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Series III. Biographical and Promotional Materials, 1977-2012, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series III. Biographical and Promotional Materials includes telivision appearances and interviews by Coca Crystal, as well as recordings of events that she went to, on U-matic and VHS video tapes. It also includes a Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Cyrstal by the Metropolitan Playhouse in 2012.

Bavaria: Meet the Filmmaker, Spiro Carras, Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_436 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 30 minutes; Preservation Note: Tape required incubation, first 4 minutes of content had no video.

Berlei Morning Show CH-7, December 9, 1983

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_438 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Best of Coca #2: Jim Mason, 1977-1995, inclusive

Box: 30, U-matic: 468_424 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Best of Coca #3: Coca Crystal, Vincent Titus, Leopold Maler, Leslie Kendall, Steve Ben Israel, 1977-1995, inclusive

Box: 30, U-matic: 468_425 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Starring Coca Crystal and Vincent Titus (Singing), Leopold Maler, Subway Gender Test with Leslie Kendall, Phones, Nonsense-A-Milla Street (Pot Report) Comedy with Steve Ben Israel, Returning the Shah

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Best of Coca #4: Pop Top, 1977-1995, inclusive

Box: 30, U-matic: 468_426 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Caldwell Taylor, Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_439 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes; Preservation note: Tape required incubation

Certificate of Appreciation Presented to Jackie Diamond from the Metropolitan Playhouse, 2012

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Coca Crystal's Message From Home, Undated, inclusive

Box: 32, VHS: 468_464 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

This footage includes outdoor shots and the cameraman playing the guitar. It was featured in the episode that aired May 11, 1988.

Coca on NBC, June 11, 1992

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_443 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 30 minutes; Preservation note: Tape required incubation

Ganesh Baba, Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_437 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Gus's Birthday / Shalom America MCTV, May 28, 1991

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_429 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

This may be a recycled tape - "Shalom America MCTV" may be a previous title, and the date 5/28/1991 may be innacurate for the current recording on the tape.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

G.W. Hospital Stakeout, April 4, 1981

Box: 30, U-matic: 468_428 (Material Type: video)

Scope and Contents

Note on tape says "Recyclable Tape for Coca Crystal's Show"

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

"No Holds Barred," CBS Documentary on Coca Crystal and Friends, Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, VHS: 468_433 (Material Type: video)
Box: 31, U-matic: 468_434, 468_435 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 8 minutes

Promo Tapes, Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_430, 468_431, 468_432 (Material Type: video)
Box: 32, U-matic: 468_453 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes.

Refuge Temple Night Service Tape #3 / Mary Woronov "Eating Raoul", Undated, inclusive

Box: 31, U-matic: 468_441 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

Stephen Holt Interviewing Pat McCorkle and Richard Wherrett, August, 1988

Box: 31, VHS: 468_442 (Material Type: video)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Duration: 60 minutes

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