antedating "docudrama"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, that's it. Good find.

JL

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Don't know if it matters, but the following entry:
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> WE CALL TO MIND, a docudrama In two parts by Philip C. Lewis.
> O Philip C. Lewis; 8Jul57 ;
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> shows up in
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>  "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1957 Dramas Etc. Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 11 Pts
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> http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig31134libr/catalogofcopyrig31134libr_djvu.txt
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> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > OED: 1961
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> > 1958 _Chronicle Telegram_  (Elyria, O.) (March 5) 12: DocuDrama Sponsored
> > By Board  OBERLIN--...DocuDrama is a new approach to school-community
> > public relations created by playwright Philip C. Lewis, and "We Call to
> > Mind" is (WCTM) is a concert reading similar to the Caine Mutiny Court
> > Martial.
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> > There are further details.  Lewis appears to have coined the term, though
> > the sense here may not quite be the sense popularized in the 1970s. All
> > pre-1970 exx. in NewspArch seem to refer to Lewis and his work.
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