Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 30, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1981
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 32, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1990
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1951 - 2007
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Attack Patterns of Sharks (interview with Perry Gilbert, Bimini, Bahamas)
Collection Creator:
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 28, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1965 - 1965
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 28, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1965 October 6
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 28, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1966 June
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 29, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1966 July
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 29, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1963 - 1963
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 29, Folder 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1965 - 1965
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
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.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
2007 - 2007
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1982 - 1982
1916 - 1940
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1936 - 1939
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1940
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1940
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Second Thoughts of a First Affair (musical score, lyrics by Don Herbert)
Collection Creator:
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007 Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1941
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Collection Rights:
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.
Collection Citation:
Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
