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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 02-133

Smithsonian Productions

Production Records, 1976-1980, 1988-2000

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Productions
Title:Production Records
Dates:1976-1980, 1988-2000
Quantity:5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 02-133
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records document the film, video, and radio production activities of Jacquie Gales Webb, Producer. Material primarily consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes; production slides; scripts and credits; press releases; interview transcripts; contracts, rights, and release information; research articles and clippings; budget summaries; and filming schedules. Productions documented in these records include "Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was," "The Flying Machines," "Remembering Slavery," "The Jazz Singers," "Gospel Radio," "The National Zoo: The Zoo Behind the Zoo," "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington," "Duke Ellington: A Centennial Birthday Celebration," "Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song," "The First Ladies," and "Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy." Also includes Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)-Smithsonian Institution collaborative television productions "The Smithsonian Adventure," "America of the Braves: The Dark and Bright Sides of the Frontier Spirit," "Fascination of the Smithsonian," "America of Presidents," "American Inventions," and "Freer Gallery of Art."

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These records document the film, video, and radio production activities of Jacquie Gales Webb, Producer. Material primarily consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes; production slides; scripts and credits; press releases; interview transcripts; contracts, rights, and release information; research articles and clippings; budget summaries; and filming schedules.

Productions documented in these records include "Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was," "The Flying Machines," "Remembering Slavery," "The Jazz Singers," "Gospel Radio," "The National Zoo: The Zoo Behind the Zoo," "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington," "Duke Ellington: A Centennial Birthday Celebration," "Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song," "The First Ladies," and "Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy." Also includes Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)-Smithsonian Institution collaborative television productions "The Smithsonian Adventure," "America of the Braves: The Dark and Bright Sides of the Frontier Spirit," "Fascination of the Smithsonian," "America of Presidents," "American Inventions," and "Freer Gallery of Art."

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-133, Smithsonian Productions, Production Records

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Container List

Box 1

Production Slides:

The Nation's Attic, 1979-1980

Box 1 of 5

Reunions

Box 1 of 5

Doolittle Plane at National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1978

Box 1 of 5

HAM, 1980

Box 1 of 5

"Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington"

General Information, 1992-1994 [four folders]

Box 1 of 5

Newspaper Clippings, 1993

Box 1 of 5

Correspondence (Faxes), 1994-1995

Box 1 of 5

Museum Design Associates: Blueprint

Box 1 of 5

Video Production, c. 1992, 1998

Box 1 of 5

Script and Credits, 1992-1993 [two folders]

Box 1 of 5

Press Releases and Notes, 1992-1993

Box 1 of 5

Incoming Correspondence, 1992-1993

Box 1 of 5

Outgoing Correspondence, 1992-1993

Box 1 of 5

Licenses and Releases, 1993-1994

Box 1 of 5

"Duke Ellington: A Centennial Birthday Celebration" (Jazz Profiles)

General Information, 1997-2000 [four folders]

Box 1 of 5

"Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song"

General Information, 1997-1999

Box 1 of 5

"Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was"

General Information, 1994-1996 [two folders]

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Correspondence (Faxes), 1995-1996

Box 2 of 5

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1994-1996

Box 2 of 5

Transcripts, 1997

Box 2 of 5

Program Transcripts, 1996 [nine folders]

Box 2 of 5

Program Transcripts, 1996 [four folders]

Box 2 of 5

Interviews

Box 2 of 5

Scripts

Box 2 of 5

"Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy" (Jazz Profiles)

General Information, 1994 [four folders]

Box 2 of 5

Transcripts, 1999-2000 [three folders]

Box 2 of 5

"The Flying Machines"

German Aircraft

Box 2 of 5

Silver Hill, c. 1988 [three folders]

Box 2 of 5

"The First Ladies"

Script, 1989

Box 2 of 5

Shoot Log, 1989 [two folders]

Box 2 of 5

Research, 1994

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Script, 1991-1994 [two folders]

Box 3 of 5

Music, 1993-1995

Box 3 of 5

Rights, 1989

Box 3 of 5

Rights, 1995

Box 3 of 5

Budget, 1994-1995

Box 3 of 5

Schedule, 1995

Box 3 of 5

Contracts, 1995

Box 3 of 5

Video, 1995-1997

Box 3 of 5

"Remembering Slavery"

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1996

Box 3 of 5

Southern Humanities Media Fund, 1996-1997

Box 3 of 5

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1997

Box 3 of 5

Institute of Language and Culture, 1996-1998

Box 3 of 5

Scholars, 1997-1998

Box 3 of 5

New Press, 1997-1998

Box 3 of 5

Archive of Folk Song: Ex-Slave Narratives, 1996 [two folders]

Box 3 of 5

Research Information, c. 1996-1997 [two folders]

Box 3 of 5

Stewart, Tonea, 1996

Box 3 of 5

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Demo, 1996

Box 3 of 5

Judlyne Article, 1996

Box 3 of 5

Marketing and Promotion, 1997-1998

Box 3 of 5

Public Radio International, 1997

Box 3 of 5

Actors, 1996-1998

Box 3 of 5

Budget, 1996-1998 [two folders]

Box 3 of 5

Howell, Donna Wyant

Box 3 of 5

Script Comments, 1997-1998

Box 3 of 5

"The Jazz Singers"

Personal Notes, 2000

Box 3 of 5

Networks, 1999-2000

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Publications, 2000

Box 4 of 5

Archives, 1998-2000

Box 4 of 5

Demo for Public Radio International

Box 4 of 5

Research: Jazz Oral History Project Transcripts, 1978-1998 [four folders]

Box 4 of 5

"Gospel Radio"

Budget, 1997

Box 4 of 5

Contracts, 1997-1998

Box 4 of 5

Releases, 1998

Box 4 of 5

Memoranda, 1997

Box 4 of 5

Roundtable Event, 1997

Box 4 of 5

Research, 1997-1998

Box 4 of 5

WHUR, 1997-1998

Box 4 of 5

Anacostia Museum Transcript, 1997 [two folders]

Box 4 of 5

Research Information

Box 4 of 5

"The National Zoo: The Zoo Behind the Zoo"

Shoot Logs

Box 4 of 5

"Fascination of the Smithsonian" (NHK-SI television production)

Program Rough-cut, 1993-1994

Box 4 of 5

Script, 1994

Box 4 of 5

Script, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Correspondence, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Background, 1993

Box 4 of 5

"The Smithsonian Adventure" (NHK-SI television production)

Program Rough-cut, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Scripts, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Background, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Background, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Correspondence, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Program Credits

Box 4 of 5

Allied Film and Video, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Contracts and Orders

Box 4 of 5

Library of Congress

Box 4 of 5

NASM Archives, 1993

Box 4 of 5

"America of the Braves: The Dark and Bright Sides of the Frontier Spirit" (NHK-SI television production)

Program Stand-up Copy, 1994

Box 4 of 5

Scripts, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1994

Box 4 of 5

Correspondence, 1993

Box 4 of 5

"America of Presidents" (NHK-SI television production)

Program Stand-up Copy, 1994

Box 4 of 5

Scripts, 1993

Box 4 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1993-1994

Box 4 of 5

Filming Background, 1993-1994

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

"American Inventions" (NHK-SI television production)

Program Stand-up Copy, 1994

Box 5 of 5

Scripts, 1993-1994

Box 5 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1994

Box 5 of 5

Correspondence, 1993-1994

Box 5 of 5

Archival Materials, 1993

Box 5 of 5

"Freer Gallery of Art" (NHK-SI television production)

Scripts, 1993

Box 5 of 5

Filming Schedules, 1993

Box 5 of 5

Correspondence, 1993

Box 5 of 5

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)/SI Television Project, 1993-1994

Box 5 of 5

Newspaper Clipping, c. 1995

Box 5 of 5

Production Houses, c. 1991-1998

Box 5 of 5

Correspondence, 1999-2000 [two folders]

Box 5 of 5

Smithsonian Productions Staff

Box 5 of 5

Presentations, 1999

"Anything for Wisement," 1992

Box 5 of 5

"Amid the Seven Stars," 1998 [two folders]

Box 5 of 5

SAL/DNA Video, 1976,1995

Box 5 of 5

Latino Activities, 1997

Box 5 of 5

"Seeing Jazz" Programs, 1997

Box 5 of 5

The Seekers: A Concept for a Television Series

Box 5 of 5

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