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WUSF Media archives, 11/13/1973-5/28/2003

 

Summary

Creator:
WUSF Public Media
Abstract:
Items from the WUSF station, located at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, from 1973 to 2003. Items include reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, and videocassettes.
Extent:
16.92 Linear Feet
13 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

WUSF Media Archives,  USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

The majority of the items are videocassette tapes from the WUSF TV station between 1980 and 1989. They cover the activities of USF professors, students, and staff during the time period, including the building of the Sun Dome and the opening of the Sarasota campus. There is a significant body of work from USF President John Lott Brown's tenure.

Acquisition information:
Donation.
Arrangement:

Most of the items are Fujifilm-brand videotapes. The reel-to-reel collection, when brand names are available, are Ampex or Scotch-brand.

There are 22 reel-to-reel tapes, eleven of which are numbered. Although there is a clear sequence of numbers, from 1 to 26, tapes 4 and 12-25 are either unlabeled or missing. The majority were created by WUSF, but two are from alternate institutions. The two non-USF insitutions included are the Population Action Council and the Florida Mental Health Institute.

There are two cassette tapes, unnumbered, from 1987. They are both about John Lott Brown's retirement, with the Ampex-brand tape discussing his decision to retire and the Fujifilm-brand tape containing his retirement speech.

The videotapes are extensive, but missing numbers 15, 18, 26-7, 44-53, 64-72, 74-81, 83, 86, 90-2, 97,101, 106-7, 110-11, 116-18, 123-4, 128-9, 132-4, 141-2, 145, 148-62, 165-8, 173-78, 183-4, 192, 194, 201, 205, 201, 218, 221-4, 240-3, 248-9, 252-3, 256, 258-273, 275-6, 278-280, 289, 291, 294-6, and 300. These numbers may be found in part of the unlabeled videotapes in the collection. As with the reel-to-reel tapes, most of the videotapes are created by WUSF. The exceptions are 9 tapes from WTVT-13, Spectrum Productions, Inc., Video News Clip, Inc., and City of Tampa Televisions. Although these tapes are not from WUSF, they concern USF--ranging from the inauguration of President Genshaft to a commencement ceremony from 1997.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

WUSF Media Archives, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA