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Alfred R. Kelman papers, 1958-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kelman, Alfred R.
- Title
- Alfred R. Kelman papers
- Dates
- 1958-1998 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- cubic ft. (22 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 07347
- Summary
- The collection contains files relating to the television production and directing work of Alfred Kelman.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Alfred Kelman received an M.A. in Communications Research from Boston University in 1959. Kelman’s work as a television producer and director has been recognized for achievement on numerous occasions as Kelman was a three-time winner of the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Documentary Achievement (The Body Human), seven-time Emmy Award winner (The Body Human and Lifeline), and an Academy Award nominee (The Face of Genius). In addition to these achievements Kelman worked as a vice-president of Medcom, Inc., and was an executive officer with Entertainment Partners.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Alfred R. Kelman papers contain material relating to Kelman’s producing and directing career. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts, production files, and publicity files. The collection also contains correspondence, business files from Medicom, Inc. and Entertainment Partners, photographs and color slides, and various ephemera. Major works documented in the papers include “The Face of Genius,” “The Body Human,” “Lifeline,” “To Catch a King,” “A Christmas Carol” (1984 production), “The Last Days of Patton,” and “The Plot to Kill Hitler.”
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection has been minimally processed and divided into three series.
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Alfred R. Kelman at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Alfred R. Kelman from 1980-2009.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Matthew Francis in May, 2010.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Scripts, Treatments, etc.Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 131 Riverside Drive |
1978 |
| Folders | |||
| 1 | 2-11 | A Celebration of Women |
1979 |
| 1 | 12-14 | A Christmas Carol |
1983-1984 |
| Folder | |||
| 1 | 15 | A Doctor's Story |
1978 |
| 1 | 16 | A Grave Undertaking |
1985 |
| Folders | |||
| 1 | 17-19 | A Special Friendship |
1984 |
| 2 | 1-5 | A Special Friendship |
1985-1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 2 | 6 | Another Kind of Love |
1986 |
| 2 | 7 | Canary and the Cat |
undated |
| 2 | 8 | Central Park |
undated |
| 2 | 9 | Crazy America |
undated |
| 2 | 10 | Doctor George Goodfellow |
1978 |
| 2 | 11 | Dr. America |
undated |
| Folders | |||
| 2 | 12-18 | Dr. USA |
1980 |
| 2 | 19-22 | Drydock One |
1981-1982 |
| Folder | |||
| 2 | 23 | Dyno Dan, Jr. |
1979 |
| 2 | 24 | First Night |
undated |
| 3 | 1 | Free-for-All Farm |
1979 |
| 3 | 2 | Happy Mother's Day |
1978 |
| 3 | 3 | He Rode a Horse Down a Prison Corridor |
1978 |
| Folders | |||
| 3 | 4-5 | Hoboken |
1997 |
| 3 | 6-10 | Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story |
1992-1993 |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 11 | Lifeline |
1977 |
| 3 | 12 | Medical Story |
1977 |
| 3 | 13 | Millie Myerson and the Prince of Wales |
1986 |
| Folders | |||
| 3 | 14-17 | Napoleon and Josephine |
1987 |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 18 | Nick |
1981 |
| Folders | |||
| 4 | 1-6 | Once More the Stars |
1986 |
| 4 | 7-8 | Polio Wars/War Against Polio |
1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 9 | Present Laughter |
undated |
| 4 | 10 | PSI Force |
1979 |
| Folders | |||
| 4 | 11-15 | Psychonauts |
1978-1979 |
| Folder | |||
| 4 | 16 | Puccini |
undated |
| 4 | 17 | Relations |
1981 |
| 4 | 18 | Ritual Moon |
1995 |
| 4 | 19 | Second WInd |
1981 |
| Folders | |||
| 5 | 1-2 | Shock Trauma |
1981 |
| Folder | |||
| 5 | 3 | Small World |
undated |
| 5 | 4 | Teaching Hosptial (Med School) |
1981 |
| Folders | |||
| 5 | 5-6 | The Adversaries |
1980-1981 |
| Folder | |||
| 5 | 7 | The Body Human: The Body Beautiful |
1980 |
| 5 | 8 | The Body Human: The Facts for Girls/The Facts for Boys |
1980 |
| 5 | 9 | The Body Human: The Gene Machine |
1980 |
| 5 | 10 | The Body Human: The Journey Within |
1982 |
| 5 | 11 | The Body Human: The Living Code |
1981 |
| 5 | 12 | The Body Human: The Magic Senses |
1978 |
| Folders | |||
| 5 | 13-16 | The Body Human: The Magic Months |
1977 |
| Folder | |||
| 5 | 17 | The Body Human: The Red River |
1978 |
| 6 | 1 | The Body Human: The Sexes |
1979 |
| Folders | |||
| 6 | 2-6 | The Body Human: The Sexes II |
1980 |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 6 | The Body Human: The Vital Connection |
1978 |
| 6 | 7 | The Face of Genius |
1966 |
| Folders | |||
| 6 | 8-9 | The Friends of Jack Duggan |
1982 |
| Folder | |||
| 6 | 10 | The Justin Brock Story |
undated |
| Folders | |||
| 6 | 11-18 | The Last Days of Patton |
1985 |
| 7 | 1-2 | The Last Days of Patton |
1985 |
| 7 | 3-5 | The Legacy |
1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 7 | 6 | The Lunatic Express |
1986 |
| 7 | 7 | The Magic of Alice |
1981 |
| 7 | 8 | The Man from Katie's Place |
1982 |
| 7 | 9 | The Medicine of Monsters |
undated |
| 7 | 10 | The Mother's Recompense |
1991 |
| 7 | 11 | The New Rules of the Game |
1994 |
| Folders | |||
| 7 | 12-15 | The Plot to Kill Hitler |
1989 |
| Folder | |||
| 7 | 16 | The Right Guy |
1998 |
| Folders | |||
| 8 | 1-3 | The Sea Urchins |
1978 |
| Folder | |||
| 8 | 4 | The Sexualist |
1980 |
| 8 | 5 | The Swift Runner |
1985 |
| 8 | 6 | The Voice Heard 'Round the World |
1966 |
| Folders | |||
| 8 | 7-11 | To Catch a King |
1980-1984 |
| Folder | |||
| 8 | 12 | Trackdown: Prisoners on the Street |
1988 |
| Folders | |||
| 8 | 13-18 | Trauma Surgeon - "A Walker Case" |
1979 |
| 9 | 1-4 | Treachery in the Suburbs/Blackshift (Amy Fisher: My Story) |
1992 |
| Folder | |||
| 9 | 5 | Troubled Lives |
1978 |
| 9 | 6 | Turnpike |
1994 |
| 9 | 7 | Untitled - A Projected Day Time Serial |
undated |
| 9 | 8 | vh485 |
1993 |
| 9 | 9 | Waiting for Happy |
undated |
| 9 | 10 | White Mama |
1979 |
| 9 | 11 | Woman of the 21st Century |
1989 |
| 9 | 12 | Wright |
1986 |
| 9 | 13 | You Can Pick Your Friends |
1978 |
Series II. Production and Publicity FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folders | ||
| 9 | 14-18 | A Christmas Carol (Production Files) |
1983-1986 |
| 10 | 1-2 | A Christmas Carol (Production Files) |
1983-1986 |
| 10 | 3-7 | A Christmas Carol (Publicity Files) |
1984-1985 |
| 10 | 8-9 | A Special Friendship (Production Files) |
1985-1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 10 | 10 | A Woman Named Jackie (Production Files, Includes Audio Cassettes) |
1990 |
| 10 | 11 | Ascent from the East - Mount Everest (Production Files) |
1982 |
| 10 | 12 | Dr. USA (Production Files) |
1979-1980 |
| Folders | |||
| 10 | 13-15 | Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (Production Files) |
1992-1993 |
| Folder | |||
| 11 | 1 | Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (Production Files) |
1992-1993 |
| Folders | |||
| 11 | 2-5 | Lifeline (Production Files) |
1977-1979 |
| 11 | 6-9 | Lifeline (Publicity Files) |
1978-1979 |
| 11 | 10-13 | Napoleon and Josephine (Production Files) |
1987 |
| 11 | 14-16 | Once More the Stars/Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (Production Files) |
1981-1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 12 | 1 | Polio Wars: The Jonas Salk Story (Production Files) |
1985-1986 |
| 12 | 2 | Relations (Production Files) |
1980-1981 |
| 20 | 1 | Relations - Set and Mosaic Designs (Production Files) |
1981 |
| 21 | 1 | Relations - Set and Mosaic Designs (Production Files) |
1981 |
| 22 | 1 | Relations - Set and Mosaic Designs (Production Files) |
1981 |
| 12 | 3 | Shock Trauma (Production Files) |
1979-1981 |
| 12 | 4 | The Adversaries (Production Files) |
1980-1981 |
| 12 | 5 | The Body Human: Bionic Breakthrough (Production Files) |
1980-1981 |
| Folders | |||
| 12 | 6-7 | The Body Human: Facts for Boys/Facts for Girls (Production Files) |
1980-1982 |
| 12 | 8-12 | The Body Human: On Becoming Man/On Becoming Woman (Production Files) |
1980-1981 |
| Folder | |||
| 12 | 13 | The Body Human: Pleasure Process (Production Files) |
undated |
| 12 | 14 | The Body Human: The Gene Machine (Production Files) |
1981-1982 |
| 12 | 15 | The Body Human: The Journey Within (Production Files) |
1982 |
| 12 | 16 | The Body Human: The Last Frontier (Production Files) |
1977 |
| 12 | 17 | The Body Human: The Loving Process/Men (Production Files) |
1981 |
| 12 | 18 | The Body Human: The Loving Process/Women (Production Files) |
1981-1982 |
| Folders | |||
| 12 | 19-20 | The Body Human: The Magic Sense (Production Files) |
1979 |
| 12 | 21-23 | The Body Human: The Miracle Months (Production Files) |
1976-1977 |
| 12 | 24-28 | The Body Human: The Red River (Production Files) |
1977-1978 |
| 13 | 1-2 | The Body Human: The Sexes (Production Files) |
1979-1980 |
| Folder | |||
| 13 | 3 | The Body Human: The Sexes (Production Files) |
1979-1980 |
| 13 | 4 | The Body Human: The Sexes II (Production Files) |
1979-1980 |
| 13 | 5 | The Body Human: The Sexes II (Publicity Files) |
1980 |
| Folders | |||
| 13 | 6-7 | The Body Human: The Vital Connection (Production Files) |
1978 |
| 13 | 8-13 | The Body Human - General (Production Files) |
1979-1982 |
| 13 | 14-17 | The Body Human - General (Publicity Files) |
1979-1981 |
| 13 | 18-19 | The Face of Genius (Production Files) |
1966 |
| 13 | 20-21 | The Face of Genius (Publicity Files) |
1966-1968 |
| Folder | |||
| 13 | 22 | The Government Story (Publicity Files) |
1969 |
| Folders | |||
| 14 | 1-3 | The Last Days of Patton (Production Files) |
1984-1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 14 | 4 | The Legacy |
1986 |
| Folders | |||
| 14 | 5-15 | The Plot to Kill Hitler (Production Files) |
1989 |
| 15 | 1-2 | The Plot to Kill Hitler (Production Files) |
1989 |
| Folder | |||
| 15 | 3 | The Psychonauts |
1978 |
| Folders | |||
| 15 | 4-11 | To Catch a King (Production Files) |
1983-1986 |
| 15 | 12-13 | To Catch a King (Publicity Files) |
1984 |
| 15 | 14-16 | Treachery in the Suburbs/Blackshift - Amy Fisher: My Story (Production Files) |
1992 |
| Folder | |||
| 16 | 1 | Vatican Project/Metropolitan's 1983 Vatican Exhibit (Production Files) |
1981-1982 |
| 16 | 2 | Woman of the 21st Century (Production Files) |
1989 |
Series III. Professional and Personal FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 3 | Biographical Information |
1969-1984 |
| 16 | 4 | Book - A Christmas Carol |
1984 |
| 16 | 5 | Book - The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett (Photocopied) |
undated |
| 16 | 6 | Business - Contract |
1992 |
| 16 | 7 | Business - Entertainment Partners Report |
1985 |
| 16 | 8 | Business - Expenses |
1977-1995 |
| 16 | 9 | Business - For Spacious Skies/Sky Awareness Program |
1985 |
| Folders | |||
| 16 | 10-12 | Business - Medcom, Inc. Reports and Finances |
1975-1982 |
| 16 | 13-15 | Business - Medcom, Inc. Publications |
1975-1977 |
| Folder | |||
| 16 | 16 | Business - St. James Club |
1986 |
| 16 | 17 | Business - Litigation, Kelman v. Lester Perky Productions |
1988-1991 |
| Folders | |||
| 17 | 1-5 | Business Files - Miscellaneous |
circa 1970s-1980s |
| Folder | |||
| 17 | 6 | Calendars |
1986-1991 |
| Folders | |||
| 17 | 7-13 | Correspondence |
1958-1986 |
| Folder | |||
| 17 | 14 | Ephemera - Emmy Awards |
1979-1981 |
| 17 | 15 | Ephemera - Miscellaneous |
1972-1983 |
| 18 | 1 | Periodicals |
circa 1970s-1980s |
| 19 | 1 | Photographs - A Christmas Carol |
1984 |
| 19 | 2 | Photographs - Possible Shoot Locations |
circa 1980s |
| 19 | 3 | Photographs - The Body Human (Includes Contact Sheets) |
circa 1977-1981 |
| 19 | 4 | Slides - The Body Human |
circa 1977-1981 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Documentary television programs--United States.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States.
- Television programs--United States.
- Television scripts--United States.
Occupations
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Television producers and directors.
Processed by Matthew Francis
2010
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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