M*A*S*H Television Show Collection
name: label: Author
content: Levine, Ken, 1950- (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Alda, Alan (actor, scriptwriter)
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content: Bull, Sheldon (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Bloodworth, Linda (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Davis, Elias (scriptwriter)
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content: Greenbaum, Everett (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Gelbart, Larry, 1928-2009 (television scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Hall, Karen (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Isaacs, David (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Klane, Robert (scriptwriter)
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content: Koenig, Dennis (scriptwriter)
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content: Marks, Laurance (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Mumford, Thad (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Place, Mary Kay (scriptwriter)
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content: Rappaport, John (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Reynolds, Gene (scriptwriter)
label: Producer
content: Twentieth Century-Fox
label: Author
content: Wilcox, Dan (scriptwriter)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society
title: label: Topic
content: M*A*S*H (Television program)
topic: label: Topic
content: Television programs
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content: Television music
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content: Nurses
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content: Entertainment
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content: Physicians -- 1950-2000
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content: Korean War, 1950-1953
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the National Museum of American History Museum by Twentieth Century Fox, through Suzy Kalter on July 23, 1984.
creator: label: Author
content: Levine, Ken, 1950- (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Alda, Alan (actor, scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Bull, Sheldon (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Bloodworth, Linda (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Davis, Elias (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Greenbaum, Everett (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Gelbart, Larry, 1928-2009 (television scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Hall, Karen (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Isaacs, David (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Klane, Robert (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Koenig, Dennis (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Marks, Laurance (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Mumford, Thad (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Place, Mary Kay (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Rappaport, John (scriptwriter)
label: Author
content: Reynolds, Gene (scriptwriter)
label: Producer
content: Twentieth Century-Fox
label: Author
content: Wilcox, Dan (scriptwriter)
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content: M*A*S*H Television Show Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The television show M*A*S*H was initially broadcast from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. It told the story of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea during the 1950-1953 war.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Series Four was transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society on August 13, 2017.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: M*A*S*H was an award winning television show based on the bestselling novel and Oscar winning motion picture film of the same title.  It portrayed the lives of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea. While the goal of producers was for the program to be a comedy series, it often portrayed very different sentiments of war and in this case the Korean War.  The program was initially broadcasted from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983 and achieved a very successful run.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8.4 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950 - 1982, undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Series One was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) on March 4, 1986.  

Series Two and Three were transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) on July 15, 2003.

Series Four was transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) on August 13, 2017.   

Additional materials (.66 cubic feet) was transferred from the Division of Politics and Military History in 2021.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0117
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Television scripts
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content: Transcripts
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content: Music cue sheets
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content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1, Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets 1971-1982

Subseries 1.1, Scripts, 1971-1982

Subseries 1.2, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets, 1971-1982

Subseries 1.3, Script Notes 1973-1974

Series 2, Interviews of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Personnel and Patients, 1973-1977

Series 3, Other Materials, 1970-1975, undated

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1950-1970, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Frank R. Jenkins (volunteer), March 2004 and Emily Woessner (intern) 2017, revised by Katrina Schoorl (intern), January 2010,  supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Television scripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Music cue sheets
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1970-1990
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes the scripts from the television shows starting with the pilot episode and continuing through the eleven season run of two hundred and fifty one episodes. Also included are transcripts of over fifty50 interviews conducted by the writers and producers with former doctors and nurses that served in Mash units in Korea and Vietnam and soldiers who were patients in those units. These transcripts reveal the source of many of the story lines. There are a number of letters from viewers, mostly concerning their regret over the death of one of the characters, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake. Notes on Korean customs and the history of an actual Mash unit are included in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

Thomas Garvin Korean War Scrapbook (AC0756)