Category Archives: television history

In A World Not Like Our Own

Posted on June 1, 2020 by ahcadmin

The Science Fiction or Si-Fi world has expanded and captured the minds of many due to its striking details, other worlds, and personable characters. Today it produces TV shows, box office features, and conventions that bring visitors from around the … Continue reading →

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When Lions Fly

Posted on April 13, 2020 by ahcadmin

It’s a familiar sight – a roaring lion’s head in a golden frame. We see this iconic image at the beginning of our favorite films, TV shows, and cartoons, but the history behind this logo is little known. MGM’s Leo … Continue reading →

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Bruce Lee Steals the Show in “The Green Hornet”

Posted on March 16, 2020 by ahcadmin

The road to Bruce Lee’s screen stardom began in Oakland, California, where his Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute began attracting the attention of the martial arts world. His appearance in the first-ever Long Beach International Karate Championships in 1964 wowed … Continue reading →

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Putting Buddy Ebsen on the Camera Stand

Posted on February 17, 2020 by ahcadmin

The AHC is primarily a research institution, meaning that a major focus of our collecting process is making collection material accessible to our patrons by processing and digitizing it. Digitization of archival material is important to making our collections searchable … Continue reading →

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From Fandom to Fanfiction to Nonfiction: Researching the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary

Posted on October 7, 2019 by ahcadmin

In 2008, when I rediscovered Alias Smith and Jones (ASJ), a 1970s TV show I watched as a kid, I had no idea that several years later I’d be writing a book about the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary.  Revisiting ASJ on … Continue reading →

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Archives Rewind Vol. 6

Posted on August 5, 2019 by ahcadmin

It’s hard to believe it’s August already. Time flies while we’re busy archiving. It’s that time again — more highlights from rewinding our “Archives on the Air” series. Let’s rewind Volume 6… Episode 70 – The Flying Nun – The … Continue reading →

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New Finding Aids: June 2019

Posted on June 3, 2019 by ahcadmin

We’re back for round three of Finding Aids updates — if you couldn’t tell, we’ve been busy processing collections! As a reminder, Finding Aids act as a table of contents for our collections. These aids help you find information about … Continue reading →

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Lost Episode of Golden Age of Television Dramatic Series “Star Tonight” Found and Identified

Posted on January 12, 2019 by ahcadmin

From 1955-56 on ABC, a live TV series titled Star Tonight offered the chance for young up-and-coming New York actors to star in a show opposite established players. The known stars included: Buster Crabbe, Neva Patterson, Theodore Bikel, and June … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 200th anniversary of Frankenstein

Posted on October 22, 2018 by ahcadmin

2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In the novel, Shelley (1797-1851) tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who builds a sapient creature in his laboratory through an ambiguous … Continue reading →

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Hoppy’s Saddle is not Hoppy’s Saddle – The Mystery Solved

Posted on June 3, 2018 by ahcadmin

In 1982, Grace Bradley Boyd donated to the American Heritage Center a large cache of documents, photographs and memorabilia that belonged to her late husband William L. Boyd, or “Hopalong Cassidy” as he was better known.  “Hoppy” was well-known to … Continue reading →

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