Overview
The Peabody Awards Collection is the flagship of the archives, containing nearly every entry for the first major broadcast award given in the United States. Entries began in 1940 for radio and 1948 for television, and we receive at least 1,000 new entries every year -- programs by local, national, cable, streaming, radio/podcasts, websites, and international producers. The collection provides a cultural cross-section of electronic media from its infancy to the present day, featuring news, documentary, entertainment, educational, and children's programming.
Georgia history is highlighted across six news collections:
- WSB-TV Atlanta, newsfilm, 1949-1981
- WSB-TV Atlanta, videotape, 1976-2010
- WALB-TV Albany, newsfilm, 1961-1978
- WALB-TV Albany, videotape, 1978-1999
- WJBF-TV Augusta, newsfilm and videotape
- WRDW-TV Augusta, newsfilm, 1961-1976
- WRDW-TV Augusta, videotape
- WTOC-TV Savannah, newsfilm and videotape
- WTVM-TV Columbus, videotape
Additional collecting areas such as amateur recording and home movies, University of Georgia recordings, and materials related to music and popular culture highlight the state of Georgia and its peoples.
Searching the Collection
Use this descriptive guide to help as you browse and explore the collections. it includes details on how to search the collections as well as requesting from Brown Media.