Rest of the News records and tape recordings

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3838

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes audio tapes, source material, correspondence, research files, account books, and lists of donors. Includes material on the Vietnam War and Vietnam veterans, the American Indian movement and Wounded Knee, the Attica Prison revolt, and other issues of the 1970s.

Dates

1970 - 1977

Creator

Rest of the News (Organization) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Rest of the News was a radical radio news group formed in Ithaca, New York in 1971. The group produced 10-15 minute broadcasts following the regular news on WVBR in Ithaca, focusing on significant current topics such as the Attica Prison rebellion of 1971, the liberation movement in Zimbabwe, the Native American movement, the War in Vietnam, and other issues. Broadcasts included interviews with leading participants in these events interwoven with a script and music. By 1973, ROTN was reaching radio stations across the country and launched a weekly national subscription service for its news tapes. An internal split in 1975 led to the moving of ROTN and its files and tapes to New York City in the middle of the night. The more radical New York contingent continued broadcasting for about a year, but its strident, rhetorical style caused radio stations to cancel the service, and the New York program folded.

The Ithaca faction had meanwhile reorganized and, within a year of the split, began broadcasting again. The Ithaca program lasted two years longer than the New York program, but it folded, in part due to lack of outside support.

Extent

61.1 cubic feet.

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes audio tapes, source material, correspondence, research files, account books, and lists of donors.

Physical Description

Audio Recordings, Correspondence, Printed Materials, Research Materials

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: March 2010
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, March 2010
Date modified:: Jude Corina, August 2013