Videotape film and transcripts of television series hosted by William F. Buckley and produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, relating to conservative thought, especially in the United States, and to American foreign and domestic policy. Also includes background research files, administrative files, sound recordings and photographs.

With 1,505 installments over 33 years, Firing Line is the longest-running public-affairs show with a single host, William F. Buckley Jr., in television history.

192 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 cubic foot boxes of sound recordings, video recordings (948 linear feet linear feet)

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