Summary Information
Perry Wolff Papers
1945-1989
Mss 830; PH Mss 830; DC 702-DC 706; DC 709-DC 710; VBB 500-VBB 515; VBB 520-VBB 611
3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes), 27 photographs, 7 films, and 107 videorecordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Perry Wolff, a writer and producer of award-winning television documentaries best known for his work for CBS News. Included are scripts and videotapes for many television and film documentaries such as Air Power, CBS Reports, Conversations with Eric Sevareid, and Of Black America. For a few programs and films such as The Italians, Kamikaze, 1968, and A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, there is also correspondence, draft scripts, and other production material. Also part of the collection is general correspondence and memoranda exchanged with CBS executives, a printed copy of his history of the 334th Infantry during World War II, a book of his poetry, some WBBM radio scripts, other speeches and writings, and miscellaneous biographical informationm.
There is a restriction on use of this collection; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00830
Biography/History
Perry Sidney Wolff, a pioneer in the development of the television documentary form, was born in Chicago on June 12, 1921, the son of Abe and Bess Billow Wolff. He received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1942. At other times during his career he studied cinematography at the Sorbonne in Paris and engineering at Lehigh University. During World War II, Wolff served with the Ninth Army infantry regiment, and he was among the first American soldiers to reach the Elbe during the closing days of the war.
In 1946, Wolff joined CBS Chicago affiliate WBBM as a news and public affairs writer. From 1947 to 1950 he produced numerous broadcasts of the WBBM Orchestra, as well as writing and producing several radio documentaries, including the Peabody Award-winning The Quiet Answer (1948) and Report Uncensored (1950).
Shortly thereafter, Wolff left WBBM, and between 1950 and 1951 he wrote a novel, The Friends (alternate title, Attack); was a ghost writer on The Guiding Light; published a book of poetry, Seven Sonnets; and wrote and produced an ABC television series, Look Young, Live Longer. In 1951, Wolff joined CBS News in New York as a producer for the CBS Morning News and CBS Saturday News. From 1953 to 1955, he was the executive producer, director, and writer for the Peabody Award-winning series Adventure, which was produced in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History.
In 1956, Wolff produced the documentary series Air Power, for which he also wrote 23 of the 26 scripts. Because he was unable to reach a satisfactory conclusion to his contract negotiations, after this assignment, Wolff took a leave of absence from CBS. During this period he traveled in Europe, living in Paris long enough to complete two feature-length documentaries, Smashing the Third Reich and Kamikaze. He also produced the feature film Lords of the Congo.
In 1961, Wolff rejoined the CBS News and Public Affairs Department as a staff writer-producer, and in 1963 he was appointed executive producer of CBS News. For CBS, Wolff produced and wrote numerous award-winning television documentaries and specials including A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy (Emmy and Peabody awards), 1945, The Italians (Emmy and Peabody awards), The Great American Novel (Emmy Award), Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (Emmy and Peabody awards), The Japanese (Emmy and Peabody awards), The American Revolution (Peabody Award), The Selling of the Pentagon (Emmy Award), Conversations with Eric Sevareid (Peabody Award), Inside Hollywood: The Movie Business (Emmy Award), Whose America Is It? (Emmy and Peabody awards), The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (Emmy and Peabody awards), The Burger Years (Emmy), The Battle for Afghanistan (Emmy Award), and American Dream, American Nightmare...The Seventies (Emmy Award).
Wolff married Irja Tuulikki Suominen in 1947. They are the parents of John Trevor Wolff.
Scope and Content Note
The Wolff Papers contain valuable information on the way in which television documentaries have been constructed by this leader in the documentary genre. Unfortunately, information of this type in the collection documents only a few of the projects with which Wolff was associated as producer or writer. The majority of the programs and documentary films in the collection are represented solely by the finished product -- a videotape or film and a transcript of the program as it aired. Although this documentation does not afford an examination of the evolution of the program, many of these scripts are of interest in their own right. Some consist of original interviews with prominent political and intellectual leaders, while other programs were influential in shaping public attitudes.
The represented documentary specials cover such diverse topics as: the war in the air during World War II, the arts, examinations of nations such as Israel and Italy, race relations, and social upheaval during the 1960s and 1970s. Individuals interviewed in the documentaries or prominently referred to in the papers include Robert O. Anderson, Willy Brandt, Warren Burger, Jimmy Carter, Bill Cosby, James Daley, H. R. Haldeman, Eric Hoffer, Robert Hutchins, Jacqueline Kennedy, George F. Kennan, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Harold MacMillan, John J. McCloy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and William Paley; as well as journalists Charles Kuralt, Andy Rooney, Eric Sevareid, and Dan Rather. Photographs include images from A Tour of the White House with Mrs. Kennedy and images of Wolff with correspondents, actors, or documentary subjects, including Bill Cosby and H. R. Haldeman.
The collection is arranged into two series: General Papers and Production Files.
The GENERAL PAPERS, which are arranged alphabetically by type, consist of material not directly related to the creation of a particular program. Included are Wolff's history of the 334th Infantry, Fortune Favored the Brave, and a book of poetry, Seven Sonnets, also concerning World War II. Relating to CBS in this series are contracts; memos, mainly from the 1960s and 1980s, concerning program development that were exchanged with CBS executives such as Don Hewitt, Bill Leonard, Bill Moyers, Eric Ober, and Frank Stanton (as well as actors Groucho Marx and Peter Ustinov); a few ideas for broadcasts; and a speech and related background material thought to have been written by Wolff for William Paley. Other items of interest in the general correspondence are a transcript of an interview with Harold MacMillan, a lengthy 1966 proposal from Winston Burdette for a broadcast on the Middle East, a 1971 memo from Bill Leonard containing the text of Wolff's remarks about the documentary form for his Mundelein College retrospective, and a 1985 proposal developed with Dan Rather for a series on broadcasting and the First Amendment. Also filed here are several speeches and other miscellaneous writings by Wolff, as well as several photographs.
The PRODUCTION FILES, which comprise the majority of the collection, are arranged alphabetically by title. Individual programs of multi-episode series such as Air Power, CBS Reports, Conversations with Eric Sevareid, and Of Black America are arranged alphabetically by title. The majority of the programs in the collection are represented solely by videotapes and a transcript of the program as broadcast. Except for a few items (most notably Terror in the Promised Land, an ABC program on which Wolff commented), the documented programs are CBS productions.
Unfortunately, several important programs with which Wolff was associated are barely represented. Adventure, which Wolff created in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History, is represented only by a folder of newspaper clippings. About The Selling of the Pentagon, the controversial special which helped define the relationship between the U.S. government and television and which led to the publication of the CBS News Book of Standards, the collection contains only a transcript and a videotape.
While the majority of the Production Files consist of records pertaining to film and television documentaries, they also include documentation pertaining to Wolff's four years at WBBM, primarily transcripts of the series The Untouchables, which concerned drug abuse in Chicago, and The Quiet Answer, which dealt with race relations in that city. That program is thought to be one of the first uses of an audio tape recorder in radio production.
Some of the best documented programs require further discussion. For Air Power, the collection contains correspondence regarding the purchase of stock footage -- from which the project was largely created -- from the Office of Foreign Property, and a promotional brochure for the syndicated sale of the series of CBS Films. (Also relating to Air Power is the Steven Scheuer interview conducted on All About TV: The Television Documentary Form, in which Wolff discussed the government's initial interest in the project. Later, when an unflattering episode aired, Wolff found government agents in his office.)
Representing the period of Wolff's European leave of absence from CBS, the collection contains documentation about two films (Kamikaze and Smashing of the Reich) produced by his own production company, Irja Films. Some of the same stock footage used in the production of Air Power was used in these films, and the inclusion of shot lists for Kamikaze allows for interesting comparisons. Also included are correspondence, script drafts, poster designs, and reviews.
After rejoining CBS in 1961, Wolff produced and wrote the popular and successful A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, and the evolution of this important program is well represented. Included are variant scripts, films, black and white photographs, correspondence, and a copy of the published book that was based on the special. The program 1968 is also strongly represented by draft material, including a script for a related but apparently unproduced special, 1968 Revealed. The programs aired as the series Of Black America are represented by reviews and photographs of host Bill Cosby on the set. The Eric Sevareid series also includes reviews, as well as some correspondence with the prominent individuals interviewed.
All the paper records in the collection are at call number Mss 830 and are listed with box and folder numbers. The contents list indicates call numbers for the photographs, films, and videotapes.
Administrative/Restriction Information
The copyright to all materials in the collection remains the property of the respective rights holders.
Presented by Perry Wolff, by way of Philip Plumer, New York, New York, 1966-1991. Accession Number: MCHC66-126, MCHC67-150, MCHC69-162, M91-44
Processed by Randal von Luckow (1993 intern).
Contents List
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Mss 830
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Series: General Papers
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Box
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1
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Awards, 1979
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Box
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2
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Biographical information, 1963, 1971
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Books
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Box
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3
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“A Genius Every Week,” novel outline with notes, 1951
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Box
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Fortune Favored the Brave, 1945
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Box
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Seven Sonnets, 1950
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Box
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Contracts, 1955-1962
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Box
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Correspondence, 1962-1988
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Box
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10
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Editorial, 1962
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Box
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11
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Ideas for broadcasts, 1960-1966
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Interviews
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VBB 608
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All About TV, 1986 April 10
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VBB 609
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Interview with Steven Scheur
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VBB 610
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Face to Face: All About Documentaries
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VBB 611
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The TV Documentary
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PH Mss 830
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Photographs
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Mss 830
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12-15
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Speeches, 1971-1976, 1985
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Miscellaneous
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Box
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16
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“A Drive in the Country,” circa 1959
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Box
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17-18
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William Paley speech and autobiographical book draft, 1977-1978
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Box
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Promotional postcards for CBS
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Box
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20
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Television USA brochure, 1962
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Series: Production Files
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Adventure
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Box
2
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Reviews, 1955-1956
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Air Power
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Box
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2
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Correspondence, 1957
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VBB 609
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Interview with Steven Scheur
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Chapter I, “The Day North America is Attacked,” 1956 November 11
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Mss 830
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3
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Script
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VBB 565
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Videotape
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Chapter 2, “The Early Days,” 1956 November 18
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Mss 830
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2
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4
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Script
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VBB 566
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Videotape
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Chapter 3, “Luftwaffe,” 1956 November 25
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Mss 830
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2
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5
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Script
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VBB 567
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Videotape
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Chapter 4, “Pearl Harbor,” 1956 December 2
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Mss 830
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6
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Script
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VBB 568
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Videotape
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Chapter 5, “Battle of Britain,” 1956 December 9
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Mss 830
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2
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7
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Script
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VBB 569
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Videotape
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Chapter 6, “Counterblast,” 1956 December 16
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Mss 830
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8
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Script
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VBB 570
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Videotape
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Chapter 7, “Fools, Daredevils and Geniuses,” 1956 December 23
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Mss 830
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9
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Script
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VBB 571
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Videotape
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Chapter 8, “The 1930s,” 1956 December 30
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Mss 830
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10
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Script
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VBB 572
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Videotape
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Chapter 9, “Target Ploesti,” 1957 January 6
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Mss 830
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11
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Script
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VBB 573
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Videotape
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Chapter 10, “Schweinfurt,” 1957 January 13
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Mss 830
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12
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Script
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VBB 574
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Videotape
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Chapter 11, “Conquest of the Air,” 1957 January 20
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Mss 830
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13
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Script
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VBB 575
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Videotape
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Chapter 12, “The Japanese Perimeter,” 1957 January 27
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Mss 830
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14
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Script
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VBB 576
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Videotape
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Chapter 13, “Interdiction and Blockade,” 1957 February 3
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 577
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Videotape
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Chapter 14, “Strangle,” 1957 February 10
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Mss 830
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16
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Script
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VBB 578
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Videotape
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Chapter 15, “Pacific Patterns,” 1957 February 17
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 579
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Videotape
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Chapter 16, “Advance Bomber Line,” 1957 February 24
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 580
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Videotape
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Chapter 17, “The Winning of France,” 1957 March 3
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 581
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Videotape
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Chapter 18, “Superfort,” 1957 March 10
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Mss 830
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20
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Script
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VBB 582
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Videotape
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Chapter 19, “Victory in Europe,” 1957 March 17
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Mss 830
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21
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Script
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VBB 583
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Videotape
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Chapter 20, “Kamikaze,” 1957 March 24
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 584
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Videotape
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Chapter 21, “Defeat in Japan,” 1957 March 31
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 585
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Videotape
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Chapter 22, “Cold Decade: Airlift,” 1957 April 7
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Mss 830
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24
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Script
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VBB 586
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Videotape
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Chapter 23, “Cold Decade: To the Yalu,” 1957 April 14
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Mss 830
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25
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Script
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VBB 587
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Videotape
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Chapter 24, “Cold Decade: Korean Stalemate,” 1957 April 21
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Mss 830
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26
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Script
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VBB 588
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Videotape
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Chapter 25, “Starfighter,” 1957 April 28
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Mss 830
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27
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Script
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VBB 589
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Videotape
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Chapter 26, 1957 May 5
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Mss 830
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Script
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VBB 590
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Videotape
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Mss 830
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Folder
29
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Promotional brochure for CBS Films
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American Dream, American Nightmare
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Box
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30
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Two transcripts, 1979
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VBB 514-VBB 515
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Videotapes
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The American Revolution: 1770-1783
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“A Conversation with Lord North”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1971 April 6
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VBB 550
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Videotape
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“The Last King of America”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1973 June 6
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VBB 561
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Videotape
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Anderson, Robert O. Project
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Mss 830
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Correspondence, 1982-1983
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Box
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Interview transcripts, 1983
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VBB 607
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Videotape
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Athens, Where Theater Began
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Mss 830
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3
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Mimeo script by Perry Wolff, circa 1963 September 11
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The Battle of East St. Louis
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Box
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Transcript, 1969 December 30
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VBB 601
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Videotape
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Berlin: Act of War?
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1961 August 18
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VBB 549
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Videotape
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Black View of South Africa
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1970 December 15
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VBB 599
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Videotape
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Burger Years
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1986 July 9
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VBB 528
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Videotape
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Business of Newspapers
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1978 July 14
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VBB 507
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Videotape
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CBS Reports
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“American Way of Cancer”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1975 October 15
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VBB 504
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Videotape
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“The Battle for Afghanistan”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1987 July 29
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Box
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14
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Press release
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Box
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15
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Reviews
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VBB 525
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Videotape
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“But What If the Dream Comes True?”
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VBB 598
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Videotape, 1971
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“Four Days in November”
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Mss 830
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Printed transcript, 1988
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Box
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Press release
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Box
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Reviews
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VBB 522-VBB 523
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Videotapes
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“The Gift of Life”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1985 March 27
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VBB 531
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Videotape
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“The Guns of Autumn”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1975 September 5
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VBB 502-VBB 503
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Videotapes
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“The Homosexuals”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1967 March 7
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VBB 555
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Videotape
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“Inside Public Television”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1976 April 20
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VBB 536
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Videotape
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“Inside the FBI”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1976 January 26
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“Inside the Union”
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Box
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Transcript, 1979 March 6
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“Mayor Daley: A Study in Power,”
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Box
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Transcript, 1972 April 20
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VBB 548
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Videotape
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“One River, One Country: The U.S.-Mexican Border”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1986 September 3
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VBB 526
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Videotape
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“The Palestinians”
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Mss 830
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3
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Transcript, 1974 June 15
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VBB 560
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Videotape
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“Politics of Cancer”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1976 June 22
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“See You in Court”
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Box
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Transcript, 1980 July 9
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VBB 510
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Videotape
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“The Selling of the Pentagon”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1971 March 23
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VBB 597
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Videotape
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“Shanghai”
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Mss 830
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4
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Transcript, 1974 March 8
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“The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America”
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Box
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Transcript, 1986 January 25
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VBB 529-VBB 530
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Videotapes
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“The Wall Within”
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Mss 830
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4
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Correspondence
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Box
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5
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Press review script
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Box
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Printed transcript, 1988 June 2
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Box
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Reviews
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VBB 524
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Videotape
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“Whose America Is It?”
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Mss 830
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4
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Transcript, 1985 September 3
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VBB 532
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Videotape
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“You and the Commercial”
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1973 April 26
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VBB 562
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Videotape
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The Catholic Dilemma
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Mss 830
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Transcript, 1970 October 6
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VBB 600
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Videotape
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Conversations with Eric Sevareid
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Willy Brandt
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Mss 830
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4
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11
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Transcript, 1975 August 3
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Box
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12
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Review
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VBB 538
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Videotape
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Robert Hutchins
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Mss 830
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4
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Transcript, 1975 August 31
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VBB 541
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Videotape
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George F. Kennan
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
14
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Letter, 1975
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Transcript, 1975 September 7
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Review
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VBB 537
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Videotape
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
17
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Transcript, 1977 May 27
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VBB 542
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Videotape
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John McCloy
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
18
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Correspondence, 1975
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Transcripts, 1975
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Reviews
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VBB 500-VBB 501
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Videotapes
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
21
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Transcript, 1976 May 30
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VBB 606
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Videotape
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Leo Roston
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
22
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Transcript, 1975 August 24
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VBB 540
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Videotape
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Mary Peabody, Marietta Tree, and Frances Fitzgerald
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
23
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Transcript, 1975 August 10
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VBB 539
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Videotape
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Cowboy, the Craftsman, and the Ballerina
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
24
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Transcript, 1981 August 10
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VBB 513
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Videotape
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Day in the Life of the United States
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
25
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Transcript, 1970 September 8
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VBB 604-VBB 605
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Videotapes
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Essay on the Mafia
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
26
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Press release
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Transcript, 1972 June 25
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Box
4
Folder
28
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Reviews
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VBB 552
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Videotape
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First Lady
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
29
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Mimeo script (Draft III) by Perry Wolff, circa 1963 January
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VBB 563
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Videotape
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Five Presidents on the Presidency
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
30
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Transcript, 1973 April 26
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VBB 546
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Videotape
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Four Portraits in Black
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
31
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Transcript, 1974 April 26
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VBB 543-VBB 545
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Videotapes
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Football: 100 Years Old and Still Kicking
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
32
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Transcript, 1969 October 21
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Gold Rush of '68
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Box
4
Folder
33
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Transcript, 1968 March 15
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Great American Novel
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VBB 594
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Videotape, 1968
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Great Conventions
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Mss 830
Box
4
Folder
34
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Republicans, transcript, 1964 July 8
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Box
4
Folder
35
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Democrats, transcript, 1964 August 19
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Haldeman: The Nixon Years
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Transcripts, 1975
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PH Mss 830
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Photographs
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Inside Hollywood: The Movie Business
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
2
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Transcript, 1981 March 28
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VBB 511-VBB 512
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Videotapes
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The Israelis
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
3
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Transcript, 1973 October 19
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VBB 547
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Videotape
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The Italians
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1966-1969
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Perry Wolff notes
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Transcripts of Barzini tapes, 1966
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Box
5
Folder
7-9
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Drafts of Act I-III, 1966
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Final transcript, 1967 January 17
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Reviews
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DC 705-DC 706
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Films
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VBB 591
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Videotape
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The Japanese
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
12
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Transcripts, 1969 April 23
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DC 709-DC 710
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Films
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VBB 595
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Videotape
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John F. Kennedy
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
13
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Transcript, 1964 May 29
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Julliard and Beyond: A Life in Music
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Transcript, 1982 July 24
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VBB 533
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Videotape
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Kamikaze (Film d'Art-Irja Films/CBS)
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Mss 830
Box
5
Folder
15
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Correspondence, 1962
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Typed script draft, circa 1960
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Box
5
Folder
17-18
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Transcripts by Perry Wolff (English, French), circa 1960
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Box
5
Folder
19
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Shot sheets, circa 1961
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Box
5
Folder
20
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Laboratory list of materials used
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Box
5
Folder
21
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Poster designs (also Smashing of the Reich)
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Box
5
Folder
22
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Reviews (also Smashing of the Reich)
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VBB 556-VBB 557
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Videotapes
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Law and Lee Oswald
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Mss 830
Box
6
Folder
1
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Transcript, 1963 December 29
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Lord of the Air
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Treatment, undated
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Misunderstanding China
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Transcript, 1972 February 20
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VBB 551
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Videotape
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Moby Dick
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Mss 830
Box
6
Folder
4
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Transcript, 1969 March 25
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Money Talks
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Printed transcripts, 1962
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The Moon Above, the Earth Below
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Printed transcript, 1989 July 13
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Reviews
|
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VBB 520-VBB 521
|
Videotapes
|
|
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Mr. Rooney Goes to Washington
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|
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Mss 830
Box
6
Folder
8
|
Transcript, 1975 January 26
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Mr. Rooney Goes to Work
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Transcript, 1977 July 5
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New Voices in the South
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Transcript, 1971 March 9
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1945
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Transcript, 1965 April 26
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VBB 554
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Videotape
|
|
|
1968
|
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Draft material
|
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Mss 830
Box
6
Folder
12
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“Tease”
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Box
6
Folder
13
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“Black Act”
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Box
6
Folder
14
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“Chicago”
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Box
6
Folder
15
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“Generation Gap”
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Box
6
Folder
16
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“LBJ and Vietnam”
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Box
6
Folder
17
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“Political Act/Kennedy Style”
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Box
6
Folder
18
|
“Postscript”
|
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Box
6
Folder
19
|
Transcript, 1978 August 25
|
|
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VBB 508-VBB 509
|
Videotapes
|
|
|
“1968 Revealed”
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
1
|
Transcript, circa 1978
|
|
|
Of Black America: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed
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|
|
Introduction
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
2
|
Transcripts, 1968 July 2
|
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Box
7
Folder
3
|
Review
|
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PH Mss 830
|
Photographs
|
|
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DC 702-DC 703
|
Films
|
|
|
VBB 603
|
Videotape
|
|
|
“The Black Soldier”
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
4
|
Transcript, 1968 July 9
|
|
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Box
7
Folder
5
|
Review
|
|
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“Black World”
|
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Box
7
Folder
6
|
Transcript, 1968 July 16
|
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“Body and Soul”
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Box
7
Folder
7
|
Transcript, 1968 July 30
|
|
|
“The Heritage of Slavery”
|
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Box
7
Folder
8
|
Transcript, 1968 August 13
|
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“In Search of a Past”
|
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Box
7
Folder
9
|
Transcript, 1968 August 20
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|
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“Portrait in Black and White”
|
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Box
7
Folder
10
|
Transcript by Perry Wolff, Paul Loewenwarter, Jay McMullen, 1968 September 2
|
|
|
Our Friends, the French
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
11
|
Transcript, 1966 March 8
|
|
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VBB 553
|
Videotape
|
|
|
Our Friends, the Germans
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
12
|
Transcript, 1982 June 9
|
|
|
VBB 535
|
Videotape
|
|
|
Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
13
|
Transcript, 1982 March 27
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
14
|
Interview with Perry Wolff, 1982
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
15
|
Brochure regarding Perry Wolff lecture at Metropolitan, 1984
|
|
|
VBB 534
|
Videotape
|
|
|
Presidents and Assassins
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
16
|
Mimeo script by Perry Wolff, 1963 November 25
|
|
|
The Quiet Answer (WBBM)
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
17-22
|
Transcripts 1, 3-7, 1950
|
|
|
The Roots of Freedom
|
|
|
“The Golden Age of Greece”
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
23
|
Script by Perry Wolff, circa 1963 September 22
|
|
|
“The Defense of Rome”
|
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|
Box
7
Folder
24
|
Transcript by Perry Wolff, 1964 June 3
|
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|
“Roman Comedy”
|
|
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Box
7
Folder
25
|
Draft script by Perry Wolff (unproduced), undated
|
|
|
The Savage Heart - A Conversation with Eric Hoffer
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
26
|
Transcript, 1969 January 28
|
|
|
VBB 592
|
Videotape
|
|
|
Secret Intelligence
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
27
|
“101,” Mimeo script, 1957 November 4
|
|
|
Smashing of the Reich (“The Unknown War”)
|
|
|
Box
7
Folder
28
|
Treatment, circa 1959
|
|
|
VBB 558-VBB 559
|
Videotapes
|
|
|
Solitaire
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
7
Folder
29
|
“The Defector,” Mimeo script, 1959 March 26
|
|
|
The Stranger
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
1
|
Correspondence, 1959
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
2
|
Treatments with annotations, 1959
|
|
|
Tale of Two Irelands
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
3
|
Transcript, 1975 August 3
|
|
|
Terror in the Promised Land (ABC News)
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
4
|
Transcript, 1978 October 30 (ABC)
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
4
|
Correspondence
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
4
|
Reviews
|
|
|
VBB 564
|
Videotape
|
|
|
A Tour of the White House With Mrs. John F. Kennedy
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
8
Folder
5
|
Correspondence, 1963-1966
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
6-7
|
Draft script material
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
8
|
Transcript, 1962 February 14
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
9
|
Reviews
|
|
|
PH Mss 830
|
Photographs
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
8
Folder
10
|
Book and announcement, 1962
|
|
|
VBB 593
|
Videotape
|
|
|
Twenty Years on the Road with Charles Kuralt
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
8
Folder
11
|
Transcript, 1987 June 17
|
|
|
VBB 527
|
Videotape
|
|
|
The Untouchables (WBBM)
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
8
Folder
12
|
Transcript, 1951
|
|
|
Voices from the Russian Underground
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
13
|
Transcript, 1970 July 28
|
|
|
VBB 596
|
Videotape
|
|
|
What's New at School
|
|
|
Mss 830
Box
8
Folder
14
|
Transcript, 1972 April 18
|
|
|
When Television Was Young
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
15
|
Transcript, 1977 April 28
|
|
|
VBB 505-VBB 506
|
Videotapes
|
|
|
Who, What, When, Where, Why
|
|
|
Mss 830
|
“Back on the Road with Charles Kuralt”
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
16
|
Transcript, 1969 January 14
|
|
|
“Once Upon a Wall: The Great Age of Fresco”
|
|
|
Box
8
Folder
17
|
Transcript, 1969 March 11
|
|
|
DC 704
|
Film
|
|
|
VBB 602
|
Videotape
|
|
|
