The Archive of American Television is proud to include the following significant collections.
Archive Comedy Collection
Sponsored by Bob Hope
[Collection List Available Upon Request]
Interviews Donated
The Robert Justman Collection (Donated by Robert Justman) [Material List Available Upon Request]
The Living Television (SM) Collection
The Living Television Pilot was launched in Los Angeles in conjunction with the UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies Department. Students were given two interview subjects to research and interview.
The final portion of the course was initiated in mid-March, 2004, with the completion of 15 videotaped interviews:
Ray Angona (Technical Director)
Steve Binder (Director)
Henri Bollinger (Publicist)
Robert Easton (Actor)
Sally Field (Actress)
Dr. George Fischbeck (Weatherman)
Ian Fraser (Music Director/Composer)
Ed Greene (Sound Mixer)
Thomas Huth (Sound Mixer)
Stan Lee (Animation Creator)
Arlene Sanford (Director)
Arnold Shapiro (Producer)
Iwao Takamoto (Animation Creator)
Michael Westmore (Makeup)
Patrick Williams (Composer)
Lucille Ball Interview (Donated by Desilu, too)
The Johnny Carson Collection (Donated by Carson Productions)
Jack Benny Interviews
George Burns Interviews
Jackie Gleason Interview
The Syd Cassyd Collection (Donated by Donna Cassyd) [Material List Available Upon Request]
The Jeff Kisseloff Collection (Donated by Jeff Kisseloff) [425 Audio Taped Interviews, List Available Upon Request]
The Sig Mickelson Collection (Donated by Elena Mickelson) [Material List Available Upon Request]
The Oppenheimer Collection (Donated by Gregg Oppenheimer)
Jess Oppenheimer Audiotaped Interview
Historic Photographs
The Dan Pasternack Collection (Donated by Dan Pasternack)
Milt Josefsberg Interview
Mel Blanc Interview
Frank Nelson Interview
Veola Vonn Interview
George Balzer Interview
Olan Soule Interview
Ray Erlenborn Interview
Herb Vigran Interview
Irving Fein Interview
Dennis Day Interview
David Sarnoff Films (Donated by Thomas W. Sarnoff)
Films Include:
The David Sarnoff Story
Biography: "David Sarnoff"
The Birth of an Industry
Dedication of RCA Pavilion