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Robin Leach Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Audiovisual Collection (MS-01102)

Abstract

The Robin Leach Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Audiovisual Collection (1984-1999) is comprised of 25 boxes of VHS tapes that contain recordings of various television shows produced and hosted by Robin Leach. Primarily, they consist of episode tapings of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984-1999), which showcased wealthy lifestyles and featured hundreds of notable guests, such as Princess Diana, Liberace, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, and Audrey Hepburn. Additionally, there are tapes from Lifestyles' two spinoff shows, Runaway With the Rich and Famous (1991-1998) and Fame, Fortune, and Romance (1986-1987). Also included are tapes from the series Start of Something Big (1985-1986) and Gourmet Getaways (1997-1998), as well as a number of home videos, episode previews, and television specials.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1984 to 1999

Extent

16.20 Cubic Feet (25 boxes)
13.54 Linear Feet
10 digital_files (27.213 GB) MP4

Related People/Corporations

Creator: Leach, Robin

Scope and Contents Note

The Robin Leach Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Audiovisual Collection (1984-1999) is comprised of 25 boxes of VHS tapes that contain recordings of various television shows produced and hosted by Robin Leach. Primarily, they consist of episode tapings of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1984-1999), which showcased wealthy lifestyles and featured hundreds of notable guests, such as Princess Diana, Liberace, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, and Audrey Hepburn. Additionally, there are tapes from Lifestyles' two spinoff shows, Runaway With the Rich and Famous (1991-1998) and Fame, Fortune, and Romance (1986-1987). Also included are tapes from the series Start of Something Big (1985-1986) and Gourmet Getaways (1997-1998), as well as a number of home videos, episode previews, and television specials.

Access Note

Collection is open for research. Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by show title.

Preferred Citation

Robin Leach Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Audiovisual Collection, 1984-1999. MS-01102. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1tf4j

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 2004 by Robin Leach; accession number 2022-056.

Processing Note

In 2022, Celene Chavez and Hannah Tran reboxed the collection and created the inventory. Sarah Jones loaded it into ArchivesSpace and wrote the collection description.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS01102

Finding Aid Description Rules

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