urn:taro:utexas.cah.02635 A Guide to the Fred Friendly Oral History Interview, 1994 Original EAD encoding by Evan Usler according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Friendly, Fred W., 1915-1998 Fred Friendly Oral History Interview 1994 Materials are written in English. 2011-090 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin An audiocassette of an oral history interview with Fred Friendly, by Dr. Lewis Gould, composes the Fred Friendly Oral History Interview, 1994. Biographical/Historical Note

New York City native Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998) was a radio and television producer and former president of CBS News. A pioneer for public broadcasting and television journalism, Friendly produced numerous award-winning documentaries, including See It Now (1954), a program about the actions of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and Harvest of Shame (1960), concerning the trials of migrant workers. After his resignation from CBS in 1966, Friendly served as a professor of broadcast journalism at Columbia University and helped to establish the PBS network.

Pace, Eric. “Fred W. Friendly, CBS Executive and Pioneer in TV News Coverage, Dies at 82,” New York Times, March 5, 1998. Accessed on April 21, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/arts/fred-w-friendly-cbs-executive-and-pioneer-in-tv-news-coverage-dies-at-82.html

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An audiocassette of an oral history interview with Fred Friendly, by Dr. Lewis Gould, composes the Fred Friendly Oral History Interview, 1994.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Friendly, Fred W., 1915-1998 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) CBS News Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) Columbia Univeristy. Graduate School of Journalism. Subjects Broadcast journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Preferred Citation

Fred Friendly Oral History Interview, 1994, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

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Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory U129b Audiocassette, 1994