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Collection Overview
| Size | 33.0 linear feet feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1100 items) |
| Abstract | Andy Griffith was a stage, television, and film actor, who was born in Mount Airy, N.C. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1949. The collection primarily contains films, videotapes, and scripts from Andy Griffith's television shows including The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. There are also films of Griffith's motion pictures A Face in the Crowd, No Time for Sergeants, and Onionhead; scripts for The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D., Matlock, and other productions; photographs of Griffith; letters from Griffith to his parents while a student at the University of North Carolina; audio discs by and belonging to Griffith; and other items. |
| Creator | Griffith, Andy, 1926- |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, N.C., on 1 June 1926. He attended the University of North Carolina and was graduated in 1949. As an actor, he quickly gained fame through his portrayal of an illiterate hillbilly in the Broadway and film versions of No Time for Sergeants (1955). He also used this character in monologues such as What it Was Was Football and in appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. Although he continued to appear in films ( A Face in the Crowd in 1956 and Onionhead in 1958), it was through his portrayal of a small-town sheriff in The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) on television that Griffith achieved legendary status, particularly in the South. Griffith also starred in such short-lived television series as The Headmaster (1970) and The New Andy Griffith Show (1970). His dramatic series Matlock was successful in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Primarily films, videotapes, and scripts from Andy Griffith's television shows including The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock. There are also films of Griffith's motion pictures A Face in the Crowd, No Time for Sergeants, and Onionhead; photographs of Griffith; letters from Griffith to his parents while a student at the University of North Carolina; record albums by and belonging to Griffith; and other items.
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Series 1. Films, circa 1960-1970.
Films of television programs and movies in which Griffith appeared, and other miscellaneous films. Included is an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in which Griffith does not appear.
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Subseries 1.1. Television Series, 1960-1968.
Arrangement: by episode number.
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Subseries 1.2. Motion Pictures, 1955-1958.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
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Subseries 1.3. Miscellaneous, 1956-1969.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Class of '49 is a television documentary from 1969 about the successes of the University of North Carolina's Class of 1949, of which Griffith was a member, and he was profiled. The interview is about Griffith's being honored with Andy Griffith Day by the state legislature upon his return from Hollywood after making A Face in the Crowd. S.O.F. and Silent Charlie is a collection of introductions to various Million Dollar Movies shown on Channel 5. Griffith appears in none of them. Texas pictures the filming of a movie set in the desert, and Griffith appears.
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Series 2. Other Items, 1949.
A letter, 8 June 1949, from Ernest L. Mackie, Dean of Student Awards and Distinctions at the University of North Carolina, to Andy Griffith, congratulating him on a successful career as a student, and four books owned and marked by Griffith, as follows:
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Additions
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Addition of August 1997 (Acc.97113): Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero videotape,
1997.
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Addition of March 1998 (Acc.98035): Videotapes, pictures, compact disc, and other
publicity material, 1979-1997 and undated.
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Addition of September 2005 (Acc. 100198): Letters and postcards to parents, pilot
scripts, audiodiscs, and guitar, 1944-1985.
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Addition of August 2006 (Acc. 100330): Scripts from Andy Griffith's television shows,
videotapes of shows, and record albums, circa 1960-1995.
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Scripts, 1960-1995.
Bound volumes of television and movie scripts.
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Videotapes, 1960-1995.
| Videotape VT-4697/6-68 |
The Andy Griffith Show #04697, Subseries: "Videotapes, 1960-1995." VT-4697/6-68VT-4697/6VT-4697/7VT-4697/8VT-4697/9VT-4697/10VT-4697/11VT-4697/12VT-4697/13VT-4697/14VT-4697/15VT-4697/16VT-4697/17VT-4697/18VT-4697/19VT-4697/20VT-4697/21VT-4697/22VT-4697/23VT-4697/24VT-4697/25VT-4697/26VT-4697/27VT-4697/28VT-4697/29VT-4697/30VT-4697/31VT-4697/32VT-4697/33VT-4697/34VT-4697/35VT-4697/36VT-4697/37VT-4697/38VT-4697/39VT-4697/40VT-4697/41VT-4697/42VT-4697/43VT-4697/44VT-4697/45VT-4697/46VT-4697/47VT-4697/48VT-4697/49VT-4697/50VT-4697/51VT-4697/52VT-4697/53VT-4697/54VT-4697/55VT-4697/56VT-4697/57VT-4697/58VT-4697/59VT-4697/60VT-4697/61VT-4697/62VT-4697/63VT-4697/64VT-4697/65VT-4697/66VT-4697/67VT-4697/68 |
| Videotape VT-4697/69-284 |
Matlock #04697, Subseries: "Videotapes, 1960-1995." VT-4697/69-284VT-4697/69VT-4697/70VT-4697/71VT-4697/72VT-4697/73VT-4697/74VT-4697/75VT-4697/76VT-4697/77VT-4697/78VT-4697/79VT-4697/80VT-4697/81VT-4697/82VT-4697/83VT-4697/84VT-4697/85VT-4697/86VT-4697/87VT-4697/88VT-4697/89VT-4697/90VT-4697/91VT-4697/92VT-4697/93VT-4697/94VT-4697/95VT-4697/96VT-4697/97VT-4697/98VT-4697/99VT-4697/100VT-4697/101VT-4697/102VT-4697/103VT-4697/104VT-4697/105VT-4697/106VT-4697/107VT-4697/108VT-4697/109VT-4697/110VT-4697/111VT-4697/112VT-4697/113VT-4697/114VT-4697/115VT-4697/116VT-4697/117VT-4697/118VT-4697/119VT-4697/120VT-4697/121VT-4697/122VT-4697/123VT-4697/124VT-4697/125VT-4697/126VT-4697/127VT-4697/128VT-4697/129VT-4697/130VT-4697/131VT-4697/132VT-4697/133VT-4697/134VT-4697/135VT-4697/136VT-4697/137VT-4697/138VT-4697/139VT-4697/140VT-4697/141VT-4697/142VT-4697/143VT-4697/144VT-4697/145VT-4697/146VT-4697/147VT-4697/148VT-4697/149VT-4697/150VT-4697/151VT-4697/152VT-4697/153VT-4697/154VT-4697/155VT-4697/156VT-4697/157VT-4697/158VT-4697/159VT-4697/160VT-4697/161VT-4697/162VT-4697/163VT-4697/164VT-4697/165VT-4697/166VT-4697/167VT-4697/168VT-4697/169VT-4697/170VT-4697/171VT-4697/172VT-4697/173VT-4697/174VT-4697/175VT-4697/176VT-4697/177VT-4697/178VT-4697/179VT-4697/180VT-4697/181VT-4697/182VT-4697/183VT-4697/184VT-4697/185VT-4697/186VT-4697/187VT-4697/188VT-4697/189VT-4697/190VT-4697/191VT-4697/192VT-4697/193VT-4697/194VT-4697/195VT-4697/196VT-4697/197VT-4697/198VT-4697/199VT-4697/200VT-4697/201VT-4697/202VT-4697/203VT-4697/204VT-4697/205VT-4697/206VT-4697/207VT-4697/208VT-4697/209VT-4697/210VT-4697/211VT-4697/212VT-4697/213VT-4697/214VT-4697/215VT-4697/216VT-4697/217VT-4697/218VT-4697/219VT-4697/220VT-4697/221VT-4697/222VT-4697/223VT-4697/224VT-4697/225VT-4697/226VT-4697/227VT-4697/228VT-4697/229VT-4697/230VT-4697/231VT-4697/232VT-4697/233VT-4697/234VT-4697/235VT-4697/236VT-4697/237VT-4697/238VT-4697/239VT-4697/240VT-4697/241VT-4697/242VT-4697/243VT-4697/244VT-4697/245VT-4697/246VT-4697/247VT-4697/248VT-4697/249VT-4697/250VT-4697/251VT-4697/252VT-4697/253VT-4697/254VT-4697/255VT-4697/256VT-4697/257VT-4697/258VT-4697/259VT-4697/260VT-4697/261VT-4697/262VT-4697/263VT-4697/264VT-4697/265VT-4697/266VT-4697/267VT-4697/268VT-4697/269VT-4697/270VT-4697/271VT-4697/272VT-4697/273VT-4697/274VT-4697/275VT-4697/276VT-4697/277VT-4697/278VT-4697/279VT-4697/280VT-4697/281VT-4697/282VT-4697/283VT-4697/284 |
| Videotape VT-4697/285-301 |
Other Tapes #04697, Subseries: "Videotapes, 1960-1995." VT-4697/285-301Includes "Salvage," "Angel in my Pocket," and "Six Characters in Search of an Author." VT-4697/285VT-4697/286VT-4697/287VT-4697/288VT-4697/289VT-4697/290VT-4697/291VT-4697/292VT-4697/293VT-4697/294VT-4697/295VT-4697/296VT-4697/297VT-4697/298VT-4697/299VT-4697/300VT-4697/301 |
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Audio Discs.
Arrangement: by type, then alphabetical.
LPs, 45s and 78s either belonging to or recorded by Andy Griffith.
D-4697: 15 boxes of audio discs #04697, Subseries: "Audio Discs." VT-4697/285-301 |
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Processed by: Christopher Ryland, 1994
Encoded by: Danielle Weber, Margaret Dickson, and Jackie Dean, September 2006
Finding aid updated in September 2006 by Margaret Dickson and Danielle Weber.
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