The Ellen Burke Rawls Papers (approximately 1980-2001) comprise the professional writings of Rawls, and document her work as a reviewer in the entertainment industry of Atlantic City, New Jersey and as a publicist for the other professional businesses in and around New Jersey and New York. The material comprise of her personal correspondence, columns from a number of newspapers, correspondence of her participation in The Morning Show program and photographs that were used in her newspaper columns.
The Ellen Burke Rawls Papers (approximately 1980-2001) comprise the professional writings of Rawls, and document her work as a reviewer in the entertainment industry of Atlantic City, New Jersey and as a publicist for the other professional businesses in and around New Jersey and New York. The material comprise of her personal correspondence, columns from a number of newspapers, correspondence of her participation in The Morning Show program and photographs that were used in her newspaper columns.
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Ellen Burke Rawls was an entertainment columnist and publicist in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and her entertainment columns detail the line-up of coming events and stars at Atlantic City hotels and casinos. Her "Atlantic City" byline column appeared weekly in the Staten Island Sunday Advance from 1990 to 1995. Her Star-Ledger columns were carried in the Special Section under "Gracious Living" from 1990 to 1993 and "Summertime" from 1993 to 1994. Additionally, she did freelance articles written for The Big Apple Press in 1991 and for the New York Post under the byline, "On The Boardwalk" in 1993. Rawls wrote and followed business people in the news, whom she felt could utilize her public relations skills in publicizing their activities. Ellen Burke Rawls passed away August 24, 2023.
Source:
"Ellen Burke Rawls obituary," accessed May 11, 2026. https://www.jsgfunerals.com/obituaries/Ellen-Burke-Rawls?obId=30474609
Ellen Burke Rawls Papers, approximately 1980-2001. MS-00451. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1mc74
Materials were donated in 2002 by Ellen Burke Rawls; accession number 2002-019. Additional materials were donated in 2026 by Dennis Crippen (on behalf of Rawls' estate); accession number 2026-047.
Materials were processed by JoAnn Spair in 2002. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. Subsequently Kayla McDuffie entered the data into ArchivesSpace.