| Series Number: | | S00436 |
| Series Title: | | Gerry Clark research materials |
| Dates: | | 1928-1930, 1940, 1941, 2003-2005, predominant 1928-1930 |
| Extent: | | 0.56 m of textual records
1 audio cassette
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| Scope and Content: | |
Series consists of records created and accumulated by Theresa Burke in her role as a producer for the CBC program The Fifth Estate. These records pertain to the family history of Gerry Clark, son of Sanford Clark, the Saskatchewan-born boy involved in the Gordon Stewart Northcott serial murders in California. The files in this series consist of copies of court transcripts from the 1929 murder trial of Gordon Stewart Northcott as well as copies of Northcott's prison correspondence and appeal documents. Other records in this series are interview transcripts and notes, correspondence, travel itineraries, production materials, newspaper articles, and notes pertaining to Burke's research about Gerry Clark, who was considered a possible suspect in the 1962 murder of Alexandra Wiwcharuk. The materials in this series may be connected to Burke's work as producer for Fifth Estate documentaries about Wiwcharuk's murder, "Death of a beauty queen" and "The girl from Saskatoon."
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Series is arranged in alphabetical order.
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| File List - S00436.556.htm |