Wood and Associates Collection, Audiovisual Materials, 1968-1992

Summary

Creator:
Wood, Dorothy, L., 1930-2008
Date:
1968-1992
Extent:
63 item(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Wood and Associates Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

Wood and Associates Collection, Audiovisual Materials is comprised of 50 16mm films, three 2-inch videotapes, and ten quarter-inch open reel audio tapes, The materials document the public relations and advertising work of Wood & Associates for numerous political campaigns between the years of 1969 and 1992 including Georgia gubernatorial campaigns for Jimmy Carter (1970) and George Busbee (1974 and 1978), the U.S. senatorial campaigns of Sam Nunn (1972) and Norman Underwood (1980), the U.S. congressional campaigns of John J. Flynt, Jr. (1976), Smith Foster (1976) and Marge Thurman (1977), and the Atlanta mayoral campaign of Rodney Cook (1969) and Macon mayoral campaign of Buck Melton (1975). Also included is a commercial for swimming pool chlorinators manufactured by Tesco Chemical.

Biographical / historical:

Dorothy L. "Dot" Wood was influential advertising executive and advisor specializing in Georgia politics. Dot Wood died in June 2008.

Arrangement:

Wood and Associates Collection, Audiovisual Materials is arranged by format.

Access and use restrictions

Restrictions:

Though the collection is open for research, reference copies of the audiovisual recordings are available upon request. Research requests will be filled as soon as possible and will be dependent upon the condition of the recordings.

Terms of access:

It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to reproduce material for publication. Persons wishing to reproduce materials in the Russell Library collections should consult the Director. Reproduction or quotation of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.

Preferred citation:

Wood and Associates Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.