Sammy Jones and I have written an article for the Journal of Archival Organization entitled: "Alternative Preservation Networks: Profiling the Old Time Radio Researchers Group". You can read the abstr

OTRR has a Purchasing Group that uses members' dues to gather new material. After a certain period of time, that material was to make its way to the OTRR Library for the general public. The procedure

Ryan: I just wanted to say thank you for the CD's. I received them yesterday but as a Disabled Vet I have my good days and my bad ones. I was wondering what part of Ohio you live in? I grew up in Parm

Ryan, think I sent this to an old addy for you at yahoo groups, so you may not have gotten it, or are getting it twice... . Use or not, edit as you see fit. Kathy ----- Forwarded Message -----

This message was posted to the "Boatanchor" (old tube radio) group and I thought it might be of interest here. Noty sure if this is the 'proper' OTRR group to send it too, please forgive me if I goofe

I'm only posting this notice to this group because Doug Hopkinson was very involved in the OTRR during its early years and continues to be one of the key hobbyists out there discovering new material a

Is it possible to combine two 1-page pdf documents into a single 1-page document and then rotate it 90 degrees? I find programs to merge pdfs but it turns two 1-page documents into 1 2-page document.

Joe brings up George Lowther; here's a bit more about him that was included in my book on radio authors. Since my emphasis was on an individual's radio writing, I didn't dive much into other elements

If anyone has comments, please post them here or send a message to me privately. I hope you enjoy it. STUDIES IN 19TH-CENTURY FICTION AND OLD-TIME RADIO: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE By Larry Maupin -- L

Some material taken from the Frank Knight collection, courtesy Joe Webb. I was not familiar with that name in the hobby and Joe sent along this link. Frank Knight Material link: As with the other rece

If anyone would like a research project, we have three episodes of Life with Luigi that are 15 minutes long, the same three listed at the end of Goldin's log of the show. He has them listed as May 195

THE VESTAL NEWS , Vestal, N. Y. Wednesday, February 14, 1951 "If plans go through, the series, "Four for the Family," will feature "My Friend Irma," "Life with Luigi," "My Favorite Husband." and "Our

We will be adding a number of new programs to our OTRR Library. These come from the Stu Weiss Collection via Joe Webb. This is the first batch; here they are for convenient access in one place. Ryan

Here is a second set of shows digitized from the reel-to-reels of longtime OTR hobbyist Stu Weiss provided by Joe Webb. Link Enjoy and let us know about errors in names, dates, etc. Ryan

A poster on our Facebook is looking for collector Michael Simons; sounds like they traded shows about 15 years ago. Does that name ring a bell with anyone here? This person is specifically looking for

Does anyone have Jim Bannon's book "The Son That Rose in the West"? I am researching his possibly being "The Man in Black" for a few weeks on Suspense and it being noted in his book. THANKS!!! -- ----

I am closing in on finishing a first listen-through of all the Life with Luigis in the OTRR library. I have supplemented many of them with copies from a site called oldtimeradiodownloads. Of the 150+

In all the recordings I have heard, there is a break at 14:15, and is missing several minutes – maybe up to five minutes. Any thoughts if there is an recording with the missing section? ~ Patrick Alth

I'd like to add OTRR member recommendations to our websites: otrr.org, otrrpedia.net, and otrrlibrary.org. I invite any of our members to click on the link below and fill out as many recommendations a

Below are the episodes currently available in our Maintained set (in progress, unreleased). If you have suggestions for other sources to check (including purchases) feel free to share them. We have so