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Size | 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6800 items) |
Abstract | Ameel Joseph Fisher was born around 1909 and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1931. In the 1930s and 1940s, he lived and worked in New York City, writing and adapting stories for radio dramatization. During the 1950s and 1960s, he moved on to television, serving as a reporter and a news director of United Press Movietonenews. By 1951, United Press Movietonenews was the world's largest news film gathering and distributing organization, providing basic film coverage to networks and stations. Correspondence, notes, scripts, films, and other items relating to Ameel Joseph Fisher's career in radio and in television news broadcasting. In the 1930s and 1950s, Fisher was involved in writing and adapting stories for radio dramas. In the 1950s and 1960s, Fisher was chief correspondent for United Press Movetonenews. Included are materials documenting his coverage of the space program, civil rights events, and the August 1963 march on Washington, D.C. |
Creator | Fisher, Ameel Joseph, circa 1909-1985. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Ameel Joseph Fisher was born around 1909 and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1931. In the 1930s and 1940s, he lived and worked in New York City, writing and adapting stories for radio dramatization. During the 1950s and 1960s, he moved on to television, serving as a reporter and a news director of United Press Movietonenews. By 1951, United Press Movietonenews was the world's largest news film gathering and distributing organization, providing basic film coverage to networks and stations.
Back to TopWritings, correspondence, printed materials, and other items.
Writings, correspondence, printed materials, and other items, including two hardhats belonging to film producers.
Writings, correspondence, printed materials, and other items, especially photographs from United Press International.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Mostly professional correspondence relating to television news and film. Included are requests for permission to use film clips and discussions of plans to film stories. There are also a few items of correspondence between Fisher and his wife Ann when he was out of town on assignment. One letter from Oral Roberts, 16 April 1958, and Fisher's reply, 22 April 1958, are also included.
Correspondence may also be found in Series 2. Project Files. Correspondence relating to Fisher's efforts, 1933-1942, to find work and/or place scripts with companies involved in radio programming can be found in Series 3.2.
Folder 1 |
June-December 1952 |
Folder 2 |
1953 |
Folder 3 |
1954 |
Folder 4 |
February-March 1955 |
Folder 5 |
April 1955 |
Folder 6 |
May-July 1955 |
Folder 7 |
August-November 1955 |
Folder 8 |
January-June 1956 |
Folder 9 |
July-December 1956 |
Folder 10 |
January-June 1957 |
Folder 11 |
August-December 1957 |
Folder 12 |
January-March 1958 |
Folder 13 |
April-May 1958 |
Folder 14 |
June-November 1958 |
Folder 15 |
January-April 1959 |
Folder 16 |
May-December 1959, 1960-61, and undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Notes about projects with which Fisher was involved. Included are lists of expenses, numbers of hours worked, meetings attended, and schedules. Also included are items of correspondence, memos, newswire reports, scripts, and cameraman's dope sheets. Coverage is especially strong for the space program and civil rights events, including the August 1963 March on Washington.
Folder 27 contains a press pass for Fisher, the only photograph of him in this collection.
Note that original file folders names have, for the most part, been retained.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly mimeographed versions of typed scripts for news stories.
Folder 49 |
Guidelines |
Folder 50 |
December 1953-1955 |
Folder 51 |
January-November 1956 |
Folder 52 |
1957 |
Folder 53 |
Cavalcade of 1957 |
Folder 54 |
January-May 1958 |
Folder 55 |
June-December 1958 |
Folder 56 |
News Cavalcade of 1958 |
Folder 57 |
Sports Review of 1958 |
Folder 58 |
January-March 1959 |
Folder 59 |
April-August 1959 |
Folder 60 |
September-December 1959 |
Folder 61 |
January-April 1960 |
Folder 62 |
May-December 1960 |
Folder 63 |
January-May 1961 |
Folder 64 |
June-December 1961 |
Folder 65 |
January-April 1962 |
Folder 66 |
May-December 1962 |
Folder 67 |
"News Yearender 1962" and "Kennedy--The First Year" |
Folder 68 |
January-August 1963 |
Folder 69 |
September-December 1963, and undated |
Folder 70 |
"Stethoscope" (undated) |
Arrangement: By type, then alphabetical.
Correspondence and mimeographed versions of typed scripts of radio dramas. Most of the dramas were written by Fisher, but there are also a few that were written by others and adapted for radio by Fisher. Correspondence, 1933-1942, chiefly relates to Fisher's attempts to secure work with or place scripts with companies involved in producing radio dramas (folders 71-75). Included are both incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters. Correspondence relating to specific radio scripts is filed with the script.
Folder 71 |
Correspondence 1933-1938 |
Folder 72 |
Correspondence 1939 |
Folder 73 |
Correspondence 1940 |
Folder 74 |
Correspondence 1941 |
Folder 75 |
Correspondence 1942 |
Folder 76 |
Correspondence "Big Happy Family," 1940 |
Folder 77 |
Correspondence "Broadway Cinderella," 1942 |
Folder 78 |
Correspondence "The Canine Witness," 1941 |
Folder 79 |
Correspondence "Counterspy," 1942 |
Folder 80-86
Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86 |
Correspondence "The Eyes of the Eagle," 1939 (series) |
Folder 87 |
Correspondence "Famous Jury Trials," 1942 |
Folder 88-89
Folder 88Folder 89 |
Correspondence "Gang Busters," 1940 and undated (two scripts for the series) |
Folder 90 |
Correspondence "Gangster's Girl," undated |
Folder 91-95
Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95 |
Correspondence "Great Men in History," 1937 (series) |
Folder 96 |
Correspondence "Lincoln Highway," 1941 |
Folder 97 |
Correspondence "Magic and Fun," 1941 |
Folder 98 |
Correspondence "The Magic Wire," 1940 |
Folder 99 |
Correspondence "My Father Was a Beggar," 1941 |
Folder 100 |
Correspondence "Naval Heroes," undated |
Folder 101 |
Correspondence "One of the Finest," undated |
Folder 102-161
Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161 |
Correspondence "Police Honor Men," 1937-1939 (series) |
Folder 162 |
Correspondence "Problem Child," 1940 |
Folder 163 |
Correspondence "Quote Twisters," 1938 |
Folder 164 |
Correspondence Reader's Digest Program, 1942 |
Folder 165 |
Correspondence "The Shadow," 1939 (one script for the series) |
Folder 166 |
Correspondence "Spy Stories," 1937 |
Folder 167 |
Correspondence "Thumbs Up Parade," 1941 |
Folder 168 |
Correspondence "Up From the Grave," 1940 |
Folder 169 |
Correspondence "USO Girl," circa 1941 |
Arrangement: chronological, followed by undated.
Film of various news events covered by Fisher. Scripts for many of these films may be found in Series 3 under the corresponding date.
Box 4 |
Addition of October 1990 |
Box 5-8
Box 5Box 6Box 7Box 8 |
Addition of May 1991 |
Box 9 |
Addition of July 1992 |
Box 10-11
Box 10Box 11 |
Addition of July 1995 |