urn:taro:utexas.cah.00213 A Guide to the Robert Trout Papers, 1930-1999 Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., February 2003. Finding aid written in English. 12/10/2004 Edited with XMetal 2 by Evan Hocker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Trout, Robert, 1909-2000 Robert Trout Papers, 1930-1999Materials are in English. 61 ft., 2 in. The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers document the life of Robert Trout, whose career as a radio and television broadcaster spanned almost the entire history of those media in the twentieth century. Preferred Citation

Robert Trout Papers, 1930-1999, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Biographical Note

Robert Trout's career as a radio and television broadcaster spanned almost the entire history of those media in the twentieth century. His colleagues and the public admired the intelligence, fairness, subtlety, and self-depreciating wit that informed his work. Trout, born Robert Blondheim in Washington D.C. in 1909, originally aspired to a writing career. In 1931, he was doing odd jobs and developing scenarios for plays at radio station WJSV in Alexandria, Virginia, when he filled in on the air. Soon, he was writing, editing, and broadcasting regularly. The Columbia Broadcasting Network (CBS) took WJSV as its first Washington, D.C. area affiliate in 1932, and Trout covered the election and inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the network. In 1935, CBS transferred Trout to New York City and designated him its first Special Events Reporter. The network had no news department at that time. Trout reported news events, conducted interviews, hosted entertainment programs, and became radio's first news anchor. In 1938, Trout wed Catherine "Kit" Crane. She became a significant partner in his career, serving as his personal manager, providing him with research for his broadcasts, and critiquing his on-air performances.

For over sixty years, Trout worked in American broadcasting. He could remain on the air for hours at a time, reporting calmly and accurately, which earned him the nickname, "The Iron Man of Radio." His coverage of breaking news during World War Two shaped the memories of many Americans, and his reports from political conventions and presidential inaugurations became institutions. Ultimately, he covered almost all of America's major party conventions, presidential elections and inaugurations between Roosevelt's election in 1932 and the conventions of 2000. Though Trout spent most of his career at CBS, he also broadcast for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

In 1965, the Trouts moved to Europe, residing in Paris and later Madrid. Trout wrote commentary pieces and acted as a European correspondent on radio and television for CBS and later ABC. Following Kit Trout's death and his retirement from ABC in the mid-1990s, Trout divided his time between New York and Madrid. His commentaries appeared on National Public Radio [NPR] from 1995 until two weeks before his death, at the age of ninety-one, in November 2000.

 Scope and Contents

Professional Career Series, 1931-1992: A variety of records document the length and breadth of Robert Trout's professional career, 1931-1992. Trout created the bulk of the material in the course of his work as a radio and television broadcaster. The Broadcasting files (bulk 1931-1974) include manuscripts, printed material, correspondence, and ephemera related to specific broadcasts or series programs. The Political Broadcasts (1936-1989) include Trout's notebooks on American politics. The form of the material in the Films and Recordings files (bulk 1939-1954) and the Personal appearances files (bulk 1936-1965) is similar to that in the Broadcast files. Trout documented his own professional career with his Publicity and Promotion files (bulk 1935-1965), which consists primarily of clippings and other printed material. Trout's work as an author and his efforts to create new ideas for radio and television are reflected in the Literary Productions and Other Creative Works (bulk c. 1930-1960), which includes manuscripts, notes, and printed material.

Robert and Kit Trout both maintained the files, ordering and titling them systematically in the early 1960s. After their move to Europe, they did not maintain their filing system as consistently, and files were stored in various locations. The following arrangement approximates the Trouts' original filing structure. Titles have been assigned to some untitled files. Indexes to the broadcast files, created by the Trouts, are at the head of the Broadcast files. Photographs, audio tapes, and three-dimensional and oversize items have been separated from folders in this series to the Photographic Material Series, Sound Recordings and Videotapes Series, Oversize Material Series, and the Artifact Collection.

Radio and Television Series, 1931-1992; Films and Recordings Series, 1935-ca. 1983; Personal Appearances Series, 1936-1989: Robert and Kit Trout maintained chronologically arranged files on his appearances as a broadcaster, film or recording personality, and public speaker. The Radio and Television files include preparatory materials, notes, scripts written by Trout and others, transcripts, and such printed material as press passes, fact books, programs, tickets, clippings, press releases, and publicity materials. Some files include correspondence with broadcast participants, producers and network executives, and with listeners or viewers. Trout's files for his political broadcasts are similar in content. They include notebooks, created by the Trouts, of historical and reference material for use during broadcasts. Trout's files on his film and recording work and his Personal appearances, a small part of the series, are similar in arrangement and form.

The Radio and Television files reflect the changing nature of Trout's career. In its first phase, 1931-1941, Trout performed on the air in a wide variety of capacities for WJSV and CBS. As a Special Events Reporter, he covered speeches, parades, dinners, sports and other public occasions, as well as reading news reports and appearing on entertainment programs. He covered President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) extensively. Trout was CBS's correspondent in London, 1941-1943. After his return to New York and before his move to Europe, Trout worked primarily as a news broadcaster for CBS (1943-1948, 1952-1965) and NBC (1948-1951) and made fewer special events broadcasts. Trout saved few records of routine daily news programs, which he made for both the CBS network and its New York television affiliate, WCBS (1954-1965). In the final phase of his career, after moving to Europe in 1965, Trout created commentary pieces, primarily on European news and culture. The Radio and Television subseries contains more records of his later television commentaries than has radio work.

The broadcasting files document the many radio innovations and milestones in which Trout participated: coining the term "fireside chat" for Roosevelt's informal broadcasts, being the only American broadcaster at King George VI's coronation, becoming broadcasting's first news anchor on World News Round-Up, remaining on the air for seven hours during the Allied invasion of Europe, covering the United Nations Charter Conference, and announcing the surrender of Japan in 1945. Trout also participated in pioneering entertainment series, including the early radio game show Professor Quiz, and the celebrity panel show Who Said That?, which was broadcast on both radio and television. During the last decades of his career, Trout worked primarily as a commentator, further developing the urbane, wry persona that his audience already knew.

The Political Broadcasts document both Trout's abilities as radio's "iron man" and the evolution of that persona. Trout made a number of marathon political broadcasts, including one of fifteen hours during the Democratic national convention in 1952. His career longevity and storytelling ability also made him radio's unofficial political historian, a role that he began to play in the 1950s. Political Broadcasts also include Trout's critiques of broadcasts, correspondence with colleagues, and network memos and ads, which illuminate changing methodologies and philosophies of political coverage.

Trout maintained separate files on one-time special events broadcasts and on series programs. Because Trout often revisited topics of old broadcasts or commemorated their anniversaries on the air, he added clippings and other collected material to the broadcast files, and sometimes moved scripts between the files. In effect, he used the broadcast files as reference files. Though the files have been grouped in folders and inclusive dates added to indicate Trout's additions to the files, they have been left as he ordered and titled them. The inventory of the Radio and Television subseries includes the titles of the broadcasts within the individual folders.

During processing, Trout's conventions of separating broadcast files from series program files and radio work from television work were made consistent. The Political Broadcasts division was created during processing. The Trouts filed many scripts, transcripts, mementos, and notes related to specific broadcasts in the folders grouped as the General Information files, and advertisements and other promotional materials in their Promotion and Publicity files. That material has been left in place. Trout's autobiographical writing about his career is in Promotion and Publicity and in Literary Productions. Information, including legal documentation, about Trout's broadcasts is also in the Memos and Correspondence series. Stories Trout researched but did not broadcast are among the General Information files, as are further reference files for broadcasts and material Trout collected about radio and television history. Proposals for Media and Creative Works documents broadcasting projects Trout created or proposed which were not completed.

Trout's speaking skills and celebrity, gained through his broadcasting career, made him desirable as an announcer and lecturer to groups aside from his network employers. Trout made films and recordings for media outlets, advertisers, charitable organizations, and broadcasting colleagues. He made speaking appearances before advertisers, public and private associations, and industry groups. Some of the Personal Appearance files include documentation of film work. In films and recordings, Trout generally acted as a narrator for the work's sponsor. Trout wrote the speeches, which typically include anecdotes from his career and political analysis, for his public appearance.

Notes and clippings related to film, recording, and public appearance work are in the General Information files. The Proposals for Media and Creative Works subseries includes information regarding uncompleted film and recording projects. Correspondence and printed material related to Trout's lecture bureau, W. Colston Leigh, is in the Professional Correspondence Subseries. Some audio tapes related to Trout's career are in the Sound recordings series. Photographs from the files have been separated to the Photographic materials series and photocopies put in their places.. In the early 1980s, Trout made a series of audiotaped recollections about his career for ABC News. Transcripts of those tapes were added to Films and Recordings during processing. A videotaped interview of Trout by the Archive of American Television (1999) and its transcript has been added to the Photographic material series.

 Arrangement I. Professional career, 1931-1992 A. Radio and television 1. List of files 2. Radio broadcasts and series 3. Television broadcasts and series 4. Political broadcasts B. Films and recordings C. Personal appearances D. Promotion and publicity E. Literary productions and other creative works 1. Literary productions 2. Proposals for media and creative works II. Memos and correspondence, 1931-1992 A. Professional B. General C. Viewer and listener III. Personal and reference files, 1930-1991 A. Travel files B. Professional associations C. General information files D. Financial records IV. Oversize material V. Sound recordings VI. Photographic material VII. Artifact collection

NOTE: The Robert Trout Papers no longer reflected their original order when they arrived at the Center for American History. The filing structure Robert and Kit Trout established has been restored where possible, but much of the material has been rearranged and new series names assigned.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 4Ze265 Professional career: Radio and television: Lists of files: List of files, photos, other history, undated List of broadcast highlights, undated Radio broadcasts and series: Broadcast files: December 1931 - February 1932 [WJSV], 1931-1933, undated: Hoover, lighting nation's Christmas tree Newsboys' pilgrimage Jackson Day dinner R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans annual banquet George McManus testimonial dinner Women's Bar Association banquet Arts Club Bal Boheme George Washington bicentennial October-December 1932 [WJSV and CBS], 1932-1939, undated: WJSV inaugural broadcast Candidate FDR's Alexandria stop Armistice Day at Washington Cathedral Carter Glass, battle of the Potomac Hill billy broadcasts Gorgas memorial - Admiral Carter Grayson Final session, 72nd Congress Dedication new Labor building, H. Hoover Christmas in Alexandria January-February 1933 [WJSV and CBS], 1933, 1944-1952, 1978: Coolidge memorial - Washington Cathedral Three X Sisters Coolidge memorial, House of Representatives, joint sessions Memorial exercises, deceased Members of Congress Senate subcommittee hearing broadcast Fireside chats April 1933 [CBS], 1933-1964, 1977: Pan American Day White House Easter egg roll June 1933-August 1933 [CBS], 1933: FDR - Annapolis commencement Congressional baseball game U. S. Service Band N. R. A. [National Recovery Administration] 4Ze266 September-October 1933 [WJSV and CBS], 1933-1948: Textile strike Mystery Girl, WJSV FDR, Catholic Charities FDR, Samuel Gompers memorial Admiral R. Byrd's sail from Norfolk FDR, Chestertown, Maryland FDR, Mobilization for Human Needs FDR, birthday ball December 1933 - January 1934 [WJSV and CBS], 1933-1934, 1955: U. S. repeal National Housing Act, broadcast from House FDR, messages to Congress D. C. Police radio calls Robert E. Lee broadcasts 4Ze376 Starlings ( 4 February 1934) [CBS], 1934, 1968, 1975 4Ze266 February-April 1934 [WJSV and CBS], 1934: FDR and Boy Scouts John Doe, Jr. Representative Sol Bloom interview First D.C. liquor license First anniversary of New Deal Blue and Grey Line bus barkers graduation Washington cherry blossom May 1934 [CBS], 1934, 1949, 1977: Spelling bee broadcast Anniversary of Lafayette death FDR, Gettysburg, Groton, Hyde Park U. S. fleet review July-August 1934 [CBS and WJSV], 1934: Wrestling match FDR, Portland, Oregon to Washington, D.C. (Glacier Park) 2.325/K64b Spokane (Washington) Daily Chronicle, August 4, 1934 Great Falls (Montana) Tribune, August 6, 1934 4Ze266 October-November 1934 [CBS], 1934, 1948, undated: Dedication of veterans' hospital Boxing match Inauguration of College of William and Mary president Washington Monument bath FDR, Harrodsburg December 1934 - January 1935 [CBS], 1934-1935: Senator George W. Norris, unicameral legislature Mrs. FDR's broadcasts The American Scene Associated Press wirephoto opening FDR, opening of Congress Elder Michaux's Potomac bath [WJSV], undated 4Ze267 March 1935 [CBS], 1935: 2nd anniversary of New Deal March-April 1935 [CBS], 1935, 1949-1958, undated: Pinochle championship match Stoopnagle & Bud America's little house, A. E. Smith Culbertson vs. Sims [Bridge] Circus opens in New York Eye vs. ear test, Columbia University May 1935 [CBS], 1935-1939: 61st Kentucky Derby May-July 1935 [CBS], 1935: Al Smith, Mayor LaGuardia Minstrels Gertrude Niesen-Benay Benuta interview Horse Race, Belmont Park FDR, West Point graduation Beat the heat August-September 1935 [CBS], 1935: Bar Harbor, Maine, visitors day U. S. Army maneuvers, Pine Camp Eucharistic Congress September-October 1935 [CBS], 1935: FDR, West Coast trip November 1935 [CBS], 1935: Einstein-Al Smith dinner Navy Day broadcast 3rd anniversary of WJSV FDR, Hyde Park church service Herbert Hoover - Ohio State Society FDR, Atlanta United Hospital series Federal Communications Commission Chairman Anning Prall December 1935 [CBS], 1935, 1981: Mrs. FDR, N. Y. housing FDR receives honorary law degree from Notre Dame FDR, American Farm Bureau Federation convention 2.325/K69a Chicago Daily Times, December 9, 1935 4Ze267 Vernay expedition to Tibet Pocket billiards Carillon recital New Year's Eve, Times Square 4Ze268 January 1936 [CBS], 1936-1961, 1978-1986: 12 Crowded Months FDR opening of Congress Forecasting 1936 And Sudden Death Jackson Day dinner Women's National Republican Club lunch FDR, T. Roosevelt Memorial dedication Man in the sleet First Airmail rocket flight Memorial services for George V February-March 1936 [CBS], 1936-1949: Boy Scouts anniversary FDR, Temple University Leap Year Day/leaping out of character Goat beauty contest Flood over Connecticut and New Jersey April 1936 [CBS], 1936: FDR, Baltimore Lincoln Ellsworth arrives New York Harbor H. V. Kaltenborn, 15th anniversary on the air/Return from Spanish War FDR, Jefferson Day dinner (NYC) May 1936 [CBS], 1936, 1948: Kentucky Derby, 1936 Oberlin Mock Convention Fort Ticonderoga celebration Socialist National Convention M/S Batory, maiden voyage June-July 1936 [CBS], 1936-1937, c. 1958: National Headliners' Club convention FDR, Shenandoah Park and Monticello Sports review (pinch-hitting for P. Douglas) July 1936 [CBS], 1936, 1948, 1974: FDR, Triborough Bridge opening Olympic Trials, Randall's Island Landon notification FDR, Quebec August-September 1936 [CBS], 1936: Coney Island Fort Knox Army maneuvers Round the world race Honest Ballot Association skits FDR, drought trip 4Ze376 Chicago and North Western Railway menu, August 29, 1936 - September 1, 1936 4Ze268 November 1936 [CBS], 1936: FDR, welcome home to Washington FDR, first Mobilization for Human Needs Family of nations National automobile show Armistice Day, Senator Nye Norman Thomas testimonial dinner Pan American Conference (Buenos Aires) December 1936 [CBS], 1936: King Edward VIII & Mrs. Simpson Child Welfare League lunch Beaux arts ball Christmas at sea Christmas Eve publicity party A. T. & T. interferes with Christmas Twelve crowded months 4Ze269 January 1937 [CBS], 1936-1937: Forecasting 1937 Opening of Congress FDR addresses Congress Benjamin Franklin's Philly phlop Kostelanetz Aviation Award Aviation show, New York Cruise of the Conrad, etc. February 1937 [CBS], 1937: James A. Farley testimonial dinner White House correspondents' dinner March-April 1937 [CBS], 1937: American Bowling Congress Columbia University tryouts Easter parade Women's National Radio Committee Chicago-New York announcers' battle Women explorers Press photographers ball May 1937 [CBS], 1937-1944: Coronation of George VI Broadcasts from France June-July 1937 [CBS], 1937, 1955: Boy Scout jamboree Front page varieties Fumitaka Konoye interview U. S. Ryder Cup golf team Liberty Bell Strike interview, Mayor Wilson (Philadelphia) Northwest Territory celebration Allspice in aviation Pennsylvania Folk Festival, Bucknell August 1937 [CBS], 1954: Representative C. G. Binderup interview Senile Shakespeare FDR, Roanoke, the lost colony Senator Gerald P. Nye on neutrality Senator Dixie Cabinet series, Harold Ickes Curtain calls International Girl Scouts September 1937 [CBS], 1937: Lucien Lelong interview Oberlin 100th anniversary coeds Police Athletic League 4Ze270 September-October 1937 [CBS], 1937: FDR, inspection tour of Northwest October 1937 [CBS], 1937: FDR, Pulaski Day FDR, fireside chat Reading clinic Mrs. FDR, Campfire Girls FDR, Mobilization for Human Needs Future of sailing ships (Villiers) Navy Day, Annapolis November 1937 [CBS], 1937-1938: American School of the Air (Comment on Nine Power Conference) New York City elections Bruce & Sheridan Fahnestock Armistice Day, Arlington FDR, fireside chat Opening of Congress, special session Unemployment census FDR, 75th anniversary of Department of Agriculture Old Glory sale Baroness Ungern Sternberg December 1937 [CBS], 1937: Trotsky inquiry, Corliss Lamont, John Dewey Artists Congress James Flanagan Youth Center, P. A. L. January 1938 [CBS], 1938: Forecasting FDR, message to Congress National Society for Prevention of Blindness Leviathan [ship] farewell February 1938 [CBS], 1938: Washington's Birthday Honorable Robert H. Jackson Kate Smith interview Boy Scout Week March-April 1938 [CBS], 1938: Blizzard men of '88 Spring show Catholic Charities April Fool's Day Interview, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. Harry Cooper interview (U.S. Secret Service) Americans at Work, sandhogs May 1938 [CBS], 1938: American School of the Air, Professor Quiz Americans at Work, railroad Kentucky Derby Americans at Work, milk Holland Tulip Festival 20th anniversary founding of airmail Farmingdale blackout Communist Party convention FDR, Old Northwest Territory trip 4Ze271 June 1938 [CBS], 1938, 1983: FDR, Annapolis commencement Griffin All-White, guest show Arrival of Oslofjord National Salesmen's Crusade Twentieth Century Limited [train] Bowl of rice party, Chinatown FDR, fireside chat FDR, Swedish-Delaware tercentenary FDR dedicates Federal Building, N. Y. World's Fair FDR, NEA Meeting Americans at Work, airplane July 1938 [CBS], 1938: FDR, Gettysburg Mt. Vernon, CBC-CBS program FDR, Old Northwest Territory trip Howard Hughes flight Douglas P. Corrigan broadcast Americans at Work, Submarine R-14 Swedish crown prince August-September 1938 [CBS], 1938-1945, 1983: FDR, 3rd anniversary Social Security - fireside chat FDR, Kingston, Ontario & Hyde Park 3.325/K69a Table plan of luncheon, August 18, 1938 4Ze271 News of Today pieces FDR, Denton, Maryland September 1938 [CBS], 1938: Czech crisis October 1938 [CBS], 1938, undated: People's Platform FDR, Herald Tribune forum G. P. Putman's Sons 100th anniversary dinner November 1938 [CBS], 1938-1945: FDR, Hyde Park Prediction, Please Eclipse of the moon Mid-term elections FDR, Warm Springs December 1938 [CBS], 1938: Akron Rubber Ball FDR, Jefferson Memorial groundbreaking This Is New York 4Ze272 January 1939 [CBS], 1939 Forecasting - 1939 American School of the Air, Congress FDR, Opening of Congress Re-Declaration of American Faith What Next in Europe? Esso Baytown Arrival with Survivors February 1939 [CBS], 1939: Big Sister soap opera Pope Pius XI dies Washington's birthday March 1939 [CBS], 1939: Santa Anita handicap Listen Ladies guest shot, KEHE, L. A. April 1939 [CBS], 1939: New York World's Fair opening American School of the Air - Cordell Hull Fleet review (cancelled) Hitler speech, editorial Roundup May 1939 [CBS], 1939-1940, 1965, 1986: Holland Tulip Festival 2.325/T64b Holland (MI) Evening Sentinel, May 13, 1939 4Ze272 King and Queen in Quebec 2.325/T64b Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, May 15, 1939 4Ze272 Submarine Squalus The World Today Americans at Work, radio technician June 1939 [CBS], 1939-1959, 1987-1991: King and Queen in U. S. 2.325/T64b World's Fair map, 1939 4Ze273 FDR, West Point Atlantic Clipper flight July-October 1939 [CBS], 1939: Believe It Or Not N. Y. World's Fair Army maneuvers, Manassas Army maneuvers, Plattsburg Danzig crisis Question and Answer Show American School of the Air November 1939 [CBS], 1939-1941: Air-Navy aspects of war Salute to Shreveport (KWKH) FDR, Hyde Park library dedication FDR, Warm Springs Substitute for Kate Smith December 1939 [CBS], 1939: Tommy Riggs show Committee for celebration of FDR's birthday New York Stock Exchange 4Ze274 January 1940 [CBS], 1939-1940, 1985: Opening of Congress Headlines and Bylines FDR - Jackson Day Dinner Familiar Voices Americans at Work, census FDR, Birthday Ball February-April 1940 [CBS], 1940: Leaping out of Character Dedication WJSV transmitter Americans at Work, circus June-September 1940 [CBS], 1940, 1965, 1980: U. S. S. North Carolina launching First anniversary World War II FDR, University of Pennsylvania bicentennial FDR, Washington Airport cornerstone FDR, Recorder of Deeds building - groundbreaking October 1940 [CBS], 1940-1948, 1967-1969: FDR, Dedicating Dutchess County school Wendell Willkie - Herald Tribune forum FDR, Herald Tribune forum FDR, Selective Service lottery FDR, Boston Gardens FDR, Bethesda Cancer Research Center Selective Service drawing November-December 1940 [CBS], 1940: WREC Memphis dedication Wendell Willkie Madison Square Garden Willkie rally Red Cross roll call Professor Quiz Christmas party William L. Shirer return from Europe Twelve Crowded Months January-April 1941 [CBS], 1940-1941: Opening of Congress Wendell Willkie returns to U.S. Substituting for Paul Douglas Commissioning U. S. S. North Carolina St. Thomas, Bundles for Britain service May-June 1941 [CBS], 1941: FDR, fireside chat United Service Organizations July-August 1941 [CBS], 1941: FDR, Hyde Park FDR, Return from Atlantic Charter conference 4Ze275 September-October 1941 [CBS], 1941, undated: FDR, Labor Day (Hyde Park) Death of Mrs. James Roosevelt FDR, Shoot on Sight Proudly We Hail FDR news conference Andre Baruch interviews R. T. June-August 1943 [CBS], 1943: Report to the Nation WMCA BBC Answering You # 14 Vox Pop from H. M. S. Asbury September-December 1943 [CBS], 1943, undated: Invasion of Italy Woman's Page of the Air, [Kit Trout appearance] Night of Stars, Madison Square Garden Cairo conference Tehran conference Transatlantic Call January-May 1944 [CBS], 1944: People's Platform We the People (Shangri-La) Circus broadcast with Kate Smith Gripsholm arrival You Can Dream, Inc. The Cliche Expert Invasion roundup June 1944 [CBS]: D-Day November 1944 - March 1945 [CBS], 1944-1945: Radio Reader's Digest We the People 4Ze276 April-May 1945 [CBS], 1945-1945, 1963, 1974-1986: Death of FDR 4Ze376 Transcript copies, undated 4Ze276 United Nations Charter Conference 4Ze277 May 1945 [CBS], 1945-1955, undated: V-E Day(s) 10th anniversary, V-E Day June 1945 [CBS], 1945: Eisenhower returns to U.S. August 1945 [CBS]: V-J Day September-November 1945 [CBS], 1945: General Wainwright returns Round the World Flight December 1945 [CBS], 1945: Page One Awards, Madison Square Garden Navy Victory Loan train May-August 1946 [CBS], 1946: Operation Crossroads Woman's Club September 1946 - January 1948 [CBS], 1946-1948, 1984-1984: Stars in the Afternoon Opening of U. N. General Assembly Henry Wallace, London ( News Till Now) German-Russian documents - roundtable 4Ze278 May-October 1948 [NBC], 1948: 100th anniversary Associated Press Liberal Party Convention (N. Y.) Cavalcade of America April-September 1949 [NBC], 1949 Windfall Is Missing Could Be October 1949 - May 1950 [NBC], 1949-1950: 18th anniversary on Air Election (New York) Pius XII proclaims holy year British election Primary election preview series Sounds of the World June 1950 [NBC], 1950: Marietta Regatta Korean War starts September 1950 - February 1951 [NBC], 1951, 1982: Republican state convention Midterm election Norwich news March-September 1951 [NBC], 1951, 1982: Armed Forces Day The Quick and the Dead Tex and Jinx broadcast Salute to Winston Churchill 25th anniversary American commercial aviation October 1951 and December 1951 [NBC], 1951, 1982, undated: British election NBC Radio Broadcasts from Madrid (November 1951), 1951 4Ze279 January-April 1952 [CBS], 1952-1959, 1982: The People Act Death of George VI Funeral of George VI H. V. Kaltenborn 30th anniversary on the air April-December 1952 [CBS], 1952: World News with Robert Trout (Admiral) March-April 1953 [CBS], 1953: Stalin's death Exchange of sick P.O.W.'s in Korea June 1953 [CBS]: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 2.325/T64b Daily Telegraph (London), June 3, 1953 Daily Mail (London), June 3, 1953 4Ze280 August-November 1954 [CBS], 1954: Soap Box Derby Election [WCBS] January-May 1955 [CBS], 1955: Motor boat show British election October 1957 [CBS], 1957: Visit to U. S. by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip 2.325/T64b Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), October 17, 1957 4Ze280 August-September 1959 [CBS], 1959, 1982: Eisenhower in London Khrushchev visit to U. S. May 1961 [CBS], 1961: Astronauts February 1964-May 1965, 1964-1965: Farewell to Studio Nine [CBS] Radio: Then, Now and Later [WOR/RKO General] 4Ze281 January 1965 [CBS], 1965: Winston Churchill's funeral 1970 [CBS and WCBS], 1970: British election Nixon, Europe New York governor election 1973-1974 [CBS], 1966-1976: Tres Vacas Lourdes Rescue at sea, Calais 4Ze376 45th anniversary (8 November 1976) [ABC], 1975-1976 British election (3 May 1979) [ABC], 1978-1979 Vendimia (21-23 September 1980) [ABC], 1980 Carter - Reagan debate (28 October 1980) [ABC], 1980 Gilroy Garlic Festival [ABC], 1984 4Ze281 1981-1985 [ABC]: Royal wedding [Prince Charles and Lady Diana] Portuguese train wreck Antonete Anti-NATO demonstration, Madrid 4Ze282 May-June 1986 [ABC], 1936, 1966, 1986: Statue of Liberty [includes 1936 broadcast] February 1989 [ABC]: Funeral of Emperor Showa [Script material, miscellaneous] 4Ze376 Business World (1 December 1988) [ABC], 1988 Scripts [ABC], 1980, 1987, 1990 4Ze283 Series: Wilkins Coffee variety programs [WJSV], 1933 WJSV Broadcasts, interviews, 1933-1934 Lieut. Larry Carr Mary Garden Jane Cowl Sidney Franklin Jack Whiting Lulu McConnell Thurston The Sundial [WJSV], 1933-1934 Pietro the Hurdy-Gurdy Man [WJSV], 1934 Man in the Street, 1933-1937 Kate Smith Matinee Hour [CBS], 1935 Professor Quiz [CBS], 1936-1937 Professor Quiz [CBS], advertisers, 1938-1940 World News Round-Up [CBS], 1938 4Ze284 CBS news broadcasts, December 1938-February 1939 Time to Shine [CBS], 1939 CBS news broadcasts, April 1939-June 1939 CBS news broadcasts, September 1939 CBS news broadcasts, October 1939 Broadcasts from England, 1941-1943 4Ze285 Transatlantic Call - People to People, 1943 Calling America, 1943 Office of War Information broadcasts 8:55 P.M. News Broadcasts, 1943-1945 11:10 P.M. news broadcasts, 1943-1946 Feature Story [CBS], 1944-1945 4Ze286 Sunday news [ The Charity Program], 1945 6:55 P.M. news broadcasts, 1945 The News Till Now [CBS], 1946-1947 The News Till Now, stolen items (items with no credit), 1947 Who Said That? [NBC], 1948-1951 Who Said That?, proposed newspaper column, 1949-1950 4Ze287 Feature spots for 9 A.M. Sunday roundup, 1950-1951 Dimension [CBS], 1965-1969 Paris, radio [ Dimension scripts on riots], 1968 Dimension story ideas, 1964-1969 Reports for The World Tonight, 1973-1974 Your Earth, 1974 4Ze383 ABC commentary scripts, December 1974-December 1976 4Ze287 American Radio Entertainment Network commentaries [ABC], 1975-1981 4Ze376 Perspective [ABC] June 1982 Perth, Freemantle, and round the world, January 1987-February 1987 Carnival, Nice, March 1988 November 1991 June 1992 January 1993 4Ze287 Perspective [ABC], 1983-1992 [incomplete] Possible Perspectives, 1984-1987 Listen Closely [ABC], 1986, undated 4Ze377 Scripts [NPR], May 1998 4Ze288 Television broadcasts and series: Broadcast files: September 1948 - May 1949 [NBC], 1948-1949 St. Louis T.V. network What I'd Like to See Easter parade Who Said That? (Crosley) [WLW-T, Cincinnati] September-December 1949 [NBC], 1949-1950: Welcome to Ohio U. N. cornerstone laying U. N. Human Rights Day concert and General Sarnoff Award February 1950 - April 1951 [NBC], 1950-1951, 1982: Radio Correspondents Dinner [ Who Said That?] Red Feather Review World Affairs Council of Rhode Island Who Said That? MacArthur Returns July-September 1951 [NBC], 1951: America Speaks WTAR panel show [Norfolk, VA] Eversharp Pens Commercial [advertisement] April-June 1952 [CBS]: Presidential Timber series November 1952 [CBS], 1952-1961: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade December 1954 [CBS], 1954-1964: New Year's Eve from Times Square [ 1954 and other years] March 1955 - July 1956 [CBS], 1955-1956: Television kine Bandwagon '56 Closed circuit Republican and Democratic convention shows June 1957 [CBS], 1957-1958 Valle de las Caidos December 1957 [CBS], 1957 The Big News of 1957 4Ze289 December 1958 - October 1959 [CBS], 1958-1959 The Big News of 1958 British election CBS television and radio broadcasts from Europe (Summer 1959), 1959 June 1960 and November 1961 [CBS], 1960-1961: Mrs. America Closed circuit broadcast from Democratic and Republican delegates national conventions Mid-term election [WCBS] CBS television and radio broadcasts from Europe (Summer 1960-Summer 1962), 1960-1962 April 1964 [WCBS]: General MacArthur's funeral August-October 1965 [CBS and WCBS], 1965: N. Y. water shortage (Zermatt) Labour Party conference (Blackpool) Mademoiselle from Armentieres November 1965 [CBS and WCBS], 1965-1973: DeGaulle announces (Paris) Policeman's moustache (Paris) The hunt (Cheverny) Knees DeGaulle at Arc (Paris) Christmas shopping (Paris) Paris Metro December 1965 [CBS and WCBS], 1965: Goldie lost (London) Christmas (London) 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey New Year's Eve January 1966 [CBS and WCBS], 1965-1968: Gambling, England [CBS] Fish 'n chips Le Bus Palladium Ben Barka Women's fashions February 1966-May 1966 [CBS and WCBS], 1966: Seine flooding Verdun U.S. bases Wigs Silent city London Times (Paris) Senator Javits (Paris) June-July 1966 [CBS and WCBS], 1965-1977 Trianon Palace reopens City lights (Paris) Les Majorettes (Paris) French leave NATO (Fontainebleau) Sand castles Garlic market House of broken dishes (Chartres) 4Ze290 July 1966 [CBS], 1965-1975: If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium August 1966 [WCBS], 1962-1966: Redskin valley Lonja (Valencia) Wild cows (Jávea) Herald Trib (Paris) September 1966 [WCBS], 1966-1979: Water shoes (Alicante) Perrier-Vichy merger Glockenspiel (Munich) Paris auto October-November 1966 [CBS and WCBS], 1966-1976: Water court (Valencia) Broadcasts from New York Campaign debates, Governor of New York Pearl Harbor reminiscence (London) [William] Manchester December 1966 [WCBS], 1966-1967: Automated pub Surrogate (London) Kosygin (Paris) Stray cats & dogs (Paris) Theatres (London) Captain Knowles (London) NATO meeting (Last in France) Christmas toys (Paris) New Year's Eve (Paris) January 1967 [WCBS], 1967: Seine boats, eviction French judges Lottery Mayor Yorty of Los Angeles (Paris) Boat show (Paris) WBBM, Chicago, Trout reports Twiggy Chinese cultural revolution (Paris) Luxembourg February-April 1967 [WCBS], 1967, 1985: French election Flipper King Tut Sculptures April Fool's Day September 1967 [WCBS], 1967-1972: Stockholm traffic change Queen Mary Pedestrian street Drivers' drink (Stockholm) Ship hotel (Copenhagen) Stockholm buses Automation Tobogan [sic] October 1967 [WCBS], 1966-1973: Tivoli (Copenhagen) Daghotel Bicycles (Copenhagen) Danish sandwiches Policeman's beard (Stockholm) Northern mosque Ten artist painting Gaudí park (Barcelona) Juanita (fish) (Villanueva y Geltrú) Oyster farms (Barcelona) Albino gorilla (Barcelona) House of rock (Madrid) Madrid's three plazas Basketball (Madrid) 4Ze291 November 1967 [WCBS], 1965-1979: Salmon bank Girl soccer coach (Madrid) Firemen (Paris) Guillotine doll Swiss village Denver shoe Mistletoe Lady ref (Wrestling) December 1967 [WCBS], 1965-1967: Bowling (flag) incident Boutique windows Christmas decorations Aerotrain (Paris) New Cars, artist designed anti-car Posters Sam's restaurant Colonization Boxing, beauty treatment Falcons Scripts, Spain Gulping the grapes 4Ze380 Three kings (6 January 1968) [WCBS], 1968-1986 4Ze291 January 1968 [WCBS], 1965-1978: Reaction to LBJ's balance of payments plan Chicote Paris boat show Paris night life Kiosk, national monument Winter Olympics at Grenoble February 1968 [WCBS], 1965-1973: The tubes Bird exhibit Patisserie exhibit International driving signs Caravans Langlois and Cinematheque Lottery Crèpes March 1968 [WCBS], 1968-1978: Blown-up furniture Concorde Churches - abandoned Benimamet Esperanto (Cheste) April 1968 [WCBS], 1964-1974: Captain course Port Revel Drink wine not water (Beaune) Easter eggs Ham fair Loi de 29 Juillet 1881 Chartres glass Tree pruning Paris cafes 4Ze292 May-June 1968 [WCBS], 1965-1979: Builder (monuments like Pisa on roof) Tarzanettes in Bois Piano-cocktail mixer Bois baseball Seine bridges Burgundy snails Paris, T. V. [WCBS broadcasts on riots], 1968, 1988-1993 November-December 1968, 1968-1969: Merv Griffin Show [Otto] Skorzeny [for CBS series 60 Minutes] April-May 1969 [WCBS], 1969: Investiture of Cardinal Cooke Pompidou, U. S. Visit Falcons (Madrid) April 1970 [CBS], 1958-1974: Urtain French challenge yacht June-July 1970 [WCBS and CBS], 1966-1974: French rent control Pamplona, 1970 Garabandal Serenos August-September 1970 [WCBS and CBS], 1970-1973: Decapitated skyscrapers London parks London underground 4Ze293 October 1970-November 1970 [WCBS and syndication], 1970: U. P. I. The Packaged Politicians American Business Briefing January 1971 [WCBS], 1971 Manhattan Revisited series June 1971 [CBS], 1971-1977: Luis Miguel Domingu¡n 2X336 El Cordobes, Luis Miguel [cassette tape] 4Ze293 El Cordobes July 1971 and December 1971 [WCBS], 1970-1971: Butcher London's borough government January-February 1972 [WCBS]: Thames flooding London police London taxis Hamburgers in Paris September 1972 [CBS], 1972-1975: Vendimia Paloma's finca 4Ze380 Columbus (12 October 1972) [CBS], 1972-1988 4Ze293 May-June 1973 [CBS], 1973-1975: T. V., C ndido American guitar player Breshnev depart July 1973 [CBS], 1967-1973: Church in Spain doc. Atlantis August 1973 [CBS], 1970-1973: Bordeaux, wine prices Poitiers, artificial insemination Lady bullfighter Waterloo 4Ze294 September 1973 [CBS], 1965-1975: Spaniards flock to French sex films T-Shirts (Paris) Saudi Arabian embassy (Paris) (satellite) Incosol [Instituta Medica Costa del Sol] (Marbella) Allende Film (Paris) (satellite) Chinese movie made in Paris (Paris) The happy hour Bird sanctuary October 1973 [CBS], 1971-1974: Animal parade French cemetery crisis Portugal - elections and feminism General Georges Buis interview November 1973 [CBS], 1973: Royal Wedding [Princess Anne and Mark Phillips] 2X336 BBC aircheck and cueline from wedding, special reports and hourlies including cue-line conversation Trout and Bennett, November 1973 [cassette tape] 4Ze295 November-December 1973 [CBS], 1973-1975: British keep warm Supermarkets in France 2.325/S71 Supermarché, 3 December 1973 [audio cassette] 4Ze295 Energy crisis in France Le Canard Enchanîné Le Duc Tho Assassination of Carrero Blanco 2.325/K69a El Alc zar, December 21, 1973 Nuevo Diario, December 21-22, 1973 4Ze295 Gulping the grapes February 1974-July 1974 and undated [CBS], 1972-1978: Gold - South Africa 2X336 Gold mine [audio cassette] 4Ze295 Mogens Glistrup 2X336 Copenhagen election [audio cassette] 4Ze295 Parents of sextuplets 2X336 Interview sextuplets [audio cassette] 4Ze295 Dr. Christiaan Barnard 2X336 Dr. Barnard, interview, February 1974 [audio cassette] 2.325/S71 Barnard closing. Barnard with transplant patients. Theunis game farm [reverse side], February 1974 [audio cassette] 4Ze295 British election Madrid in May Francisco Franco's illness September 1974 [CBS], 1973-1975: Lady bullfighters 2.325/K69a Actualidad Espa¤ola, September 19, 1974 4Ze295 Fiesta de la Vendimia del Sherry 4Ze380 French strikes [also radio] (13-14 November 1974) [ABC], 1974 Paris international food show (15 November 1974) [ABC], 1974 General strike, Paris (19 November 1974) [ABC], 1974 Giscard's [Valéry Giscard d'Estaing] life - Paris (5 December 1975) [ABC] Gold supermarket (11 December 1974) [ABC], 1974 Fleur's castle (27-31 December 1974) [ABC], 1973-1978 Super Bowl (2 January 1975) [ABC], 1975 2.325/S71 Super Bowl, semi-Obstrep. [ Obstreperous Reporter character], Madrid, January 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Mama (spaghetti, December 1974, Rome, 15 January 1975) [ABC], 1969-1974 Orly hostages (19-20 January 1975) [ABC], 1975 2.325/S71 Hostages Orly, 19-20 January 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Sadat visit to Paris (Preview 25 January 1975) [ABC], 1974-1975 Changing Paris (27 January-14 February 1975) [ABC], 1974-1975 2X336 P[eter?] Ustinov, February 4, 1975 4Ze380 Silk hats (London, 13-20 February 1975) [ABC], 1975-1978 Her majesty (money) (London, 13-20 February 1975) [ABC], 1975 Mobile ski slope (London, 13-20 February 1975) [ABC], 1975 Pandas (London, 13-20 February 1975) [ABC], 1968-1985 Shakespeare theatre (Stratford-on-Avon, 9 April 1975) [ABC], 1975-1976 Miles Copeland interview (9 April 1975) [ABC], 1975 Record buff (Mr. Rust) (London, 10 April 1975) [ABC], 1975 2X336 Mr. Rust, record buff, London, April 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Eiffel Tower painting (Paris, 28 April 1975) [ABC], 1968-1975 2.325/S71 Eiffel Tower interview M. Boudet, April 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Indians at Printemps (Paris, 30 April 1975) [ABC], 1975 2.325/S71 Indians, 30 April 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Dunkirk anniversary (Dunkirk, 23-25 May 1975) [ABC], 1965-1980 2.325/S71 Dunkirk, May 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Advancer, Ford in Madrid (Madrid, 28 May 1975) [ABC], Street-walkers' strike (Paris, 9-10 June 1975) [ABC], 1973-1975 2.325/S71 Prostitutes, 9-10 June 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Wine doctor (Paris, 20-24 June 1975) [ABC], 1970-1975 2.325/S71 Dr. E. A. Maury - wine Dr., June 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Pamplona (6-9 July 1975) [ABC], 1975 2.325/S71 Interviews, 1975 [three audio cassettes] 4Ze380 Vendimia (10-15 September 1975) [ABC], 1972-1976 2.325/S71 Vendimia, September 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Pope John's birthplace (22-24 September 1975) [ABC], 1974-1975 Port Revel (17-20 September 1975) [ABC], 1975 Stutz car (25 September-1 October 1975) [ABC], 1975 2.325/S71 Stutz car, September 1975 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 French porn films (October 1975) [ABC], 1975 Hole-in-the-wall art (October 1975) [ABC], 1975 Franco obit (October 1975) [ABC], 1975 Spanish "coronation" (November 1975) [ABC], 1975 El Valle de los Ca¡dos (13 November 1975) [ABC], 1975 Prince Juan Carlos profile (November 1975) [ABC], 1975 Spain, economy (19 November 1975), 1959 [ABC], 1964, 1973-1975 Death of Franco (20-28 November 1975) [ABC], 1975 Succession (Felipe) (November 1975) [ABC], 1975 King's problems (9 December 1975) [ABC], 1975-1976 Malaga Cathedral (31 January 1976) [ABC], 1975-1976 2.325/S71 Malaga Cathedral, January 30, 1976 [audio cassette] 4Ze380 Palms of Elche (2 February 1976) [ABC], 1974-1980 Lady mayors (Zamarramala, 8 February 1976) [ABC], 1972-1976 Changing Spain, State of Spain ( 9 February [ Good Morning America], 6 April [ Evening News], 7 October 1976 [ Evening News]) [ABC], 1975-1976 Fallas (19 March 1976) [ABC], 1976 Italian election (also radio) [ABC], 1976 Bicentennial celebration of Independence Day (4 July 1967) [ABC], 1976 Grapes of luck (December 1976) [ABC], 1973-1977 New Year's Eve, Spain (1 January 1977) [ABC], 1977 Adultery Spanish style (December 1976) [ABC], 1976-1977 ABC Television scripts, February 1977-April 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee [ABC], May 1977-June 1977 4Ze296 1974-1981 [ABC], 1973-1981: Valencia spring fair [1976] Guernica 4Ze381 Spanish election (June 1977) [ABC], 1977 Nanny [ABC], September 1977 380 donkeys (London, October 1977) [ABC], 1976-1982 Funeral workers' strike (October 1977) [ABC], 1977 Polish government-in-exile (October 1977) [ABC], 1977-1980 Death of Pope (Scripts, telexes, correspondence, badges) (6 August-4 September 1978) [ABC], 1978 Death of Pope (clippings and notes) (6 August-4 September 1978) [ABC], 1978 Spanish referendum (5 December 1978) [ABC], 1978 Christmas Eve (23 December 1978), 1978 New Year's Eve (31 December 1978) and New Year's morning ( 1 January 1979 Good Morning America) [ABC], 1978-1979 Directions, Cults (7 January 1979) [ABC], 1979 Directions, Chinese missionaries (28 January 1979) [ABC], 1979 Carolyn Wyeth ( 11 February 1979 Weekend News) [ABC] Pin yin ( 25 February 1979 Weekend News) [ABC], 1979 Directions, Einstein (4 March 1979) [ABC], 1979 Directions, Puebla ( 8 March 1979 recording date) [ABC], 1979 Leased clothes (London, 30 April 1979 Weekend News) [ABC], 1979 D-Day Anniversary (6 June 1979) [ABC], 1979 Anniversary of first transatlantic flight (17 June 1979) [ABC], 1979 Eiffel Tower and lifts (25 June 1979) [ABC], 1979 End of guillotine (25 June 1979) [ABC], 1979 Bombs, Atocha, Chamartin, and Barajas (29 July 1979) [ABC], 1979 Mt. Etna ( Good Morning America, 6 August 1979) [ABC], 1979 Car hire for dogs (17 September 1979) [ABC], 1979 Pope, Washington, D. C. (3-9 October 1979) [ABC], 1979 Basque referendum (25 October 1979) [ABC], 1979 El Gordo, Granollers (25 December 1979) [ABC] Civil defense (February 1980) [ABC] Buckingham Palace housekeeper (14 February 1980) [ABC], 1979-1980 Masquerade [children's book] (19 February 1980) [ABC], 1979-1982 Cuban refugees (21 April 1980) [ABC], 1980 2nd hand clothes (11 May 1980) [ABC], 1980 Wing Commander Wallis's flying machine (7 June 1980) [ABC], 1980-1981 Blitz (London, 7 June 1980, broadcast World News Tonight, 7 August 1980) [ABC], 1980 Carter visit, Madrid (24-26 June, 1980) [ABC], 1980 Directions, Brazil (three programs, 16 August-2 September 1980) [ABC], 1979-1989 Madrid Helsinki meeting (11 November 1980) [ABC], 1980-1981 4Ze382 El Gordo (22 December 1980) [ABC], 1972-1980 Butler's school (10 January 1981) [ABC], 1980-1987 Attack on Pope 13 May 1981 (14 May-23 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Aftermath of England-Scotland football game (23 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Nightline, bank siege in Barcelona (24 May 1981) [ABC] Hijacking of Turkish plane (25 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 OPEC meeting in Geneva (26 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 World Wild Life Organization and Prince Philip (May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Abington funeral (27 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Bicycle race (29 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Armed Forces Day parade (Barcelona, 31 May 1981) [ABC], 1981 Royal Wedding [Prince Charles and Diana Spencer] (29 July 1981) [ABC], 1980-1981 (2 folders) American sandwich (August 1981) [ABC], 1981 Portuguese air controllers strike (17 August 1981) [ABC], 1981 Guernica (25 October 1981) [ABC], 1979-1981 Letter from Spain 20/20 (6 November 1981) [ABC], 1981 4Ze296 Letter from Spain 4Ze382 FDR (29 January 1982) [ABC], 1982 4Ze296 FDR Transcript of Trout recollections for FDR 4Ze382 Picasso village (22-23 April 1982) Andorra sovereignty (26 April-1May 1982) [ABC], 1975-1984 Reagan in U. K. piece about mood in England over Falklands (3-1 June 1982) [ABC], 1975-1982 Vendimia ( 8-12 September 1982, for WCVB-TV, Boston), 1975-1982 Funeral of Princess Grace (18 September 1982) [ABC], 1982 Spanish election (82 October 1982) [ABC], 1982 Pope in Spain (31 October-14 November 1982) [ABC], 1982 Opening Gibraltar Verja (14 December 1982) [ABC], 1979-1982 Typewriter pix (18 December 1982) [ABC] Self-defense (Paris [Mulhouse], 24 December 1982) [ABC], 1982 Monopoly; Indian violence; crime (21 February 1983) [ABC], 1983 Queen versus tabloids (24 February 1983) [ABC], 1983 Fiftieth anniversary of last March 4th inauguration (4 March 1983) [ABC], 1983 Felipe Gonzalez to U. S. (20 June 1983), Felipe to Central America (27 May 1983) [ABC], 1983 Nightline, Klaus Barbie (7 February 1983) [ABC], 1983 Pamplona (July 1983), 1983 Madrid discotheque fire (17 December 1983) [ABC], 1983 4Ze296 June 1984 [ABC], 1984: D-Day [for Nightline series] 4Ze382 Fortieth anniversary death of FDR (12 April 1985) [ABC], 1945, 1985 Daniel Ortega to Spain (11-12 May 1985) [ABC], 1985 40th V-E Day anniversary, Perspective and Good Morning America (7-9 May 1985) [ABC], 1945, 1985 Laytown (Ireland) horse race, [September 1985] [ABC] 4Ze296 September 1985 [ABC], 1985: Laytown (Ireland) horse race 4Ze382 Basques ( Weekend News, 30 November 1986) [ABC] America's Cup (February 1987) [ABC], 1987-1990 4Ze296 October 1987 [ABC], 1987: Azafran de Consuegra 1988-1991 [ABC]: The Hispano-Suizas Nuns story Bullfighting school Wine piece 4Ze297 Series: NBC Television Newsroom, 1948 See It Now [CBS], 1952 Political conventions preview Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight News of the Night [WCBS], 1954 Six O'Clock Report [WCBS], 1954-1960 Seven O'Clock Report [WCBS], 1957-1962 Calendar, 1962 CBS network news series, 1957-1964 Robert Trout with the News (1958) Saturday News with Robert Trout (April 1959) 4Ze298 The Evening News with Robert Trout [WCBS], 1954-1960 Mike Wallace morning news [WCBS], 1963-1964 The Obstreperous Reporter, 1962-1963 WCBS-TV documentary programs, 1962-1965 CBS Reports, 1963-1964 One of a Kind, 1964 4Ze380 Scripts [WCBS], 1962, 1971, undated 4Ze299 Political Broadcasts: Conventions and biennial elections: 1936 Republican National Convention Retrospective material on Alfred Landon, 1965-1976 1936 Democratic National Convention 1936 Presidential Campaign 1936 Presidential election Democratic Victory Dinner, 4 March 1937 1940 Republican National Convention 4Ze300 1940 Wendell Willkie notification ceremony 2.325/T64b Wendell Willkie acceptance speech, 17 August 1940 New York Times, 25 August 1940 2.325/K69a The Story of Elwood is the Story of America, Life Magazine, undated 4Ze300 1940 Democratic National Convention 1940 Presidential election 1944 Democratic National Convention 4Ze377 Clarence Cannon, compiler, Democratic Manual for the Democratic National Convention, 1944 4Ze301 1944 Republican National Convention 1944 Presidential election 2.325/K69a CBS Presidential Election Scorecard, 1944 Election score card, unidentified newspaper, 1944 4Ze301 1946 Congressional elections 1948 Founding convention of the new party [Progressive Party] 4Ze377 Philco Guide to the National Political Conventions, 1948 4Ze302 1948 Republican National Convention 2.325/K69a Robert Taft fan, 1948[?] 4Ze302 1948 Democratic National Convention 1948 Presidential election 2.325/T64b Election Scorecard, New York Journal-American, 2 November 1948 Your America Day to Day in Pictures, New York Journal-American, 2 November 1948 2.325/K69a Chimes, NBC Newsletter, November 1948 Articles, Broadcasting, 8 November 1948 4Ze303 1948 NBC election factbook 1952 Presidential election coverage 2.325/T64b Election Scorecard by Electoral Votes, New York Herald Tribune, 2 November 1952 4Ze304 1952 Democratic National Convention 4Ze377 Clarence Cannon, compiler, Democratic Manual for the Democratic National Convention, 1952 4Ze304 1954 Congressional and gubernatorial elections 1956 Republican National Convention 1956 Democratic National Convention 4Ze377 Clarence Cannon, compiler, Democratic Manual for the Democratic National Convention, 1956 4Ze304 1956 National conventions and campaign coverage 1956 Presidential election 2.325/T64b Presidential Election Tally Sheet, unidentified newspaper, 1956 Tally Sheet and Information on Voting in the Forty-Eight States, New York Times, 6 November 1956 2.325/K69a Research Institute Election Guide Sheet, 1956 Presidential, Senate, House, and Gubernatorial races by region: East, Midwest, West, and South (four sheets), 1956 Electoral votes by state, 1956 4Ze304 1956 Canadian Conservative Party Convention, Ottawa 4Ze305 1958 Congressional and gubernatorial elections 1960 national conventions: 1959 - 8 July 1960 11 July - 29 July 1960 1960 Democratic National Convention 2.325/T64b New York Times, 14 July 1960. 2.325/K69a How the Kennedys Beat Party Pros, Life Magazine, 25 July 1960 The Wild Convention Scrap and a Professor Won, Life Magazine, 16 May 1960 4Ze305 1960 Republican National Convention 2.325/K69a Benjamin P. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, I-I a-a-rise Mr. Chairman... [chapter except], 1952 The Nixon-Lodge Ticket, Life Magazine, 8 August 1960 Joseph W. Martin, The Greatest Convention Ever, Saturday Evening Post, [1960] 4Ze306 1960 national conventions 1960 CBS News factbooks on conventions and elections 1960 Presidential election 2.325/K69a Rules of Thumb, 1960 4Ze307 1962 Congressional and gubernatorial elections 1964 Factbook on Senate elections by state 1964 CBS correspondents' notebooks on House and Senate elections 1964 CBS correspondents' notebook on gubernatorial elections 1964 factbook on electoral votes by state 1964 election factbooks 4Ze308 1964 election coverage 2.325/K69a CBS election graphics, 1964 2.116/OD1224 Plan for CBS election night set, 1964 4Ze308 1964 election coverage (CBS press releases) 1964 Republican National Convention 1964 Democratic National Convention (Mudd/Trout team) 4Ze309 1964 Democratic National Convention (scripts and notes) 1964 Democratic National Convention (Trout factbook) 1966 Congressional elections 4Ze310 1966 CBS factbooks on Congressional and Gubernatorial elections 4Ze311 1968 election factbook (Trout's notes) 1968 CBS general election factbooks: East and South Midwest and West Nationwide 4Ze312 1968 CBS factbooks on national conventions 1968 national conventions 1972 CBS factbooks on National Conventions 1972 National Conventions 1972 Democratic National Convention 1972 Republican National Convention 4Ze313 1974 ABC News election factbook 1976 Democratic National Convention 1976 Republican National Convention 1976 ABC News factbook on Republican National Convention 4Ze381 U. S. mid-term election, November 1978 4Ze376 1978 Democratic mini-convention, Memphis, 6-11 December 1978 4Ze314 1978 ABC News factbook on Congressional Elections: Northeast - South Midwest - West 1980 Democratic National Convention 4Ze376 Scripts, Dem, 1980 and 1984, 1980-1988 4Ze381 Democratic convention, 1980 4Ze314 1980 Republican National Convention 1980 ABC News Election Handbook 1980 Presidential Election (news clippings) 4Ze381 Election (5 November 1980), 1973-1980 4Ze315 1984 Democratic National Convention 1984 Republican National Convention 4Ze376 Democratic National Convention, 16-19 July 1984; Republican National Convention, 20-23 August 1984 4Ze315 1984 Presidential Election 1984 Presidential Election (Trout's notes) 4Ze316 1988 Democratic National Convention 1988 Republican National Convention 1988 Presidential Election: ABC News coverage News articles and clippings Factbook by Trout 4Ze317 Presidential inaugurations: 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt 4Ze319 1949, Harry S. Truman 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower 2.325/T64b Daily Mirror, 21 January 1953 2.325/K69a Life Magazine, 2 February 1953 4Ze319 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961, John F. Kennedy 2.325/K69a A New Hand, A New Voice, and A New Verve, Life Magazine, 27 January 1961 4Ze320 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson 1965 inauguration - Trout's notes on inaugural history 2.325/K69a Life Magazine, 29 January 1965 2.325/T64b Calendar of Inaugural Events, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., 17 January 1965 4Ze320 1969, Richard M. Nixon 1973, Richard M. Nixon 1973 inaugural book, The Spirit of '76 1977, Jimmy Carter 1977 ABC News inaugural factbook 4Ze321 1977 inaugural schedule Inauguration notebook, 1977 1981, Ronald Reagan 1985, Ronald Reagan 4Ze376 Inauguration, 20-21 January 1985 4Ze322 1989 Inaugural, George Bush American Bicentennial Inauguration Factbook [ABC] 4Ze376 Inauguration, 1989 4Ze377 Inauguration [Bill Clinton], 1993 4Ze322 Political broadcasting notebooks: Unsorted political material 1940-1948 Democratic National conventions 1952-1956 Democratic National conventions 4Ze323 1960 Democratic Convention 1956-1968 Republican National Conventions Notebook on Republican National Conventions, 1948-1969 1940-1960 Republican National Conventions, by state: Alabama-Nebraska 4Ze324 Nevada-Wyoming 1940-1960 Democratic National Conventions, information book by state Notebook, 1936 and 1940 national elections Notebook on elections, 1944-1960 4Ze325 1948-1960 state and national elections (by state) 4Ze377 Notebook, 1980 general election 4Ze325 Films and recordings Films: Films, 1939-1970: Boy Scout movie, 1939 Norfolk and Western Railroad, 1940 Professor Quiz movie (rugs), 1940 America Moves Up, 1942 Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, 1949 More Than Meets the Eye, 1952 Ebony film, 1954 Martin Senour film, 1954 Chevrolet film, 1954 Shefrin film, 1954 Abacus cassette, 1970 NBC newsreels, 1948 4Ze326 Recordings: Recordings, 1935-1965: Grand Caverns recordings, 1935 National Tuberculosis Association, 1939 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1940 Recording for Bundles for Britain - V Campaign, 1941 Embassy cigarettes [advertisement], 1947 KIST, tenth anniversary, 1956 WGAC, A. D. Willard, Jr., 1965 Voice of the Army, It Happened in America, 30 March 1949 Transcript of Trout recollections, c. 1983 Transcript notes, undated 4Ze365 Personal appearances: Virginia Peninsula Association of Commerce, 19 November 1936 University of Akron (football team), 14 December 1937 Springfield, Vermont, 20 January 1938 Integrity Lodge, 8 February 1938 Bowling Green Park, 6 April 1938 Scarsdale Catholic Club, 15 November 1938 Nyack Police Department benefit, 10 December 1938 Brooklyn assistants to principals, 21 January 1939 Hellzapoppin, 25 April 1939 New Rochelle conclave, 24 January 1940 Third war loan drive, 30 August 1943, 22 January 1944, 1 February 1944 Railroad Men lunch, 9 September 1943 White House correspondents' dinner, 22 March 1945 National Association of Broadcasters (Women), 8 March 1947 Merrill lecture, Exeter, New Hampshire, 2 December 1948 Grandview Hospital lecture, Dayton, Ohio, 23 May 1950 and 23 June 1950 National Headliner award presentation, 9-10 June 1950 American Automobile Association, fiftieth anniversary, 23 September 1952 Chevrolet, San Francisco (Oakland) and Los Angeles, 24-27 August 1956, St. Louis, 5 June 1956 4Ze366 Twenty-fifth anniversary, 29 October 1956 Westinghouse, Atlantic City, 9 July 1956 Chevrolet, Cambell-Ewald Lunch - Detroit, 14 June 1957 Pittsburgh Speech (for Ad Club) (unsorted), 14 January 1958 Chevrolet, Cambell-Ewald lunch - Detroit, 30 September 1958 Boston, sales executives meeting, 15 January 1959 Fort Wayne, 31 January 1959-3 February 1959 2.325/T64b Fort Wayne (Indiana) News-Sentinel and Journal Gazette clippings, January-February 1959 4Ze366 CBS-radio affiliates lunch, 23 September 1959 Chevrolet, Cambell-Ewald, 15 December 1959 M. C. jobs, miscellaneous [Including films] (1949-1960) Westinghouse, Graphic Arts Council, 22 January 1960 Chevrolet (General Motors)- Cambell-Ewald, 11 May 1961, 1 May 1962, 6 November 1963 Personal appearances [and film], 11 May 1960-26 September 1962 4Ze367 Smithsonian, fireside chat, 17 June 1964 The Beaver Club, 25 February 1965 G. E. closed circuit, Phoenix, 4 December 1969 CBS radio affiliates meeting, Phoenix, 26 September 1974 American Club, Madrid, 30 September 1976 Associated Press Broadcasters award, St. Louis, 3-4 June 1977 Speech about Paul White for Radio-Television News Directors Association (1979) 2.325/S71 P. W. White, August 29, 1979 [cassette tape] 4Ze377 Peabody Award, April 29, 1980 Overseas Press Club award, April 29, 1981 Hall of Fame, December 2, 1982 4Ze367 Radio-Television News Directors Association, New York City, 19 October 1984 4Ze377 Museum of Broadcasting, January 13, 1988 4Ze367 CBS World News Roundup fiftieth anniversary, New York, 21 March 1988 ABC meeting [dinner in honor of Trout], London, 2 June 1989-4 June 1989 Overseas Press Club of America, New York, 6 September 1989 Promotion and publicity, 1931-1989 Scope and Content Note

Printed material, literary productions, notes and correspondence make up Trout's files about promotion of and publicity for him and his work. Robert and Kit Trout obtained and saved copies of most of the articles published by or about Trout in the popular and industry presses. The subseries also contains promotional kits and books, created by advertisers or CBS. Photos and oversize materials have been separated. Promotion and Publicity contains rich documentation of the advertising campaigns for Trout's broadcasts and press releases about him, as well as notes about network publicity, particularly from Trout's period at NBC (1948-1951), and some of Trout's own writing about his career. Trout occasionally employed a clipping service, and his Publicity Duplicates files include stories and from newspapers around the U. S. mentioning Trout.

Publicity-related correspondence can be found in the Professional Correspondence files in the Memos and Correspondence series. Trout collected many network press releases in the late 1930s, which in the General Information files under various headings. Numerous individual files in the Broadcast files contain promotional and publicity material. During processing, Trout's information files on publicity-related were added to the subseries. A folder containing copies of some of his byline pieces was created.

 Promotion and Publicity Series Container list 4Ze368 Promotion and publicity: Promotion and publicity: 1932-1937, 1940-1964 4Ze369 1965-1989 2.325/K69a Oversize: 1932-1965 (2 folders) 2.325/T64b 1933-1965, 1982 Promotional posters, 1933-1944 4Ze369 Publicity duplicates: 1932-1944 4Ze377 1933-1941, undated 4Ze370 1944-1948, 1964 4Ze377 1949-1952 4Ze384 1952-1981 2.325/K69a Oversize: 1949-1958 2.325/T64b 1950-1951, 1968 4Ze370 Publicity to be filed, 1964-1966 Baloney stunt, 5 March 1936 Sailfish presentation, August 1950 4Ze371 Duplicates of Trout byline pieces Autobiographical pieces for promotion/ publicity, 1933(?)-1963, 1976 Network press releases on Trout, 1950-1963 CBS Artists' Questionnaire, 1935 Trout interview transcripts, 1980 4Ze372 Vienna, March 1938, 1938 Crisis-A Report from the Columbia Broadcasting System, 1938 Coronation Souvenir, 1953 CBS and NBC press releases, 1935-1939 4Ze377 CBS press release, Robert Trout Recalls Some Early Days of News Broadcasting, [1948] 4Ze373 The News Till Now promotional kits, 1946 Robert Trout and the News promotional kits, 1952-1956 Annual Report to the Stockholders of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1956 CBS Radio national political coverage [conventions] promotional kit, 1956 CBS Radio national political coverage [election] promotional kit, 1956 4Ze384 Capital Cities/ ABC biography, 1987 2.116/OD1224 Newspaper advertisement proofs, 1956, 1967 Literary Productions and Other Creative Works, c. 1930-1983 Scope and Contents

Notes, correspondence, and manuscripts reflect Trout's efforts to publish and his pursuit of creative ventures. The manuscript material includes Trout's early short stories, written in the 1930s, when he aspired to a career as an author. Later, Trout published on politics, broadcasting, and his experiences in London during World War II in the Collier's Encyclopedia yearbooks and such periodicals as Reader's Digest, This Week, and The American. Among the Literary Productions are outlines and notes for projected memoirs and a complete manuscript in diary form about Trout's flight around the world in 1945 with the Army Air Transport Command. Some of the autobiographical writing contains details and insights about Trout's professional career not found elsewhere.

The Proposals for Media and Creative Works subseries includes scripts, notes, correspondence, and printed material detailing ideas for games, television shows, films, and radio programs. The bulk of the material is from the late 1940s into the mid-1950s, when Trout attempted to become better established as a television personality. Trout originated many of the projects. Others were brought to him by creators wanting his participation.

Documentation of other unfinished projects may be in the General Information files. Correspondence with literary agent Sterling Lord, editor Thomas H. Uzzell, and authors' representative Willis Wing is in the Professional Correspondence Subseries. The Promotion and Publicity Subseries contains other autobiographical writings, in published and manuscript form. The files have been rearranged chronologically and titles assigned to some of them.

 Literary Productions Series Container list 4Ze338 Literary productions and other creative works: Literary productions: Notes from history sources, c. 1930 Free writing notes, 1932, undated Drafts and notes, Murder in Harlem, 1932 Diaries and writing exercises, 1933-1934, undated Poetry and short stories, 1931-1937 4Ze339 Radio Guide articles, 1937 Unfinished manuscripts, 1937, undated Song lyrics, Bushfield presidential campaign, 1940, 1956-1959 Outline and notes, Keep Tuned to This Station, 1941 A Plan for the Establishment of an Affirmative Program to Defend the Democracies against Axis Propaganda, 1941 The American Eagle Club, 1942 Outside America Looking In, 1942 Dover, 1942 It's Like This Over There [substitute column for Walter Winchell] 15 July 1943 4Ze340 Letter to American Speech, 1944 D-Day, 1944 Flight round the world diary, 1945 (?) Story on John J. McCluskey, Jr. [ Foreign Service Magazine], 1946 And Speaking of the Good Old Broadcasting Days..., Variety, 7 January 1947 Submission to CBS Digest Talks, 1947 What's the Answer to Television News, Variety, 28 July 1948 4Ze341 Rough draft and notes for book on yacht trip, chapters 1-15, 1947-1948 4Ze342 Rough draft and notes for book on yacht trip, chapters 16, 22, 1947-1948 Yacht trip manuscript and notes, folders A and Z Yacht trip notes and related material Short Shorts, 1948-1950 The Year in Review [1999], ca. 1949 Danny Roscoe short stories, 1949, undated Grolier Society articles, 1949-1963 4Ze343 Only in America, 1949 Biographical notes and manuscript on early radio career, 1950 Conventions: Party Time for Politicians, Collier's, 12 July 1952 What to Look for on Election Night, Collier's, 8 November 1952 Presidential Campaign - New Style, The Reporter, 1956 And the Next Voice You Hear [manuscript on political broadcasting], 1957-1958 4Ze344 And the Next Voice You Hear [manuscript on political broadcasting], 1957-1958 Broadcasting book outline, undated Words to Live By [ Five Ways of Knowing], 1960 The Last Time I Saw Elwood, 1960 The Chase, ca. 1961 The Chase reference and San Gennaro files, 1961-1962 Report on Professor Rapallo, 1979 Club Taurino essays, 1977-1986 Pamplona, Spain, International Herald Tribune, December 1979 Radio news history essay, 1983 4Ze384 Bullfighting essays, c. 1989 4Ze345 Proposals for media and creative works, 1947-1973 P. C. project, 1947 Record albums, 1946-1950 How to Give a Party, 1949-1952 TeeVee Jeebees [television game], 1949-1951 Proposed television programs and series, 1947-1954 Fone Booth Follies, 1949 Where Are We? [television], 1949-1950 Photography By...YOU! [television], 1948-1949 Missing Line [television], 1949-1951 Fish Fair, 1951 $1,000 A Question [television], 1953-1954 Yesterday [television series], 1954 4Ze346 T. V. Newsroom [television], 1954-1956 U. S. Musical Almanac [television], 1956 So It Seems [television], scripts, ca. 1955 So It Seems [television],story boards, ca. 1955 "So It Seems [television], clipping file, ca. 1955 4Ze347 So It Seems includes Musical Almanac, 1953-1955 T. V. news program [ So It Seems], 1952-1954, 1966-1968 Quiz Kit [record album], 1958 First Hand [television], 1958 Star Spangled Review, 1955-1968 Lady of the House, 1959 Proposal for television business program 1959 Film proposal 1959 That's the Ticket [musical comedy], 1959-1963 Comedy Court [radio], 1960 4Ze348 Proposed television programs and series, 1960 Proposal for album recording of commercial jingles, 1960 Biz T. V. [television], 1959-1961 Mr. T and Bob, 1962-1963 T. V. script ideas, ca. 1965 The Ombudsman, 1967 Business project, 1957-1968 Proposed television programs or series, 1967-1970 US [television], 1971 The Secret Life of Walt Disney, 1971 Mr. Ambassador [television], 1972-1973 Consumers Union television project, 1972-1973 Present Indicative [television], undated Cartoon ideas, 1960 [Artwork], undated 4Ze384 Conchita Cintr¢n, 1968-1969 Inside Story, 1981 Info and scripts 1992, 1991-1992 Memos and Correspondence, 1931-1992 (4 ft., 7 in. [11 Hollinger boxes]) Scope and Contents

Correspondence, memos, and photographs retained by Robert Trout document his career, personal life, and his relationship with his audience, 1931-1992. Highlights include World War II correspondence with Edward R. Murrow, Trout's impressions of current events, and his views on his own career, his employers, and broadcasting history.

Professional correspondence (1935-1992) contains letters and memoranda exchanged with broadcasting executives and producers, agents, and editors. It includes network press releases, broadcast assignments, policies and procedures, contract negotiations, and critiques of Trout's broadcasts from network executives, as well as correspondence with sponsors and guests. The correspondence documents Trout's frustrations at his perceived lack of television work and, after he relocated to Europe, his need to find and propose story topics. Trout's files of correspondence with agents Tom Stix, Jap Gude, Marvin Josephson, and representatives at International Creative Management, include related material such as promotion schedules, notes, scripts, and news clippings. The series includes some of Trout's contracts dating back to 1937, and documents Kit Trout's role as Robert Trout's personal manager. Information about Trout's career is also in the General Correspondence (1931-1992), which includes exchanges with colleagues, personal friends, and some professional associates. Viewer and Listener mail (1931-1981) documents public response to Trout's work, primarily from the 1960s.

Trout's files of network memoranda, general professional and personal correspondence, and fan mail formed the core of each subseries, but loose correspondence was added to each during processing. The Trouts filed a considerable amount of correspondence in the other two series, which was left in place during processing.

 Memos and Correspondence Series container list 4Ze327 Memos and correspondence: Professional: CBS memos and correspondence, 1935-1963 4Ze328 CBS memos and correspondence, 1964-1978, undated Move to Europe, correspondence, working notes, 1965 4Ze329 ABC memos and correspondence, 1966-1991 ABC correspondence, Richard Richter, 1975-1978 ABC correspondence, Jon Schriber, 1991-1992 4Ze384 CBS correspondence, 1969-1973 American Express (includes Fred Rosen), 1973 Professional correspondence, 1965, 1977, 1987-1997, undated Tuy telex, 1986 4Ze329 Colston Leigh, 1944-1945, 1964 Leslie Lieber, 1948-1949 Sterling Lord, 1939, 1957-1958 Thomas H. Uzzell, 1936 Willis Wing, 1961-1969 Publicity and promotion correspondence, 1935-1976 Contract correspondence, 1937-1966 4Ze330 Contract negotiations, 1954-1962 Correspondence with agents, 1945-1956 Correspondence with agents, 1964-1970 International Creative Management, 1963-1980 4Ze331 General: Correspondence, 1931-1957 Correspondence with Edward R. Murrow, 1937-1965. 4Ze332 Correspondence, 1958-1966 Christmas Cards, 1956-1966 4Ze333 Correspondence, 1967-1974 4Ze334 Correspondence, 1975-1980 Christmas Cards, 1980 4Ze335 Correspondence, 1981-1992 Correspondence, undated 4Ze384 Grace [Drachman], 1972-1975 Paco Cano, 1985-1986 Personal correspondence, 1977, 1986 4Ze336 Viewer and listener Viewer/listener mail, 1930s-1964 Form letters for answering viewer/listener mail ( 1938-1945, undated) 4Ze337 Viewer/listener mail, 1965-1981 4Ze384 Viewer letter, 1982 Personal and reference files, 1930-1991 (9 ft., 6 in. [18 Hollinger boxes, 2 banker's boxes]) Scope and Contents

Throughout his career, Trout collected clippings and other printed materials, correspondence, and his own notes for files which were not directly related to specific broadcasts or creative projects (bulk 1935-1991). Kit Trout contributed to the maintenance of these files and created some of the notes in them.

The Personal and Reference Files Series consists of four subseries. The Travel files (bulk 1939-1962) include notes, correspondence, scripts and printed material, including clippings and souvenirs, from the Trouts' period in London (1941-1943), their Caribbean sailing trip (1946), and from their summers in Europe (1953-1961). Material documenting Trout's broadcasts, writing, and other professional activities remains in these files. The Professional Associations files (1939-1970, 1982-1986) contain correspondence and printed material relating to Trout's membership in broadcasting and press groups. The General Information files (1939-1989) are most numerous. They include reference files, project files related to stories Trout considered covering on the air, background material for fiction, and material collected out of personal interest. A number of files concern broadcasting's history and influence. In general, the oldest files reflect Trout's desire for a writing career. When his broadcasting career was at its height, Trout often collected background material about current affairs. Later, after his move to Europe, the files often concern possible topics for his broadcast commentary pieces. Financial Records (bulk 1934-1970), including personal income tax returns, bank statements, receipts, check stubs, correspondence and legal material, document the Trouts' finances, 1934-1993, with the bulk of the material predating 1970. Two files relate to Trout's boat-chartering business.

Many of the information files contain information about Trout's career that is unavailable elsewhere. Some of his "Lit" files contain notes about his co-workers, information on network politics, recollections of conversations and events, and other behind-the-scenes information about broadcasting. The Information files series includes some broadcast scripts and transcriptions, in instances where Trout chose to file a news script because of its thematic content or the circumstances of the broadcast. The files also contain collected scripts for other broadcasters and network press releases.

During processing, this material was rearranged chronologically, because the original classifications of the filing systems employed by the Trouts at different times and the placement of folders within them were lost. The General Information files probably combines folders from several filing categories. Personal and unprocessed material is at its end. Loose and collected material included in the Trout papers was added to the General Information files and the Financial Records during processing, and assigned general folder titles.

 Personal and Reference Files series container list 4Ze349 Personal and reference files: Travel files: West Coast trip, February 1939-April 1939 California trip, Spring 1940 England, 1941-1943 Flight round the world, October 1945-November 1945 4Ze350 Flight round the world, October 1945-November 1945 Nassau-Miami, 12 February 1946-4 March 1946 Tonga trip, 1947-1948 Caribbean trip number two-official papers, 1947 4Ze351 Europe-financial, 16 October 1951-2 December 1951 Europe, 22 May 1953-5 August 1953 Europe-notes, 20 March 1957-4 June 1957 Europe-notes, 18 June 1958-20 August 1958 Europe, 18 June 1958-20 August 1958-financial Russia, July 1958 4Ze352 Europe, 3 June 1959-11 September 1959 Europe, notes, 21 June 1959-29 September 1959 Europe, notes, 21 June 1961-29 September 1961 Europe, 20 June 1962-12 September 1962 Europe, 20 June 1962-12 September 1962-Financial Queen Elizabeth 2, 1988-1989 Spanish tourism literature, c. 1953 Miscellaneous travel material 4Ze353 Professional associations files: Overseas Press Club, 1939, 1956-1970, 1982 Association of Radio News Analysts [ARNA], 1943-1955 Association of Radio-Television News Analysts [ARTNA], 1958-1970 ARTNA demise, 1986 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1952-1968 4Ze384 Association of Radio News Analysts: History, Constitution, and Membership, 1942-1954 [ 1954] 4Ze354 General information files: Characters A. Men, 1933, 1957, undated Characters B. Women, 1935-1936, undated Characters C. Children, undated Complications C. Business, 1930-1935, undated Settings A. City, 1935, 1956 Settings B. Country, 1933-1934 Settings C. Radio, 1935-1940 Themes A. Social B. Domestic, undated Press Radio Bureau reports, 1935 Art, 1936-1937 Football & R. T., 1936-1939 Dowling Leatherwood manuscript on radio journalism, 1939 Lit file, 1934-1941, undated U. S. declares war, 1941 Hess flies to Scotland, 10 May 1941, 1941 Radio stuff, 1941, undated Enemy propaganda, 1942-1943, undated London notes, 1941-1943 Movies and theater, 1942-1943 2.325/T64b Newspaper coverage of World War Two, 1944-1945 4Ze355 Lit file [CBS press releases, September 1941-October 1941] People's Platform scripts, 1938-1943 U. S. domestic "empire," 1944 U. S. foreign policy, 1944 News as a weapon, 1941-1944 Information services, 1941-1943 Anglo-American interpreter, books, grammar, words, 1942-1944 British politics, 1941-1945 Hun cartoons, c. 1945 The German problem, 1941-1945 Radio and T. V., influence and use, World War II, 1938-1945 India-China Division, Air Transport Command info folder, 1945 Propaganda and military, 1944-1947 Fluff material, 1947 4Ze356 Lit file, 1942-1948 Lit file, 1945-1948 Characters to be written, 1948-1972 NBC notes, 1948-1949 Lit file, inside television, ca. 1950 Lit file, Short Shorts, 1948-1950 Radio, WJSV, miscellaneous, 1933, 1948 Radio, T. V., stunts and "firsts," 1933-1948, undated H. V. Kaltenborn, 1945-1950 Gifts, 1950, undated Books, 1943-1951 4Ze357 Fishbowl, 1936-1938, 1952, undated U. S. politics notes and research, 1940-1953, undated T. V., stories and anecdotes, 1939-1953, 1972, undated Last half hour, 1953 Radio and television, 1954-1955 Radio history, 1934-1956 Election broadcasting notes (not politics), 1952-1956, undated Radio-T. V. news broadcasting, general, 1933-1957, undated Hypnosis, Power Publishing, ca. 1957 Mideast crisis, 1956-1957 Mideast file no. 2, 1956-1957 NATO, 1957 Yugoslavia, 1955-1957 U.S.A., manners and mores, 1954-1957 Kashmir, 1957-1958 Psychology, 1950-1958 4Ze358 Notes about public appearances and other topics, 1948-1958 Lit notes, 1950-1958, 1972, undated Third World War, 1944-1946, 1959 Influence of radio and television, international politics, 1942-1962 Independence, 1945, 1959-1961 Kenya, 1961 Chevrolet sponsorship, 1954-1962 Alphabet, Sir Reilly, 1953-1958 Radio and T. V., influence and use, politics, national, 1944-1961 Anecdotes for lectures, 1950, 1963-1972 4Ze359 Miscellaneous news reference, 1955-1964 Pronunciation guides, 1939, 1954-1964, undated I. bloc, 1960-1964, undated Special events broadcasting, 1935-1952, 1964 Words, 1933-1941, 1962-1964, undated Speaking Out, Saturday Evening Post feature, 1963-1964 Alexander Kendrick and Bill Leonard scripts, 1964, undated Notes re: Broadcasting, criticism, 1957-1965 Hypnosis, 1952-1965 Lecturing, 1948-1965 Magazine, 1944, 1958-1965 4Ze360 Election reform, 1956-1965 Unsorted network publicity and newsletters, 1940-1965 Fred W. Friendly, 1948-1965 Scenes, 1965-1966 Pedestrians, 1966-1967, undated Shave, 1959-1968 Theater, 1946-1947, 1961- 1968 Luna, 1966-1969 Words, 1944-1951, 1966-1970 Lit file, BDC, 1969-1970 Lit file, Toros, 1969-1970 [Pablo] Picasso, 1971 4Ze361 Lit file, 1944-1972 Anecdotes and lit notes, 1949, 1962-1972 Food and restaurants, 1958-1974 Project work for CBS, 1972-1974 De Soto celebration, Florida, U. S., 1975 Blue jeans, 1974-1975 Service bands, 1932, 1950, 1976 Broadcasting history, 1974-1977 Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, 1977 England, 1941-1978 Television and news, 1960, 1975-1979 4Ze362 American leave Europe, 1976-1979 Bum-bill collector, 1979 Tourists series, 1977-1979 Radio and television, presidential broadcasting, traveling, 1939-1979 ABC story proposals, 1980 Religion, 1975-1980 Anecdotes and writings, 1934-1940, 1965-1980 Basketball in Europe, 1975-1981 France notes and clippings, 1978-1981 Professor Rapallo, 1979-1981 Rapallo, Winters, 1979-1980 Fireside chats, 1933-1981 [Raoul] Wallenberg, 1980-1981 Monaco, 1981-1982 Radio ideas, 1981-1982 4Ze363 Isabel Peron, 1981-1983 CBS and ABC directories, 1971-1972, 1983 Nightline, short pieces, 1984 Leon De Grelle, 1981-1985 ABC Meeting, May 1985 Presidential inaugurals, 1952-1985 Possible broadcast topics, 1967-1985 Gibraltar, 1948, 1961-1986 Serenos, 1974-1986 War of the Worlds [Orson Welles broadcast], 1938-1949, 1986 Champagne, wine, 1971-1987 Beer, 1961-1987 4Ze364 Notes for ABC futures meetings, 1987-1988 Tourism in Spain, 1988 Christopher Columbus, 1988 America's Cup, 1983-1987 Bases, 1973, 1986-1988 Gypsies, 1963-1991 Anecdote file, undated Political anecdotes, undated Presidential broadcasting, undated Word cliches and use, undated Clippings of varied interest 4/92, 1969-1972 File with broadcasts, 1960-1965 Miscellaneous notes and to be filed, 1931-1934, 1946, 1957, undated Gag file, 1937, 1950, c. 1964 Material filed with photos Awards 2.325/H68d Daily planners, 1959-1966, 1968-1972 4Ze378 Boats, 1951-1958 Fishing, ca. 1947 Items regarding boats and fish, 1938-1941, 1958 H. A. Association, 1951-1953 H. A. Association, Norton, Lasswell, Gibb, 1948-1958 H. A. Association, The Fleet, 1951 United States Coast Guard Reserve, ca. 1940 Water Witch, Circe, Columbia Yacht Club, 'Guana Island Club, 1934-1957 Club Taurino, 1961-1963 Confrerie des Chavaliers du Tastevin, 1959, 1982 Friars' Club Collected manuscripts, 1930, 1956 American Weekly newspapers, 1933 Saturday Evening Post series on FDR, 1939 Phillips Code, 1945 Arthur Godfrey articles from Saturday Evening Post, 1955 Magazines and pamphlets, 1957-1964, 1981 New York photo book, 1963 Broadcasting history series, 1980-1981 Food and diet publications, ca. 1981 New York Times, 1986 4Ze379 Gulf Oil Harbor guides, undated Material removed from book collection, undated Empty folders, undated Household, 1976-1981, undated House plans Health notes and printed material, 1967, 1979, undated Dance and Spanish language lessons, 1941, 1957 Household affairs notebook, ca. 1976 Household appliances, 1977-1979, undated Driver's license, identification cards Copies of legal documents, 1973-1974, undated Unsorted printed material Unsorted wire stories Unsorted typewritten notes Unused tablet and pad Unsorted clippings, notes, forms, souvenirs Unsorted clippings - broadcasting and bullfighting] Handwritten notes and lists Multiple copies of publicity / promotion material 4Ze384 Crisis broadcasting (1938?), undated Appointment books, 1955, 1959, 1963 Pronunciation guides, 1959-1965 I. bloc, 1967-1968, 1987 Papal election, 1978 Bulls, 1959, 1974-1980, undated Trout interview transcripts, 1980 (2 folders) Africa, 1977-1980 Election reform, 1967-1980 French and Spanish press credentials, 1967, 1981 4Ze385 Collected transcripts, 1981, undated Capes, 1967-1969, 1976, 1982 Leon De Grelle, 1986 Reports on the Spanish connection in Irangate, 1986 Fireside chat, 1984-1987 ABC meetings, 1986-1987 Notes and manuscripts, 1987, undated Dickens Christmas, December 1987 Christmas, 1983-1987 Western Australia and America's Cup, 1987 Independence (colonialism), 1967-1988 Spain/Judías, 1966-1968 Malta meeting, 1989 Pigeons, 1967-1968, 1982, 1989-1990 Badges and souvenirs, 1933-1936, undated Script drafts, undated Identification cards, 1965, 1977, undated Passports, 1963, 1973, 1993 Notes and printed material, 1981, undated Sudeten crisis [photocopies of broadcast file material], undated Anecdotes, undated Notes and printed material, 1983-1986, undated Angus Macnab, The Bulls of Iberia [photocopies], undated Notebook, undated Notes and clippings, 1958, 1964-1965, undated Bull fight clippings, 1977 To be filed, 1962-1980 (two folders) To be filed, 1960-1988 Return to Madrid, 1984-1985 Printed material, 1963-1964, 1977-1979, 1991-1994 For Jávea files, 1965-1969, 1985-1987 Clippings, 1986-1987 Business cards, undated Info, Spain, 1984-1986 4Ze374 Financial records: Tax returns, 1934-1936, 1943-1959 Earnings statements, 1938-1940, 1958-1962 Income tax, 1967-1968 Tax preparation correspondence, 1948-1949, 1993 4Ze375 Tonga, Charters, completed, 1943-1949 Reprisals, Tonga, 1948-1949 Apartment leases, 1954-1965 Investment reports, 1964 AFTRA pension, 1965, 1984-1985 Check stubs, 1966-1970 Bank statements, 1966-1969 Receipts, 1969-1970 Bank statements and transfers, 1970-1971 Loan records, 1977 Computer purchases, 1984-1992 ABC benefits, 1991-1993 Receipts and other financial records 4Ze385 Investment balance statement, June 28, 1994 WJR [William J. Rinehart] and SA [Stephen Abrams] 1992, 1989-1992 Oversize material, 1934-1984 (8 in.) Scope and Contents

Large-size records, primarily printed material removed from the Professional Career Series and the Personal and Reference files Series, make up the Oversize Material Series. The series contains blueprints for the Trouts' home in J vea, Spain. The series also includes an original charcoal sketch of Trout at the microphone by James Montgomery Flagg.

 Oversize Material series container list 2.325/K69a Oversize material: Awards and certificates, 1940-1957, 1970, 1980 Broadcast files-oversize material, 1935-1938, 1973-1974 Political broadcasts, oversize material, 1940-1965 Bob Trout broadcasting the end of the Second World War, CBS, 1945, charcoal sketch by James Montgomery Flagg, 1945? 2.325/T64b Travel material and collected printed material, 1934, 1945-1958, 1974-1984 Broadcasting files, oversize material, 1934-1939 Political broadcasts, oversize material, 1940-1965 Broadcasting files separations, newspaper coverage of British Royal Family, 1939, 1953-1957 2.116/OD1224 Boy Scout Week radio timetable, February 1939 Bullfight poster (U. S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain), 1974 The Spanish Heritage and Contribution to the American Independence, 1982 House plans Sound recordings (1 ft., 5 in.) Scope and Contents

Cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, and audio discs comprise Robert Trout's copies of his own broadcast work. Many of the sound recordings are of special programs in which Trout participated or appeared as a guest. Audio cassettes which Trout created in the course of researching stories, removed from the Broadcast files, are also included in this series. The audio discs include both broadcast transcriptions and commercial records marketed by CBS.

Four cassettes, containing material copied from other sources with in this series, were created at the Center for American History for use in the Robert Trout exhibit (Fall 2000). They have been added to the series.

 Sound Recordings series container list 2X336 Sound recordings: Cassette tapes: Recordings of D-Day broadcast, 6 June 1944 [11 audio cassettes] Audio cassette number 12 King and Queen train Canada-U. S. border, 7 June 1939 F. D. R. inauguration, 20 January 1945 Audio cassette number 13 How CBS covered D-Day, 11 June 1944 Elmer Davis, Paul White, Edward R. Murrow on CBS news, 1 June 1941 Report from London and false invasion broadcast, 3 June 1944 King and Queen arrive, 8 June 1939 Audio cassette number 14: CBS discussion F. D. R. speech, 11 September 1941 Trout substituting for Elmer Davis on CBS news, 7 November 1940 F. D. R. funeral train, Warm Springs, 13 April 1945 Trout on F. D. R., 14 April 1945 Cassettes of Trout broadcast excerpts [created at the Center for American History for Robert Trout exhibit, Fall 2000]: Copy of (KUT) mastered audio tape D-Day broadcasts [2 copies] Trout broadcasts (4:30 edit), copy 2 1932 Presidential election D-Day invasion V-J Day Alan Shephard, 1st man in space Nomination of B. Goldwater at Republican Convention Pedro Coelho and Alberto Arons de Carnavalho, October 1973 Marias, October 1973 Cruse executives, 15-19 November 1974 Reel-to-reel tapes: Allied invasion, CBC coverage, 6 June 1944 World Tonight piece on inaugurations (21 January 1957) and Remembrance of Cross and Dunn for WGAC (21 February 1963 Spanish Broadcasts [NBC], September 1951 Harry Butcher, tenth anniversary of KIST, 27 October 1956 Harry Butcher, tenth anniversary of KIST (second version), 27 October 1956 Trout reminisces about thirty years with Betty Furness, 1964 Fred Allen, 1948 and Lindburgh's arrival in Washington, 1927 Cape Canaveral [Mercury recovery], 5 May 1961 Atlantic Clipper broadcast, June 1939 Radio: Then, Now and Later [RKO General], 1965 There Is No Night, 1955 Calendar (interview with Harry Reasoner), 7 March 1962 CBS newscasts, Fall 1954 Trout Takes Five pieces, undated [two reels] How America votes [2 reels], 1958 Background piece on T. V. newsroom, ca. 1955 Don Holenbeck News, 1951 Only in America, 1954 Agent conference with NBC, undated and Edward Murrow news broadcast, ca. 1951 Special broadcast from capitals of the world, 1938 Election broadcast, 1948 Madrid spots, 1955 Godfrey Time [two reels], 1960 [Harry] Reasoner on Trout, ABC-TV, March 1, 1973 [three-inch reel] Assimil Spain and France Pamplona '66: Trout - Greene Pamplona: Reel number one: Wild track: Penas Pamplona clubs and organizations leaving the bull ring after the fights - dancing and drinking, etc. through the streets (with roll 4) Same from balcony overlooking main square (with roll 4) Fireworks (with roll 10) Reel number two: Wild track: Band and waiting ground Entrance of runners and bulls into arena at end of "encierro" run (for use with roll 10) Reel number three: Souvenir streets Giants and big heads Amusement park Music of encierro and atmosphere Rocket (starting of encierro) Assi Span, lec 1-66, April 1967 Assi Span, lec.67-111, April 1967 Assi Fnch, lec 1-66, April 1967 Assi Fnch, lec 67-138 1/2, April 1967 Assi Fnch, first 1/2, undated Gift recording, June 1966 For Richard Merson Weekend Dimension CBS Radio News: Sounds of encierro, Plaza Toros, Pamplona, July 1966 Two Dimensions0 Cricket explanation by Cyril Bliss ( Weekend Dimension), September 11-12, 1965 F. Binney, cockney, undated Bon voyage, Charlie Manna, undated New tape put on Uher to take to shop (for illustration) for repairs, April 26, 1967 Trout and Alf Landon, Miami, August 21, 1972 2.325/S71 Princess Anne wedding, November 14, 1973 Assi Span, first half, undated Assi Span slowest (old), undated Tape found on Uher [unidentified], June 1967 Unlabelled reel, undated Cassettes: Captain's table, S. S. Young America, February 1973 Interviews with Expresso editor and Capital editor, October 1973 Donteun[?] Villaberde [?], September 1973 Pub Geo IV (London), November 1973 P. Revel, undated Sounds, Linares, Manzanares, Galloso, Fallas, 1972 Spurrier-Winroth, June 1975 Hole in Paris building, October 1975 ABC Radio News: News demo, undated Empty audio cassette cases [two] Joan Burke material: Five inch reel: Robert Trout report for Wallace at Large, undated Seven inch reel: Joan Burke/Robert Trout, undated Cassettes: Pamplona background noises, undated Joan Burke, Trout, undated Not yet assigned Audio discs: Bob Trout news 4/25/48, 4:30-4:35 P. M. More Than Meets the Eye, 1952 Bob Trout Interview, Bob Elson on Century, 1949 It Happened in America, (2 discs) Tex and Jinx, 1951 (3 discs) Mel Trout (how about that), 1950 [ NBC Round-Up spot] This Is Edward R. Murrow, 1965 9:43 A.M. E.S.T. May 5, 1961, 1961 An Ear to the Sounds of Our History, 1973 Farewell to Studio Nine, 1964 Sample individual call letter spots, 1954 Personal recording, 10 December 1935 European war situation, Columbia Appreciation Talk, September 30, 1938 [16" disc] Trout Takes Five, CBS Radio News audition, November 11, 1953 [16" disc] Photographic material, 1931-1999 (~3 ft.) Scope and Contents

Prints, negatives, positive transparencies, postcards, and videotapes comprise Robert Trout's photographic records. The series includes personal snapshots, portraits, network publicity photos, and other promotional images. A number of prints were separated from other series in the papers, and photocopies left in their original places. Photos of the Trouts attending bullfights, shot by their friend Paco Cano, make up a large portion of the photographic material. A small postcard collection reflects the Trouts' travels. The series includes two albums. One includes personal views of the Trouts in the earliest years of their marriage, the second was presented to Robert Trout upon his retirement from WCBS and contains mounted prints of photos of him and his colleagues. Two videotapes contain privately dubbed copies of older television appearances and films (1947-1964), consisting of both broadcast and personal material. In 1999, Trout was interviewed for the Archive of American Television. A transcript and videotape copies of that interview were added to the series during processing.

 Photographic Material series container list 3Z321 Photographic material: Prints: Photographs annotated by Trout and John McDonough Kit Trout passport photos, 1986, undated 3Z322 Unsorted photographs, including bullfighting photos by Paco Cano 3S199d ABC publicity shot, undated (2 copies) Portrait of Wildfrid Hyde-White, inscribed to Trout, undated NBC group, including Trout, John Cameron Swayze, H. V. Kaltenborn and Oscar Levant, c. 1950 3Y298 Color motion picture film (16 mm): London buses (processed), c. 1966 (2 reels) Three unidentified reels 3X34 Video tapes: Professional career: VHS video cassettes: Archive of American Television interview, 1999 [7 tapes] VHS tape number one, undated The Saturday News with Robert Trout (CBS), 29 October 1960 This Is Robert Trout (WCBS), 7 July 1965 Canadian Conservative Party Convention (unedited footage), 1950 Tonga Trip (silent travel film), 1947 The Obstreperous Reporter (WCBS), c. 1965 Sports footage, undated VHS tape number two, undated: The Evening News with Robert Trout (WCBS, last broadcast), 1965 The Many Worlds of Frank Gifford [gag film], 1964 The Obstreperous Reporter (pilot), silent footage and outtakes, c. 1964 Videotape indexes Archive of American Television Interview transcript, 1999 3X37 RT Atlantic Charter, not aired, taped just before Malta meeting 1990, December 1989? West 57 [CBS-TV], June 13, 1986 History part two, October 7, 1985 [ABC tape] Forum on guns, ABC-TV, tape one, January 24, 1990 Gun show, ABC-TV, tape one, January 24, 1990 Sportsbeat: American matador Laytown races, [1985] Air American matador (PASB) Correspondence separated from cassettes, 1981, 1989 U-Matic (small): Trout inauguration, January 1981: Personal history Communication history U-Matic (large): GMA [ Good Morning, America] promo, undated 3X38 Collected material: VHS: Bullfighting material taped from Spanish television, August 1985-September 1985 Bullfighting material taped from Spanish television, July 1985 Ten years of reign of Juan Carlos [tape of Spanish program Informe Semanal], November 16, 1985, and Novillada [bullfight], November 1, 1986 Bullfighting material, June 1985 Antonete's Madrid despedida, Sepember 30, 1985 Bullfighting material, 1985-1986 Pershing's victory parade in Washington, D.C. showing arch [1919], undated The Buried Army of Qin Shihuang, undated Unlabelled cassettes (three) Indexes and labels from videotapes, 1985-1986, undated Artifact Collection

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