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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Barrett, Halsey V. |
| Title: | Halsey V. Barrett Papers |
| Dates: | 1938-1981 |
| Quantity: | 6 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers contain clippings, correspondence, photographs, and political memorabilia from Halsey V. Barrett as well his small film collection. Halsey V. Barrett was co-founder of the American Television Society, an early sales executive for the Columbia Broadcasting System and a key member of the Television Plans Board for the 1952 and 1956 Eisenhower presidential campaigns. Extent of coverage varies. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Halsey V. Barrett was co-founder of the American Television Society, an early sales executive for the Columbia Broadcasting System and a key member of the Television Plans Board for the 1952 and 1956 Eisenhower presidential campaigns. In the 1980s he was president of Special Situations Ltd., a business brokerage in New York. He served in World War II and is the author of Experiences Aboard the First Ship Sunk In the D-Day Invasion of France.
The Halsey V. Barret Papers consists of the personal papers amd memorabilia of the American television executive. Correspondence-subject files includes Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Federal Communication Commission (FCC), National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), the Eisenhower TV Plans Board, photographs, mailing lists, clippings, an essay entitled "The Influence of Television on the 1952 Election," and an "I LIKE IKE" official Eisenhower delegate hat. Films are 16mm reels and include episodes of Cavalcade of America, This is Your Music, and others.
This collection has been only minimally processed and the inventory below is an incomplete box listing.
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Persons
Barrett, Halsey V.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Corporate Bodies
American Television Society.
Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
Associated Titles
Cavalcade of America.
This is your music.
Subjects
Advertising, political -- United States.
Political campaigns.
Television broadcasting -- United States.
Television in politics -- United States.
Genres and Forms
16mm (photographic film size)
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographic film (photographic materials)
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Halsey V. Barrett Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Halsey V. Barrett.
Correspondence-subject files
Memorabilia
Writings
Films
| Correspondence-subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1947, 1951-1953, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | American Television Society | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Color TV | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (cont.) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Daytime TV | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | DuMont | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Dunla (?), Orrine | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | FCC 8736, 8975, 8976, 9175 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | FCC 6780 / Promulgation of Rules and Regulations 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | FCC 7896 / Hearings (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | General Television Committee for Pooled Coverage of Republican and Democratic National Conventions 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Gould, Jack | ||||||||||
| See also New York Times. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Marketing | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | NARTB [National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters] | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | National Association of Radio Station Representatives | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | National Broadcasting System (NBC) | ||||||||||
| See also Sarnoff, David. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | New York Times | ||||||||||
| See also Gould, Jack. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | R.C.A. | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Sarnoff, David | ||||||||||
| See also NBC. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Satellite TV | ||||||||||
| Oversize 3 | Satellite TV - issue of New York Times, on topic | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Television Broadcasting Association | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | United States Television Manufacturing Corporation | ||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | "Agenda" Jack Denove Productions | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | American Research Bureau | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Barrett, Halsey V. - clippings about | ||||||||||
| See also Scrapbook pages, below. | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | CBS Color TV - clippings about | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Certificate of appreciation | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Dinner invitations | ||||||||||
| Eisenhower | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Campaign hat, "I LIKE IKE" | ||||||||||
| TV Plans Board | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Confidential memos 1951-1952, 1960 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Correspondence 1955-1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Miscellaneous (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | The Influence of Television on the 1952 Election | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | List of potential TV speakers | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Mailing lists | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Map, "Television Stations Across the United States," from 1951-52 Broadcasting article January 28, 1952 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | "New Directions for Television," Television Talk | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Photographs | ||||||||||
| Oversize 2 | Scrapbook pages 1938-1942, 1944-1946 - many with clippings (10 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Scrapbook pages 1947-1952, 1956 - many with clippings (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Telecast November 1969 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Television Broadcasters Association, 2nd Television Conference, New York October 10-11, 1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Television Planning in the 1952 Eisenhower Campaign | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | "Television Talk," NBC Television 1946 - glossary of televion engineering and production terms | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Witting, Chris J. 1949 - clippings | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | World Series [1947?] - photographs | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Articles by Barrett | ||||||||||
| Films | |||||||||||
| Box 4 | Film ephemera - paper items associated with barrett_hv_020 and barrett_hv_003 | ||||||||||
| Cavalcade of America | |||||||||||
| Crazy Judah (Cavalcade of America series) 3900 (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_010) | |||||||||||
| The Hostage (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_001) | |||||||||||
| A Man's Home Part 1 (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_011) | |||||||||||
| Margin for Victory 10 Jan 1957 - associated ephemera (two-page packet) housed in a folder in Box 4 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_020) | |||||||||||
| The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_012) | |||||||||||
| The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old (Print #1) (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_013) | |||||||||||
| The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old (Print #6) (Cavalcade of America series) 4 Jan 1955, 10 Jan 1957 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_014) | |||||||||||
| Night Call (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_015) | |||||||||||
| Night Call (Print #9) (Cavalcade of America series) Dec. 8, 1954 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_016) | |||||||||||
| The Ship That Shook the World (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_002) | |||||||||||
| Take Off Zero (Cavalcade of America series) (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_017) | |||||||||||
| That They May Live (Print #1) (Cavalcade of America series), Jack Denove Prod. - associated ephemera (two-page packet) housed in a folder in Box 4. (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_003) | |||||||||||
| Young Andy Jackson (Cavalcade of America series), Jack Denove Prod. Jan 1957 - includes a two-page packet entitled, "The Jack Denove Story: STORYBOARD TO CELLULOID -- The Way You Want It ; 'A guy who has been through the advertising mill and who has then mastered film techniques, is an unbeatable combination.'" (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_004) | |||||||||||
| The Christophers: A Link in the Chain C3387 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_021) | |||||||||||
| Modern Romances 10/12/1956 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_022) | |||||||||||
| Smyrna Incident (U.S. Navy) 3210-1 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_018) | |||||||||||
| Steve Donovan, Texas Ranger (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_019) | |||||||||||
| This is Your Music | |||||||||||
| Academy Awards Pt. #4 (This is Your Music series), Jan Prod. 5000-3 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_005) | |||||||||||
| Academy Awards Pt. #15 (This is Your Music series), Jan Prod. 5000-3 (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_006) | |||||||||||
| Academy Awards Pt. #18 (This is Your Music series), Jan Prod. 5000-3 - includes folded 8.5 x 11” sheet of paper with printed or photocopied article from The Billboard Television Review about "This Is Your Music (TV Film)," with a highlighted quote, "...probably the best musical show ever done either live or on film for television" (Film: 16mm, b/w) (ID#: barrett_hv_007) | |||||||||||
| Latin American Show - Pt. #12 (This is Your Music series), Jan Prod. 5000-6 (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_008) | |||||||||||
| Gay Nineties (Print #6) (This is Your Music series), Jan Prod. 5000-4 (Film: 16mm) (ID#: barrett_hv_009) | |||||||||||