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Call No: CRAWFORD RESEARCH CRIME
Place: AT
PhysDes: # boxes
Subject: RESEARCH TV; CRIME ON TV. AUSTRALIA; CRIME. AUSTRALIA; CRAWFORD PRODUCTIONS; HOMICIDE [TV] (AT, 1964-1975); DIVISION FOUR [TV] (AT, 1969); MATLOCK POLICE [TV] (AT, 1971-1976); RYAN [TV](AT, 1973-4); SOLO ONE [TV] (AT, 1975-76); BLUEY [TV] (AT, 1976-77); COP SHOP [TV] (AT, 1977-84); CARSON'S LAW [TV] (AT, 1983); SPECIAL SQUAD [TV](AT, 1984-1985); PRIME TIME [TV] (AT, 1986); FEDS, THE [TV] (AT, 1993-1995); STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7)
Summary: Press clippings, writers' research, interviews and journals used references when developing Crawfords crime show storylines. Research covers crime in Australia and overseas, type characters, technical and historical context as well as local and ethnic detail. Where possible Crawford Productions' original organisational system has been retained. The files were intially developed for early crime productions such as Homicide and Division Four. Annotations indicate that this early research was added to and used in later crime show storylines. Files are organised into general subjects followed by material connected with specific series in chronological order.
Notes: Annotations on some clippings -- Labels follow Crawfords designations unless provided by cataloguer
Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
Contents: # archive boxes containing writers' research and technical details used for Crawford Production crime shows. Folders as listed: [Victoria Police research]: History and outline of the Victoria Police Force / Victoria Police Department [Rev. Melbourne 1969[ (19 leaves); [Research] (47 leaves) Files on the victims in murder cases (214 leaves) Files on the accused in murder cases (151 leaves) Crime file research files 1-7: Kidnap; Knife attacks; Abduction; Drugs; Drugs - Nugan case; Disappearance; Leonski Crime file research files 8-16: Azaria Chamberlain; Azaria Chamberlain appeal; Axe killing - murder; Komarnicki - murder; Kane - murder; Blackmail/extortion/threat; Burglary; Bribe; Backyard car business Crime file research files 17-31: Bikie; Biggs - great train robbery; Raymond Bennett - murderer; Tait - murderer; Toecutter gang - murderers; Poisons - von Burlow/Perry; Police/shot killed attacked; Colin Creed - rogue cop - police corruption; The Bill Allen affair; O'Heally (murderer); Lord & Lady Lucan; Hinkley - attempted assassin; Graeme Thorne (kidnapped & murdered); Frankston psycho killer; Perjury Research file: Police anecdotes; Involving police [Research files of Det. J Puls] Victoria Police Association report (12 leaves); Unpublished ruling (9 leaves); Use of written notes to assist police in giving evidence (4 leaves); Accompanied by handwritten notes, typescripts and newspaper clippings Technical information research file 1: Army; Airways; Banks; Buslines; Cars & trucks; Chemicals; Children; Cryogenics; Customs; Currency; Cults; Dental; Documents; Dogs; Drugs; Eviction; Explosives; Family affairs; Fishing; Greek customs; Hotels; Health department; History; Humor; Immigration; Italian customs; Languages; Locks; Livestock; Marriage; Mechanical and electrical devices; Medical Technical information master vol 2: Minerals and metal; Music; Name titles; Newsmedia; Poisons; Police; Postage; Prisoners; Private det's; Racing; Rag trade; Quotes; Religion; Social welfare; Security; Speeches; Telephones; Television; Vegetation; Vermin and noxious weeds; War; Wines; Workers' compensation; Women's lib; University Character insight master file: Anzacs; Assembly workers; Boxer; Company executives/ wives; Divorce; Faith healers; Funeral directors; Geologists; Graduates; Gypsies; Illiteracy; Lawyer; Medical Professionals; Nurse; Prison officers; Psychologist; Quacks; Racing; Security; Supernatural; Surveyors; Vagrants; Wives; Actors; Bushman; Farmer; Grazier; Hill Billy; Law breaker; Nursing sister; Shearers; Shearers' cook; Stockman; Store keeper; Swagman; Eccentrics; Chivalrous colonel Character research file no. 1: Everyday; Country; Eccentric; Criminal; Juvenile Character research file no. 2: Bank robbers; Burglars; Car theives; Conmen; Cracksmen; Killers - thrill; Killers - professional; Killers - contract; Petty crims; Recidivists; Shoplifters; Telephone freaks; Wives of convicted criminals; Juv basher; Skinheads; Vandals Magazine American master detective [ISSN 0025-5017] Jun, Aug 1970; Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec 1971; Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1972; Feb, Mar, Apr May 1973 Homicide masters 3 Homicide research files 1: Accidental and unsolved etc; Abduction; Abortion; Child killers; Family relationships; Juvenile and teenagers; Lovers; Migrants; Monetary gain Homicide and D24 research file 1-4: The Stewart Royal commission (drugs, police corruption); Police/criminology; Reference information from Gordon Timmons; Police Homicide and D24 research file 5-11: Police; Passport rackets; Rackets; Silver gun rapist - Vaitos; Robbery - general; S P Bookies; Youth - violence & vandalism [Homicide and D24] Research file 11A-15: Sniper; Spy; Spy - Prime British; Underworld; Peter Jansen - race driver; Youth unemployment; Youth - theft/robbery/burglary; Youth - Turana Home and other institutions; Youth crime - general statistics; Youth deaths; Youth - drugs; Youth - gangs; Youth - help/aid; Youth - molesting; Youth - murder; Youth - parent problems; Youth - rape; Youth - riots/mobs; Youth - video/pinball crime; Youth - runaways/homelessness; Youth - alcohol; Youth - sex education; Youth - problems with students/education Homicide and D24 research file 16-25: Shoplifting; Scandal; Revenge; Robbery; Vigilantes; [Prison]; Wran affair; Drugs; Gordon Liddy/Watergate; Courts Homicide and D24 research file 26-36: Cycling; Police recruiting; Police games; Diamond smuggling; Police association; Security; Sport; Unemployment; Stuntmen; Tatts lotto; UFO; Uranium; Vietnamese; Ceremonies (religious) D4 masters 1: Abduction; Blackmail; Bombers & explosives; Caches; Children - child battering; Children - neglect; Children - general; Conflicts - family; Conflicts - marital; Conflicts - others; Drugs; Eviction; Fraud - conmen; Fraud - others; Fugitives - prisoners; Fugitives - others; Gambling; Industrial espionage; Migrants; Poisons; Police - attacks on the police; Police - cases involving (Duplicate file D4 Research vol. 1) D4 masters 2: [Robbery - armed]; [Robbery with violence]; [Robbery / violent crime]; [Theft]; [Robbery - general]; [Safe breakers] D4 masters 3: Sex offences; Siege; Smuggling - goods; Smuggling - people; Social; Supernatural - witchcraft, fortune telling etc; Supernatural - spiritualists, ghosts, etc.; Teenagers - gangs; Teenagers - missing and/or runaway; Teenagers - general; Vice - pornography; Vice - prostitution (Duplicate file D4 research vol. 3) Division 4 research bulletin 7.3.69 (3 leaves) [Matlock police character development cards] (50 cards) Matlock masters 1: [Unsorted] ( [Cop shop research files 1-5]: Cocaine; Assaults - cabinet committee of inquiry; Kay inquiry - abortion (2 copies); Drugs in sport; Homeless people Cop shop research file 6-10: Fishing; Spy game; Art fraud; Sexual harassment and rape; White Australia and Ruxton Cop shop research file 11-20: Video crime; Revivals (50s, 60s, 70s); Computer crime; Sieges; Juries [&] the courts; News + current affairs; William Sinclair; Drugs + drug runners; Pigeons; Lotto winners and losers Crime file: Abduction; Abo[riginal] crime; Arson; Arson - Fairlea; Assault - general; Assault - bashings Cop shop research [A]: Abuse; Alcohol; Crime - gen. info; Deaths; Drugs; Gangs; Help/aid; Murder; Parents; Prostitution; Rape; Riots/Mobs; Runaways/homeless; Sex education; Students; Theft/robbery; Turana; Unemployed Cop shop research [B]: Escapes; Feuds; Forgery/counterfeit; Child battery; Illegal immigrants; Migrant crime Cop shop research (People/Characters): Pornography; Murder; Call girls; Massage parlor; Mafia/syndicate crime; Psychological effects of crime; Private investigators Cop shop research memos [1980-1981] Cop shop memos research [1982-1983] [Cop shop research files 1-16] A.S.I.O; Builders labour federation; Bodyguards; Boat people; Bakers hobbies; Horses; Aboriginals/general; Aboriginal land rights; Aboriginal racial problems; Commission flats; Video; Blue light disco; [Victoria Police brochure]; Safety house scheme; Consumer affairs; Computers [Carson's law research]: The complete palmist / Ina Oxenford (photocopy ; 98 leaves); The other love: an historical and contemporary syrvey of homosexuality in Britain / H. Montgomery Hyde (photocopy ; 163 leaves) [Carson's law historical research]: Contains information on the following topics --Abortion; Advertising; Aviation; Children's games; Contraception; Divorce; Drama; Earnings; Electricity; Entertainment; Education; Fun of the fair; Federal election 1925; Fashion; Films; Games of skill; Health; Household, running the; Houshold and wages; Hotels; Leisure; Magazines; Medicine/health; Music; Marriage; Motor cars; Morality; Newspapers; Pleasures of the picnic; Politics; Public transport; Radio; Spirit of the twenties; Social calendar; Telephones [Carson's law technical research and memos]: Unsorted research photocopies covering historical and technical developments of the 1920s [Carson's law - miscellaneous research / specific queries]: Includes summaries of interviews conducted with historians and members of the public on the subject of women in the work force, vice and entertainment in the 1920s Prime time research file: 17-29: [Greece]; Family court; Execution; Extradition; Education; Italy; Government bonds; Media relations office - Geoff Wilkinson; Media Liaison; Marriage; Karmarn dogs; Missing; Private eye; Story suggestions; [Unsorted] Miscellany Scripts: Power without glory : episode 2. Homecomings / (Scene breakdown and script ; iii, 96 leaves); Barlow at large : [season 2, episode 2. Wanted] / Elwyn Stokes (photocopy ; 53 leaves)