Joan Konner papers, 1950s-2010s

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Series VIII: Projects and Research

This series, for the most part, contains materials related to Konner's television production work. From her time at WNBC and public television (Danger: Radioactive Waste) to her work on Bill Moyers Journal, Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth, She Says: Women in the News and the Mystery of Love. The materials include background information, proposals, drafts, transcripts, scripts, legal paperwork, publicity materials and reviews. There are also files on some of her early projects, some unproduced projects, and research files for possible projects. Related audio and video content can be found in Series X: Media.


Early Works



Box 11 Folder 20 Bill Caldwell, Bergen Record, 1964-1986


Box 11 Folder 21 Bergen Record and Caldwell Obituary, 1986


Box 11 Folder 22 Past Ideas, 1964-1966

Program proposals and outlines


Box 11 Folder 23 Other Activities, 1970-1983


Box 11 Folder 24 Municipal Broadcasting System (MBS) Task Force, 1976-1977

Mayor Abraham Beame


Box 11 Folder 25 Aspen Institute's Executive Seminar Program, 1977-1978


WNET Channel 13


Box 11 Folder 26 Early Years, 1964-1965

Artists of New Jersey, Contract for Freedom


Box 11 Folder 27 Job Contracts, 1963

Profile: New Jersey


Box 11 Folder 28 Reviews, 1964-1965

Artists of New Jersey


Box 11 Folder 29-30 Scripts, 1964

Artists of New Jersey


WNBC


Box 11 Folder 31 Correspondence, 1965-1977


Box 11 Folder 32 Correspondence and Press, 1970-1977


Box 11 Folder 33 Employment Contracts, 1965-1977


Box 11 Folder 34 Personal Mail, 1973-1977


Box 11 Folder 35 Program Memos, 1974-1977


Box 11 Folder 36 Program Suggestions, 1971

New York Illustrated (NYI)


Box 11 Folder 37 Schedules, 1968-1975


Scripts


Box 11 Folder 38 WNBC-TV New York Illustrated, 1968-1969


Box 11 Folder 39 WNBC-TV New York Illustrated, 1970



Box 12 Folder 1 "The Best Games in Town", 1970

New York Illustrated (NYI)


Box 12 Folder 2 WNBC-TV New York Illustrated, 1971


Box 12 Folder 3 WNBC Television, 1972-1975


Box 12 Folder 4 WNBC Television, 1960s-1970s


Box 12 Folder 5-6 WNBC Television, 1960s-1970s, 2 folders


Shows


Box 12 Folder 7 "Mary Jane Grows Up: Marijuana in the 70s", 1975


Box 12 Folder 8 Mary Jane - Script, 1975


Box 12 Folder 9 "New World - Hard Choices. American Foreign Policy in 1976", 1976


"The Search for Something Else"

The New Consciousness


Box 12 Folder 10 "The Search for Something Else", 1976


Box 12 Folder 11 The Search - Script, 1976


Box 12 Folder 12 Consciousness Publicity, 1976


Box 12 Folder 13-14 Consciousness Scripts, 1976, 2 folders


"Danger: Radioactive Waste"


Box 12 Folder 15 Nuclear Waste / Radioactivity Show, 1977



Box 20 Folder 2 Clippings, 1974-1977



Box 12 Folder 16-17 Correspondence, 1977, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 18-19 Correspondence, 1977-1978, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 20 Film Requests, 1976-1977


Box 12 Folder 21 Legal, 1972-1977


Box 12 Folder 22 Mail, 1977-1979


Box 12 Folder 23 Mail - Against, 1977



Box 13 Folder 1-2 Mail - Complimentary, 1977, 2 folders


Box 13 Folder 3 Production Binder, circa 1977


Box 13 Folder 4 Reviews and Press, 1975-1976


Box 13 Folder 5-6 Scripts, 1977, 2 folders


Box 13 Folder 7 Transcripts - Reels 1-19, 1977


Box 13 Folder 8 Transcripts - Reels 20-34, 1977


Box 13 Folder 9 Transcripts - Reels 35-48, 1977


Box 13 Folder 10 Transcripts - Reels 49-63, 1977


Box 13 Folder 11 Transcripts - Reels 64-71, 1977


Box 13 Folder 12 Transcripts - Reels 72-85, 1977


Box 13 Folder 13 Transcripts - Reels 86-95, 1977


Box 13 Folder 14 Transcript Requests, 1977


WNET Channel 13



Box 14 Folder 1 Contract, 1984-1985


Box 14 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1978-1981


Box 14 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1978-1980


Box 14 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1980-1985


Box 14 Folder 5 Correspondence, 1981


Box 14 Folder 6 Correspondence, 1981-1984


Box 14 Folder 7 Job Description, 1982-1984


Box 14 Folder 8 Legal, 1980

Bill Moyers


Box 14 Folder 9 Legal, 1988


Box 14 Folder 10 Notes and Memos, 1976-1988


Box 14 Folder 11 Press Clippings, 1982-1986


Box 14 Folder 12 Proposals, 1980


Box 14 Folder 13 Public Affairs, 1977-1978


Box 14 Folder 14 Search Committee, 1986-1987


Beasties / The Pliny the Elder Report


Box 14 Folder 15-18 Beasties, 1979-1987, 4 folders


Box 14 Folder 19 Beasties, 1980


Box 14 Folder 20 Beasties, 1981-1985


Box 14 Folder 21 Beasties, 1983-1985


Box 14 Folder 22 Beasties - Legal, 1978-1982


Box 14 Folder 23 The Pliny the Elder Report, 1984


Box 14 Folder 24 Hizzoner - Reviews, Proposal, 1982-1984

By Paul Shyre


Bill Moyers Journal


Box 14 Folder 25 Correspondence, 1978-2018


Box 14 Folder 26 Bill Moyers Journal and Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, 1980-1983


Box 14 Folder 27 Press Clippings, 1981-1991


Box 14 Folder 28 Bill Moyers, 1981-1988


Box 14 Folder 29 Educational Broadcasting Corp. - Legal, 1984


Box 14 Folder 30 Educational Broadcasting Corp. - Show Proposals, 1984


News Lab


Box 14 Folder 31 First Draft, 1984-1985


Box 14 Folder 32 News Lab, 1984-1986


Box 14 Folder 33 News Lab, 1984-1985



Box 15 Folder 1 Proposal, 1985


Box 15 Folder 2 Proposals and Draft Final, 1986


Box 15 Folder 3 The Idea Project, 1985


Box 15 Folder 4 "Bottom Lines", 1988

Copyright registration


Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth


Box 15 Folder 5 Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth, 1985-1995


Box 15 Folder 6 Joseph Campbell, 1987-1989


Box 15 Folder 7 Power of Myth, 1988-2006


Box 15 Folder 8 Joseph Campbell - Legal, 1994


Box 15 Folder 9 Reviews and Criticism, 1988-1990


Bill Moyers


Box 15 Folder 10 Moyers: Facing Evil, 1988


Box 15 Folder 11 Moyers: In Search of the Constitution, 1987


Box 15 Folder 12 Moyers: In Search of the Constitution - Reviews, 1987


Box 15 Folder 13 Public Affairs Center for TV, 1986-1991


Box 15 Folder 14 Public Affairs Television (PAT) - Awards, 1989


Box 15 Folder 15 PAT - Correspondence, 1986


Box 15 Folder 16 PAT - Legal, 1986-1987


She Says: Women in the News


Box 15 Folder 17 Women in the News, 1999

Includes diskette


Box 15 Folder 18 Women in the News, 2000


Box 15 Folder 19 Women in the News, 2000


Box 15 Folder 20 Women in the News, 2001-2002


Box 15 Folder 21 Advertising, 2001


Box 15 Folder 22 Bios, 2000-2013


Box 15 Folder 23 Book, 2001-2002


Box 15 Folder 24 Book - She Says: The Feminization of News, 1994-1998


Box 15 Folder 25 Budget, 1999-2001


Box 15 Folder 26 Budget Models, 1998


Box 15 Folder 27 Clips, 2001



Box 20 Folder 7 Contact Sheets, circa 2000

Photos owned by Philippe Nubile



Box 15 Folder 28 Contracts, 1999-2001

Includes diskette


Box 15 Folder 29 Correspondence, 2001-2002


Box 15 Folder 30 duPont Certificate, 2003


Box 15 Folder 31 Education Plan, 2001-2002


Box 15 Folder 32 Education Response, 2001-2002


Box 15 Folder 33 Education Teaching Guide, 2002


Box 15 Folder 34 Emmy Congrats, 2002


Box 15 Folder 35 Flowers, Betty S., 1988-1998


Box 15 Folder 36 Flowers, Betty S. - Background Material, 1991-1993


Box 15 Folder 37 Flowers, Betty S. - Research, undated


Box 15 Folder 38 Funders, 2000-2001


Box 15 Folder 39 Funders - Reports, 2002


Box 15 Folder 40 Fundraising, 1999-2002



Box 16 Folder 1 Independent Production Fund (IPF), 1988-2001


Box 16 Folder 2 Interview Transcripts, 1999-2001

Barbara Rick interviews Judy Woodruff, Geneva Overholser, Nina Totenberg, Anna Quindlen


Box 16 Folder 3-6 Interview Transcripts, 1999, 4 folders


Box 16 Folder 7 Memos, 1992-2001


Box 16 Folder 8 Notes, 1999


Box 16 Folder 9 PBS, 2000-2001


Box 16 Folder 10 Personnel and Contacts, 2001-2002


Box 16 Folder 11 Pictures, circa 2000

Color photographs, slides, etc.


Box 16 Folder 12 Press Clippings, 2001


Box 16 Folder 13 Press Kit, 2001


Box 16 Folder 14 Program, 2001


Box 16 Folder 15 Project RTF Files, 1999

Includes diskettes


Box 16 Folder 16 Proposal, 1999-2000


Box 16 Folder 17 Proposals, 1999-2000


Box 16 Folder 18 Proposal, 2000


Box 16 Folder 19 PR, 2001


Box 16 Folder 20 PR Materials, 2002


Box 16 Folder 21 Research, 1999-2001


Box 16 Folder 22 Research, 1999-2001


Box 16 Folder 23 Research - Speeches, 1993


Box 16 Folder 24 Staff, 2001


Box 16 Folder 25 Tapping, 2000-2001


Box 16 Folder 26 Transcripts, 2001


Box 16 Folder 27-28 Transcripts and Notes, 2001, 2 folders


Box 16 Folder 29 Transcripts, 2001


Television's Performance on Election Night 2000: A Report for CNN


Box 16 Folder 30 Television's Performance on Election Night 2000: A Report for CNN, 2001

By Joan Konner, James Risser, and Ben Wattenberg


Box 16 Folder 31 CNN Reports, 1984-2004


Box 16 Folder 32 Background, 2001-2002



Box 17 Folder 1 Congress, 2000-2001


Box 17 Folder 2 Files, 2000-2001


Box 17 Folder 3 Legal, 2000


Box 17 Folder 4 Master Draft, 2001


Box 17 Folder 5 Notebook, 2000


Box 17 Folder 6 Notes, 2000-2001

Includes diskettes


Box 17 Folder 7 Polling, 2000-2002


Box 17 Folder 8 Publicity, 2001


Box 17 Folder 9 Research File, 1981-2002


Box 17 Folder 10 Work-in-Progress, 2001


Mystery of Love


Box 17 Folder 11 Background Materials, 1987-1999


Box 17 Folder 12 Budget, Schedules, 1999


Box 17 Folder 13 Columbia - Correspondence, 2001-2005


Box 17 Folder 14 Columbia - Meetings, 2002


Box 17 Folder 15 Columbia - Participants / Possible, 2002-2004


Box 17 Folder 16 Columbia - Proposals, 2002-2003


Box 17 Folder 17 Community Activity Kit, 2007


Box 17 Folder 18 Contacts, 1999


Box 17 Folder 19 Diskettes, 2005


Box 17 Folder 20 Draft Script, 2001


Box 17 Folder 21 Edith Person Transcripts, circa 2001


Box 17 Folder 22 Fan Mail, 2006


Box 17 Folder 23 Feedback and Publicity, 2006-2007


Box 17 Folder 24 Final Report, 2006


Box 17 Folder 25 Fundraising, 2000


Box 17 Folder 26 Legal, 2006


Box 17 Folder 27 Legal, 2006-2014


Box 17 Folder 28 Legal - Contracts, 2000


Box 17 Folder 29 Life is a Love Song, 2002


Box 17 Folder 30 Love Project, 1998


Box 17 Folder 31 Media Transcripts, 2001


Box 17 Folder 32 Mini-Series, 1997-2003


Box 17 Folder 33 PBS R&D Agreement, 1998-1999


Box 17 Folder 34 Project Treatment, 1999-2001


Box 17 Folder 35 Proposal - Draft Part 1, circa 2000


Box 17 Folder 36 Proposal - Draft Part 2, 2000


Box 17 Folder 37 Proposal - What is Love?, 2001



Box 18 Folder 1 Proposal - What is Love?, 2001


Box 18 Folder 2 Proposal - Mystery of Love, 2004


Box 18 Folder 3 Publicity, 2006-2007


Box 18 Folder 4 Publicity, 2006


Box 18 Folder 5 Quotes, 2004-2005


Box 18 Folder 6 Resources and Excerpts, circa 2001


Box 18 Folder 7 Reviews, 2003-2009


Box 18 Folder 8 Transcripts, 2006


Research


Box 18 Folder 9 The Common Sense Group, 1995


Box 18 Folder 10 Contemplative Research, 2000


Box 18 Folder 11 Guggenheim Fellowship Application - Narrative Statement, 2000

The Ethos and the Ethic of the Columbia School of Journalism


Box 18 Folder 12 Harvard: Media and the Contemplative Mind, 1998


Box 18 Folder 13 Research / General re: Journalism, 1990s


Box 18 Folder 14 Research / Ethics in Journalism, 2002


Box 18 Folder 15 Reference - Journalism Education, 1980s

Gannett Institute for Global Communications


Box 18 Folder 16 Hutchins Committee Report: A Free and Responsible Press, 1974-1995


Box 18 Folder 17 Laws of Libel, 1957


Box 18 Folder 18 Lemann, Nicholas - Articles / Reviews, 1995-1995


Box 18 Folder 19-21 The Markle Commission Report, 1990, 3 folders

Electing a President


Box 18 Folder 22 Medsgar Report: Winds of Change in Journalism Education, 1990s


Box 18 Folder 23 People vs. OJ, LA Times, 1995


Box 18 Folder 24 Fellowship - Risser Report, 1993

James V. Risser


Box 18 Folder 25 Schumann Foundation, 1992-1998


Box 18 Folder 26 Schumann Foundation / Bill Moyers, 2000


Box 18 Folder 27 Unabomber Manifesto and Editorial, circa 1995


Box 18 Folder 28 Women in Journalism, 1986-1994