Friendly World Broadcasting Co. Collected Records
Abstract
Collection includes brochures and a newspaper clipping about the Friendly World Broadcasting Co. and Ed Randall, its founder, owner, and broadcaster. The collection also includes three reel-to-reel tapes of broadcasts.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1969-1975
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Friendly World Broadcasting Co.; headquartered in Wallingford, Pennsylvania; founded ca. 1957 by Ed Randall (Edwin T. Randall, 1896-1975). Randall broadcast a positive, inclusive message, which he considered his "ministry." He teamed with the American Friends Service Committee to develop radio programs. His broadcast programs were important in promoting racial integration in the Southern United States. For more information, consult "Edwin T. Randall and Friendly World Broadcasting: Radio and White Racial Liberalism in the Age of Mass Protest" in Radio and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the South by Brian Ward (Gainesville Florida: University Press of Florida, 2004).
Extent
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Subject
- Randall, Edwin (Person)
- Friendly World Broadcasting Co. (Organization)
- Friendly World Broadcasting Co. (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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