Bryson B. Rash
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Karen Linn Femia with the assistance of Sherralyn
McCoy
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008086
Title: Bryson B. Rash Papers
Span Dates: 1918-1992
ID No.: MSS82777
Creator:
Rash, Bryson
B.
Extent: 2,300
items;
8 containers;
3.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Journalist.
Correspondence, speeches, broadcast scripts, book draft, biographical material,
news clippings, and photographs documenting Rash's career in broadcast
journalism.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Rash,
Bryson B.
Roosevelt,
Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Truman,
Harry S., 1884-1972.
Subjects
Army-McCarthy Controversy,
1954.
Broadcast
journalism.
Hydrogen bomb--Marshall
Islands--Testing.
Journalism--Washington
(D.C.)
Television--Transmitters
and transmission.
Locations
Enewetak
Atoll (Marshall Islands)
United
States--Politics and government--1933-1953.
United
States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Washington
(D.C.)--History.
Occupations
Journalists.
Provenance:The papers of Bryson B. Rash, television and radio journalist, were
given to the Library of Congress in 1994 by Brennan Rash and Julianne Rash
Weir.
Processing History:The papers of Bryson B. Rash were arranged and described in 1996. The
finding aid was revised in 2008.
Transfers:Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other
custodial divisions of the Library. Motion picture films and sound recordings
have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound
Division. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs
Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Bryson
B. Rash Papers.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Bryson B. Rash in these
papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of
Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Bryson B. Rash Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1913, Aug. 18 |
Born, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1925 |
Voice of Buster Brown, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1933-1934 |
Announcer, KWK radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1934-1935 |
Announcer, KMOX radio, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1936 |
Announcer, WLW radio, Cincinnati, Ohio
Staff announcer, Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington,
D.C.
|
| 1937-1942 |
Newscaster and liaison with White House and State Department,
National Broadcasting Co., Washington, D.C.
|
| 1939 |
Participated in the first remote television broadcast in the
United States
|
| 1940 |
Married Esther Julie Jenkins |
| 1942-1956 |
Newscaster, White House correspondent and director of special
events and public affairs, American Broadcasting Co. and WMAL, Washington,
D.C.
|
| 1947 |
Produced and reported the first Senate hearing to be
televised (Foreign Relations Committee)
Produced and reported the first White House speech by a
president on television
|
| 1948 |
Pool correspondent for the first televised political
convention
|
| 1954 |
Pool correspondent for all television networks, Senate
Army-McCarthy hearings
|
| 1956 |
Pool correspondent for American radio networks, hydrogen bomb
test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands
|
| 1956-1970 |
Newscaster and reporter, National Broadcasting Co. and WRC,
Washington, D.C.
|
| 1963 |
President, National Press Club |
| 1970-1977 |
Manager, editorial services, WRC-TV, Washington, D.C. |
| 1979-1983 |
Local history reporter, "P.M. Magazine" |
| 1983 |
Published
Footnote Washington. McLean, Va.: EPM
Publications
|
| 1988-1989 |
Reporter for "Of Monuments and Myths" and "Landmarks and
Legends," WETA, Public Broadcasting System, Washington, D.C.
|
| 1992, Nov. 10 |
Died, Washington, D.C. |
The papers of Bryson Brennan Rash (1913-1992) span the years 1918-1992
and consist of broadcast scripts, correspondence, speeches, photographs, news
clippings, a book draft, and miscellaneous biographical material. Reflecting
Rash's pioneering role in radio and television broadcast journalism, the papers
include material from a 1939 experimental television remote location
transmission, the Army-McCarthy hearings, the hydrogen-bomb test in 1956 at
Eniwetok (later known as Enewetak), Rash's years as White House correspondent
during the Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower administrations, and his work on
local Washington, D.C., history.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject, name of person,
or type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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American Broadcasting Co. and WMAL,
Washington, D.C.
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| BOX 1
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General,
1942-1956
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"Public Hearing,"
1949, n.d.
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Army-McCarthy hearings, Senate,
1954, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Awards,
1949-1989
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| BOX 1
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Biographical material,
circa 1971-1989
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| BOX 1
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Broadcast Pioneers,
1977-1992
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| BOX 1
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Broadcast scripts |
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| BOX 1
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Miscellaneous,
1941-1945, 1963-1967, 1983, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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"P.M. Magazine," local history
stories
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| BOX 1
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1979, Jan.-1981, Mar.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 2
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1981, Apr.-1983, Jan., n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 2
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"Washington Odyssey" |
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Notebook,
1977, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Citizens' Commission for the
Commemoration of the Federal Government Bicentenary Era
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| BOX 2
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Correspondence,
1979-1981
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| BOX 2
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Grant application,
1980
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| BOX 2
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Meetings,
1979-1982
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| BOX 2
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Miscellany,
1979-1980, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Correspondence,
1958, 1981-1985, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Democratic National
Committee
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| BOX 3
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General,
1946, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Report on the use of the radio in
the 1946 congressional elections,
circa 1946
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| BOX 3
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Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
1955-1959
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| BOX 3
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Family papers,
1918, 1948-1968, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Footnote Washington |
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| BOX 3
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Correspondence,
1979-1988, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Draft and notes,
circa 1982
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Financial material,
1979-1982
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| BOX 3
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Miscellany,
1981-1985, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Publicity,
1983-1985
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| BOX 4
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Humphrey, Hubert H.,
1959-1966
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| BOX 4
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Hydrogen bomb test, Eniwetok
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| BOX 4
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Correspondence,
1956
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| BOX 4
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Miscellany,
1956-1957, 1971, n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Photographs,
1956
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| BOX 4
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Radio scripts,
1956
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| BOX 4
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Johnson, Lyndon B.,
circa 1958-1961
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| BOX 4
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Local history research
file
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| BOX 4
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Gettysburg, Pa., and Harper's
Ferry, W. Va.,
n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Maryland and Virginia,
1976-1981, n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Story lists,
1978-1983, n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Washington, D.C.,
1975-1984, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 4
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National Alliance of Businessmen,
1969
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| BOX 5
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National Broadcasting Co. and WRC,
Washington, D.C.
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| BOX 5
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Editorials,
1970-1974
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| BOX 5
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General,
1937-1945, 1958-1969, 1976-1978,
n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Home rule campaign,
1973
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| BOX 6
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"The Rash Opinion, Year One,"
1970
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| BOX 6
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National Press Club, Washington,
D.C.,
1959-1964, 1983, n.d.
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| BOX 6
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National Trust for Historic
Preservation,
1976, n.d.
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| BOX 6
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News clippings,
1928-1989, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Personal file,
1921-1992, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Photographs,
1958-1962, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Presidential campaign of 1984,
1984, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Presidential inaugurations,
1980-1985, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
1941-1945, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Speeches,
circa 1955-1980, n.d.
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Truman, Harry S. |
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| BOX 7
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Centennial,
1984-1985, n.d.
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| BOX 8
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General,
1945-1953, n.d.
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| BOX 8
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Interview,
1953
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| BOX 8
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Travel itineraries,
1947-1948, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 8
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Wake Island trip,
1950, 1973-1977, 1984
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| BOX 8
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V-E Day, fortieth anniversary,
1985
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| BOX 8
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V-J Day, fortieth anniversary,
1945, 1985
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| BOX 8
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Wallace, Henry A.,
1948
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| BOX 8
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WETA, Public Broadcasting System,
1988-1990
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| BOX 8
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Writings,
n.d.
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