Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection
Collection
Identifier: A1057
Scope and Contents
The Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection (1979-1983) consists of recordings 1-2 minute snapshots of restaurants in Salt Lake City and throughout the state of Utah. The reviews were broadcast on KUTV Channel 2's PM Magazine Utah. The collection also contains footage of other non-restaurant PM Magazine features to which Church contributed. Stories are identififed by the name of the restaurant reviewed. All materials have been digitized and are available to view on DVD.
Dates
- 1979-1983
Creator
- Church, Aloysius (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Permission to publish material from the Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Multimedia Archivist.
Historical Note
For four years between 1979 and 1983 Aloysius "Al" Church was employed as a freelance on-air talent and field producer for KUTV's semi-news program, PM Magazine, a syndicated production from Westinghouse Broadcasting that was aired on KUTV as a soft news feature with both national and local segments. He appeared twice a month as the local restaurant reviewer during that time period, focusing on Utah restaurants. He had total editorial freedom and worked with a photographer and sound person who assisted in both the filming and editing of the segments. PM Magazine aired from 6:30-7:00 p.m.
During that time, He also worked with PM staffers as a field producer, generating, filming, writing and editing other non-restaurant features (these ran for 5-7 minutes; the restaurant pieces were 90 seconds to 2 minutes). Some of these are included in the archival footage (though several were erased as PM was being phased out of KUTV's program line up.) Several won national and regional awards for writing, story content, and editing, including a regional Emmy nomination for a story (erased) on the Utah Artificial Heart (in which Drs. Rob Jarvick and Willem Kolf appeared). The train story won a national editing award for photographer John Krantzer. Some of the longer stories (articificial heart, rodeo cowboy) appeared on the national syndication reels in the 100 plus TV markets that aired PM.)
During that time, He also worked with PM staffers as a field producer, generating, filming, writing and editing other non-restaurant features (these ran for 5-7 minutes; the restaurant pieces were 90 seconds to 2 minutes). Some of these are included in the archival footage (though several were erased as PM was being phased out of KUTV's program line up.) Several won national and regional awards for writing, story content, and editing, including a regional Emmy nomination for a story (erased) on the Utah Artificial Heart (in which Drs. Rob Jarvick and Willem Kolf appeared). The train story won a national editing award for photographer John Krantzer. Some of the longer stories (articificial heart, rodeo cowboy) appeared on the national syndication reels in the 100 plus TV markets that aired PM.)
Extent
2 VHS
Abstract
The Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection (1979-1983) consists of recordings of Church's "silver spoon" restaurant reviews conducted for PM Magazine Utah, broadcast on KUTV Channel 2. The series provides 1-2 minute snapshots of restaurants in Salt Lake City and throughout the state of Utah. The collection also contains footage of other non-restaurant PM Magazine features to which Church contributed. Al Church has authored restaurant reviews for KUTV and the Deseret News.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged as provided by the donor.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Aloysius S. Church in 2010.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Hinderaker in 2011.
Creator
- Church, Aloysius (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Aloysius S. Church restaurant review video collection 1979-1983
- Author
- Finding aid created by Michael Hinderaker
- Date
- © 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu