Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- circa 1950-2001 (predominant: 1997-1999) (Creation)
Extent
4 linear feet (256 audio cassettes in 15 boxes and one folder)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The recordings of the Sam Gyson Show consist of political commentary, local news, and interviews. The interviewees include national and local politicians, legal and medical professionals, journalists, as well as entertainers and sports personalities. Most of the shows were broadcast from WMBM and WAXY-AM radio stations in Miami between 1988 and 2001.
The bulk of the collection consists of 256 audio cassette tapes that span 1950 to 2001. The first tape in the collection is a show recorded in 1950 with Gyson, Phil Ramone, Ben Kelly, and Harry Martin. The second tape in the collection is an interview with Larry King from 1976.
The majority of the tapes in the collection span from 1997–1999. There are no tapes in the collection from the years 1989 or 1995.The last 10 tapes in the collection are miscellaneous shows that could not be dated, yet the guests have been identified.
One folder contains of articles, letters, memos, awards, photographs, and an 18-page draft of a prospectus for an autobiography by Gyson called, Short Takes and Some Mistakes.
System of arrangement
Audio tapes are arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
A folder of articles, letters, memos, awards, photographs, and an 18-page draft of a prospectus for an autobiography by Gyson called, Short Takes and Some Mistakes is filed in (HMA0002) Manuscripts Collection. Box 5
Video tapes of some of Sam Gyson's programs are in the Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives.
Information about related materials is available at http://www.mdc.edu/wolfsonarchives/
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Accession
2005-556
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