WGBH Open Vault

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age is a thirteen-part PBS series on the origins and evolution of nuclear competition between the United States and the former Soviet Union, first broadcast in 1989.

Vietnam: A Television History

This collection contains most of the materials gathered and created for the 1983 series, as well as additional Vietnam-related materials from the WGBH archives.

The Advocates

A series of debates with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall.

March on Washington

As part of the Educational Radio Network, WGBH broadcast live coverage of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom from Washington, D.C. Speakers included A. Philip Randolph, John Lewis, James Farmer and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rock and Roll

Built on stories from and about the innovators who defined the music that has rocked the world, Rock and Roll explores the musical styles, influences, and creative processes that have allowed rock to endure, from its renegade beginnings in the 1950s to the 1990s.

Say Brother

Say Brother is WGBH's longest-running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, now known as Basic Black.

The Ten O'Clock News

The Ten O'Clock News was a nightly news program produced and broadcast by WGBH. A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. This collection is located on the Boston TV News Digital Library website.

Press and the People

Louis Lyons hosts this series of programs that discuss the problems and performance of the American Press in reporting leading questions of the day. Guests included Edward R. Murrow. Theodore H. White and Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith.

From the WGBH Vault

Bringing treasures from the archives to new audiences, this curated collection gives a sense of the range of the WGBH archives, highlighting rare or seldom-seen materials.

What is Open Vault?

We provide online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH. So have a look around and explore!

Scholar Collections

The Julia Child of Needlework: Erica Wilson’s Legacy in Stitches and on Television

by Amanda Sikarskie

Showing Status: WGBH and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women during the Kennedy Administration, 1961-63

by Maureen Mann Tannetta

Mediating the Art of Asian Cooking: Joyce Chen Cooks and the Upscaling of Chinese Food in America in the 1960s

by Dana Polan

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From the blog

User Funded Digitization

We’re happy to announce that the first Open Vault user funded digitization of a program has been completed and is now available to listen to online! The program audio comes from the series, The Advocates episode 103 “Should the Law Permit Voluntary Euthanasia for the Terminally Ill?” You can access the program audio by clicking this link. If you haven’t tried requesting digitization or transcription of a program, it’s easy! First register for a free Open Vault account and login. Then search for a record of interest and click the “Request Digitization” or “Request Transcript” button. That’s it! You will then receive more information about your request via email from WGBH.

The New Open Vault

As you’ve probably seen, Open Vault looks a little different than it did a month ago. The WGBH Media Library and Archives team have been hard at work revamping the website for...Read more

1st reel of legendary James Brown concert returned to ‘GBH

The Media Library and Archives has long been in possession 2nd and 3rd reel of the 1968 James Brown concert, an event credited with keeping the peace after the assassination of...Read more

From thousands of tapes to 17

On March 11, 2013, WGBH Media Library and Archives’ Archives Manager Keith Luf and Digital Archives Manager Michael Muraszko loaded 7,010 tapes from the WGBH vault onto 12...Read more

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