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Field name | Value |
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Reference | 38.486 |
Library/Archive | Schlesinger Library |
Title | The French Chef: WGBH correspondence and agreement |
Date | 1962-1970 |
Collection | Series II. CORRESPONDENCE, 1925-1992 (#45-513, 1377-1382, 1398m) |
Collection Overview | Subseries F, Television companies, 1962-1986 (#486-513), includes correspondence about the promotion and distribution of Child's television programs. Correspondents include WGBH, ABC, Child's producer Ruth Lockwood, and Child's lawyers at Hill & Barlow. Some correspondence (e.g., #507) includes an analysis of Child's fan mail. The subseries is arranged chronologically. |
Sub-collection | Subseries F. Television companies, 1962-1986 (#486-513) |
Document Type | Correspondence; Pamphlet |
Theme | Restaurant Culture and the Professional Chef; Global and Ethnic Cuisines |
Subjects | media television celebrity cooking cooking equipment cooking techniques utensils regional cuisine ingredient animal products wine stove recipes seafood commodity: eggs vegetables advertising costs advertising industry market information market research commercials brand fruit commodity: potatoes kitchen appliances oven desserts |
Cuisine | French cuisine |
Description | Includes Julia Child's initial proposal to WGBH explaining her notion of the premise; her reactions to fanmail; correspondence with companies approached for financial support for the French Chef; recipe pamphlets produced to go alongside the television show; show/recording schedules; info on equipment they were using/trying to use/being asked to use; more ways to raise money to fund the show (selling tickets for a live audience); a copy of the contract between Julia Child and WGBH. |
Countries | France; United States of America |
Places | Boston Massachusetts |
Names | Child, Julia |
Note | Used with Permission, WGBH Educational Foundation. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Material sourced from the Schlesinger Library |