Frank B. Swayze phonograph collection
Scope and Content note
This collection contains twenty phonograph records of the Far East Network of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The material dates from circa 1962 to circa 1967. The records are transcription discs of news programs, including Capitol Cloakroom, From the Capitol, Washington Viewpoint, Face the Nation, Issues and Answers, Meet the Press, and Pin Point. Guests on these programs included U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, ambassadors, and non-elected U.S. officials. The phonograph records were saved from destruction by Capt. Frank Swayze, U.S.N. Ret., while he was stationed at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan (1971-1974). He gave them to GW in 2001.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1962 - circa 1967
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1962 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographic/Historical note
Capt. Frank Benjamin Swayze, U.S.N. Ret., collected the contents of this collection and donated them to GW. Swayze graduated from GW Law School in 1976. Swayze was a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corp, U.S. Navy. He was stationed at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan from 1971-1974. Before retirement, Swayze worked at the Pentagon in the Office of the Judge Advocate General, International Law Division, and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs).
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains twenty phonograph records of the Far East Network of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The material dates from circa 1962 to circa 1967. The records are transcription discs of news programs, including Capitol Cloakroom, From the Capitol, Face the Nation, Issues and Answers, and Meet the Press.
Arrangement note
Organized according to date and disc ID number.
Location note
Materials are stored on site. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Capt. Frank B. Swayze, U.S.N. Ret., 08/18/2001
Subject
- United States. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (Organization)
Source
- Swayze, Frank B. (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Frank B. Swayze phonograph collection, 1962-1967"
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America
speccoll@gwu.edu
