Ben Grauer: Monitor (Radio Program) Interview with Harrison D. Horblit about Grolier Club Exhibition “One Hundred Books Famous in Science,” 1958

RLIN ID No.

NYGG01-A34

Main Entry

Monitor (Radio Program).

Title

One hundred books famous in science: Ben Grauer’s interview with Harrison D. Horblit about the Grolier Club exhibition [transcription disk], 1958.

Physical Description

1 sound recording (33-1/2 rpm)

Historical/Biographical Note

“Monitor,” a news magazine of the air, was broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) between 1955 and 1975. Broadcaster Ben Grauer was one of many radio journalists who appeared on the program. On 9 March 1958 he interviewed fellow Grolier Club member Harrison D. Horblit about the club’s 1958 exhibition “100 Books Famous in Science” which Horblit had organized. The Grolier Club published a catalog of the exhibition in 1964.

Scope and Contents

Transcription disk of interview by Ben Grauer with Harrison D. Horblit and typed letter signed from Ben Grauer to Grolier Club librarian Alexander Davidson transmitting the disk.

General Note

Title devised by cataloger.

Names

Davidson, Alexander, librarian of New York.

Grauer, Ben. Correspondence.

Grauer, Ben. Sound recordings.

Horblit, Harrison D. One hundred books famous in science. 1964.

Horblit, Harrison D. Sound recordings.

Grolier Club.

NBC. News.

Subjects

Science. Radio Programs.

Added Entries

Grolier Club.

NBC. News.

Genre

Sound recordings. 20^th century.

Occupation (as reflected in collection)

Radio broadcasters. United States. 20^th century.

Broadcast journalists. United States. 20^th century.

Location

Grolier Club, 47 East 60^th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.