Administrative Information
Provenance
Lawrence E. Spivak donated all of the materials to the Library of Congress. Some of the pictorial materials came to the Prints and Photographs Division from the Manuscript Division; some, Spivak gave directly to Prints and Photographs. The donations were intermittent, 1970 to 1985.
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Papers of Lawrence E. Spivak), 1979 and 1992 (DLC/PP-1979:165 and DLC/PP-1992:228).
Gift from Lawrence E. Spivak, 1972, 1980, 1985 (DLC/PP-1972:184, DLC/PP-1980:012, DLC/PP-1985:611).
Processing History
The collection finding aid was compiled by Arden Alexander, Vickie Crawley, and Sarah Rouse in 1993. This finding aid contains unverified data from old container lists for LOT 13027, LOT 13028 and LOT 13029, which were transcribed by Erin Ebert in 2020. Finding aid encoded by Kristen Sosinski in January 2021.
Not all of the groups of material are described at the same level of detail. Additional materials that form the Visual materials from the Lawrence E. Spivak papers not included in this finding aid are listed below. For more information about service of these additional materials, search our Online Catalog by call number.
- Visual materials from the papers of Lawrence E. Spivak [unprocessed portion]
- PR 13 CN 1979:165
- PR 13 CN 1979:231
- PR 13 CN 1980:012
- PR 13 CN 1991:293
- PR 13 CN 1995:004
- PR 13 CN 1995:090
Transfers
Some materials were transferred from the Manuscript Division to the Prints and Photographs Division. A portion of the collection including broadcast transcripts, correspondence, and other manuscript materials is still located in the Manuscript Division and can be identified as part of the Lawrence E. Spivak papers, 1917-1994. An inventory of this material is available in their finding aid. More information about the division can be found at the Manuscript Division Homepage and Contact Page.
Some sound recordings and videotapes have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division and can be identified as part of the Meet the Press Collection. All Meet the Press shows received in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division from the following sources are in the Meet the Press Collection: Spivak (Lawrence E.), NBC/Spivak (Lawrence E.) and NBC. More information about the division's research centers can be found at the MBRS, Moving Image Section Homepage and Contact Page as well as the MBRS, Recorded Sound Section Homepage and Contact Page.
Related Material
Other Library of Congress Resources:
- Broadcasts of the Meet the Press shows received through copyright deposit are part of the Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
- Meet the Press materials are also included in the NBC Radio Collections and NBC Television Collections in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. For more information, refer to the National Broadcasting Company at the Library of Congress research guide.
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number or descriptive words.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]