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Perry Wolff papers, 1945-1989
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Papers of 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 a...
Papers of 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 information.
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.
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- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
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- 3.2 cubic feet (8 archives boxes)
- 27 photographs
- 7 films, and
- 107 videorecordings
- OCLC
- ocn173692874
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- COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION: The copyright to all materials in the collection remains the property of the respective rights holders.
- The films in this collection are also cataloged separately by title.
- Presented by Perry Wolff via Philip Plumer, New York, N.Y., 1966-1991.
Subjects
- Anderson, Robert O., 1917-2007.
- Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992.
- Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995.
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Cosby, Bill, 1937-.
- Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976.
- Fontanne, Lynn.
- Haldeman, H. R. (Harry R.), 1926-1993.
- Hoffer, Eric.
- Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977.
- Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005.
- Kuralt, Charles, 1934-1997.
- Lunt, Alfred.
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001.
- Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986.
- McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989.
- Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003.
- Paley, William S. (William Samuel), 1901-1990.
- Rooney, Andrew A.
- Rather, Dan.
- Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992.
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
- White House (Washington, D.C.)
- African Americans -- History.
- Documentary radio programs -- Illinois -- Chicago.
- Documentary television programs.
- Television producers and directors.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
- Television writers.
- Italy.
- Japan.
- Air power (Television program)
- CBS reports (Television program)
- Conversations with Eric Sevareid (Television program)
- Of black America (Television program)
- Kamikaze (Motion picture)
- Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy (Television program)