Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik papers

Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik papers, 1972-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Davis, Walter Halsey; Patik, Vickie
Title: Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik papers
Dates: 1972-2005 (inclusive)
19721996
Quantity: 40.76 cubic ft. (43 boxes) + 40.987 MB
Collection Number: 09449
Summary: Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik were television writers and producers between the 1970s and 2000s. Collection contains project files of correspondence, scripts, notes, and research, teleplays for the television movies written and produced by Davis and Patik, production files, and research files of notes, correspondence, clippings, books, and printed materials related to their work.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik were television writers and producers between the 1970s and 2000s. They were also a married couple and frequent collaborators in the television industry. Davis and Patik collaborated as writers and producers on a number of television movies, including "Do You Remember Love" (1985), "Silent Cries" (1993), and "On the Line" (1998). Both Davis and Patik had notable individual careers in the television industry as well. Davis wrote the teleplays for a number of television movies, including "The Great Escape Part II: The Untold Story" (1988). He also was also the producer of "Father and Son: Dangerous Relations" (1993). Patik wrote the teleplays for a number of television movies, including "Children of the Night" (1985). She was also the producer of "A Case for Life" (1996).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection consists mainly of teleplays for the television movies written and produced by Davis and Patik. It also contains research files which hold notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed material, notes, clippings, printed materials, and project files of correspondence, scripts, notes, and research. There are also a few books, periodicals, and production files in the collection as well.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyrights retained by the donors.

Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Walter Halsey Davis and Vickie Patik from 1989-1999 and the Estate of Walter Halsey Davis in 2019.

Processing Note

Processing Information

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Unlisted Files (received in 1989 and 1999)Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1-23	Teleplays for the television movies written and produced by Davis and Patik; research files of notes, correspondence, clippings, and printed material; notes; clippings; printed materials; books; and production files	1970-1999

Series II. Project/Manuscript FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
24 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_001	The Three Penny Opera - lyrics, scripts, and music (3.5" floppy disc)	1976
		Leopold and Loeb:
Box
24		Dave Bell notes, Leopold and Loeb	undated
24		Leopold and Loeb Budget Toronto Shoot	2005
24		Leopold and Loeb notes and Research material	undated
24		Leopold and Loeb Scripts - re-written by James Sadwith	1991
25 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_002-020	Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, scripts, and notes (7 3.5" and 12 5" floppy discs)	1990-2001
25		Chicago Daily Tribune Covered	1924
25		Other Newspapers	1924
25		Irving Stone "Even the Rich Have Rights"	undated
25		Casting L&L	1997-2005
25		Notes: Network view Trials Kaleidoscope-Mine-Sam Katz	1990-2001
25		Research IX articles Covered	1924-1980
25		Index to Trial Transcripts and Bibliography	undated
25		Leopold and Loeb Trial Transcripts	1924
25		Darrow Materials	1931-1987
25		Outlines L&L	1990-1991
25 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_021	Leopold and Loeb Scripts 1st and 2nd Drafts (3.5" floppy disc)	1990
26		Original Draft Gerry Abrams worked from	1990
26		Leopold and Loeb 2hr. Version	1990
26		Leopold and Loeb Rough Draft	1990
26		Leopold and Loeb as sent to Andy	1990
26		Leopold and Loeb script	undated
26		The Amazing Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb by Maureen McKernan	1924
26		Clarence Darrow: A sentimental Rebel by Arthur Lila Weinburg	1980
26		Life Plus 99 Years by. Nathan F. Leopold Jr.	1958
26		The Crime of the Century-- The Leopold and Loeb case by Hal Higdon	1975
26		Attorney for the Damned by Arthur Weinburg	1957
26		L&L--Articles, Photos, Letters	1918-1990
42		Richard Loeb Psych records	1924-1925
42		Nathan Leopold Psych records	1924-1925
		Video (VHS):	undated
Box
24		Biography of Clarence Darrow	1989
26		Leopold and Loeb Documentary	undated
26		Darrow-Dickie Scene Dir by Len Dorsky	August 30, 1991
26		Scopes Trial Docu-PBS	March 2002
26		American Playhouse Clarence Darrow	undated
26		Clarence Darrow+ Great Crimes of the Century	undated
26		Crime of the Century 2R	April 22, 1991
26		Compulsion	undated
		Audio (cassette tapes):	undated
Box
26		L&L w/ Dr. High	undated
26		L&L meeting with Ruth Slawson at NBC	undated
26		Dr. High-LL	June 30, 1990
Box
27		Our Brothers Keepers - Film Proposal	undated
		Last Flight Out:
Box
27		Last Flight Out Script Notes	1975-1987
27		Last Flight Out Script Revisions	November 4, 1987 - February 29,1989
27		Last Flight Out Final draft Shooting Script	November 3, 1989
27		Last Flight Out of Vietnam Newspaper Articles	1975-1977
27		Outlines, Last Flight Out	1987-1988
27		Last Flight Out Correspondence	1985-1990
27		Last Flight Out promotional material and publications	1989-1990
27		Last Flight Out Notes	1987-1990
27		TV guide	May 1990
27		Saigon: The Final Days by Ralph S. Watts	1990
27		Last Flight Out	1987-1990
27		Video (VHS):
Box
27		"Last Flight Out" Network Run	January 31, 1990
27		Arch Danang "Film XFER"	May 21, 1987
27		"Last Plane Out" Al Topping News Clip	March 2, 1987
27		Return to Vietnam Oct. 1990 Arrival of Nguyen Family	March 27, 1992
27		"AT&T Presents Last Flight Out"	July 12, 1990
27		Audio - Last Flight Out (8 micro cassettes)	1987-1990
		Trouble in Tulare:
Box
28		Trouble in Tulare Scripts	February- June 1992
28		Trouble in Tulare Research notes and Information	1987-1990
28		Trouble in Tulare Story Outline	undated
28		Trouble in Tulare Act One	1991
28		Notes, Letters from Producers and Network	1991
28		Deposition of Thomas Crabtree A detective with the Coroners division	1980
28		Trouble in Tulare Court Records and Transcripts	1985-1990
28		Dale, Joshua	1985-1990
28		Kitchen, Don	1987
28		Trouble in Tulare Proposal	1991
Digital	ahcdm_09449_064-065	Files and back-up (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1991-1992
Box
		Video (VHS):
Box
28		Raw Footage-Trouble in Tulare	undated
28		Raw Footage-Test of Subjects "Trouble in Tulare"	undated
28		Trouble In Tulare	1991
Box
29		Nightmare in New York	September 21, 1984
29 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_071 and 073	Kidnappers/Kidnapped - Script and Contract (2 3.5" floppy discs)	2001
29		The Commission - treatments and notes	1986-1987
		The Cat People:
Box
29		The Cat People Revised first draft	1979
29		The Cat People I and II	1978-1979
29		Cat People M/S	1978-1979
29		Cat People Scripts	1978-1979
		Stone Fox:
Box
29		Screenplay	undated
29		Pictures	undated
43		Scrapbook - Stone Fox starring Buddy Epson	1987-1988
		A Resting Place:
Box
29 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_052-053 and 069	A Resting Place I-II-III, C Final	1985
29		A Resting Place notes	1978-1985
29		A Resting Place legal file	1981-1987
43		Resting place notes	1987-1994
Box
29		Escape From Laos - Dieter Dengler notes and book	1979-2001
		Resurrection Boulevard:
Box
30		Resurrection Blvd. correspondence	2000
30		Resurrection Blvd. notes and headshots	2000
30 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_051 and 076	Resurrection Blvd. scripts	2000
Box
30		Muggers, Buggers, and Thieves	1976
30		Killshot	1980
30		Framed - Story outline and notes	1995
30		Deep Cover	1976
30		Jet Set Disco (Disco Fever) - scripts	1978
30		Flash - Rough Draft	November 1, 1984
		Flames Over India aka Flames:
Box
30		5409.2 Davis, Walter/Tri-Star Blind Feature Commitment	1988-1989
30		Flames scripts/notes	undated
31		Flames Over India research notes	1987-1989
		Animals/Animals are Passing From our Lives aka Montana (2nd Civil War):
Box
31		Animals are Passing from our Lives Original Work Draft	undated
31		Animals Rough First draft	September 10, 1975
31		Animals WD draft	undated
31		Animals are Passing from our lives by Robert Eisele	1975-1976
31		Animals Screen play (First Draught) From the Play by Robert Eisle	undated
31		Animals correspondence	1975-1976
31		Animals RHE draft	1975-1976
31		Animals notes	1976-2001
31		Animals script	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_026-027 and 087-090	Scripts (6 3.5" floppy disks)	1999
Box
31		To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program	Nov 1996
31		This means War "act one"	undated
31		ICBM and Minute Man notes	1998-2000
31 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_063	2nd Civil War (Montana notes)	1998-2000
31		Montana script	1999
31		2cw contract	August 23, 1999
32		2nd Civil War (Montana) scripts	1999-2000
		Confrontation:
Box
32 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_031-036	Confrontation first and second drafts(6 3.5" floppy discs)	1992-2001
32		Confrontation VP notes in Ink	June 1994
32		Confrontation Walter Munich suggested cuts	May 1994
32		Confrontation notes and research material	1991-1993
		Recoil:
Box
32		Recoil scripts	January-June 1987
32		Recoil materials	1987
32		Audio - Recoil (2 micro cassettes)	undated
Box
32		It's 10 O'clock do you Know Where Your Children Are? - scripts	1982
		Louisiana Film Commission:
Box
32		Louisiana Motion Picture Directory	1991
32		Louisiana film location photos	1991
33		Louisiana research material	1991-1993
		A Rose for Her Grave:
Box
33		A Rose for her Grave part I-III	1994-1995
33		A Rose for her Grave photos from Ann Rule	1995
33		A Rose for her Grave notes	1992-1995
33		A Rose for her Grave Court transcripts (5 folders)	1992
33		A Rose for her Grave and other True Cases by Ann Rule	1993
33		Fatal Charm by Carlton Smith	1993
33		Audio - Marilyn Brenneman, sue peters, and Loucks	November 10, 1993
33		Video (VHS):
33		State vs. Randy Roth closing statement, tapes 1-2, Marilyn Brenneman	1992
33		State vs. Randy Roth Marilyn Brenneman Rebuttal	1992
33		State vs. Randy Roth Opening Statement Susan Storey	1992
33		Edited version - Death investigation Press conference of Randy G. Roth alone	1991
33		Loucks (video8 cassette tape)	November 10, 1993
		Return to Navarone:
Box
34		Return to Navarone first and second drafts	1989
34		Return to Navarone notes	1989
Box
34		The Locus - notes, scripts, novel, tera nova	1976
		A Death of Innocence:
Box
34		A Death of Innocence story treatment	1982
34		A Death of Innocence script	1993
34		A Death of Innocence notes (the perfect crime)	1966-1993
34		Screams at Dawn - Story Outline	undated
34		The available facts	undated
34		Elisa Warres Speck Murder script	undated
34		Book: "The Crime of the Century" by Dennis L. Breo and William J. Martin	1993
35 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_060-062	Richard Speck manuscript	1991
42		Sunday Chicago Tribune Magazine	July 6, 1986
		Born to Raise Heck:
Box
35 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_041-042	Born to Raise Heck 1st-7th draft scripts (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1983-1984
35		Born to Raise Heck notes	1983-1989
		Super Tennis:
Box
36		AV materials	1977
36		Outtakes, Mike's original script, rough draft	undated
		Tilden:
Box
36		Tilden A drama based on the life of the Tennis champion Big Bill Tilden	1975
36		Tilden scripts	1975-1980
36		Research	1975
36		Critiques and notes	undated
36		Letters from Lou, Pierre, and Me	1976-2000
Box
36		Framed - First and Second Draft Scripts	1996
		Last of the Breed:
Box
36 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_047	Last of the Breed - Outline, Script, Notes (3.5" floppy disc)	1986-1987
36		Video - Aerial Footage F-16 HUD video Army Helicopter (VHS, difficulties playing)	undated
		The Mechanic:
Box
37		The Mechanic (work in progress)	1997-1998
37		The Mechanic Screenplay outline w/ sample scenes	1997
37		The Mechanic Rough 1st draft	1998
37 and digital	ahcdm_09449_049-050	The Mechanic notes (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1997-1998
37 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_091-092	Bahamas Travel and Movie material (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1997-1998
Box
37 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_074	Bahia Tortuga aka Rhodes Project	1983-1984
37		Great Escape - Final Draft	1986-1987
		The Jury:
Box
38		Court TV	2000-2002
38		Research	1996-2002
38		The Jury Act One	2003
38		The Jury notes	2001-2003
38 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_043-046 and 067	The Jury script (5 3.5" floppy discs)	March 20, 2003
		U-505/U-Boat:
Box
38 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_074	U-505 Proposal for 4 hour mini-series w/ co-writer Larry Tuch	1987-1988
38		U-505 Proposal for 4 hour mini-series w/ co-writer Larry Tuch, notes and correspondence	1987-1988
38		"Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea" by Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, USN	1956
Box
38 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_038	Dead Center - scripts and notes (3.5" floppy disc)	1984-1992
		Joe Montana:
Box
38		Joe Montana II (Proud Draught)	undated
38		Joe Montana An original Screenplay by Robert Henderson	undated
		Mandate of Heaven:
Box
38		Mandate from Heaven w/ Monte's notes	undated
39		Mandate of Heaven Colin Clements	1979
39		Mandate R.D.	May 23, 1985
39		Notes/Research Mandate	1985
39		Casting Mandate	1985
39		MOH 1978 draft	1978
39		The Mandate of Heaven: Record of a civil war, China 1945-49 by: John F. Melby, 1968	1968
39 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_048	The Mandate of Heaven (3.5" floppy disc)	1985-1992
		Jack/A Man Called Jack:
Box
39 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_022-025	Jack (4 3.5" floppy discs)	1992-1993
39		Jack Correspondence, notes, and contracts	1991-1998
39		Audio - Mike Talking about Jack (cassette tape)	undated
		The Return of the Jackal:
Box
39		Jackal and Jack notes	1992-1993
39		The Return of the Jackal outline	October 25, 1993
39		The Return of the Jackal "The Jackal is Back" (2 copies)	September 30, 1992
39 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_056-059	Return of the Jackal by Walter Halsey Davis scripts (4 3.5" floppy discs)	1992-1993
40		Return of the Jackal Rough draft	December 13, 1993
Box
40		Oceans of Fire aka The Rig	1985
		The Programmer:
Box
40		The Programmer I-III scripts	1980-1981
40		The Programmer notes and materials	1976-1981
Box
40-41		Crime and Variations - scripts	1985-1986
41 and Digital	ahcdm_09449_039	Father and Son - first set of revisions and 1st draft	1990-1991
41		China Run - scripts	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_028	Bomb Squad (3.5" floppy disc)	1986-1995
Digital	ahcdm_09449_029-030	A Question of Courage (2 3.5" floppy discs)	2000
Digital	ahcdm_09449_037	Chase the Cat - beats, script (3.5" floppy disc)	1999
Digital	ahcdm_09449_040	Grand Adventure - Pilot psych-OL (3.5" floppy disc)	1985-1995
Digital	ahcdm_09449_054-055	OTL - scripts, outline, and notes (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1995
Digital	ahcdm_09449_075	Two Women Over the Edge (OTE) - treatments, scripts, resume (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_079	Tapioca (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Box
31		Film Production articles	1973-1991
31		Ted Post's Class	February and March 1991
Digital	ahcdm_09449_066	Uplink all files (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_068	Treatment Ubersetztung, woman poet (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_070	GE-II - Cassette Label (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_072	ETWAS - script files (3.5" floppy disc)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_077 and 081	Poems/Poetry - Ice palace (2 3.5" floppy discs)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_078 and 080	PLAYS - Panhandle FUN (2 3.5" floppy discs)	undated
Digital	ahcdm_09449_082-083	Letters (2 3.5" floppy discs)	1984-1994
Digital	ahcdm_09449_084-086	Scriptor - Screenplay Formatting Software, program discs ( 3 3.5" floppy discs)	1990

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Television -- Production and direction -- United States.
Television authorship -- United States.

Form or Genre Terms

Screenplays.

Occupations

Television producers and directors.
Television writers.

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