| Accession Number: | MA uu:170 |
| Location: | SC E1 – Shelf 4 |
| Dates: | 1941 – 1964 |
| Size: | 1 box |
| Creator/Collector: | Created by Special Collections |
| Acquisition info: | An assembly of materials transferred from other departments in SLPL as well as items given by unknown donors. |
| Accruals: | Few accruals expected |
| Custodial history: | The collection was created in Special Collections in 2015. All of the WEW radio materials were combined to create one discrete collection. |
| Language: | English |
| Processed by: | Sarah Cain, June 2015 |
| Conservation notes: | All items placed into acid-free folders and envelopes within archival boxes. Metal fasteners have been removed. |
| Scope and Content: | The collection contains show scripts, publications, and ephemera of WEW Radio. WEW received its broadcast license on March 23, 1922. The station was owned by and operated out of St. Louis University, who claims the station had actually began broadcasting seismological and weather information in Morse code in 1912 under call letters 9YK. Thus, making WEW the oldest broadcast station west of the Mississippi River. |
| Arrangement: | Alphabetical |
| Restrictions: | Copyright. Permission required to reproduce images. |
| Remarks: | Jean Gosebrink accession numbers included with corresponding items. |
WEW Radio Collection
1941 – 1964
1 slim legal Hollinger; 0.25 cu. ft.
| Box/Folder | Description |
| 1/1 | Finding aid |
| 1/2 | Decals. Pr-13 |
| 1/3 | Ephemera |
| 1/4 | Envelopes |
| 1/5 | History |
| 1/6 | Program guide, January 1951 |
| 1/7 | Program schedules |
| 1/8 | Programs – Just for Women / Louise Munsch |
| 1/9 | Programs – Kitchen Klatsch / Marjorie Lee |
| 1/10 | Programs – The Sacred Heart Program presents The Trapp Family Singers, 1944 |
| 1/11 | Script – Art In Our Time "Andre Derain" 1945. Ge-1245 |
| 1/12 | Script – Art In Our Time "Edward Manet" 1945. Ge-789 |
| 1/13 | Script – Art In Our Time "Jean Baptiste Camille Corot" 1945. Ge-1244 |
| 1/14 | Script – Art In Our Time "Marr Chagall" 1944 |
| 1/15 | Script – Art In Our Time "Sir Henry Raeburn" 1945. Ge-700 |
