Contents

• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Media and Technology Services records, 1968-1996.
Collection Number: 21-36-3152

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Link to a partial finding aid.
		Scope and Contents All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
		Series I. List of Files
Box 1	Folder 1	Christopher Whittle: First Director of Media Services	1975-07-1986-04
Box 1	Folder 2	History of the Acquisition and Use of a Mobile Satellite Uplink Truck	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 3	Media Services Space Study: An Attempt to Create a Single Building to House the Department	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 4	Media and Technology Services background	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 5	ETV, Educational Television Center, miscellaneous background and history	1975-2001
Box 1	Folder 6	ETV Center early history	1968-1974
		Scope and Contents When the ETV Center was first created in the new wing of MVR Hall, College of Human Ecology, it was administered by the Department of Communication Arts. In 1975, when the Broadhead report created the Department of Media Services, separate from Communication Arts, the ETV Center was merged into the new Media Services Department under Christopher Whittle
Box 1	Folder 7	Food and Life Sciences Quarterly/FOCUS: History of the College of Agriculture's Journal of Research for a Lay Audience and Media Services Role in its Production	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 8	Miscellaneous Media Services organization charts	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 9	CALS 75th Anniversary multi-media show	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 10	David, Watkins Jr. - Second Director of Media Services	1986-04-2000-12
Box 1	Folder 11	Empire Farm Days: Media Services role	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 12	CCESN, Cornell Cooperative Extension Satellite Network Downlink Sites	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 13	CCESN Survey	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 14	CCESN: Creation of..	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 15	CCESN: Evaluations of major programs	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 16	Additional Satellite Uplink Truck History	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 17	Media Services: Distribution Center	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 18	Media Services: Creation of University Photography	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 19	Media Services: Historical policy and information	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 20	Media Services: Policy and pricing	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 21	Asia tour: ETV Center and Cornell Glee Club	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 22	Media Services: Television and Radio	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 23	Media Services: Nutrition PSA's, ETV Center	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 24	Media Services: Marketing, mission, values and philosophy	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 25	Media Services: Computer aided publishing	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 26	Media Services: Radio: FOCUS proposal to go national with NPR type programming	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 27	Media Services: Computer Network: Creation of…	date unknown
Box 1	Folder 28	Media and Technology Services: Web Production Unit, creation and costs	date unknown
Box 2	Folder 1	Photos: State Fair youth building - Cornell Cooperative Extension county exhibits	1992-1993
Box 2	Folder 2	Empire Farm Days	1996
Box 2	Folder 3	Fall 1993 NYSAC Conference	1993
Box 2	Folder 4	Spring 1993 NYSAC Conference	1993
Box 2	Folder 5	Extension Showcase	1993
Box 2	Folder 6	Fall 1992 NYSAC Conference	1992
Box 2	Folder 7	Extension Showcase	1992
Box 2	Folder 8	Legislative Showcase	1991
Box 2	Folder 9	NYSAC Conference/Workshop	1992-03
Box 2	Folder 10	CALS Exhibit Committee	date unknown
Box 2	Folder 11	State Fair	1992
Box 2	Folder 12	Empire Farm Days	1994
Box 2	Folder 13	Empire Farm Days	1993
Box 2	Folder 14	Empire Farm Days	1992
Box 2	Folder 15	Empire Farm Days	1991
Box 2	Folder 16	Empire Farm Days	1990
Box 2	Folder 17	State Fair: Budgets, plans, animations, telerama, staffing, Etc.	1994
Box 2	Folder 18	State Fair	1990
Box 2	Folder 19	State Fair	1989
Box 2	Folder 20	State Fair	1988
Box 2	Folder 21	State Fair	1987
Box 2	Folder 22	State Fair	1986
Box 2	Folder 23	Layout horticulture building: 4H, State Fair	date unknown
		Series II. Miscellaneous Files/Reports/Proposals
Box 3	Folder 1	Save Energy/Save Dollars: A Copy of Products and Results	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 2	Save Energy/Save Dollars Slides	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 3	Publication study by J. Francis Cooper	1963-04
Box 3	Folder 4	ETV Center policies	1988-1989
Box 3	Folder 5	Ed Wright letters: (first chief engineer of the ETV Center)	1968-1969
Box 3	Folder 6	Cornell Sports Network proposal by Media Services staff	1990-06
Box 3	Folder 7	Communication perception/needs	date unknown
		Scope and Contents A study commissioned by David Watkins for a grad student in the Department of Communication Arts of the Communication Needs and Perceptions of Extension Field Staff
Box 3	Folder 8	Empire Farm Days	1995-1996
Box 3	Folder 9	MS. Distribution Center Report	1998
Box 3	Folder 10	Robert Seem committee communication needs report and notes	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 11	Telecommunications report commissioned by William Lacy, Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension	1997
Box 3	Folder 12	State of the Media Services Unit	1999-05
Box 3	Folder 13	Policies and procedures, Media Services	1975-2000
Box 3	Folder 14	Media and Technology Services self study document prepared for the departmental external review	2000-04
Box 3	Folder 15	Cornell Cooperative Extension public awareness files and products produced by Media Services	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 16	Proposal for regional training and satellite downlink sites	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 17	CCESN, Cornell Cooperative Extension Satellite Network Background/Network	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 18	Broadhead Report: Study of the Department of Communication Arts that created Media Services	1974-1975
Box 3	Folder 19	Packet: CCESN Distance Learning Report, Working with the Media, List of CCESN Sites	date unknown
Box 3	Folder 20	Media Services managers meetings	1994-1996
Box 3	Folder 21	Media Services senior staff meeting notes: Policy discussions etc.	date unknown
		Series III. Annual Reports/Budget Hearing and Program Planning Materials
Box 4	Folder 1	Charge policy documents	1972-1990
Box 4	Folder 2	Description of technologies: Television, satellite, computer and the departments role for the University	1995
Box 4	Folder 3	Survey of Media Services staff: Work, job satisfaction, policy and procedures	1988
Box 4	Folder 4	Unit strategic plans	1994
Box 4	Folder 5	Cornell Cooperative Extension publications study	1992
Box 4	Folder 6	Merger attempts: Media Services and University Relations	1995-1996
Box 4	Folder 7	Cornell Communication Studies	1974-1984
Box 4	Folder 8	Program planning and budget hearing materials (1979-2000/01 FYS)	1979-2001
Box 4	Folder 9	Communication audit	1991-05-1991-11
Box 4	Folder 10	Annual Reports of the Department	1983-1984, 1986-1996
		Scope and Contents From 1995/1996 on annual reports were included in the program planning and budget conferences held with Human Ecology, Agriculture and Life Sciences and Cornell Cooperative Extension
Box 4	Folder 11	Media Services administrative committee files/meeting notes Etc.	1975-1981, 1979-1982, 1980-1986
		Scope and Contents The Administrative Committee for Media Services was created by the Broadhead Report. It consisted of the Deans of Agriculture, Human Ecology and the Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension. Meetings were called by the head of that committee but over the years were very infrequent
		Series IV. Miscellaneous
Box 5	Folder 1	Media Services first computer system: Xerox Star System	1983-1984
Box 5	Folder 2	Printing reorganization	1983
Box 5	Folder 3	Workshops/training sessions by Media Services staff for Cornell Cooperative Extension and faculty	date unknown
Box 5	Folder 4	Program planning/budget hearing documents	1979-1980, 1985-1997
Box 5	Folder 5	Annual Reports	1973-1976, 1977-1985
Box 5	Folder 6	Christopher Whittle: First Director of Media Services
Box 5	Folder 7	Broadhead Report	1974-1975
Box 5	Folder 8	Cornell Cooperative Extension: Public Awareness and Marketing Campaigns, Products, Files, Organization, Training Sessions by Robert Topor, David Watkins and Bill Boldt	date unknown
Box 5	Folder 9	Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations Survey Results: Printing and Mailing Technologies by James Mason	1994-1995
Box 5	Folder 10	Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations Survey on Printing and Mailing Technologies Raw Data by County	1994-1995
Box 5	Folder 11	Slides: Update on the 80s	date unknown
		Scope and Contents Prepared by Media Services for CCE
Box 5	Folder 12	A self-study of the department's organization, services, funding issues, and relationships in preparation for an external review to be conducted	2000-04-02-2000-04-06