Morrie Gelman papers, ca. 1970s-ca. 1996

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Summary

Creators:
Gelman, Morrie
Abstract:
Morrie Gelman worked as a reporter and editor for over 40 years for companies including the Brooklyn Eagle, New York Post, Newsday, Broadcasting (now Broadcasting & Cable) magazine, Madison Avenue, Advertising Age, Electronic Media (now TV Week), and Daily Variety. The collection consists of writings, research files, and promotional and publicity material related to Gelman's career.
Extent:
80.0 linear ft. (173 boxes and 2 flat boxes )
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Morrie Gelman Papers (Collection PASC 292). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of writings, research files, and promotional and publicity material related to the career of Morrie Gelman, reporter and editor in the television and media industry. Gelman's writings include The Broadcasting People project, started as a book assignment for Broadcast magazine, Television: 50 Years of Emmys book project, and news pieces and articles published in a variety of communication related publications. Additionally there are research files as well as audio cassette tapes and transcripts of one-on-one interviews used for Gelman's writing projects.

The bulk of publicity and promotional material are press kit-type materials documenting regional and national cable television networks and companies and to a lesser degree network and public television entities and media-related companies. Also included are publicity stills for TV programs, TV movies and/or feature motion pictures aired on television. Additionally there is a small amount of printed materials from events and companies related to the cable, television, and or communication industry.

Biographical / historical:

Morris J. Gelman (Morrie) was born June 19, 1930 in New York City. He attended Pace University and Hunter College, in NY and Santa Monica City College in Santa Monica, CA. Gelman worked as a reporter and editor for over 40 years for companies including the Brooklyn Eagle, New York Post, Newsday, Broadcasting (now Broadcasting & Cable) magazine, Madison Avenue, Advertising Age, Electronic Media (now TV Week), and Daily Variety. During his career as reporter and editor, he covered television and other media fields in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. In the early-1970s, he was assigned to interview radio pioneers and travelled the United States doing tape recorded interviews with such luminaries as Edgar Bergen, Frank Stanton and William Paley of CBS, NBC Radio Network's Niles Trammel, and John Royal. In the 1990s Gelman was one of the principal interviewers for the Archive of American Television project of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Additionally in the 1990s, he co-authored the book, The Best of Television: 50 Years of Emmys.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Morrie Gelman.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Writings by Gelman
  2. Research and Resource Files
  3. Conventions, Conferences, Symposiums and Classes
  4. Publicity and Promotional Material
  5. Publications

Physical / technical requirements:

COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Morrie Gelman Papers (Collection PASC 292). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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