%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj
<>
endobj
2 0 obj
<>stream
2023-05-30T21:34:13-05:00
2023-05-30T21:34:13-05:00
2023-05-30T21:34:13-05:00
Adobe Acrobat 23.0
application/pdf
Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers ® Video Oral History with Kevin Clash
uuid:c8abd306-3d6c-4f98-a060-1d11b62f564a
uuid:18d58ee0-cedf-4eab-ba49-c188f0ef74d4
Acrobat Web Capture 15.0
endstream
endobj
5 0 obj
<>
endobj
6 0 obj
<>
endobj
3 0 obj
<>
endobj
7 0 obj
<>
endobj
8 0 obj
<>
endobj
18 0 obj
<>>>
endobj
19 0 obj
<>
endobj
20 0 obj
<>
endobj
22 0 obj
[21 0 R 21 0 R]
endobj
23 0 obj
[21 0 R 21 0 R]
endobj
24 0 obj
[21 0 R 21 0 R]
endobj
25 0 obj
[21 0 R 21 0 R]
endobj
26 0 obj
[21 0 R 21 0 R]
endobj
21 0 obj
<><><><><><><><>]/P 19 0 R/Pg 13 0 R/S/Article>>
endobj
13 0 obj
<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/StructParents 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
27 0 obj
<>stream
BT
/Artifact <>BDC
/TT0 1 Tf
9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm
(Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers \256 Video Oral History with Kevin Clas\
h)Tj
EMC
/Artifact <>BDC
0 -86 TD
(file:///192.168.19.4/Company/HM%20Interviews/Finding%20Aids/EAD/A2007_26\
8_EAD.html)Tj
38.887 0 Td
([5/30/2023 9:34:13 PM])Tj
EMC
ET
1 g
10 36 591.75 729.75 re
f
0.604 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 682.4997 cm
0 0 m
0.75 -0.75 l
579 -0.75 l
579.749 0 l
h
f
Q
0.933 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.7499 681.75 cm
0 0 m
-0.75 -0.75 l
579 -0.75 l
578.25 0 l
h
f
Q
0.604 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 681.0003 cm
0 0 m
0.75 0.75 l
0 1.499 l
h
f
Q
0.933 g
q 1 0 0 1 594.9999 681.75 cm
0 0 m
0.75 -0.75 l
0.75 0.75 l
h
f
Q
0.604 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 400.5 cm
0 0 m
0.75 -0.75 l
579 -0.75 l
579.749 0 l
h
f
Q
0.933 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.7499 399.7503 cm
0 0 m
-0.75 -0.751 l
579 -0.751 l
578.25 0 l
h
f
Q
0.604 g
q 1 0 0 1 16.0002 398.9997 cm
0 0 m
0.75 0.751 l
0 1.5 l
h
f
Q
0.933 g
q 1 0 0 1 594.9999 399.7503 cm
0 0 m
0.75 -0.751 l
0.75 0.75 l
h
f
Q
/Article <>BDC
EMC
/Article <>BDC
BT
0 g
/TT1 1 Tf
18 0 0 18 24.7041 743.25 Tm
(Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers \256 Video Oral History with Kevin)Tj
14.259 -1.208 Td
(Clash)Tj
14.25 0 0 14.25 18.25 656.25 Tm
(Overview of the Collection)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
12 0 0 12 18.25 624.75 Tm
(Repository:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(The HistoryMakers\2561900 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60616)Tj
0 -1.125 TD
(info@thehistorymakers.com www.thehistorymakers.com)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Creator:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(Clash, Kevin)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Title:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(The HistoryMakers\256 Video Oral History Interview with Kevin Clash,)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Dates:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(September 21, 2007)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Bulk Dates:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(2007)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Physical Description:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(6 Betacame SP videocasettes \(2:37:58\).)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Abstract:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(Puppeteer Kevin Clash \(1960 - )Tj
12.636 0 Td
(\) created the character Elmo on Sesame Street. A)Tj
-12.636 -1.125 Td
(multiple Emmy Award-winning puppeteer, he)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
18.718 0 Td
(also performed on the television)Tj
-18.718 -1.125 Td
(programs, Captain Kangaroo, and Dinosaurs, and in the films, Teenage Mut\
ant Ninja)Tj
T*
(Turtles,)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
3.333 0 Td
(and Muppet Treasure Island. Clash was interviewed by The HistoryMakers\256\
on)Tj
-3.333 -1.125 Td
(September 21, 2007, in New York, New York. This)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
(collection is comprised of the)Tj
T*
(original video footage of the interview.)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Identification:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(A2007_268)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
-12.125 -1.375 Td
(Language:)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12.125 0 Td
(The interview and records are in English.)Tj
/TT1 1 Tf
14.25 0 0 14.25 16 372 Tm
(Biographical Note by The HistoryMakers\256)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
12 0 0 12 40.75 343.5 Tm
(Children\222s educational puppeteer Kevin Clash was born on September 17\
, 1960 in Turner\222s Station, a)Tj
T*
(predominantly black neighborhood)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
14.302 0 Td
(in the Baltimore, Maryland suburb of Dundalk, to George and Gladys Clash\
. In)Tj
-14.302 -1.125 Td
(1971, at the age of ten, Clash began building)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
18.135 0 Td
(puppets, after being inspired by the work of puppeteers on the )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
25.049 0 Td
(Sesame)Tj
-43.184 -1.125 Td
(Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
2.333 0 Td
( television program, a passion that stuck with him throughout his teen y\
ears.)Tj
-2.333 -2.125 Td
(His first work on television was for WMAR, a CBS affiliate that produced\
a show entitled )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
36.354 0 Td
(Caboose)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(. Clash also)Tj
-36.354 -1.125 Td
(performed a pelican puppet character for the WTOP-TV television program \
)Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
30.543 0 Td
(Zep)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(. In his late teens, Clash met)Tj
-30.543 -1.125 Td
(Kermit Love, a puppet designer for the Muppets, who arranged for Clash t\
o observe the )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
35.351 0 Td
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
( set.)Tj
-35.351 -2.125 Td
(In 1979, Clash became a puppeteer for the television program )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
24.964 0 Td
(Captain Kangaroo)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(, a role he would perform until)Tj
-24.964 -1.125 Td
(1985, working with puppeteer and future collaborator Jim Martin. In 1980\
, Clash was allowed)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
37.964 0 Td
(a chance to work)Tj
-37.964 -1.125 Td
(briefly as a puppeteer for )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
10.301 0 Td
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
5.582 0 Td
(, a program to which he would return after leaving )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
20.41 0 Td
(Captain Kangaroo)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(.)Tj
-36.292 -1.125 Td
(Clash joined the cast of )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
9.637 0 Td
(The Great Space Coaster)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
( in 1981, playing the characters Goriddle Gorilla, Rory and)Tj
-9.637 -1.125 Td
(Huggle Scuffy. In 1983, Clash was offered another opportunity)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
25.578 0 Td
(with )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(, but was forced to decline due)Tj
-25.578 -1.125 Td
(to his already-hectic television schedule.)Tj
0 -2.125 TD
(The following year, Clash was able to join )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
17.246 0 Td
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(, playing the characters Hoots the Owl, Baby Natasha and)Tj
-17.246 -1.125 Td
(Dr. Nobel Price. It was also that year that Clash created the character)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
27.849 0 Td
(Elmo, using an old red puppet for whom)Tj
-27.849 -1.125 Td
(previous )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
( puppeteers had failed to create a personality. Clash became a puppeteer\
for )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
39.762 0 Td
(The Jim)Tj
-39.762 -1.125 Td
(Henson Hour)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
( in 1989, working with the Leon and Clifford characters. Clash also work\
ed on a variety of other)Tj
0 -1.125 TD
(Henson projects in the late-1980s,)Tj
/Span<>> BDC
( )Tj
EMC
13.886 0 Td
(including )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
4.027 0 Td
(Muppet Time)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(, )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
(Tale of the Bunny Picnic)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
15.691 0 Td
( and )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
(Dog City)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
(.)Tj
-33.604 -2.125 Td
(In 1990, Clash won his first Daytime Emmy Award for his work on )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
27.33 0 Td
(Sesame Street)Tj
/TT0 1 Tf
5.582 0 Td
(, an accomplishment he would)Tj
ET
q
10 36 592 730 re
W n
BT
12 0 0 12 40.75 39 Tm
(repeat eight times. The following year, Clash portrayed the character Sp\
linter in the film )Tj
/TT3 1 Tf
35.599 0 Td
(Teenage Mutant Ninja)Tj
ET
EMC
Q
endstream
endobj
28 0 obj
<>
endobj
29 0 obj
(GdSxa)
endobj
30 0 obj
<>
endobj
31 0 obj
<>
endobj
32 0 obj
<>
endobj
33 0 obj
<>
endobj
40 0 obj
<>
endobj
41 0 obj
<>stream
H\n0E
/
"bf