This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Radio history museum preserves Americana in Memphis
In Memphis State University Bristor Library visitors hear Edison with the phonograph, Axis Sally, Jack Benny, Fred Allen and other radio nostalgia. The Radio History Collection includes nearly 550 tapes and 1,100 hours of broadcasts, offering a representative sampling to reveal the era’s flavor. Dr. Marvin Bensman notes the tapes let historians glimpse time periods through listening, not just printed records. A rare live broadcast of the invasion of France is among the tapes.
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