Ruth Foxx Newborg papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Ruth Foxx Newborg papers
- Date
- 1937-1979 (inclusive)
- Bulk, 1937-1941 (bulk)
- Creator
- Newborg, Ruth Foxx
- Extent
- 1.7 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Education--Appalachian Region
- Programs.
- Radio broadcasting--Kentucky
- Radio in education--Kentucky.
- Radio programs, Public service--Kentucky
- Arrangement
- Organized into three series: WBKY correspondence and news programs; WBKY programs; scrapbook. Arrangement is chronological in the correspondence; programs are arranged alphabetically.
- Preferred Citation
- 82m4: [identification of item], Ruth Foxx Newborg papers, 1937-1979, bulk 1937-1941, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Radio station program director Ruth Foxx Newborg graduated from the University of Louisville in 1940. She served as program director of University of Kentucky-sponsored radio station WBKY in Beattyville, Kentucky, from 1940 to 1941. The station was operated by U.K. in cooperation with the Lee County, Kentucky, Board of Education. The station was created as an experiment in bringing educational radio broadcast to the remote Appalachian regions of eastern Kentucky. The venture was short-lived due to limited technology and the mountainous terrain.
- Scope and Content
- The Ruth Foxx Newborg papers (dated 1937-1979, bulk 1937-1941; 1.7 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consist of correspondence, school surveys, a scrapbook, Lee County school rules and regulations, news programs, program schedules, a record list, and scripts for program episodes. These papers reflect Newborg's efforts as radio station manager of WBKY to utilize radio as an educational and cultural medium. Additionally, the collection contains a draft of a 1979 article by Newborg which appeared in Public Telecommunications Review (vol. 7, no.5), and a draft copy of that article entitled "Educational Broadcasting's first rural station, radio station WBKY 1940-1941." The scrapbook contains photographs, clippings, and memorabilia relating to WBKY, Newborg, and Elmer G. Sulzer, who was director of radio activities at the University of Kentucky.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
WBKY correspondence and news programs, 1937-1941
Scope and Contents note
The WBKY correspondence and news programs series contains station correspondence, a WBKY school survey of Lee County schools, news program information, program schedules, and a record list.
Correspondence, 1937-1941
WBKY school survey, Lee County schools rules and regulations, undated
News programs, 1941 March 5-20
News programs, 1941 March 21-27
News programs, 1941 April 1-15
News programs, 1941 April 16-30
News programs, 1941 May 1-23
Program schedules, undated
Miscellaneous programs, undated
Record list--WBKY, undated
WBKY programs and articles, 1941-1979
Scope and Contents note
The WBKY programs and articles series contains scripts for programs such as "The Church in the Mountains," "The Freeman Family," "Living from the Farm," and "Uncle Billy's Cross Roads Store." Additionally the series contains a 1979 article written by Ruth Foxx Newborg concerning WBKY.
"The Church in the Mountains", undated
"The Freeman Family" episodes 1-13, undated
"The Freeman Family" episodes 14-26, undated
"The Freeman Family" unnumbered, undated
"Living From the Farm", 1941 February-March
"Living from the Farm", 1941 May-June
"Uncle Billy's Cross Roads Store" episodes 1-6, undated
"Uncle Billy's Cross Roads Store" episodes 7-9 and 11-14, undated
First draft and print copy of article by Ruth Foxx Newborg "Educational Broadcasting's First Rural Station--Radio Station WBKY--1940-1941," Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1979 September-October
Scrapbook, undated
- Box 3
Scope and Contents note
The scrapbook contains photos, clippings and memorabilia relating to radio station WBKY; Beattyville, Kentucky; and Elmer G. Sulzer.
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