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*
>
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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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