Finding Aid for the Bertie the Bunyip Show memorabilia SC 1183

Andrew Harman

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

4/5/2024

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara 93106-9010

Phone Number: (805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections

Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

Title: Bertie the Bunyip Show memorabilia

Identifier/Call Number: SC 1183

Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Date: 1950s

Abstract: This collection contains fan club newsletters, one membership card, and photographs relating to the Bertie the Bunyip Show.

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Library Purchase, 2024.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in order of receipt.

Biographical / Historical

The Bertie the Bunyip Show aired on KYW-TV (known as WPTZ until 1956, then WRCV-TV from 1956-1965) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1966. Bertie was a mythological Australian creature called a bunyip and was created by Australian born ventrilioquist Lee Dexter (1904 - 1991).

Sunny Dee was the wife of Lee Dexter and Snoopy (see postcard) was one of Lee Dexter's puppets (which was also used on the show).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Bertie the Bunyip Show memorabilia, SC 1183. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Content Description

This collection contains fan club newsletters, membership card, and photos for the Bertie the Bunyip Show, a locally produced children's television program which aired on KYW-TV (known as WPTZ until 1956, then WRCV-TV from 1956-1965) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which ran from 1954 to 1966.

Lee Dexter Bertie the Bunyip Bunyip News Newsletter Vol 3
Lee Dexter Bertie the Bunyip Bunyip News Newsletter Vol 4
Lee Dexter Bertie the Bunyip Bunyip News Newsletter Vol 5
Bertie the Bunyip and Granny giveaway picture from WPHL Channel 17 Philadelphia ;measures 7 1/4 X 7 1/2 inches
Post card, Sunny Dee and Snoopy from Channel 3 WRCV Philadelphia; measures 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches
Lee Dexter Bertie the Bunyip Fan Club Card

Conditions Governing Use

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 may be 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 assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.