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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, 1926-2012 |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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; Amanda Loeb, May 2015; Dawne Howard Lucas, Rebecca Stubbs, and Laura Smith, Agust 2022.
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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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.
Back to TopPrimarily 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.
Back to TopFilms 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.
Arrangement: by episode number.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
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.
Film F-4697/141 |
Class of '49 |
Film F-4697/142 |
Interview, Channel 5--31 May 1956 |
Film F-4697/143 |
S.O.F. and Silent Charlie |
Film F-4697/144 |
Texas |
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:
Videotape VT-4697/1 |
Videotape of Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero, an A&E Biography about Andy Griffith that aired on 1 September 1997. |
Folder 2 |
Articles and publicity material by and about Andy Griffith. |
Videotape VT-4697/2 |
Andy Griffith Compilation.1) Larry King Weekend; 2) The Al Roker Show; 3) Regis & Kathy Lee; 4) This Morning. RT: 1:24:00. |
Videotape VT-4697/3 |
Andy Griffith Country Reel.1) TNN PrimeTime Country 4/26/96; 2) TNN Country News 5/2/96; 3) Crook & Chase 5/3/96. |
Videotape VT-4697/4 |
Griffith, Andy. I Love To Tell The Story. B-Roll Electronic Press Kit. TRT: 10:00. 4/30/96. |
Videotape VT-4697/5 |
Remembrances of Andy. |
Music Compact Disc CD-4697/1 |
I Love to Tell the Story [sound recording]: [25 timeless hymns] / Andy Griffith. Brentwood, Tenn. : Sparrow Corp., 1996. |
Image Folder PF-4697/1 |
Twenty-four pictures of Andy Griffith, some with Don Knotts, Ron Howard,and others.Included are publicity pictures from The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock as well as copies of photographs of Griffith as a child and young man. |
Bound volumes of television and movie scripts.
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The Andy Griffith Show |
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Matlock |
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Other TapesIncludes "Salvage," "Angel in my Pocket," and "Six Characters in Search of an Author." |
Processing information: Audio discs are not physically labeled with call numbers, or unique IDs, at this time and require additional processing for access. Discs are roughly arranged by type, then alphabetical. Please note that the 45-rpm record 45-4697/1 resides in the Addition of September 2005 (Acc. 100198).
Instantaneous discs, 45-rpm records, 78-rpm records, and LP records either belonging to or recorded by Andy Griffith.
Instantaneous Disc FD-4697/1-16
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45-rpm Disc 45-4697/2-30
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45-rpm records |
78-rpm Disc 78-4697/1-74
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78-rpm records |
Audiodisc FC-4697/1-201
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LP records |
Digital Folder DF-4697/1 |
Video of "Andy Griffith at UNC," September 2005Video of Andy Griffith making a presentation to the Southern Historical Collection of letters, record albums, pilot scripts for The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, and a guitar (see Acc. 100198). It includes footage of Andy Griffith singing and playing the guitar, an introduction by Chancellor James Moeser, Andy and Cindy Griffith discussing his decision to donate his personal collection to the university, and a question and answer session with Griffith. |
Contains grades, letters, and administrative documents from Andy Griffith’s time as a student at the University of North Carolina (1945-1949), principally from the Music Department. There is a letter of recommendation complimenting him on his vocal work. Of note is an illustrated pamphlet advertising Andy and his wife Barbara’s “book-able” talents in acting and music, "no occasion too small, no job too big" and their contact information.
Box 36 |
University of North Carolina student records, 1945-1949 |