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Amos 'n' Andy Radio Program Scripts

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff

Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2008

Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009106

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Collection Summary

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Administrative Information

Provenance:

Processing History:

Copyright Status:

Access and Restrictions:

Microfilm:

Preferred Citation:

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

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Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Subjects

Titles

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The scripts of the Amos ‘n’ Andy radio program were transferred from the Library of Congress Copyright Office in 1968. A microfilm edition of the material was transferred in 1969.

Processing History:

The collection was processed circa 1969. The finding aid was revised in 2008.

Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the Amos 'n' Andy Radio Program Scripts is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Access and Restrictions:

The Amos 'n' Andy Radio Program Scripts are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Microfilm:

A microfilm edition of these papers is available on nine reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, The Amos 'n' Andy Radio Program Scripts, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

The scripts of the Amos ‘n Andy radio program consist of scripts submitted to the Library of Congress Copyright Office between 1928 and 1937 and organized and filmed chronologically by date of broadcast.

The first radio program to be distributed by syndication in the United States, Amos ‘n’ Andy originated from station WMAQ in Chicago in 1928. It was written and voiced by white actors Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll performing minstrel-style as African-American characters located first in Chicago and later in Harlem. The program ran on the NBC Blue Network as a nightly serial beginning in 1929 and was soon distributed nationally to a large and expanding audience around the country.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged chronologically.

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