Dorothy Sweeney and Dolores Carrara papers, 1941-2004.

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Dorothy Sweeney and Dolores Carrara papers, 1941-2004.

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This collection contains scripts and memorabilia related to the broadcasting careers of Dorothy Sweeney and Dolores Carrara. Dorothy Sweeney's career as a sound effects artist at WGY and WOR is represented by a number of program scripts. They are typically marked up to indicate sound cues. Programs represented include crime and detective dramas such as "Nick Carter" and "The FBI in Action", horror stories such as "The Strange Doctor Weird" and "The Sealed Book", and World War II propaganda programs such as "John Smith: American" and "The People vs. Adolf Hitler". A set of WOR promotional photographs show Sweeney demonstrating how she uses various household objects to create sound effects. Memorabilia includes trade magazines, a sound effects manual, and Sweeney's New York City pistol license, which she needed to fire blanks during action sequences. The series also includes Sweeney's interviews with the University at Albany Oral History Project. Dolores Carrara's career at WGY and WRGB is represented by a collection of scripts. Television programs include episodes of "Dear Chollie" and "The Ted Malone Show" and an adaptation of "Jane Eyre". The majority of radio scripts are episodes of "The FBI in Action".

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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WRGB-TV (Television station : Schenectady, N.Y.)

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WGY (Radio station : Schenectady, N.Y.)

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Sweeney, Dorothy R.

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Dorothy Sweeney (nee Langley) was born in Amsterdam, N.Y. in 1923. After graduating from high school in 1941 she worked as a secretary at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., where her brother Edward was an actor on WGY, G.E.'s AM radio station. When WGY's sound effects artist was drafted later that year, Dorothy was hired to replace him. After two years at WGY Dorothy Sweeney moved to New York City and enrolled at the Radio and Television Institute to pursue a professional career in sound eff...

Carrara, Dolores.

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WOR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

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