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WCSH video collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC086

Scope and Content Note

This collection is comprised of 26 three-quarter inch and 16 Betacam videotapes containing interviews and other footage that WCSH-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Portland, Maine, recorded in the course of producing its documentary Ed Muskie: The Man from Maine, broadcast March 29, 1989. It includes interviews with Ed and Jane Muskie, as well as with Senators Joe Biden and George Mitchell, President Jimmy Carter, and others. The documentary is considered by many to be the best video account of Muskie's life to date, and the outtakes include important commentary on Muskie's life and work that was never broadcast.

Dates

  • 1989

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The collection is the physical property of Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Bates College holds literary rights only for material created by College personnel working on official behalf of the College, or for material which was given to the College with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission from rights holders for publication or other purposes that exceed fair use.

Extent

42 videocassettes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A collection of videotapes containing interviews and other footage that WCSH-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Portland, Maine, recorded in the course of producing its documentary Ed Muskie: The Man from Maine, broadcast March 29, 1989. Includes interviews with Ed and Jane Muskie, Joe Biden, George Mitchell, Jimmy Carter, and others.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by format.

Acquisition and Custody Information

Gift of Pat Callaghan, 1989, 1996. Accession No.: 008-89-01; 008-93-01.

Processing Information

Processed by Kat Stefko, 2006.

Title
Guide to the WCSH video collection, 1989
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Kat Stefko
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in: English
Edition statement
©2013

Repository Details

Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository

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