Collection Summary
Stabler, Robert
Robert Stabler Papers
1956-1972
11658
47
cubic ft. (47 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Production files of the western television series "Death Valley Days".
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged at the series level.
Biography of Robert StablerRobert Stabler owned a television production company, Filmasters, Inc., which produced the western television series "Death Valley Days" from 1960 until the show's conclusion in 1970.
Scope and ContentThe Robert Stabler papers contain files regarding the production of the western television series "Death Valley Days". There are production and script files for each show from the eighth season (1959) to the eighteenth (1970). Writers files for accepted and rejected writers with scripts, correspondence, and notes are included, as are music credits, a small amount of production correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. There are also story ideas for television pilots (1956-1970).
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Robert Stabler at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Robert Stabler in 1973.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Shaun Hayes in October of 2010.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Filmasters, Inc.
Death Valley days (Television program)
Television authorship -- United States.
Television producers and directors -- United States.
Television-- Production and direction -- United States.
Television scripts -- United States.
Western television programs -- United States.
Television writers -- United States.
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Performing Arts
Container List
Series I. Audio-Visual
Consists of reels of 16mm unlabelled and undated films. Some of the film is in black and white and some is in color.
1-26
Film
undated
Series II. Script and production files.
Contains scripts and production files for "Death Valley Days" episodes from 1960 to 1970. The files are arranged in the order they were shot, which is not necessarily the order in which they were aired. The numbers provided for each box are the production numbers for each episode.
27
Production files (#7201-#7238)
1959-1960
28
Production and script files (#601-#643)
1960-1962
29
Production and script files (#644-#658)
1962
30
Production and script files #659-#670)
1962-1963
31
Production and script files (#671-#688)
1963
32
Production and script files (#689-#714)
1963-1964
33
Production and script files (#715-#727)
1964-1965
34
Production and script files (#728-#745)
1965
35
Production and script files (#746-#764)
1965-1967
36
Production and script files (#764-#780)
1966
37
Production and script files (#781-799)
1967
38
Production and script files (#800-#814)
1967-1968
39
Production and script files (#815-#831)
1968
40
Production and script files (#832-#850)
1969
41
Production and script files (#851-#864)
1969-1970
Series III. Writer and story information
Contains writer files, writer contracts, rejected story correspondence, and other writer information.
42
Writer files and contracts
1961-1968
43
Rejected and submitted stories
1962-1972
44
Rejected and submitted stories
1959-1972
Series IV. Correspondence and production information.
45
Music information, production correspondence, and research materials
1959-1970
46
Production information, guild correspondence, and credit information
1961-1970
47
"Death Valley Days" production materials
1956-1972