Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27737
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255 pages., Focuses on a popular radio comedy series that was broadcast from 1931 until 1954. "The show is a rare example of a lasting national network program on rural themes."
USA: Ronald Press Company, New York City, New York.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15134
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A general history, starting with English magazine origins. Emphasizes the "social and economic influence" of magazines. Includes descriptions of prominent national and regional farm periodicals: Country Gentleman, Farm Journal, Cappers Farmer, Successful Farming. Emphasizes agricultural leadership played by editors of farm magazines.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22353
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124 pages., "Looks at the early history of photography in the United States, the photographers who recorded life on the frontier, and how their vision and artistry shaped public opinion about the West."
USA: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10788
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329 pages., Biography of Burridge D. Butler, owner of Prairie Farmer state farm paper, Radio Station WLS, Chicago, Illinois, and other media organizations in Arizona during his industrious career. Chronicles the history of these two major mass media organizations which he came to control early in the 1900s.
