Emmy Nomination Letter, 1966
date: label: date made
content: 1966-04-25
notes: label: Description
content: This letter, dated April 25, 1966 and signed by Rod Serling, President of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, informed Julia Child that she had been nominated for an Emmy Award, specifically for “Individual Achievement in Educational Television” as “Hostess” of <i>The French Chef</i>. As the inspiration for the series and sole talent on camera, the term “Hostess” seems misplaced, but at the time, recognition from the Academy for an educational program was a significant achievement in itself. What’s more, Julia Child became, indeed, the first educational program personality to be awarded the prestigious Emmy.
label: Description
content: This letter represents the beginning of Julia’s long and successful career in television. The first series of The French Chef consisted of 119 black-and-white episodes produced between 1963 and 1966. Other series included <i>The French Chef</i> in color (1970-73); <i>Julia Child & Company</i> (1978); <i>Julia Child & More Company</i> (1979); <i>Dinner at Julia’s</i> (1983); <i>Cooking with Master Chefs</i> (1993); <i>In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs</i> (1994); <i>Baking with Julia</i> (1996); and <i>Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home</i> (1999).
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content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, general
label: Subject
content: Television
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content: kitchen
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0043.01
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content: 2012.0043.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0043
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content: letter with frame
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content: letter
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content: letter in frame
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: in frame: 18 in x 14 in; 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm