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Series 6: Liberty Broadcasting Company, 1931 - 1936

 Series
Identifier: Record Group 3.1

Description

This series consists of correspondence, financial summaries, copies of legal agreements, and memoranda. This series documents the unsuccessful attempt to transfer WTFL radio to Greenville in 1933, and it also contains information of the sale of Liberty Broadcasting to Norman K. Winston of New York in 1935. Prominent correspondents in this series include Wyatt Aiken, Robert R. Scales, Jr., G. Richard Shafto, W. Frank Hipp, and Rev. R.A. Forrest, president of the Toccoa Falls Institute.

Dates

  • 1931 - 1936

Corporate History

This firm was established in March, 1932 to manage a recently acquired radio station, WTFL, of Athens, Georgia, formerly owned by Toccoa Falls Broadcasting Company. The Liberty Life Insurance Company and its corporate officers owned the majority of stock in Liberty Broadcasting Company.

Extent

0.15 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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Clemson SC 29634 U.S.A. US