GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
1960-1976


Compiled by
Hal McCoig
and
Brian Keith
Eastern Kentucky University
1980

R.G. 116
Kentucky Educational Television
Records, 1960-1976
3.6 cubic feet
6,000 items
9 boxes




Table of Contents

Introduction
Series
     Budget and Financial Series 
     Correspondence Series     
     Minutes Series      
     Perry Dissertation Series       
     Report Series             



Introduction

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.

*Budget and Financial Series*

Description: 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.

Inventory

Box 1
     Folder 1 - 1963-1970
     Folder 2 - 1972-1974

*Correspondence Series*

Description: 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
     Folder 1 - January-December 1960
     Folder 2 - January-December 1961
     Folder 3 - January-April 1962
     Folder 4 - May-August 1962
     Folder 5 - September-December 1962
     Folder 6 - January-April 1963
     Folder 7 - May-August 1963
     Folder 8 - September-December 1963
     Folder 9 - January-April 1964
     Folder 10 - May-August 1964
     Folder 11 - September-December 1964

Box 3
     Folder 1 - January-April 1965
     Folder 2 - May-August 1965
     Folder 3 - September-December 1965
     Folder 4 - January-April 1966
     Folder 5 - May-August 1966
     Folder 6 - September-December 1966
     Folder 7 - January-April 1967
     Folder 8 - May-August 1967
     Folder 9 - September-Deceinber 1967

Box 4
     Folder 1 - January-April 1968
     Folder 2 - May-August 1968
     Folder 3 - September-December 1968
     Folder 4 - January-April 1969
     Folder 5 - May-August 1969
     Folder 6 - September-December 1969
     Folder 7 - January-April 1970
     Folder 8 - May-August 1970
     Folder 9 - September-December 1970
     Folder 10 - January-April 1971
     Folder 11 - May-August 1971
     Folder 12 - September-December 1971

Box 5
     Folder 1 - January-April 1972
     Folder 2 - May-August 1972
     Folder 3 - September-December 1972
     Folder 4 - January-April 1973
     Folder 5 - May-August 1973
     Folder 6 - September-December 1973

Box 6
     Folder 1 - January-April 1974
     Folder 2 - May-August 1974
     Folder 3 - September-December 1974
     Folder 4 - January-April 1975
     Folder 5 - May-August 1975
     Folder 6 - September-December 1975
     Folder 7 - January-April 1976
     Folder 8 - May-August 1976
     Folder 9 - Dates Unknown

*Minutes Series*

Description: 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 varous subcommittes of both of the above, and related agencies.

Box 7
     Folder 1 - 1961
     Folder 2 - 1962
     Folder 3 - 1963
     Folder 4 - 1964
     Folder 5 - 1965
     Folder 6 - 1966
     Folder 7 - 1967
     Folder 8 - 1968
     Folder 9 - 1969
     Folder 10 - 1970
     Folder 11 - 1971
     Folder 12 - 1972

Box 8
     Folder 1 - 1973
     Folder 2 - 1974
     Folder 3 - 1975
     Folder 4 - 1976

*Perry Dissertation Series*

Description: 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
     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

*Report Series*

Inventory

Box 10
     1 - Reports - 1966-1973