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Special Collections

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting contains more than 50,000 hours of digitized public broadcasting programs and original materials. Some notable collections are featured here in Special Collections. Each Special Collection finding aid provides detailed information about the content, such as its creator, recommended search strategies, and related resources. Most of the materials described in the Special Collections are available online. If not, particular materials of interest can be accessed on location at WGBH and the Library of Congress. Please contact us to make a research appointment or to learn more about the collections.

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

Georgia Traveler Collection

Georgia Traveler Collection

Rock & Roll

Rock & Roll

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

LGBT+ Collection

LGBT+ Collection

People Near Here

People Near Here

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Bumps in the Night

Bumps in the Night

National Educational Television

National Educational Television

WLRH Special Collection

WLRH Special Collection

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

The Fine Print with Rebecca Bain

The Fine Print with Rebecca Bain

Vegetable Soup Collection

Vegetable Soup Collection

Biography Hawai‘i

Biography Hawai‘i

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

Africans in America Interviews

Africans in America Interviews

New Mexico Public Media Collection

New Mexico Public Media Collection

Firing Line

Firing Line

About Science Series Collection

About Science Series Collection

Kansas Public Media Collection

Kansas Public Media Collection

BirdNote

BirdNote

WHUT Collection

WHUT Collection

OutCasting

OutCasting

The Center for Asian American Media

The Center for Asian American Media

1964 Interviews

1964 Interviews

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

WIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico

WIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico

In the Life

In the Life

KEXP Live Performances

KEXP Live Performances

The Alabama Experience

The Alabama Experience

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

9/11 Special Coverage

9/11 Special Coverage

This Way Out

This Way Out

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Voter’s Pipeline / Jim Cooper’s Orange County

Voter’s Pipeline / Jim Cooper’s Orange County

Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson

Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson

The Evolution of Jazz

The Evolution of Jazz

Pacifica Radio Archives

Pacifica Radio Archives

Rock School

Rock School

Seven Days

Seven Days

Black Horizons Collection

Black Horizons Collection

New Jersey Network Collection

New Jersey Network Collection

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

Higher Education Today

Higher Education Today

BackStory

BackStory

Public Broadcast Laboratory

Public Broadcast Laboratory

The Great Depression Interviews

The Great Depression Interviews

Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

The Abolitionists Interviews

The Abolitionists Interviews

Radio KDNA

Radio KDNA

The Bicentennial Collection

The Bicentennial Collection

En Français

En Français

Here & Now

Here & Now

American Masters Interviews

American Masters Interviews

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

Bill Moyers Collection

Bill Moyers Collection

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

The Soul of Black Identity: Artist Interviews of the Post-Soul Era

The Soul of Black Identity: Artist Interviews of the Post-Soul Era

ZOOM

ZOOM

Georgia Gazette

Georgia Gazette

Education Forum / High School Assembly

Education Forum / High School Assembly

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Collection

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Collection

Micrologus with Ross W. Duffin

Micrologus with Ross W. Duffin

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

In Black America

In Black America

North Carolina Now Collection

North Carolina Now Collection

Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser

Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser

AAPB Road Trip

AAPB Road Trip

Jewish American Heritage Collection

Jewish American Heritage Collection

Línea Abierta

Línea Abierta

To the Moon Interviews

To the Moon Interviews

The Watergate Hearings

The Watergate Hearings

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

Reconstruction Interviews

Reconstruction Interviews

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

WUNC Collection

WUNC Collection

A Word on Words

A Word on Words

Focus 580

Focus 580

Black Journal

Black Journal

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

Time Out for Jazz with Charlie Plank

Time Out for Jazz with Charlie Plank

Le Show

Le Show

The United States and the Philippines Interviews Collection

The United States and the Philippines Interviews Collection

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

KVZK Collection

KVZK Collection

Weather Whys

Weather Whys

Black Champions Interviews

Black Champions Interviews

Say Brother/Basic Black

Say Brother/Basic Black

Hispanic Heritage Collection

Hispanic Heritage Collection

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

The Jean Walkinshaw Collection

The Jean Walkinshaw Collection

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Freedom Riders Interviews

Freedom Riders Interviews

Peabody Awards Collection

Peabody Awards Collection

PowerPoint

PowerPoint

Woman Series

Woman Series

PBS NewsHour

PBS NewsHour

GBH Archives

GBH Archives

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