Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Walt Hawver
- Abstract:
- This collection contains documents, letters, newspaper clippings and audio cassette tapes covering the history of Capital Cities Broadcasting for use in Walt Hawver’s published book, Capital Cities/ABC, the Early Years: 1954-1986, How the Minnow Came to Swallow the Whale.
- Extent:
- 18 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Walt Hawver Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The Walt Hawver Collection contains interviews, letters, audio cassettes, photographs, newspaper clippings, ratings reports, books and documents spanning from 1954 to 1998, when the transfer of materials was made to Marist College.
- Biographical / Historical:
Walter Hawver was born on February 13, 1922 in Hudson, NY. Hawver became the News Director at KTRK-TV in Houston Texas in 1969. His book, Capital Cities/ABC, the Early Years: 1954-1986, How the Minnow Came to Swallow the Whale, which chronicles Capital Cities Broadcasting’s transition from small network through its purchase of The American Broadcasting Corporation in early 1985, was published in 1994.
- Acquisition information:
- Walt Hawver donated his records concerning the history of Capital Cities Broadcasting to Marist College. The project was approved by Capital Cities Executives Daniel B. Burke and Thomas S. Murphy on January 27, 1998.
- Arrangement:
These records are organized into 19 series: 1) Early Albany: 1939 - 1977, 2) Minorities and Drug Policy, 3) Labor Strikes, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Gathering of Small Papers, 4) Purchase of Television Properties: WKBW Buffalo, WPVI Philadelphia, KFSN Fresno, WTNH New Haven, WTDV Durham, 5) The Kansas City Star/Times, Fairchild Publicatoins and Capital Cities, Radio, 6) The Acquisition of KTRK in 1970, 7) Marvin Zindler, 8) Television History, 9) ABC and Disney, 10) Annual Reports of Capital Cities Broadcasting for the years 1957 through 1994, 11) Ratings and Consultants, 12) News Consultants, 13) KTRK Memorandums, 14) Reports, Interview Transcripts and Photographs: CCB leadership, 15) Interviews on audio cassette representing all phases of the Capital Cities experience, 16) Capital Cities/ABC: The Early Years: 1954 - 1986 Edits, 17) Capital Cities/ABC: the Early Years: 1954 - 1986 Questions, Suggestions and Correspondence, 18) Drafts and rewrites of Chapters 1 - 10 and chapter 18 of Capital Cities/ABC: The Early Years: 1954 - 1986, 19) Miscellany
- Physical location:
- Please contact the Marist College Archives and Special Collections for information regarding use and access of this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2013.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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There are no restrictions on this collection
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Individuals requesting reproductions expressly assume the responsibility for compliance with all pertinent provisions of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. ss101 et seq. Patrons further agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Marist College Archives and Special Collections and its staff in connection with any disputes arising from the Copyright Act, over the reproduction of material at the request of patrons. For more information please visit the following website: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description of item, date, location of item in order of series, box number, folder number ], in the Walt Hawver Collection, Archives and Special Collections, James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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845-575-3364library.archives@marist.edu