Dan Rowan papers, 1941-1987.

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Dan Rowan papers, 1941-1987.

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The Dan Rowan collection contains large scrapbooks from the 1950s nightclub acting days and some others from the "Laugh-In" TV period of the 1970s. They contain clippings, handbills, and publicity photos, plus some scripts from a movie and a variety show. There is a great deal of business correspondence and legal documentation related to "Laugh-In" between 1970 and 1972. Dan Rowan's personal correspondence and documentation includes a combat report from New Guinea, and letters from John D. Macdonald. The mystery writer's letters were used to document their friendship in his best-selling book entitled "A Friendship."

16 cubic ft. (16 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7811322

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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MacDonald, John D. (John Dann), 1916-1986

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American novelist. From the description of The end of the night, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536373 The University of British Columbia's third president, John Barfoot Macdonald, was born in Toronto on February 23, 1918. Graduating with a degree of doctor of dental surgery from the University of Toronto in 1942, he served as captain in the Canadian Dental Corps during World War II. Following the war Macdonald studied biology at the University of Illinois and Colum...

Rowan, Dan.

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Dan Rowan was the straight man on the famous Rowan and Martin comedy team. He performed in carnival acts with his parents until he was orphaned at the age of eleven. After high school, he moved to Hollywood where he became a writer. After the Pearl Harbor attack he became a fighter pilot with the 5th Air Force in New Guinea. He was injured in a crash, so he was sent back to the states, where he resumed working for Paramount. Rowan met Dick Martin, and they went from writing to becoming a popular...

Martin, Dick, 1922-2008

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