Dates

• Majority of material found within 1940 - 1996

Extent

66 boxes Linear Feet (Elizabeth Bain (October 8, 1913-July 27, 2002) was a pioneer in the American radio and television broadcasting industry. A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Elizabeth Bain was a 1935 summa cum laude graduate of Clarke College with a BS in Education. Bain did graduate work at Northwestern University, Julliard School of Music, and the New York University Law School. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women, International Biography, and International Women Who's Who. Elizabeth Bain began her career in broadcasting at KFI (AM), Los Angeles in 1941, where she was a music librarian in Los Angeles and then went to WCFC (AM), Chicago. She began her television career at WGN TV (a CBS affiliate) as the manager of the film department. She left WGN to run the film division of WBBM TV and then became director of film programming at WNEW TV. She returned to CBS as Coordinator of Standards and Practices for thousands of feature films at CTS (Columbia Television Services, a corporate division of CBS). In 1977, she left Katz Communications to start Elizabeth Bain Associates in Cos Cob, CT. Elizabeth Bain Associates was formed to provide independent marketing and program services for TV stations, ad agencies, and Cable Television Distributors. During her career in broadcasting, Elizabeth Bain was active in several professional organizations. She was most involved with American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), a non-profit organization of women working in broadcasting and related fields. The purpose of AWRT is to encourage cooperation between the females in the industry. AWRT was established in 1951 and has grown to include more than 50 chapters and 2500 members in the United States. Elizabeth Bain served as president of AWRT in 1964-1965, and in 1976 she was chosen as their Woman of the Year. Elizabeth Bain worked in radio and television broadcasting for more than 50 years. In the mid-1990s, she retired to Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. In 1990, she decided to donate her extensive collection of broadcasting materials to the IUP Libraries. The Elizabeth Bain Papers at the IUP Special Collections and University Archives is housed in 66 archival boxes. The collection dates from 1920 to 1996, but the bulk of the collection date from 1964-1990. This collection is comprised of items from the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), Elizabeth Bain's career in broadcasting and from her business Elizabeth Bain Associates (EBA). In the 1960s, Elizabeth Bain served as President of the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), and their archives is located in Collection LAB 99-5 at the University Libraries in the University of Maryland Archives. The AWRT materials include conference programs dating from 1964-1979, articles written by Elizabeth Bain, a history of AWRT, and AWRT Newsletters. Also contained are programs from AWRT National Conventions from 1960-1979 and 1981-1985, various reports, and copies of speeches given by Elizabeth Bain for AWRT. Materials from Elizabeth Bain's broadcasting career include EBA client listings, Neilsen and Arbitron ratings, surveys, letters, feature reviews from the 1960s, and track records for syndicated programs and feature films. Her collection includes network movie schedules and programming lists from the three major networks CBS, ABC, NBC (1977-1996), newspaper articles (1971-1996), network season information (1971-1996), network feature descriptions (1968-1996), and TV Guide Fall Preview Issues (1974-1996).)

Language of Materials

English