This collection contains binders of typescript speeches by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, dating from 1949 to 1956. Weaver because NBC's vice-president of television in 1949 and was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. The speeches cover a variety of topics related to television and radio including programming, color television, and sales and advertising. The speeches were collected by Bee Lavery, who worked as a media publicist for NBC in the late 1940s into the 1960s.