Iconic original Emmy statuette awarded to screenwriter James Costigan, standing 15″ tall with a base diameter of 7.5″, engraved on the base: "1975-1976 Television Academy Awards, Outstanding Writing In A Special Program - Drama Or Comedy - Original Teleplay, James Costigan, Eleanor And Franklin, ABC Theatre, January 11 & 12, 1976, ABC." In fine condition, with light overall wear and tarnishing.
Accompanied by several items affiliated with the Eleanor and Franklin miniseries, a two-part, four-hour drama written by Costigan, starring starring Edward Herrmann as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt: a color satin-finish photo of the stars in costume, signed in black felt tip, "With warmest thanks—Edward Herrmann" and "Dear James—God bless you! Jane"; two color glossy photos of the opening credits, matted and framed together to an overall size of 14.25 x 20.5; and a commemorative Lucite block advertising the 1977 sequel, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, containing postage stamps of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt.
A three-time Emmy winner, James Costigan wrote the Eleanor and Franklin miniseries based on Joseph P. Lash's award-winning biography of the same title. The miniseries is noteworthy for being almost entirely historically accurate, and it won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards. A highly desirable example of a classic Hollywood award trophy, melding presidential politics with cinematic success.
