Descriptive Entry

This accession includes records documenting the production Smithsonian World, an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events shaping world culture and blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create a harmony among disciplines. The production was narrated by historian David G. McCullough and co-produced by WETA-TV for broadcast on PBS. Materials include the 1983-1991 memoranda and correspondence of series executive producers Martin Carr, Adrian Malone, and Sandra Wentworth Bradley; meeting minutes; royalties and copyright information; contracts; personal, location, property, and art release forms; budget summaries; acquisition agreements; production scripts, schedules, logs, credits, and reports; bibliographical information; articles and reviews; interview transcripts; promotion press kits, brochures, and postcards; and notes.