Guide to the Marilyn F. Solomon video recordings FMST Mss 3

Finding aid prepared by Julia McGowan, Laura Treat and Zachary Liebhaber, 2023.

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

University of California, Santa Barbara

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2023 November 8

Title: Marilyn F. Solomon video recordings

Identifier/Call Number: FMST Mss 3

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

Physical Description: 10 Linear Feet (87 video recordings)

Date (inclusive): 1970s-1980s

Abstract: This collection consists of 87 video recordings documenting Marilyn F. Solomon's career as a producer and moderator of television programming at KCOP-TV (channel 13) in Los Angeles.

Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Language of Material: English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials must be reformatted for access.

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], Marilyn F. Solomon video recordings, FMST Mss 3. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Marilyn F. Solomon, 2023.

Biographical Note

Marilyn F. (Dillard) Solomon was raised in Detroit, Michigan by parents Ernest and Jessie Dillard who were deeply involved in labor activism, community organizing, local politics, and civil rights movements in the 1940s-1960s. Solomon was hired at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles in 1969 and given the unusual opportunity to produce weekly primetime television programs and long form documentaries that would demonstrate the station's commitment to operate "in the public interest" as per the Federal Communications Commission. Influenced by the racially and ethnically diverse City of Los Angeles she lived in and her belief that all that happens in the world is at some level, local, Solomon's professional mission was to operate in the "public interest," by creating programs that highlighted the diversity of the City of Los Angeles and Southern California, and strengthened connections between local and international politics and global events. She worked at KCOP-TV from 1969-1994, first as a co-host on the program "Minority Community" and later as the producer and moderator of award-winning television programs which addressed civic and social issues, arts and culture, current affairs and news analysis including a focus on local community issues and activities in Southern California. She produced primetime documentaries that explored in-depth issues such as the Iran hostage crisis, the Turkish-Armenian conflict, the history of the Black original settlers of Los Angeles, the impact of growing immigration on race relations in Southern California, and the plight of endangered children. Her weekly prime-time news analysis program "News in Review," tackled local and national issues of the week and she also produced "My Turn," the first weekly program addressing gay and lesbian issues in Southern California in the 1970s. As Director of Corporate Relations and the Executive Producer of Information and Public Affairs Programming, Solomon was responsible for federal regulatory compliance, corporate, government and community relations, and the production of programs about community issues and activities. She received five Television Academy EMMY Awards for producing these documentaries, news analysis, and children's programs. She was awarded the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for Excellence in Television Journalism, and received the International Documentary Association CINDY Award for a PBS "Frontline" documentary "Down for the Count: An Inside Look at Boxing." Solomon received special recognition for her documentary work in the Republic of Turkey, the government of Kenya, Israel, and the People's Republic of China. Other awards include the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals from the International Film and Television Festival of New York.

Sources: Ernest C. and Jessie M. Dillard Collection https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/LP000500.pdf

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilyn-f-solomon-2621b11

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 87 video recordings (3/4" U-Matic, VHS, 1") documenting Marilyn F. Solomon's career as a producer and moderator of groundbreaking television programming at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles. Weekly programs included are "News in Review," a current events analysis show from the 1970s-1980s, "Collage," a show from the 1970s which featured Chicano, African American, Asian and Indigenous cultures and issues, and "Speakeasy," an information series from the 1980s whose guests ranged from artists and authors to educators, elected officials, civic leaders, and Los Angeles-based foreign government representatives. Also included in the collection are long form documentaries addressing both international politics and world events, such as "Dialogue in Blood: the Turkish-Armenian Conflict," and "Israel: A Cultural Genesis," as well as local issues, such as the incarceration of young men by the California Youth Authority in "Throw Away the Key," the impact of certain sports on minority youth in "Down for the Count: An Inside Look at Boxing," and children forced to grow up too early, due to crime and poverty, in "Whatever Happened to Childhood?" The documentary, "Black Angelenos: The True Story," presented the archived histories of the multi-racial founders of the City of Los Angeles.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into the following series: News in Review, Collage, Dialogue in Blood: The Turkish-Armenian Conflict, Speak Easy, Other Documentary Programs, Other Programming.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

African American television producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives

Women television producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives

Documentary television programs -- California, Southern -- 20th century

Video recordings

Solomon, Marilyn F. -- Archives

KCOP-TV (Television station) (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives

News in Review

item V17185/UM

[News In Review, No. 01 - Iran/Iraq] undated

item V17187/UM

[News in Review, No. 02 - Toxic Waste] undated

item V17188/UM

[News in Review, No. 03 - Surrogate parenting] undated

item V17189/UM

[News in Review, No. 04 - Elections] undated

item V17192/UM

[News in Review, No. 05 - Post election show] undated

item V17193/UM

[News in Review, No. 06 - Toxic Shock Syndrome] undated

item V17194/UM

[News in Review, No. 07 - City workers] undated

item V17197/UM

[News in Review, No. 08 - Mormon church] undated

item V17299/UM

[News in Review, No. 10 - Crime, Chief Gates, LAPD] undated

item V17304/UM

[News in Review, No. 13 - Crime update] undated

item V17186/UM

[News In Review, No. 16 - Busing] undated

item V17274/UM

[News in Review, No. 17, No. 18 - Moral majority, Violence in America] undated

item V17303/UM

[News in Review, No. 19, No. 19 - Mayor's Race] undated

item V17252/UM

[News in Review, No. 20 - Handgun control update] 1981

item V17288/UM

[News in Review, No. 21, No. 22 - Abortion, drug hearing/writer] undated

item V17289/UM

[News in Review, No. 26, No. 27 - Fernando Valenzuela; Crime] 1981

item V17290/UM

[News in Review, No. 28 - Gangs] undated

item V17291/UM

[News in Review, No. 30, No. 29 - Kennedy assassination, Vets protest] undated

item V17275/UM

[News in Review, No. 31, No. 32 - Mayor Tom Bradley's reelection, Blank ?] undated

item V17292/UM

[News in Review, No. 33, No. 34 - Med fly, Blocks in business] undated

item V17308/UM

[News in Review, No. 35, No. 36 - Governor Jerry Brown, Peace in the Middle East] undated

item V17295/UM

[News in Review, No. 37 - Unknown content] undated

item V17293/UM

[News in Review, No. 38, No. 39 - PATCO strike, ERA] undated

item V17251/UM

[News in Review, No. 38, No. 39 or No. 14 and No. 15 - Great gray whales, Diamond Fields of Africa or KKK and Reaganomics] undated

item V17276/UM

[News in Review, No. 40, No. 41 - Unknown content] undated

item V17296/UM

[News in Review, No. 42 - Voyager II] undated

item V17255/UM

[News in Review, No. 43, No. 44 - Unknown content] undated

item V17287/UM

[News in Review, No. 45 - Unknown content] undated

item V17190/UM

[News in Review, No. 47 - Unknown content] undated

item V17277/UM

[News in Review, No. 47, No. 46 - Alan Cranston, AWACS] undated

item V17282/UM

[News in Review, No. 48 - Unknown content] undated

item V17191/UM

[News in Review, No. 49 - Unknown content] undated

item V17271/UM

[News in Review, No. 51 - Unknown content] undated

item V17307/UM

[News in Review, No. 52, No. 53 - Unknown content] undated

item V17294/UM

[News in Review, No. 54 - Unknown content] undated

item V17310/UM

[News in Review, No. 55 - Unknown content] undated

item V17253/UM

[News in Review, No. 58 - Unknown content] undated

item V17278/UM

[News in Review, No. 60, No. 61 - Unknown content] undated

item V17254/UM

[News in Review, No. 62, No. 63 - Unknown content] undated

item V17270/UM

[News in Review, No. 64 - Unknown content] undated

item V17279/UM

[News in Review, No. 67, No. 68 - Unknown content] undated

item V17195/UM

[News in Review, No. 73, No. 74 - Nuclear Disarmament, Falkland Islands] undated

item V17196/UM

[News in Review, No. 75 - Felicia Langer, World Forecast] undated

item V17280/UM

[News in Review, No. 78 - Barbados] undated

item V17238/UM

[News in Review, No. 79 , No. 82 - U.S. Economy, U.S. Foreign Policy] undated

item V17281/UM

[News in Review, No. 83, No. 84 - Immigration] undated

item V17198/UM

[News in Review, No. 85, No. 86 - Deukmejian, Lebanon, PLO, Israel] undated

item V17283/UM

[News in Review, No. 87 - Unknown content] undated

Collage

item V17311/UM

[Collage, C-10, Recorded 3/1/75] 1974

item V17264/UM

[Collage No. 173] undated

item V17263/UM

[Collage, No. 129 - African Dancers, 1/21/1976, Zulu African Chief Interview, South African Politician, 2/17/76) 1976

item V17250/UM

[Collage, No. 179] undated

item V17286/UM

[Collage, No. 208] undated

item V17249/UM

[Collage, No. 209] undated

item V17262/UM

[Collage, No. 210] undated

item V17305/UM

[Collage, No. 218] undated

Dialogue in Blood: The Turkish-Armenian Conflict

General Note

This series includes pre-masters and production reels for this documentary.

item V17266/UM

[Excerpts] undated

item V17240/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 1] undated

item V17267/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 1] undated

item V17268/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 1] undated

item V17239/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 2] undated

item V17265/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 2] undated

item V17273/UM

[Dialogue in Blood, Reel 2] undated

item V17245/UM

[Turkey Special, Reel 1 Dupe] 1983 December 17

item V17246/UM

[Turkey Special, Reel 2] undated

item V17247/R1

[Turkey Special, Edited Master, B-Roll] 1983 October 24

item V17256/UM

[Turkey Special, Reel 2] 1983

item V17306/UM

[Turkey Special, Reel 7, Los Angeles Interviews] 1983

Speak Easy

item V17242/UM

[Speak Easy, Reel #151, Dupe, Insert Reel] 1986 July 16

item V17243/UM

[Speak Easy, Annelise Anderson] undated

item V17244/UM

[Speak Easy, Reel #2398, What Do you remember about the 60s] undated

item V17302/UM

[Speak Easy Tele-Symposium No. 2, Issues affecting minority education] undated

General Note

Special televised conference

Other Documentary Programs

item V17261/UM

[California Youth Authority] 1981

item V17241/VHS

[Jambo Kenya] 1984 April 8

item V17269/UM

[The Kenya Special] 1979

item V17259/VHS

Black Angelenos: The true Story undated

item V17284/VHS

Israel: A Cultural Genesis 1983

item V17285/VHS

Whatever happened to Childhood? undated

Other Programming

item V17248/VHS

KKK Cross lighting; Aryan Nations KKK Cross lighting copyright Peter A. Lake 1983, '84 1983-1984

item V17257/VHS

[1986 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Ceremony, "Down for the Count"] 1986 February 5

item V17258/VHS

[1986 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award Ceremony] 1986 February 5

item V17260/BC

[unidentified program] 1989

item V17272/UM

[KCOP Corporate Relations Presentation] undated

item V17297/UM

[In Studio 464B with Black Angelenos] undated

item V17300/VHS

[M. Solomon's Mayor's Appointment] undated

item V17301/VHS

There Goes the Neighborhood 1987