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WRAP Radio Station Collection, 1960-1966, undated

By Sarah Osorio

Collection Overview

Title: WRAP Radio Station Collection, 1960-1966, undated

ID: 001/01/MSS 2017-027-f

Creator: Unknown

Extent: 3.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged by record type in chronological order. Oversized items are housed separately.

Date Acquired: 04/28/2017

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Circa 1960s WRAP radio station ephemeral materials and photographs of WRAP African-American disc jockeys in Norfolk, Virginia.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Purchase

Preferred Citation: WRAP Radio Station Collection, MSS 2017-027-f, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed April 28, 2017.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Papers, WRAP radio station, 1960-1966, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Article, Virginia Beach Jazz Festival, 1960Add to your cart.
Item 2: Article, "Negro Market Support Essential, Admen Told", 1964 May 11Add to your cart.
Item 3: Article, "Out of Thin Air", 1964 June 28Add to your cart.
By Warner Twyford. The Virginian-Pilot.
Item 4: Schedule, WRAP Radio Program Schedule, 1964Add to your cart.
Includes November-December 1964 information sheet on black audiences tuned to WRAP radio station and other radio stations by time of day.
Item 5: Correspondence, Jack Garrison to Stu Barondess, 1965 September 29Add to your cart.
Item 6: Information sheet, WRAP Musicity Hits of Today and WRAP Musicity Hits of Tomorrow, 1966 February 28Add to your cart.
Item 7: Correspondence, Jack Garrison to Stu Barondess, 1966 August 19Add to your cart.
Item 8: Map, WRAP... A Continental Station, circa 1960sAdd to your cart.
Includes attached business card of Thane S. "Jack" Garrison.
Item 9: Correspondence, Jack Garrison to unknown, circa 1960sAdd to your cart.
Includes blank WRAP news card and a windshield decal.
Item 10: List, Ten Commandments for News Reporters, circa 1960sAdd to your cart.
Item 11: Blank form, WRAP announcer instructions, circa 1960sAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Photographs, WRAP disc jockeys, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Photograph, Bill Boykins, undatedAdd to your cart.
Mr. Dee.
Item 2: Photograph, Joe Echols, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Photograph, Starr Merritt, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 4: Photograph, "Big Jay" Wilson, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 5: Photograph, Jimmy "B", undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Advertisements, undatedAdd to your cart.
Located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1.
Item 1: Bumper sticker, WRAP 850, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Advertisement, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, undatedAdd to your cart.
Advertisement features WRAP disc jockey Starling Merritt.