2024 Spring: US History 3 Research Paper: News Shows & Advertisements

The Library of Congress and WGBH in Boston have embarked on a project to preserve for posterity the most significant public television and radio programs of the past 60 years: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

WHDH film collection (1960- mid-1970s), Cambridge Community Television (1988 to 1999), Northeast Historic Film’s WCVB film collection (1970-1979), and WGBH-produced The Reporters (1970-1973), Evening Compass (1973-1975) and the Ten O’Clock News.

Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC)

"An analysis of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media is available from this diverse video library. These collections offer an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs."

Dates: 2009 - Present. Uses closed captioning to enable users to search, quote and borrow U.S. TV news programs.

Primary sources about the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms.

Large selection of television commercials online.

Thousands of television commercials created or collected by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency, dated 1950s - 1980s.

Cigarette print ads, outdoor ads, point-of-sale and direct marketing materials published by Philip Morris USA archive dating back to the early 1900s

Ads from the 90s to the present, featuring major brands.

Charles "Teenie" Harris photographed the events and daily life of African Americans for the Pittsburgh Courier from the 1930s to 1970s.

Created by the Stanford School of Medicine.