Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2016-1

Description

Letter from dismayed parent Claire D. Jenna about the cancellation of educational children's television show "Miss Nancy's Store." "Please don't take Miss Nancy's Store off the air. Not only my four-year-old daughter Suzanne waches it regularly, my husband and I join her.... Legitimate, good TV shows for children are too rare, and we can't afford to lose Miss Nancy."

Date

1967-08-03

Creator

Jenna, Claire D.|Jenna, William W.

Contributors

Benda, Nancy Tribble, 1930-2015

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Topic

Education And Libraries

Subjects

Benda, Nancy Tribble, 1930-2015
Children's television programs
Educational broadcasting
Educational television programs
Florida State University
Public broadcasting
Television broadcasting--Employees
WFSU (Television station : Tallahassee, Fla.)

Geographic Term

Miami
Tallahassee
Leon County
Miami-Dade County

General Note

As a teenager Nancy was one of the first mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs, a job which earned her a trip to Hollywood to double for Ann Blythe in swimming parts for the 1948 movie "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". In 1966 Nancy starred in "Miss Nancy's Store" produced by WFSU. The show, one of the earliest children's television shows, later ended in August of 1967 due to lack of funds and Nancy went to work for the Florida Department of Education until she retired.