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Emerson Yorke papers, 1882-1978

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Yorke, Emerson
Title
Emerson Yorke papers
Dates
1882-1978 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.91 cubic ft. (16 boxes)
Collection Number
11219
Summary
Emerson Yorke (1893-1971) was a casting scout and independent filmmaker known for his contributions to educational and informational film production. Included are books, correspondence, photographs, production materials and contracts related to his work and the work of his company, Emerson Yorke Studio, Inc. Also included are film and audio reels of some of Yorke’s works.
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

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Emerson Yorke (1893-1971) was a casting scout and independent filmmaker known for his contributions to educational and informational film production. Emerson Yorke, born Heyward Emerson Yorke, immigrated to the United States in the 1910s from Canada. He primarily worked out of New Jersey and New York, establishing Emerson Yorke Studios and Laguna Productions, Inc. These companies produced films for the United States military, charitable foundations, and organizations such as the National Tuberculosis Association, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Public Health Service. Notable works by Yorke include the 1968 Freedom Foundation Award winner “Our Heritage,” as well as “The 9th State- New Hampshire,” “This is Baseball,” and "Alone, Unarmed, and Unafraid." He was married to Solita Palmer, a musician and composer, and together they produced compositions such as the “Legion Ball Marching Song.”

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Content Description

This collection contains the papers of Emerson Yorke. Included are books, correspondence, photographs, production materials and contracts related to his work and the work of his company, Emerson Yorke Studio, Inc. Also included are film and audio reels of some of Yorke’s works.

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Use of the Collection

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Copyright Information

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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.

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Administrative Information

Preservation Note

System Requirements

Emerson Yorke Studio -- film -- 16mm -- 35mm..

Laguna Productions Inc. -- film -- 16mm -- 35mm.

Related Materials

Baseball Sheet Music Collection, EPH 7502. University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Solita Palmer Yorke in March of 1976.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Brittany Heye in May and June of 2024.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Container: Box

    • Description: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
      Dates: 1959-1978
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Awards: Capital Records Gold Record (inscription- "Presented to Emerson Yorke whose faith is living proof that God is Alive. He is now and forever shall be!)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Certificate- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Membership
      Dates: May 26, 1959
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Certificate- Anaheim Stadium in Recognition of High Degree of Interest and Support
      Dates: April 8, 1966
      Container: Box 14
    • Description: Awards: Certificate of Enrollment- Society of Motion Picture and television Engineers
      Dates: August 29, 1950
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Certificate- The Finnish Relief Fund, Inc.
      Dates: 1939-1940
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Certificate- War Production Board-- Member of the 16mm. Motion Picture IAC (Industry Advisory Committee)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Certificates
      Dates: 1920, undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Awards: Festival Du Film Beaux- Belgique-- "The Lifestyle of A Mosquito"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Awards: Ribbons
      Dates: 1912-1915, undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Awards: Screen Directors Guild, NY presents Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Films
      Dates: March-April 1948
      Container: Box 12
    • Description: Biographical Information: Emerson Yorke
      Dates: 1882-1969
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Biographical Information: Edward Horton
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Biographical Information: Ferdinand Von Grofe
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Biographical Information: Paul Hayward
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Biographical Information: Ted Husing
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Booklets and Pamphlets
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Brunswick Topics
      Dates: 1926-1927
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Contracts
      Dates: 1931- 1961, undated
      Container: Box 3-4
    • Description: Contracts: Agreements
      Dates: 1931-1967
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Contracts: U.S. Treasury Dept. Contract- U.S.O.E. Films
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Baseball
      Dates: 1949-1969
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Legal
      Dates: 1940-1959
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1920-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Music
      Dates: 1928-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: "Our Heritage"
      Dates: 1965-1967
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Postcards and Greeting Cards
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Radio, Film, Television and Music Groups
      Dates: 193-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
      Dates: 1953-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Sterling Television Co., Inc.
      Dates: 1953-1955
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Telegrams
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Thomas Organ, Co.
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Correspondence: Yorke Productions
      Dates: 1920-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Directories
      Dates: 1952, 1971-1973
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Emerson Yorke Studios
      Dates: 1938-1954
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Freedom Foundation
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: I.A.T.S.E. Booklets
      Dates: 1960-1970
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Legal Documents
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Letterheads
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Lyrics
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Magazines
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, 13
    • Description: Manuals
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Music Publications
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Newspapers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Newspaper Clippings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Phonograph Record Cases (empty)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 13
    • Description: Phonograph Record Label Stickers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Emerson Yorke
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Homes of Emerson Yorke and Solita Palmer
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: John Scott Trotter
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Miscellaneous
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, 11, 14
    • Description: Photographs: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Stills
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Press Release Images
      Dates: 1949, undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Portraits
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, 11, 14
    • Description: Photographs: Production Stills
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Production Stills- "A Message from Dorothy Maynor"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Production Stills- "Lease on Life"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Production Stills- "This Is TB"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Production Stills- "Time Out!"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Negatives
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 16
    • Description: Photographs: New Hampshire Project
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Photostat of Letter from Emerson Yorke's Father, Alexander Yorke
      Dates: February 21, 1882
      Container: Box 14
    • Description: Photographs: Sammy Fain Los Angeles Resolution
      Dates: September 27, 1968
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Scrapbook
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 11
    • Description: Photographs: Solita Palmer
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Vermont Project
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Photographs: Washington D.C.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Posters and Programs
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5, 13
    • Description: Press and Publicity
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5-6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Brochure Makeup reprints
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Campaign Book
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: The Daily Variety
      Dates: 1957-1971
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Emerson Yorke
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: The Film Daily
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: The Hollywood Reporter
      Dates: 1954-1971
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Magazines
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Miscellaneous Repros
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Press and Publicity: Reprints
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "25" December
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "A Woman's World"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Conquering Darkness"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Couriers of the Nation"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "God is Alive" Capitol T-P #1
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: India Film
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Lease on Life"
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: Lehi IV- Redding…misc.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Let's Go to the Movies"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "The Life and Times of Wilbur Little-Man" Storyboard and Scenes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 15
    • Description: Production Materials: "Life Cycle of the Mosquito"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: Miscellaneous
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "The Movie Parade"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "The Ninth State"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: Off-Set Make-ups
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Our Heritage"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "This Way to Nursing"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Time Out!"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: "Time Out!" Stills
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Production Materials: Voyage of the Lehi IV"
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Publicity and Advertising
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Radio and Broadcasting Information
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Screen Actors Guild of America Publications
      Dates: 1948-1954
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "The Business Pulse of the Nation"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "The Cardinal's Secret"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Eyes for Tomorrow"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: The Fashion Parade
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Forevermore…"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Highways of New England" A Northern Tour
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "The Life and Times of Wilbur Little-Man"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Let Me Show You My Mexico"
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "The Ninth State"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Our Heritage"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Scripts: "Time Out!"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Sheet Music
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: SMPTE Booklets
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: SMPTE Synopses of Papers
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
      Dates: 1953-1971
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Toastmaster's International
      Dates: 1961-1967
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Toastmaster's International Gavel
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 11
    • Description: World Map
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Description: Yorke Studio, Inc. Productions
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 7
    • Audio and Film Materials:

      Container: Box

      • Description: 35mm film- "Our Heritage" (15 reels)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9-10
      • Description: 35mm film- "Milestone of Man"- 'B' Wind Track Signature (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 8
      • Description: 35mm film- "God Is Alive" (4 reels)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 35mm film- "May Striker" (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 35mm film- Pos Cuts (FF) (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 35mm film- Cut Tks (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "Our Heritage" (2 reels)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "Eco-Trims" (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "Silent American Print" 1st edition (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "25 December" color (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "The Three Wise Men" color cut-out (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 9
      • Description: 16mm film- "Toastmaster #1" transfer from videotape magnetic (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 8
      • Description: 16mm film- "Alone, Unarmed, and Unafraid" Tactical Reconnaissance in Southeast Asia (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 10
      • Description: Audio- Unidentified (5 reels)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 8
      • Description: Audio- Wayne Newton (1 reel)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 8
      • Description: Audio- Fairchild (2 reels)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 8
      • Description: Audio- "Our Heritage" (5 reels)
        Dates: 1965
        Container: Box 8
    • Baseball Films:

      Container: Box

      • Description: Angels from Anaheim!
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Automotive Sports Personality Newsletter
        Dates: 1947
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Babe Ruth League and TV Show materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Booklets
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Correspondence
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Legion At Bat
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Miscellaneous
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Music and Lyrics
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Newspaper and Newspaper clippings
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Photographs
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Press and Publicity
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Press Releases
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: "So You Think You Know Sports?"
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Tom Harmon Special
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: "This is Baseball" materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: "This is Baseball" makeup materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: "This is Baseball" Review Sheet
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: "This is Baseball" Schedule of Apr roved Program Subjects
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: "This is Baseball" Theme Song
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 13
      • Description: Little League materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- American and National Little Leagues Official Program
        Dates: 1956
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- Board of Directors Photograph (framed)
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 13
      • Description: Little League- Commentary Scripts
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- Correspondence
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- League Information
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- Little League Calendar of Events
        Dates: 1970
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- Little League World Series materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
      • Description: Little League- Publicity and Promotional materials
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 3
    • Books and Booklets:

      Container: Box

      • Description: A Pictoral History of the Movies by Deems Taylor
        Dates: 1943
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Case History of A Movie by Dore Schary as told to Charles Palmer
        Dates: 1950
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Elements of Color in Professional Motion Pictures from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
        Dates: 1957
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Fame 1969
        Dates: 1969
        Container: Box 13
      • Description: Motion Picture Films Price Schedule
        Dates: December 1969
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Motion Picture Products Sales Price List
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Motion Picture Sound Engineering: A Series of Lectures (presented to classes enrolled in the courses in sound engineering given by the research council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
        Dates: 1938
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: That Marvel- The Movie by Edward S. VanZile
        Dates: 1923
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: The Boat Club by Oliver Optic (inscription: Awarded to Emerson Yorke for regular attendance at Rideaville School. December 19th, 1902)
        Dates: 1866
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: The Film Daily 1929 Directors' Annual & Production Guide
        Dates: 1929
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: The Technique of Film Music by John Huntley and Roger Manvell
        Dates: 1957
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: The Technique of Motion Picture Production (A symposium of papers presented at the 51st Semi-Annual Convention of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers)
        Dates: 1944
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Walt Disney's "Ferdinand the Bull"
        Dates: 1938
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklets
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: Copyright in Musical Compositions as Governing Mechanical Reproduction
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge
        Dates: February 22, 1967
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: Lecture- "Trip Around Manhattan" by Miss Pat Tobin
        Dates: May 7, 1950
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: Mexican Olympics
        Dates: 1968
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: The Skinner Organ
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: U.S. Air Force Information Kit
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: Wings '67
        Dates: 1967
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Booklet: "The World's Largest Library of Quality Filmed Short Subjects for Television"
        Dates: undated
        Container: Box 14

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Subject Terms

  • Baseball films.
  • Baseball for children.
  • Baseball in motion pictures.
  • Baseball--History.
  • Baseball.
  • Documentary films -- United States.
  • Documentary television programs -- United States.
  • Educational films.
  • Industrial films -- United States.
  • Little League baseball.
  • Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
  • Screenwriters -- United States.

Corporate Names

  • Emerson Yorke Studio.
  • Laguna Productions, inc.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Motion pictures.
  • Scrapbooks.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Frick, Ford C.
    • Palmer, Solita (1900-1997)
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