Part 1 (U.S. Mss 134AF, Audio 639A): Original Collection, 1962-1972
Physical Description: 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes) and 2 tape recordings 
Scope and Content Note

The Original Collection consists of television production files, which were compiled in his capacity as NBC news producer, together with a small quantity of miscellaneous material. Because of his production responsibilities and Washington, D.C. assignment, the collection provides an important resource for examining the television coverage of many events of national significance, which occurred during the 1960s and early 1970s.

The PRODUCTION FILES, 1962-1969, 1972, are arranged alphabetically by series title. For the following weekly news series the collection provides extensive documentation: Congressional Report (1969), Senate Hearings (1966), and This is NBC News (1962-1963). There is somewhat less material for Sunday, Sunday Report, Saturday Report, and for the occasionally-aired A Conversation with the President and The Loyal Opposition. The majority of the production files, however, relate to individual news programs; these are interfiled with the series under the designation “specials.” Also filed with the production files are two folders consisting of scripts for the radio programs Emphasis and Monitor, which may have been used in the preparation of This is NBC News.

Because Asman was responsible for the editorial and technical elements which comprised the news program broadcast over the air, the production files include a wide variety of material. Both the types of material and the depth of documentation vary, however, for each series. For the series for which the materials are extensive, the production files are subdivided topically and filed alphabetically. Typical subjects include budgetary and planning information, publicity, correspondence, and individual program files. The latter are filed chronologically by broadcast date. The specials and series for which the documentation is less extensive are arranged simply by broadcast date. Programs for which no broadcast date could be determined, including This is NBC News and a few specials, are filed alphabetically by subject.

It is within the individual program files that the researcher will find the most interesting and valuable documentation in the collection. The material here ranges from correspondence and memoranda to diagrams of camera angles, crew and correspondent assignments, and co-ordinating routines. Many, but not all, of these program files also contain news scripts written by various NBC correspondents.

In general, the production files reflect the subjects for which Asman was responsible--presidential news conferences and inaugurations, congressional debates and hearings, general news in and around Washington, D.C., and United States efforts in space. Congressional Report, an informal round-table discussion with congressmen hosted by Bill Monroe, includes discussions of Vietnam, military affairs, taxation, and farm policy. Senate Hearings also aired on Sunday afternoons during 1966 focused on subjects then being debated by the Senate such as civil rights, pollution and urban affairs. Sunday Report (also known as Ray Scherer's Sunday Report) devoted itself to in-depth treatments of major events which occurred during the summer of 1963, including President Kennedy's trip to Germany, Sunday, which was broadcast during the summer of 1965, adopted a more typical news format and each program included several filmed reports of contemporary reference. This is NBC News (THIN) was a summer, then a regular-season, Sunday afternoon program hosted by Ray Scherer, which combined regular weekend news coverage with more comprehensive filmed reports of world-wide scope.

Among the many subjects touched on by the individual news specials, the following are the most substantial files within the collection:

American Revolutions of 1963	1963 August 28
LBJ Family Album	1964 August 25
National Elections	1964 November 3
LBJ Inauguration	1965 January 19
Teach-In: A Public Debate on Viet Nam	1965 May 15
LBJ State of the Union Address	1966 January 12
Viet Nam	1966 January 31
Viet Nam: A New Phase	1966 June 30
Senate Hearings on Communist China	1966 April 3
LBJ Far East Tour	1966 October 17-November 2
LBJ State of the Union Address	1967 January 10
Middle East Crisis	1967 June 5-10
National Day of Prayer	1967 July 30
Pentagon Peace March	1967 October 21-22
Lynda Johnson Wedding	1967 December 9
Rusk Senate Testimony	1968 March 11-13
Viet Nam	1968 April 3
Martin Luther King Funeral	1968 April 4-9
Youth Opportunity Day	1968 April 22
Poor Peoples' Campaign	1968 May 13-31
Robert Kennedy's Assassination	1968 June 5-8
A Bridge to Understanding (hemispheric satellite broadcast)	1968 October 5
Apollo 7: A Journey to the Moon	1968 October 11-23
National Elections	1968 November 5
Apollo 8: A Journey to the Moon	1968 December 21-27
Nixon Inaugural	1969 January 20
Laird Senate Testimony	1969 March 20
Eisenhower Funeral and Planning	1969 March 29-31
Apollo 10	1969 May 18-26
Viet Nam Moratorium	1969 October 14-15; November 14-15
Apollo 16	1972 April 16-27
Democratic Platform Hearings	1972 June 23-27
Democratic Mini Convention	1972 August 8
National Elections	1972 November 7

Among the material included with the MISCELLANEOUS FILES are notes and correspondence for several speeches, notes for a contract with NBC dated December 1967, and a sample of the vizmo labels mentioned in the production files.

The collection is supplemented by a tape recording of one segment of the annual Loyal Opposition series which is not documented in the manuscript material.

Series: Production Files, 1962-1969, 1972

Emphasis, 1962-1963

Congressional Report, 1969

Budget

Correspondence

Planning

Programs,

1969 April - June 15

1969 June 29 - August

Publicity

Routines

Station List

A Conversation with the President, 1967 December 18

The Loyal Opposition

1963 September 16

1968 January 26

1972 January 29

Monitor, “Ring Around the World,” 1962-1963

Saturday Report, 1963

Senate Hearings, 1966

Budget

Correspondence

Programs, 1966 June - December

Specials, 1963-1969, 1972

1963 August - 1965 December

1966 January - 1967 July

1967 September - 1968 August

1968 October - 1969 March

1969 April - December; 1972 April - November

Miscellaneous Undated Specials,

Atomic Energy

Civil Rights

Educators Foreign Policy Conference

Kennedy, John, Assassination

Republican Party

Truman Funeral Plans

Viet Nam

Sunday, 1965 May - June

Sunday Report, 1963 June - September

This is NBC News, 1962-1963

Budget

Correspondence,

NBC, 1962 April - 1963 April

Viewer

Equipment

Film Sources

Planning

Programs

Algerian Refugees

Alpha 66

Argentina

Brazilian Elections

British Elections

Classroom over Africa

Japanese Art

Rhodesia

South Africa

Spanish Economy

Swiss Banks

Publicity

Sponsorship

Series: Miscellaneous Files, 1968-1972

Part 2 (MCHC77-067): Additions, 1960-1974
Physical Description: 3.4 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1960-1974, of production files for NBC News broadcasts and specials including scripts, vizmos lists, schedules, correspondence, and other production material. Major topics include Watergate, the Tricia Nixon wedding, and President Johnson's funeral.

National Day of Prayer, 1967 July 30

Mid-East Crisis, 1967 June 24

Arab-Israeli War, 1967 June 5-6

This is NBC News, Hassan interview, 1965 January - February

The President's Trip, 1966 October

This is NBC News, Alpha 66, 1962 October 23

, 1968 Summary

This is NBC News, Ideas-inactive, circa 1962

Democratic Answer to State of the Union, 1971 January 25

Treasury Secretary Connally News Conference, 1971 October 8

President Nixon News Conference, 1971 March 4

Nixon to Anchorage, 1971 September 26

Nixon regarding Supreme Court, 1971 October 21

“Nixon Eviction,” Anti-war action, Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, 1971 October 22-26

The Loyal Opposition, 1971

November 19-21

December 5

Youth Vote (Loyal Opposition), 1971

Antarctic, Heinemann special, 1969-1971

Connally News Conference, 1971 November 22

Acting Bureau Chief, 1971 November 29 - December 5

“Take a Giant Step,” 1971 December 18

Nixon Azores Special, 1971 December 14

Seven Summits, Bermuda, 1971 December 21

“The Seven Summits,” Willy Brandt, 1971 December 29

Tricia Nixon Wedding

Wedding (Tricia), 1971 June

Videotape packages and show routine, 1971 June 1-7

Routines, 1971 June

Technical, 1971 May-June

White House wedding folder, 1971 June 12

Wedding commercials, 1971 June 7

Nixon wedding letters, 1971 June 12 - July 9

VTR (video tape recorder) packages, 1971 June

Show routine, 1971 June 9
Physical Description: 1 page 

Show routine, 1971 June 12

Wedding memos, 1971 May 19 - June 9

Engineering and production crews for the wedding, 1971 June

Wedding letters, 1971 May 20 - June 9

Robert Asman correspondence (non-wedding), 1971 April - May

Wedding publicity, 1971 May - June

Personnel, 1971 June

Budget, 1971 May - June

Research, 1971

White House releases, 1971 May

Film packages, 1971 May

Barbara [Walters], 1971 May 19

News articles, 1969-1971

The Rose Garden Wedding binder, 1971 June 12

Supreme Court Special, 1971 June 28

Archives Event, 1971 July 3

Bulletin Materials regarding Red China/UN, Lockheed Loan, 1971 August 2

Treasury Secretary Connally News Conference, 1971 August 17

Nixon Press Conference, 1971 August 10

Senate Vote on Draft, 1971 September 16-17

Nixon Address to the Nation, 1970 October 7

Election Night, Tennessee, 1970 October - November

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1970 November 24

Nixon News Conference, 1970 December 10

Highjack Special, 1970 September 4

Senate Vote on ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) Expansion, 1970 August 12

House Vote on HEW/HUD (Health, Education and Welfare/Housing and Urban Development) Veto, 1970 August 13

Senate Vote on Education Bill Veto, 1970 August 18

Corrections and Bulletins, circa 1960s-1970s

Unfiled Reports and Correspondence, circa 1960s-1970s

Cambodia Special, “Was It Worth It?,” 1970 July 9

Senator Mansfield Speech, 1970 June 27

Pastore, Equal Time hearings, 1970 August 4-6

Nixon News Conference, 1970 July 30

Vote on Church/Cooper Amendment, 1970 May - August

President Nixon Address, 1970 June 3

Nixon Economic Message, 1970 June 17

Earth Day, 1970 April 22

Cambodian Demonstrations, 1970 May 9

Nixon's State of the Union, 1970 January 22

Nixon Vetoes HEW (Health, Education and Welfare) Bill, Statement, 1970 January 26

Special on Apollo Landing, 1970 April 17

Nixon Speech, 1970 April 20

Calley Special, 1971 March 29

Nixon Speech, 1971 April 7

China Special, 1971 April 16

The Loyal Opposition

General, 1971 April 6 - May 17

Announcer, 1970

Transcripts, 1971

Senator's comments, 1971 April 30

Nixon News Conference, 1971 April 29

May Day Demonstration Film Logs, 1971 May 3-5

Patriots' March for Victory, 1971 May 8

Nixon News Conference, 1971 June 1

State of the Union, 1972 January 20

Democratic Response to State of the Union, 1972 January 21

Nixon Announcement, 1972 January 25

The Loyal Opposition, 1972 January 30

Nixon Departure, 1972 February 18

AFL-CIO Bulletin on Pay Board, 1972 March 22

Nixon Returns from China, 1972 February 28

Nixon on Busing, 1972 March 16

Busing special, 1972 March 28

Muskie Statement, 1972 April 27

1972 Primary, Florida and Wisconsin

Nixon on Vietnam, 1972 April 26, May 8

J. Edgar Hoover, Death and funeral, 1972 May 4

Laird News Conference, 1972 May 10

Baltimore Primary - Wallace!, 1972 May 15

Anti-War Demonstrations Information, 1972 May

Nixon Return from Summit, 1972 June 1

Kissinger Specials, 1972 December 16

Inauguration Script Book, 1973 January 20

Maps, circa 1960s

Argentinean Newspapers, 1962 April - August

Box List, 1963

This is NBC News, Sponsors, 1962

This is NBC News, Japanese art, circa 1960

Special News Shows Information, 1963

LBJ (President Lyndon Baines Johnson)

State Department regarding Mid-East crisis, 1967 June 19

Funeral

General, 1973 January 24-25

Routines, 1973 January - February

Schedule, 1973 January 23

Phone numbers, 1973 January 23

Announcer copy, 1973 January 23

Rundowns, 1973 January 24-25

Presidential special, 1973 January 23

Nixon on Peace, 1973 January 23

Peace Special, 1973 January 27

Senator Stenis Shooting Special, 1973

Nixon News Conference Special Report, 1973 March 2

Nixon on Watergate, 1973 April 30

Brezhnev Visit, 1973 April 30

Youth News Program, Pilot, 1973 February

Kissinger News Conference, 1973 February 22

Arrival of Diplomat Bodies, 1973 March 5

Nixon White House Statement, 1973 March 29

Watergate

Agnew statement, 1973 April 25

Elliot Richardson regarding Watergate, 1973 May 7

Special, 1973 July - August

Bulletin: Phase 4, 1973 July 18

Bulletin regarding Senate committee subpoena of Nixon, 1973 July 23

Agnew news conference, 1973 August 8

Nixon speech, 1973 August 15

Judge Sirica decision, 1973 August 29

Nixon news conference, 1973 September 5

Nixon Vice President announcement, 1973 October 12

Agnew farewell speech, 1973 October 15

Nixon announcement regarding tape, 1973 October 19

Nixon gives up tapes, 1973 October 23

Nixon news conference, canceled, 1973 October 24

Elliot Richardson news conference, 1973 October 23

Bulletin regarding missing White House tapes, 1973 October 31

Nixon news conference, 1973 October 3

Program reports, 1973 May - August

Editorial, 1973 May - September

Vizmos, 1973 May 8-18

Hearings, 1973 March - September

Commercials, 1973 June - September

Local, 1973 May 7-8

Pool, 1973 May - July

Facilities, 1973 May - July

Expert's report on White House tapes, 1974 January 15

Hearings, 1974

U.S. District Court indictments, bulletins, 1974 February 21, March 1

Indictment special, 1974 March 1

Sirica indictment bulletin, 1974 March 7

Arraignments, 1974 March 9

Nixon tax return bulletin, 1974 April 3

District Court bulletin, Chapin jury verdict, 1974 April 15

Bulletin, Judiciary votes subpoena to Nixon, 1974 April 1

Rodino committee bulletin on subpoenas, 1974 May 1, 15

Impeachment hearings open, 1974 May 9

Special on impeachment, 1974 July 23

Supreme Court special, 1974 July 24

House judiciary, 1974 July 24

“The GOP Tonight,” special, 1974 August 6

Connally indictment, bulletin, 1974 July 29

“Five Days in August,” 1974 August 9

Dean sentencing, 1974 August 2

Ford selects a Vice President (Rockefeller), 1974 August 20

Nixon resigns, 1974 August 9

Nixon Economy Statement, 1973 June 13

Kissinger Briefing on Mid-East, 1973 October 25

Mid-East Special, 1973 November 3

Nixon Speech on Energy Crisis, 1973 November 7

Ford, Hearings for Vice President, 1973 November 8

Agnew, General, 1973 October

Kohoutek, 1973 December 10

State of the Union, 1974 January 30

Nixon on Mid-East, 1974 January 17

Virginia News Photographers Association Speech, 1974 January 5

Democratic Reply to 1974 State of the Union, 1974 February 1

Nixon/Houston, 1974 March 19

The Loyal Opposition, 1974 April 3

Nixon Leaves for Moscow, 1974 June 25

Hostage at District Court, 1974 July 11-15

The New Yorker, 1974 October 28

State of the Union, President Jerry Ford, 1974 August 2

President Ford, First news conference, 1974 August 28

Nixon, 1974 February 19

200th Anniversary of the First Continental Congress

General, 1974 October 1

Pool, 1974 September

President Ford on the Economy, Joint Session speech, 1974 October 8

President Ford News Conference, 1974 October 5

Senator Mansfield on the Economy, 1974 October 15

President Ford Before the House Judiciary Sub-committee, 1974 October 17

Senator Muskie Response to Ford “WIN” Speech, 1974 October 22

Special Report, Ford news conference, 1974 October 29

Economic Summit, Pool, 1974 September - October

Elections, 1974 November 5

Elections Computer, 1974 October 3

Rockefeller, Senate hearings, 1974 November 12-15

National Capitol Parks, Tree planting, 1974 October - November

Ford News Conference, 1974 December 2

Rockefeller Vote and Swearing-In, 1974 December 19

Christmas Tree Lighting, 1974 December 13

Part 3 (MCHC80-023): Additions, 1962-1970
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1962-1970, of production materials for This is NBC News and Sunday programs. Major topics include civil rights, Army-McCarthy hearings anniversary, and the JFK assassination. In many cases, the name of the segment reporter (e.g. Scherer, Dickerson, Abel, etc) is listed before the segment topic.

Far Right, 1965

Film Reports, 1964-1965

Sunday

Audience mail, 1963, 1965

Bob Asman, personal, 1964-1965

Dickerson, Correspondence, 1964

Sunday, Engineering, 1964-1965

Sunday Show, Camera crews, 1965 April

Correspondence, 1964-1970

Hatfield-McCoy, circa 1965

LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson), Report #1, 1963 December 6-13

John L. Lewis, 1964 January 10-20

James Meredith, Ibadan University, Nigeria, circa 1965

Memos to and from

Bill Corrigan, 1965 June 17

Julian Goodman, 1964-1965

Bob Mulholland, 1965 June 23

Robert Northshield, 1964

William McAndrew, 1961-1963

Craig Fisher, 1964-1965

Sunday, Memos to and from Bill Monroe, 1963-1965

NBC News Memos, 1963-1965

General Sunday memos, 1964-1965

Memos, Miscellaneous, 1963-1965, includes JFK assassination material

Sunday, Personnel, 1963-1965

Scherer, Presidential press conference, 1964

Program Ideas, 1963-1965

Sunday, Publicity, 1963-1965

This is NBC News (THIN)

Publicity file, 1962-1963

Future ideas, 1963

Sunday, Segment numbers, 1963-1965

Sunday, General, 1963

Today, Head Start, 1965 July 1

Unit Manager Information, 1963-1965

USIA (United States Information Agency), 1963-1964

Abernathy, Tax Bill, 1964

Third Parties, 1964

Warren Commission, 1964

World War I (Open), 1964

1963

Sunday, Dry run, October 16

“Restoration of Ford's Theatre”

Sunday, October 27

[President] Eisenhower Interview, 1963, 1967

Senator Humphrey, 1963-1965

Bobby Baker, circa 1960s

Conflict of interest

Kiplinger Letter

President's death [JFK]

Anteaters Association

Civil rights

Averell Harriman

Balance of payments, 1963-1964

Firearm's spot

Presidential succession

General, December 22

Christmas tree lighting

Apostolic delegate, 1963-1964

Candlelight memorial service

1964

Opening of new congressional session

General show information, January 12

Leroy Johnson, 1963-1964

Aline Saarinen Shakespeare piece, January 12

Lady Bird Johnson, 1964, 1970

Panama crisis, William S. Maillard, January 15

Senator Margaret Chase Smith

Hackes, Budget cut

Kermit Gordon

General, February 2

Tax fight

Spy stories

Harkness, Southern governors

Car pools

President Johnson on civil rights

Scherer, Phil Stern interview

Elie Able, Red China recognition

Dickerson, Chinese New Year

General Electric Space Center

Dickerson, LBJ California trip

Harkness-Scherer, Bobby Baker

Al Hibbs

Dickerson, Filibuster

LBJ and the press

Dickerson, Women in government

Goldwater at home

General, March 29

Scherer, Henry Cabot Lodge

David E. Bell

Peter Hackes, Secretary McNamara interview

Special forces film

Panama crisis, Hackes, Kaplow

Elie Abel, Senatorial comment on Vietnam

Dickerson, Russian embassy

Dickerson, Washington hostesses

General, April 2

Cherry Blossom Festival

Abel, Roger Hilsman interview

Scherer, LBJ image

Vancour, Scranton profile

Scherer, President Truman's birthday

Dickerson, Potomac development

Scherer, Maryland primary

Dickerson, Congress on civil rights

Scherer, Jack Greensberg

Sunday general, May 31

Valeriani, Civil rights humor

Dickerson, Shah of Iran

Saarinen, Iranian art

Scherer, Cleveland Governor's Conference

Sunday, general, June 7

Sunday, general, June 14

Goralski, Congress on LBJ

Scherer, Comments on Eisenhower position

Dickerson, People around LBJ

Hackes, Congress on Loyal Opposition

Transcripts, LBJ report, Loyal Opposition

R. Asman, LBJ report, Loyal Opposition, June 14

10th anniversary of Army-McCarthy

Ray Jenkins

Roy Cohn

Dickerson, McCarthy atmosphere

Hackes, Army-McCarthy hearings

Senator Charles Potter

Senator Karl Mundt

Scherer, Eisenhower and McCarthy

Scherer, Jack Valenti

Dickerson, Political pollsters

Abernathy, Presidential campaign image

Part 4 (MCHC82-009): Additions, 1974-1978
Physical Description: 2.0 c.f. (2 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1974-1978, of production files for NBC news shows including correspondence, memos, and scripts.

1974 Gag Reel, RTCD, 1974 March 28

Rapping with Brinkley - II

Watergate Jury Watch, 1974 December 30 - 1975 January 1

President Ford Address to Nation, 1975 January 13

State of the Union, 1975 January 15

Ford News Conference, 1975 January 21

Conversation with the President, 1975 January 23

Judge Sirica Passes Sentence, 1975 February 2

The Loyal Opposition, 1975 March 2

Kissinger News Conference, 1975 March 25

Vice President Rockefeller's Trip to Saudi Arabia, 1975 March 25-28

Viet Nam/Cambodia Special, 1975 March 31

Ford News Conference, 1975 April 3

Ford “State of The World,” 1975 April 10

U.S. District Court Bulletin on Connally Case, 1975 April 14-17

Senate Foreign Relations, 1975 April 15

Thieu Resigns - Viet Nam Special, 1975 April 21

Southeast Asia Special, 1975 April

Auditions, 1975 May

Ford News Conference, 1975 May - June

Ford Statement on Energy, 1975 May 27

Routines

NBC Viz/Film Bank

Schedules

Soviet/American SPACE Adventure, 1975 July 15

Hoffa Special, 1975 August

Ford Andrews Arrival, 1975 August 8

India, Meet The Press, Indira Gandhi, 1975 August 20

President Ford, Labor Day tax message, VTR (video tape recorder) on 1975 August 29

Bi-Centennial, 1975 September

Ford Tax Message, 1975 October 6

Ford News Conference, 1975 October 9

Bob Hope Tribute, 1975 October 21 - To VTR

Ford News Conference Special, 1975 November 3

Ronald Reagan News Conference, 1975 November 20

Ford News Conference, 1975 November 26

Tax Veto Vote Bulletin, 1975 December 18

Ford Foreign Policy Special, VTR, 1976 January 3

State of the Union, 1976 January 9

Democratic Response to State of the Union, 1976 January 21

1976 Democratic National Convention, Publicity

July 4th, 1976 (Bi-Centennial)

Mao Death Special, 1976 September 9

Third Presidential Debate, Pool, 1976 October 22

Elections, 1976 November 2

Great Forum, Auditorium search, 1976 November

1976 Christmas Tree Lighting, 1976 December 16

Louisiana Supreme Court, 1977

State of the Union, 1977 January 12

Inauguration, 1977 January 20

The New Congress, 1977 January 22

Carter News Conference

Cold Weather Special, 1977 January 30

Carter Fireside Talk #1, 1977 February 2

NBC Forum, Production, 1977 March 4-20

The Loyal Opposition, 1977 March 27

President Carter Address (Pool), 1977 April 18

“Energy: Another View,” 1977 June 2

The Loyal Opposition, 1977 June 19

Logs, Bert Lance testimony, 1977 September 16

United Way, President Carter, 1977

The Loyal Opposition, 1977 September 11

Bert Lance Affair, 1977 September

Carter News Conferences, 1977 September - November

Carter Energy Message, 1977 November 8

Carter Trip Survey, 1977 October 22 - November 6

Sadat Goes to Israel, 1977 November 20

Brussels, 1977

Poland, 1977 December

Cables

“Sked Information”

Procedure Book, NBC Forum, 1977 February - March

Senator Hubert Humphrey, Death and Funeral, Minnesota, 1978 January 13-17

State of the Union, 1978 January 19

The Loyal Opposition, 1978 January 29

President Carter on the Panama Canal, 1978 February 1

Segment III, Republican, 1978 February - March

President Carter on Taft-Hartley [Coal Strike], 1978 March 6

Hanafi Reunion, Segment III, Carol Simpson, 1978 March 9

Part 5 (M84-319): Additions, 1960-1979
Physical Description: 3.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1960-1979, of NBC production materials primarily for specials and news segments. Materials include memos, scripts, drafts, and articles.

The Sounds of Children, 1970-1971

Editing notes

Music clearance

Credits

Research and shot list

Publicity

Transfer to video tape recorder

White House conference

Alaska Expenses, 1971

Miscellaneous Expense Vouchers, 1962

Nile Show, 1962

Scripts

Footage

Lab work

Catlin and the Indians, undated

March of Medicine, Script, 1960

Shakespeare: “Soul of an Age,” 1962

Lab work and dope sheets

First draft script

Footage

Orient Express, circa 1960s

Cue sheets

Music and narration cues

Breakthrough - Transplants, New material, 1962-1963

Greece: “The Golden Age,” Lab work, 1962-1963

American Spectacle, 1963-1964

Communism, 1963

Ganges, 1964

U.S. #1: American Profile, 1962

Draft scripts

Music cues

Japan: “East is West,” 1961

Way of the Cross, 1960-1961

River Nile, Scripts, 1962

U.S. #1: American Profile, 1962

Polaris Show, Transcripts, circa 1960s

Greece: “The Golden Age,” 1963

Scripts

Second draft

Final draft

The Early Light of Dawn, 1965

Shakespeare Show, Footage log, 1962

Bail Bond, 1966

Catlin and the Indians, “Catlin's Indian Gallery” guide, 1965

Orient Express, Lab work and dope sheets, 1962

American Spectacle, Second draft, 1964

Sikkim, 1963

The Sounds of Children, 1970-1971

Script

Budget

Rainbow, school editors series, and White House conference

Pope's Visit, 1979

Diagrams

Technical communications and locations

Personnel

Useful information

Segment III, Railroads, Bain, 1978

President Nixon State of the Union, 1971 January 22

Camp David Summit, 1978 October 5-6

Camp David, 1979 February - March

Carter on the Mississippi, 1979 August 19-31

Skylab is Falling!, 1979 June - July

Pope's Visit, 1979

Asman's memos

Catholic University of America information packet

Trinity College information packet

Schedules

Pope Paul II

News releases

Carter News Conferences, 1978 June 26 - 1979 October 8

Vienna SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) II, 1979 May - June

General

Pool

Carter on Energy, cancelled, 1979 July 5

Skylab, Schedules, 1979 July

Special (August) Updates, 1979

“The Boat People,” 1979 July - September

Carter Cuba Statement, 1979 October 1

Vice Premier T'eng's Visit to the United States, 1979 January 29

The Communiqué, 1979 January 1

At the White House

State dinner, Pool

The Men Who Make the Bomb, Segment III, 1979 February

Mid-East Carter Trip Bulletins, 1979 March 5

Carter's Departure, 1979 March 7

Mid-East Special, Carter efforts, 1979 March 12

Mid-East Carter Return, Special and Live, 1979 March 20

Middle East Peace Signing, Special and Live, 1979 March 20

Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster, 1979 March 30 - April 18

Carter Energy Statement, 1979 April 3

SALT II, 1978-1979

SALT II, “The Bible,” McBride, June 6th orders and supplements

Ford at Chamber of Commerce, Bommarito at District Court, 1979 May 1-2

Nightly News Guyana Spot, 1979 May 3

George Meany Obituary, by Irving R. Levine, 1979 May 4-17

Carter Statement, 1978 December 15

Iran Crisis Special, 1979 January 16

USCC (United States Chamber of Commerce), 1976-1978

Guyana Special, 1978 November 22

The Loyal Opposition, 1979 January 24

State of the Union, 1979 January 23

Newscenter 4 General Election Coverage, 1978 November 7

Minnesota, 1st Congressional District, Segment III, 1978?

Today Bumpers, Catoctin Park, 1978 August 29

Correspondent's Project, 1978 September 6

Elections, 1978

General, 1978 November 7

New York memos, 1978 October - November

Wage/Price Address by Carter, 1978 October 24

Equipment, 1979 February 1-3

Supreme Court Bakke Decision, 1978 May - June

Sounds of Children, General, 1970-1971

Panama Canal Vote, Intercept nightly, 1978 April 18

Carter Before ASNE (American Society of Newspaper Editors), 1978 April 11

Segment III, Ted Kennedy, Kiker, 1978 February

Nixon Memoirs Special, 1978 April 30

Part 6 (M87-105): Additions, 1982-1984
Physical Description: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1982-1984, including production files with scripts and articles.

Reagan's State of the Union Address, 1982 January 26

Polish Bulletin Stand By, undated

General Dozier is Freed!, 1982 January 28

Senator Hassebaum Interview for Dan Molina Spot on Rock Island Railroad, undated

Space Shuttle III

Sunday Reports, British and the Falklands, 1982 April 25

Falkland Island, undated

European Trip Vouchers, 1982 June

Space Shuttle III, undated

George Bush Profile

Beruit Special, 1982 August 21

Scripts

Routines

Gemayal/Grace Kelly Special, 1982 September 14

Election Night, 1982 November 2

Personnel

Guest

General

Remotes

Brazil

Information, undated

1982 November - December

1976

Bob Asman, 1976

General, undated

Welcome to Rio De Janeiro, undated

Journalism Seminar, 1982 November 6

South American Voucher Material, 1982 November

Brezhnev, 1982 November 11

America/Reagan at Midterm, undated

Washington Monument Siege, 1982 December 9

Reagan “Mini” News Conference, White House, 1983 January 14

State of the Union, 1983 January 25

General

Phones

Reagan News Conference, Roger Mudd anchors, 1983 February 4

The Pope in Central America, 1983 March 2-9

Burford Resigns, 1983 March 9

Report Interrupts President Reagan on El Salvador, 1983 March 10

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), 1983 February

Reagan Mini-News Conference, undated

Reagan News Conference, undated

Economic Summit Meeting, Williamsburg, 1983 May 27-31

General

Thank-yous

Reagan Far East Trip, Honolulu, Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, 1983 November

Reagan Foreign Policy Speech, 1984 January 16

Special, Marines Out of Lebanon, 1984 February 7

Iowa Caucus Special, 1984 February 20

Super Tuesday, 1984 March 13

May 8th Primary Special, 1984

Part 7 (M89-233): Additions, 1963-1987
Physical Description: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1963-1987 (with gaps from 1970-1978), consisting of production files which contain memos, planning and formats of T.V. news shows and specials, and crew and correspondent assignments. The 1960s material deals with the space program and the later material deals with Washington events such as Presidential speeches, news conferences, and elections; and specials on breaking stories such as the Iran Hostage situation and Contra-Aid.

File on Mercury Flight #9 and T.V. Production Covering the Event, 1963

Mercury 9, Cape Canaveral

NBC Coverage of Gemini 3, 1965

Gemini 4

Gemini 5, 1965

Summary and suggestions, accreditation, film, memos, press pools minutes, personnel

Gemini 6 - Survey-Houston and Kennedy, budget, press pool meetings, and film

Apollo 2, Scripts, 1966

Gemini 8

Press Sight 4, MILA Survey, 1967 October 4

Gemini 8-12

Apollo 2, 1967 February

AS501 Survey, 1967 June 26-28

Cal-Tech Science Writer's Seminar

Apollo 11 Schedules

“Space Futures”

AS501, Press pool correspondence

Apollo 11 and 12, Expenses, engineering, general files, 1969

Apollo 12, Mission Profiles

The Loyal Opposition, NBC program on the budget debate, 1978 October 27

Iran Specials (Asman as Producer), 1979 November - December

Iran, Embassy take-over, 1979 November 4

Football Half-time Package, 1979 December 29

Vienna Pool, 1979 June

League of Women Voter's Presidential Debate, Cleveland, 1980

Pope's October Visit, Press pool memos

Christmas Tree Lighting, 1980 December

Carter Address, 1980 January 4

State of the Union, 1980 January 23

Republican Response, 1980 January 27

State Department News Conference, 1980 February 1

Iowa Caucuses, 1980 January 21

Irving R. Levine, Meany obituary and economic embargo

Manchester Presidential Forum, 1980 February 20

Florida Primary, 1980 March 11

Iran Special, 1980 March 20

Wisconsin Primary, 1980 April 1

Hostage Special, 1980 April 8

Sadat Interview, including transcript, 1980 April 9

Pennsylvania Primary, 1980 April 22

Iran Rescue Attempt Special, 1980 April 25

Vance Resigns, 1980 April 28

Primaries; Indiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, and D.C., 1980 May 6

Maryland Primary, 1980 May 13

Reagan News Conference, 1983 May 17

Reagan Addresses Congress on Central America

Reagan Address, 1982 October 13

, 1984 Presidential Debates

, 1984 Democratic National Convention

Reagan, State of the Union

1983

1984

Memorial Day, Unknown Vietnam Vet[eran], 1984 May

Reagan News Conferences, 1981-1984

, 1980 Democratic National Convention

Election Night, 1980 November 4

President-Elect Reagan's First News Conference, 1980 November 6

Inaugural Memos

Asman, Pool, Geneva summit

Christmas Tree Lighting, 1985

Reagan/Gorbachev New Year's Greetings

Schevardnadze and White House, 1985 September 27

Reagan at U.N. (United Nations), 1985 October 24

Geneva Summit, 1985 November

Pre-Advance, NATO meeting, Brussels, 1985

Meet the Press

1985 July 14

1985 June

Reagan News Conferences, 1985 June and August

President Reagan in Europe, 1985 May

Reagan Tax Speech, 1985 May 28

Inauguration, Personal assignments, routines, schedules, technical, 1985

Pre-Advance File, Reagan to Europe, 1985

State of the Union, 1985

Reagan Inauguration, 1981

Democratic National Convention, logs, lighting, minutes of pool meetings, security, 1984

Indira Gandhi Funeral, 1984 January 3

Inauguration, 1985

Election Night, 1984

Geneva Arms Talks, 1985 January 8

Booklet: NBC Inauguration , 1985

AIDS Special, 1986 January 20

Reagan News Conference, 1986 January 7

Reagan at Bethesda, 1986 January 1

State of the Union, 1986

Shuttle Special, 1986 January 28

Reagan News Conferences, 1986 February

Rogers Committee Hearings, 1986 February

Reagan Address and Democratic Response on Contra-Aid, 1986 March 16

Attack on Libya, 1986 March 24

Reagan News Conference, 1986 April 9

Soviet Nuclear Accident, 1986 April 30

Attack on Libya Special, 1986 April

Reagan on Contras, 1986 June 24

NBC, Emmy Program, 1987

Statue of Liberty Celebration, 1986 July 3-6

Reagan Speech on South Africa, 1986 July 22

Cocaine Special, 1986 September 3

Pan-Am Highjacking, 1986 September 5

Daniloa Affair, 1986 September 30

Reagan Speeches on Iceland Summit, 1986 September - October

Election Night, 1986 November 4

Reagan News Conference, 1986 November 19

Christmas Special, Shiloh Baptist Church, 1986 November

Reagan Speeches, Arms to Iran, 1986 November

Special on Iran Affair, 1986 December

Special on Iran, 1987 January

Tower Commission Report, 1987 February 26

Reagan Addresses to Nation, 1987 March 4

Reagan News Conferences, 1987 March

Palm Sunday/Easter Special, 1987

USIS Tour, 1987 May

Reagan Oval Office Speech, Summit report, 1987 June

State of the Union Address, 1987 January 27

Reagan at Bethesda Naval Hospital, 1987 January

North's First Day Special, 1987 July 7

Iran Committee Hearings, 1987 May 5 - August 3

Howard Baker, Closed Circuit

Celebration of Citizenship Special, 1987 September

Constitution Day, 1987 September

White House Announcement on Arms Talks and Schultz/Shevardnadze Meetings, 1987 September 10

Part 8 (M93-014): Additions, 1969-1992
Physical Description: 6.0 c.f. (6 record center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Production files, 1969-1992 (Apollo 11 to Election Night 1992), with a majority of the files covering news events of the Reagan-Bush era. Includes information for This is NBC News, Rapping with Brinkley, and Inside World of Outer Space.

This is NBC News -- Bob Asman - Personal

Apollo 11

Engineering

Los Angeles State dinner

Houston stuff

Guest possibilities

Cape

Pool information

Rapping with Brinkley

Script

Brinkley and editors

Publicity

Panel pictures

Letter excerpts

Proposal

Correspondence, 1970-1971

Speech, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Inside World of Outer Space (IWOOS)

Script

Smithsonian

Schedules

Budget

Film crew

Inter-office

NASA

Cast

IBM

Houston, scripts

Program outline

Futures

Act 1, Smithsonian scripts

Act 4, Smithsonian scripts

Act 5, Smithsonian scripts

Cast

Miscellaneous file

Stock footage

Shooting outline

Address Lists

, 1973 Presidential Inauguration

Routine material

Credits/personnel

Mail

2nd Anchor Team

Inaugural Directory

Christmas Tree Lighting

, 1976 Democratic National Convention Pool

Carter trip , 1977/Vienna trip , 1979 Pools

NBC News Election Handbook, 1980

Carter News Conference, 1980 February 13

Carter Economic Presentation

“The President's Economic Plan: Another View”

Carter News Conference, 1980 September 18

NASA Briefings

1980 Conventions, Outside pool

Cabinet Announcement Bulletin

Carter Farewell

Inauguration, 1981

Freed Americans' Return

Pool, Freed Americans

Reagan Economic Address

“The Nation's Economy: A Democratic View”

“A Democratic Response”

Senate Chamber TV

Reagan's Second News Conference, 1981 March 6

President Reagan is Shot

President Reagan Addresses a Joint Session of Congress

Space Shuttle

North-South Summit, Cancun, Mexico

President Reagan's Third News Conference, 1981 June 16

Mozart's Long-Lost Symphony, Andrea Mitchell

President Reagan on Taxes and Democratic Response

Postal Strike Threat

House Committee Rooms and TV Crews, Mike Michaelson

Bulletin Standby regarding Libyan Plane

Lieutenant Christopher Cooke - Court Martial

“Take 10” Pilot for 11:30 Special

Air Traffic Controllers, Bulletin material

U.S. Solidarity

President Reagan Addresses the Nation on the Economy

The President's Budget Cuts: Opposing Views

President Reagan News Conference

Sadat Assassination

Sadat Funeral

Haig News Conference

AWACS Vote, Bulletin and 11:30 Special

Reagan on Foreign Policy

Edwards Mystique

STS 2 (Space Shuttle)

President Reagan's Christmas Message

Reagan Press Conference, 1982 January 19

Reagan News Conference, 1982 February 18

Reagan Speech at O.A.S.

President Reagan News Conference, 1982 May 13

Reagan European Trip

President Reagan News Conference, 1982 July 28

President Reagan Speech on Marines to Lebanon

President Reagan News Conference, 1982 September 28

Reagan Speech, 1982 November 22

NBC News Election , 1982 Handbook

Reagan News Conference, 1983 January 5

State of the Union, 1983 January 25

Technical

Routine

President Reagan Defense and Foreign Policy Speech

Democratic Response to Reagan Address

Far East Trip Voucher

Reagan News Conference, 1983 April 4

, 1985 Inauguration Pool

Presidential News Conference, 1985 January 9

President Reagan on “The Budget,” 1985 April 24

NBC News Election Handbook, 1986

Abernethy Pope Visit Piece, 1987 September

The Pope's Visit

President Reagan at the U.N.(United Nations)

The Visnews Fellowships

Mrs. Reagan, Mastectomy

Robert M. Gates, Confirmation hearings

“The Day the Stock Market Went Bananas”

U.S. Attack on Iranian Landing Craft

Bork Confirmation Hearings

Editorial File, Summit

Reagan/Gorbachev Summit

Conversation with the President, 1987 December 3

Summit , December 7th - Washington

Christmas Show

State of the Union Address, 1988 January 25

President Speech on Contra Aid

Reagan News Conference, 1988 February 24

Super Tuesday

Iran/Contra Indictments

Reagan Summit Announcement

Easter , 1988 Special

New York Primary