Harold E. Wigren papers

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Harold E. Wigren papers

1934-1993 and undated (majority 1952-1981)

https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1619

Harold E. Wigren (1913-2002) was a communications pioneer throughout the 1950s and 1960s; in Houston from 1947 to 1960 and then at the National Education Association (NEA) in Washington from 1961 to his retirement in 1977. His doctoral dissertation on developing educational television can be considered one of the first in the public broadcasting field. He joined the NEA staff as the educational telecommunications specialist for the Division of Instruction and Development. Wigren expanded his responsibilities with the advent of new technology, including cable television and satellites. He also took on roles outside of the NEA: he was chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Copyright Law Revision from 1963 to 1976. This committee was formed to protect teachers' rights as authors and users of copyrighted materials under the new 1976 Copyright Law. The collection documents Wigren's career in educational/instructional television, from his work with the National Educational Association as a telecommunications specialist to his involvement with the Ad Hoc Committee on Copyright Law Revision to his work with cable television and satellites to his travels to various international educational conferences.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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American Library Association

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Wigren, Harold E.

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Educator, Broadcast executive. Educational telecommunications specialist; Division of Instruction and Development, National Education Association 1961; Coordinator, NEA's multi-media Feasibility Study, Guam 1967-1970; President, PUBLI-Cable, Inc. 1973-1974; Chair, Board of Directors, Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications (JCET). From the description of Papers. 1934-1993. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 47916942 ...