8.75 linear feet, 7 oversize
boxes, 18 audio and moving picture items, and 2 bronze statues
Collection Number:
Mss 078
Summary:
Huntley was a nationally-known
television and radio reporter from Montana. This collection includes an array
of materials by and about Huntley: biographical information, personal and
professional correspondence; scripts written for his radio and television
projects, speaking engagements, and news commentary projects; press clippings,
primarily spanning his years with NBC; obituaries published in diverse outlets;
an extensive photographic collection; a small sampling of news and documentary
broadcasts; and some three-dimensional memorabilia. The collection also
includes extensive information regarding Huntley's role with the Big Sky
Resort.
Repository:
Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Library Archives and Special Collections
Funding for creating this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications
and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided
through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Chester Robert Huntley was born in Cardwell, Montana, on December 10,
1911. His parents, Percy "Pat" and Blanche Huntley, claimed a homestead on 960
acres of land near Saco in northern Montana. Percy Huntley was a former
railroad telegrapher and Blanche was a schoolteacher. The Huntleys built a
one-room schoolhouse on their land so Chet could stay close to home and help
work the farm. The early 1920s was a very difficult period for wheat farmers in
eastern Montana and Percy returned to a telegraphy position with the Great
Northern Railroad. The Huntleys sold their Saco homestead in 1924 and the
family moved frequently around southern Montana until 1926. In that year they
settled in Whitehall, Montana, where Chet graduated from high school in 1929.
Although he began his education at Montana State College in Bozeman with plans
to become a physician, Huntley left that school in 1932 when he won a
scholarship to study oratory at the Cornish School of Arts in Seattle. The
experience altered his career plans, and he graduated from the University of
Washington in 1934 with a degree in speech and drama.
During his senior year in Seattle, Huntley began working at radio
station KPCB where his duties included advertising sales, news writing, and
announcing. This job soon led to reporting positions at other radio stations:
KHO in Spokane, Washington; KGW in Portland, Oregon; and KFI in Los Angeles. In
1939 Huntley joined the staff of KNX, the CBS Radio affiliate in Los Angeles.
At KNX he began writing and producing short news commentary programs. Huntley
continued to pursue news commentary projects under various titles throughout
his broadcasting career. From 1951 to 1955 he worked for ABC Radio and
Television in Los Angeles. Early in 1955, he was hired by the NBC Pacific
Division to work as West Coast commentator and reporter for the
Today show. In June 1955, NBC transferred him to their New
York headquarters with the promise of a major news program.
His first major national assignment came in 1956 when he covered the
Republican and Democratic national conventions with David Brinkley. The pairing
drew the highest ratings among the three national networks for convention
coverage. In October NBC chose the two men to co-anchor the network's
fifteen-minute weekday evening news program. The program had an innovative
format with Huntley reporting from New York and Brinkley from Washington DC. In
1963 the
Huntley-Brinkley Report became one of the first
thirty-minute network news programs. During its fourteen-year tenure the
Huntley-Brinkley Report was one of the most professionally
recognized and highly rated news programs on television, eventually winning
seven Emmy and two Peabody awards. Both Brinkley and Huntley received numerous
individual broadcasting awards. Huntley was also involved with several other
news programs at NBC. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he edited and
narrated a series of Sunday evening news broadcasts. Variously titled
Outlook,
NBC Kaleidoscope, and
Chet Huntley Reporting, the program presented expanded
commentary on various news events and issues. Through most of the 1960s he also
wrote and narrated a five-minute NBC radio program of editorial commentary
titled
Chet Huntley's Perspective on the News, with a weekend
equivalent named
Emphasis: Plain Talk.
Throughout his career Huntley caused controversy by blurring the lines
between news reporting and political commentary. He was a vocal critic of
Senator Joseph McCarthy and entertainment industry anti-communism activists.
His commentary programs spoke out against internment of Japanese-Americans
during World War II, advocated school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, and
critiqued the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. Huntley defended his commentary
programs by declaring that he never allowed his opinions to influence
newscasts; however, one industry critic accused him of editorializing with his
eyebrows during the
Huntley-Brinkley Report. Huntley precipitated other
controversies. As the owner of a Montana cattle ranch, Huntley recorded
commercials and accepted speaking engagements to promote the beef industry.
These activities generated profuse criticism from other professionals concerned
about maintaining the image of broadcasting objectivity and integrity. He
caused a rift with David Brinkley in 1967 when Huntley crossed an American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists' picket line claiming that news
anchors did not belong in the same union as "actors, singers, and dancers."
During the height of his NBC broadcasting career Huntley wrote a
memoir of his Montana youth. Random House published
The Generous Years: Remembrances of a Frontier Boyhood in
1968. He retired from NBC on July 31, 1970. For the final broadcast of the
Huntley-Brinkley Report, Huntley initiated the team's
signature closing with the words "Good night, David." However, Brinkley altered
form with his response "Good-bye, Chet." Before signing off Huntley addressed a
final statement to the television audience, "Be patient and have courage, there
will be better and happier news some day, if we work at it."
Huntley met his first wife, Ingrid Eleanor Rolin, while living in
Seattle. They were married in 1936, had two daughters, and divorced in 1959.
Huntley met his second wife, Lewis Tipton "Tippy" Stringer, in 1959. Tippy was
a weather announcer for the DC NBC affiliate. They had no children. Huntley
stayed active in retirement, broadcasting commentaries, recording commercials
for American Airlines, and contracting with the airline to sponsor a new PBS
program
The American Experience, a series for which Huntley
frequently narrated.
Big Sky, Montana, was Huntley's biggest post-retirement project, both
in terms of personal investment and financial scale. The project started as a
15,000-acre resort in the Gallatin Valley of south central Montana that
eventually became a permanent community. The primary corporation directing Big
Sky development was Chrysler Realty, a conglomeration co-funded by Chrysler
Motor Corporation, Conoco Oil, Burlington Northern Railroad, Montana Power Co.
and Northwest Airlines. The project included one of the first privately owned
ski resorts in the United States. Huntley died of cancer March 20, 1974, in
Bozeman, Montana, three days before the opening ceremonies for Big Sky.
Content Description
This collection includes an array of materials by and about Huntley:
biographical information, personal and professional correspondence; scripts
written for his radio and television projects, speaking engagements, and news
commentary projects; press clippings, primarily spanning his years with NBC;
obituaries published in diverse outlets; an extensive photographic collection;
a small sampling of news and documentary broadcasts; and some three-dimensional
memorabilia. The collection also includes extensive information regarding
Huntley's role with the Big Sky Resort. Writings include several articles
Huntley wrote for magazines and essay collections as well as extensive
materials relating to
The Generous Years, an autobiographical account of his
Montana childhood. Subject files reflect Huntley's varied research interests
and clipping files consist of newspaper and magazine articles about Huntley,
published through out his professional career and after his death. Big Sky
materials include written proposals, correspondence with potential investors,
development blue prints, promotional materials, and press clippings.
Audio-visual materials include an extensive photographic collection, a small
sampling of news and documentary broadcasts, and a few audiotape recordings.
Mounted artifacts range from bronze sculptures to framed awards, from
appreciation plaques and medals to oversize certificates.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available :
Film reels 78(X):10, 78(X):12, and 78(X):13 were transferred to VHS
video during original processing. The VHS tape is designated as 78(X):18.
Restrictions on Access :
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana-Missoula.
Restrictions on Use :
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright to the portions of the collection in
which Huntley held literary rights was transferred to The University of
Montana-Missoula.
Preferred Citation :
[Name of document, item number, or photograph number], Chet Huntley
Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The
University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The collection is divided into twelve series:
Series I: Biographical, 0.25 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1928-1975
Series II: General Correspondence, 0.25 linear feet, 1928-1977
Series III: Radio and TV Scripts, 2.75 linear feet, 1942-1974
Series IV: Speeches, 0.5 linear feet, 1964-1973
Series V: Writings, 0.75 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1965-1973
Series VI: Subject, 0.5 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1964-1973
Series VII: Clippings, 1.0 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1957-1974
Series VIII: Big Sky Resort, 0.5 linear feet and partial oversize box,
1965-1975
Series IX: Photographs, 2.0 linear feet and one oversize box,
circa1920-1974
Series X: Audio and Moving Images, 18 items, 1963-1974
Series XI: Awards, Memorials, and Memorabilia, 5 oversize boxes,
1954-1974
Series XII: Artwork, 2 items, 1972
Custodial History :
Portions of this collection, mostly television/radio transcripts, were
housed in the radio-television collections at Montana State University-Bozeman
and the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman prior to accession into the K. Ross
Toole Archives collections.
Acquisition Information :
The majority of the collection was received from Tippy Huntley in
1979. Additional materials were received from the Museum of the Rockies, 1980;
Callie Allison, 1980; and the Special Collections department at Montana State
University, 1999. The Chrysler Realty Corporation donated the two bronze
sculptures in 1980.
Processing Note :
This collection was originally processed in 1981. Additional materials
were received after original processing. In 2003 the collection was extensively
reorganized and re-described to integrate the additional materials,
re-associate most separated materials, and clarify overall structure. The film
and video materials in Series Ten were separated out during original processing
(designated as Archives Film Collection 12 and Video Collection 11). During
2003 reprocessing these materials were reintegrated into Manuscript Collection
78. Additionally, documents in the awards series were de-framed for
preservation purposes. For these paired awards, item numbers were attached to
document content descriptions for cross-reference. In Series VIII: Big Sky
Resort, embedded photographs had experienced significant deterioration from the
original adhesive used for the document and storage conditions prior to
donation to the K. Ross Toole Archives. During 2003 reprocessing archival
quality photocopies of the photographs were created and placed in the same
folder as the original document to best preserve the represented images at the
time of reprocessing.
Separated Materials :
Some audio materials were separated during original processing and
incorporated as oral history collection 64. These tapes present material
ranging from radio broadcasts Huntley made during World War II, to an NBC Today
Show interview, to multiple radio tributes broadcast shortly before and after
his death.
Related Materials :
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin holds a significant
collection of Chet Huntley papers in its Mass Communication History Center, and
there are also Huntley materials in the records of the National Broadcasting
Company, Inc.
The John F. Kennedy Library holds a small collection of Chet Huntley
papers exclusively regarding reports and commentary following the assassination
of President Kennedy.
The Montana Historical Society holds some radio recordings of Huntley
in its general Montana History Collections.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Biographical , 1925-1975
0.25 linear feet and partial
oversize box
This series includes an array of personal and biographical
materials regarding Chet Huntley. Materials include memorabilia from Huntley's
various endeavors, items he collected that reflect on his family history, and
general biographical documents. Elementary and high school materials include a
report card from 1925 and yearbooks ("The Trail") from 1927 and 1929. White
House documents in this series consist of two photocopied Nixon Administration
staff memos critiquing Huntley's public comments on Administration policies as
well as proposing intervention on behalf of the Big Sky Resort development if
Huntley would agree to support Montana Republican candidates.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
1/1
Biographical , 1928-1975
1/2
Elementary and high school
materials , 1925-1929
1/3
'Huntley Family Tree' compiled
and written by P.A. Huntley , undated
This series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with a
diverse group of public figures and personal friends. Correspondence regarding
Huntley's writing projects (series V) and the Big Sky Resort (series VIII) are
located within those series. Materials include correspondence with
international, national, and state political leaders, famous journalists and
entertainers, well-regarded authors, and other American cultural figures. Some
of the most notable individuals in this series are Chung Yum Kim (South Korea),
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Hubert H. Humphrey, Mike
Mansfield, Arnold Olsen, Ted Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller,
Henry M. Jackson, Dean Rusk, George C. Wallace, Tim Babcock, H.G. Merriam, John
Chancellor, Vadim Golovanov, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Mitzi Gaynor, Jack Benny,
Douglas Fairbanks, Dick Cavett, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Lady Bird Johnson, and Mrs.
Chester W. Nimitz.
This series includes transcripts from Huntley's radio and
television programs. Materials are predominantly narrator copy for news
broadcasts but a few interview transcriptions are also present. The contents
within this series are arranged conceptually and chronologically. Box one
contains general materials from both radio and television broadcasts. Often a
definite determination of radio or television broadcast could not be
established; thus, materials are arranged chronologically based on the best
available date information. Box one also includes a script for "Strange and
Terrible Times." The film version of this production, 78(X):15, can be found in
the Audio and Moving Pictures series of this collection. Boxes two through six
are all radio scripts.
Perspective,
Emphasis, and
Horizons were five-minute editorial commentaries for
NBC Radio.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
2/1
"A Word for the War" , 1942-12-06
2/2
Evening Broadcast , 1947-12-23
2/3
Evening Broadcast , 1947-12-24
2/4
First Trans-Atlantic Television
Broadcast , 1962-07-23
2/5
"Seventy Hours and Thirty
Minutes" Kennedy Assassination , 1963-11
2/6
Commentary on Hatred , 1963-11-22
2/7
"Vietnam; War of the Ballot"
, 1966-09-11
2/8
Second Sunday: Year 2000
, 1966-12-11
2/9
Will and Ariel Durant Interview
, 1967-01
2/10
Floyd McKissick Interview
, 1967-01
2/11
Astronaut Eulogy , 1967-02-01
2/12
Matter of Life , 1967-03-08
2/13
"The Abundant Land" , 1967-08-25
2/14
Commentary on the King
Assassination , 1968-04-04
2/15
Home Country USA , 1968-04-05
2/16
Monitor , 1968-11
2/17
Commentary on Lyndon Johnson
, 1969-01-14
2/18
Monitor , 1969-04
2/19
Script for Guideline , 1969-08-17
2/20
Script for David Frost Show
, 1969-09-08
2/21
Last Huntley-Brinkley Report
, 1970-07-31
2/22
Script for the American
Experience Film "The Fabulous Country" , 1972
2/23
Script for the American
Experience Film "Strange and terrible Times" , undated
This series contains a mixture of typed and handwritten text for
speeches Huntley delivered during his career as a newscaster and after
retirement. Most documents exhibit editorial changes Huntley inserted up to the
moment before delivering the address. Dates are identified in the content
description whenever a date could be reliably established. Materials reflect a
range of topics from commentary on current events to advocacy for investment
proposals.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
8/1
Montana Centennial Dinner,
Washington D.C. , April 17, 1964
8/2
New Jersey education Association
, November 4, 1966
8/3
Acceptance Speech; Distinguished
Service Award of 1967, National Association of Broadcasters, Chicago
, April 4, 1967
8/4
Constitutional Rights Foundation,
Los Angeles CA , May
13, 1967
8/5
Rochester Institute of Technology
, June
3, 1967
8/6
General Foods National Financial
Conference , 1968
8/7
"What Do We Say" The Governors
Conference on Aging , May
3, 1968
8/8
Dedication of J.E. Corette Steam
Electric Plant, Billings , September 22, 1968
8/9
Peace Luncheon , March 1968
8/10
Ninth Annual George Washington
Awards Dinner , April 16, 1969
8/11
Dinner at the Cartwheel inn,
Bozeman , March 2, 1972
8/12
American Hotel and Motel
association, 61st annual Convention, Phoenix AZ , December 7, 1972
8/13
Brand Names Foundation Dinner
Pamphlet , 1973
8/14
NSBA Convention , April 7, 1973
8/15
FSBA Dinner , May
22, 1973
8/16
National Forum on Growth with
Environmental Quality , September 26, 1973
8/17
American Airlines , undated
8/18
Journalism (two drafts)
, undated
8/19
Discover America Travel
Organization Convention , undated
8/20
Speech given to: Paperboard
Packaging Council of America, Chicago, March 27; Communications Explosion,
Chicago, March 29; and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Convention, Boca Raton FL
, April 1 no year
This series ranges from manuscript materials to magazine and essay
collection articles. Chet Huntley's autobiographical account of growing up in
rural Montana,
The Generous Years, is prominent in this series.
Materials include manuscript drafts, production proofs, promotional materials,
and book reviews. This series also includes a mixture of drafts and clipped
selections Huntley submitted to national magazines and published essay
collections. "Somehow it Works" is a bound photo essay produced by NBC News
staff, using the 1964 U.S. Presidential election as a focus for reflections on
the American political process.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
9/1
The Generous Years, Original Manuscript pages 1-99
, undated
9/2
The Generous Years, Original Manuscript pages
100-158 , undated
9/3
The Generous Years, Blue lines , 1968
9/4
The Generous Years, Pre-Blue Line Proof
, ca.
1968
9/5
The Generous Years, Galley Proofs , 1968
9/6
The Generous Years, Galley Proofs , 1968
9/7
The Generous Years, Galley Proofs , 1968
10/1
The Generous Years, Publicity , 1968-1969
10/2
The Generous Years, Publicity, Clippings
, 1968-1969
10/3
Writing for a piece in Ben
Gravers book , March 17, 1967
10/4
Christian Science Monitor, April 6, 1967
10/5
"The World As I See It," Paper
for the National Oil Fuel Institute , April 30-May 2, 1968
10/6
Article on retirement for
Modern Maturity, December 1970
10/7
Articles printed in
New York Times, 1970
10/8
Carte Blanche (two articles)
, 1968
10/9
"The Road to Economic
Authoritarianism" by Chet Huntley , undated
10/10
"The Pace of Productivity" an
editorial by Chet Huntley , undated
10/11
Paper taken from
The Generous Years, undated
10/12
Writing on "Northwest Industrial
Development" , undated
10/13
Writing for American Airlines
, 1973
10/14
Writing for Bob Wogan, untitled
, undated
10/15
Untitled writings , undated
22OS/4
The Generous Years, Artwork , undated
22OS/5
Somehow it Works: A Candid Portrait of the 1964
Presidential Election, by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley (and NBC News
staff), Doubleday and Company , 1965.
Materials in this series are articles, reports, and general
documents Huntley collected as an outcome of his professional activities and as
research for broadcast scripts and public addresses. The contents of this
series reflect some of the most controversial aspects of Huntley's career, such
as his opposition to the American Federation of Television Radio Artists
(AFTRA) strike and the Federal Communications Commission's investigation into
conflict of interest allegations generated by Huntley's concurrent endeavors as
a reporter and an investment spokesperson.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
11/1
American Federation of Television
Radio Artists strike, documents and correspondence , 1967-1970
11/2
American Federation of Television
Radio Artists strike, clippings , 1967
11/3
FCC vs. Chet, documents and
correspondence , 1968-1973
11/4
File on Economics , 1964-1973
11/5
Handwritten notes on marketing
, undated
11/6
Handwritten notes on Apollo II
, undated
11/7
Research Material: American
Airlines Investors Conference , 1972
11/8
Research Material: American
Airlines, Presentation FSAB Dinner "Air Freight Services: Future Prospects"
, May
15, 1973
11/9
Research Material, general
, 1968-1973
11/10
Research Material, general
, 1969-1972
11/11
Research Material, clippings
, 1968-1972
22OS/6
Research Material:
New York Times Magazine, March 5, 1972
This series includes magazine articles, newspaper columns, and
small publications detailing the development of his broadcast career,
retirement, economic development projects, and his death. Materials in this
series were collected by Chet Huntley, his wife and family, as well as by long
time friends. Most of the materials in this series are undated.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
12/1
Editorial Cartoons , undated
12/2
Clippings: Professional I
, 1957-1964
12/3
Clippings: Professional II
, 1957-1964
12/4
Clippings: Professional III
, 1957-1964
12/5
Clippings: Professional IV
, 1957-1964
12/6
Clippings: Professional V
, 1957-1964
12/7
Clippings: Professional VI
, 1957-1964
12/8
Clippings: Professional VII
, 1957-1964
12/9
Magazine Articles: Writer's
Yearbook , 1966
12/10
Magazine Articles: Saturday
Review , December 28, 1957
12/11
Magazine Articles: Newsweek
, March 13, 1961
12/12
Magazine Articles: Carte Blanche
, March-April 1968
12/13
Magazine Articles: The New Yorker
, August 3, 1968
12/14
Magazine Articles: Pre-Vue
Billings Weekly Entertainment Guide , May
31-June 6 1970
12/15
Magazine Articles: Newark! The
Magazine for Metropolitan New Jersey , July-August 1970
12/16
Magazine Articles: TV Guide
, June
19-25 1965, August 1-7, 1970
12/17
Magazine Articles: True, For
Today's Man , August 1970
This series contains materials related to Chet Huntley's
involvement with the development of Big Sky Resort south of Bozeman, Montana.
Materials include property description documents, a U. S. Geologic Survey
topographic map, correspondence, publicity packets generated during several
different stages of development, press clippings, and "master plan" packets
prepared for potential investorsùsome of the latter are bound and others are in
folders. Press clippings include an array of newspaper articles, letters to the
editor, and magazine features including a significant amount of material
regarding local reactions to the project and protests based on environmental
concerns. Written materials on Big Sky consist of handwritten notes reflecting
on the Huntley's desire to develop the resort. These notes appear to be a draft
speech for an investors' conference. The Lone Mountain Ranch property
description includes several embedded photographs. These photographs were
retained within the document to preserve their original context.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
14/1
Big Sky Montana General Plan
, 1970
14/2
Lone Mountain Ranch property
description , 1969
14/3
Big Sky Resort packet, Deer Lodge
Condominiums , undated
14/4
Big Sky Resort packet, general
promotional materials , undated
14/5
Big Sky Convention Facilities
packet , undated
14/6
Big Sky advertisements and
brochures , 1975
14/7
Big Sky Clippings I , ca.
1970-1974
14/8
Big Sky Clippings II , ca.
1970-1974
14/9
Big Sky Clippings III
, ca.
1970-1974
14/10
Big Sky articles in "The Valley
Shopper" local businesses speak out , 1970-03
14/11
Big Sky correspondence
, 1970
14/12
Big Sky, writings , undated
23OS/1
Big Sky: Topographic map prepared
by A. Lyford of the USGS , 1965
23OS/2
Big Sky Resort Master Plan
publication; Chrysler Realty Corporation , 1970
This series contains 433 photographs spanning Chet Huntley's life,
with particular emphasis on his years with NBC News and the development of the
Big Sky Resort. Photos 78(IX):178 - (IX):244 & 78(IX):384 - 78(IX):432 are
a mixture of family photographs, candid images of Huntley during news
broadcasts, and professional promotional glossies. For preservation purposes,
photos 78(IX):245 - 78(IX):275 were removed from a photo album titled "Chet
Huntley in Dayton February 18, 1969." A photocopy of the album cover is
included with photo # 78(IX):245. Photos 78(IX):286 - 78(IX):384 and 78(IX):433
are Big Sky development images. This collection includes modern film negative
for the following prints 78(IX):1, 78(IX):5, 78(IX):137, 78(IX):138,
78(IX):142, 78(IX):154, 78(IX):205, 78(IX):289, 78(IX):290, 78(IX):291,
78(IX):292, 78(IX):373, 78(IX):377.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
15/1
78(IX):1: [Huntley childhood photo]
, undated
15/2
78(IX):2: [Huntley teenaged portrait]
, undated
15/3
78(IX):3: "4 Huntley children Peggy,
Wadine, Chet, Marian" , undated
This series contains materials from several different media
formats ranging from audiocassette tapes to 16 mm film reels. Contents include
materials Huntley created during his broadcasting career, materials he
collected for personal interest, as well as items of appreciation and memorial.
Items 78(X):1 through 78(X):5 are LPs; 78(X):6 is an audio cassette of unknown
relationship to Chet Huntley; 78(X):7 and 78(X):8 are reel-to-reel audio tapes;
78(X):9 through 78(X):16 are 16mm film; 78(X):17 is a Fairchild Moviepak
Seventy 10 cassette (single-sided film within a cassette case), and 78(X):18 is
a VHS cassette duplicating materials on film reels 78(X):10, 78(X):12, and
78(X):13.
The series is divided into two subseries: Audio only, and Audio
and Video.
Container(s)
Description
Subseries 1: Audio Only
Box
21
78(X):1: "I'm in Love with Huntley and
Brinkley," Serenade Records , undated
21
78(X):2: Interview with Mrs. P. A.
Huntley (Chet's mother), one year after "The Land" , undated
21
78(X):3: "The Sound of the Crusade," The
New York Conference of the Methodist Church , undated
21
78(X):4: "Huntley Piano," Mrs. Huntley
, undated
21
78(X):5: [Radio Moscow] , undated
19
78(X):6: Mayor Daley, Chicago city
council/interviews with Chicago residents , 1971-07-20
19
78(X):7: Chet Huntley on "Today" Show
, 1970-07-31
19
78(X):8: Interview with Chet Huntley's
mother , 1963-05-12
Subseries 2: Audio and Moving
Images
Box
19
78(X):9: Big Sky, Construction of ski
village and ski runs. Winter, snow on ground. , November 1973
2:00 silent color.
19
78(X):10: NBC Nightly News Obit
, 1974
John Chancellor, featuring David Brinkley. Includes Huntley's
network news farewell.
19
78(X):11: SOF interview at Big Sky
Resort, Interviewer Rita Shaw , November 11, 1973
9:43 Silent color.
19
78(X):12: Today, Obit , 1974
Featuring Frank Reynolds, Walter Cronkite, Edwin Newman.
19
78(X):13: "What Happened to Chet
Huntley?" Huntley's last interview on Broadcast Journalism, Interviewer Dick
Hawkins , 1973
19
78(X):14: The American Experience,
"Faiths of Our Fathers" - narrated by Huntley , undated
16:00 Sound Color. (featuring Christopher Walken as H.D.
Thoreau)
19
78(X):15: The American Experience,
"Strange and Terrible Times" - narrated by Huntley. Sound Color. , undated
19
78(X):16: "The Quiet War," - narrated by
Huntley, a report on cancer research at the University of Chicago, 26:00, sound
and color , undated
19
78(X):17: Chet Huntley on Big Sky real
estate, 8mm original and DVD duplicate , 1972
19
78(X):18: VHS copy of materials on film
reels 78(X):10, 78(X):12, and 78(X):13 , 1973-1974
Series XI: Awards, Memorials, and Memorabilia
, 1954-1974
5 oversize boxes
The materials in this series include mounted plaques, medallions,
certificates of award and appreciation, honorary degrees, and memorial
declarations bestowed upon Chet Huntley as a result of his professional career
as well as one item of memorabilia. Three items in this series were bestowed
with a parchment certificate. The one item of memorabilia in this series is a
button inscribed with "Goodnight David, Goodnight Goliath," relating to
Huntley's retirement from NBC News.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
20/1
Order of the Grizzly Award,
University of Montana , 1966
20/2
Adelphi University, Achievement
Award , undated
20/3
American Hungarian Studies
Foundation, George Washington Award , 1970
Corresponds with 78(XI):13
20/4
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events
(nomination) , 1969-1970
20/5
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled News
Programs (nomination) , 1969-1970
20/6
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming
(nomination) , 1969-1970
20/7
Boston University - Honorary
Doctorate of Letters (Literature) , 1962
20/8
Franklin & Marshall -
Honorary Doctorate of Literature , 1964
20/9
California Association of
Secondary School Administrators - Certificate of contributing membership
, undated
20/10
Los Angeles Alumnae of Theta
Sigma Phi - Certificate of Special Recognition , 1954
23OS/3
George Foster Peabody Radio Award
, 1954
Corresponds with 78(XI):14
23OS/4
Alfred I. Dupont Awards
Foundation, Commentator Award , 1956
23OS/5
Memorial to Chet Huntley from
Directors of Big Sky , 1974
23OS/6
Robert E. Sherwood Award
, 1958
23OS/7
Overseas Press Club of America,
Certificate of Appreciation , undated
23OS/8
International University of
Communications, Master of Arts , 1974
23OS/9
George Foster Peabody
Broadcasting Award , 1969
23OS/10
International Radio and
Television Society Inc., Broadcaster of the Year Award , 1970
Corresponds with 78(XI):3
23OS/11
Credit Union National Association
Memorial/Resolution , 1974
28OS/1
Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Commission , 1962
Box
25OS
78(XI):1: Broadcast Advertising Club of
Chicago Award of Merit , 1968
Box
26OS
78(XI):2: Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences at New York, Outstanding Contribution to Television News and Public
Affairs , 1961
Box
26OS
78(XI):3: International Radio and
Television Society Inc. Broadcaster of the Year Award , 1970
Box
26OS
78(XI):4: National Association of
Broadcasters, Distinguished Service Award , 1967
Box
25OS
78(XI):5: University of Southern California
School of Journalism and Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award of
the Year , 1960
Box
25OS
78(XI):6: National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News
, 1959-1960
Box
25OS
78(XI):7: Overseas Press Club of America,
Best Radio or TV Interpretation of Foreign Affairs , 1957
Box
25OS
78(XI):8: Boston University, Sigma Delta
Chi, "Outstanding Broadcast Journalism" award , 1965
Box
25OS
78(XI):9: Finlandia Foundation, N.Y.
Metropolitan Chapter, Inc., Arts and Letters Award , 1962
Box
25OS
78(XI):10: National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, 25th Anniversary Award , 1972
Box
25OS
78(XI):11: Institute of Human Relations,
Mass Media Award , 1970
Box
25OS
78(XI):12: TV Guide Plaque , undated
Box
27OS
78(XI):13: American Hungarian Studies
Foundation, George Washington Award , 1970
Box
27OS
78(XI):14: George Foster Peabody Radio Award
, 1954
Box
27OS
78(XI):15: University of Missouri, Medal for
Distinguished Service in Journalism , undated
This series includes two bronze sculptures of Chet Huntley. The
Chrysler Realty Corporation commissioned these sculptures in preparation for
the opening of the Big Sky Resort. Derek Wernher completed the sculptures in
1972.
Description
78(XII):1: Bronze sculpture, Chet Huntley in
sheep skin coat , 1972
78(XII):2: Bronze sculpture, Chet Huntley
leaning on a fence rail , 1972
