Summary Information

Title: Burton Benjamin Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1957-1988

Creator:

• Benjamin, Burton, 1917-1988

Call Number: U.S. Mss 74AF; MCHC 84-047; M85-485; M86-125; M91-041

Quantity: 8.6 cubic feet (23 archives boxes) and 122 videorecordings; plus additions of 5.0 cubic feet (4 record center cartons and 3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Burton Benjamin (1917-1988), a CBS vice-president and producer of news and documentaries, relating to his work on the award-winning CBS documentary series The Twentieth Century (1957-1966), and other news projects. Production files contain research materials; scripts; transcripts and notes from interviews with Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Robert Dole, Patty Hearst, Eric Sevareid, and others; a transcript of CBS coverage of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy; files on the 1980 presidential election, and other materials. General files contain publicity, distribution figures, press releases, memoranda between Benjamin and production staff, and seven and nine-year reports. Also included are several undated scripts for Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC) and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (CBS). Videorecordings include CBS news programing, specials such as World War II with Walter Cronkite.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0074af

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