Lee Lawrence papers

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Lee Lawrence papers

1957-1999 and undated (majority 1958-1959)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1488

Lee Lawrence (1923-2003) was a production aide, researcher, and producer for NBC. Originally intent on being an actress, Lawrence (née Kalech) began her career as a production assistant to Broadway producer Billy Rose. She joined NBC-TV in 1956 as a production assistant on the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Lawrence began working for television personality Dave Garroway on the ambitious weekend program Wide Wide World. When that show was cancelled in 1958, she continued working with Garroway on the Today show as a news and features editor until he left the program in 1961. The collection spans 1957 to 1999 and contains clippings, correspondence, books, photos, transcripts, scripts, and other radio and television production documentation, and various artifacts.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Lawrence, Lee, 1923-2003.

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Television researcher and associate producer. Researcher and Producer, "Today" (NBC) 1958-1961. From the description of Papers. 1957-1999. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61104608 Lee Lawrence (1923-2003) was an American television researcher and associate producer long affiliated with Dave Garroway and his various NBC-TV programs. Born Lee Kalech in Atlanta, GA on July 25, 1923, to a traveling salesma...

Garroway, Dave, 1913-1982

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Dave Garroway was born in 1913 in Schenectady, New York. He studied astronomy, English, and abnormal psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. After graduation in 1935, he worked as a page at NBC headquarters in New York City and attended the network's school for announcers. He worked in Chicago in radio at WMAQ and had his own variety show on NBC-TV, "Garroway at Large" from 1949 to 1951 in Chicago. From there he was hired as the original host of the "Today Show", 1952-1961, broadcast l...