Description
The Steve LaRosa videotape collection consists of documentaries, commercials, interviews with musicians and actors, public
service annoucements, and other assorted footage created by Steve LaRosa and Steve LaRosa Productions between 1976-2008. The
collection is organized into nine series: television documentaries, entertainment interviews and features, Television reports
and interviews, Public Service Annoucements (PSAs), Demos, Commercials, Charity events, and Production notes. The bulk of
the collection consists of television commericals and newscast interviews produced from television stations in the Sacramento
area. Highlights in the collection include interviews used in documentaries created for television on Japanese Internment
during World War II,
Gaman: The Internment Remembered, and
Pilots of Aztlan: The Flights of the Royal Chicano Air Force, and interviews with the cast from
Animal House and
Splash. The music interviews series includes original footage of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Beach Boys, Heart, Journey,
and a memorial following the death of John Lennon.
Background
Steve LaRosa began his career at KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California. Over a period of fifteen years, he worked in various capacities
as a magazine program producer and reporter. In 1987, he founded Steve LaRosa Productions providing marketing, advertising,
media relations, social media, public relations, video and radio production, print and web design services and media buying
for commercial, private, government and non-profit organizations.
Extent
34 linear feet (34 boxes)
Restrictions
All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Availability
Collection is open for research use.