Scope and Contents From the Series: The Reels and Cassettes series contains the actual physical tape reels and cassettes. Each reel/cassette is housed in its original reel/cassette case with Westerman's handwritten table of contents on the back. Seeing the wide array of subjects included on each reel illustrates the need for the index card and photocopy system. There are occasional gaps in the reel collection, due to a number of missing reels. Likewise, there is one cassette missing from the cassette collection. The cassettes...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Subject Index Cards series contains the individual broadcasts from each reel or cassette. There are several broadcasts on each reel or cassette, and the index card system was devised to easily parse out the contents from each reel or cassette without having to dig through the physical tapes. The index cards are catalogued by subect. Westerman's original subject headings were lost during a change of residence, and additional subject headings were added by the Eastern Michigan University...