Restrictions to Access

Use of film materials may require production of viewing copies.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisitions Information

Received from John Paul Nickell of Raleigh, North Carolina, in June 1987 (Acc. 87051) and June 2013 (Acc. 101798).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Updated by: Mary Oliva and Anne Wells, May 2017

The 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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Fiction television programs.
• Nickell, Paul.
• Television plays--History and criticism.
• Television plays.
• Television producers and directors.
• Television production and direction.
• Television programs--Drama--20th century.
• Television programs--History and criticism.
• Television scripts--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.

This collection chiefly contains television scripts, circa 1948-1968, annotated by Paul Nickell in the course of his career as a director of early television dramas. Additional materials include scripts from student productions during his time as a faculty member of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from 1968-1981, nonannotated scripts sent to him, mentions of Nickell's work in several printed media sources, and motion picture film prints of television dramas directed by Paul Nickell.

• Films (F-4486/1-8)