Lynda Hirsch "Daytime Dial" Collection

NMAH.AC.0113 NMAH Staff

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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents note...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... Lynda Hirsch "Daytime Dial" Collection NMAH.AC.0113

Collection Overview

Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Title: Lynda Hirsch "Daytime Dial" Collection

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0113

Date: 1981-1982.

Creator: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life Hirsch, Lynda (columnist)

Extent: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)

Language: English .

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information Collection donated by Lynda Hirsch, 1983, August 12. Provenance Collection transferred from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life), 6/18/84. Processing Information Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated Preferred Citation Lynda Hirsch "Daytime Dial" Collection, Archives Center National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents

14 microfiche sheets in brown leather folder: copies of summaries of daytime television show story lines, published weekly by Lynda Hirsch in the columns of the "Field Newspaper Syndicate," May 30, 1981-June 6, 1982. The articles include cast lists and changes, schedules, and reasons for changes. There are also questions from the public about the shows and answers given by Hirsch. The weekly releases cover "Edge of Night," "General Hospital," "Guiding Light," "One Life to Live," "Ryan's Hope," "Search for Tomorrow," "Texas," "Young and the Restless," "Another World," "The Doctors," "Days of Our Lives," "Love Boat," etc.

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Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects: "Daytime Dial" Entertainment Journalists Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. Soap operas -- 1970-1990 Television programs

Types of Materials: Articles -- 1950-2000 Microfiche Microfilms

Names: Field Newspaper Syndicate.

Occupations: Actors

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