Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mr. Wizard Papers
Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
NMAH.AC.1326
Archival Resource Key
26 Cubic feet
57 boxes, 1 oversize folder
1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
Collection text is in English. Some materials in Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2015. Finding aid authored by Alison Oswald with supplemental biographical and historical information contributed by Craig Orr, archivist.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Reference copies for audio and moving images materials do not exist. Use of these materials requires special arrangement. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.
Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Related Materials
Materials at Other Organizations
UCLA Film and Television Archives
The collection consists of 770 moving image items in several formats: 16mm kinescopes; 1" videotapes; 2" videotapes; ¾" videotapes; and DVDs. The collection documents Don Herbert's career as Mr. Wizard, from the early 1950's to the mid 1990's and includes such programs as Watch Mr. Wizard, Mr. Wizard's World, and How About...
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into eight series.
Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1906-2007
Series 2: Awards, 1948-2000
Series 3: Speeches, 1966-1994
Series 4: Publications/Writings, 1966-2004
Series 5: Newspaper Articles, 1944-2007
Series 6: Educational Programs/Projects, 1951-2008
Subseries 6.1: It's a Curious Thing, 1951, 1954
Subseries 6.2: Watch Mr. Wizard, 1954-1989
Subseries 6.3: General Electric Theater, 1956-1958
Subseries 6.4: Instructor Magazine, 1964-1965
Subseries 6.5: Experiment, 1963-2003
Subseries 6.6: Silence of Science, 1966
Subseries 6.7: CBS National Science Test, 1967
Subseries 6.8: General Electric, 1974-1976
Subseries 6.9: Mr. Wizard Collection...Fun Things, circa 1975
Subseries 6.10: Mr. Wizard Close-up, 1968, 1975
Subseries 6.11: Challenge with Mr. Wizard, 1976
Subseries 6.12: Science Twenty with Mr. Wizard, 1969-1974
Subseries 6.13: How About..., 1977-1989
Subseries 6.14: Mr. Wizard's Whadda Ya Know Show, circa 1981
Subseries 6.15: Correspondent Science News, circa 1987
Subseries 6.16: Just a Minute from Wizard, 1988
Subseries 6.17: Teacher to Teacher, 1993-2004
Subseries 6.18: Mr. Wizard's World, 1971-2004
Subseries 6.19: Mr. Wizard's Studio, 1990-1992
Subseries 6.20: Mr. Wizard Institute, undated
Subseries 6.21: Fan Mail, 1952-2007
Series 7: Photographs, 1951-2001
Series 8: Audio Visual Materials, 1951-2004
Subseries 8.1: Supplemental Documentation, 1972-2004
Subseries 8.2: Moving Image, 1951-2004
Subseries 8.3: Audio, 1966, 1977
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of science educator Don Herbert, who created and hosted child-oriented television programs on science subjects in which he assumed the persona of Mr. Wizard. In addition to a documentation about his early personal life, the collection also documents his Watch Mr. Wizard television show as well as his other television, radio, and educational activities.
The collection includes correspondence, contracts, writings, publications, newspaper clippings, speeches; awards, photographs; episode files relating to Watch Mr. Wizard and other educational programming, moving image, and audio recordings.
Preferred Citation
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Mr. Wizard Studios, through Thomas E. Nikosey, President, and Kristen K. Nikosey, Vice President, in 2014.
Separated Materials
Materials at the National Museum of American History
Related materials were donated to the Division of Medicine and Science. See accession 2014.0141.
2014.0141.01, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Ecology, Series One: Microbes (science kit)
2014.0141.02, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Crystal Growing (science kit)
2014.0141.03, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Chemistry (science kit)
2014.0141.04, Fun with the Mr. Wizard Science Set (science kit)
2014.0141.05, Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets (science kit)
2014.0141.06, Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists (book)
2014.0141.07, Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science (book)
Biographical / Historical
Donald Herbert Kemske (1917-2007) was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951–1965), Mr. Wizard (1971–1972), Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), and other educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. So important was Mr. Wizard to scientific education on television that author Marcel LaFollette featured his photo on the cover of her book, Science on American Television: A History, University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Don Herbert was born Donald Herbert Kemske in Waconia, Minnesota on July 10, 1917. He was one of three children (sisters Betty and Dorothy) born to Herbert Kemske and Lydia Kemske (nee Poeppel). He officially changed his name in 1940 to Donald Jeffry Herbert. Herbert graduated from LaCrosse State Normal College in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1942, Herbert volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps and in 1943 began training as an aviation cadet and then pilot. During World War II, Herbert served in the 461 Bomb Group and 767 Bomb Squadron in Europe. He was discharged from the military service on July 29, 1945 as a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. After the war, Herbert worked at a radio station in Chicago and acted in children's programs, including It's Your Life (1949). During this time Herbert developed the idea of Mr. Wizard. In 1939, Herbert married Maraleita Dutton (1923-1995) and the couple adopted three children: Jeffrey (1954); Jay (1955); and Jill (1960). He later divorced Maraleita Dutton and married Norma Nix Kasell (1918-2010) in 1972.
Premiering on March 3, 1951 on WNBQ, a 14-station network in Chicago, Herbert's Watch Mr. Wizard differed considerably from earlier attempts at scientific education on television. Those shows were either very technical, like the Johns Hopkins Science Review, or used magic tricks and comedy to hold viewers' attention, like ABC's Science Circus and CBS' Mr. I. Magination. From the beginning, Herbert planned a serious, informative show for children, rather than their parents. Even though he had only minimal scientific training in college—he had been an English major at La Crosse State Normal College in Wisconsin—in his persona as Mr. Wizard, Herbert conveyed a sense of authority and expertise.
The show, broadcast live, was carefully scripted, meticulously researched, and smooth-flowing. Each week, Mr. Wizard—described by LaFollette as a "nonthreatening, easygoing, intelligent man with a smiling face" in shirtsleeves and tie (and the occasional lab coat)—carefully guided his youthful assistants through simple experiments. Using ordinary household items such as eggs, balloons, milk bottles, coffee cans, and knitting needles, Herbert explained larger scientific principles like gravity, magnetism, and oxidation. Although seemingly complex, the experiments actually were simple enough to be re-created by his young viewers in the classroom or at home.
Herbert's winning combination of personality, grasp of science, and use of ordinary objects made Mr. Wizard a hit with viewers and made a lasting impression on science education in America. As LaFollette writes, the program "enjoyed consistent praise, awards, and high ratings throughout its history. At its peak, Watch Mr. Wizard drew audiences in the millions, but its impact was far wider. By 1956, it had prompted the establishment of more than five thousand Mr. Wizard science clubs, with an estimated membership greater than one hundred thousand." After over 500 shows over fourteen and a half years, NBC abruptly canceled Watch Mr. Wizard in 1965. The last program under contract with NBC aired on June 27, 1965.
From 1954 to 1962, Herbert, appearing as Mr. Wizard, delivered "Progress Reports" during commercial breaks of the General Electric Theater. As with most commercially-sponsored shows, the progress being reported on was almost exclusively made by General Electric. Following the cancellation of Watch Mr. Wizard, he continued to use his Mr. Wizard persona in science education. In 1965-1966, he produced an eight-film-series, Experiment: The Story of a Scientific Search, which was broadcast on public television, and a series of twenty-minute films, Science Twenty, designed to complement the current science curriculum in the classroom (circa 1970).
Herbert's television show was briefly revived in 1971-1972 as Mr. Wizard, in response to protests over the cartoons and commercials that flooded children's Saturday morning prime viewing time, but it did not receive enough network support. Herbert appeared in commercials for several companies during the 1970s and briefly lobbied Congress on behalf of General Electric in 1975. In the early 1970s, Herbert also produced Mr. Wizard Close-Ups, thirty second spots that aired on NBC in the Saturday morning slot. In the late 1970s, he began collaborating with the National Science Foundation to create a series of short news briefs for television called How About…
How About was an adult-oriented series of 80-second reports highlighting advances in science and technology. The reports were designed for insertion into existing commercial television programs.
In the early 1980s, Herbert returned to television in Mr. Wizard's World, a faster-paced version of the original show that ran on the Nickelodeon network from 1983-1990. After its cancellation, reruns ran until at least 2000. During this time Herbert made numerous appearances on television news and talk shows, particularly the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, where he was a popular guest. In the 1990s, Herbert produced Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, a video series that debuted on September 27, 1994 on the Nickelodeon cable channel. The innovative educational series provided a candid, close-up and in-depth visit to classrooms of outstanding teachers using hands-on, inquiry-based techniques.
Herbert also published several books, including Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets (1952); Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists (1959); Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science (1968); and Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science (1980). Additionally, he designed science kits involving chemistry, crystal growing, ecology, and electronics, which were marketed by Owens-Illinois in the 1960s.
Herbert's hands-on techniques in demonstrating scientific concepts to children were the inspiration for numerous educators who followed his lead. As popular TV science educator Bill Nye wrote in a special to the Los Angeles Times, his "techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world."
Don Herbert died in 2007, shortly before his 90th birthday. Soon after, the U.S. House of Representatives marked his passing: "Resolved, that the House of Representatives (1) expresses its appreciation for the profound public service and educational contributions of Don Jeffry Herbert, (2) recognizes the profound public impact of higher educational institutions that train teachers, (3) encourages students to honor the heritage of Don Herbert by exploring our world through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; and, (4) extends its condolences to the family of Don Herbert and thanks them for their strong familial support of him."
Sources
LaFollette, Marcel. Science on American Television: A History, University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Nye, Bill. "Teaching Science with a Big `Poof!' Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2007.
Television programs
Storyboards
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
Television personalities
Research
Books -- 20th century
Scripts (documents)
Speeches
Television -- educational shows
Science -- Study and teaching
Contracts
Videocassettes
DVDs
Slides (photographs) -- 20th century
Notes
Awards
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century
Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Mr. Wizard
Biographical Materials
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1906 - 2007
Scope and Contents
The biographical materials consist of photographs, correspondence, marriage certificates, birth certificates, agreements and contracts for theater work, letters of reference from the State Teachers College (La Crosse, Wisconsin), report cards, newspaper clippings, poems, yearbook pages, and programs for plays. Much of the biographical information was assembled by Herbert and arranged in chronological order. The Army Air Corps documentation comprises the bulk of the biographical materials.
The Army Air Corps materials contain photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, telegrams, money, opera programs, notes, certificates, invitations, physical examination records, and other ephemera relating to Herbert's service in the United States Army Air Corps, 461 Bomb Group and 767 Bomb Squadron in Europe. The majority of the materials date from 1940 to 1947, although there are some reminiscences from a 1952 visit to Italy by Don and Maraleita Herbert as well as a 1991 letter from a family member seeking information about a fellow Army Air Corps officer, and a 2011 reminiscence of Barton Dean, a fellow Army Air Corps officer. Herbert enlisted in 1942 and began service in February of 1943. He rose to a rank of captain and was discharged in 1947. The photographs document crew members and other military personnel Herbert served with both on base and while traveling in Tel Aviv, Cairo, and Rome. A Naples street artist rendering (1944) of Herbert in colored pencil is included here.
Also included are materials documenting Maraleita Dutton Herbert, the first wife of Don Herbert. These include photographs, commissary passes, and articles about her work as a journalist/reporter in Santa Monica, California.
The general correspondence, 1951-2007, consists of congratulatory letters about the Watch Mr. Wizard program and speaking invitations.
Biographical sketches and background materials
Archival Resource Key
1
1
Obituaries
Archival Resource Key
2007 - 2007
1
2
Early Years
Archival Resource Key
1982 - 1982
1916 - 1940
2
3
College Dramatics
Archival Resource Key
1936 - 1939
2
4
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Coach House Theater)
Archival Resource Key
1940
2
5
Minnesota Stock Company
Archival Resource Key
1940
2
6
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Beacon Theater)
Archival Resource Key
1941
2
8
Army Air Corps
Archival Resource Key
1940 - 1947
41
1
2
9-10
Second Thoughts of a First Affair (musical score, lyrics by Don Herbert)
Archival Resource Key
1941
2
7
Chicago, Illinois
Archival Resource Key
1945 - 1951
2
12
Bronxville, New York (includes Herbert holiday letter)
Archival Resource Key
1957
1969 - 1969
2
13
41
1A
England
Archival Resource Key
1960
1973 - 1973
2
14
S.S. Norway (Halley's Comet Cruise)
Archival Resource Key
1986 March
2
6
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 2007
2
7
Awards
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1948 - 2000
Scope and Contents
This series consists of awards and other recognition given to Don Herbert for his contributions to science education. The awards are arranged chronologically.
It's Your Life (Chicago Industrial Health Association Award)
Archival Resource Key
1948
2
11
Annual Awards Competition of the Chicago Federated Advertising Club, Cereal Institute, Inc. and Herbert S. Laufman & Co.
Archival Resource Key
1950 - 1951
41
2
TV Forecast Award
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 1951
41
2
School Broadcast Award
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 1951
41
2
The Sixteenth American Exhibition of Educational Radio-Television Programs, Cereal Institute,
Program Series Mr. Wizard, Ohio State University
Archival Resource Key
1952
41
2
Chicago Television Council
Archival Resource Key
1953
41
2
The Sixteenth American Exhibition of Educational Radio-Television Programs, Ohio State University, Program Series, Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1953
41
2
The Seventeenth American Exhibition of Educational Radio-Television Programs, Ohio State University, Program Series, Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1954
41
2
George Foster Peabody Television Award, Mr. Wizard (NBC) for Outstanding Program (includes photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1953
41
2
Chicago Section, American Chemical Society
Archival Resource Key
1955
41
2
The Nineteenth American Exhibition of Educational Radio-Television Programs, Ohio State University, Program Series, Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1955
41
2
The Twenty-First American Exhibition of Educational Radio-Television Programs, Ohio State University, Program Series, Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1957
41
2
Photographic Society of America
Archival Resource Key
1960
41
2
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Archival Resource Key
1960
41
2
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, National Mass Media Award
Archival Resource Key
1961
41
2
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation, National Mass Media Award
Archival Resource Key
1963
41
2
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Archival Resource Key
1978
2
1
National Science Teachers Association, Outstanding Science Books for Children
Archival Resource Key
1980
41
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science-Westinghouse Science Journalism Awards
Archival Resource Key
1981
41
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science-Westinghouse Science Journalism Awards
Archival Resource Key
1982
41
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science-Westinghouse Science Journalism Awards
Archival Resource Key
1986
41
3
Ohio State Awards, Institute for Excellence by Radio-Television
Archival Resource Key
1986 - 1987
2
2
Arkansas Traveler
Archival Resource Key
1988
41
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected Fellow
Archival Resource Key
1991
41
4
Michigan Science and Technology Quest, "Can Doer" Award
Archival Resource Key
1991
41
4
Fifteenth Annual Exploratorium Awards Dinner, Award for Public Understanding of Science
Archival Resource Key
1991
41
4
American Association of Physics Teachers, Robert A. Millikan Lecture Award
Archival Resource Key
1991
41
4
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching (National Science Foundation)
Archival Resource Key
1994
2
4
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Archival Resource Key
1994
2
4
International Film and Video Festival, Certificate for Creative Excellence
Archival Resource Key
1995
41
4
The Film Council of Greater Columbus, Teacher to Teacher Series
Archival Resource Key
1995
41
4
National Educational Media Network, Bronze Apple Award
Archival Resource Key
1995
41
4
Sacred Heart University, Doctor of Science (Fairfield, Connecticut)
Archival Resource Key
1998
41
4
2
5
Catalina Sky Survey, Asteroid EO204, 25858 Don Herbert
Archival Resource Key
2000
41
4
Manufacturing Chemists' Association
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
Manufacturing Chemists' Association (second consecutive year)
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
City of Augusta, Maine Proclamation
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
Honorary Calgarian
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
Twelveth Annual National ACE Awards
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
Speeches
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1966-1994
Scope and Contents
The speeches are arranged chronologically and contain drafts and final versions of speeches Don Herbert delivered. The title of the speech is listed, and if known, the organization sponsoring the speech and location are noted.
Audiovisual Annotation
Archival Resource Key
1966 February
2
8
[NAM?]
Archival Resource Key
1966 December
2
9
Workshop on Television Techniques (Council for Advancement of Science Writing)
Archival Resource Key
1967 May
2
10
Advancement of Science Mathematics and Teaching
Archival Resource Key
1968 October
2
11
Inquiry Approach to 16mm Sound Films (National Science Teachers Association)
Archival Resource Key
1969 March
2
12
Louisiana Science Teachers Association
Archival Resource Key
1969 November
2
13
Essential Inner Nature of Science
Archival Resource Key
1969
2
14
Tricks That Teach (AVEAC-CASL Conference, Anaheim, California)
Archival Resource Key
1970 March
2
15
New Jersey Science Teachers Association
Archival Resource Key
1970 November
2
16
CASL-AVEAC Joint Convention
Archival Resource Key
1972 March
2
17
Earth Expo
Archival Resource Key
1972 May
2
18
Energy
Archival Resource Key
1977 February
2
19
Lone Star Gas Company Speakers Training
Archival Resource Key
1977 May
2
20
Oxnard College
Archival Resource Key
1977 September
2
21
Demonstration
Archival Resource Key
1977 September
2
22
Demonstrations (Milwaukee)
Archival Resource Key
1977 - 1978
2
23
Corona School District (California)
Archival Resource Key
1977
2
24
Kiwanis
Archival Resource Key
1978 September
2
25
Energy (Detroit)
Archival Resource Key
1979 November
2
26
Mensa
Archival Resource Key
1979 November
2
27
Supermarket Science
Archival Resource Key
1983
2
28
Orlando Science Museum
Archival Resource Key
1984 March
2
29
Speech notes
Archival Resource Key
1984 April 20
2
30
Norway cruise
Archival Resource Key
1986 March 22
2
31
Creativity speech outline
Archival Resource Key
1986 March 31
2
32
Speech notes
Archival Resource Key
1986 June 20
2
33
Behind the Scenes of Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1987 January
2
34
Discovery Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Archival Resource Key
1987 January 1
2
35
Speech notes
Archival Resource Key
1987 September 16
2
36
Creativity speech outline
Archival Resource Key
1988 May 24
2
37
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching (National Science Foundation)
Archival Resource Key
1994 March 4
2
38
The Lighter Side of Science
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
39
Science is for Everyone
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
40
Tease soda straw oboe
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
41
How You Use Energy
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
42
Loose notes
Archival Resource Key
undated
2
43
Publications/Writings
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 2004
Scope and Contents
This series contains published and unpublished writings of Don Herbert. November's Eve and Out of the Crowd are two unpublished radio drama program proposals. Herbert wrote these while in Chicago, presumably in the 1950s. This series is arranged chronologically.
Beginning Science with Mr. Wizard: Flying
Archival Resource Key
1960
3
1
Beginning Science with Mr. Wizard: Heat
Archival Resource Key
1960
3
2
Beginning Science with Mr. Wizard: Light
Archival Resource Key
1960
3
3
Beginning Science with Mr. Wizard: Water
Archival Resource Key
1960
3
4
Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists
Archival Resource Key
7 Books
1964 - 1964
1959
3
5-8
Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists
Scope and Contents
One copy in Japanese and one in French. French title is 13 Experiences pour L'Apprenti-Chercheur.
Segreti della scienza
Archival Resource Key
1 Book
1966
Italian.
4
1
Kilauea, Case History of a Volcano
Archival Resource Key
1968
4
2-3
Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science
Archival Resource Key
3 Books
1968
4
4
Secret in the White Cell, Case History of a Biological Search
Archival Resource Key
1969
4
5
Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Chemistry
Archival Resource Key
2 Books
1970
4
6
Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Ecology, Series 1, Microbes
Archival Resource Key
2 Books
1971
4
7
Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Crystal Growing
Archival Resource Key
2 Books
1972
5
1
Mr. Wizard's Mystery Garden
Archival Resource Key
1973 - 1973
5
2
Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science
Archival Resource Key
1980
5
3
Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science
Science for the Fun of It, A Guide to Informal Science Education
Archival Resource Key
1988
5
4
My Life as Mr. Wizard (unedited manuscript)
Archival Resource Key
2001 - 2001
5
5
Mr. Wizard flash files
Archival Resource Key
2001 - 2001
5
6
Flash files, illustrated brief reports of fascinating examples of science and technology
Archival Resource Key
2004 - 2004
5
7
November Eve (proposed radio drama)
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
8
Out of the Crowd (proposed radio program)
Archival Resource Key
undated]
5
9
Newspaper Articles
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1944 - 2007
Scope and Contents
This series contain newspaper and magazine clippings about Don Herbert and his professional career as the persona Mr. Wizard. The series is arranged chronologically.
Newspaper clippings
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1944
5
10
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1951
5
11
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1952
5
12
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1953
6
1
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1954
6
2
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1955
6
3
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1956
6
4
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1957
6
5
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1958
6
6
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1959
6
7
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1960
6
8
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1961
6
9
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1962
6
10
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1963
6
11
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1964
6
12
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
6
13
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1969 - 1972
6
14
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1974 - 1977
6
15
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1978 - 1979
6
16
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1980 - 1984
1
7
1
Newspaper clippings (Relate to President Ronald Reagan's State of the Union Address)
Archival Resource Key
1983
7
2
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1985 - 1989
1
7
3
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1990 - 1991
1
7
4
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1992 - 1993
7
5
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1994 - 1995
7
6
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1996
7
7
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1997
7
8
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1998
7
9
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
1999
7
10
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
2004 - 2004
2001
7
11
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
2007
7
12
Newspaper clippings
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
13
Educational Programs/Projects
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 2008
It's a Curious Thing (radio program)
6.1
Archival Resource Key
1954 - 1954
1951 - 1951
8
1
Scope and Contents
Documentation for It's a Curious Thing includes a video and audio typescript (undated), newspaper clipping (undated), and a 1954 report, authored by Jules Power, of Jules Power Productions, Inc. discussing the concept, format, and content of It's a Curious Thing. Additionally, there is a 1975 letter from Don Herbert to Jules Power with the attachment for the original It's a Curious Thing proposal written by Don Herbert and Jules Power, undated.
The show's format featured four to five curious things, including one thing from a guest celebrity. The host, Don Herbert opened the program with three of the objects, providing a clever clue to the panel and home audience. If the panel was unable to answer correctly, Herbert provided an answer and demonstrated the object.
Watch Mr. Wizard
6.2
Archival Resource Key
1954-1989
bulk 1954-1965
Scope and Contents
This series forms the bulk of the collection and consists of episode files that were prepared for the television series Watch Mr. Wizard from 1951 to 1965. The files document the meticulous care and preparation that Herbert put into each episode. Each file--one per episode--contains Herbert's notes for the show; the day's script; black and white photographs taken during rehearsals to plan the experiment; diagrams on graph paper of where he and his young assistants would stand and move; and notes about the technical needs, such as lighting and equipment.
The files also contain his research notes on the science being demonstrated. Herbert prided himself on his scientific acumen and consulted with academics to ensure he got it right. According to historian Marcel LaFollette, a physicist from New York University, was employed by the show as a science advisor during the 1960s to "ensure the authenticity of the demonstrations."
Files for Watch Mr. Wizard starting in 1954-1965, include scripts and notes only. Beginning in 1958 the files include photographs. Jules Power Productions, Inc. produced the show. There are approximately sixteen episode files that do not follow the numbering system (e.g. 63-2) assigned by Herbert. The 63 represented the year 1963 and 2 represented the episode number. These files are arranged at the end of the series, and if available, the title, number and date of the episode are listed.
Additional information found in this subseries includes a file about the child actors that were featured on Watch Mr. Wizard. The documentation includes photographs, resumes, biographical sketches, correspondence, and handwritten notes. Photographs and some biographical information for Betty Sue Albert, Pamela Fitzmaurice, Philip Fox, Edmund Gaynes, Brad Hermann, Alan Howard, Douglas Lane, Rita Mclaughlin, Buzz Podewell, Irene Storm, Stanley Vincent, and Tommy White, are included.
Facts and History
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1952 - 1955
8
2
Brief History
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1965
undated
8
3
Film program #1, Electromagnetism
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1952 - 1952
8
4
Fan Clubs
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1951 - 1956
8
5
Fan Clubs
Child actors/assistants
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1959-1963
8
6
Child actors/assistants
Set designs (copies)
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14 Drawings (visual works)
20" x 32" or smaller
1959 - 1968
1
Cancellation
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1965
8
7
Episode Index
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1951 - 1955
8
8
Episode Index
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1955-1961
8
9
Episode Index
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1961 - 1965
8
10
Episode Index
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1951 - 1965
8
11
Demonstration list
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8
12
Program schedules
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1951 - 1958
8
13
Program rundowns
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1958 - 1960
8
14
Program rundowns
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1961 - 1962
9
1
Program rundowns
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1963 - 1965
9
2
Episode Index, (51-1 to 51-37)
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1951
9
3
Episode Index, (52-1 to 52-43)
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1952
9
4
Episode Index, (53-1 to 53-46)
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1953
9
5
Episode Index, (54-1 to 54-47)
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1954
9
6
54-31, Sticks and Stones
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1954
9
7
54-33, Diesel Engines
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1954
9
8
54-38, Highlights
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1954
9
9
54-39, Ticks and Tocks, All About Clocks
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1954
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10
54-41, Science on the Farm
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1954
9
11
54-42, The Seen and the Unseen
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1954
9
12
54-43, Buried Treasure, Minerals and Mining
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1954
9
13
54-44, You're Not So Hot (body heat)
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1954
9
14
54-45, Hector the Vector (combination of forces)
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1954
9
15
54-46, Something About Pumping (pumps)
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1954
9
16
54-47, Hydrogen Bubble on Ring Stand
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1954
9
17
Episode Index (55-1 to 55-21 and 55-36 to 55-52)
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1955
10
1
55-1, You'll Get a Bang Out of This (science explosion)
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1955
10
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55-2, Now You See It, Now You Don't (polarized light)
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1955
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55-3, You Have to Know the Angles (angles at work)
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1955
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55-4, Making the Fur Fly (static electricity)
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55-5, The Road Ahead
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55-6, Your Friend Friction (friction at work)
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55-7, Seeing Without Seeing (radar)
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1955
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55-8, Problems and Solutions
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1955
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55-9, Lever or Not (levers)
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1955
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55-10, Optical Illusions, Take Another Look
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55-11, Hot Stuff, Using and Controlling Fire
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55-12, Busy Liquids, Acids at Work
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55-12, Busy Liquids, Acids at Work
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1955
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55-13, Current Choice, Sources of Electricity
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1955
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55-14, Higher and Faster Problems of Space Flight
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1955
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55-14, Waves Away
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1955
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55-16, Hidden Oxygen, Oxygen Without Air
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1955
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55-17, Bouncing and Stretching (elasticity)
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1955
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55-18, Timbre, quality of musical instruments
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1955
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55-19, Change While You Wait, Change of State
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1955
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20
Episode Index (56-1 to 56-52)
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1956
11
1
56-1, Lighting and the Cats Pajamas (static electricity)
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1956
11
2
56-2, Ending Light (lenses)
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1956
11
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56-3, Skinning Water
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1956
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56-4, The Great Metal Mystery (metals)
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1956
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56-5, Do It Yourself Weather
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1956
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6
56-6, The Wizard of Menlo Park
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56-7, Water Works
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1956
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56-8, Carbon Black Treasure
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1956
11
9
56-9, Electromagnetism
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1956
11
10
56-10, Astronomy, The Planet that Wandered
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1956
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11
56-11, Acids in Action
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1956
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12
56-12, Photography, Pictures Thru a Pinhole
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1956
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56-13, Centrifugal Force, Circling Around
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1956
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14
56-14, Airplanes, Why Man Can't Fly Like a Bird
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1956
11
15
56-15, Mirrors, Fun with Mirrors
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1956
11
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56-16, Microscope, Exploring with a Microscope
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1956
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56-17, Buoyance, Why Boats Float
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56-18, Science in the Circus
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1956
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56-19, Mysteries and Solutions
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1956
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56-20, Machines that Think (computers)
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56-21, Growing Wonder (plants)
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56-22, Science in Baseball
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1956
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56-36, Elements, Mixtures, Compounds
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56-37, Levers
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56-38, Atomic Energy
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56-39, Motors
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11
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56-40, Water
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56-41, Famous Scientists and Their Discoveries
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56-42, Light (reflection and refraction)
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56-43, Rockets and Jets
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56-44, Noise and Music
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56-45, Transformers
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1956
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56-46, Air and Oxygen
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56-47, Automobiles
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56-48, Movies
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56-49, Bridges
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56-50, Weather
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1956
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56-51, Heat Expansion
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1956
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39
56-52, Explosions
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1956
11
40
Episode Index (57-1 to 57-48)
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1957
12
1
57-1, Sources of Electricity
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1957
12
2
57-2, Phonograph
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1957
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57-3, Radar
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1957
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57-4, Curved Mirrors
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1957
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57-5, Mechanical Motions
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1957
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57-6, Telephone
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1957
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57-7, Power
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1957
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8
57-8, Salts
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1957
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57-9, 1 Volt x 1 AMP= 1 What?
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57-10, How Scientists Work
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1957
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57-11, Flying Instruments
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1957
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12
57-12, Elastic Gases
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1957
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57-13, Friction
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1957
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57-14, Conductors
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1957
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15
57-15, Machines that Control Machines
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1957
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57-16, Maps
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1957
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57-17, Heat
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1957
12
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57-18, Elements
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1957
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57-19, Insects
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1957
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57-20, Change of State
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1957
12
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57-34, Magnetism
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1957
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57-35, Static Electricity
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1957
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57-36, Sound
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1957
12
24
57-37, Flying
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1957
12
25
57-38, Carbon Dioxide
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1957
12
26
57-39, Heat
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1957
12
27
57-40, Satellites
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1957
12
28
57-41, Senses
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1957
12
29
57-43, Vacuum
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1957
12
30
57-44, Geology
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1957
12
31
57-45, Musical Instruments
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1957
12
32
57-46, Light
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1957
12
33
57-47, Gravity
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1957
12
34
57-48, Oxidation
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1957
12
35
Episode Index, 58-1 to 58-31
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1958
13
1
58-1, Mathematics
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1958
13
2
58-2, Air Pressure
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1958
13
3
58-3, Acids in the Kitchen
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1958
13
4
58-4, Electricity
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1958
13
5
58-5, Weather
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1958
13
6
58-6, Surface Tension
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1958
13
7
58-7, Astronomy
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1958
13
8
58-8, Lenses
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1958
13
9
58-9, Probability
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1958
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10
58-10, Conduction
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1958
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11
58-11, Pendulums and Clocks
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1958 - 1958
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12
58-12, Infra-Red Radiation
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13
13
58-13, Photography
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1958 - 1958
13
14
58-14, Batteries
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1958 - 1958
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58-15, Convection
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1958 - 1958
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58-16, Building a Building
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58-17, Science in Police Work
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1958 - 1958
14
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58-18, Glass
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1958
14
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58-19, Flowers
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1958
14
3
58-20, Bicycles
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1958
14
4
58-21, Optical Illusion
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1958
14
5
58-22, Explosions
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1958
14
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58-23, Trip to the Moon
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1958
14
7
58-24, Transformers
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1958
14
8
58-25, Refrigeration
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1958
14
9
58-26, Codes
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1958
14
10
58-27, Echos and Reverberations
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1958
14
11
58-28, Heat into Work
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1958
14
13
58-29, Measurement
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1958
14
14
58-30, Paper
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1958
14
14
58-31, Solutions
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1958
13
15
Episode Index, 59-1 to 59-30
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1959
15
1
59-1, Electronics
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1959
15
2
59-2, Microscope
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1959
15
3
59-3, Equilibrium
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1959
15
4
59-4, Organic Chemistry
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1959
15
5
59-5, Inclined Plane
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1959
15
6
59-6, Halogens
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1959
15
7
59-7, Human Body
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1959
15
8
59-8, Sound Conduction
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1959
15
9
59-9, Momentum
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1959
15
10
59-10, Analytical Chemistry
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1959
15
11
59-11, Osmosis
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1959
15
12
59-12, Geometry
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1959
15
13
59-13, Trees and Wood
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1959
15
14
59-14, Television
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1959
15
15
59-15, Fires and Fire Fighting
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1959
15
16
59-16, Frequency Sound
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1959
15
17
59-17, Siphon
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1959
15
18
59-18, Friction
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1959
15
19
59-19, Active Metals
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1959
15
20
59-20, Microscope
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1959
15
21
59-21, Classification of Animals
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1959
16
1
59-22, Hydraulics
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1959
16
2
59-23, Sound Frequency
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1959
16
3
59-24, Crystal Structure
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1959
16
4
59-25, Crystals Around the House
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1959
16
5
59-26, Errors in Measurement
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1959
16
6
59-27, Seeds and Their Travels
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1959
16
7
59-28, Water and Life
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1959
16
8
59-29, How Movies Work
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1959
16
9
59-30, Waves
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1959
16
10
59-31, Proof of Molecules
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1959
16
11
Episode Index, 60-1 to 60-38
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1960
16
12-13
60-1, Telescopes
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1960
16
14
60-2, Bubbles
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1960
16
15
60-3, Oxidation without Air
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1960
16
16
60-4, Amplifiers
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1960
16
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60-5, Geology from Maps
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1960
16
18
60-6, Action at a Distance
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1960
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19
60-7, Skeletons
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1960
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60-8, Magnification and Microscopes
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1960
17
21
60-9, Snakes
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1960
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60-10, Human Eye
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1960
17
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60-11, Semantics
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1960
17
2
60-12, Storms
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1960
17
3
60-13, Radioactivity
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1960
17
4
60-14, Magnetic Recording
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1960
17
5
60-15, Wheel
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1960
17
6
60-16, Plastics
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1960
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7
60-17, Rivers
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1960
17
8
60-18, Electro-Magnetic Spectrum
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1960
17
9
60-19, Logic Machines
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1960
17
10
60-20, Single Cells
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1960
17
11
60-21, Electricity Into Other Forms of Energy
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1960
17
12
60-22, Fish
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1960
17
13
60-23, 13 Steps to the Atom
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1960
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14
60-24, Leaves
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1960
17
15
60-25, Solenoids
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1960
17
16
60-26, Bridges
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1960
17
17
60-27, What is Heat? What is Temperature
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1960
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60-28, Capillarity
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1960
17
19
60-29, Sound Experiments with a Tape Recorder
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1960
17
20
60-30, Chain Reactions
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1960
18
1A
60-31, Scientific Method
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1960
18
1B
60-32, Human Body Nervous System
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1960
18
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60-33, Water: The Universal Solvent
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1960
18
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60-34, Maps
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1960
18
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60-35, Tops and Gyroscopes
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1960
18
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60-36, AC and/or DC
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1960
18
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60-37, Geometry, Figures of Rotation
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1960
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60-38, Hunting the Hydra
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1960
18
7
How the Automobile Works
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1960
18
8
Magnets
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1960
18
9
Episode Index, 61-1 to 61-38
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1961
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10
61-1, Pulleys
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1961
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61-2, Probability
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1961
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61-3, Time Keeping
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1961
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61-4, Mathematics as Language
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1961
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61-5, Electronic Components
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1961
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61-6, Chemical Bonds
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61-8, High-Speed Photography
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1961
19
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61-9, Anniversary Show
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1961
19
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61-10, High and Low Temperature
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1961
19
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61-11, Bernouli Principle
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1961
19
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61-12, Feedback
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1961
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5
61-13, The Right Size
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1961
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61-14, Infernal Machines
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1961
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61-15, Cooking
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1961
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61-16, Automatic and Learned Reactions
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1961
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61-17, Time Lapsed Photography
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1961
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61-18, Plant Responses
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61-19, Hidden Forces
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1961
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61-20, How a Bird Flies
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61-21, Hidden Codes
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1961
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61-22, Oscilloscope
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1961
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61-23, Parabolas and Elipses
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1961
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61-24, Photographs in the Dark
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61-25, Spiders
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61-26, How Does a Car Go?
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61-27, What is Boiling?
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61-28, How to Weigh a Pin Head
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61-29, Science of Shadows
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61-30, Heat and the Body
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1961
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61-31, How Acid Is It?
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61-32, How Radiation is Measured
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61-33, To and Fro with Pendulums
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61-34, Proof with a Microscope
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61-35, Problems of Travel in Space
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61-36, Liquid Metal: Mercury
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61-37, Transmitting Power
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61-38, Fire
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1961
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Episode Index 62-1 to 62-36
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62-1, Hidden Salts
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62-2, Science in the Workshop
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62-3, Buoyancy
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62-4, Marks on Paper
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62-5, Breathing
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62-6, Science of Magic
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62-7, Uses for Static Electricity
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62-8, Surface Science
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62-9, Spring
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62-10, Condensation
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62-11, Tricks with Inertia
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62-12, Changes in Boiling Temperature
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62-13, Sulfur
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62-14, Resonance
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62-15, Batteries
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62-16, How Scientists Use Polarized Light
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62-17, How Your Blood Circulates
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62-18, Electricity Thru Gases
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62-19, How Far Away Is It?
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62-20, How Chemical Changes Change
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62-21, Odd Pendulums
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62-22, Everyday Optical Illusions
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62-23, Simple Motors
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62-24, Electronic Motors
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62-25, Fluids in Motion
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62-26, Mass and Weight
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62-27, Effects of a Vacuum
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62-28, Coordinate System
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62-29, Water in the Kitchen
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62-30, Science with Soda Straws
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62-31, Tricks with Mirrors
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62-32, Permanent Sounding Recording
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62-33, CO2 Around the House
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62-34, Keeping Balance
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62-34, Keeping Balance
62-35, Meaning of Words
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1962
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62-36, Static Electricity Around the House
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Episode index, 63-1 to 63-38
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63-1, Heat Becomes Work and Work Becomes Heat
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1963
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63-2, Look Out for Maps
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63-3, Vanishing into Solution
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63-4, Still Pictures that Move
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63-5, Using Cold
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63-6, Invisible Water
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
16
63-7, High Speed Merry-Go-Round
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
17
63-8, Everyday Symbols
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
18
63-9, Why the Sky is Blue
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
19
63-10, How to Make a Camera
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
20
63-11, Keeping Time
Archival Resource Key
1963
22
21
63-12, Expansion Due to Heat
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
1
63-13, Shadows of Waves
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
2
63-14, Errors in Measurement
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
3
63-15, Bending Light
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
4
63-16, Oxygen Without Air
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
5
63-17, Home Grown Crystals
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1963
23
6
63-18, Skin on Water
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1963
23
7
63-19, Science of Orbiting
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
8
63-20, Exploration of Pond Water
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
9
63-21, How to Tell Music from Noise
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
10
63-22, 6-Legged Animals
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
11
63-23, Inside a Flower
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
12
63-24, Control By Radio
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
13
63-25, Waves of Relativity
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
14
63-26, Paper Towel Chemistry
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
15
63-26, Paper Towel Chemistry
63-27, Odd Changes of State
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
16
63-28, Interference Patterns
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
17
63-29, Living Fossils
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
18
63-30, Magnifying Problems
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
19
63-31, Forces on Plants
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
20
63-32, Why Not Fly Like a Bird?
Archival Resource Key
1963
23
21
63-33, How Not to Observe
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
1
63-34, Supersonic Sounds
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
2
63-35, Curved Mirrors
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
3
63-36, Glacier Valleys
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
4
63-37, Pendulums that Twist and Bounce
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
5
63-38, Electrical Chemistry
Archival Resource Key
1963
24
6
Episode Index, 64-1 to 64-36
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
7
Watch Mr. Wizard statistics
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
8
64-1, Stability
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
9
64-2, Ions
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
10
64-3, Two Kinds of Waves
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
11
64-4, Science in a Candle
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
12
64-5, Removing Things from Water
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
13
64-6, Problems in Comparison
Archival Resource Key
1964
1989 - 1989
1976 - 1976
24
14
64-7, Anatomy of a Spider
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
15
64-8, Science with Eggs
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
16
64-9, Everyday illusions
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
17
64-10, Switching
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
18
64-11, Geological Layers
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
19
64-12, Erroneous Conclusions
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
20
64-13, Transparent Animals
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
21
64-14, Oscilloscope as a Tool
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
22
64-15, Molds
Archival Resource Key
1964
24
23
64-16, Infrared
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
1
64-17, Adhesives
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
2
64-18, Insect Life Cycles
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
3
64-19, Tornadoes
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
4
64-20, Circular to Linear Motion
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1964
25
5
64-20A, Strange Behavior of Light Underwater
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
6
64-21, Surface of Leaves
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
7
64-22, How Animals Move
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
8
64-23, World at 10 to 20 Times
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
9
64-24, Switching
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
10
64-25, Predicting the Improbable
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
11
64-26, Tides
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1964
25
12
64-27, Impact
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1964
25
13
64-28, Boiling
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
14
64-29, You Can't Hold Still
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
15
64-30, Shortest Distance Between Two Points
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1964
25
16
64-31, Schliren
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1964
25
17
64-32, Cloth
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1964
25
18
64-33, Graphs at Work
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1964
25
19
64-34, Densely Tests
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
20
64-35, Melting Points
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
21
64-36, Surface Films
Archival Resource Key
1964
25
22
Episode Index, 65-1 to 65-20
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
1
65-1, Topology
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
2
65-2, Magnetic Fields
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
3
65-3, Radioactive Fingerprints
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
4
65-4, Ultra Slow Motion
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
5
65-5, Transistors
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
6
65-6, Selective Solvents
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
7
65-7, Science of Projection
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
8
65-8, Indoor Lighting
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
9
65-9, Nitrogen in Compounds
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
10
65-10, Patterns from Spinning Discs
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
11
65-11, Experimenting with Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
12
65-12, Heat Transfer Tricks
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
13
65-13, The Case of the Convex Lense
Archival Resource Key
1965
34
2
65-13, The Case of the Convex Lense
65-14, What do You Hear?
Archival Resource Key
1965
34
3
65-15, Six Kinds of Electricity
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
4
65-16, Elastic Measurement
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
5
65-17, Microwaves
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
6
65-18, Pond Water
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
7
65-19, Lasers
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
8
65-20, Science Problem Films
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
34
9
511G, Volcanoes
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
1
509G, Those Beautiful Molds
Archival Resource Key
1971
27
2
Eye
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
3
Motors
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
4
Microphone
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
5
Heat Engine
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
6
Oscilloscope
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
7
Hydrostatics
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
8
Gases
Archival Resource Key
1960
27
9
Muscles
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
10
Camera
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
11
Secret Writing
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
12
Tricky Subtraction; Compressed Air; Turpentine; Chemical Compounds; and Gases
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
13
Atmosphere and Vacuum
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
14
Automated Candle Lighter
Archival Resource Key
undated
27
15
Fingerprint Detective
Archival Resource Key
1973
27
16
General Electric Theater
6.3
Archival Resource Key
1956 - 1958
Scope and Contents
In 1952, Don Herbert became a progress reporter for General Electric Theater hosted by Ronald Reagan. This was the company's institutional television program which presented General Electric as a good citizen, leader in research, vital to national defense, and inspiring example of profitable enterprise. The company delivered messages or reports that were approximately three minutes in length and covered scientific, technological and business advances within General Electric.
The documentation in this suberies consists of General Electric product literature and brochures, photographs, including photographs of Ronald Reagan, two video and audio typescripts for General Electric educational projects (1961) and newspaper clippings.
General Electric Theater materials
Archival Resource Key
26
14
General Electric Theater materials
General Electric Educational Projects
Archival Resource Key
1961 November 3
1961 October 24
26
14A
Instructor Magazine
6.4
Archival Resource Key
1964 - 1965
Scope and Contents
Instructor Magazine was an illustrated monthly magazine designed expressly for the education of young people. Each issue contained a "Science for the Classroom from Mr. Wizard" feature (one page) written by Don Herbert and Morris H. Shamos of the Department of Physics at New York University. The documentation in this subseries consists of correspondence, notes, typescripts of the features and in some instances, the printed copy of the article.
Gas Temperature vs. Volume
Archival Resource Key
1964
26
15
Scientific Method
Archival Resource Key
1964
26
16
Measurement of Johns per Barbara
Archival Resource Key
1964
26
17
Weightlessness
Archival Resource Key
1963 - 1964
26
18
Weighing a Stamp
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
19
Period of a Pendulum
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
20
Thermal Expansion
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
21
Mass and Weight
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
22
Static Electricity
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
23
Specific Gravity
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
24
Probability
Archival Resource Key
1965
26
25
The Fourth Dimension
Archival Resource Key
undated
26
26
Experiment
6.5
Archival Resource Key
1963-2003
bulk 1963-1966
Scope and Contents
Experiment was a science program produced, co-written and hosted by Don Herbert in 1962 which debuted in 1966 with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The series aired on National Educational Television and was produced by Prism Productions, Inc. Each program focused on a scientist and discussed the problems each scientist faced during the research and discovery phase. Don Herbert narrated and illustrated the series using specially built models and demonstrations. The films were also available for purchase and rental. The materials consist of scripts, photographs, contact sheets and negatives, notes, and transcripts of interviews conducted with some of the scientists featured. Release forms for the "Weather by Numbers" program exist.
Proposal
Archival Resource Key
1964 - 1964
28
1
News clippings
Archival Resource Key
1964 - 1967
28
2
Studio photographs
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
28
3
National Educational Television, Experiment
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 1966
27
20
Attack Patterns of Sharks (interview with Perry Gilbert, Bimini, Bahamas)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
28
4
Attack Patterns of Sharks (interview with Perry Gilbert, Bimini, Bahamas)
Attack Patterns of Sharks (script)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
28
5
Attack Patterns of Sharks (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
28
6
Secret of the White Cell (script)
Archival Resource Key
1965 October 6
28
7
Secret of the White Cell (script)
Secret of the White Cell (photographs and includes articles about James Hirsch and Zan Cohn)
Archival Resource Key
2003
1997
1993
1965
28
8
Secret of the White Cell (studio photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
28
9
Secret of the White Cell (studio photographs)
Closeup of Mars (script)
Archival Resource Key
1966 June
28
10
Closeup of Mars (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1966
28
11
Closeup of Mars (transcript of interview with Van de Kamp at Sproul Observatory)
Archival Resource Key
1965 August 25
28
12
Closeup of Mars (transcript of interview with J. Denton Allen of Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Archival Resource Key
1965 October 25
28
13
Closeup of Mars (transcript of interview with Dr. Leigh of California Institute of Technology)
Archival Resource Key
1965 December 14
28
14
The Invisible Planet (set design by United Scenic Artists)
Archival Resource Key
1 Drawings (visual works)
15" x 20"
1965 - 1965
1
The Invisible Planet (script)
Archival Resource Key
1965
29
1
The Invisible Planet (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965
29
2
Weather by Number (script)
Archival Resource Key
1966 July
29
3
Weather by Numbers (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965
29
4
Weather by Numbers (transcript of interview with Joseph Smagorinsky of Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Archival Resource Key
1966 March 1
29
5
Weather by Numbers (transcript of interview with Joseph Smagorinsky of Geophysics Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Archival Resource Key
1966 March 11
29
6
Weather by Numbers (release forms)
Archival Resource Key
1966
29
7
Childhood of the Chimpanzee (notes)
Archival Resource Key
1963 - 1963
29
8
Childhood of the Chimpanzee (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1963
29
9
Childhood of the Chimpanzee (transcript of interview with William Mason of Tulane University Delta Primate Center)
Archival Resource Key
1966 March 17
29
10
Laser: The Light of the Future (script)
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1965
29
11
Laser: The Light of the Future (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 1966
29
12
Laser: The Light of the Future (transcript of conversation with Professor Schawlow, Stanford University)
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
1
Laser: The Light of the Future (transcript of interview with Jerry Eaton of U.S. Geodetic Survey)
Archival Resource Key
1965 December 15
30
2
Case of the Volcano (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
1965
30
3
Program profiles
Archival Resource Key
1966 July
29
13
Silence of Science (proposal)
6.6
Archival Resource Key
1966 - 1967
27
18
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains information about Don Herbert's proposal "To Overcome the Silence of Science" written in 1966. A master draft, the typescript outlines the lack of communication between the sciences and the humanities and the lack of understanding by the public of science. The document proposes to fill the "silence of science' with a series of television programs and a course of study for adults in which the public would be made more aware of science through definition, importance, motivation, techniques, limitations, and truth. The documentation includes the proposal, budget estimates, and correspondence. Herbert's proposal was not funded.
CBS National Science Test
6.7
Archival Resource Key
1967 - 1967
27
19
Scope and Contents
The CBS National Science Test television program aired April 4, 1967. Herbert hosted and conducted demonstrations for the program. The documentation includes a typescript of the question-and- answer demonstration (1967); and an independent contractor's agreement signed by Herbert (1967); a national science quiz for biology (undated) and a national science test with true/false and multiple choice questions (undated).
General Electric
6.8
Archival Resource Key
1974 - 1976
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of storyboards, correspondence, an employment contract, drawings, photographs, video and audio scripts, and a 1974 report (results from a focus group) for Don Herbert's commercial on energy sources for General Electric (GE). GE produced a television commercial to communicate to the general public that electricity is a form of energy and not a source of energy. Don Herbert explained the versatility of electric energy by demonstrating how electricity can be made with any of today's fuels. Also included is a film treatment for, Energy of Tomorrow...Here Today, (1975) and 1976 Second Electrical Century Program, (undated) and the agreement between Herbert and GE (1975).
General Electric Electricity Information Program (commercials)
Archival Resource Key
1974 - 1975
27
22
Commercial for General Electric
Archival Resource Key
1974 - 1975
27
23
General Electric Electricity (film treatment)
Archival Resource Key
1975 - 1976
27
24
Mr. Wizard Collection....Fun Things to Know and Do (program proposal)
6.9
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
27
25
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of a typescript television program proposal (1975) for children eight to twelve years of age. The program format was a three-minute and thirty-second spot in which Mr. Wizard addresses the home audience directly. Child assistants are not used.
Mr. Wizard Close-Up
6.10
Archival Resource Key
1975 - 1975
1968 - 1968
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains correspondence, photographs, and a proposal to the National Science Foundation (1975) for a program to examine a common object showing significant and overlooked details. The program was targeted at six to twelve year old children. The format was to challenge a child assistant to identify the object while off camera Mr. Wizard narrates with clues. Also included is documentation for a motorized microscope stage control which includes drawings, photographs and correspondence with patent attorneys about the novelty search for motorized remote control systems for microscope stage displacement. No patent was pursued.
Mr. Wizard Close-Up (proposal and correspondence)
Archival Resource Key
1975 - 1975
27
27-28
Motorized microscope
Archival Resource Key
1968 - 1968
35
1
Challenge with Mr. Wizard
6.11
Archival Resource Key
1976 - 1976
27
29
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains a proposal (1976) by Don Herbert for a half-hour television program to present scientific puzzles, tricks, and stunts that challenge the viewer at home. Two child guest stars assist with the challenges.
Science Twenty with Mr. Wizard
6.12
Archival Resource Key
1969 - 2004
Scope and Contents
This subseries documents Herbert's work with the film series Science Twenty. The film series was designed to complement the current science curriculum (circa 1970) and each film is narrated by Don Herbert. Prism Enterprises, Inc. was founded by Don Herbert to produce and distribute creative educational films, with students observing experiments and demonstrations as though they were doing them. Herbert also created matching games, multiple choices tests, do-it-yourself experiments, teasers, rhymed couplets, puzzles, and hidden clues.
Homemade Electricity
Archival Resource Key
undated
30
4
Water Coming and Going
Archival Resource Key
1969
30
5
How Much is Enough
Archival Resource Key
1969
30
6
Measuring Molecules
Archival Resource Key
1995 - 1995
1970 - 1970
30
7
Measuring Molecules
Archival Resource Key
2 Drawings (visual works)
18" x 24" or smaller
1970 - 1970
1
Exploring with Your Microscope
Archival Resource Key
1995
30
8
Restless Ocean Air
Archival Resource Key
1969 - 1971
1995 - 1995
30
9
Heating Molecules
Archival Resource Key
1995 - 1995
30
10
Falling Barometer
Archival Resource Key
1995 - 1995
30
11
Program Overview
Archival Resource Key
2004 - 2004
30
12
How About...with Mr. Wizard
6.13
Archival Resource Key
1977 - 1989
Scope and Contents
This subseries documents "How About...," an adult-oriented series of 80-second reports highlighting advances in science and technology. The reports were designed for insertion into existing commercial television. The program was underwritten by the Public Understanding of Science section of the National Science Foundation and the General Motors Research Laboratories.
The materials contain project summaries and overviews, the National Science Foundation proposal (1984), press releases, and support letters for the program.
Project summary
Archival Resource Key
1980
31
1
Overview
Archival Resource Key
1981 - 1982
31
2
National Science Foundation proposal
Archival Resource Key
1984 June 1
31
3
Sampling of support letters
Archival Resource Key
1984 - 1987
31
4
Press releases
Archival Resource Key
1987
31
5
Summary of project
Archival Resource Key
1977 - 1989
31
6
Project summary
Archival Resource Key
1987
31
7-8
Mr. Wizard's Whadda Ya Know Show
6.14
Archival Resource Key
circa 1981
30
13
Scope and Contents
This subseries consists of a brochure for a television science magazine featuring Mr. Wizard, circa 1981. The half-hour series was targeted at children and their families and featured Supermarket Science, Safari, What's This? Challenge, Frontier, Everyday Magic, Oddities, and Science Spectaculars.
Correspondent Science News
6.15
Archival Resource Key
circa 1987
31
9
Scope and Contents
Correspondent Science News was a report feature for commercial television featuring Don Herbert. He reported on current advances in science, technology and medical research. The majority of the reports were 90 seconds in length. The subseries contains a bound proposal/report (1987) outlining the program series.
Just a Minute from Wizard
6.16
Archival Resource Key
1988 - 1988
Scope and Contents
This subseries documents Just A Minute from Mr. Wizard, a proposed series of 104 sixty-second informational features which would include a sponsor's commercial. Designed for all ages, the features are narrated by Don Herbert and cover various aspects of science as well as current developments and advances in technology and medical research. Also included with the proposal is an assessment of research for the program citing significant conclusions.
Assessment of Research for Just a Minute From Mr. Wizard, Children's Science Reports
Archival Resource Key
circa 1988
31
10
Just a Minute from Wizard (project summary)
Archival Resource Key
undated
31
10
Teacher to Teacher
6.17
Archival Resource Key
1993 - 2008
Scope and Contents
This subseries documents Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, a video series that debuted on September 27, 1994 on the Nickelodeon cable channel. The innovative, educational series provided a candid, close-up and in-depth visit to classrooms of outstanding teachers using hands-on, inquiry-based techniques. Herbert felt having a camera in the classroom watching teachers at work and interviewing them about what they were doing and why was an effective method. The series was broadcast on Nickelodeon Cable in the Classroom, a non-profit formed to use the nation-wide resources of cable television for the benefit of America's schools.
The materials consist of program summaries, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, correspondence, and a transcript of a 1994 phone interview with Sally Shuler (Deputy Director of the National Science Resource Center), Dennis Harlan (President of Mr. Wizard Foundation), Scott Lorenz (Publicist), and Don Herbert. In the interview, Herbert and the participants discuss what hands-on- inquiry-based science is, its benefits, and the adoption of this teaching method.
General program information
Archival Resource Key
1993 - 1995
31
11
Phone interview with Sally Schuler, Dennis Harlan and Scott Lorenz
Archival Resource Key
1994 August 31
31
12
Al Gore (letter)
Archival Resource Key
1994
31
13
Newsletters
Archival Resource Key
1994
31
14
Newsletters
Science Workshops
Archival Resource Key
1995 December 20
31
15
Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1994 - 1996
32
1
Publicity
Archival Resource Key
1994 - 2008
32
2
Program supplement, direct marketing, and newsletter
Archival Resource Key
1994 - 1996
32
3
Mr. Wizard's World
6.18
Archival Resource Key
1971 - 2004
Scope and Contents
Mr. Wizard's World, was a similar version of Watch Mr. Wizard developed by Don Herbert in 1983. The program aired on the cable channel Nickelodeon. The program also included a segment titled "Ask Mr. Wizard" where Mr. Wizard answered questions sent in by viewers of all ages. Select segments from this television series were included in the Mr. Wizard's World Science Video Library which included teachers guides. See Series 8: AudioVisual Materials.
Index, selections for the web
Archival Resource Key
2004 - 2004
32
6
Program index by number
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
7
Program index, alphabetical
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
8
Program synopses (31-#78)
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
9
Program index by number
Archival Resource Key
1998 - 1998
32
10
Program index, alphabetical by heading
Archival Resource Key
1998 - 1998
32
11
Make-up color chart and brochures
Archival Resource Key
undated
1984 - 1984
32
12
Production Notes
Archival Resource Key
1983 - 1996
32
13
Mr. Wizard's World, Mr. Wizard's Favorites (science you can do)
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
14
Microscope and TV camera set-up
Archival Resource Key
1971 - 1971
41
6
Fan Mail
Archival Resource Key
1989 - 1989
1
Fan Mail (Fain Elementary School, Wichita, Texas)
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Set designs for kitchen, den and hobby shop
Archival Resource Key
2 Drawings (visual works)
22" x 32"
1983 - 1983
1
Wood into Paper
Archival Resource Key
1983 - 1983
27
17
Mr. Wizard's Studios
6.19
Archival Resource Key
1990 - 1992
Scope and Contents
Mr. Wizard's Studio was the organizational name under which Don Herbert created his series Watch Mr. Wizard in 1951. Originally maintained by Don Herbert, it was carried on by the staff of Mr. Wizard Studios, Inc.
Mr. Wizard's Studios (background)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
32
4
TV Science Workshops for Elementary Teachers
Archival Resource Key
1991 February
34
11
Science Workshops for Teachers, Workshop 31, Science Demonstrations in the Classroom
Archival Resource Key
1992 September 1
34
12
Mr. Wizard Institute
6.20
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
10
Scope and Contents
The Mr. Wizard Institute Files consist of samples of scientific, medical and technological information assembled by Herbert for publication in a newspaper. The proposed format was a four panel cartoon strip. Some of the sample information includes Saving Bald Eagles, Treating Foals, and Experimental Volcanoes.
Fan Mail
6.21
Archival Resource Key
1952 - 2007
Scope and Contents
This series consists of fan mail addressed primarily to Mr. Wizard. The letters are handwritten and in typescript. Many of the letters are from children and in some instances include hand-drawn pictures. Later fan mail includes print-outs of emails.
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1952 - 1959
33
1
Fan mail
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1960 - 1969
33
2
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1970 - 1976
33
3
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1965 - 1975
33
4
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1980 - 1987
33
5
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1988
33
6
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1989
33
7
Fan mail
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1990 - 1994
33
8
Fan mail
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1995 - 1996
33
9
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
1997 - 1999
33
10
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
2000 - 2007
33
11
Fan mail
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
1
Guest Appearances
Archival Resource Key
1967 - 1989
35
1-2
Scope and Contents
These materials document Don Herbert's guest appearances on television, in radio spots, and in person, as the persona Mr. Wizard from 1967 to 1977. The materials contain handwritten and typescript notes detailing the title of the program, the host name(s), contact information for the producer, and what he demonstrated and discussed, station channel lists, itineraries, media information sheets, agendas, and correspondence. Herbert appeared on many popular television shows including, but not limited to, the Tonight Show, Mike Douglas Show, Today Show, Dennis Wholey Show, Regis Philbin Show, Della Reese Show, Skitch Henderson Show, John Davidson Show, Elwood Glover Show (Canada), Late Night with David Letterman, Merv Griffin Show, and the Pat Sajak Show. Herbert also notes which shows he did not appear on and if the demonstrations did not work on air. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Mr. Wizard science kits in stores
Archival Resource Key
1963 - 1970
27
26
Play it Safe Contest (Central Maine Power)
Archival Resource Key
undated
32
5
Photographs
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 2001
Scope and Contents
The photographs consist of black and white prints, color prints, transparencies, negatives, and slides documenting Don Herbert as Mr. Wizard. The majority of the photographs depict "on set" experiments/demonstrations by Don Herbert and with child actors Rita McLaughlin and Alan Howard; on location shots; and other studio shots for many of Mr. Wizard's educational television programs.
Portraits of Don Herbert, used for publicity purposes, can be found throughout this series. Other individuals depicted include Norma Kasell Herbert, second wife of Don Herbert, Ronald Reagan, Perry Como, Jane Mansfield, Dave Garroway and various production staff members. Many of the photographs for the television series Experiment were taken by Charles Moore for Prism Productions, Inc. Family photographs of Don Herbert's parents, siblings, children, and other relatives are found in Series 1: Biographical Materials. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Other photographs documenting Watch Mr. Wizard episodes can be found in Series 2: Educational Programs and Projects. Each episode file contains black and white photographs taken during rehearsals to plan the experiment and diagrams on graph paper showing where he and his young assistants (Rita McLaughlin and Alan Howard) would stand and move. Additionally, other loose photographs can be found throughout the collection, especially for the science program Experiment in Series 2: Educational Programs and Projects.
Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 1965
42
Watch Mr. Wizard
Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1951-1965
43
Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1951-1965
44
Frank Zelinski (assistant)
Archival Resource Key
1958 - 1958
41
7
General Electric Theater (Don Herbert and Ronald Reagan)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1952
45
Cartoons about Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
undated
1963
45
Don Herbert with Merv Griffin
Archival Resource Key
1969 - 1969
41
8
How About...
Archival Resource Key
[197?-1980]
36
How About...
Archival Resource Key
[197?-1980]
37
39
Don Herbert in How About... segment
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
10
Watch Mr. Wizard (on set)
Archival Resource Key
1971 - 1971
38
Watch Mr. Wizard (on set)
Norma and Don Herbert (wedding)
Archival Resource Key
1972 December 1
45
Don and Norma Herbert (in Camarillo, California)
Archival Resource Key
1972 - 1976
39
Razzmatazz (CBS Show)
Archival Resource Key
1979 - 1980
39
Scope and Contents
Includes Don Herbert with Brian Tochi, actor.
Ask Mr. Wizard (pilot)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1992
39
Mr. Wizard's World
Archival Resource Key
1971 - 1981
40
Mr. Wizard's World, production staff
Archival Resource Key
1983 - 1983
41
9
Mr. Wizard Close-Up
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972
45
Logos for Mr. Wizard Studio
Archival Resource Key
circa 2001
45
Awards
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
45
Audiovisual Materials
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 2004
Scope and Contents
This series consists of moving image (16 mm, 3/4" U-Matic and 1/2" VHS), audio cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes for educational programs developed by Don Herbert in his role as Mr. Wizard. The supplemental documentation consists of teacher guides, specifically for the Mr. Wizard's World Science Video Library series. Other materials include correspondence, procurement and contract information, and scripts for many of Herbert's film projects.
Supplemental Documentation
8.1
Archival Resource Key
1972 - 2004
Mr. Wizard Films (teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
13
A brief history of Prism Productions, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1972
34
14
Watch Mr. Wizard footage lists
Archival Resource Key
1979 - 1979
1972
1982 - 1982
34
15
Mr. Wizard Classroom films (teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
16
Mr. Wizard's World Science Video Library (brochures)
Archival Resource Key
1987 - 1987
34
17
Science Video Library (concept and content)
Archival Resource Key
1985 - 2004
34
18
Science Video Library, Tapes 1-10 (teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
1988 - 1988
35
4
Science Video Library, Tapes 11-20 (teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
1988 - 1988
35
5
Science Video Library (master teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
1995 - 1995
35
6
Science Video Library (ideas for educators and descriptions of programs 1-26)
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
7
Southern California Edison Company and Prism Productions (procurement)
Archival Resource Key
1974 January
35
8
Southern California Edison Company and Prism Productions (contract)
Archival Resource Key
1974 - 1975
35
9
Southern California Edison Company and Prism Productions, Nuclear Power Questions and Answers (shooting script)
Archival Resource Key
1974 July
35
10
Southern California Edison Company and Prism Productions, Nuclear Power film
Archival Resource Key
1974 September
35
11
Everyday Radioactivity (film)
Archival Resource Key
1973 - 1973
35
12
Prism Productions, #423 Everyday Radioactivity (production budget)
Archival Resource Key
1973 April
35
13
Prism Productions, #423 Everyday Radioactivity (final script)
Archival Resource Key
1973 June
35
14
Prism Productions, #423 Everyday Radioactivity (teachers guide)
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
15
Inquiries in Science with Mr. Wizard (16 mm classroom films)
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
16
Introductory physical science (Ealing film loops)
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
17
Science Films (Prism Enterprises, Inc.) includes photographs
2.8
Archival Resource Key
1969-1970
27
21
Science Films (list) from Mr. Wizard's Prism Productions, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
18
Science Through Inquiry, nineteen comprehensive classroom films (Sterling Educational Films)
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
19
Moving Image
8.2
Archival Resource Key
1951 - 2004
Watch Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1951
56
1326.1
Scope and Contents
Kinescope recording
AT&T Pulse Code Modulations
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
color, optical soundtrack, print
16mm; 490 feet
1965
55
1326.2
Science Close-Up: The Bottled Candle Mystery
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 240 feet, 6 minutes, 12 seconds
1968
55
OF 1363.3
Scope and Contents
#322, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Science Close-Up: Common Colloids
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 250 feet, 7 minutes
1968
55
OF 1326.4
Scope and Contents
A solution, mixture, and colloidal suspension are defined and prepared by stirring sugar, sand, and powdered milk into glasses of water.
Science Close-Up: The Ghost
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 300 feet, 8 minutes
1968
55
1326.5
Scope and Contents
Animal adaptation and ecology. #323, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Science Close-up: Inside a Laser
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
color, composite optical soundtrack, print
16mm, 400 feet
1966
55
1326.6
Scope and Contents
#3115, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
The Mystery of Plant Movement
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 10:30.
Black and white, sound
16mm
[1960s?]
55
1326.7
Scope and Contents
#318, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Scientists at Work
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Color, sound
16mm
[1960s?]
55
1326.8
Scope and Contents
#325, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Secret in the White Cell
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 11:00.
Color, preview print
16mm
1969
55
1326.9
Scope and Contents
Motion pictures made through a phase-contrast microscope by Dr. James Hirsch of Rockefeller University reveal how he discovered the process by which white cells (polymorphonuclear leucocytes) kill microbes in the body. Dr. Zanvil Cohn, Dr. Hirsch's associate, is shown solving the preliminary problem of how to extract granules from the white cell for chemical analysis. Conclusive proof of Dr. Hirsch's theory is furnished by photographs taken by Dr. Dorothea Zucker-Franklin through an electron microscope. The film pictures for the first time how the enzymes in the granules within white cells are released to kill and digest microbes.
Secret in the White Cell
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 11:00.
Black and white, sound.
16mm
1961 - 1961
55
1326.1
Scope and Contents
Motion pictures made through a phase-contrast microscope by Dr. James Hirsch of Rockefeller University reveal how he discovered the process by which white cells (polymorphonuclear leucocytes) kill microbes in the body. Dr. Zanvil Cohn, Dr. Hirsch's associate, is shown solving the preliminary problem of how to extract granules from the white cell for chemical analysis. Conclusive proof of Dr. Hirsch's theory is furnished by photographs taken by Dr. Dorothea Zucker-Franklin through an electron microscope. The film pictures for the first time how the enzymes in the granules within white cells are released to kill and digest microbes. #314, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Mouse Activated Candle Lighter
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Color, sound
16mm
[1960s?]
55
1326.11
Scope and Contents
#321, forms part of "Science Close-Up."
Mr. Wizard at the Discovery Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987 January 16
46
1326.12
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 1: Mesa, Arizona Public School Science Program
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.14
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 2: Batteries and Bulbs, Fairfax County, Virginia
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994 - 1994
46
1326.13
Scope and Contents
Programs 3-7
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 3: Balloons and Gases, Chandler, Arizona, Mesa Public Schools
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994 - 1994
46
1326.15
Scope and Contents
Programs 8-11
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 4: Part 1, Structures, Anchorage, Alaska
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994 - 1994
46
1326.16
Scope and Contents
Programs 12-15
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 4: Part 2, Structures, Anchorage , Alaska
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.17
Scope and Contents
Programs 16-19
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 5: In-Digestion, Schaumburg, Illinois School District
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.18
Scope and Contents
Programs 20-24
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 6: Pushes and Pulls, Baltimore, Maryland
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.19
Scope and Contents
Programs 25-29
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 7: Floating and Sinking, Cupertino, California
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.2
Scope and Contents
Programs 30-34
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 8: Part 1, Air and Weather
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.21
Scope and Contents
Programs 35-38
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 8: Part 2, Air and Weather, Omaha, Nebraska
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994
46
1326.22
Scope and Contents
Programs 39-42
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Series 9: Wood, Huntsville, Alabama
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1994 - 1994
46
1326.23
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Making the Change, Part 1, Mason, Lake, and Oceana, Michigan
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Duration: 12:42
1994 - 1994
46
1326.24
Scope and Contents
Program 49
Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, Making the Change, Part 2, Mason, Lake, and Oceana, Michigan
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Duration: 12:42
46
1326.25
Scope and Contents
Program 50
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.26
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.27
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.28
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 4
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.29
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 5
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.3
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 6
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.31
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 7
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.32
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 8
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.33
Scope and Contents
Original black and white TV series from the 1950s-1960s. Digitally remastered by Mr. Wizard Studios,
Inc.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 1
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.34
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 2
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.35
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 3
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.36
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 4
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.37
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 5
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.38
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 6
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.39
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 7
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.4
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 8
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
47
1326.41
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 9
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.42
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Volume 10
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.43
Scope and Contents
As seen on Nickelodeon. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 1, Physics
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.44
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 2, Chemistry
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.45
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 3, Earth and Space
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.46
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 4, Plants and Organisms
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.47
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 5, Animals
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.48
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 6, Ecology
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.49
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Science and Technology Reports, Volume 7, Human Biology
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
2004
48
1326.5
Scope and Contents
Presented by Don Herbert, Mr. Wizard from 1977-1987. Digitally remastered by the Mr. Wizard Studios.
Mr. Wizard's World, Behind the Scenes
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 5:06
undated
56
1326.51
Mr. Wizard World, Behind the Scenes
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 15:00
1985 July 19
56
1326.52
Mr. Wizard's World, Behind the Scenes
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 15:04
1985 July 31
56
1326.53
Mr. Wizard's World, Behind the Scenes
Archival Resource Key
1 Videoreels (1 inch)
1985 August 29
52
1326.54
Scope and Contents
EE master.
Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard) on David Letterman Show
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1985 October 17
56
1326.55
The Rebirth of Whitewood Creek
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 28:00
1986
56
1326.56
Scope and Contents
Narrated by Don Herbert.
Merrill Sales Presentation
Archival Resource Key
1 Videoreels (1 inch)
1987 July 24
52
1326.57
Scope and Contents
Protection copy with corrected titles.
How About, Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1 Videoreels (1 inch)
Duration: 09:36
1987 November 30
52
1326.58
Scope and Contents
Sales promotion.
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 1, Simple Machines
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.59
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 2, Inertia
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.6
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 3, Gravity
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.61
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 4, Action and Reaction
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.62
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 5, Pressure
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.63
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 6, Fluid Flow
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.64
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 7, Buoyancy and Displacement
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.65
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 8, Light Reflection
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.66
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 9, Light Refraction
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
49
1326.67
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 10, Light Instruments
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.68
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 11, Sound Instruments
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.69
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 12, Heat Transfer
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.7
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 13, Heat: Miscellaneous Topics
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.71
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 14, Static and High Voltage Electricity
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.72
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 15, Current Electricity
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.73
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 16, Change of State
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.74
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 17, Chemistry in the Kitchen
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.75
Mr. Wizard's World, Science Video Library, Tape 18, Chemical Tests
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
50
1326.76
Mr. Wizard World, Science Video Library, Tape 19, Chemical Reactions
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
51
1326.77
Mr. Wizard World, Science Video Library, Tape 20, Combustion
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1987
51
1326.78
Just a Minute
Archival Resource Key
2 Videoreels (1 inch)
Duration: 10:45
1988 September 24
52
1326.79
Scope and Contents
Edited master and protection master.
Just a Minute from Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1988 September 27
56
1326.8
Scope and Contents
Part 1 of 1
Just a Minute from Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 12:15
1988 October 19
56
1326.81
Scope and Contents
Part 1 of 1
The Best of Watch Mr. Wizard from the Fifties and Sixties
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 60:00
1989 August 11
56
1326.82
Scope and Contents
Dubbing master.
Don Herbert , Exploratorium, Public Science Day
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1989 January 16
56
1326.83
Just a Minute from Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 05:10
1989 March 10
56
1326.84
Mr. Wizard Space Needle
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1989 April 6
56
1326.85
Scope and Contents
King TV news broadcast (channel 7).
Correspondent Science News
Archival Resource Key
11 Videocassettes (U-matic)
[1990 March?]
57
1326.86
Correspondent Science News
Archival Resource Key
1 Videoreels (1 inch)
1990 March 4
52
1326.87
Mr. Wizard's World Segments
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 55:24
1990 May 8
56
1326.88
Scope and Contents
Duplicate.
Ask Mr. Wizard
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 60:00
1992 January 24
55
1326.89
Scope and Contents
Duplicate
Mr. Wizard Science Secrets
Archival Resource Key
1 Videoreels (1 inch)
1994 June 9
54
1326.9
Scope and Contents
Edited master.
Hawaiian Volcanoes
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
16mm
undated
55
1326.91
Scope and Contents
Anthology of recent eruptions on Manoa and Kilauea
How About...Reports
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 05:46
16mm
undated
55
1326.92
Mr. Wizard Behind the Scenes
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
16mm
undated
55
1326.93
Mr. Wizard Close-Ups
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 00:30
16mm
undated
55
1326.94
Scope and Contents
Programs 1-10 with academy leaders removed. Informational TV spots produced with the National Science Foundation.
Mr. Wizard Close-Ups
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration :00:29
16mm
undated
55
1326.95
Scope and Contents
Programs 1-20 with academy leaders removed. Informational TV spots produced with the National Science Foundation. Release print #6.
Mr. Wizard Studio, Hypo Crystals
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
Duration: 04:15
16mm
undated
55
1326.96
Scope and Contents
Transferred to 80-V.
Santa Barbara Forest Fire
Archival Resource Key
1 Motion picture film
16mm
undated
55
1326.97
Watch Mr. Wizard, SPE-NUCLEAR Power
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Duration: 20:00
undated
57
1326.98
Scope and Contents
Includes and question and answer.
Mr. Wizard's Whadda Ya Know Show
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
undated
57
1326.99
Watch Mr. Wizard, Volume 1
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
undated
46
1326.1
Scope and Contents
From the original unedited black and white TV series, 1950s and 1960s. Includes Heat transfer tricks and six ways to make electricity.
Weather Animation
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1 Motion picture film
16 mm
undated
55
1326.101
Unidentified
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1 Videocassettes (D-2)
undated
57
1326.102
Audio
8.3
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1977 - 1977
1966 - 1966
Career Close-Up, #1
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 12:42
5"
undated
54
1326.103
Scope and Contents
Printing duplicating. Salesman. Original narration.
Career Close-Up, #232, Agriculture Overview
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1 Sound tape reel
7 1/2" IPS.
5"
undated
54
1326.104
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate.
Career Close-Up, #234, Irrigation Engineer
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 12:43
7 1/2" IPS.
5"
undated
54
1326.105
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate.
Career Close-Up, #235, Soil Conservationist
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 10:35
7 1/2" IPS
5"
undated
54
1326.106
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate.
Career Close-Up, #236, Turf Sales Manager
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 10:37
7 1/2" IPS
5"
undated
54
1326.107
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate.
Career Close-Up, #237, Citrus Rancher
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 12:30
7 1/2" IPS
5"
undated
54
1326.108
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate
Career Close-Up, Overview of Home Economics
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1 Sound tape reel
Duration: 13:44
7 1/2" IPS
7"
undated
54
1326.109
Scope and Contents
Edited duplicate
Milwaukee Speech, Energy Fare
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1 Sound tape reel
3 3/4" IPS
7"
1977 September
53
1326.11
How About...
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1 Sound tape reel
undated
54
1326.111
Scope and Contents
802, Petunias; 841, Tornado Detector; 846, Wired rats; 867, Lake Erie; 808, Wind Power; 882, Indian Medicine Wheels; 851, Good Forest Fires; and 8120, Lightning.
Soundcrafts
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3 Sound tape reels
7"
1966 - 1966
53
1326.112
Scope and Contents
Mastering reels. Lowprint.
411, Reel 1
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1 Sound tape reel
7"
undated
53
1326.113
Frank Bez, Time Interviews
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1 Sound tape reel
7"
1977 July 9
53
1326.114