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WDAF radio program "Famous Conversation" with Reb Russell

Date: August 17, 1961

Level of Description: Item

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Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 456247

Summary: Reel to reel audiotape transcription of radio program "Famous Conversation," featuring guest Reb Russell, interviewed by hosts Jean Glen and Walt Modine. The program was broadcast from the "distinctive" Bretton's Restaurant at 1215 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, on radio station WDAF, an NBC radio affiliate station, 43.27 minutes.

Space Required/Quantity: Reel to reel audiotape transcription of radio program "Famous Conversation," featuring guest Reb Russell, interviewed by hosts Jean Glen and Walt Modine.

Title (Main title): WDAF radio program "Famous Conversation" with Reb Russell

Part of: Jim "Reb" Russell Collection.

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Interview by Jean Glen and Walt Modine from the lounge of the "distinctive" Bretton's Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri. The program was broadcast weekly and featured interviews with people from "all walks of life." Glen and Modine discuss such topics with Reb Russell as; Russell's college and professional football career, motion picture career, friendships with Tom Mix and Gene Autrey, and Reb's ranching business. Reb championed a business model for ranching and farming titled Hi-goal Agricultural System. The majority of the radio program is dedicated to the description of this business system.

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