The WKAR Early Television Films Collection

The WKAR Early Television Films Collection is a result of a film digitization and preservation project supported by a one-million dollar congressionally-directed fund. The project focused on the MSU University Archives’ collection of early public television films from WKAR, starting from when it first aired on East Lansing’s television broadcasting channel 60 on January 15, 1954. The programming emphasizes the rural agricultural heritage of Michigan as well as its industrial strengths, in addition to distinct highlights on music and art. This collection is a fascinating window into early television history, as well as a glimpse of everyday life in 1950s Michigan.

Television programs

Click each link below to see all the episodes associated with a program.

• Adventures in Michigan History
• Arts in Scandinavia
• Chez Mimi
• Contemporary Design
• Cooperative Extension Series
• Country Crossroads
• Curtain Going Up
• Electricity at Work
• Encore
• Goethe's Faust
• If I Were 17
• International Harvester
• Language of Art
• M.S.C. '55
• Mr. Murgle's Musee
• MSU Recital Hall
• Music for the Keyboard
• Music Workshop
• Report in Health
• Spartan Sports Clinic
• Students from Afar
• The Angry Men
• University of the Air
• Your Telephone