Neil Perry Clemans Collection
Finding aid created by Writers Guild Foundation Archive staff using RecordEXPRESS
Writers Guild Foundation Archive
2022
7000 West Third Street
Los Angeles, California 90048
(323) 782-4680
hswett@wgfoundation.org
https://www.wgfoundation.org/archive/
Title: Neil Perry Clemans Collection
Dates: 1963-1972
Collection Number: WGF-MS-121
Creator/Collector:
Clemans, Neil
Extent: 1 linear foot
Repository:
Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Los Angeles, California 90048
Abstract: The collection includes press releases, notes, photographs, clippings, interdepartmental correspondence and status reports
related to the work of promoting NBC TV shows of the 1960s.
Language of Material: English
Available by appointment only.
The responsibility to secure copyright and publication permission rests with the researcher.
Neil Perry Clemans Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Donated by the Clemans family 2/18/2021
Biography/Administrative History
Neil Clemans was born on February 7, 1920 in Seattle. In 1942 he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces and served throughout
World War II. After the war, he graduated with a degree in journalism from USC and, in 1947, began working at the Valley News.
In 1948, he began working as a photographer at the Los Angeles Mirror from its inception to its closure. He covered stars,
sports and news of the 1950s. When the paper closed in 1962, Neil became a publicist for NBC. He worked on numerous television
shows, including The Wonderful World of Disney, Bonanza, The Virginian, I Dream of Jeannie, the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,
Dean Martin Show and Andy Williams Show.
After leaving NBC public relations, Clemans operated a Postal Instant Press with his wife Glida. Clemans received a Lifetime
achievement award from the Los Angeles Press Photographer’s Association and is a member of the NBC Press Hall of Fame. He
passed away on April 20, 2009 survived by his wife Gilda and two daughters and grandchildren.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection spans 1963-1972 and includes press releases, notes, photographs, clippings, interdepartmental correspondence
and status reports in which Clemans details set visits and promotional strategies for NBC TV shows of the 1960s. Shows represented
include The Dean Martin Show, The Golddiggers, Get Smart, Bonanza, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Then Came Bronson, The Virginian,
T.H.E. Cat and I Dream of Jeannie. The collection also includes research and publicity photos from The Mickey Mouse Anniversary
Show, which aired December 1968. In addition to publicity files, the collection includes a few scripts. Aired episodes have
been added to the library catalog. Titles include Bonanza, T.H.E. Cat, 90 Bristol Court, The Virginian, and a Wonderful World
of Disney TV film: The Tattooed Police Horse (1964).
Publicity
Public relations
Television
Advertising—Television programs
Martin, Dean, 1917-1995
NBC Television Network
Publicity photographs.
Press releases.