• Norman Corwin Collection: Author, director, composer and producer
• Rudy Vallee Collection: Singer, songwriter, saxophone player, bandleader, actor and author
• Broadcasting Collection: General collection of the American Radio Archives
• KNX Collection: Radio script archive from KNX (Los Angeles), a CBS affiliate
• Frank Bresee Collection: Veteran radio producer and radio historian

• Bob Crosby Collection: Singer, bandleader, regular performer on the Jack Benny program
• Calling All Cars Collection: Recordings from the true-crime radio show
• Morris Freedman Collection: Radio and television writer
• Ralph French Collection: Friend and associate of Rudy Vallee
• Milt Josefsberg Collection: Comedy writer and television producer
• Tom Koch Collection: Writer for the Bob and Ray Show on radio
• Robert Q. Lewis Collection: Comedian, radio disc jockey, and host of numerous television and radio programs from the late 1940s to the early 1960s
• Fletcher Markle Collection: Writer, director, and producer in Canada and England
• Hilliard Marks Collection: Brother of Mary Livingston and longtime producer for Jack Benny
• Monty Masters Collection: San Francisco-based comedian and writer
• Milton and Barbara Merlin Collection: Writers for radio and television from the early 1940s to the mid 1960s
• Marvin E. Miller Collection: Writer, actor and announcer in Chicago and Hollywood
• Carlton E. Morse Collection: One of the most prolific writers in radio who originated several top series
• Pat O'Reilly Collection: News commentator and news writer for KNX and other news services from the 1940s to 1970s
• Austin Peterson Collection: Served with Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) during World War II
• John Pickard-Frank Provo Collection: Writers of radio and television shows
• Tom Price Collection: Author of radio histories, primarily related to Fibber McGee and Molly radio show
• Paul Rapp Collection: Radio and television series writer
• Yuri Rasovsky Collection: Actor, writer, director and producer
• Red Skelton Collection: Well-known comedian of radio, television and motion pictures
• Allin Slate Collection: Pioneered sports talk show format on KABC radio
• Sportsmen Collection: Musical scores for the Sportsmen Quartet
• Arthur F. Wertheim Collection: Author of Radio Comedy (1979, Oxford University Press)
• Smaller Collections in the archives

The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters and the Thousand Oaks Library

The Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (PPB), founded in 1966 to preserve the memory of West Coast broadcasting in the "golden age" of radio, have collected some of the most interesting and famous radio scripts, memorabilia and sound recordings from American broadcasting history. The PPB collections include about 10,000 individual scripts and 300-400 bound volumes. These scripts document a major part of the history of radio broadcasting, and form one of the largest private radio script collections. The scripts have been housed for many years at the PPB headquarters in the Washington Mutual Building at Sunset and Vine.

Historic early broadcasting equipment and photographs are on display at PPB's Sunset & Vine address. "Nostalgia Nights" are held the first Thursday of the month, except during June, July and August. Membership in the PPB is open to those who have worked professionally for at least 20 years in Radio, Television or closely allied fields.

The American Radio Archives formed a joint venture with the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in January 2001 to provide a permanent home for the PPB collections. Future plans include construction by the Thousand Oaks Library foundation of a structure near the Grant R. Brimhall Library site to house and exhibit the collections of the American Radio Archive as well as the collections of the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters.

For more information about the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, please visit their website at http://www.ppbwebsite.org.