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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.

A Word on Words

A Word on Words

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

National Association of Educational Broadcasters Programs

OutCasting

OutCasting

Jewish American Heritage Collection

Jewish American Heritage Collection

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

Eyes on the Prize Interviews

The Evolution of Jazz

The Evolution of Jazz

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

Virginia Public Media: Journey through the Archives

North Carolina Now Collection

North Carolina Now Collection

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

Broadcasting in the Public Interest: The Newton Minow Collection

The Alabama Experience

The Alabama Experience

PBS NewsHour

PBS NewsHour

En Français

En Français

Georgia Gazette

Georgia Gazette

Vegetable Soup Collection

Vegetable Soup Collection

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

The WRVR-FM (Riverside Radio) Collection

People Near Here

People Near Here

North Carolina Voices

North Carolina Voices

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

Vision Maker Media Documentaries

Reconstruction Interviews

Reconstruction Interviews

BackStory

BackStory

Say Brother

Say Brother

The Great Depression Interviews

The Great Depression Interviews

The Center for Asian American Media

The Center for Asian American Media

BirdNote

BirdNote

LGBT+ Collection

LGBT+ Collection

Africans in America Interviews

Africans in America Interviews

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

John Beyer Iowa Documentaries

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

Vietnam: A Television History Interviews Collection

The Abolitionists Interviews

The Abolitionists Interviews

1964 Interviews

1964 Interviews

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

John Brown's Holy War Interviews

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

The Murder of Emmett Till Interviews

National Educational Television

National Educational Television

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Jubilee Singers Interviews

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

In Black America

In Black America

To the Moon Interviews

To the Moon Interviews

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

Local Programs from WSRE from Pensacola, Florida

Focus 580

Focus 580

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Ken Burns’ The Civil War Interviews

Freedom Riders Interviews

Freedom Riders Interviews

Black Journal

Black Journal

The Watergate Hearings

The Watergate Hearings

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

Oklahoma Educational Television Authority Programming

Woman Series

Woman Series

Firing Line

Firing Line

Rock & Roll

Rock & Roll

AAPB Road Trip

AAPB Road Trip

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

National Federation of Community Broadcasters Programs

American Masters Interviews

American Masters Interviews

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

Feminist Community Radio at KOPN

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

Stonewall Uprising Interviews

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

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