There is a News Archive at Vanderbilt University which got started in 1968,
and they may have collected other earlier TV News.
https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
Paul T. Jackson
Trescott Research
Steilacoom, WA 98338
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trescottresearch.com
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 2:45 PM Chuck Howell <[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi Rowan,
>
> Special Collection in Mass Media & Culture here at the University of
> Maryland has some audio of the hearings. I haven't heard all of it, but I
> recall it being the actual testimony. I don't work in that unit any
> longer, but I'm sure they'll be glad to work with you. I'm copying their
> general email on this response. You can call them at 301-405-9160. Here's
> the listing - Special committee investigating organized crime in the US
> based on the testimony of Joseph Valachi, a Mafia informant. (Part of
> the Daniel Brechner Collection) 9 R/R tapes
>
> Chuck
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 4:33 PM Rowan Moore Gerety <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Good Afternoon,
> >
> > I'm a reporter and radio producer in New York City in the early stages of
> > researching a podcast/audio documentary project drawing on the Valachi
> > hearings.
> >
> > A colleague suggested folks on this list may have helpful leads or
> > suggestions about where to look for additional archival video /audio of
> the
> > hearings.
> >
> > Below is a brief description of the hearings and a list of the archival
> > sources I have already consulted. Any further information or insight you
> > all could provide would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rowan Moore Gerety
> > +1 646 543 7389
> > www.rowanmg.com
> >
> > *Joseph Valachi* was a longtime operative in the NY-area mafia in the
> > 1930s-1960s. In 1962, facing a death sentence in federal prison, he
> became
> > an FBI informant, and the first member of the "Cosa Nostra" to break the
> > code of silence. In September and October 1963, he gave extensive
> testimony
> > before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate
> Committee
> > on Government Affairs. Those hearings continued intermittently through
> the
> > following year, though I'm not sure whether Valachi testified again after
> > November 1963.
> >
> > The hearings were covered extensively in the news, and became an
> important
> > inflection point in the federal approach to combating organized crime.
> >
> > *I have so far found limited footage in the following places:*
> >
> > *The Paley Center for Media
> > *The UCLA Film and Television Archive
> > *The CBS News Archive (thru Wazee digital)
> > *Library of Congress Dept of Recorded Sound / NBC News Radio Archive.
> > *ATA Archive
> >
> > There are a few long clips, but most of it is in 1 or 3 minute snippets,
> > and I have done very little research on radio archives in particular so
> > far....
> >
> > According to the US gov't transcripts, the testimony was quite extensive,
> > clustered in two sessions almost a year apart:
> > *Sep 25, 27 / Oct 1,2,5,8,9,10,11,15,16,29 1963 AND July 28,29,30, Aug
> 4-5,
> > 1964*
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Chuck Howell, CA
>
> Librarian for Journalism & Communication Studies
>
> 5101 McKeldin Library
>
> University of Maryland
>
> College Park, MD 20742
>
> phone - 301-314-0401
>
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