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Midwest Program on Airborne Television (Purdue University), 1959-1971

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1

Scope and Contents

Business correspondence, reports, and Purdue's application to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the use of airplanes to transmit educational television programs to rural elementary and high schools. The planes, which took off from Purdue's airport, transmitted the program tapes over Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and a small portion of Canada

Dates

  • Creation: 1959-1971

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection materials are in English.

Access Information

The majority of the collection is open for research. Access to Box K is restricted by donor request.

Extent

From the Collection: 63.50 Cubic Feet (59 cubic foot boxes, 4 manuscript boxes, and 3 flat boxes)

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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