.12
Box 177 Folder F.13
Box 177 Folder F.14
Box 177 Folder F.15
Box 178 Folder F.1
Box 178 Folder F.2
Box 178 Folder F.3
Box 178 Folder F.4
Box 178 Folder F.5
Box 178 Folder F.6
Box 178 Folder F.7
Box 179
Box 179 Folder F.1
Box 179 Folder F.4
Box 179 Folder F.5
Box 179 Folder F.6
Box 179 Folder F.7
Box 179 Folder F.8
Box 179 Folder F.9
Box 179 Folder F.11
Subseries V.2 contains scripts of two programs that Friendly wrote and directed while working as a radio producer for NBC; the quiz showWho Said That?andThe Quick and the Dead, a documentary about the creation of the atomic bomb. It also includes a script of "Thinking Things Through," an interview with Richard Charles Rothschild.
Box 179 Folder F.12-13
Box 179 Folder F.14-15
Box 179 Folder F.16
This subseries is comprised of notes on funding for public television and transcripts for the PBS specials "Behind the Lines" and "The Whole World is Watching," as well asWhy in the World, a public affairs program aimed at teenagers, which Friendly helped write and moderate.
Box 180 Folder F.1
Box 180 Folder F.2
Box 180 Folder F.3
Box 180 Folder F.4
This small subseries of material from Friendly's first radio job in Providence, Rhode Island contains scripts for several programs includingFootprints in the Sands of Time, which he wrote and narrated.
Box 180 Folder F.5
Box 180 Folder F.6
Box 180 Folder F.7-8
Box 180 Folder F.9
Series VI : General, 1934-2004
While the entries in many of Friendly's appointment books and phone logs were sparse, these have been retained for their somewhat more detailed notes. They provide a glimpse at Friendly's busy day-to-day life and his many meetings with government officials and prominent members of the television and radio industries
Box 181 Folder F.1
1961
Box 181 Folder F.2
1965
Box 181 Folder F.3
1968
Box 181 Folder F.4
1974
Box 181 Folder F.5
1986
Box 181 Folder F.6
1990
Box 182
Box 182 Folder F.1-10
1981 May 19-1985 January 24, (10 notebooks)
Box 183 Folder F.1-8
1985 January 5-1987 August 6, (8 notebooks)
Box 184 Folder F.1-9
1987 August 7-1989 October 21, (9 notebooks)
This subseries documents some of the many awards Friendly received throughout his career. Also included is information on the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award at Quinnipiac College and its recipients. Documents include invitations, programs, clippings, correspondence, and some photographs. Files are arranged alphabetically by award title or awarding institution.
Box 185 Folder F.1
Box 185 Folder F.2
Box 185 Folder F.3
Box 185 Folder F.4
Box 185 Folder F.5
Box 185 Folder F.6
Box 185 Folder F.7
Box 185 Folder F.8
Box 186 Folder F.1
Box 186 Folder F.2
Box 186 Folder F.3
Box 186 Folder F.4
Box 186 Folder F.5
Box 186 Folder F.6
Box 186 Folder F.7
Box 186 Folder F.8
Box 186 Folder F.9
Box 186 Folder F.10
Box 186 Folder F.11
Box 186 Folder F.12
Box 186 Folder F.13
Box 186 Folder F.14
Box 187 Folder F.1
Box 187 Folder F.2
Box 187 Folder F.3
Box 187 Folder F.4
Box 187 Folder F.5
Box 187 Folder F.6-7
Box 187 Folder F.8
Box 187 Folder F.9
Box 187 Folder F.10
Box 188 Folder F.1
Box 188 Folder F.2
Box 188 Folder F.3
Box 188 Folder F.4
Box 188 Folder F.5
Box 188 Folder F.6
Friendly's work at Columbia is documented by lecture notes, assignments and exams, and memos to students and faculty, which have been arranged chronologically, and by course syllabi, which are arranged alphabetically by title.
This subseries also includes notes, clippings, and information booklets relating to the Summer Program in Broadcast and Print Journalism for Members of Minority Groups, which Friendly created and directed. The program's goal to "bring more members of minority groups into journalism" by providing instruction and training was successful; though most students came into the program without any form of training in journalism, thirty-one of the thirty-six members of the first graduating class were hired by major television and radio stations to work as writers or reporters. The program was later renamed the Michele Clark Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists in memory of a Columbia student. These files have been arranged chronologically
Box 188 Folder F.7
Box 188 Folder F.8-9
Box 188 Folder F.10
Box 188 Folder F.11
Box 188 Folder F.12
Box 188 Folder F.13
Box 188 Folder F.14
Box 188 Folder F.15
Box 188 Folder F.16
Box 188 Folder F.17
Box 189 Folder F.1
Box 189 Folder F.2-4
Box 189 Folder F.5
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Box 189 Folder F.6
Box 189 Folder F.7
Box 189 Folder F.8
Box 189 Folder F.9
Box 189 Folder F.10
Box 189 Folder F.11
Box 189 Folder F.12-13
Box 189 Folder F.14
Box 189 Folder F.15
Box 189 Folder F.16
Box 189 Folder F.17
Box 189 Folder F.18
Box 189 Folder F.19
Box 189 Folder F.20
Box 190 Folder F.1
Box 190 Folder F.2
Box 190 Folder F.3
Box 190 Folder F.4
Box 190 Folder F.5
Box 190 Folder F.6
Box 190 Folder F.7
Box 190 Folder F.8
Box 190 Folder F.9
Box 190 Folder F.10
Box 190 Folder F.11
Box 190 Folder F.12
Box 190 Folder F.13
Box 216 Folder F.5
Box 191 Folder F.1
Box 191 Folder F.2
Box 191 Folder F.3
Box 191 Folder F.4
Box 191 Folder F.5
Box 191
Box 217 Folder F.1
Box 217 Folder F.2
Box 217 Folder F.3
Box 217 Folder f.4
Box 217 Folder f.5
Box 217 Folder f.6
Box 217 Folder F.7
Box 217 Folder f.8
Box 217 Folder f.9
Box 217 Folder f.10
Box 217 Folder f.11
Box 217 Folder f.12
Box 218 Folder F.1
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Box 218 Folder f.4
Box 218 Folder F.5
Box 218 Folder f.6
Box 218 Folder F.7
Box 218 Folder f.8
Box 218 Folder f.9
Box 218 Folder f.10
Box 218 Folder f.11
Box 218 Folder f.12
Box 218 Folder f.13
Box 218 Folder F.14
Box 219 Folder F.1
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Box 219 Folder F.5
Box 219 Folder F.6
Box 219 Folder F.7
Box 219 Folder F.8
Box 219 Folder F.9
Box 219 Folder f.10
Box 219 Folder f.11
Box 219 Folder F.12
Box 220 Folder F.1
Box 220 Folder F.2-6
This small subseries contains Friendly's high school transcripts and documents from his service in the Army during World War II. One letter to his mother describes the liberation of the Maulthausen concentration camp. The subseries also includes interviews with Friendly about his work at CBS and Columbia, clippings about his life and career, and obituaries and reactions to his death. Items are arranged chronologically.
Box 191 Folder F.6
Box 191 Folder F.7
Box 191 Folder F.8
Box 191 Folder F.9
Box 191 Folder F.10
Box 191 Folder F.11
Box 191 Folder F.12
Box 192 Folder F.1
Box 192 Folder F.2
Box 192 Folder F.3
Box 192 Folder F.4-5
Box 192 Folder F.6-7
Box 192 Folder F.8
Box 193 Folder F.1
Box 193 Folder F.2
Box 193 Folder F.3-8
Box 194 Folder F.1-7
Friendly served on several boards outside of his usual work, four of which are represented here. In 1968, New York City mayor John Lindsay appointed Friendly as chairman of the Mayor's Advisory Task Force on CATV and Telecommunications, which researched the feasability of introducing a city-wide cable television system to New York, and its possible impact on local television stations. Research notes, articles, correspondence, and reports document the process. Also present are memos and board proposals relating to the 1986 revision of the New York City Charter, and reports and memos from Friendly's time as a Communications advisor for the Ford Foundation. Finally, there is a small amount of correspondence and notes related to Friendly's position on the board of Riverdale County School in the Bronx.
Box 195
Box 195 Folder F.1
Box 195 Folder F.2-6
Box 195 Folder F.7
Box 195 Folder F.8
Box 195 Folder F.9
Box 196 Folder F.1
Box 196 Folder F.2
Box 196 Folder F.3-4
Box 196 Folder F.5-6
Box 196 Folder F.7
Box 196 Folder F.8
Box 196 Folder F.9
Box 196 Folder F.10
Box 196 Folder F.11
Box 196 Folder F.12
Box 197
Box 197 Folder F.1
Box 197 Folder F.2
Box 197 Folder F.3
Box 197 Folder F.4
Box 197 Folder F.5
Box 197 Folder F.6
Box 197 Folder F.7
Box 197 Folder F.8
This subseries holds files of research notes that are not clearly associated with specific projects. Topics include FCC's Fairness Doctrine and the Daily News Strike, among many others. Files have been arranged alphabetically by topic
Box 198 Folder F.1-14
Box 198 Folder F.15
Box 198 Folder F.16
Box 198 Folder F.17
Box 198 Folder F.18
Box 199
Box 199 Folder F.1
Box 199 Folder F.2
Box 199 Folder F.3
Box 199 Folder F.4
Box 199 Folder F.5
Box 199 Folder F.6
Box 199 Folder F.7
Box 199 Folder F.8
Box 199 Folder F.9
Box 199 Folder F.10
Box 199 Folder F.11
Box 199 Folder F.12
Box 199 Folder F.13
Series VII: Photographs, 1917-1990
This series contains photographs of Friendly, as well as images used in the production of his seminars and books. It has been arranged into three subseries based on subject.
Photographs in this subseries represent a wide variety of Friendly's activities. Images show Friendly announcing radio programs for WEAN-Providence, teaching classes at Columbia, conversing with Walter Cronkite, and speaking at commencement ceremonies and other events. There are a few personal photos, including a shot of Friendly as a child and pictures with family and friends. Photographs taken for the book Minnesota Rag are also included. Images are prints in black and white or color and have been arranged chronologically.
Box 200 Folder F.1
Box 200 Folder F.2
Box 200 Folder F.2
Box 200 Folder F.3
Box 200 Folder F.4
Box 200 Folder F.5
Box 200 Folder F.6
Box 200 Folder F.7
Box 200 Folder F.8-12
Box 200 Folder F.13
Box 200 Folder F.14
Box 200 Folder F.15
Box 200 Folder F.16
Box 200 Folder F.17
Box 200 Folder F.18-19
Box 200 Folder F.20
Box 200 Folder F.21
Box 200 Folder F.22
Box 200 Folder F.23
Box 200 Folder F.24
Box 200 Folder F.25
This subseries is comprised primarily of headshots of panelists and corresponding curriculum vitae. They include such notables as Ralph Nader, Geraldo Rivera, Andy Rooney, and Tom Brokaw. In addition to the headshots, there are photographs taken during round-table discussions at some of Friendly's most successful seminars, includingThe Constitution: That Delicate BalanceandEthics in America. Photographs are arranged alphabetically and include black and white and color prints, negatives, slides, and contact sheets
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Box 204
Box 205 Folder F.1-2
Box 205 Folder F.3
Box 221
Box 205 Folder F.4-5
Box 205 Folder F.6
Box 206 Folder F.1-3
Box 206 Folder F.4
Box 206 Folder F.5-7
Box 221
Box 206 Folder F.8
Box 206 Folder F.9
Box 207 Folder F.1
Box 207 Folder F.2-3
Box 207 Folder F.4
Box 207 Folder F.5-8
Box 208 Folder F.1
Box 208 Folder F.2-3
Box 208 Folder F.4-6
Photographs taken during Friendly's time at CBS are housed in this subseries. Most shots show Friendly speaking with notable program guests such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edward R. Murrow, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Carl Sandberg, and some include the set and cameramen in the background. All items are prints or contact sheets and have been arranged alphabetically by subject. Oversize photos have been housed separately.
Box 208 Folder F.7
Box 208 Folder F.8
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Box 209 Folder F.3
Box 209 Folder F.4
Box 209 Folder F.5
Box 209 Folder F.6
Box 209 Folder F.7
Box 209 Folder F.8
Box 209 Folder F.9
Box 209 Folder F.10
Box 209 Folder F.11
Box 209 Folder F.12
Box 209 Folder F.13
Box 209 Folder F.14
Box 209 Folder F.15
Box 209 Folder F.16
Box 216 Folder F.1
Box 216 Folder F.2
Box 216 Folder F.3
Box 216 Folder F.4
Series VIII: Media, 1961-1991
Series VIII holds audio-visual material, including recordings of Media and Society seminars, episodes from several news programs, and television specials featuring Friendly. Formats include VHS tapes, Umatic tapes, 7- and 5-inch audio tapes, audiocassettes, mini cassettes, records, and diskettes. Items have been arranged by format and title.
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From National Public Radio
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Nebraska
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Columbia Journalism Review. Tape 2.
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[Poorly wound]
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"Stringber" [?]
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California (Anderson) trip
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Sigma Delta Chi
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Mechanics Hall
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Possible duplicate set - but we won't know until digitized
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Possible duplicate set - but we won't know until digitized
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COMMERCIAL
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COMMERCIAL
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Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting
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Produced by KUED Channel 7 Salt Lake City
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Daniel Travanti
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SKIP - Duplicate tapes
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Second reel is a lesser quality duplicate of the first, duplicative file deleted.
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With Morley Safer
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NBC
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PBS dub
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Series IX: Addition to the Papers, 2017
Gift of Ruth Friendly, August 2017. Accession Number 2017.2018.M024
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