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By Hal McCoig, Brian Keith
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The early history and development of the Kentucky Educational Television Network can be found in these records. Fortunately the records were kept by Dr. Richard Van Hoose, former Superintendent of Jefferson County schools and an early proponent of using television for instructional purposes Dr. Van Hoose was present at the creation of KET and served for many years on various boards and committees concerned with guiding KET.
Dr. Jerry Perry, professor of Mass Communications at Eastern Kentucky University, had access to Dr. Van Hoose's extensive records when researching his doctoral dissertation on the history of KET. Through Dr. Perry's efforts Dr. Van Hoose decided to deposit these records at the Eastern Kentucky University Archives.
The KET records have been divided into four series. The first series is the Budget and Financial Series which deals with the financial affairs of KET. The second series is the Correspondence Series which covers the period from January 1960 to August 1976. The next series is the Minutes Series, which covers the period 1961 to 1976 and encompasses the minutes of various related KET agencies and their subcommittees. Dr. Perry's dissertation is the fourth series.
In addition to the above series, over twenty Oral History taped interviews with key educational and political leaders who helped shape KET's future were conducted by Dr. Perry during his research. These tapes have been cataloged separately and can be found in the Oral History section of the Archives.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
VanHoose, Richard
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1: Budget and Financial
- This series, composed of one box (Box 1), covers budget and financial affairs of the Kentucky Educational Television Network from the years 1963 to 1970 and again from 1972 to 1974. Covered in this time span are the anticipated expenditures of KET and the sources of funding
- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013819063
- Folder 1: Financial Records, 1963-1970
- Folder 2: Financial Records, 1972-1974
- Series 2: Correspondence
- This series, composed of six boxes (Boxes 2-6), covers the period from January 1960 to August 1976. Papers in this series reflect the initial proposal for a Kentucky Educational Television Network (KET); the lobbying and legislative processes involved in organizing KET; and its development as an educational television system. In addition, there is considerable correspondence with three Kentucky Governors, Combs, Breathitt and Nunn and with state educational leaders on the secondary and college and university level. This series is particularly revealing in describing the functioning of the state educational bureaucracy. All correspondence is arranged chronologically.
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234013819055
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-December 1960
- Folder 2: Correspondence, January-December 1961
- Folder 3: Correspondence, January-April 1962
- Folder 4: Correspondence, May-August 1962
- Folder 5: Correspondence, September-December 1962
- Folder 6: Correspondence, January-April 1963
- Folder 7: Correspondence, May-August 1963
- Folder 8: Correspondence, September-December 1963
- Folder 9: Correspondence, January-April 1964
- Folder 10: Correspondence, May-August 1964
- Folder 11: Correspondence, September-December 1964
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234013819014
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-April 1965
- Folder 2: Correspondence, May-August 1965
- Folder 3: Correspondence, September-December 1965
- Folder 4: Correspondence, January-April 1966
- Folder 5: Correspondence, May-August 1966
- Folder 6: Correspondence, September-December 1966
- Folder 7: Correspondence, January-April 1967
- Folder 8: Correspondence, May-August 1967
- Folder 9: Correspondence, September-Deceinber 1967
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234013819022
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-April 1968
- Folder 2: Correspondence, May-August 1968
- Folder 3: Correspondence, September-December 1968
- Folder 4: Correspondence, January-April 1969
- Folder 5: Correspondence, May-August 1969
- Folder 6: Correspondence, September-December 1969
- Folder 7: Correspondence, January-April 1970
- Folder 8: Correspondence, May-August 1970
- Folder 9: Correspondence, September-December 1970
- Folder 10: Correspondence, January-April 1971
- Folder 11: Correspondence, May-August 1971
- Folder 12: Correspondence, September-December 1971
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234013819030
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-April 1972
- Folder 2: Correspondence, May-August 1972
- Folder 3: Correspondence, September-December 1972
- Folder 4: Correspondence, January-April 1973
- Folder 5: Correspondence, May-August 1973
- Folder 6: Correspondence, September-December 1973
- Box 6
- Barcode: 31234013819048
- Folder 1: Correspondence, January-April 1974
- Folder 2: Correspondence, May-August 1974
- Folder 3: Correspondence, September-December 1974
- Folder 4: Correspondence, January-April 1975
- Folder 5: Correspondence, May-August 1975
- Folder 6: Correspondence, September-December 1975
- Folder 7: Correspondence, January-April 1976
- Folder 8: Correspondence, May-August 1976
- Folder 9: Correspondence, undated
- Series 3: Minutes
- This series, composed of two boxes (Boxes 7 and 8), covers the period from 1961 to 1976. The Minutes Series is limited to the minutes recorded at the meetings of the Advisory Committee on Educational Television; the minutes recorded at the meetings of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television and the meetings of the various subcommittees of both of the above, and related agencies.
- Box 7
- Barcode: 31234013819998
- Folder 1: Minutes, 1961
- Folder 2: Minutes, 1962
- Folder 3: Minutes, 1963
- Folder 4: Minutes, 1964
- Folder 5: Minutes, 1965
- Folder 6: Minutes, 1966
- Folder 7: Minutes, 1967
- Folder 8: Minutes, 1968
- Folder 9: Minutes, 1969
- Folder 10: Minutes, 1970
- Folder 11: Minutes, 1971
- Folder 12: Minutes, 1972
- Box 8
- Barcode: 31234013819980
- Folder 1: Minutes, 1973
- Folder 2: Minutes, 1974
- Folder 3: Minutes, 1975
- Folder 4: Minutes, 1976
- Series 4: Perry Dissertation
- This series, composed of one box (Box 9), contains a doctoral dissertation written by Jerry Perry, professor of Mass Communications at Eastern Kentucky University, while attending Syracuse University. Much of the material contained in the dissertation was drawn from the Kentucky Educational Television Records which were in the possession of Dr. Richard Van Hoose, one of the leaders in the development of KET. This series is limited to the period between 1950 and 1971 and is concerned primarily with the formative years of Kentucky Educational Television--its successes and shortcomings.
- Box 9
- Barcode: 31234013819972
- Folder 1: Abstract
- Folder 2: Chapter I
- Folder 3: Chapter II
- Folder 4: Chapter III
- Folder 5: Chapter IV
- Folder 6: Chapter V
- Folder 7: Chapter VI
- Series 5: Reports
- Box 10: Reports, 1966-1973
- Barcode: 31234013819964
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