Gary Rutkowski’s Early Television Broadcasts Collection, 1946-2012
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Actor profiles, 1946-1960
- Audio CD - Herbert Hoover Speech: “Our National Policies in This Crisis” 12/20/50 (CD), undated
- Letter from Dave Garroway, undated
- Postcard from Garry Moore, undated
- Sketch - Playhouse 90: “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (pencil drawing), undated
- Tickets from various 1953-60 quiz TV series, 1953-1960
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rutkowski, Gary
- Title
- Gary Rutkowski’s Early Television Broadcasts Collection
- Dates
- 1946-2012 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 20.70 cubic ft. (33 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 12569
- Summary
- Scripts, photographs, and broadcasts of early American television programs.
- 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 Note
Gary Rutkowski was a collector of memorabilia about earlier decades of American television.
Content Description
The Gary Rutkowski collection contains broadcasts, scripts, photographs, and other material on early television programs.
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Gary Rutkowski at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Gary Rutkowski from 2013-2016.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in April 2016 and updated in May 2017.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Container List
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Description: Actor profilesDates: 1946-1960Container: Box 1
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Description: Audio CD - Herbert Hoover Speech: “Our National Policies in This Crisis” 12/20/50 (CD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Letter from Dave GarrowayDates: undatedContainer: Box 26
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Motion Picture Television Broadcasts:
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Digital collections of classic television broadcasts:
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Description: DVDs of classic TV shows from 1946-1961Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1 and 6
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Description: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," Season 1 (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 26
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Description: "Best of Betty White," 2 CD box set (DVD)Dates: 2012Container: Box 31
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Description: "The Beulah Show, V1" two episodes starring Louise Beavers and two starring Hattie McDaniel (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: “Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Vol. 1” (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 15
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Description: "Crusade in Europe" documentary series based on Dwight D. Eisenhower bestseller (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22
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Description: Omnibus: “King Lear” starring Orson Welles (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 12
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Description: “You Bet Your Life: The Best Episodes" starring Groucho Marx (DVD)Dates: 2004Container: Box 18
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Description: "The Young Stranger" feature film starring James MacArthur, remake of Climax! episode (DVD)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: "City at Night" air date November 13, 1956 (Digital copy)Dates: undatedContainer: Digital, Folder ahcdm_12569_001
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16mm Film:
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Description: Short films, TV shows, and exclusives including the 1960 winter OlympicsDates: 1946-1960Container: Box 2-5
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Description: TV broadcastsDates: 1949-1961Container: Box 7-9
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Description: TV shows - “Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion,” “The Magic Clown,” “The New York Times Youth Forum,” “Air Power,” “Broken Arrow,” “Crusader Rabbit,” “The Danny Thomas Show,” “Omnibus,” “Studio One,” and “The Today Show”Dates: 1950-1960Container: Box 13-14
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Description: TV shows - “Dr. Hudson’s Secret Journal,” “Viz Quiz,” “The Garry Moore Show,” “The Joe E. Brown Show,” “Love That Bob,” “The Mickey Mouse Club,” “You Are There,” as well as a USO promoDates: 1950-1979Container: Box 10-11
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Description: TV shows - “The Adventures of Kit Carson,” “Checkers Speech,” “Bachelor Father,” “John Kieran’s Kaleidoscope,” “Leave It To Beaver,” “Schlitz Playhouse,” “Twenty One,” and “What Can You Do?”Dates: 1949-2004Container: Box 16-17
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Description: "The $64,000 Challenge" CBS TV showDates: 1956-1958Container: Box 30
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Description: “Cannball Rag”Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 27
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Description: “Ranch House”Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 28
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Description: Bob Hope Chevy Show (kinescope; Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood)Dates: April 7, 1957Container: Box 24
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Description: Eisenhower Address from 9/19/56 and additional reel of Truman bustDates: September 19, 1956Container: Box 18
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Description: Eisenhower Inaugural Ball news storyDates: 1953Container: Box 18
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Description: Eisenhower State of the Union AddressDates: January 9, 1958Container: Box 18
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Description: Ford Theatre: “12 to Eternity”Dates: October 27, 1955Container: Box 23
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Description: Ford Theatre: “Appointment with Destiny”Dates: May 5, 1955Container: Box 19
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Description: Ford Theatre: “Charlie C Company”Dates: December 9, 1954Container: Box 23
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Description: Ford Theatre: “Pretend You’re You”Dates: February 10, 1955Container: Box 24
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Description: Ford Theatre: “The Also Serve”Dates: January 1, 1953Container: Box 19
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Description: Ford Theatre: “The Road Ahead”Dates: November 11, 1954Container: Box 19
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Description: Give Me a Little KissDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 27
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Description: I Love Lucy: Homecoming (60’s repeat with ads preserved as a kinescope)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: I Love Lucy: Job Switching (Vintage daytime network print repeat)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: I Love Lucy: Lucy Does a TV Commercial “Vitameatavegamin”Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: I Love Lucy: The Quiz Show (From Sunday Lucy Show: 1st series repeats ever)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Man Behind the BadgeDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Piels Beer commercial with Bob and Ray as “Bert and Harry”Dates: 1950-1959Container: Box 23
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Description: Playhouse 90: “Child of Our Time” 3 reelsDates: February 5, 1959Container: Box 20
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Description: Playhouse 90: “Judgment at Nuremburg” 2 reels: parts 2 and 3Dates: April 16, 1959Container: Box 20
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Description: Princeton vs. Harvard Football Game, November 1949 off-screen footageDates: November 1949Container: Box 23
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Description: The Adventures of Jim Bowie: “Close Shave”Dates: January 10, 1958Container: Box 23
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Description: The Guy Lombardo Show: Outtakes 1-3 (35mm)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 29
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Description: The Mickey Rooney Show: Big BusinessDates: 1955Container: Box 19
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Description: The Red Skelton ShowDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: The Texan: “The Mountain Man” lost episodeDates: May 23, 1960Container: Box 23
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Description: The Toast of the Town: 1948 episode, 2 reelsDates: 1948Container: Box 21
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Description: The Toast of the Town: 1952 segmentDates: 1952Container: Box 21
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Description: The Toast of the Town: Star of Bethlehem (segment; short film)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 21
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Description: The Unexpected: “Born Again”Dates: April 9, 1952Container: Box 24
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Description: The Unexpected: “The Slide Rule Blonde”Dates: April 2, 1952Container: Box 23
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Description: The Unexpected: “The Woman Who Left Herself”Dates: September 24, 1952Container: Box 23
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Description: Time for Tim McCoy: episode 1-3Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Photographs:
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Description: Albert McCleeryDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: David Wayne, Kathleen O’MalleyDates: undatedContainer: Box 22
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Description: Behind-the-scenes personnel Dinah Shore’s hairdresserDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Behind-the-scenes personnel Jimmy Savo – Choreographer, Through/Crystal BallDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Behind-the-scenes personnel Johnny Olson – announcer, Play your HunchDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Behind-the-scenes personnel June Taylor – Choreographer (negative)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: Bob Hope (Star Spangled Revue)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Desi Arnaz holding a scriptDates: 1953Container: Box 25
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Description: Helen Hayes watching step-son on TV’s Climax!Dates: 1954Container: Box 25
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Description: Herbert Hoover making a speechDates: 1950Container: Box 25
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Description: High school kids watching Eisenhower inauguralDates: 1953Container: Box 22
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Description: Kraft Television Theater: George Roy Hill, James GregoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 22
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Description: Leads of Mary Kay and JohnnyDates: 1949Container: Box 22
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Description: Lux Video Theatre: “A Child Is Born”Dates: 1952Container: Box 25
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Description: Margaret Truman (The Jimmy Durante Show)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Mary Tyler Moore (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Men watching TV in barDates: 1950-1969Container: Box 22
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Description: Miscellaneous photographsDates: 1946-1961Container: Box 1 and 6
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Description: Nanette Fabray (Lincoln-Mercury Startime)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Photographs of 1950s TV show hostsDates: 1950-1959Container: Box 15
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Description: Photographs of notable television and political figures including John F. KennedyDates: 1949-2004Container: Box 18
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Description: Photographs of TV personalities and political figuresDates: 1950-1959Container: Box 12
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Description: Playhouse 90: Second Happiest Day, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Verdict of Three (3 photos)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 22
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Description: Rose Bowl on TV ticket salesDates: 1947Container: Box 22
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Description: Signing of Voice of Firestone contractDates: 1943Container: Box 22
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Description: The Jackie Gleason Show (4 photos)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: The Twilight Zone: William ShatnerDates: undatedContainer: Box 22
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Description: TV producer Jack Berry (2 photos)Dates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: TV producer Mildred Freed AlbergDates: 1954-1967Container: Box 26
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Description: WACs on TVDates: 1944Container: Box 22
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Description: Postcard from Garry MooreDates: undatedContainer: Box 26
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Scripts:
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Description: “A Time To Live”Dates: 1954Container: Box 12, 15, 18, 22, 25-26
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Description: DuPont Cavalcade Theater: “Return of the Bombadier”Dates: 1956Container: Box 26
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Description: Lux Video Theater: "Edge of Doubt”Dates: 1957Container: Box 12
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Description: Miscellaneous scriptsDates: 1946-1961Container: Box 1 and 6
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Description: Playhouse 90: “The Second Happiest Day”Dates: 1959Container: Box 22
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Description: “Your Show Time”Dates: 1949Container: Box 15
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Description: Sketch - Playhouse 90: “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (pencil drawing)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 25
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Description: Tickets from various 1953-60 quiz TV seriesDates: 1953-1960Container: Box 15
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Television
- Television programs -- United States
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