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Special Collections

The American Archive of Public Broadcasting contains more than 50,000 hours of digitized public broadcasting programs and original materials. Some notable collections are featured here in Special Collections. Each Special Collection finding aid provides detailed information about the content, such as its creator, recommended search strategies, and related resources. Most of the materials described in the Special Collections are available online. If not, particular materials of interest can be accessed on location at WGBH and the Library of Congress. Please contact us to make a research appointment or to learn more about the collections.

In Black America

In Black America

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

Black Champions Interviews

Black Champions Interviews

In the Life

In the Life

The Alabama Experience

The Alabama Experience

LGBT+ Collection

LGBT+ Collection

Focus 580

Focus 580

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

Seven Days

Seven Days

Time Out for Jazz with Charlie Plank

Time Out for Jazz with Charlie Plank

Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser

Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser

KEXP Live Performances

KEXP Live Performances

American Masters Interviews

American Masters Interviews

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

Biography Hawai‘i

Biography Hawai‘i

The Jean Walkinshaw Collection

The Jean Walkinshaw Collection

Pacifica Radio Archives

Pacifica Radio Archives

Woman Series

Woman Series

Georgia Gazette

Georgia Gazette

Black Horizons Collection

Black Horizons Collection

1964 Interviews

1964 Interviews

Le Show

Le Show

Voter’s Pipeline / Jim Cooper’s Orange County

Voter’s Pipeline / Jim Cooper’s Orange County

Public Broadcast Laboratory

Public Broadcast Laboratory

WUNC Collection

WUNC Collection

The United States and the Philippines Interviews Collection

The United States and the Philippines Interviews Collection

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Collection

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Collection

Línea Abierta

Línea Abierta

The Evolution of Jazz

The Evolution of Jazz

People Near Here

People Near Here

OutCasting

OutCasting

The Soul of Black Identity: Artist Interviews of the Post-Soul Era

The Soul of Black Identity: Artist Interviews of the Post-Soul Era

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Vegetable Soup Collection

Vegetable Soup Collection

BackStory

BackStory

A Word on Words

A Word on Words

9/11 Special Coverage

9/11 Special Coverage

PBS NewsHour

PBS NewsHour

Peabody Awards Collection

Peabody Awards Collection

ZOOM

ZOOM

New Mexico Public Media Collection

New Mexico Public Media Collection

North Carolina Now Collection

North Carolina Now Collection

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

New Jersey Network Collection

New Jersey Network Collection

The Fine Print with Rebecca Bain

The Fine Print with Rebecca Bain

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Africans in America Interviews

Africans in America Interviews

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Bill Moyers Collection

Bill Moyers Collection

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

The Bicentennial Collection

The Bicentennial Collection

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

Weather Whys

Weather Whys

Jewish American Heritage Collection

Jewish American Heritage Collection

The Watergate Hearings

The Watergate Hearings

The Abolitionists Interviews

The Abolitionists Interviews

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

This Way Out

This Way Out

KVZK Collection

KVZK Collection

En Français

En Français

Georgia Traveler Collection

Georgia Traveler Collection

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

About Science Series Collection

About Science Series Collection

Radio KDNA

Radio KDNA

Kansas Public Media Collection

Kansas Public Media Collection

Black Journal

Black Journal

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

WIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico

WIPR: Arts and Culture in Puerto Rico

Education Forum / High School Assembly

Education Forum / High School Assembly

Micrologus with Ross W. Duffin

Micrologus with Ross W. Duffin

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

Rock & Roll

Rock & Roll

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

Bumps in the Night

Bumps in the Night

AAPB Road Trip

AAPB Road Trip

Reconstruction Interviews

Reconstruction Interviews

WLRH Special Collection

WLRH Special Collection

Here & Now

Here & Now

Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson

Friday Night Jazz with Reuben Jackson

Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

Mind Over Matters Sustainability Segment

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Firing Line

Firing Line

BirdNote

BirdNote

Higher Education Today

Higher Education Today

Say Brother/Basic Black

Say Brother/Basic Black

WHUT Collection

WHUT Collection

GBH Archives

GBH Archives

Hispanic Heritage Collection

Hispanic Heritage Collection

The Center for Asian American Media

The Center for Asian American Media

Freedom Riders Interviews

Freedom Riders Interviews

To the Moon Interviews

To the Moon Interviews

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

The Great Depression Interviews

The Great Depression Interviews

National Educational Television

National Educational Television

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

Rock School

Rock School

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