Nazaret Cherkezian served as Director of the Office of Telecommunications (OTC) from 1976 to 1987. William C. Grayson was Special Coordinator of the Office of Telecommunications in 1976, and later became Senior Telecommunications Specialist from 1977 to 1980 (deceased April 15, 1980). James Cornell was Manager of Publications at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1979.
This record unit consists of photographs of Cherkezian, circa 1977; Grayson, circa 1977; and Cornell, writer of the OTC film "Mirrors on the Universe: The MMT Story."Also included are photographs of the Emmy award received by OTC for the television show "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary," and images from the OTC film "Reunion: Memories of an American Experience."
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| Folder | 1 | Historic photographs from "Reunion: Memories of an American Experience," produced by Karen Loveland during the late 1970s. Loveland was then with OEC Motion Picture Unit. |
Photographs of Nazaret Cherkezian, c. 1977
| Folder | 2 | Portraits of Cherkezian. Pictures of Cherkezian and William C. Grayson, both holding an Emmy Award for the documentary "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." Contact Sheets Negatives |
Photographs of William C. Grayson, c. 1977.
| Folder | 3 | Portrait of Grayson. Picture of Grayson and Cherkezian, both holding an Emmy Award for the documentary "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." Negatives |
Photographs of James Cornell, c. 1979.
| Folder | 4 | Portraits of Cornell, writer of the film "Mirrors on the Universe: The MMT Story." Negatives |
Photographs of the Emmy Award for the documentary "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." (1977)
| Folder | 5 | Negatives |
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