Dave Garroway papers, 1947-1982.

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Dave Garroway papers, 1947-1982.

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The Dave Garroway collection contains scrapbooks arranged in chronological order, 1952-1961. Also included are personal correspondence, scripts, loose clippings, memorabilia, unlabeled video and audio tapes, loose photographs, certificates, awards, books, magazines, and phonograph records with cuttings from both television and radio productions concerning Garroway. The scripts from the "Today Show" and draft of "Garroway at Large" are included. There is an unfinished, unpublished autobiography in manuscript form.

7.3 cubic ft. (10 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7912008

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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