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[Identification of item], in the John Paul Nickell papers #4486, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from John Paul Nickell of Raleigh, North Carolina, in June 1987.

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• Nickell, John Paul.
• Television plays--History--20th century.
• Television scripts--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.

Television scripts, circa 1949-1969, annotated by John Paul Nickell in the course of his career as a director of early television dramas. Nickell was later on the faculty of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.