NewsTrak videotape collection, 1987-2006

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Summary

Title:
NewsTrak videotape collection
Dates:
1987-2006
Creators:
NewsTrak
Abstract:
The NewsTrak Videotape Collection consists 91 boxes of media coverage collected by the NewsTrak media monitoring firm from various television news stations, public relations firms, and government, corporate and non-profit public relations departments in the Sacramento area between 1987-2006. Media coverage includes media releases by local public relations firm Runyon, Saltzman & Einhorn, coverage of local and state politicians including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis, and Pete Wilson during their terms as California governor, the Rodney King verdict, Proposition 5 on Indian Tribal Gaming, and public relations videos created by corporate and governmental public relations departments such as PG&E, UC Davis Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and Pacific Bell. The collection has extensive coverage of crime and murder trials in Sacramento in the 1980s-1990s and included footage of serial killers Dorothea Puente, Eric Royce Leonard "Thrill killer," Michelle Cummisky "Batgirl killer," Wesley Shermantine, one of the "Speed Freak Killers," and other murder trials such as Tammy Holycross, Alex Dell Thomas, Erin Rae Kuhn-Brown, Curtis Dean Anderson Jr., Paul Lloyd Hensley, and Ramon Salcido that recieved extensive local and national television coverage. Also included is local Sacramento media coverage of national news events such as the 9/11 bombings and President Bill Clinton's sex scandal and impeachment.
Extent:
91 linear feet (91 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], NewsTrak videotape collection, MS0037, Center for Sacramento History.

Background

Scope and content:

The NewsTrak Videotape Collection consists 91 boxes of media coverage collected by the NewsTrak media monitoring firm from various television news stations, public relations firms, and government, corporate and non-profit public relations departments in the Sacramento area between 1987-2006. Media coverage includes media releases by local public relations firm Runyon, Saltzman & Einhorn, coverage of local and state politicians including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis, and Pete Wilson during their terms as California governor, the Rodney King verdict, Proposition 5 on Indian Tribal Gaming, and public relations videos created by corporate and governmental public relations departments such as PG&E, UC Davis Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and Pacific Bell. The collection has extensive coverage of crime and murder trials in Sacramento in the 1980s-1990s and included footage of serial killers Dorothea Puente, Eric Royce Leonard "Thrill killer," Michelle Cummisky "Batgirl killer," Wesley Shermantine, one of the "Speed Freak Killers," and other murder trials such as Tammy Holycross, Alex Dell Thomas, Erin Rae Kuhn-Brown, Curtis Dean Anderson Jr., Paul Lloyd Hensley, and Ramon Salcido that recieved extensive local and national television coverage. Also included is local Sacramento media coverage of national news events such as the 9/11 bombings and President Bill Clinton's sex scandal and impeachment. A majority of the tapes are on Betamax, Umatic, or DV cams formats. Boxes 1-36 have item-level descriptions of videotapes. Boxes 37-91 have only box-level description.

Acquisition information:
The NewsTrak Videotape Collection was donated to the Center for Sacramento History on November 30, 2018 by Brenda Ross / NewsTrak, LLC (accession #2018/039).
Processing information:

Inventory created by April Austin in 2018. Finding aid created by Sean Heyliger in October 2019.

Arrangement:

Series 1. Media coverage videotapes

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
April Austin and Sean Heyliger
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Sean Heyliger. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: October 4, 2019.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], NewsTrak videotape collection, MS0037, Center for Sacramento History.

Location of this collection:
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95811, US
Contact:
(916) 808-7072
csh@cityofsacramento.org
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