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Summary Information
Frederick W. Ford Papers 1940-1982
- Ford, Frederick W., 1909-1986
Mss 402; Disc 196A
8.0 c.f. (21 archives boxes) and 1 disc recording
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1958-1968, of Frederick W. Ford, an attorney, career government employee, and former Federal Communications Commission member and chairman. Included are speeches and writings; correspondence; biographical clippings; and subject files relating to equal time and political broadcasting, the fairness doctrine, UHF/VHF allocations, the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee's investigations of the FCC during the 1950's, and many other topics. Files dating both from his early legal career with the FCC and the Federal Security Agency include material on two of the most famous cases to come before the FCC: the Paramount anti-trust case and the George Richards news-slanting case. English
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