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Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission Records, 1951-1979
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission
- Title
- Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission Records
- Dates
- 1951-1979 (inclusive)19511979
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Collection Number
- RS 312
- Summary
- Prior to the establishment of the Educational Broadcasting Commission in 1974, the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction's office was involved in numerous efforts to obtain educational television for Montana. These records (1959-1977) document those efforts and those of the Commission. They include general correspondence; legal documents; reports; speeches and writings; subject files; miscellany; and clippings.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
In May 1954 the Superintendent of Public Instruction sponsored a Citizens Conference on Educational Television to study the possibilities for educational television in the state. As a result of a Ford Foundation grant in the early 1960s, the Montana Educational Television Committee conducted a major study of educational television resulting in the publication of TV for Montana Education. The 1971 Legislative Assembly mandated that the Superintendent of Public Instruction coordinate efforts to set up an educational television system and appoint an advisory committee, but it provided no funds. Three years later the legislature established the Educational Broadcasting Commission to supercede the previous advisory committee. This commission expired in 1977. From 1972 through 1974 Montana cooperated in two programs of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States: the Educational Technology Demonstration and the Satellite Technology Demonstration. For many years Administrative Assistant Barbara Longmaid coordinated the educational television activities of the superintendent's office.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Records consist of correspondence (1951-1979), arranged chronologically, with a wide variety of individuals and organizations concerning educational television; contracts (1972-1974) for the Educational Technology Demonstration and Satellite Technology Demonstration; reports (1962, 1971, 1975); speeches and writings (1959-1975); a subject file (1954-1975) primarily concerning various organizations involved in educational television; clippings; and miscellany. (Printed material transferred to Library).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
General Correspondence Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1 / 1 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include National
Committee on Educational Television, Blonder-Tongue Foundation, Montana Educational
Television Committee, Erling S. Jorgensen, Montana State University, and Montana State
College) |
1951-1960 |
| 1 / 2 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Blonder-Tongue
Foundation, Montana Educational Television Committee, Erling S. Jorgensen, Eastern
Montana College, Montana State College, Ford Foundation, and Thomas Moriarty) |
1961 |
| 1 / 3 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Montana
Educational Television Committee, Erling S. Jorgensen, Fred Gerber, Ford Foundation,
and Thomas Moriarty) |
1962 January-June |
| 1 / 4 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Erling S.
Jorgensen, Fred Gerber, Montana State College, Montana State University, and Archer S.
Taylor) |
1962 July-December |
| 1 / 5 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include George Bandy,
Fred Gerber, Montana State College, Northern Montana College, and Archer S. Taylor) |
1963-1967 |
| 1 / 6 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, and William Bertsche) |
1968-1971 |
| 1 / 7 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Nat Allen, and Educational Television Advisory Committee) |
1972 |
| 1 / 8 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, and Nat Allen) |
1973 January-May |
| 1 / 9 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Nat Allen, and Edmund B. Craney) |
1973 June-September |
| 1 / 10 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Nat Allen, Edmund B. Craney, and Montana Committee for Public
Television) |
1973 October-December |
| 2 / 1 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Montana Television Network, Joseph S. Sample, Helena
Vocational-Technical Center, and Fred Gerber) |
1974 January-March |
| 2 / 2 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Thomas Judge, Nat Allen, Joseph S. Sample, Montana Television
Network, Edmund B. Craney, and Fred Gerber) |
1974 April-December |
| 2 / 3 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Federation of
Rocky Mountain States, Thomas Judge, and Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission) |
1975 |
| 2 / 4 | Miscellaneous (correspondents include Public Service
Satellite Commission, Busby School, Corporation for Montana Public Broadcasting, and
Montana State University) |
1976-1979 |
Legal Documents Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 5 | Agreement with Montana State University (re education
internships) |
1973 |
| 2 / 6 | Grant agreements: Federation of Rocky Mountain States
(re Educational Technology Demonstration) |
1972-1973 |
| 2 / 7 | Grant agreements: Federation of Rocky Mountain States
(re Satellite Technology Demonstration) |
1973-1974 |
| 2 / 8 | Site agreements with schools |
1973 |
Press Releases Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 9 | Press releases (by Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Montana State College, Montana State University, United States Steel
Corporation, and Education Commission of the States) |
1960-1973 |
Reports Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 10 | Report on Educational Television-Instructional
Television as requested by 41st Legislative Assembly |
1971 |
| 2 / 11 | Site debriefing reports |
1975 |
| 2 / 12 | "TV for Montana Education: Report of the Montana ETV
Project," (draft) by Erling S. Jorgensen |
circa 1962 |
| 2 / 13 | "TV for Montana Education: Report of the Montana ETV
Project of the METV Committee," (revised proof) by Erling S. Jorgensen |
1962 February |
Speeches and Writings Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2 / 14 | "Measuring the Effects of a Pilot Television
Instruction Program for Multi-Graded One Teacher-and Two-Teacher Elementary Schools in
Rural Montana," (U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare grant proposal) |
1959 |
| 2 / 15 | "Position Paper on the Status of the Study of an
Educational Television Network in Montana," by Dolores Colburg for 41st Legislative
Assembly |
1971 |
| 2 / 16 | "Questions and Answers about the Use of TV in
Montana's Schools," by Thomas Moriarty, Montana Education Television Committee |
1961 |
| 2 / 17 | "Questions and Answers regarding the Development of
Educational Television in Montana," by Judy Rippingale and Ken Clark for Montana
Educational Broadcasting Commission |
1975 February |
| 3 / 1 | Statements on educational television to the
Appropriations Committee of the Montana House of Representatives and to the U.S. House
of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, by Erling S.
Jorgensen, Montana Educational Television Committee |
1961 |
| 3 / 2 | "Testimony by Dolores Colburg, Superintendent of
Public Instruction presented in part at Public Hearing on September 25, 1974," Montana
Commission on Post-secondary Education |
1974 |
Subject File Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / 3 | Citizens' Conference on Educational Television |
1954 |
| 3 / 4 | Corporation for Montana Public Television |
1976 |
| 3 / 5 | Educational Television Advisory Council |
1972-1973 |
| 3 / 6 | Federation of Rocky Mountain States (re career
education course) |
circa 1973 |
| 3 / 7 | Federation of Rocky Mountain States (re "Goodbye to
the Great Divide") |
1973 |
| 3 / 8 | Federation of Rocky Mountain States (re Educational
Technology Demonstration) |
1972-1973 |
| 3 / 9 | Federation of Rocky Mountain States (re Satellite
Technology Demonstration evening program) |
1974 |
| 3 / 10 | Federation of Rocky Mountain States (re Satellite
Technology Demonstration research plan) |
1973-1975 |
| 3 / 11 | Ford Foundation (re grant proposals) |
1960-1962 |
| 3 / 12 | Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission |
1974-1975 |
| 3 / 13 | Montana Educational TV Committee |
1960, 1962 |
| 3 / 14 | Public Broadcasting System Task Force |
1973 |
| 3 / 15 | Site files (includes community descriptions,
contract, and correspondence for Busby, Colstrip, Fort Benton, Roundup, Three Forks,
West Yellowstone, and Whitehall) |
1973-1975 |
| 3 / 16 | Site selection (includes community evalutation
summaries) |
1973 |
| 3 / 17 | South Central Montana Development Federation |
1973-1974 |
Miscellany Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / 18 | "An Assessment of Instructional Media Technology
Applications in Higher Education with Recommendations for the University of Montana,"
by Edmund Kinzel Colby (Doctor of Education dissertation) |
1973 |
| 3 / 19 | "Communications Technology and the University of
Montana," by James W. Cox |
1972 March |
| 3 / 19a | Applications to U.S. Commissioner of Education (re
research project) |
1959-1960 |
| 3 / 20 | Montana educational television history notes
(includes chronology and extracts from annual reports) |
1952-1972 |
| 3 / 21 | "New Highways for our Schools" |
1959 |
| 3 / 22 | "Proposal for Educational Broadcasting in Montana,"
by W.D. Kinghorn, University of Montana |
1973 October |
| 3 / 23 | "Proposal for Montana Educational TV Committee," by
Western Microwave |
1962 |
| 3 / 24 | "Proposed Plan for Instructional Television in
Montana," by Archer S. Taylor, Consulting Radio Engineer |
circa 1962 |
| 3 / 25 | "PBS sequence of events"; "Update of PBS activities"
(re Public Broadcasting System) |
1973 |
| 3 / 26 | "Survey to Determine Current Utilization of TV in
Montana Schools," by Vernon E. Almlie (dissertation proposal) |
1972 |
| 3 / 27 | TV channels, translators, etc. (includes facilities
routing plan, costs, etc.) |
undated |
Clippings Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3 / 28 | Miscellaneous |
1961-1974 |
| 3 / 29 | Miscellaneous |
1975 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Public television--Montana
- Television in education--Montana
Finding aid prepared by MHS Staff
2004
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