Guide to the Tom Watt television memorabilia FMST Mss 2
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2023.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
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special@library.ucsb.edu
2023 August 8
Title: Tom Watt television memorabilia
Identifier/Call Number: FMST Mss 2
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 document box)
Creator:
Watt, Thompson R. (-1972)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1955-1965
Abstract: This collection contains documents, photographs, and ephemera related to the career of TV critic and TV news director Thompson
R. Watt (Tom Watt), from 1955 to 1965.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Tom Watt television memorabilia, FMST Mss 2. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Robert Watt, 2023.
Scope and Content
This collection covers local television history from early TV critic (Denver Post) and TV news director (KOA-TV, Denver, Colorado)
Thompson R. Watt (Tom Watt). Materials include press photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, and clippings.
Tom Watt ( - 1972) was the photo editor and later the first TV columnist for the Denver Post (1950s). In the 1960s he became
the news director at Denver Channel 4 (then KOA).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television producers and directors -- Colorado -- Denver -- Archives
Journalists -- Colorado -- Denver -- Archives
Photographs
Promotional materials
Clippings (information artifacts)
Christmas cards
Printed ephemera
Correspondence
Watt, Thompson R. (-1972) -- Archives
KOA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.) -- Archives
Denver post -- Archives
box 1
Promotional material and photographs with captions, sent to Tom Watt, The Denver Post
approximately 1955-1959
box 1
Letters from Ed Sullivan and Ralph Edwards
1955 February 17
1958 November 12
box 1
Clippings of television columns by Tom Watt, The Denver Post, Sunday Section
approximately 1955-1958
box 1
Sylvania Television Awards booklet and ballots
1956
box 1
Promotional items and historical artifacts, Tom Watt, News Director, KOA-TV, Denver
approximately 1965
box 1
Christmas cards sent to Tom Watt, TV Critic, The Denver Post
approximately 1955-1959
item R0633
Lone Ranger paperweight Colt 45 round embedded in lucite and dedicated to Thompson R. Watt.
item R0364
Grand piano ashtray for Warner Brothers film "Sincerely Yours" starring Liberace
item R0365
Round "Person to Person" ashtray
item R0366
Square "Person to Person" ashtray
