Records, 1960-1963.

ArchivalResource

Records, 1960-1963.

Collection consists of television scripts and research materials for the biography series of documentary television films produced by David L. Wolper for Wolper Productions. Biographical subject names include Konrad Adenauer, Fidel Castro, Henry Ford, John Glenn, Helen Keller, John L. Lewis, Pope Pius XII, Jackie Robinson, George Bernard Shaw, and Wernher Von Braun.

10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7431401

University of California, Los Angeles

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Wolper, David L.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6640pnv (person)

Wolper Productions

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67427rw (corporateBody)

Wolper was born on Jan. 11, 1928 in New York City; attended Drake Univ. and the Univ. of Southern CA; helped form Flamingo Films, which merged with a distributing company, Motion Pictures for Television; formed Wolper Productions in 1958, which became known for developing a new market for independently-produced documentary films; it was absorbed by Metromedia Producers Corp. (MPC) in 1968, shortly after it ventured into feature films. From the description of Records, 1960-1963. (Univ...