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. A searchable database describing all Firing Line programs is available at http://hoohila.stanford.edu/firingline/ .

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.

189 manuscript boxes, 218 oversize boxes, 3 card file boxes, 352 linear feet of video recordings (948 linear feet)

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Collection is open for research.