University of Wyoming
Joan Gardner television programs -- Motion pictures -- 35 mm.
Joan Gardner was an American voice actress and screenwriter during the twentieth century. Born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at Los Angeles City College, Gardner was best known for her work as an animation voice actress and she worked on a number of animated television series and specials between the 1950s and 1980s, including "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole" (1958-1961), "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (1970), "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" (1971), and "Snorks" (1984-1988). She also lent her voice to the animated movie "Gay Purr-ee" (1962). Gardner also appeared as herself in a number of television and radio commercials between the 1950s and 1970s, including those of Master Charge and Comet. Gardner also worked as a screenwriter and earned several writing credits during the 1960s and 1970s, including the feature films "Gay Purr-ee" (1962) and "Beach Girls and the Monster" (1965), and for the television movie "A Man for Hanging" (1973). In addition to her work in television and motion pictures, Gardner was co-author of the children's educational books "Checkerboard Plays" (1959) and "Growing with Music" (1963). Gardner was married to actor and movie producer Edward Janis, who was a frequent collaborator in her television and movie projects.
Collection contains scripts (originals and mimeographed copies) of television programs and movies Joan Gardner worked on, including those "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", and "Snorks". Collection also contains 35 mm films of television shows and movies Gardner worked on (including "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole" and "A Man for Hanging"), 16 mm films of television commercials Gardner appeared in, and Beta videotapes of television programs and movies Gardner worked on (including "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", and "A Man for Hanging". Collection also holds reel to reel audio tapes of Gardner's commercials, reel to reel audio tapes of television and movie soundtracks Gardner worked on (including those for "Gay Purr-ee"), and a few 78 rpm phonograph recordings of Gardner's television and movie soundtracks (including one for "A Man for Hanging"). Collection also contains Ga rdner's business files (containing correspondence, legal documents, and financial documents), correspondence, photographs (of Joan Gardner, Edward Janis, scenes from Gardner's television shows and movies, and other miscellaneous images), and drawings and story boards from animated television shows Gardner worked on (including "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole"). Copies of books co-authored by Gardner (including "Checkerboard Plays" and "Growing with Music"), biographical materials, miscellaneous clippings, miscellaneous printed materials, and a few artifacts are in this collection as well.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Donor retains copyrights until his death.
There are no known other archival collections created by Joan Gardner at the date of processing.
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