Collections
ASCLA's holdings center on three main topics: History of the Field of Communication; Journalism; and Media.
History of the Field
The History of the Field collection includes personal papers and organizational records from Communication’s genesis in the 1940s to the present day, oral history interviews with prominent disciplinary figures, and key scholarly and reference works.
George Gerbner Papers
A documenting of Gerbner's work (1951 – 2006) as a media scholar and Dean of the Annenberg School
Elihu Katz Papers
Documents (1948 – 2014) from the American-Israeli sociologist and media scholar, one of the founding figures in the field
International Communication Association Records
Documents from the largest worldwide academic organization devoted to studying communication
Communication Scholars Oral History Project
In depth interviews with Charles Wright, Monroe Price, and Klaus Krippendorff.
Studies in Visual Communication
Search through the journal's entire 1974 – 1985 run.
History of Communication Research Bibliography
A growing catalogue of English-language works on the history of Communication
Journalism
The Journalism collections include print and broadcast-related materials, with coverage at the local, national, and international levels.
Neil Hickey Papers
A collection from the long-time New York bureau chief of TV Guide
Alexander Kendrick Collection
A collection of reporting notebooks, scripts, and other artifacts from the CBS News journalist
Additional Holdings
Additional holdings are being surveyed and will be added as available.
Media
The Media collections’ foci range from entertainment to business to politics, and include television scripts, oral history interviews, and digital resources.
TV Guide Prime-Time Script Archive
35,000 American television scripts from series, movies, specials, and pilots aired on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox
Agnes Nixon Soap Opera Script Collection
15,000 scripts from series written by Nixon including All My Children, Another World, As the World Turns, Loving, and One Life to Live
HBO Oral History Project
Interviews conducted with 38 individuals responsible for the company’s founding and early development
Pew Archive of Presidential Campaign Discourse
Transcribed speeches, television advertisements, and debates of 12 United States presidential campaigns from 1952 through 1996