Scrapbooks and Albums [series]:
(3 volumes, 1938-1976) There are 3 scrapbooks in this series, which provide
biographical information on Hal Cooper and his first wife, Pat Meikle. Scrapbooks [1]
and [3] have been disbound.
Scrapbook [1], 1938-1947, contains mostly newspaper clippings, as well as photographs
and programs from University of Michigan theater productions and evaluations from one of
Hal Cooper's acting classes. The scrapbook documents the early theater careers of Hal
Cooper and Pat Meikle, as well as some of Hal Cooper's education at the University of
Michigan Theater Department and his service in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Scrapbook [2] is composed of newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as letters from
M.D. Taylor, Chairman of the Board for Taylor-Reed Corp. Most of the scrapbook focuses
on the early television career of Pat Meikle as the hostess, creator, and animator of
the children's television programs The Magic
Cottage and Your Television
Baby-Sitter . Hal Cooper was producer and writer for both shows, and also acted
in them.
Scrapbook [3] documents Hal Cooper's success as a television director, writer, and
producer from 1971 to 1976. The clippings focus on Maude , especially reactions to the controversial episodes on
Maude's abortion and Walter's alcoholism. Also included are articles related to the Emmy
Award rule changes and the possibility of a Screen Actors Guild strike.
