Guide to the Richard E. Stamz Collection

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Columbia College Chicago

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2020

Abstract

Richard E. Stamz was a broadcast pioneer and active member of Chicago’s Englewood community. His 1950s radio show on WGES, “Open the Door, Richard,” helped promote and popularize urban black musical genres such as soul, blues, and gospel, and was an outlet for advertisers to reach African American audiences. The collection includes material from his broadcasting career, his involvement in the Englewood community, and his personal life.

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Columbia College Chicago, "Guide to the Richard E. Stamz Collection" (2020). CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids. 37.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cmbr_guides/37