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Free to Choose video tape collection
80201  
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  • Title: Free to Choose video tape collection
    Date (inclusive): 1977-1987
    Collection Number: 80201
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 10 motion picture film reels, 42 videoreels (28.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Motion picture film, video tapes, and film strips of the television series Free to Choose, featuring Milton Friedman and relating to laissez-faire economics, produced in 1980 by Penn Communications and television station WQLN in Erie, Pennsylvania. Includes commercial and master film copies, unedited film, and correspondence, memoranda, and legal agreements dated from 1977 to 1987 relating to production of the series. Digitized copies of many of the sound and video recordings in this collection, as well as some of Friedman's writings, are available at http://miltonfriedman.hoover.org .
    Creator: Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006
    Creator: Penn Communications
    Creator: WQLN (Television station : Erie, Pa.)
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980, with increments received in 1988 and 1989.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Free to Choose video tape collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Motion picture film, video tapes, and film strips of the television series Free to Choose, featuring Milton Friedman and relating to laissez-faire economics, produced in 1980 by Penn Communications and television station WQLN in Erie, Pennsylvania. Includes commercial and master film copies and unedited film, as well as project files, correspondence, memoranda, publicity materials, and legal agreements dated from 1977 to 1987 relating to production of the series.
    Digitized copies of many of the sound and video recordings in this collection, as well as some of Friedman's writings, are available at http://miltonfriedman.hoover.org .

    Related Collection(s)

    Milton Friedman papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Collected Works of Milton Friedman website, http://miltonfriedman.hoover.org  Collected Works of Milton Friedman Project records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose conference proceedings, 2003, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Video tapes
    Free enterprise
    Motion pictures
    Economics