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Finding Aid for the Ralph Edwards Productions Production Records
1940-
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Description
The collection consists of materials pertaining to
the various Ralph Edwards Productions projects such as
Truth or Consequences,
This is Your Life, and
Name That Tune. The finding aid will be updated as the
collection is processed.
Background
Ralph Edwards was born near Merino, Colorado, in 1913, moving with his family
to Oakland, California, when he was 12. He worked his way through college at
radio stations in Oakland and San Francisco, graduating from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. Edwards
moved to New York in 1936 and became one of radio's busiest announcers, doing as
many as 45 network shows a week. In 1940, in response to this hectic pace,
Edwards created, produced and hosted the landmark audience participation show
"Truth or Consequences".
Extent
250 boxes
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections. 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.