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Start Over Date range 1963 Creator Riegel, O. W. (Oscar Wetherhold)

Communication Satellites 2.2 Linear Feet Box 1-2, Folder 1-66

Items in this series relate to news and developments in communications sattelites. Riegel wrote a short article about their impact on mass media. His manuscripts along with correspondence, reports, and publications about communications satellites make up the bulk of this series. Some items of note include reports on the progress of Canada's Telesat system, Riegel's analysis of satellite communication, and Comsat and Intelesat reports from the early 1970's

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Dupont Awards 7.5 Linear Feet Box 1-18, Folder 1-530

Items in this series are relevant to the Dupont Awards, which were given to Television stations, Radiostations, and commentators who have contributed to the field in their performance on the air. Award winners received $1,000, and most used the money to fund a journalism scholarship. Within this series are correspondence between award winners, judges, the Dupont estate, Washington and Lee University, members of the Federal Communications Commission, public relations firms, and O.W. Riegel, photographs of the award winners and annual awards dinner, publications by the Dupont Awards foundation, and published statements by various awards winners. Some items and subjects of note include a draft of a couple of the physical awards, letters discussing the conclusion of Washington and Lee's Association with the awards in 1967, and some resumes of different journalists and Judges' comments on various radio and television stations. Three scrapbooks are contained wtithin the collection, but are not in folders. They are listed in the appropriate sub-series. Major correspondents and speakers include: O. W. Riegel, FCC Chairman Rosel Hyde, and Jessie Ball Dupont.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Journalism Department 8.8 Linear Feet This series is primarily contained in large and medium size archival storage boxes. Additionally, there are two boxes of Newspaper Clippings related to the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation and other aspects of the department that are stored separately from the rest of the series. Box 1-12, Folder 1-524, Box 1-5, Box 11-13, Folder 508-526

Items in the Journalism Department series are based in the time period when Riegel was a member and later director of the department. sub-sections of this series include correspondence within the department, course materials, department seminars, accreditiation discussions,the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation, the maintenance of the department's library, and publicity related to the department and its faculty. some items of note include some student work for classes, including a project by Phillipe Labro, a cartoonist awards program with signatures from various cartoonists including Charles Shultz, and various surveys related to higher education and journalism.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

O.W. Riegel Papers 75 Linear Feet

Riegel, O. W. (Oscar Wetherhold)

Highlights of this collection include material concerning the Washington and Lee Journalism Department, including course material, student papers, and lecture notes. Supplementing this course material are published materials on the history of film, 20th century war propaganda, the Nazification of Germany, Paris in the 1920's and the "Lost Generation." There also includes wide selections of personal research materials for projects such as Riegel's books Mobilizing for Chaos and Crown of Glory; collections on Riegel's travels to Central and South America and Europe including Germany during the 1930s, and the typescript of his unpublished autobigraphy to 1945 titled "Hacking It."

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Personal Correspondence 3.92 Linear Feet Box 1-3, Folder 1-224

Items in this series pertain to Riegel's personal correspondence between himself and colleagues, friends, and family. Some material is related to or mentions his work, but the majority of the material is about his or other people's personal lives, opinions, and thoughts around world events.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Personal Publicity .417 Linear Feet Box 1, Folder 1-37

Items in this series consist primarily of articles, bulletins, memos, and programs which are in reference to O.W. Riegel and his career achievements. The material spans the majority of his professional carreer and makes reference to his published works, acts as a staff member of Washington and Lee, and personal achievements. The publicity material is primarily newspaper clippings selected by Riegel himself.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Post-War Travel 2.83 Linear Feet Box 1-4, Folder 1-93

Materials in this series consist of items Riegel acquired while traveling after World War II. Riegel went to several european nations during the Cold War including Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Italy, East Germany, Germany, and Britain. Throughout his journeys, Riegel retained numerous maps, brochures, publications, and pamphlets of places and events he attended.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Public Opinion Quarterly 1.1 Linear Feet Box 1, Folder 1-84

This series consists of items related to Riegel's work with the Public Opinion Quarterly, an academic journal that focuses on forms of media and their effects on the public, primarily via Radio, the Press, and Movies. The bulk of material in this series consists of correspondence between Riegel, editors for the Public Opinion Quarterly, and prospective article writers.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

Unprocessed Materials 23.25 Linear Feet

The rest of the collection is still being processed. We anticipate additional series' to be added to the collection upon their completion. Some anticipated series include: Film, Riegel's early life, Pre-War Travel, Early Academic Work (undergrad and grad school, Mobilizing for Chaos and Crown of Glory, Communications Institutions (such as the International Association of Mass Communication Research), The Science Service, and Riegel's East-Germany Survey.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers

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