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Ziegler, Bernhard Carl, 1884-1946; Ziegler, Edna, 1896-1968 |
Title: Bernhard Carl Ziegler and Edna Eickelberg Ziegler Papers, 1899-1968
Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 501 Abstract: Papers of Bernhard C. Ziegler, a prominent West Bend, Wisconsin, businessman, manufacturer of aluminum cookware, and civic leader, and of his wife Edna, a local history and cultural arts leader. Included are correspondence, diaries, subject files, and family papers. Bernhard C. Ziegler's correspondence and subject files relate to his affairs as head of the West Bend Aluminum Company, B.C. Ziegler and Company, and the First National Bank of West Bend. Edna Ziegler's diaries, correspondence, and papers relate to her activities in the Washington County Historical Society, cultural arts programs, the Wisconsin Arts Foundation and Council, and the Ziegler Foundation. The collection also contains personal correspondence, biographical material, and genealogical material on the Eickelberg, Fick, and Ziegler families. |
| Zielinski, Edward J., 1907- | Title: Edward J. Zielinski Papers, 1946-1980
Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 50 Abstract: Papers of Edward J. Zielinski, a musician and conductor of the Milwaukee Catholic Symphony Orchestra, including personal correspondence, biographical sketches, minutes of the advisory board and programs of performances of the Symphony, drafts of program notes written by Zielinski, news clippings, and music scores of Polish Christmas carols composed and transcribed by Victor Prawdzik. Also included are a few other programs from Milwaukee orchestras occasionally conducted by Zielinski. |
| Ziemer, Gregor, 1889-1982 | Title: Gregor Ziemer Papers, 1929-1945
Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 47AF Abstract: Papers of a foreign correspondent, author, and radio news commentator for WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection consists largely of radio news scripts for wartime programs such as Background on the News and Views of the News, but also includes some writings, correspondence, and memorabilia. Writings include a draft of an article for Look, a manuscript fragment of Two Thousand and Ten Days of Hitler (1940) written by Ziemer's daughter, and two chapters of an unpublished volume on life in Germany before World War II. The correspondence includes five boxes of listener mail, personal letters, and some exchanges pertaining to the production of news programs. Single letters are present from John H. Bankhead, John W. Bricker, Hans V. Kaltenborn, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The memorabilia includes clippings, programs, and press releases. |
| Ziesler, Rhoda Ann | Title: Rhoda Ann Ziesler Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.4 linear ft. (2 archives boxes, 1 oversized boxes) of papers, 0.9 linear ft. (2 archives boxes, 4 folders and 2 flat folders) of photographs, 1.6 linear ft. (3 oversized boxes) of scrapbooks and 6 sound discs (36 min.). Call Number: WVM Mss 1914 Abstract: Papers and photographs pertaining to the service of Rhoda Ann Ziesler, a Manitowoc, Wisconsin, resident who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II, and was stationed on Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Papers include military orders and communications sent to Ziesler before, during, and after her service was completed, a diary, correspondence with friends and family, sound recordings and a large collection of newspaper clippings. Other manuscript materials include three scrapbooks created by Ziesler detailing her service as a nurse. Her collection also includes her acceptance into the Red Cross as a nurse and information about her membership and duties. Scrapbooks include letters, notes, orders, cards, souvenirs, and newspaper clippings. Scrapbooks cover her service and the service of friends from Wisconsin. Ziesler's diary details her journey from home to San Francisco, and then to Hawaii. Most interesting is her account of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Ziesler was stationed at Schofield Barracks Army Hospital, about 20 miles from Pearl Harbor on Oahu, and was working the morning of the attack. Her account of the day is featured in news stories as well as her personal diaries. Many letters from family and friends express concern for her well-being due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A telegram sent by Ziesler to her parents on December 9th, simply stating “Well and Safe,” is the subject of much discussion in letters and newspaper articles. Sound recordings are of Ziesler and others on a radio program called “Hawaii Calls”, on which she tells her family how much she misses them. Other “Hawaii Calls” recordings have similar messages from three servicemen from Wisconsin. Additional records include friends and family saying goodbye to Ziesler on her way to Hawaii and two records of Ziesler sending recorded messages to her family while stationed in Michigan. One of these records includes a friend from home, Evelyn, who was visiting Zielser at the time. Photographs in the collection include many images of Fort Custer, Michigan, where she had been stationed, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where she briefly served, and Hawaii. Images feature scenery, tourist photographs of towns and camps as well as Ziesler and fellow nurses. |
| Zietara, Leon, 1917- | Title: Leon Zietara Papers, 1936-1937
, 1946-1980
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 29 Abstract: Papers, mostly in Polish, of Zietara, a Polish native who served in the Polish underground army (Armia Krajowa) prior to immigrating to Milwaukee in 1948. Included are letters to Leon and Irene Zietara from family and friends in Poland, England, France, and Canada; his notebooks from classes taken at a Scotland refugee camp following World War II; identification, military, and travel papers, some issued by the Polish Government in Exile; and other items. |
| Zimmerman, James G. (James Garfield), 1878-1939 | Title: James G. Zimmerman Papers, 1875-1941
Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 71 photographs (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 1054; PH 6577 Abstract: Papers of James G. Zimmerman, a Wisconsin inventor, consisting primarily of his research and patent applications for various inventions. Prominent inventions documented include color photograph processing, a dry cell storage battery, a Shadograf machine, an automatic pencil eraser, and an internal combustion engine (the Lawrence engine). Also includes correspondence between Zimmerman and Paul A. Lawrence, brothers Clarence Irving Zimmerman and Oliver B. Zimmerman, and various companies primarily regarding the aforementioned inventions; and diaries and class notes documenting his years at the university as a student in electrochemical engineering. |
| Zimmerman, Robert C., 1910- | Title: Robert C. Zimmerman Papers, 1940-1996
Quantity: 3.1 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 oversize folder), 79 photographs, and 2 drawings Call Number: M97-022 Abstract: Papers of former Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. (“Zim”) Zimmerman, who served from 1957 until his retirement in 1975. The papers consist largely of chronologically arranged scrapbooks assembled by Zimmerman and his wife, Dorothy. Included are clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs that reflect both his personal life (travel, marriage, golf) and his political life and involvement in Republican politics. |
| Zindl, Grace, 1911- | Title: Grace Zindl Papers, circa 1927-2001
Quantity: 2.3 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 180 Abstract: Papers, mainly diaries (1954-2001), but also several scrapbooks (circa 1927-1932), and a household cashbook (1939-1954) of a Menomonee Falls farm wife (married to Nick Zindl, August 24, 1929). The diaries contain commentary on local weather and events, family events, daily chores, national and international news, as well as clippings, greeting cards, and receipts. The scrapbooks contain clippings, drawings, poems, greeting cards, and ephemera. |
| Zinn, Howard, 1922- | Title: Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1970
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Mss 588; Micro 868 Abstract: Papers of Howard Zinn, an historian and social activist, primarily concerning his research on the civil rights movement and his personal involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s. Included are research notes, correspondence, personal writings, clippings, and SNCC reports and press releases. Much of this material pertains directly to Zinn's research for two reports on Albany, Georgia, published in 1962 by the Southern Regional Council, and to Zinn's book SNCC: The New Abolitionists, published in 1965. There is also correspondence concerning Zinn's advisory role to SNCC as well as extensive notes taken at two key SNCC meetings in 1963. Articles by Zinn, correspondence, and reference files pertaining to black power and SNCC's position on Vietnam document SNCC's evolution in the period 1965-1968. |
| Zion United Church of Christ (Town of Dale, Outagamie County, Wis.) | Title: Zion United Church of Christ Records, 1856-1958
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay Micro 25; Micro 1174 Abstract: Records of a church established in the 1850s in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, as a German Reformed congregation. Included are several record books written in German: a minute book, lists of pastors, church members, and sacramental records, financial records, minutes of the Reformed and Lutheran Cemetery Association, and a minute book of the Ladies Aid. |
| Zion United Methodist Church (Bonduel, Wis.) | Title: Zion United Methodist Church (Bonduel, Wis.) Records, 1869-1982
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Green Bay SC 81; Green Bay Micro 39; Micro 957 Abstract: Records of a Shawano County, Wis., congregation established in 1864 as an Evangelical Church and originally located southeast of Bonduel in the Town of Hartland, and of the pastoral circuits to which it belonged. The records consist of two volumes of records, 1875-1915, in German, documenting membership, baptisms, and marriages, and containing other briefer entries for the circuits serving Seymour, Cicero, Black Creek, Hartland (Zion), Green Valley, Gillett, Howe, and Richmond congregations; and two volumes of transcribed translations of Bonduel congregation records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1869-1982, and trustees' minutes, 1874-1911. |
| Zippert, John S. | Title: John S. Zippert Papers, 1965-1966
Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 530 Abstract: Papers of John S. Zippert, a Congress of Racial Equality worker in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, who organized farmers into marketing and agricultural cooperatives. Zippert, a history student and former student government president at City College of New York, went to Louisiana in the summer of 1965, and stayed to continue his work. The papers illustrate his efforts to organize the Grand Marie Vegetable Producers Co-operative, Inc., Sunset, Louisiana (also known as the Grand Marie Sweet Potato Co-operative), to market sweet potatoes, with future plans to open supply cooperatives and canning operations. Also in 1966, Zippert helped write the Rural Community Visitors Proposal, designed to bring information on federal assistance programs, civil rights, and voter education to poor people in rural areas. Copies of the proposal (in varying forms) are present in the collection, with organizational papers, promotional items, and progress reports of the Grand Marie Co-operative; flyers, material on political candidates for local offices, and a letter from Zippert to his draft board, summarizing his work in Louisiana. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Yesterday's Newsreel” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1948-1950
Quantity: 139 reels of film (16 mm) Call Number: CA 360-CA 498 Abstract: One hundred thirty-nine episodes of Yesterday's Newsreel, a television series that presented original newsreel footage with contemporary narration. The series ran from 1948 to 1950. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “World of Giants” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959
Quantity: 13 film reels Call Number: DB 999; DC 001-DC 012 Abstract: Thirteen episodes of The World of Giants, a half-hour syndicated spy series that ran in 1960, about an American counter-espionage agent who, as a result of a missile accident behind the Iron Curtain, is only six inches tall. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “West Point” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1956-1958
Quantity: 39 film reels and 1 videotape Call Number: DB 960-DB 998; VBB 235 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of West Point, a half-hour anthology series that ran on CBS from October 5, 1956, until September 27, 1957, and on NBC from October 8, 1957, until July 1, 1958. The series is based on incidents in the training of West Point Academy cadets. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Troubleshooters” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 26 reels of film (16 mm) Call Number: DB 895-DB 920 Abstract: Twenty-six of twenty-six episodes of The Troubleshooters, a half-hour adventure series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1960, about a pair of construction engineers who travel the world troubleshooting problems for their company. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Unexpected” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1951-1952
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 921-DB 959 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of The Unexpected, a half-hour syndicated suspense anthology series that ran from 1951 to 1952. Episodes focus on the plight of people trapped in sudden, unexpected situations. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Tombstone Territory” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 91 film reels Call Number: DB 804-DB 894 Abstract: Ninety-one episodes of Tombstone Territory, a half-hour western series that ran on ABC and in syndication from 1959 to 1960, about the exploits of Harris Clayton, editor of the Tombstone Epitaph, as he attempts to establish peace through the power of the press. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “This Man Dawson” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 765-DB 803 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of This Man Dawson, a half-hour syndicated crime series that ran from 1959 to 1960, about a former Marine officer who takes over a big city police department. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Target” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 727-DB 764; DC 959 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Target, a half-hour syndicated drama series that ran in 1958. Episodes focus on lives that become targets of conflicting human forces. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Sports Album” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1948-1949
Quantity: 46 film reels Call Number: AA 566-AA 601 Abstract: One hundred five episodes of Sports Album, a television series that presented sports newsreels. The series ran from 1948-1949. Each episode features a package of newsreels, each lasting approximately 5 minutes, showing compilation footage of sports figures and events with narration added. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Most reels contain three five-minute episodes; see the list below for exceptions. Reels AA 566-584 relate to baseball; reels AA 585-593 relate to football; reels AA 594-597 relate to wrestling; reel AA 598 is about horse racing; reel AA 599 is about golf and swimming; reel AA 600 is about boxing; reel AA 601 is about tennis. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Sea Hunt” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958-1961
Quantity: 155 film reels Call Number: DB 572-DB 726 Abstract: A complete run (155 episodes) of the television series Sea Hunt, which ran from 1958 to 1961. This half-hour syndicated adventure series featured Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson, an ex-Navy frogman turned underwater explorer. All the films are 16 mm prints with sound; some are in black and white and some in color. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Science Fiction Theatre” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1955-1956
Quantity: 78 film reels Call Number: DB 494-DB 571 Abstract: Seventy-eight episodes of Science Fiction Theatre, a half-hour syndicated science fiction series that ran from 1955 to 1956. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Rough Riders” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958-1959
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 455-DB 493 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Rough Riders, a half-hour western series that ran from 1958 to 1959 on ABC, about two Union officers and a Confederate officer who team up after the Civil War and journey west to start a new life. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); Rapier Productions |
Title: “Ripcord” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961-1962
Quantity: 77 film reels Call Number: DB 380-454; DC 521 Abstract: Seventy-seven episodes of Ripcord, a half-hour syndicated adventure series about two parachutists who operate a skydiving school. All the films are 16mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The New Adventures of Martin Kane” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1957
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 148-DB 186 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of The New Adventures of Martin Kane, a half-hour syndicated crime series that ran in 1957 about an American private investigator working in London. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Mr. District Attorney” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1954-1955
Quantity: 78 film reels Call Number: DB 302-DB 379 Abstract: Seventy-eight episodes of Mr. District Attorney, a half-hour syndicated crime series that ran from 1954 to 1955 and was based on the files from the office of an actual district attorney. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white and color with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Miami Undercover” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DB 264-DB 301 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of Miami Undercover, a half-hour syndicated crime series that ran in 1961 about a private investigator hired by the Miami Beach Hotel Owners Association. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Men of Annapolis” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1956-1957
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 225-DB 263 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Men of Annapolis, a half-hour anthology series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1957, about students at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Men into Space” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DB 187-DB 224 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of Men into Space, a half-hour series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1960. The program was a post-Sputnik adventure series about the U.S. government's attempts to further its space program. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Man and the Challenge” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 36 film reels Call Number: DB 073-DB 108 Abstract: Thirty-six episodes of Man and the Challenge, a half-hour adventure series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1960, about a U.S. government research scientist assigned to test the limits of human endurance. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Man Called X” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1956-1957
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 109-DB 147 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of The Man Called X, a half-hour syndicated series about an American intelligence agent who operates under the code name X. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Mackenzie's Raiders” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958-1959
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DB 034-DB 072 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Mackenzie's Raiders, a half-hour syndicated western series about a group of Texas raiders fighting marauding Mexican renegades. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Lock-Up” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959-1960
Quantity: 78 film reels Call Number: DA 955-DA 999; DB 001-DB 033 Abstract: Seventy-eight episodes of Lock-Up, a half-hour syndicated crime series about the cases and courtroom defenses of attorney Herbert L. Maris. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Harbor Command” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1957-1958
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DA 566-DA 604 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Harbor Command, a half-hour syndicated crime series about incidents in the lives of the men of the U.S. Harbor Police Command. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Favorite Story” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1952-1954
Quantity: 78 film reels Call Number: DA 488-DA 565 Abstract: Seventy-eight episodes of Favorite Story, a half-hour syndicated anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1954, in which guest stars selected their favorite stories to share. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Everglades” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961-1962
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DA 450-DA 487 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of The Everglades, a half-hour syndicated adventure series that ran from 1961-1962, about a law enforcement officer with the Everglades County Patrol. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white and color with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1955
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DA 411-DA 449 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre, a half-hour syndicated anthology series that ran in 1955. The show sometimes featured variety acts and sometimes presented comedies. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Dr. Christian” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1956-1957
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DA 372-DA 410 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Dr. Christian, a half-hour syndicated medical series about the problems faced by a small-town doctor. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Dial 999” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958-1959
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DA 333-DA 371 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Dial 999, a half-hour syndicated crime series about a Royal Canadian mounted policeman assigned to study British methods of crime detection at Scotland Yard. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “The Case of the Dangerous Robin” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1960-1961
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DA 295-DA 332 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes of The Case of the Dangerous Robin, a half-hour syndicated mystery series about an independent insurance investigator who exposes fraudulent claims. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “King of Diamonds” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1961
Quantity: 38 film reels Call Number: DA 917-DA 954 Abstract: Thirty-eight episodes from the crime series King of Diamonds, about a security chief for the diamond industry. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “I Led Three Lives” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1953-1956
Quantity: 117 reels of film (16 mm) Call Number: DA 800-DA 916 Abstract: One hundred-seventeen episodes from the espionage series I Led Three Lives, about an American spy infiltrating Communist groups, which originally aired in syndication from 1953 to 1956. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Highway Patrol” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1955-1959
Quantity: 156 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: DA 605-DA 760 Abstract: One hundred and fifty-six episodes from the crime series Highway Patrol, about a highway patrol division investigating various crimes committed on the road. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Boston Blackie” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1951-1953
Quantity: 58 film reels Call Number: DA 238-DA 294; DC 857 Abstract: Fifty-eight episodes of Boston Blackie, a half-hour syndicated crime series about a one-time master thief turned private detective. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white and color with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Bold Venture” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1959
Quantity: 39 film reels Call Number: DA 199-DA 237 Abstract: Thirty-nine episodes of Bold Venture, a half-hour syndicated adventure series set in the Caribbean about Slate Shannon, skipper of The Bold Venture. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Bat Masterson” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1958-1961
Quantity: 108 film reels Call Number: DA 091-DA 198 Abstract: One hundred-eight episodes of Bat Masterson, a half-hour western series that ran from 1958 to 1961 on NBC about an itinerant lawman who roamed the West in the 1880s. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white and color with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); Ivan Tors Films |
Title: “The Aquanauts” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1960-1961
Quantity: 64 film reels Call Number: DA 027-DA 090 Abstract: Thirty-two episodes of The Aquanauts, an hour-long adventure series that ran from 1960 to 1961 on CBS. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); United Artists Corporation |
Title: ZIV-TV Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.8, 1958-1962
Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (6 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.8 Abstract: Files, primarily 1958-1962, of Daniel Sklar, a member of the legal department of Ziv Television Programs Inc. and, after its purchase by UA, of ZIV-United Artists Inc. (see Series 15G). Included are draft and final contracts, correspondence, and memoranda. Only unproduced series and produced series which aired during the years 1958 to 1962 are represented. The files concern actors such as Gene Barry and MacDonald Carey and writers such as Sam Peckinpah and Sidney Sheldon, although a few files concern discussions with CBS or other general production matters. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); United Artists Corporation |
Title: ZIV-TV Production Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.7, circa 1949-1958
Quantity: 23.6 cubic feet (10 records center cartons and 36 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.7 Abstract: Production files for several ZIV television series syndicated by United Artists, variously including daily filming reports, shooting schedules, cost lists, contracts, breakdowns, producers' notes and memoranda, and special material such as extended comments prepared by Herbert Philbrick for I Led Three Lives and by the United States Military Academy Film Board for West Point. This series does not include production information for all of the programs for which the collection includes scripts as part of Series 7.2. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); United Artists Corporation |
Title: ZIV-TV Still Positives: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.6, 1949-1962
Quantity: 18.4 cubic feet (46 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.6 Abstract: Scene stills, publicity, and production shots used to publicize films produced by ZIV Television Programs Inc. |
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ZIV Television (Firm); United Artists Corporation |
Title: ZIV-TV Still Negatives: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.5, 1949-1962
Quantity: 12.8 cubic feet (32 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.5 Abstract: 8×10 and 4×5 negatives of scene stills, publicity, and production shots used to publicize films produced by ZIV Television Programs Inc. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: ZIV-TV Script Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.2, 1950-1969
Quantity: 123.6 cubic feet (75 records center cartons and 140 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.2 Abstract: Scripts, variant drafts, dialogue continuities, and other script-related material, 1950-1969, for television programs produced by ZIV and later syndicated by United Artists. Also included are a few files on other production companies and some programs produced by United Artists itself. |
| ZIV Television (Firm) | Title: “Adventure at Scott Island” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records, 1957-1958
Quantity: 26 film reels Call Number: DA 001-DA 026 Abstract: Twenty-six episodes of Adventure at Scott Island, a half-hour adventure/drama series that ran in 1957 on CBS, and in 1958 on ABC. The series followed the attempts of David Scott, harbormaster at Scott Island in Massachusetts, to curtail crime and aid those in distress. The name of the series was changed from Harbourmaster to Adventure at Scott Island in 1958 when the program was dropped by CBS and picked up by ABC. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 920 feet long. |
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ZIV-United Artists Television Co. Inc.; United Artists Corporation |
Title: ZIV-United Artists Inc. Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 15G, 1951-1963 (bulk 1959-1961)
Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (7 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/15G Abstract: Records, mainly 1959-1961, of the legal office of ZIV-United Artists Inc., the United Artists (UA) sudsidiary created in 1960 by the purchase of ZIV Television Programs Inc. The files primarily relate to the period after the UA purchase, although many files contain some documentation about the earlier, pre-UA era. Included are correspondence, memoranda, contracts and agreements, and court documents pertaining to court and labor litigation; relations with writers such as Vera Caspary and Adrian Spies, directors such as Walter Donegan, and actors such as Broderick Crawford and William Conrad; and to other legal matters. The majority of the contract negotiations engaged in by the department, however, are part of Series 7.8. |