Hugh Augustus Rundell Papers, 1938-1983

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Hugh Augustus Rundell, 1919-
Papers, 1938-1983

In 1979 Hugh Rundell donated the papers of the Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project to the Washington State University Libraries. During April and May of 1983 Barbara Kovarik Gahl processed this collection (MS 79-40). In 1988 Harvey Young added and integrated other materials received subsequent to 1983 (MS 84-10 and MS 83-41) from the heirs of Hugh Rundell.

Number of containers: 9
Linear feet of shelf space: 4

BIOGRAPHY

Hugh Rundell was born at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1919. He graduated from Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin, taking a degree in speech with some emphasis on radio. After service in the Army and employment at the University of West Virginia, he joined the faculty of Washington State College in 1948 as an Assistant Professor of Speech.

Rundell worked for WSU until retirement in 1982, concentrating on a variety of radio-related jobs, both with the college radio station and in classes. He was well-known as the author of a pronunciation guide to place names in Washington and the announcer on the widely-syndicated program "Legendary Pianist."

During 1976-1978 Rundell conducted a series of oral interviews of several radio broadcasting pioneers in the Northwest.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

WSU Libraries staff have arranged the Papers of Hugh Rundell and related the Pacific Northwest Broadcasting Oral History Project papers as a single collection of personal papers, largely because the working papers of the oral history project were intermingled in Rundell's papers.

Series 1 consists of recording tapes, transcriptions and similar oral history materials.

Series 2 consists of papers and correspondence of Hugh Rundell, related both to this project and to broadcasting and teaching in general. The general correspondence covers a wide range of broadcasting subjects, including activities of the Communications Department at Washington State University.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description
	Series 1: Oral history and recorded materials. (Broadcasting in the Pacific Northwest)
1	1	Leo Beckley
	2	Stan Bennett
	3	Al Bond, 1976
	4	Marie Brattain and Clara Chevigny
	5	Jack Clark
	6	Joe Chytil
	7-8	Ed "E.B." Craney, 1975
	9	Richard O. Dunning, 1976
	10	Trevor Evans, 1976
2	11	Haines Fay
	12	Hugh Feltis, 1976
	13	O.W. Fisher
	14	Jerry Geehan
	15	Art Gerbel
	16	Dayee Haas
	17	Jim Hamstreet
	18	Carl Haymond, 1977
	19	Catherine Jones
	20	Jessica Longston, 1977
	21	Peter Lyman
3	22	Frank Mankiewicz
	23	Lincoln Miller
	24	Ester Murphy
	25	James Murphy
	26	H.B. Murphy
	27	Wally Nelsky
	28	Pat O'Day
	29	Bob Pollock
	30	Homer Pope
	31	Robert Priebe
	32	Robert Priebe
4	33	James Ross
	34	Les Smith
	35	Scott Smith
	36	Loren Stone
	37	Loren Stone
	38	Archie Taft
	39	William Taft
	40	James Wallace
	41	James Wallace
	42	W.W. Warren
	43	Cole Wylie
	44	Recorded material: Edward R. Murrow Symposium Tapes, 1978

	Series 2: Papers and correspondence.
5	45	A Glossary of Cable Terms; Bibliocable; Bibliography of Cable Terms, 1972
	46	A History of Radio Broadcasting in Seattle up to the Establishment of the Radio Act of 1927, by William Hanford Brubaker, 1968
	47	A Suggested Procedure: An Approach to Local Authorization of Cable Television, 1972
	48	American Radio Broadcasting Sampling and Broadcasting Techniques, n.d. Plus: Glossary of Terminology
	49	Lucy L. Bridge and Radio Anniversary, 1923-1924
	50	Broadcast News and the First Amendment, 1977
	51	Broadcast Satellite Services, 1981-1983
	52	Budget and Staff, Communications Department, 1976-1977
	53	Cable Economics; The Use of Financial Analysis in Decision- Making, 1972; 1975.
	54	Cable Television, 1974-1975
	55	1980-1981
	56	CATV System Management and Operation, By Robert B. Cooper, Jr., 1966
	57	Citizens' Guide to Cable Television Franchising, 1980
	58	Code of Good Cable Television Franchising Conduct, n.d.
	59	Communications Act of 1934
	60	Communications Seminar; New York Times Articles, 1982
	61	Communications Two Hundred and Fifty
	62	Communications, 1978-1982
	63	1978-1982
	64	1981
	65	Biographical Information on Edward R. Murrow, 1981-1982
6	66	Communications Two Hundred and Fifty-Five Master Dittos, n.d.
	67	Community Television Review, 1981
	68	Current Cable Regulation: Addressing the "New" Cable n.d. --Tape recording
	69	Curriculum Advisory Activities, 1977-1980.
	70	1977-1980
	71	Daily Market Quotations, 1938; plus "Slow Freight" Drama
	72	Directory of Broadcasting Stations, Washington, 1965
	73	Equipment, n.d.
	74	General Correspondence, 1975-1977
	75	File Index for Oral History Interview, n.d.
7	76	How to Plan an Ordinance, an Outline and Some Examples, 1972
	77	Hugh Feltis Correspondence, 1976
	78	Hugh Rundell Correspondence, 1978
	79	Instructional Innovator, 1980
	80	Interviewees, 1977
	81	Interviewing, 1963-1978
	82	Charles E. Kinkaid, Executive Director, the Saul and Dayee Haas Foundation, 1975: Oral History Project
	83	Lecturers, 1975
	84	Letter I to Prospective Oral Interviewees, 1976-1977
	85	Letter I, Including Names of Participants
	86	Letters to Prospective Interviewees, 1975-1977
	87	Miscellaneous Articles and Pamphlets, 1976
	88	James A. Murphy Correspondence, 1978
	89	Murrow Symposium, 1976. Guest Speaker, Charles Kuralt
	90	Pacific Northwest Oral History Project: Participants and Responses to Letter III, 1976-1977
	91	Print-Broadcast First Amendment Parity, A Bibliography by R.H. MacDonald, 1980
	92	Professional Activity Reports: Lorraine Montano and Pamela Grindstaff, 1977
	93	Progress of the Oral History Project, 1977-1978
	94	Public Service Satellite Consortium, 1980-1981
	95	Commonly Used Terms in Telecommunications, n.d.
	96	Rules and Regulations, Cable Television Service, 1976
	97	Secretary's File on Interviewees, 1977
	98	Senate Resolution 294, 1938; and: Correspondence with E.B. Craney
	99	Space Satellites, 1977
	100	"State's Broadcasting Industry to be Researched," Hilltopics, 1976
	101	Symposium On Projected Telecommunications Traffic Trends, 1980-2000, 1979. National Academy of Sciences.
8	102	Technical Standards and Specifications, The Urban Institute, 1973
	103	Technology of Cable Television, 1973. And: The Uses of Cable Communications.
	104	"The Consumer and Cable Television," A National Conference. 1981
	105	"The Consumer and Cable Television," by Kay Kopolovitz, 1981
	106	"The Informational Society: Ethical and Social Issues," The Edward R. Murrow Symposium, 1981
	107	"The Value of Improved Communications to Hospitals," 1979
	108	Travel for Hugh Rundell, 1978
	109	United Cable Television Corporation Annual Report, 1981
	110	Washington Radio Stations: 1938 and 1974
	111	Washington State Defense Council, 1942-1943
	112	Washington State University Oral History Project, 1976
	113	Washington State University Oral History Project, Release Forms, n.d.
9	114	Typescript, "They Took to the Air: An Oral History of Broadcasting in Washington, Narrated by the Men and Women who Built the State's Radio and Television Stations," compiled and edited by Burt Harrison, [1989]
	115	Typescript, "They Took to the Air," abridged, [1990]