Walter Doniger Papers, 1935-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Doniger, Walter
Title
Walter Doniger Papers
Dates
1935-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
130.70 cubic ft. (216 boxes)
Collection Number
02508
Summary
Walter Doniger was a prominent American television and motion picture director, writer, and producer. The collection contains manuscripts, production files, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to his career in the motion picture and television industries.
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

Series VIII (Sealed Materials - Boxes 172-214) is closed to research until January 1, 2022.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Walter Doniger (1917-2011) was a prominent American television and motion picture director, writer, and producer. Doniger was born in New York City on July 1, 1917. He graduated from Duke University in 1938 and from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business in 1940. Doniger started writing screenplays in the 1930s and earned his first screen writing credit in "Mob Town" (1941). During World War II, Doniger initially contributed to the American war effort as civilian consultant, producing instructional films for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He later joined the U.S. Army Air Force, where he served a motion picture writer. Doniger resumed his screen writing career after the war and wrote screenplays for a number of movies, including "Rope of Sand" (1949) and "The Travelers" (1951). He started directing and producing movies in the mid 1950s and went on to direct and produce a number of films, including "The Steel Cage" (1954) and "Safe at Home" (1962). Doniger started working as a writer, director, and producer in television in mid 1950s. In this medium, he was best known for directing the popular television series "Peyton Place" (1964-1968), but he also utilized his writing, directing, and production talents on numerous other television shows, including "Tombstone Territory" (1957), "The Survivors" (1969), "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969-1975), and "Shannon" (1981). He also directed several television movies, including "Braddock" (1968), "Mad Bull" (1977), and "Kentucky Woman" (1983). Walter Doniger married Elaine Osterman in 1941 and had one son, Thomas. He was an active member of the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection mainly concerns Walter Doniger's career as a motion picture and television writer, director, and producer from the late 1940s to the late 1980s. It consists mainly of manuscripts and production files concerning Doniger's work in motion pictures and television. It also contains Doniger's personal and professional correspondence and professional files concerning his movie and television career. The collection also holds legal files, photographs, and miscellaneous materials (consisting of clippings, printed materials, and set plans). The collection also contains restricted manuscripts and description files (including those concerning the Vietnam War and Doniger's project "The Last Days of Saigon). It also holds sealed materials, which consist of manuscript and production files, correspondence, legal files, and audio visual materials (including materials concerning "Kentucky Woman"). There are also motion picture reels, videotapes, and audio recordings in this collection as well.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

Copyrights to the Walter Doniger Papers remain with his heirs. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

Related Materials

There is one other known archival collection created by Walter Doniger at the Cinema-Television Library's Archives of Performing Arts, University of Southern California.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

The papers were donated by Walter Doniger between 1967-1990.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in May 2006. The finding aid was updated by D. Claudia Thompson in September 2015.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I.:  Manuscripts and Productions Files, 1939-1981Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically by title, this series contains manuscripts and production materials for motion pictures and television shows directed, written, and produced by Doniger. It also contains manuscripts by other television writers and screenwriters whose work was considered for possible production by Doniger. There are also manuscripts that were written by Doniger, but never produced.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
The Actor
 no date
1 2
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
 1948
1 3
Affairs of State - By Louis Verneuil
 1950
1 4
Africa
 no date
1 5
African Wagons
 1951
1 6
The Age of Man
 no date
1 7
Airway Africa
 1957
1 8
Ajo - By Marcus Demian and Douglas Stewart
 no date
1 9-10
Alaska Seas
 1953
2 1
The American - By Henry James
 no date
2 2
Annapolis Lady
 no date
2 3
Anthropology Idea
 1968
2 4-10
Army Air Forces - First Motion Picture Unit
 1943-1945
2 11
The B-19
 no date
2 12
Babes in Arms
 1939
3 1-3
Barnaby Jones
 1973-1974
3 4
Barry Segal - By Gene Kirkwood
 no date
3 5-9
Bat Masterson
 1958-1959
4 1-12
Bat Masterson
 1958-1960
4 13
The Bedford Incident
 1963
4 14
Bengal
 no date
4 15
Beyond This Place
 no date
4 16
Big Montana - By Guy Trosper
 1963
5 1
Billie Jean - By Judith Parker
 1977
5 2
Bitter Water
 1960
5 3
Bloody Weekend - By Tom McGowan Productions
 no date
5 4-7
The Bold Ones
 1969, 1972
6 1-7
Bold Venture
 1958-1959
6 8
A Bond Between Them
 no date
6 9
Borderline (A Question of Personality)
 no date
6 10
Borders
 1972
6 11
A Boy Comes Home
 no date
6 12-14
Bracken's World
 1968-1969
7 1-6
Bracken's World
 1968
8 1-7
Bracken's World
 1968
8 8-9
Braddock
 1966
9 1-4
Braddock
 1966-1969
9 5
The Breath of Revenge
 no date
9 6
Brewster McLeod's (Sexy) Flying Machine - By D. Wm. Cannon
 1964
9 7
Broadway Melody Idea
 1940
9 8
Buffalo Bill
 1942
9 9
The Burden of Guilt
 no date
9 10
Burnoose
 1953
9 11
But What Could I Do?
 no date
9 12
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - By William Goldman
 no date
10 1
By Any Other Name
 no date
10 2
By the People
 no date
10 3-7
Bye, Baby Bunting
 1972-1973
10 8
Byron, the Magnificent
 no date
10 9
The Californians
 no date
11 1-7
The Californians
 1978 and no date
11 8
Campus (formerly The Cool Ones)
 no date
12 1
The Canadian Connection - By Lionel Chetwynd
 1980
12 2
Cannon - "Lady on the Run"
 1974
12 3
The Capitol Caper
 no date
12 4-7
Captain David Grief
 1957
12 8
Cat's Paw
 1970
12 9
C.C. Pyle and the Bunion Derby - By Michael Procaccino
 no date
12 10-11
A Chair on the Boulevard
 1952
12 12
Change of Heart
 no date
13 1-3
The Charger
 no date
13 4
Checkmate - "Moment of Truth"
 1960
13 5-8
Cheyenne
 1956
14 1-2
Cheyenne
 1955-1956
14 3-4
A Child's Game
 1963-1964
14 5
The Chips Are Down
 1966-1967
14 6-7
The Cimabue Triptych
 no date
15 1
The Cimabue Triptych
 no date
15 2
The Club (Grand Guignot Series)
 1967
15 3
The Coat
 no date
15 4
Come One, Come All
 no date
15 5
Compass West
 no date
15 6
Confessions of a Public Defender - By Allen Fleischman
 no date
15 7-9
Conflict
 1956-1957
16 1-2
Conflict
 1956
16 3-4
The Cool Ones
 1966-1968
16 5
Corbett, Taking on the West
 1980
16 6
Cross Current
 no date
16 7
Cross-Section (TV Anthology Series)
 1961
16 8
Curtain Call
 no date
16 9
Danger Patrol
 no date
16 10
Danger - Woman Working!
 no date
16 11
Dark Are the Days
 no date
17 1
The Day of the Broken Idol
 no date
17 2
The Day the Loving Stopped - By Liz Coe
 1980
17 3
Dead of Night
 no date
17 4
Dealer's Choice
 no date
17 5
Designed to Please
 no date
17 6
Designing Woman
 no date
17 7-9
The Desperate Search
 1952
18 1
Detecting's Our Business
 no date
18 2
The Detectives - "A Piece of Tomorrow"
 1961
18 3-7
The Dick Powell Show
 1960-1962
19 1-6
The Dick Powell Show
 1960-1962
20 1-3
The Dick Powell Show
 1943-1962
21 1-2
A Different Drummer
 no date
21 3-5
The Dividing Line
 no date
21 6
Division Five
 no date
22 1
Dr. Frankenstein - By Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy
 1971
22 2
Dr. Kildare
 no date
22 3
Doctor Story
 no date
22 4
Don't Get Me Wrong
 no date
22 5
Don't Touch Me - By Dory Previn
 1969
22 6
The Dossier - By Richard Allan Simmons
 1968
22 7
Drumhead
 no date
22 8
Duel in the Jungle
 no date
23 1-11
Duffy of San Quentin
 1952 and no date
24 1-2
Duffy of San Quentin
 no date
24 3
XVIII (Eighteenth) Historical Idea
 no date
24 4
The Elephant Wasn't Pink
 no date
24 5-6
Ellery Queen
 1975
25 1-3
Ellery Queen
 1974-1975
26 1-3
Ellery Queen
 1975
26 4
The End of June - By David P. Harmon
 1969
27 1
Escape From Iran - By Gerald Robinson
 1980
27 2
A Familiar Face
 no date
169 10-11
Farewell to Fear
 no date
27 3-8
Father Was President
 1944-1960
28 1-2
Father Was President
 1946
28 3
The Fighters
 1953
28 4
Five for Six
 no date
28 5
Florida Everglades Series
 1958-1959
28 6
Fly By Night
 no date
29 1-4
A Ford in Your Future
 1972-1973
30 1
A Ford in Your Future
 1972
30 2
For Security Reasons
 1966
30 3
Foran, Carillo, Devine No. 1
 1941
30 4
The Fortune Hunters
 no date
30 5
Fred Astaire Idea
 no date
30 6
The Further Adventures of Phileas Fogg
 no date
30 7
Get Christie Love!
 1974
31 1
Get Christie Love!
 1974
31 2-4
Ghost Story
 1972
31 5
The Gigolo
 no date
32 1
The Girls of Huntington House - By Blossom Elfman
 no date
32 2
The Gondoliers
 no date
32 3
The Greatest Detectives: Sherlock Holmes - By Robert E. Thompson
 1971
32 4-7
The Greatest Show on Earth
 1964
32 8
Griff
 1973
33 1-5
Griff
 1973
34 1
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
 1956
34 2
A Heck of a Spot
 no date
34 3
Here's Your Congress
 no date
34 4
Heroes Can't Forget
 no date
34 5
Highway Patrol
 1958
34 6
Hill of the Hawk
 no date
34 7-8
Hold Back the Night
 1953 and no date
34 9
Holiday
 no date
34 10-11
Hong Kong
 1960
35 1
Hound at Bay - By Jackson Donahue
 no date
35 2
How to Be a Hero
 no date
35 3
Howe's Business
 1964
35 4
The Hustler
 1965-1966
35 5
I Dated a Glamor Girl - And No Regrets!
 1940
35 6
I Died a Thousand Times
 1954
35 7
I Remember You
 no date
35 8
I Still Go There
 no date
35 9
I Was a Prisoner in a German Labor Camp
 no date
35 10
If You Pass Go - By Gene Kearney
 no date
35 11
In the Name of National Security - By Frank Snepp
 no date
36 1
In the Name of National Security - By Frank Snepp
 no date
36 2
Indes Ray Brown - By Joan Marshall Ashby
 no date
36 3-4
The Interns
 1970
36 5
An Italian Story for Anna Magnani (The Anna Magnani Story)
 1962
37 1
It's An Open Book
 no date
37 2-5
Jigsaw
 1971-1972
37 6
The Jogger - By Michael Christian
 no date
37 7
John R. Brinkley (Goat Gland Doctor)
 no date
37 8
John Wilkes
 no date
38 1-4
Judd for the Defense
 1968
38 5
Justice From a Comrade
 no date
38 6
Keep Laughing
 no date
38 7
The Kid and the Congressman
 no date
39 1
The Kid and the Congressman
 no date
39 2-5
Kilgore
 1967-1968
39 6
To Kill a Bet - By Jaysen Hennings
 1971
39 7
King of the Khyber Rifles
 1951
40 1
King's Row
 1954
40 2
A Kiss At the Window
 no date
40 3
Kiss of Death
 no date
40 4
Knock On Any Door
 no date
40 5-8
Kung Fu
 1973
41 1-6
Kung Fu
 1972-1973
42 1-2
Kung Fu
 1972-1973
42 3-4
Ladies of the Mob (House of Women)
 1961
164-168
The Last Days of Saigon
 1972-1980
Folder
169 12-32
The Last Days of Saigon
 1975-1979
170 1-48
The Last Days of Saigon
 1965-1979
42 5
Last Flight
 no date
42 6
Leave It to Me, Colonel
 no date
42 7
The Left Bank
 no date
42 8
The Lemon
 no date
42 9
Let It Come Down - By James Lee Barrett
 1961
43 1
Life and Death of the Raccoon Coat
 1968
43 2
Life of Winston Churchill
 1942
43 3
The Lion
 no date
43 4-7
Lock-Up
 1959
43 8
The Long, Hot Summer
 1965
43 9
The Longhorns
 1950-1952
43 10
Lord Maledroit's Door - By Charles Haas
 1948
43 11
Los Angeles Attacks
 1944
43 12-13
Love and Games
 1963
44 1-2
Love and Games
 1963
44 3-4
The Love Game
 no date
44 5
Love Me, Love My Beard (The Beard)
 no date
44 6-7
The Loves of Eve Martin
 no date
45 1-5
The Loves of Eve Martin
 1956-1963
46-47
Lucas Tanner
 1974-1975
Folder
48 1
Lucas Tanner
 1974-1975
48 2
Lucky Luciano: Capo Mafioso - By Harry Essex
 1967
48 3
MacKenzie's Raiders
 1957
48 4-6
Mad Bull
 1977
48 7
The Main Seam
 no date
48 8
The Man
 1966
49-50
The Man and The City
 1971
Folder
51 1
Man From Zurich
 no date
51 2
Man in Key West
 no date
51 3
Man in the Middle
 no date
51 4
Man Who Never Was
 1966
51 5
Man's Fate - By Han Guyin
 1969
51 6-7
Marcus Welby
 1975
52-54
Marcus Welby
 1971-1975
Folder
55 1-2
Mark Rolfe
 no date
55 3
A Marriage Like Ours
 no date
55 4-5
Marry Me Again
 no date
55 6
Martinique
 1949
55 7
Mary of the Movies
 1941
55 8
Mary Wollstonecraft
 no date
55 9
A Matter of Diplomacy
 no date
55 10
Matter of Fact
 no date
55 11-12
McCloud
 1974-1975
55 13
Meeting at a Far Meridian
 1961
56 1
The Melody - By Tony Barr
 no date
56 2-6
Men Into Space
 1959
56 7-10
Michael Shayne
 1960-1961
56 11
The Miniature Man
 no date
56 12
Minstrel Man
 no date
56 13
Mr. Finch
 no date
57 1-2
Mr. Novak
 1963 and no date
57 3
Mitchell - By Ian and Troy Kennedy Martin
 no date
57 4
Mob Town
 1941
57 5
A Modern Tale
 no date
57 6-7
The Moneyman
 1950 and no date
57 8
Monsieur La Fitte - By Andy White
 1971
57 9
Mood Indigo
 no date
57 10-11
Moon Probe - By Arthur Weiss
 1958
57 12
Mother Carey's Chickens
 1968
58 1
Movie of the Weekend - "The Second Face" - By Mann Rubin and Robert Presnell Jr.
 1971
58 2-4
Movin' On
 1974
58 5
Mutiny on the Bounty
 1963
58 6
The Naked Ape - By Donald Driver
 1970
58 7
The Name of the Game - "Nightmare" - By Ed Adamson, Dick Nelson, and Robert Hamner
 1968
58 8
The Name of the Town is Liberty
 no date
59 1
The Narrow Edge
 no date
59 2-10
Nature's Remedy
 1967-1968
60 1-2
Night Gallery - "Clean Kills and Other Trophies"
 1970
60 3
Night in New Orleans
 1941
60 4-5
The Night Runner
 1955-1956
60 6
Nightmare Alley - By William Lindsey Gresham
 1946
60 7
Notes on Narcotics Story
 1949
60 8
Nothing to Worry About
 no date
60 9-11
Operation Aftermath
 1965
60 12
Out of Bounds - By Patrick Burke Hasburgh
 1980
61-62
Outlaws - "Starfall"
 1960, 1962
63-65
Owen Marshall
 1971-1974
Folder
66 1-3
Owen Marshall
 1971-1972
66 4
Pact with St. Peter
 no date
66 5
A Page Rewritten
 no date
66 6
The Pearls - By Day de Malet-Roquefort
 no date
66 7
Pendragon - By Stanley Greenberg
 no date
66 8
People Do It Every Day
 no date
66 9
The People's Choice
 no date
66 10
Perkins
 no date
66 11
Perry Mason
 1952
66 12
Petticoat Brigade
 1955
67-108
Peyton Place
 1964-1968
Folder
109 1-3
Peyton Place
 1964-1967
109 4-5
Phud - By Dick Morgan
 no date
109 6
Playing Dominoes - By Richard Adams
 1973
109 7
The Plot
 1951
109 8-9
The Politicians
 no date
110 1
The Politicians
 no date
110 2
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - By Jay Allen
 no date
110 3
The Prize
 1951
110 4
The Professor Says No
 no date
110 5
The Protectors - By E. Jack Neuman
 1968
110 6
The Proxy - By Edward Adler
 1968
110 7
The Pyx - By Robert Schlitt
 1972
110 8
A Question of Guilt
 no date
110 9
The Racers - Copy of novel by Hans Ruesch
 1953
111 1
The Racers - Screenplay by Charles Kaufmann
 1954
169 1-9
Raise the Titanic
 1979
171 1-21
Raise the Titanic!
 1972-1979
111 2
Remember Me When
 no date
111 3
The Remembered - By Marc B. Ray and Martin Weiss
 no date
111 4
Return to Peyton Place - By Del Reisman
 no date
111 5
Return to the Valley of the Dolls - By Jacqueline Susann
 1968
112 1
Return to the Valley of the Dolls
 1968
112 2
Reunion in Swing
 1943
112 3
Right Dress
 no date
112 4
The Right Type of Man
 1952
112 5
Rogue for Hire - "Operation Jaguar"
 1960
112 6-9
Robin Hood
 1971-1972
113-114
Robin Hood
 1971
Folder
115 1-5
Robin Hood
 1971-1972
115 6
A Roman Story
 1953
115 7-8
Rope of Sand
 1948-1949
116 1-6
Rope of Sand
 1947-1949
117 1
Rope of Sand
 1949
117 2-8
Rough Riders
 1958-1959
117 9
The Rounded Journey
 1946
117 10
Route 66 - "Every Father's Daughter Must Weave Her Own" - By Anthony Lawrence
 no date
117 11
Run for Your Live - "Fly by Night" - By John Thomas James, Frank Fenton, Robert Foster, and Philip DeGuere, Jr.
 1967
118 1-2
Safe at Home
 1962
118 3
The Safer Shore
 no date
118 4
Same Players, Different Tune
 no date
118 5
San Diego Attacks
 1944
118 6
San Francisco Lady - By John Marshall Ashby
 no date
118 7
The San Quentin Story
 no date
119 1-3
Sarge
 1971
119 4
Scuba Duba - By Bruce Jay Friedman
 1967
119 5
The Sea Is a Woman
 no date
120 1-2
The Sea Is a Woman
 no date
120 3-4
72 Hours By Train
 1941
120 5
The Shadow of Dracula - By Dorothy de Malet-Roquefort
 no date
120 6-7
Shark Bay
 1965-1967
120 8
A Shoe on the Other Foot
 no date
120 9
Sing for Your Supper
 1946
121 1-4
Sinner and Saint
 1946-1947
122 1
A Skyfull of Stars
 no date
122 2
Slattery's People - "Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?" - By Anthony Lawrence
 1964
122 3-4
Somebody - By Robert Robinson and Michael Tavera
 1979
122 5
Something for Nothing
 no date
122 6
The Sound of a Closing Door
 no date
122 7
Spofford - By Herman Shumlin
 no date
123 1
Steel in His Heart
 no date
123 2
Sticks and Bones - By David Rabe
 no date
123 3
The Story of Billie Keane - by Endre Bohem, Dale Van Every, and Royce Brier
 1955
123 4
Strange Death of President Harding
 1954, 1959
123 5
Stranger From an Unforeign Land
 no date
123 6
Stranger in Munich
 no date
123 7-8
Stranger in the Night
 no date
123 9
Stranger on the Road - By Montgomery Pittman
 1956
123 10
The Strangest Case in History
 no date
123 11
Submarine School
 no date
123 12
Suicide Fighters
 no date
123 13
The Survivors
 1969
124-140
The Survivors
 1965-1969
Folder
141 1-5
The Survivors
 1966-1969
141 6
Switch
 1975
142 1-3
Switch
 1975
142 4
Tales of Manhattan
 no date
142 5
Tangier
 no date
142 6-7
Target: The Corruptors
 1961
143 1-2
Target: The Corruptors
 1961
143 3
Teamsters vs. Oil Line
 1950
143 4
Teenage Mother - By Anson Bond
 no date
143 5-7
Tenderloin
 no date
143 8
They Will Return
 no date
143 9
This Man Dawson - "Master Plan" - By Stephen Alexander
 1959
143 10
The Three Minute Mile
 no date
144 1-2
Thunder Five
 1965-1966
144 3
The Tichborne Case
 no date
144 4
Tightrope
 no date
144 5
A Time for Love
 no date
144 6
Time of the Tiger - By Edward J. Lasko
 1963
144 7
To Tame a Land
 1955
144 8-9
Tokyo Joe
 1948
144 10-11
Tombstone Territory
 1957-1958
145 1-11
Tombstone Territory
 1957-1958
145 12
Torch in the Dark
 1956
145 13
Touch and Go
 1958
146-147
Touch and Go
 no date
Folder
148 1
Touch and Go
 no date
148 2
Tourists Accommodated
 no date
148 3
Transport Ship Story
 no date
148 4
The Trap - By Sobey Martin
 1967
148 5-8
The Travelers
 1950
149 1-3
The Travelers
 1948-1950
149 4-6
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
 1963
149 7
The Truffle Hunters
 no date
150 1
Two Gladiators
 1963, 1966
150 2-3
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
 1973
150 4
Upbeat
 no date
150 5
A Very Ordinary Man
 1940
150 6
The Virginian
 1969
151 1-4
The Virginian
 1969
151 5
Wagon Train - By Norman Jolley
 1969
151 6
Wall Street Lawyer
 1965
151 7
The Wayward Welsh - By Haydn Stevens
 no date
152 1-2
We Can Take It
 no date
152 3-10
The Web
 1957
152 11
We're Not Married
 1966
152 12
When First in Love - By Arbus/Fox
 1981
153 1
When First in Love - By Arbus/Fox
 1981
153 2-4
The Wild Bunch
 no date
153 5
William Walker Story
 no date
153 6
Within Our Reach
 1962
153 7
Wonderful World of Jenny Adams
 1959
154 1
Yankee Doodle
 no date
154 2
Yesterday Came Back
 no date
154 3
Zero
 1967-1968
154 4-5
Zero + One
 1967-1968
154 6
Ziegfeld Girl
 1940
154 7
Zig - Zag
 1948

Series II.:  Correspondence, 1949-1980Return to Top

This series contains Walter Doniger's personal and professional correspondence.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
154 8-16
Correspondence
 1949-1959
154 17-24
Correspondence
 1968-1975
154 25-32
General Correspondence
 1956-1967
154 33
General Correspondence
 1969-1970
155 1-7
Personal Correspondence
 1977-1980

Series III.:  Professional Files, 1935-1984Return to Top

This series contains miscellaneous materials pertaining to Walter Doniger's professional career. It consists of publicity materials, research files, story ideas, story synopses, and subject files.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: Publicity
This sub-series contains publicity materials concerning Walter Doniger's movie and television writing, direction, and production efforts. It consists of clippings from newspapers and entertainment magazines.
1949-1973
Box Folder
155 8-40
Added Attraction - Viva Vegas
 1949-1973
Sub-series 2.: Research Files
This sub-series contains research materials used by Walter Doniger for his various movie and television projects. It consists of clippings, printed materials, notes, and periodicals.
1941-1970
Box Folder
155 41-45
Army of Occupation - Clippings
 1946-1970
156 1-7
Clippings - Police
 1941-1950
Sub-series 3.: Story Ideas
This sub-series contains files regarding story ideas conceived by Doniger for movie and television projects. There are also some story ideas conceived by other writers that were considered by Doniger. The files consists of manuscripts, clippings, correspondence, and notes.
1936-1969
Box Folder
156 8-13
Story Ideas
 1936-1969
Sub-series 4.: Story Synopses
This sub-series contains manuscripts of movie story synopses written by Doniger. There are also numerous manuscripts of movie story synopses by other authors that were considered by Doniger as well.
1935-1970
Box Folder
156 14-34
And Now Miguel - Fox
 1937-1970
157 1-58
Games - Universal City Studios
 1935-1970
158 1-11
Universal City Studios - The Young Warriors
 1941-1970
Sub-series 5.: Subject Files
This sub-series contains professional files regarding a number of different subjects, including movie and television projects, research topics, movie and television studios, and professional organizations. The files consist of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, notes, and printed materials.
1958-1984
Box Folder
158 12-33
Court Martial of Elizabeth Donner - Twentieth Century Fox
 1964-1981
159 1-3
Wham - Ziv TV
 1958-1984

Series IV.:  Personal Files, 1962-1982Return to Top

This series contains Doniger's personal files, most of which of concern his interest in yachting. The files consist of correspondence, notes, and printed materials.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
159 4-14
Boats
 1962-1982
160 1-5
Boats - Writing
 1969-1981

Series V.:  Legal Files, 1947-1975Return to Top

This series contains legal files concerning Doniger's professional activities within the motion picture and television industries. The files consist primarily of legal documents, correspondence, and notes. Clippings and manuscripts are found in this series as well.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
160 6
Benagoss Productions
 1950
160 7-18
Contract Material
 1947-1968
160 19-20
Contracts
 1968-1973
160 21-23
Directors Guild of America
 1973, 1975

Series VI.:  Photographs, 1962-1973Return to Top

Contains publicity photographs of movies and television shows from the 1960s and early 1970s, some of which Doniger worked on. Also contains casting photographs of various actors and actresses.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
160 24-31
Actors - Casting List
 1965-1970s
161 1-19
Casting Pictures - Wyman
 1962-1973

Series VII.:  Miscellaneous, 1941-1978Return to Top

This series contains a variety of miscellaneous materials pertaining to Walter Doniger and his professional career. It consists of directories, clippings, printed materials, periodicals, set plans, and other miscellaneous items.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
161 20
Actor and Actress Lists
 1957-1967
161 21
Agents and Talent Lists
 1965-1967
161 22-23
Biographical Information
 1954 and no date
161 24
Canadian Production Material
 1971
161 25-27
Casting Sheets
 1957-1969
161 28-30
Clippings - Sailing
 1974-1978
162 1
Critic Reviews
 1967-1968
162 2
Daily Message Sheets
 1968
162 3-6
Directors Guild of America - Directories
 1970-1977
162 7
The Golden Showcase of Programs in Development for 1969/70; NBC Television Network
 1969
162 8
Liberty Magazine - "Nothing's Wrong"
 1941
162 9-12
Miscellaneous Materials
 1947-1975
162 13
Notes and Film Facts
 1966-1967
162 14-15
Personal Address Books
 no date
162 16
Production Reports - Braddock
 1966
163 1
Schedule of Directors Assignments
 1975
163 2-3
Set Plans
 ca. 1962-1971
163 4
Shooting Schedules
 1958-1960
163 5
Shooting Times and Pay Schedules
 1965-1967
163 6
Short Subject Film List
 1968
163 7
Sports Illustrated - Safe at Home
 1962
163 8
Television Market Lists
 1970-1972
163 9
Universal City Studios - Directory
 1972
163 10
Universal City Studios - Stock Sequence Reference Lists
 1964, 1968
163 11
Xerox Copies of Various Articles
 1970

Series VIII.:  Sealed Materials, 1942-1989Return to Top

This series contains a variety of sealed materials pertaining to Doniger's career in the motion picture and television industries. Most of the series' contents concern Doniger's work from the mid 1970s to late 1980s. The series contains manuscripts and production files, correspondence, legal files, audio-visual materials, oversized materials, and other miscellaneous items. NOTE - This series is closed to researchers until ten years after Walter Doniger's death.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: Manuscripts and Production Files
Arranged alphabetically by title, this sub-series contains manuscripts and production materials for motion pictures and television shows directed, written, and produced by Doniger. It also contains manuscripts by other television writers and screenwriters whose work was considered for possible production by Doniger. There are also manuscripts that were written by Doniger, but never produced.
1942-1987
Box Item
172 1
Alex Costa: Stepping Down from the Star - By Alex Costa
 1986
172 2-3
All the President's Men - By Bob Wolfe
 1976
172 4
Apocalypse Now - By John Milius
 1970s
172 5-6
Baa Baa Black Sheep
 1976
172 7
Beyond the Green Line
 1986
172 8
Beyond the Realm - By J. Gregory Hawkes
 no date
172 9-10
Boston
 1982
173 1-14
Boston
 1981-1983
174 1-15
Boston
 1981-1983
174 16-18
The Californians
 1978-1979
175-176
The Californians
 1978
Item
177 1-12
The Californians
 1978
177 13-16
The Charger
 1986-1987
178 1
Children of the Night
 1983
178 2
Coconut Nut Grove - By Paul Benzaquin
 1980
178 3-4
Cook and Peary: The North Pole - By I.C. Rapoport
 1983
178 5-17
The Crusades
 1981-1985
179 1-17
The Crusades
 1985
180 1-7
Delvecchio
 1976
180 8
The Doctor's Wife
 1976
180 9
Fantasy Killer
 1977
180 10-15
Farewell to Fear
 1981
181 1-3
Farewell to Fear
 1981
181 4-12
Flight of Angels
 1944-1985
182 1-15
Flight of Angels
 1983-1985
183 1-9
Flight of Angels
 1950-1983
183 10
The Golden Gate - By Alistair MacLean
 1976, 1980
183 11-12
Hellinger's Law
 1980
183 13
His Name was Mudd - By Michael Berk and Douglas Schwartz
 1979
183 14-15
Ike - By Melville Shavelson
 1978
183 16
Indes Ray Brown - By John Marshall Ashby
 no date
184 1-2
I.T.T. - Greek Colonels Story
 1968-1977
184 3-17
Kentucky Woman
 1981-1982
185-188
Kentucky Woman
 1973-1983
Item
189 1-2
The Last Days of Saigon
 1979
189 3-4
Lucas Tanner
 1963-1974
189 5-6
Mad Bull
 1977
189 7-16
Madonna Red
 1976-1978
190-191
Madonna Red
 1976-1978
Item
192 1-10
Madonna Red
 1976
192 11
The Man with Bogart's Face - By Andrew J. Fenady
 no date
192 12
The Man with the Power - By Allan Balter
 1977
192 13-17
Michelangelo
 1983 and no date
193 1-14
Michelangelo
 1980, 1983
193 15-16
The Notorious Colette - By Barbara Turner
 1977
193 17-18
Overboard - By Hank Searls
 1977 and no date
193 19-20
Peyton Place
 1966
193 21
P.O.W. Project
 1976
194 1-2
P.O.W. Project
 1970-1978
194 3
The President's Mistress - By Tom Lazarus
 no date
194 4
Raise the Titanic!
 no date
194 5-7
Roots: The Next Generation
 1977
195-196
Roots: The Next Generation
 1977
Item
197 1
Shamrock - By By Aribert Weis and Regine Heuser
 no date
197 2-13
Shannon
 1980-1981
197 14
Shark Bay
 1971-1972
197 15
Singletree - By Jack Ravage
 no date
197 16
Sisu
 1976
198 1
Sisu
 1974-1976
198 2-7
Strange Music
 1985
199 1
Strange Music
 1985
199 2
Swing Shift - By Ron Nyswaner
 1982
199 3
Timestalkers - By Brian Clemens
 1986
199 4-19
Tricks of the Trade
 1942-1983
200 1-7
Tricks of the Trade
 1983
200 8
Under 21
 1977-1978
200 9-16
Wham!
 1976
201 1-6
Wham!
 1976
201 7
Wishful Thinking - By Tom Greene
 1986
Sub-series 2.: Correspondence
This sub-series contains Walter Doniger's personal and professional correspondence.
1968-1988
Box Item
201 8-10
Christmas Cards
 1984-1987
201 11
Chronological File
 1971-1972
201 12
Correspondence
 1968-1970
201 13
Correspondence - A-C
 1972-1977
201 14
Correspondence - S-V
 1975-1978
202 1-2
General Correspondence
 1985-1986
202 3-5
Incoming Correspondence
 1983-1984
202 6-8
Outgoing Correspondence
 1983-1984
202 9-11
Personal Correspondence
 1983-1988
202 12
Professional Correspondence
 1983
202 13
Rejection Letters
 1973-1983
Sub-series 3.: Professional Files
This sub-series contains miscellaneous materials pertaining to Walter Doniger's professional career. It consists of correspondence, research files, story ideas, story synopses, and subject files.
1959-1988
Box Item
202 14-26
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Extra Casting and Crew Lists
 1967-1987
203 1-24
Fall Schedules - Terrorism
 1964-1988
204 1-16
Triad Artists, Inc. - Writers
 1959-1985
Sub-series 4.: Personal Files
This sub-series contains Doniger's personal files, all of which concern his interest in yachting. The files consist of correspondence, notes, and printed materials.
1965-1989
Box Item
204 17-21
Boats
 1965-1985
205 1-16
Boats
 1974-1980
206 1-9
Boats
 1976-1989
206 10-28
Yachts and Yachting
 1977-1985
Sub-series 5.: Legal Files
This sub-series contains legal files concerning Doniger's professional activities within the motion picture and television industries. The files consist primarily of legal documents, correspondence, and notes. Clippings and manuscripts are found in this sub-series as well.
1952-1986
Box Item
206 29
Adams, Ray, and Rosenberg, Inc.
 1982
206 30
Blue Sky Bandits/Gleason
 1971-1972
206 31
Directors Guild of America, Inc. - Basic Agreement of 1973
 1973
207 1
Directors Guild of America, Inc. - Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement of 1984
 1986
207 2
FCA Agency (Frank Cooper)
 1971-1973
207 3
General
 1984
207 4-16
The Sting/The Big Con
 1954-1981
208 1-13
The Sting/The Big Con
 1952-1980
209 1-15
The Sting/The Big Con
 1952-1980
209 16-19
Writer's Guild of America
 1970, 1981
Sub-series 6.: Miscellaneous
This sub-series contains a variety of miscellaneous materials pertaining to Walter Doniger and his professional career. It consists of biographical information, directories, correspondence, printed materials, and an interview transcript.
1980-1987
Box Item
210 1
Biographical Information
 1982
210 2-4
California Yacht Club - Directories
 1983-1986
210 5-6
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. - Directories
 1982-1983
210 7-11
Directors Guild of America, Inc. - Directories
 1983-1987
210 12-13
Harvard Business School - MBA Class Directories
 1980, 1985
210 14
Interview Transcript (photocopy)
 no date
210 15
Mosque a Diner: Les Concerts de Lous Landes
 1983
210 16
Politics
 1986
210 17-19
Twentieth Century-Fox - Directories
 1982
Sub-series 7.: Audio Recordings
This sub-series contains audio cassette tapes. Most of the tapes are associated with "Kentucky Woman", but there are tapes concerning "Windsong", George Romanis, and Lance Rubin as well.
1980-1981
Box Item
211 1
Branch Heartbreakers
 1980
211 2
Elkhorn: The Very Best in Country and Soft Rock
 no date
211 3
Malone, Mary
 no date
211 4
Malone, Mary and White, Jeri
 no date
211 5
Mama's Going Down in the Mines
 no date
211 6
Occupation: Coal Miner - Produced by Mary Kasamatsu
 1981
211 7
Romanis, George - General
 no date
211 8-9
Romanis, George - Of Mice and Men
 no date
211 10-11
Rubin, Lance
 no date
211 12
Unidentified Cassette Tape
 1981
211 13-15
Windsong
 no date
Sub-series 8.: Video Recordings
This sub-series contains video tapes. Most of the recordings concern "Kentucky Woman", but there a few other miscellaneous video tapes as well.
1982-1988
Box Item
211 16-32
Kentucky Woman (Beta recordings)
 1982
211 33-38
Kentucky Woman - Rough Cuts (3/4 inch recordings)
 1982
211 39
Readings - Whitesburg
 1982
211 40
Right Guard Sports Stick - "Bosworth's Book of Etiquette"
 1988
211 41
South Africa
 no date
Sub-series 9.: Oversized
This sub-series contains oversized items, including set plans for "Peyton Place" and location photograph boards for "Kentucky Woman".
1964-1982
Box Item
212 1-2
Peyton Place - Set Plans
 1964, 1968
213 1-2
Unidentified Set Plans
 no date
214 1-6
Kentucky Woman - Location Photograph Boards
 1982

Series IX.:  Audio-Visual Materials, 1952-1979Return to Top

This series contains motion picture reels and an audiotape of television, movie, and theater projects worked on or considered by Doniger.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1.: Motion Pictures
This sub-series contains film reels of the motion pictures "Chair on the Boulevard" and "The Steel Cage" and the television series "Peyton Place".
1952-1960s
Box Item
215 1
Chair on the Boulevard
 1952
215 2
Peyton Place - Christmas Reel
 1960s
215 3-5
The Steel Cage - "The Chef"
 1954
215 6
The Steel Cage - "The Face"
 1954
216 1-2
The Steel Cage - "The Face"
 1954
216 3-5
The Steel Cage - "The Hostages"
 1954
Sub-series 2.: Audio Recordings
This sub-series contains an audio cassette tape of the musical score for Robert Robinson's and Michael Tavera's musical "Somebody".
1979
Box Item
216 6
Somebody - By Robert Robinson and Michael Tavera
 1979

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Motion picture authorship--United States.
  • Motion picture--Production and direction--United States.
  • Motion pictures--United States.
  • Television authorship--United States.
  • Television programs--United States.
  • Television--Production and direction--United States.
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Motion pictures.
  • Screenplays.
  • Videotapes.

Occupations

  • Motion picture producers and directors.
  • Screenwriters.
  • Television writers.
  • Television producers and directors.

Titles within the Collection

  • Kentucky Woman (Television program)
  • Peyton Place (Television program)
  • Survivors (Television program)

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2006; 2015

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