by Maxwell King
22. Dormire, Lisa. Personal Interview. 19 July 2011. Audio.
23. Rogers, Fred. Sermon. Sixth Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. 27 August 1972. Print.
24. Rogers, Fred. Speech. Annual Convention of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Los Angeles, CA. 10 November 1993. Print.
25. Fred Rogers Interview, by Karen Herman on July 22, 1999 for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. Visit TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews for more information.
26. Barker, William P. and Jean. Personal Interview. 5 April 2011.
27. Ibid.
28. Barker, William P. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 4 April 2006. Video.
CHAPTER 8
1. Flecker, Sally Ann. “When Fred Met Margaret.” Pitt Med Magazine. Publication of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Winter 2014. Print.
2. McFarland, Margaret. Interview by Family Communications, Inc. Early 1988. Video.
3. Ibid.
4. Rogers, Fred. “Margaret McFarland Remembered as Teacher, Advisor, Friend”. Saint Vincent College Alumni News. Latrobe, PA. Fall 1988. Print.
5. McFarland, Margaret. Interview by Dr. Margaret Mary Kimmel. University of Pittsburgh. 21 October 1983. Video.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Flecker, Sally Ann. “When Fred Met Margaret.” Pitt Med Magazine. Publication of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Winter 2014. Print.
10. Curry, Nancy. Personal Interview. 6 December 2010. Audio.
11. Sharapan, Hedda. Personal Interview. 9 November 2010. Audio.
12. Curry, Nancy. “The Reality of Make-Believe.” In Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Children, Television and Fred Rogers. Edited by Mark Collins and Margaret Mary Kimmel. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Pages 51 and 52. Print.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Newell, David. Personal Interview. 7 January 2014. Email.
16. Curry, Nancy. Personal Interview. 6 December 2010. Audio.
17. Daley, Eliot. Personal Interview. 15 August 2011. Audio.
18. McFarland, Margaret. Interview by Family Communications, Inc. Early 1988. Video.
19. McCullough, David. “American History and America’s Future.” Lecture. Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. Phoenix, AZ. 15 February 2005. Print.
20. Flecker, Sally Ann. “When Fred Met Margaret.” Pitt Med Magazine. Publication of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Winter 2014. Print.
CHAPTER 9
1. Chapman, Francis. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 16 July 2008. Video.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Rogers, Joanne. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 14 June 2007. Video.
5. Rogers, Fred. Letter to F. B. Rainsberry. Fred Rogers Archive. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 1958 May 12.
6. Rogers, Fred. Letter to F. B. Rainsberry. Fred Rogers Archive. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 1961 February 2.
7. Chapman, Francis. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 16 July 2008. Video.
8. Ibid
9. Fred Rogers Interview, by Karen Herman on July 22, 1999 for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. Visit TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews for more information.
10. Note to Fred Rogers from Rainsberry’s son-in-law Andrew Heap on the Death of Fred Rainsberry. Fred Rogers Archive. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. April 1996. Print.
11. Fred Rogers Interview, by Karen Herman on July 22, 1999 for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. Visit TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews for more information.
12. Chapman, Francis. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 16 July 2008. Video.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Hughes, Jim. Personal Interview. 5 March 2012. Audio.
19. Newell, David. Personal Interview. 22 September 2011. Audio.
20. Rogers, James. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 15 October 2007. Video.
21. Rogers, Joanne. Personal Interview. 2 November 2010. Audio.
22. Ibid.
23. Rogers, James. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 15 October 2007. Video.
24. Rogers, John. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. April 24, 2008. Video.
25. Rogers, Fred. Speech. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Latrobe, PA. 15 May 1991. Print.
CHAPTER 10
1. Hill, George. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 26 February 2007. Video.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Negri, Joe. Personal Interview. 8 July 2017. Audio.
5. Lynch, Elaine. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 6 April 2006. Video.
6. Ibid.
7. Hill, George. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 26 February 2007. Video.
8. Sharapan, Hedda. Personal Interview. 9 November 2010. Audio.
9. Ibid.
10. Newell, David. Personal Interview. 11 February 2012. Email.
11. Rogers, Fred. Interview by Karen Herman. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Archive of American Television. 22 July 2000. Video.
12. Ibid.
13. Taff, Paul. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 28 June 2007. Video.
14. Ibid.
15. Rogers, Fred. Interview by Karen Herman. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Archive of American Television. 22 July 2000. Video.
16. Hill, George. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 26 February 2007. Video.
17. Ibid.
18. Newell, David. Personal Interview. 11 February 2012. Email.
19. Costa, Johnny. Press release for “Melodies in the Key of Childhood: The Music of Fred Rogers.” Family Communications, Inc. July 1992. Print.
20. Negri, Joe. Personal Interview. 8 July 2017. Audio.
21. Marsalis, Wynton. Personal Interview. 23 August 2017. Audio.
22. Lynch, Elaine. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 6 April 2006. Video.
23. Ibid.
24. Rogers, Fred. Interview by Karen Herman.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Archive of American Television. 22 July 2000. Video.
25. Taff, Paul. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 28 June 2007. Video.
26. Isler, William. Personal Interview. 30 June 2012. Email.
27. Daley, Eliot. Personal Interview. 15 August 2011. Audio.
CHAPTER 11
1. Author’s experience as a reporter at The Providence Journal & Evening Bulletin. Providence, RI. 1960s.
2. Lynch, Elaine. Personal Interview. 5 September 2011.
3. Rogers, Joanne. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 14 June 2007. Video.
4. Creshkoff, Larry. WGBH Alumni. Boston, MA. 20 March 2000. Print.
5. Ambrosino, Michael. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 31 July 2007. Video.
6. Hill, George. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 26 February 2007. Video.
7. Mallinger, Pepper. Personal Interview. 8 February 2012.
8. Bianculli, David. Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. Pages 279–280, 294–298, 321. Print.
9. Goldstein, Richard. “John Pastore, Prominent Figure in Rhode Island Politics, Dies at 93.” New York Times. New York, NY. July 2000. Print.
10. Lynch, Elaine. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 6 April 2006. Video.
11. Mallinger, Pepper. Personal Interview. 8 February 2012.
12. Ibid.
13. Pastore, John O. and Fred Rogers. Correspondence. Fred Rogers Archive. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media. 1969–1978. Print.
14. Daley, Eliot. “QED Renaissance.” Pittsburgh, PA. November 1970. Print.
15. Rogers, Joanne. Personal Interview. 15 September 2011.
CHAPTER 12
1. Greenwald, Arthur. Interview by Elizabeth Deane. 2 January 2016. Telephone.
2. Fred Rogers Interview, by Karen Herman on July 22, 1999 for The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. Visit TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews for more information.
3. Gruner, Nancy. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 14 June 2007. Video.
4. Daley, Eliot. Personal Interview. 15 August 2011. Audio.
5. Ibid.
6. Lynch, Elaine. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 6 April 2006. Video.
7. Anderson, Daniel. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 6 April 2009. Video.
8. Newell, David. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 28 February 2007. Video.
9. Sharapan, Hedda. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 27 February 2007. Video.
10. Mallinger, Pepper. Personal Interview. 8 February 2012. Audio.
11. Ibid.
12. Greenwald, Arthur. Interview by Elizabeth Deane. 2 January 2016. Telephone.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Seamans, Elizabeth. Personal Interview. 12 April 2011. Audio.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
20. Rogers, Fred. Dear Mister Rogers, Does It Ever Rain in Your Neighborhood? New York: Penguin Books, 1996. Page 68. Print.
21. Seamans, Elizabeth. Personal Interview. 12 April 2011. Audio.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Seamans, Joe. Personal Interview. 17 May 2011. Audio.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Cox, Basil. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 1 March 2007. Video.
29. Daley, Eliot. Personal Interview. 15 August 2011. Audio
30. Rogers, Fred. Speech. National Symposium on Children and Television. Chicago, IL. October 1971.
31. Sharapan, Hedda. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 27 February 2007. Video.
32. Ibid.
33. Seamans, Elizabeth. Personal Interview. 12 April 2011. Audio.
34. Singer, Dorothy. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 27 June 2007. Video.
35. Ibid.
36. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
37. Newell, David. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 28 February 2007. Video.
38. Marsalis, Wynton. Personal Interview. 23 August 2017. Audio.
CHAPTER 13
1. Sedgwick, John. “Who the Devil Is Fred Rogers?” Wigwag. November 1989. Print.
2. Ibid.
3. Negri, Joe. Personal Interview. 8 July 2017. Audio.
4. Ibid.
5. Crozier, Elaine Rogers. Personal Interview. 27 September 2010. Audio.
6. Ibid.
7. Horton, Michael. Personal Interview. 31 August 2017. Audio.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Aber, Charlies R. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 30 November 2007. Video.
11. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
12. Seamans, Elizabeth. Personal Interview. 12 April 2011. Audio.
13. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
14. Seamans, Elizabeth. Personal Interview. 12 April 2011. Audio.
15. Newell, David. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 28 February 2007. Video.
16. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
17. Sharapan, Hedda. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early L
earning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 27 February 2007. Video.
18. Whitmer, Margy. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 2 March 2007. Video.
19. Ibid.
20. Long, Michael. “Was Mister Rogers Racist? Twelve Facts About Our Favorite Neighbor.” Huffpost. 7 August 2015. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-g-long/was-mister-rogers-racist-_b_7939498.html.
21. Clemons, François. “Walking the Beat in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Where a New Day Began Together.” Interview by Karl Lindholm. StoryCorps. March 2016. Podcast.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Long, Michael. Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2015. Print.
28. Clemons, François. “Walking the Beat in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Where a New Day Began Together.” Interview by Karl Lindholm. StoryCorps. March 2016. Podcast.
29. Daley, Eliot. Personal Interview. 15 August 2011. Audio.
30. Briggs, Kenneth. “Mr. Rogers Decides It’s Time to Head for New Neighborhoods.” New York Times. 8 May 1975. Print.
31. Hirsch, William. Personal Interview. 7 November 2011. Audio.
32. Horton, Michael. Personal Interview. 31 August 2017. Audio.
33. Wartella, Ellen. Interview by Jessica Wiederhorn. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 13 April 2009. Video.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Galinksy, Ellen. Interview by Melanie Shorin. The Narrative Trust. Fred Rogers Oral History Collection. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College. 21 September 2007. Video.
37. Briggs, Kenneth A. “Mr. Rogers Decides It’s Time to Head for New Neighborhoods.” New York Times, 8 May 1975. Online. www.nytimes.com/1975/05/08/archives/mr-rogers-decides-its-time-to-head-for-new-neighborhoods.html.