Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

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Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

Postby muskyhound » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:45 am

Hello,

I am an independent researcher in the process of gathering resources for a book project I am working on. My research has lead me to search for a recording of a radio show broadcast of Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers".

The person I am researching is named "Chauncey ‘the bear hunter’ Bottum", and I have a source that documents that he did in fact appear on an episode of that show as well as on NBCs News of the World, and The Standard Oil Hour. Unfortunately, I have no idea of the broadcast dates. I know it’s “a shot in the dark”, but I thought I would write and at least give the group a try.

Anybody have any recordings of “Welcome Travelers” or the others in your extensive collections? If not, might you know of other sources/collectors that may have recordings of those shows? Might there be documentation somewhere that would tell me who appeared on what broadcast? I realize it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, and that the needle may not even exist, but at least I can say I tried. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Finding a copy of this source(s) is very important to me and my project.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.


Sincerely yours,

Kurt M. Kuhlman
muskyhound@speakeasy.net
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RE Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

Postby Stewart » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:44 pm

Kurt asked:
I am an independent researcher in the process of gathering resources for a book project I am working on.
My research has lead me to search for a recording of a radio show broadcast of Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers".

The person I am researching is named "Chauncey ‘the bear hunter’ Bottum", and
I have a source that documents that he did in fact appear on an episode of that show
as well as on NBCs News of the World, and The Standard Oil Hour.
Unfortunately, I have no idea of the broadcast dates.
I know it’s “a shot in the dark”, but I thought I would write and
at least give the group a try.


Tommy Bartlett's Welcome Travelers ran on
ABC - 06/30/1947 - 07/08/1949
NBC - 07/11/1949 - 09/24/1954

Only 2 or 3 shows seemed to have survived in general circulation:
one from 1949
08/29/1950
04/12/1953

The Sound ONline Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)
Recorded Sound Reference Center of the Library of Congress (LOC)
lists 10 shows in the LOC collection.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/
in their catalogs they list the series as
Welcome Travellers

As the series originated from Chicago, you may want to check the collections of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.
http://www.museum.tv/home.php
The Museum is currently closed to the public because of construction,
but does offer an on-line search of collections.

Their radio holdings include:
a collection of over 50,000 classic radio programs
donated by Radio Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Schaden.

You can get a start on
NBC News of the World
and
The Standard Oil Hour
by Checking the listings in the RadioGOLDINdex
a large listing of Old Time Radio Programs
Currently listing 93,060 programs
http://www.radiogoldindex.com/


Signing off for now,

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Re: RE Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio

Postby muskyhound » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:35 am

Stewart wrote:Kurt asked:
I am an independent researcher in the process of gathering resources for a book project I am working on.
My research has lead me to search for a recording of a radio show broadcast of Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers".

The person I am researching is named "Chauncey ‘the bear hunter’ Bottum", and
I have a source that documents that he did in fact appear on an episode of that show
as well as on NBCs News of the World, and The Standard Oil Hour.
Unfortunately, I have no idea of the broadcast dates.
I know it’s “a shot in the dark”, but I thought I would write and
at least give the group a try.


Tommy Bartlett's Welcome Travelers ran on
ABC - 06/30/1947 - 07/08/1949
NBC - 07/11/1949 - 09/24/1954

Only 2 or 3 shows seemed to have survived in general circulation:
one from 1949
08/29/1950
04/12/1953

The Sound ONline Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)
Recorded Sound Reference Center of the Library of Congress (LOC)
lists 10 shows in the LOC collection.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/
in their catalogs they list the series as
Welcome Travellers

As the series originated from Chicago, you may want to check the collections of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.
http://www.museum.tv/home.php
The Museum is currently closed to the public because of construction,
but does offer an on-line search of collections.

Their radio holdings include:
a collection of over 50,000 classic radio programs
donated by Radio Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Schaden.

You can get a start on
NBC News of the World
and
The Standard Oil Hour
by Checking the listings in the RadioGOLDINdex
a large listing of Old Time Radio Programs
Currently listing 93,060 programs
http://www.radiogoldindex.com/


Signing off for now,


Wow! You really did some work for me! I will follow up on your suggestions. Thanks.

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Re: Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

Postby mzg033 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:33 am

I'm looking for the audio or footage file from October 18th, 1954 "Welcome Travelers" show. The name specific I need would be "Dinninger".

Anyone's help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Matt

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Re: Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

Postby muskyhound61 » Sun May 17, 2020 7:59 am

Still looking for any and all info regarding Chauncey the Bear Hunter Bottum and his interview on Welcome Travelers.

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS - muskyhound61@gmail.com

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Re: Tommy Bartlett's "Welcome Travelers" Radio Show

Postby muskyhound61 » Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:30 pm

After years of researching on and off, I finally determined the Welcome Travelers broadcast I am looking for is from early 1950 - possibly from February 23, 1950, but definitely prior to March 1950.

I have documentation that "Chauncey the Bear Hunter" Bottum was interviewed on the same show as Clarence Nash the voice of Disney's Donald Duck and Herman the Duck on Burns & Allen.

I know a recording of that particular show probably doesn't exist, but I'm hoping that somebody can prove me wrong.

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