Marlene Sanders Papers, 1933-2006, 2014


Summary Information
Title: Marlene Sanders Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1933-2006, 2014

Creator:
  • Sanders, Marlene
Call Number: U.S. Mss 154AN; Audio 1031A; AB 819; AC 174; AC 176-AC 185; VBA 481-VBA 485; VBA 533; VBA 584-VBA 586; VBA 588; VBB 499; VBC 262; VDA 184; VFA 042; VHA 144; VHA 193-VHA 196; VHB 477-VHB 480; M2010-064

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 27 tape recordings, 1 compact disc, 22 videorecordings, 12 films, and 1 DVD recording; plus additions of 6.2 c.f. and 0.2 c.f. of photographs

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Marlene Sanders, a radio and television news correspondent; host of News with the Woman's Touch, 1964-1967; news correspondent, 1968-1971; writer-producer and vice-president of documentaries for ABC, 1971-1978; writer-producer of CBS News documentaries and contributing correspondent for Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, 1978-1987; and author of Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News, 1988. Included are production files for the controversial 1973 special Population: Boom or Doom? and the earliest television documentaries on the women's movement. Also included are audiotapes of interviews related to her book Waiting for Prime Time, as well as other lectures, telecasts, and interviews.

Note:

The films in this collection have been cataloged individually.



Language: English

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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Marlene Sanders, New York, New York; and ABC Inc. via Sara Meyerson, New York, New York. Accession Number: MCHC73-163, MCHC82-068, MCHC83-089, MCHC83-109, M84-441, M85-166, M85-459, M87-160, M88-200, M89-122, M90-033, M92-019, M92-167, M92-212, M93-186, M97-234, M2000-069, M2005-088, M2008-019, M2010-064, M2012-019


Processing Information

Original Collection processed by Eleanor McKay and J. Clairmont, November 18, 1974.


Contents List
U.S. Mss 154AN
Part 1 (U.S. Mss 154AN, Audio 1031A): Original Collection, 1963-1992, 2004
Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 27 tape recordings, and 1 compact disc 
Scope and Content Note: In 1971 Sanders was appointed writer-producer for ABC's News-Documentary section, for which she wrote and produced the controversial Population: Boom or Doom? (January 6, 1973). Its explicit commentary on abortion and sex education was offensive to members of the Nixon administration, Catholic and other religious groups, and several other pressure groups. Materials relating to Population: Boom or Doom? include correspondence, budget material, and production records, including scripts, transcripts, research materials, and reviews. Arrangement is chronological within these files, which offer a complete picture of how this documentary was researched and filmed, how pressure groups and television critics reacted to it both before and after its showing, and how Sanders and her staff worked to present information on a very emotional issue. Particularly interesting are the statements in the correspondence about the controversy surrounding the production, and in the transcripts are interviews with persons such as John D. Rockefeller III, Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood, and staff and patients at an abortion clinic. The collection also includes audiotapes of interviews related to her book Waiting for Prime Time, discussions on religion and intellectual freedom, and Sanders' lecture on reporting that she gave to her New York University class in 1968. Other subjects documented include Sanders' coverage of John F. Kennedy's funeral and Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.
Population: Boom or Doom?
Box   1
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1971 March 1 - 1973 January 11
Box   1
Folder   2
Budget Materials
Box   1
Folder   2
Production Materials
Box   1
Folder   2
Script Notes and Drafts
Box   1
Folder   3-7
Transcripts
Box   2
Folder   1-4
Research Materials: magazines, pamphlets, clippings
Box   2
Folder   5
Reviews, 1972 November 28 - 1973 June 14
Audio 1031A
Audio Recordings
1031A/3
Folcroft Story: A New Chapter in the Philadelphia Story - Interviews with neighbors of a black family who were planted in a white neighborhood by the NAACP. Interviews with NAACP representatives and a Fair Housing Organization, 1963 September 8
1031A/9
Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association (ALA), “Your Right to Know: How Far Does it Go?,” ALA annual conference, 1992
1031A/28
Interview with Marlene Sanders regarding her coverage of the Vietnam War in 1966, 2004
Physical Description: 1 compact disc 
1031A/7
Japanese women interviews, 1989-1991
1031A/6
Joan Cook and Betsy Wade, “Our Shot at History,” 1986
1031A/1
John F. Kennedy's funeral telecast, 1963 November 25
1031A/10
Lecture on reporting at New York University (NYU), 1968
Newsmark
1031A/11
“One Nation Under God: Religion in the Public Square,” undated
1031A/12
“Prisons: Beyond the Bars,” 1986 March 28
1031A/8
Robert F. Kennedy assassination, 1968 June 5
1031A/4-5
Sunday Evening Close-up, “The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto,” 1963
1031A/2
University of Kansas, “The February Sisters” - Sanders commentary, 1972 February 10
Waiting for Prime Time
Interviews used in her book
1031A/13
Andrea Mitchell, Rebecca Sobel
1031A/14
Carole Simpson, Susan Peterson, part 1
1031A/15
Diane Sawyer, 1987 January 15
1031A/16
Hilary Brown, 1986 March
1031A/17
Joan Richman, 1986 December 3
1031A/18
Leslie Stahl, undated
1031A/19
Lori Hillman, 1986 December 14; Walter Cronkite, , 1986 December 18
1031A/20
Steve Martorano, 1989 March 1
1031A/21
Susan Peterson, part 2, undated
Promotional radio interviews
1031A/22
Diane Rehm Show, 1988 September 14
1031A/23
Hal Bruno's Washington, undated
1031A/24-25
Larry King Show, 1988 October 4
1031A/26
New Voices, program 133, 1988 October 3
1031A/27
Phil Toman, WNRK, The Arts, 1988 September 28
Part 2 (multiple call numbers): Videorecordings and Films, 1960s-1991
Physical Description: 12 films, 22 videorecordings, and 1 DVD recording 
Scope and Content Note: Film and videorecordings, 1960s-1991, containing Sanders' news reports and documentaries for ABC and CBS News. Topics include student strikes at Columbia University; teachers' strikes in New York City and Philadelphia; profiles of Pat Nixon and Muriel Humphrey; the Vietnam War; women's liberation; pregnant women and their babies in prisons; problems handicapped citizens face; and minority parties' presidential candidates.
Videorecordings and Films
ABC News, Marlene Sanders Reports
AC 185
Domestic issues, 1968
Note: Marlene Sanders presents three separate stories on domestic issues. The first is a report on teacher Carol Mitman and the pending teachers' strike in Philadelphia. The second is a look at Pat Nixon's role as a political wife. The final story is a follow-up report on the Columbia University student strike.
AC 183
Joseph E. Levine, circa 1963
AC 174
Miscellaneous I, 1966
Note: A collection of four stories presented by Sanders on the ABC Evening News and introduced by Frank Reynolds. The topics covered are: a women's liberation demonstration held in the offices of the Ladies Home Journal; an interview with Muriel Humphrey; Pat Nixon's tour of the West Coast Volunteer Projects; and the minority parties' candidates for president.
AC 178
Miscellaneous II, circa 1966
Note: A collection of four stories presented by Sanders on the ABC Evening News. Topics include: a citizens' crusade against smoking; the effects of moving the Head Start program from the Department of Economic Opportunity to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; a report by ABC reporter Bill Gill on the war on poverty; a report by Sanders on cuts in the Job Corps program.
AC 184
News with the Woman's Touch, 1964 November 20
AC 177
New York City teachers' strike, 1968
AC 176
Pre Nixon wedding, 1968
AC 180
Student strike at Columbia University, 1966
Physical Description: Print 
AC 181
Student strike at Columbia University, 1966
Physical Description: Negative 
Access Restrictions: No access provided to negatives.
AC 182
Hoy Bin Orphanage, 1966
AB 819
Vietnam, 1966
AC 179
Zita Querido (artist), 1964
VHB 478
ABC news clips, 1960s
Note: This recording includes: News with the Woman's Touch, 1964; various news stories, 1966; Vietnam stories, 1966; Teachers strike, 1968; Nixon pre-wedding; feature story; Pat Nixon profile/Muriel Humphrey profile; and Ladies Home Journal.
VHA 196
News reports, late 1960s/early 1970s
Note: Reports by Sanders for ABC News include reports on topics such as the 1968 Philadelphia teachers' strike, former First Lady Pat Nixon, a student revolt at Columbia University, minority parties' presidential candidates, Vietnam, racial tension in New York, the marriage of Julie Eisenhower to David Nixon, and other topics.
VBA 481
“Women's Health: a Question of Survival,” circa 1976
VHB 480
ABC/Purex News
Note: Access copy
VFA 042
ABC/Purex News
Note: Master copy
VDA 184
Women's Liberation (ABC, Marlene Sanders Now), 1970
VHA 144
“Population: Boom or Doom?,” 1973
CBS News
VBA 482
“How Much for the Handicapped?,” circa 1979
Note: Master copy
VBA 484
“How Much for the Handicapped?,” circa 1979
Note: Access copy
VBA 585
“What Shall We Do About Mother?,” circa 1980
VHB 477
News clips, circa 1960s-1980s
Note: Contains seventeen stories including: “Hansen's Disease,” 1981 June 28 (CBS Sunday Morning); “Female Firefighters,” 1982 February 27 (CBS News); Christine Craft verdict with responses, 1983 August 9 (NBC Nightly News); Newsbreak, 1983 August 13; Battered women, 1983 August 28 (CBS Sunday); Newsbreak, [1980s]; Richard Prangley with update regarding mental health (CBS Sunday); Staten Island homeport, circa 1984 (CBS Nightly News); Maine moose, 1984 August (CBS News); Holocaust, 1984 May 27 (CBS News); Children's Center, 1982 (CBS News); “Pregnant Prisoners” (CBS News); “Babies Behind Bars” (CBS News); “Taking A.I.M.” (CBS Sunday Morning); “What Ever Happened to Civil Defense?,” 1979 (60 Minutes); “The Hand That Rocks the Ballot Box,” 1972 July 26 (ABC TV); and “Inside Ladies Home Journal,” 1970.
VBA 586
Miscellaneous news segments, 1984
Note: Four segments in which Sanders reports for CBS News. Topics include: the Maine moose population; a convention in New York for the children of Holocaust survivors; a children's center at a prison in California where inmates and their children can spend time together; and prisoners who are pregnant or give birth while serving out their sentences.
VBA 588
Prison pieces, 1982, 1984
Note: Sanders reports in three CBS News segments on prisons including: a prison children's center, pregnant prisoners, and babies behind bars.
VBB 499
Sanders at CBS, 1985
Note: A series of short reports done by Sanders for CBS News. Includes reports on a comedy camp, Atlantic City tourism, mental illness, pit bull dogs, and rehabilitation for women offenders.
VHA 194
MetroWeek in Review, marketing reel, 1988
Note: Included are short samples of shows focusing on Wall Street, President George H.W. Bush, racial conflicts and the police, and combating AIDS.
VHA 195
MetroWeek in Review, sampler, 1988
Note: Topics discussed in three episodes include the 1988 election, racial quotas, Chase Manhattan's move, racial conflict in Staten Island, and drug trafficking in New Jersey.
VBA 483
Women and Achievement, circa 1982
VHA 193
Women, Men, and Media: Sex, Lies, and Politics, 1991
VBC 262
Christine Craft decision, 1983 July 25
VBA 584
Day care, 1980
VBA 533
DuPont/Columbia Journalism Awards, circa 1982
VBA 485
League of Women Voters, 1982
VHB 479
This Evening, 1989 April 5
M2010-064
Part 3 (M2010-064): Additions, 1933-2006, 2014
Physical Description: 6.2 c.f. (6 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 0.2 c.f. of photographs (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1933-2006, 2014, of Marlene Sanders, including issue and research files for news stories, particularly on Vietnam, people with disabilities, and women and sex discrimination; book drafts and related files for Waiting for Prime Time; articles and news clippings, press releases and correspondence by and about Sanders; and photographs of Sanders generally and at work in the field. Additionally, the collection contains material related to Sanders' father Mac Sanders, including loose clippings and scrapbooks of his newspaper columns Success Story and So You Think You're Handicapped, circa 1930s.
Waiting for Prime Time book related files
Box   2
Folder   1
Waiting for Prime Time / by Marlene Sanders and Marcia Rock, 1988
Box   2
Folder   2-5
Galley proofs and drafts, circa 1988
Box   2
Folder   6
Original script, 1980-1988
Box   2
Folder   7
Reviews
Box   2
Folder   8
Book correspondence, 1981-1990
Box   2
Folder   9
Book research, 1989-1992
Box   2
Folder   10
Book reviews, advertisements, 1988-1990
Box   2
Folder   11
Completed interviews, 1980s
Correspondence, news articles, press releases
Box   2
Folder   12
1970-1972
Box   2
Folder   13
1973-1976
Box   2
Folder   14
1977-1978
Box   2
Folder   15
1979-1980
Box   2
Folder   16
1981-1982
Box   2
Folder   17
1983-1984
Box   2
Folder   18
1985-1986
Box   1
Folder   1
News clippings about Sanders' television work, circa 1976-1981
Box   1
Folder   2
Sets of Reviews - Handicapped, circa 1979
Issues and research files
Box   1
Folder   3
Vietnam, 1966
Box   3
Folder   1
Vietnam, 1966 March
Box   3
Folder   2
Westinghouse - PM, 1961-1962
Box   3
Folder   3
PM East, 1961
Box   3
Folder   4
Conventions, 1968
Box   3
Folder   5
Close Up, general clippings, 1976-1977
Box   3
Folder   6
Congratulations on being a Vice President, 1976
Box   3
Folder   7
Souvenir Programs
Box   3
Folder   8
WNEW Radio and entry to ABC, 1963-1964
Box   3
Folder   9
Vietnam scripts and notes, 1966 March
Box   3
Folder   10
AFTRA labor dispute, 1967
Box   3
Folder   11
Channel 5, 1957-1960
Box   3
Folder   12
Churchill/Night Beat, 1958
Box   3
Folder   13
Lady Bird Johnson, Virginia beautification trip, 1965 May
Box   3
Folder   14
News scripts, 1970-1971
Box   3
Folder   15
California Primary, 1968
Box   3
Folder   16
Robert F. Kennedy and California shooting
Box   3
Folder   17
Students at Columbia University, 1968 April
Box   3
Folder   18
News scripts, 1968-1969
Box   3
Folder   19
Lady Bird Johnson whistle stop campaign, 1964 October
Box   3
Folder   20
Inauguration, 1969
Box   3
Folder   21
Chicago convention, violence and TV, 1968
Box   3
Folder   22
Mine Disaster, 1968 November
Box   3
Folder   23
White House Wedding Coverage, 1967 December
Box   5
Folder   1
Association of Radio-Television News Analysts, 1964-1980
Box   5
Folder   2
Commencement speech, 1985
How Much for the Handicapped related files
Box   5
Folder   3
Houston, Texas New Options Independent Living, 1976-1978
Box   5
Folder   4
CBS report, How Much for the Handicapped?, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   5
Independent Living, 1979
Box   5
Folder   6
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979
Box   5
Folder   7
Captioning, 1976-1979
Box   5
Folder   8
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, 1976-1979
Box   5
Folder   9
Accessibility at Colleges, University of Texas, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   10
Handicapped children, 19795-1978
Box   5
Folder   11
Camenisch case and deaf research, 1978
Box   5
Folder   12
Architectural barriers, 1976-1979
Box   5
Folder   13
Documents on legislation pertaining to the handicapped, 1970s
Box   5
Folder   14
Memos regarding handicapped, 1978
Box   5
Folder   15
Profiles of disabled people, 1978
Box   5
Folder   16
Research and notes on the handicapped, 1973-1978
Box   5
Folder   17
Congressmen, anti-disabled, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   18
Mail, answered, 1979
Correspondence
Box   5
Folder   19
1979
Box   5
Folder   20
1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   21
Handicapped mail, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   22
Groups dealt with, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   23
Department of Transportation, 1978-1979
Box   5
Folder   24
Transportation for handicapped, 1979
Box   5
Folder   25
Press Releases, 1979
Box   5
Folder   26
How Much for the Handicapped? reviews, 1979
Box   5
Folder   27
Disabled Rights transcriptions
Box   5
Folder   28
Sections 503 and 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended
Biographical files
Box   4
Folder   1
Articles by Sanders, 1969, 1988-2000
Box   4
Folder   1
Autobiographical sketch, 2014
Articles about Sanders
Box   4
Folder   2
1960s-1980s
Box   4
Folder   3
1990s-2000s
Box   4
Folder   4
Awards and documentaries produced
Box   4
Folder   5
Interviews, 1994-2006
Box   4
Folder   6
Lectures and correspondence, 1980s-2000s
Box   4
Folder   7
Programs - MetroWeek in Review, 1988-1990
Box   4
Folder   8
Television Quarterly, Sanders' ABC stories, 1981 Spring
Box   4
Folder   9
Mail, 1987
Box   4
Folder   10
Public television, 1989-1991
Box   4
Folder   11
Personal live developments, 1984
Box   4
Folder   12
Gussie's Corner sport show, Marlene Sanders writer/producer, 1957
Box   4
Folder   13
Sex discrimination
Box   4
Folder   14
Aging
Box   4
Folder   15
Christine Craft sex discrimination suit, 1983-1986
Box   4
Folder   16
Biographies of women in news industry, 1980
Box   4
Folder   17
Women in radio, 1947, 1980s
Box   4
Folder   18
CBS women's group, 1985-1987
Box   4
Folder   19
Miscellaneous research, 1980s
Box   4
Folder   20
Night Beat scripts, 1957-1960
Box   4
Folder   21
Correspondence, memos, publicity, 1957-1965
Box   4
Folder   22
Memos, publicity, troubles, 1966-1969
Publications about Sanders
Box   4
Folder   23-28
Publicity, news releases, and articles about Sanders, 1971, 1976-1983, 1988-1990
Box   4
Folder   29
Women's World, 1967 May
Box   4
Folder   30
Women Today: Ten Profiles, 1975
Box   4
Folder   31
Palmistry for Women, 1973
Box   4
Folder   32
Shaping the News, 1974
Box   4
Folder   33
Who's Who in TV, 1967
Box   7
Folder   1
Awards
Scrapbook with clippings about Marlene Sanders
Box   7
Folder   2
1964-1966
Box   7
Folder   3
1966-1970
Box   7
Folder   4
1971-1973
Box   7
Folder   5
1974
Box   7
Folder   6
1974-1976, 1978-1980
Box   6
Folder   1
Articles by Sanders, 1995-2006
Box   6
Folder   2
Speeches, interviews, articles, 1988-1998
Box   6
Folder   3
Oral history
Box   6
Folder   4
Speeches, 1985-1992
Box   6
Folder   5-11
Transcriptions of broadcasts, 1970-1975, 1978-1982
Box   6
Folder   12
Speeches, 1976
Box   6
Folder   13
Fan mail, 1965-1982
Box   6
Folder   14
Speeches, 1966-1975
Mac Sanders papers
Box   6
Folder   15-16
Mac Sanders newspaper columns Success Story and So You Think You're Handicapped, circa 1930s
Box   6
Folder   17
Photocopies of Mac Sanders clippings, 1933-1987
Box   6
Folder   18-19
Typed scrapbook of Mac Sanders newspaper column, circa 1930s
Box   6
Folder   20-21
Scrapbook of Mac Sanders newspaper column, circa 1930s
Photographs
Box   8
Folder   1
Negatives of a house and people, Vietnam, and “Marty Levinson Screening” views of woman and child
General
Box   8
Folder   2
1950s-1970s
Box   8
Folder   3
1980s-2000s
Box   8
Folder   4
Images of Sanders
Box   8
Folder   5
Sanders with interviewees
Box   8
Folder   6
Awards
Box   8
Folder   7
Sanders in the field
Box   8
Folder   8
Vietnam
Box   8
Folder   9
Saigon black market, Vietnam