Charles S. Jones (1895-1970) was a businessman and head of Rio Grande Oil, which sponsored the radio show Calling All Cars. This collection primarily consists of 258 Calling All Cars transcription discs (1934-1939). Many of the transcription discs include "squibs" that give a brief description of the program. Jones obtained the transcription discs in his capacity as sponsor of the program. This collection also includes 2 discs from a Dwight D. Eisenhower speech (1953).
A finding guide to the collection is here.
This collection is currently inaccessible during the transition of the American Radio Archives from the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation to UCSB’s Special Research Collections. Please monitor this page for updates.
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