ContentsContainer List Mary Margaret McBride with Stella Karn (Estelle), undated Paper documents accompanying the Mary Margaret McBride and Stella Karn photographs, undated McBride publicity photographs, undated Early McBride portrait photographs, undated Paper documents accompanying the early McBride portrait photographs, undated McBride portrait photographs, undated McBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated McBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated McBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated McBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated Miscellaneous McBride portrait photographs, undated McBride color portrait photograph, undated McBride personal appearance photographs, 1934-1951 McBride personal appearance photographs, 1957-1968, undated McBride with Eleanor Roosevelt, undated McBride with Governor Thomas Dewey, undated McBride with Omar Bradley, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride and Omar Bradley photographs, undated McBride with political guests, undated McBride with Mary Martin, undated McBride with guest authors, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride and guest author photographs, undated McBride with special guests, undated McBride with unidentified guests, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride with groups photographs, undated McBride receiving awards, undated McBride cooking with Poppy Cannon, Paul and Grace Hartman, undated McBride with Tex and Jinx, Bob Hope, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride, Tex and Jinx, Bob Hope photographs, undated McBride with Mike Wallace, undated McBride radio anniversaries: Martha Deane, undated McBride radio anniversaries: Madison Square Garden, undated McBride radio anniversaries: Yankee Stadium, undated McBride radio anniversaries: unidentified, undated McBride Out of the Air, undated Paper documents accompanying the Out of the Air photographs, undated McBride and Eve Curie, undated McBride radio anniversaries: white dress, undated McBride photographs relating to Florida citrus fruit, undated McBride photographs relating to Florida, winter haven, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride Florida, winter haven photographs, undated McBride with doll collection, undated McBride Laffing Room Only photographs, [1944 or 1945] McBride Maine photographs, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride Maine photographs, undated McBride Mexico, Missouri parade, undated McBride Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated Paper documents accompanying the McBride Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated McBride small Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated McBride at William Woods College photographs, undated McBride New Jersey photographs, 1938 Paper documents accompanying the McBride New Jersey photographs, 1938 McBride Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, photographs undated McBride, The French Goat photographs, undated McBride, Jackson & Perkins, MMM Rose, undated McBride at the Dwight D. Eisenhower arrival parade, [1945?] McBride military tour photographs, undated McBride European visit photographs, undated McBride bagpipes photographs, undated McBride backyard broadcasting photographs, 1951 Paper documents accompanying the McBride backyard broadcasting photographs, 1951 McBride broadcasting in locations other than the studio, undated McBride eating and cooking, undated McBride with unidentified guests, undated McBride and unidentified guests with microphones, WOR, CBS, WEAF, NBC, and ABC, undated McBride's last broadcast, 1954 McBride on television, undated McBride Conti Shampoo commercial, undated McBride personal and family photographs, undated McBride personal and family photographs, undated McBride at a dinner with Harry Truman and others, undated Paper documents accompanying the photos of McBride at a dinner with Harry Truman and others, undated Unidentified McBride photographs, small, undated Unidentified McBride photographs, undated McBride in the studio with a group, undated McBride at a dinner in Connecticut, undated Paper documents accompanying the photographs of McBride at a dinner in Connecticut, undated McBride at Bette Davis's birthday party, undated McBride at the christening of the USS Matthews, 1944 Paper documents accompanying the photographs of McBride at the christening of the USS Matthews, 1944 |
Photographs from the Mary Margaret McBride CollectionAuthors: Netta Cox, with contributions from Marsha Maguire2008
Biographical NoteMary Margaret McBride (1899-1976) was a journalist and the host of an immensely popular daily radio program from the mid 1930s into the 1950s. Her first program, Martha Deane, was broadcast on station WOR from 1934 until 1940. In 1937 CBS hired her to host a fifteen-minute talk show under her own name, but her most popular program, a forty-five-minute interview and talk show on NBC, ran from 1941 until 1950. McBride's daily program featured interviews with over twelve hundred leading public and political figures of her time, such as entertainers, other radio personalities, authors, educators, doctors, and adventurers, but she also talked with average people who had interesting stories to tell. Interviewees included Eleanor Roosevelt, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bob Hope, Carl Sandburg, Margaret Bourke-White, Zora Neale Hurston, Tennessee Williams, Joe DiMaggio, a man leading a campaign to improve teenage driving skills, a female test pilot, the woman who invented crossword puzzles, and the American Mother of 1942. McBride's interviews provide a highly personal perspective on American life during the Great Depression through World War II, its aftermath, and the beginning of the Cold War. They constituted the first thirty minutes of her show and were followed by informal discussion of household matters and advertising. Commercials were targeted at McBride's primary audience -- women -- who eagerly purchased the products she promoted and made McBride a favorite with sponsors. Her popularity with listeners and sponsors alike allowed her to retain both editorial and commercial control of her program. McBride moved to ABC in 1950. She died on April 7, 1976, at age 76. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe photographs and accompanying paper documents form part of the much larger Mary Margaret McBride Collection, 1935-1950, in the Recorded Sound Section of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress. Representing McBride's long and influential career as a pioneering woman radio journalist, the McBride Collection includes over twelve hundred hours of interview programs and other radio broadcasts. The photographs include portrait, publicity, and family photographs of Mary Margaret McBride; pictures of McBride and her guests, such as Omar Bradley, Mike Wallace, Eleanore Roosevelt, Thomas Dewey, and Mary Martin; shots of her radio program's anniversary celebrations; images relating to her 1960 autobiography, Out of the Air and of various products and locations; and depictions of broadcasting both in and outside of the studio. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Collection ArrangementThe photographs and accompanying documents are arranged by file. Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMary Margaret McBride with Stella Karn (Estelle), undated 5 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the Mary Margaret McBride and Stella Karn photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride publicity photographs, undated 16 photographic prints : black and whiteEarly McBride portrait photographs, undated 12 photographic prints, 2 negatives : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the early McBride portrait photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride portrait photographs, undated 12 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated 9 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated 5 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated 14 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride portrait photographs with microphone, undated 1 photographic print : black and whiteMiscellaneous McBride portrait photographs, undated 7 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride color portrait photograph, undated 1 photographic print : colorMcBride personal appearance photographs, 1934-1951 11 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride personal appearance photographs, 1957-1968, undated 8 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride with Eleanor Roosevelt, undated 6 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride with Governor Thomas Dewey, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride with Omar Bradley, undated 10 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride and Omar Bradley photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride with political guests, undated 13 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride with guests, undated 5 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride with Mary Martin, undated 4 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride with guest authors, undated 6 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride and guest author photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride with special guests, undated 17 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride with unidentified guests, undated 1 photographic print : black and whiteMcBride with groups, undated 15 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride with groups photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride receiving awards, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride cooking with Poppy Cannon, Paul and Grace Hartman, undated 6 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride with Tex and Jinx, Bob Hope, undated 4 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride, Tex and Jinx, Bob Hope photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride with Mike Wallace, undated 8 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride radio anniversaries: Martha Deane, undated 7 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride radio anniversaries: Madison Square Garden, undated 8 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride radio anniversaries: Yankee Stadium, undated 5 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride radio anniversaries: unidentified, undated 9 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride Out of the Air, undated 33 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the Out of the Air photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride and Eve Curie, undated 1 negativeMcBride radio anniversaries: white dress, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride photographs relating to Florida citrus fruit, undated 8 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride photographs relating to Florida, winter haven, undated 10 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride Florida, winter haven photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride with doll collection, undated 4 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride Laffing Room Only photographs, [1944 or 1945] 13 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride Maine photographs, undated 9 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride Maine photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride Mexico, Missouri parade, undated 14 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated 14 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated 1 folderMcBride small Mexico, Missouri photographs, undated 10 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride at William Woods College photographs, undated 2 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride New Jersey photographs, 1938 11 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride New Jersey photographs, 1938 1 folderMcBride Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, photographs undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride, The French Goat photographs, undated 6 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride, Jackson & Perkins, MMM Rose, undated 9 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride at the Dwight D. Eisenhower arrival parade, [1945?] 4 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride military tour photographs, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride European visit photographs, undated 7 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride bagpipes photographs, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride and animals, undated 7 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride backyard broadcasting photographs, 1951 6 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the McBride backyard broadcasting photographs, 1951 1 folderMcBride broadcasting in locations other than the studio, undated 8 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride eating and cooking, undated 13 photographic prints, 3 negatives : black and whiteMcBride with unidentified guests, undated 3 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride and unidentified guests with microphones, WOR, CBS, WEAF, NBC, and ABC, undated 16 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride's last broadcast, 1954 22 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride on television, undated 8 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride Conti Shampoo commercial, undated 17 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whiteMcBride's retirement, undated 14 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride personal and family photographs, undated 20 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride personal and family photographs, undated 26 photographic prints : colorMcBride at a dinner with Harry Truman and others, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the photos of McBride at a dinner with Harry Truman and others, undated 1 folderMcBride at home, undated 7 photographic prints : black and whiteUnidentified McBride photographs, small, undated 11 photographic prints : black and whiteUnidentified McBride photographs, undated 10 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride in the studio with a group, undated 1 photographic print : black and whiteMcBride at a dinner in Connecticut, undated 6 photographic prints, 1 negative : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the photographs of McBride at a dinner in Connecticut, undated 1 folderMcBride at Bette Davis's birthday party, undated 5 photographic prints : black and whiteMcBride at the christening of the USS Matthews, 1944 5 photographic prints : black and whitePaper documents accompanying the photographs of McBride at the christening of the USS Matthews, 1944 1 folderReturn to the Table of Contents |
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