The Ithaca College Archives houses a number of precious, carefully curated physical and digital assets documenting the ongoing history of Ithaca College. In addition, our archives house Special Collections, including the famed Rod Serling Archives. The Archives closed completely in Fall 2021 following the retirement of the College Archivist and given the need for library staff to review and secure the collection.
Spring 2022: Requests from the Ithaca College campus community only will be taken via this form https://library.ithaca.edu/forms/archives.php on a first-come, first-served basis, as time and ability allow. (Intercom, January 18, 2022).
The Encyclopedia of Television provides an entry for Rod Serling. Quote, " His emphasis on character (psychology and motivation), the expedient handling of incisive, direct and forceful and painfully penetrating dialogue, alongside his moralizing subtext, placed him in a unique position to question mankind's prejudices and intolerance as he saw it."
Here are the Table of Contents to the published scripts. The published copy of the scripts are available in the the library:
Episodes can be or checked out on DVD from the library's Multimedia desk; the DVDs have supplementary materials such as interviews.
The Rod Serling Award for Advancing Social Justice Through Popular Media honors a contemporary media industry professional whose work shines the light on prejudice, inequality, and evolving social norms.
Of interest:
Here are a few sample searches. If you need help searching, contact me.
Library Search: "Twilight Zone" AND Television
Library Search: Novak AND "The Premise"
Library Search: "Black Mirror" AND Netflix
Library Search: Books by or about Rod Serling
EBSCO Research Library "Twilight Zone" AND Television
EBSCO Research Library "Black Mirror" AND Netflix (in TX all text -- the words can be found anywhere in the article)