Peg Lynch papers, 1944-1976.

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Peg Lynch papers, 1944-1976.

Margaret Frances "Peg" Lynch (1917- ) is a writer for radio and television, known in particular for her "Ethel and Albert" radio and television programs that aired in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The collection includes correspondence; scripts for radio and television programs, including "Ethel and Albert" and "The couple next door"; sound recordings and moving images; and photographs. Of special interest is a folder relating to the attempted purging of suspected communists within the Radio Writers Guild in 1950-1952.

48.5 linear ft. (101 containers)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6818496

University of Oregon Libraries

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Lynch, Peg, 1917-

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Margaret Frances "Peg" Lynch was born on November 25, 1916 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her father died when she was two years old, and the family moved to Kasson, Minnesota. Lynch graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1937 after majoring in English with an emphasis on writing and dramatics. She got her start in radio shortly after graduation, landing a job at station KATE in Albert Lea, Minnesota about 100 miles southwest of Rochester. To earn her $65 per month salary ...

Lynch, Peg

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