Francis D. Lyon papers, 1935-1994

Letters from Lyon to his family.

Includes letters of recommendation for Lyon, who worked for the Bureau of Motion Pictures, Office of War Information. Includes letters from Gregory Ratoff and Frank Capra.

Mostly business correspondence.

Mostly business correspondence. Includes letters from Hall Bartlett.

Mostly business correspondence. Includes a letter from Wolfgang Reinhardt.

Mostly business correspondence. Includes letters from Hall Bartlett, Elmo Williams, and Chips Rafferty.

Mostly business correspondence. Includes letters from Maxwell Shane and Elmo Williams.

Mostly business correspondence. Includes letters from John Dehner and Leonard Maltin.

Correspondence regarding acquisition of rights to writings by Beebe and Clegg. Includes copies of contracts for those writings.

Correspondence regarding and Production Budget and Cost Estimate for a proposed film, “Time Bomb,” which was apparently never produced.

“Prepared expressly for Dumont Television Network, Inc.” A bound notebook and three bound sets.

Lyon and Richard Irving co-directed the episode.

Includes “Two Camera Shooting Can Cut Costs” by Lyon.

Lyon is credited as president of American Cinema Editors. Each issue has a report by him.

Includes “Success Story … Starring Pete Lyon.”

Includes a photo of and a note on Lyons (pg. 14).

Lyon directed the episode.

Includes an untitled document about spreading “American good-will throughout the world by intelligent use of motion pictures” during and after the war.

Includes a cover letter from Haring.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes revised script pages, handwritten notes and annotations, a shooting schedule, and set continuity.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes as inserts “Picture Budget Details” and a list of possible films projects, available actors, and handwritten notes.

Probably an episode of “Cavalcade of America” titled “Saturday Story,” which was directed by Lyon and starred Frank Leahy. Includes correspondence, a Call Sheet, a Shooting Schedule, a Staff List, and handwritten notes.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes revised script pages and, as an insert, a clipping of an ad for the movie that appeared in “The Hollywood Reporter.”

Includes Summary of Temporary Budget and Tentative Budget.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes Staff & Crew List, lists of interior sets and exteriors, and a shooting schedule.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes revised script pages and, as inserts, stills form the set, including photos of Lyon.

“In compliance with your request of January 22nd for a written report on my impressions in general since affiliating with Republic Studios on January 2nd, the following is herewith submitted.”

“Pilot made but not sold.”

Includes a 1966 issue of the newspaper “Canon City [Colorado] Daily Record” that includes a photo and caption from the set. Apparently, the episode never aired.

R.G. Springsteen directed the movie; Lyon and his brother Earle produced it. Includes shooting schedules, revised pages, handwritten notes and annotations, and a proclamation regarding Ruidoso, New Mexico, where the movie was shot.

Lyon directed the movie. Includes handwritten notes and annotations.

“In the belief that there might be certain value in documenting some situations, anecdotes and personal observances of an American motion picture technician employed as a film editor in London during four very exciting years of modern English history and its rapidly expanding film industry, I have been requested to make this report about my experiences there from 1935 through 1939.”

Lyon and Robert Parrish were nominated for and won for Best Achievement in Film Editing for “Body and Soul.”

Includes clippings about Lyon, as well as a story, “Boys Will Be Boys,” by Frederick Manfred.

An Australian made-for-TV movie directed by Lyon.

Includes a photo of Lyon and Joel McCrea on the set of “The Oklahoman” and a photo of Lyon with Dick Sargent, Fess Parker, Mitch Kowall, and Jeff York on the set of “The Great Locomotive Chase.”