University of Wyoming
Edmund C. Rice was a pioneer of radio and television, producing and writing for a variety of shows from the 1930s to the 1960s. Rice was born on October 10, 1910 in Ossining, New York. His career began in the mid-1930s at the J. Walter Thompson Co. in New York City, writing for many of the period’s popular radio programs including “The Chase and Sanborn Hour,” “The Kraft Music Hall,” and “Shell Chateau,” and in 1952 he became vice president of the company. With the advent of television, Rice became editor and head writer of “The Kraft Television Theater” for 11 years and contributed to several other shows broadcast during the early years of live television. He also wrote comedy sketches for the 1950 Broadway review, including “Tickets Please.” Rice died of cancer on March 28, 1982 at the age of 72.
Collection contains scripts for the television program "Kraft Television Theatre" which were edited by Rice, audio recordings of the “Golden Age of Radio” and interviews with Ed Rice, H. Herman, and Stan Quinn, and two books about writing for television and radio.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Edmund C. Rice at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
This material was received from Edmund C. Rice from 1973-1974 and David and Barbara Rice in 2017.
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in September 2018.
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