Fran Harris-Tuchman papers

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Fran Harris-Tuchman papers

1946-1996 (majority 1950s-1970s)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1492

Fran Harris-Tuchman (1915-2013) began her broadcasting career as a pioneering member of the all-female WATTS group who kept what is now WLS-TV on the air throughout the second world war. She later went on to be the first woman to head a television division for a major advertising agency and to found her own highly successful ad agency, Harris-Tuchman Productions. The majority of the collection consists of client files from Mrs. Harris-Tuchman's production company and production elements.

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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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Harris-Tuchman, Fran

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Fran Harris Tuchman (1915- ) is an American writer, producer, and director of television and film. Born in the Bronx, Fran had an early interest in theatre and performing, saying once, "Anything that would get me anywhere near performers I was going to have my nose in." Fran began working in radio while still in high school and after graduation, continued with her radio work and also toured with various WPA projects and with the organization that was the precursor to the...

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (U.S.)

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Harris-Tuchman Productions, inc., Hollywood, Calif.

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Harris-Tuchman, Fran

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WLS (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)

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