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Ellen Burke Rawls Papers (MS-00451)

Abstract

The Ellen Burke Rawls Papers comprise the professional writings of Ellen Burke Rawls from 1987 to 1996. The papers 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. 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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Date

1987-1996

Extent

1.1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Ellen Burke Rawls Papers comprise the professional writings of Ellen Burke Rawls from 1987 to 1996. The papers 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. 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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

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 remain in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

Ellen Burke Rawls is 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.

Preferred Citation

Ellen Burke Rawls Papers, 1987-1996. MS-00451. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were a gift of Ellen Burke Rawls in 2002; accession number 2002-019.

Processing Note

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.

Resource Type

Papers

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NvLN::MS00451

Finding Aid Description Rules

Describing Archives: A Content Standard
English