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Hemsley, Gilbert, 1936- |
Papers, 1948-1984. |
36.6 c.f. (89 archives boxes, 12 oversize files); plus
additions of 48.5 c.f.,
2 tape recordings,
11 photographs,
53 negatives,
5 transparencies,
18 videorecordings, and
1 painting. |
Papers of a lighting designer, production manager, and University of Wisconsin theater and drama professor. The collection consists primarily of production files and includes technical materials for a variety of ballet, dance, opera, theater, and special productions. Some were the result of cultural exchanges with countries such as China, the Soviet Union, and Cuba. Personal, academic, and professional files comprise the remainder of the papers. |
theater, designer, Wisconsin, mixed collection |
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Henderson, Amy. |
Speech [sound recording], 1987. |
1 tape recording. |
Tape-recorded speech, "Grand Illusions", by Amy Henderson of the National Portrait Gallery given in May 1987 at the Elvehjem Museum of Art in Madison, Wis. The occasion is Smithsonian Week and the topic is Hollywood photography. |
film, studio, photography, audio collection |
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Hiken, Nat, 1914-1968. |
Papers, 1932-1968. |
14.0 c.f. (36 archives boxes and 1 flat box),
2 disc recordings,
1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and
144 films; plus
additions of
4.0 c.f. |
Papers of a writer-director-producer of comedy for radio and television, including correspondence, scripts, and production materials. From Hiken's early career in radio are scripts and recordings for "The Fred Allen Show" (NBC and CBS), scripts for "The Grouch Club" and "The Magnificent Montague" (CBS), and scripts and production information for "The Milton Berle Show" (NBC and CBS). Television files include correspondence, production and financial information, produced and unproduced scripts, and films for "The Phil Silvers Show" ("You'll Never Get Rich," CBS), "Car 54, Where Are You?" (NBC), "Four Star Revue," the "Martha Raye Show," and other series and specials. Smaller files include general papers, unproduced motion picture scripts, and scripts for four Broadway plays and several night club acts. |
writer, producer, director, radio, television, mixed collection |
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Hitchens, Gordon. |
Papers, 1965-1975. |
0.6 c.f. |
Papers of Gordon Hitchens, a teacher, writer, and founder/editor of Film Comment magazine, including transcripts of interviews, symposia, and panel discussions; manuscripts of unpublished articles; news releases; film catalogs; clippings; and photographs. |
writer, film, critic, manuscript collection |
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Holbrook, Hal. |
Papers, 1942-1994. |
6.8 c.f. (16 archives boxes); plus
additions of 3.0 c.f. and
films, disc and tape recordings, and photographs. |
Papers of Hal Holbrook (1925- ), a Broadway and television actor, primarily relating to the development of his one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!." In these diverse files are correspondence, financial records, Twain memorabilia and research, clippings, scripts and Twain stories, notes and drafts of a book based on his experiences, and files on merchandising this role in disc recordings, motion pictures, and television. The adaptations for other media include multiple scripts for a television version of "Roughing It," and scripts and routines used in Holbrook's night club act. General correspondence, diaries, clippings, and reviews of his other stage roles and other miscellaneous personal papers form the remainder of the collection. |
actor, theater, television, mixed collection |
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Hollywood Democratic Committee. |
Hollywood Democratic Committee records, 1942-1950. |
3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes),
17 tape recordings, and
photographs; plus
additions of 6 tape recordings. |
Papers of the Hollywood Democratic Committee (HDC), a group organized in 1943 to support the programs and re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1945 it re-formed as the Hollywood Independent Citizens of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions; in 1946 it became the Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council of the Progressive Citizens of Southern California; and finally, in 1948, the group withdrew from PCA and organized as the non-partisan National Council of Arts, Sciences, and Professions. Throughout its brief existence the group worked in behalf of liberal causes including civil liberties, racial justice, and peace, and it actively supported the Hollywood community against the Dies Committee and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. It was placed on the HUAC list of subversive organizations.
The collection contains a history of the organization, statements of policy, minutes, financial records, correspondence, information on national affiliates, publicity and campaign materials, and tape recordings of various events sponsored by the committee. Much of the collection consists of subject files related to wide-ranging political action including such topics as control of atomic weapons, the Bretton Woods agreement, the Hollywood Ten, the film strike of 1945, world peace, opposition to the Zoot suit riots, and relations with political leaders such as Henry Wallace and Harold Ickes and scientists such as Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, and Harlow Shapley. |
film, politics, blacklist, mixed collection |
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Holm, John Cecil, 1904-1981. |
Papers, 1879-1901, 1925-1979. |
4.2 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 flat box). |
Papers of John Cecil Holm (1904-1981), an actor and playwright best known for his play "Three Men On a Horse." Included are a few personal papers, autobiographical materials, correspondence, and newsclippings and a scrapbook of reviews. There are draft scripts of a number of Holm's plays (some written in collaboration with George Abbott), including "Banjo Eyes," "Best Foot Forward," "Brighten the Corner," "Four Cents a Word" later made into the film "Blonde Inspiration", "Gramercy Ghost," "The Southwest Corner," "Sweethearts," and "Three Men on a Horse." Other writings include articles; a book draft; song lyrics; monologues and speeches; short stories, outlines, and story lines; television scripts; and additional unproduced scripts. |
actor, playwright, theater, manuscript collection |
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Hope, Ted |
Ted Hope Collection |
15 cubic feet, 81 reels of 35mm film, audio and video |
Professional papers and films of independent film producer Ted Hope. |
producer, independent, film, mixed collection |
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Hyatt, Donald B., 1924- . |
Papers, 1952-1973. |
23.2 c.f. (58 archives boxes) and
70 films; plus
0.1 c.f. of additions. |
Papers of an award-winning writer, producer, and director of television documentaries for NBC. The bulk of the collection consists of orchestral scores by composer Robert Russell Bennett for 34 "Project XX" programs, and films of 10 episodes of "Victory at Sea" and 18 episodes of "Project XX." An additional five boxes contain biographical materials and outlines, continuity, scripts, schedules, shot lists, and miscellaneous production, financial and promotional material for "Project XX," "Victory at Sea," "America's Music," "The World of...," and other programs with which Hyatt was involved. |
writer, producer, director, television, documentary, mixed collection |
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Isaacs, Edith J. R. (Edith Juliet Rich), 1878-1956. |
Papers, 1889-1957. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
Papers of an editor of "Theatre Arts" magazine (1918-1946), chiefly consisting of correspondence and manuscripts of articles, poetry, and two operettas by Mrs. Isaacs and members of her family. Among the prominent correspondents are Jacques Copeau, Paul Green, Martha Graham, Edith Hamilton, Robert Edmond Jones, D. H. Lawrence, Thornton Wilder, and Stark Young. In additon to the Isaacs' writings the collection includes articles by Edward Bourdet, Edward Gordon Craig, Paul Green, and Langston Hughes; an annotated typescript of "A Note on the Theatre" by William Saroyan; and notes on "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neill. |
theater, writer, manuscript collection |
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Jacobs, Lewis, 1906- . |
Papers, 1930-1989. |
2.2 c.f. (1 record center carton, 3 archives boxes, and 1 flat box),
2 reels of microfilm (35mm)
32 film reels
3 tape recordings, and
photographs; plus
additions of 5.4 c.f., and
photographs. |
Papers of a versatile film historian, teacher, and critic who was also a writer, designer, producer, and director of educational, experimental, and dramatic motion pictures and plays. Included are biographical materials and clippings; incoming and outgoing correspondence (available only on microfilm); scripts, storyboards (available on film and as hard copy), photographs, and other production materials for motion pictures and plays that Jacobs designed or wrote including "Sweet Love, Bitter" (1965) and "Shootin' Star" (1946); short articles and reviews on film history and criticism; and miscellany. |
critic, writer, producer, director, designer, film, industrial film, experimental, theater, mixed collection |
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Jay, Verne. |
Verne and Helen Jay papers, 1942-1979. |
0.6 c.f. |
Papers of Verne Jay and Helen Jay (1925-1989), writers for radio (Verne was a staff writer at WLW-Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio) and television, including original scripts for shows such as "The Shadow," "Grand Central Station," "Gunsmoke," "Colgate Television Theatre," and others; several photocopies of photographs; and clippings and biographical information. |
writer, radio, television, manuscript collection |
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Jeakins, Dorothy. |
Papers, 1938-1973. |
7.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 11 flat boxes) and
1 tape recording. |
Papers of Dorothy Jeakins (1914-1995), an Academy Award-winning costume designer for motion pictures, theater, and television, including notes, sketches, photographs, workbooks with attached cloth samples, photographs and transparencies of costume sketches, and a few wardrobe plots and information on costume costs. Among the films most throroughly documented are "Green Mansions" (MGM, 1959), "Hawaii" (UA, 1966), "The Molly Maguires," "The Music Man" (Warner Bros., 1962), "Oliver" (Col., 1968), "The Sound of Music" (20th Century-Fox, 1965), and "The Way We Were." "Joan of Arc" (RKO, 1940) and "Night of the Iguana," for which she received Academy Awards, are documented by a workbook and notes with attached fabric swatches. Theater files include material on "Annie Get Your Gun," "Carousel," "Othello," "Showboat," "The World of Suzie Wong", and other New York City and California productions. Television material mainly concerns a production of "Mayerling." There are also a few letters, programs, and reviews. |
designer, film, theater, television, female artist, mixed collection |
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Jewison, Norman, 1927- . |
Papers, 1968-1978. |
14.4 c.f. (36 archives boxes),
2 reels of microfilm (35mm),
2 tape recordings,
4 disc recordings, and
2 films; plus
0.2 c.f. of additions. |
Papers of a noteworthy motion picture producer-director, chiefly comprised of materials relating to films made for Universal Studios and the Mirisch Corporation. Pertaining to such films as "The Cincinnati Kid" (MGM, 1965), "Fiddler on the Roof" (UA, 1972), "Gaily, Gaily" (UA, 1969), "Jesus Christ, Superstar" (Universal, 1973), "In the Heat of the Night" (UA, 1967), "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" (UA, 1966), and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (UA, 1968) are correspondence, scripts, photographs, technical production information, contracts, reviews, clippings (some available on microfilm), financial records, and sound track recordings. Jewison's later films are usually well documented and the files trace each title from preproduction planning to distribution and publicity. In addition to the normal production files, the material on "Superstar" is of interest for its portrayal of Jews' role in the death of Christ. Filed with a group of protest letters from concerned Jewish organizations is one letter from Golda Meir. |
producer, director, film, studio, mixed collection |
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Johnson, Albert 1910-1967. |
Papers, 1910-1967. |
12.1 c.f. (17 archives boxes, 1 card box, 6 flat boxes, and 1 tube),
1 disc recording, and
photographs. |
Papers of a Broadway set designer. The majority of the shows for which Johnson designed the stage sets and lighting during the 1920s-1940s are represented only by programs and clippings but for later projects such as "Night Life" (1962) and several summer stock productions of "Showboat" during the 1950s there are technical notes, blueprints, light plots, photographs, and finished and preliminary sketches. There are similar materials for designs done for Radio City Music Hall during the 1950s, the New York World's fairs of 1939 and 1964, nightclubs and productions of Billy Rose, and numerous automobile trade shows. |
theater, designer, mixed collection |
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Johnson, Albert, 1910-1967, |
Theatrical history collection, ca. 1886-1965. |
17.5 c.f. |
Miscellaneous materials pertaining to theatrical history and to other areas of the performing arts, collected by Broadway set designer Albert Johnson. |
collector, theater, manuscript collection |
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Johnson, Kay, 1904-1975. |
Papers. |
3.0 c.f. |
Journals, pamphlets, scripts, scores, playbills, programs, and correspondence. |
theater, manuscript collection |
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Jones, Clark R., 1920- . |
Papers, 1952-1986. |
6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes) and
3 films; plus
additions of 12.0 c.f. and
2 videorecordings. |
Papers of a prominent television director, consisting almost entirely of scripts and photographs for series which Jones directed, primarily the "Bell Telephone Hour" (NBC), "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS), "The Perry Como Show" and "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (NBC), "Producers' Showcase" (NBC), and "The Sammy Davis, Jr., Show" (NBC). |
television, director, mixed collection |
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Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954. |
Designs, 1933, 1951. |
1.0 c.f. (oversize files). |
Set designs by a noted stage designer, including two sets of designs for a 1951 production of "The Green Pastures," a ground plan for "The Green Bay Tree" (1933), and an unidentified watercolor. |
theater, designer, manuscript collection |
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Kahn, Gordon. |
Papers, 1944-1950. |
1.1 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) |
Papers of Gordon Kahn (1902-1962), a journalist and screenwriter blacklisted for his support of the Hollywood Ten in his book Hollywood on Trial (1948). Included are general correspondence, research files on the Ten, papers relating to the Screen Writers Guild, and copies of several articles. |
screenwriter, journalist, film, blacklist, manuscript collection |
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