Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 15, 2002|Volume 31, Number 11

Yale staff consulted for soon-to-air
PBS series on Benjamin Franklin

Producers of a three-part series on Benjamin Franklin airing this month on the Pubic Broadcasting Service (PBS) relied on the expertise of staff from Yale's world-class collection of papers and other documents related to the American statesman, scientist and revolutionary.

Ellen Cohn, editor-in-chief of Yale's Benjamin Franklin Collection, and consulting editor Claude-Anne Lopez were advisers for the series, titled "Benjamin Franklin." Judith Adkins, assistant editor of the Yale collection, served as a fact-checker on the script and Cohn helped craft the final cut of the film. In addition, many of the images used in the documentary came from Yale's collection, which is located on the second floor of Sterling Memorial Library.

"Benjamin Franklin" follows the career of Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, from his early years in Boston to international fame. The documentary draws upon Franklin's own writings and those of his contemporaries. Actors portray the roles of Franklin and those whose paths intersected with his life. The show follows the statesman through events in which he played a central role, including the Revolutionary war, the Constitutional convention and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.

Broadcasts of "Benjamin Franklin" will begin on PBS stations on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 9 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific time) and will continue the following night at the same time. For a complete schedule of broadcasts, visit the series website at www.pbs.org/benfranklin/index.html.

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