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The Personal files series (0.6 linear feet, 1948-2015 with gaps) consists of two groupings: Childhood and High School. The Childhood group includes photographs, correspondence, an ephemera collection of monster movie ads, diaries, and samples of Ovshinsky's earliest writing and first newsletters. The High School group contains memorabilia from Ovshinsky's high school years, including photographs, personal writings, an independent literary magazine, and yearbooks. Folders in this series include Ovshinsky's own reflections on his childhood and adolescence. The series also contains Ovshinsky's preface to the collection, contained in a file labeled "Inventory and backstories." This file provides Ovshinsky's description of the contents of the collection and a detailed account of his life experiences from his perspective in 2015. However, although the order of materials remains the same, the box numbers indicated in Ovshinsky's description are obsolete; please refer to the contents list below to locate files.

The Audiovisual materials series (4 linear feet, 1969-2009) provides a sample of Ovshinsky's work in radio, television, and children's educational programming. These recordings include Spare Change, Barrington Bunny, ABX News, and Pendragon's Park. This series also includes a video recording of the PAH Festival Keynote from 2009, a talk listed in the Speaking engagements, presentations, and workshops group in the Professional files series. Ovshinsky's item level inventory of the content in the Audiovisual materials series is also included in the series.