Collection of Television Posters, 1970s-1990s

Finding aid prepared by Kevin Awakuni with assistance from Julie Graham, April 2009; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575

(310) 825-4988

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Title: Collection of Television Posters

Collection number: PASC 331

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 10.0 linear ft. (5 map folders)

Date (inclusive): 1970s-1990s

Abstract: Advertising posters are used for many media products and event, including television programming. The collection consists of American television posters for a variety of programs aired by various television networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and others.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Television Posters (Collection PASC 331). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6344879

Biography/History

Knowing the passion audiences have for their favorite television programs and personalities, the television industry started creating posters to effectively market television programming. Popular culture places value on posters not only for their promotional value but for their aesthetic value as well.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of American television posters representing a variety of programs aired by television networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS, among others. Included are items for both popular and lesser known television series, movies and specials aired from ca. 1970s to the 1990s. Some of the posters may have originally been part of television press kits.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by production titles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Advertising--Television Programs

Posters

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

1980 Winter Olympics (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

40th Anniversary KTLA 5 (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

5th Dimension Special: an Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max (The) (1970)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

A.D. (1985)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

ABC Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

ABC's NFL Monday Night Football (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Age of Uncertainty (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(KCET)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Amber Waves (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

American Christmas Carol (An) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Appe Pie (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Attica (1971)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Baa Baa Black Sheep (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Banana Splits (The) (1968)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Barry Manilow, His Second Special (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Beatles Forever (The) (1977)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Bill (1981)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Bonanza (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Breaking Away (1980)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

California Dreams: Thirsty City (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Camelot (1982)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Captain's Courageous (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Cay (The) (1974)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

CBS: On the Air (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Centennial (1984)

Additional Note

(TBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Charlie's Angels (1980)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Children's Story (The) (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Choices (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Christmas Carol with Luciano Pavarotti (A) (1981)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Christmas Special with Luciano Pavarotti (A) (1982)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Christopher Columbus (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Sea (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Cindy (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Cook Peary, The Race to the Pole (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Cosmos (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Cousin Bette (1980)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Crime Story (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Day After (The) (1983)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Day in the Life of Hawaii (A) (1984)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Disney Channel (1982)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Dolly in Concert (1983)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Elvis, the Singer, the Man, the Legend (1979)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Fame (1982)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Far Pavilions: An Epic Adventure (The) (1984)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

First Anniversary "Firsts" (no date)

Additional Note

(SNC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

First Olympics: Athens 1896 (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Four Feathers (The) (1978)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Freedom's Defense: America's Cup 1980 (1981)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Fresno (1986)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Galaxy High School (1986)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Gathering (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Gemini Man (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

George Washington (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Get Smart (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Getting Physical (1984)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Gibbsville (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Gnomes (1980)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Golden Bowl (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Grammy Awards (Twentieth Annual ) (1984)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Grammy Awards (Twentieth Annual ) (1978)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Grammy Awards Show (Twenty Fourth Annual ) (1982)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 2

Gulliver's Travels (1996)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Halloween that Almost Wasn't (The) (1979)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Here Come the Puppets (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Hollywood, a Celebration of the American Silent Film (no date)

Additional Note

(KHJ)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Holocaust (1978)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Homecoming (The) (1973)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Hundred Years of America's Popular Music (A) (1981)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Ian McKellan Acting Shakespeare (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

It's a Living (1980)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Ivanhoe (no date)

Additional Note

(SFM Holiday Network)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Jenny's War (no date)

Additional Note

(KTVU)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

John and Yoko, a Love Story (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

John Houston, the Man, the Movies, the Maverick (no date)

Additional Note

(TNT)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Johnny Cash Show (The) (1971)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Jonny Quest (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Joy of Bach (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Kean (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Kenny Rogers and the American Cowboy (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Kenny Rogers Live in Concert (1983)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Kim (no date)

Additional Note

(SFM Holiday Network)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

King (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

King of Kings (no date)

Additional Note

(SFM Holiday Network)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Klowns (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Knight Rider (1982)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Last Days of John Dillinger (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Last Days of Patton (The) (1986)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Last Place on Earth (The) (1985)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Leave 'em Laughing (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Lennon Legacy (The) (1986)

Additional Note

(Showtime)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Life on the Mississippi (1980)

Additional Note

(WNET)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Lillie (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Little Lord Fauntleroy (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Long Way Home (A) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Love Letter to Jack Benny (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

Love! Love! Love! (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Macbeth (no date)

Additional Note

(WNET)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Magic of a Continent (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Man from Uncle (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mark Russell Comedy Specials (1982-1983)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mark Russell Comedy Specials (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Masada (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Masterpiece Theatre (no date)

Additional Note

(WBGH)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Hanna-Barbera, Productions (1971)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

MGM Television (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Moon for the Misbegotten (A) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mork and Mindy (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mother Theresa (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Muppets Valentine's Special (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

My Cousin Rachel (1985)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

My Wicked Wicked Ways (1985)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Mystic Warrior (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

National Geographic Specials (1986)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

New Communicators (The) (1970)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Night of 100 Stars (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Nile (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Old Man (1979)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Oliver Twist (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Olympic Games (Winter VIII) (1984)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Olympic Games (Winter) (1984)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Olympic Games (Winter) (1984)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Paul Simon Special (The) (1977)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Paul Simon TV Special (The) (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Pearl (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Peter and Paul (1981)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Pinocchio (no date)

Additional Note

(Disney Channel)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Pointer Sisters (1985)

Additional Note

(Showtime)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Profiles in American Art (1982)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Quest (The) (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Quincy (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Racing Game (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Rebecca (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Return to Treasure Island (1986)

Additional Note

(Disney Channel)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Ripley's Believe It or Not (1983)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Rolling Stone: A 10th Anniversary TV Special (1977)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 4

Rumpole of the Bailey (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Salute to American Imagination (A) (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Scarlet Pimpernel (The) (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

See Babar the Elephant (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (The) (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Sergeant Cribb (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Shakespeare Plays (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Sixty Years of Seduction (1981)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Smithsonian World (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Snip (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Space (1985)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Tales from the Darkside (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Tall Tales and Legends (1985)

Additional Note

(Showtime)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Taxi (1978)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Tender is the Night (1985)

Additional Note

(Showtime)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Terrible Joe Moran (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Terry Fox Story (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(HBO)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Third Avenue (no date)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

Third Bill Cosby Special (The) (1970)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Those Amazing Animals (1980)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Van Dyke and Company (no date)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Vegas (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Vietnam: A Television History (no date)

Additional Note

(WGBH)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Vikings! (1980)

Additional Note

(PBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Well-Tempered Bach (The) (1985)

Additional Note

(Wisconsin Educational Television Network)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 1

When the Circus Came to Town (1980)

Additional Note

(CBS)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (no date)

Additional Note

(W New TV)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Winds of Kitty Hawk (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Winds of War (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(ABC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Woodrights Shop (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(University of North Carolina Center for Public Television)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 3

World of Magic (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(NBC)

Box Over Size Folder Number (Box) 5

Year of the Biography (The) (no date)

Additional Note

(CBS)