{"id":26553,"date":"2023-04-25T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=26553"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:14:56","slug":"vegetable-soup-an-enduring-and-accessible-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/04\/25\/vegetable-soup-an-enduring-and-accessible-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Soup: An Enduring and Accessible Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Rachel Curtis, Monica Gray, Laura Montgomery, and Miranda Villesvik, along with our own Jeffrey S. Reznick, to share details of their cooperative journey to preserve the landmark 1970’s children’s TV series Vegetable Soup. They will present together on a panel at the Library of Congress free public conference <\/em>A Century of Broadcasting: Preservation and Renewal<\/a>, on Thursday, April 27, 2023, 1:15\u20132:45 PM.<\/em><\/p>\n

In February 2020, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting<\/a> (AAPB), a collaboration between the Library of Congress<\/a> and Boston television station GBH<\/a> (previously known as WGBH), announced the preservation and inclusion of the landmark 1970s children\u2019s television series Vegetable Soup<\/em> in its freely available online collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vegetable Soup<\/em><\/a> was unique, being the first publicly funded series to be broadcast on both public and commercial stations nationwide, and on cable television via Warner–<\/strong>Amex Satellite Entertainment. Moreover, it was unlike any other contemporary or previous children\u2019s television program, as it was based primarily and fundamentally on the understanding that racism and racial differences were social determinants of health<\/a> in the lives of all children.<\/p>\n

Made possible through the support of the New York State Archives<\/a> (NYSA) and the expertise, collaboration, and dedication of the archivists there and at the AAPB, Library of Congress, and GBH, the online availability of Vegetable Soup<\/em> brings the series into the digital age, fulfilling its promise as a publicly-funded initiative. The road to this collaborative achievement in our century began in the previous one, when the creators of Vegetable Soup<\/em> embarked on their creative journey during a time of racial tension in America<\/a> and substantial public health research focused on the influence of television in the lives of young people<\/a>.<\/p>\n