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Allen Rivkin papers, 1904-1975 (bulk 1930-1962)
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rivkin, Allen, 1903-1990
- Title
- Allen Rivkin papers
- Dates
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1904-1975 (bulk 1930-1962) (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 20.35 cubic ft. (45 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 02254
- Summary
- Contains the papers of Allen Rivkin, a mid-20th century screenwriter and co-founder of the Writers Guild of America.
- Repository
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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
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Allen Rivkin (1903-1990) was a freelance magazine writer from 1925-1931 before working as a writer for motion pictures, television programs, and plays. Rivkin was originally from Hayward, Wisconsin and studied journalism at the University of Minnesota. He worked as a reporter before moving to Hollywood in 1923. He was one of the first nine directors elected to the Screenwriters Guild, which later became the Writers Guild of America. His writing career launched in the 1930s when he collaborated with Ben Markson on the stage play "Is My Face Red," which became a 1932 movie. In 1963 he quit screenwriting and became director of publicity for the Writers Guild, founding and editing their newsletter. He was married to Laura Hornickel (who wrote under the pseudonym of Laura Kerr) in 1952 and together they wrote two non-fiction books on the film industry, Hello, Hollywood! in 1962 and I Wasn't Born Yesterday. They also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1947 film "The Farmer's Daughter" for which Loretta Young won a best actress Academy Award.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection consists mainly of scripts, related correspondence, and research notes for motion pictures and television programs written by Rivkin (some written with Laura Kerr), including the movies "Battle Circus," "Farmer's Daughter," "Prisoner of War," "The Eternal Sea," and "Joe Smith, American" and the television program "The Troubleshooters." The manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and galley proofs for Hello, Hollywood!, correspondence, miscellaneous biographical information, a scrapbook, magazine articles written by Rivkin, and research materials for an unpublished book on the Weyerhaeuser Company, The Wooden Empire, are also included.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Preferred Citation
Preferred CitationItem Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from Allen Rivkin from 1967 to 1982.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in April 2012.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. WorksReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Sub-series 1. Scripts |
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Box | ||
2 | "Air Medic" |
1955 August 31 |
2 | "Battle Island" |
1956 |
3 | "Black Sheep" |
1935 March |
3 | "Broadway Vagabond" |
1931 |
5 | "Cripple Creek" |
undated |
5 | "Crossroads" |
1936 May 8 |
5 | "Doctor in the Sky" |
1955 October 24 |
6 | "Get Me a Gun" |
undated |
12 | "Just Off Broadway" |
1955 December29 |
12 | "Knock on Wood" |
1935, undated |
13 | "The Long Day" |
1954 |
14 | "Manhattan Serenade" |
1951, 1953 |
15 | "Minnesota West" |
1940, 1949, undated |
15 | "Miraculous Fish" |
1958-1963, undated |
17 | "The Naked Weekend" |
undated |
17 | "The Nobel Prize" |
1962, undated |
17 | "Old Friends" |
1951 March 20 |
18 | "Old Friends" |
1950-1951 |
18 | "Past Due" |
circa 1954 |
19 | "Point Venus" |
undated |
21 | "Scenario #8511" |
1952 |
21 | "A Servant in the House of My Party" |
1962 |
22 | "They Dream of Home" |
1945 |
22 | "Trial by Sasswood" |
undated |
23 | "Trial by Sasswood" |
undated |
23 | Troubleshooter series: "The Cat-Skinner Kids" |
1959 |
23 | Troubleshooter series: "Gino" |
1959 |
23 | Troubleshooter series: "Harry Maru" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "The Law and the Profits" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "Liquid of Death" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "The Lower Depths" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "Moment of Terror" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "Tiger Culhane" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "Trouble at the
Orphanage" |
1959 |
24 | Troubleshooter series: "The Widow of Elbow Bend" |
1959 |
25 | "Wind from the East" |
1952 |
25 | Winston Churchill series - Episode #21 |
1960 November 1 |
Sub-series 2. Manuscripts |
||
Box | ||
6 | "A Flagpole Needs a Flag" |
1948 January 16 |
19 | "A Piece of Pain, A Piece of Pleasure" |
1962, undated |
21 | "A Servant in the House of My Party" |
1962 |
2 | "Babes in Bogotá" |
1944 |
40 | Bound Mss. "The Wooden Empire" in four parts |
1939, 1941, undated |
39 | Chapters 1-5. Carbon |
1941 |
3 | "Cinderella Goes to Washington" |
undated |
3 | "Class of '37" or "Three Cheers" |
1935, undated |
4 | "Crazy Feet" |
undated |
5 | "The Dance Queen" |
undated |
39 | Duplicates. "The Wooden Empire" |
1939, undated |
6 | "Flowers by Toni" |
undated |
6 | "Fraternity Row" |
undated |
6 | "Girls Are Like That" |
1931 |
6 | "Go East, Little Girl" |
undated |
6 | "Grounds for Marriage" News clippings &
correspondence |
1949-1951 |
6 | "Have Fun, My Darling" |
undated |
10 |
Hello, Hollywood! clippings |
1962 |
10 |
Hello, Hollywood! correspondence |
1962, undated |
10 |
Hello, Hollywood! invoices |
1962 |
10 |
Hello, Hollywood! material lists |
circa 1952-1961 |
8 | Hello, Hollywood! |
1961, undated |
11 | Hello, Hollywood! |
1943-1962 |
13 | "The Lady and the Lumberjack" |
undated |
36 | "Logging and Loggers in the 1860s" |
undated |
13 | "Look Down a Deep Well" |
undated |
13 | "Lovin' and Dancin'" |
undated |
13 | "Lulu" |
1944-1957 |
14 | "Mad About the Girl" |
1936, undated |
14 | "Mash '66" |
circa 1950-1952 |
14 | "The Matlock Place" |
1938, undated |
15 | "Minnesota West" |
undated |
16 | "Miraculous Fish" |
1960, undated |
16 | "My Old Lady" |
undated |
17 | "No Part of You" |
undated |
17 | "Nothing Up My Sleeve" |
1934 |
17 | "Okay, New York" |
undated |
17 | "Old Friends" MSS & research material |
1947-1951 |
18 | "Old Students Never Die" |
1963-1965 |
37 | Original typed "The Wooden Empire" |
undated |
18 | "Personal Doctor" |
1931 |
19 | "Point Venus" |
1951, undated |
20 | "The Pride of America" |
1957, undated |
20 | "Professor Broadway" |
undated |
20 | "The Purple Gang" |
1958 February |
20 | "The Queen's Man" |
undated |
21 | "The Run Around" |
1934 |
22 | "Society Director" |
undated |
22 | "Straighten Me Out" |
1933 |
22 | "The Torrid Teens" |
undated |
22 | "Trial by Sasswood" |
undated |
24 | "Two Bad Chips" |
undated |
38 | Typed "The Wooden Empire" |
undated |
39 | Typed "The Wooden Empire" |
undated |
36 | Weyerhaeuser Mss. By Schubert - "Weyerhaeuser Lumber
Interests" |
undated |
25 | "Winged Scourge" |
circa 1942-1946 |
25 | "You're Out of My Mind" |
undated |
Sub-series 3. Treatments |
||
Box | ||
6 | "Eight Hours" |
1937 November 29 |
12 | "Hula" |
undated |
16 | "Mister" |
undated |
17 | "Off Key" |
1936 January 16 |
3 | "The Big Needle" |
undated |
Sub-series 4. Bound items |
||
Box | ||
26 | "Bad Boy" |
1935 October 29 |
26 | "Battle Circus" |
1953 January 21 |
26 | "Behind the News" |
1940 December 23 |
26 | "Black Sheep" |
1935 June 28 |
9 | Bound volume, no title |
undated |
26 | "Champagne Charlie" |
1936 May 7 |
27 | "Cheating Cheaters" |
1934 December 4 |
27 | "Dancing Lady" |
1933 December 2 |
27 | "Dancing on a Dime" |
1941 January 31 |
27 | "Dead Reckoning" |
1947 January 2 |
27 | "The Devil is Driving" |
1932 December 16 |
28 | "The Eternal Sea" |
1955 April 15 |
28 | "The Farmer's Daughter" |
1947 |
28 | "Gambling House" |
1951 January 20 |
28 | "Girl in 419" |
1933 May 20 |
28 | "Grounds for Marriage" |
1950-1951 |
29 | "Guilt of Jane Ames" |
1947 March 6 |
29 | "Half Angel" |
1936 May 4 |
29 | "Headline Shooter" |
1933 October 21 |
29 | "Highway West" |
1941 August 14 |
29 | "Is My Face Red" |
1932 June 17 |
27 | "It Could Happen to You" |
1939 June 30 |
30 | "Joe Smith, American" |
1942, 1959 |
30 | "Kid Glove Killer" |
1942 March 16 |
30 | "Knock on Wood" |
1935 May 28 |
30 | "Let Us Live" |
1939 February 29 |
30 | "Live Fast, Die Young" |
1957-1958 |
30 | "Love Under Fire" |
1937 July 20 |
31 | "Madison Square Garden" |
1932 October 14 |
31 | "Man From Texas" |
1955 June 17 |
31 | "Meet the Baron" |
1933 |
31 | "Melody Cruise" |
1933 June 16 |
31 | "My Dream is Yours" |
1948-1949 |
32 | "Prisoner of War" |
1953-1954 |
32 | "Night World" |
1932 May 5 |
32 | "Our Little Girl" |
1935 June 7 |
32 | "Picture Snatcher" |
1933 May 19 |
32 | "Radio Patrol" |
1931-1932 |
33 | "Singapore Woman" |
1940-1941 |
33 | "Straight, Place and Show" |
1938 |
33 | "The Strip" |
1951 |
33 | "Sunday Punch" |
1932 |
33 | "Tension" |
1949 |
34 | "This is My Affair" |
1936-1937 |
34 | "The Thrill of Brazil" |
1946 |
34 | "Till the End of Time" |
circa 1950 |
34 | "Timberjack" |
1954-1955 |
34 | "Typhoon" |
1939-1940 |
35 | "Your Uncle Dudley" |
1935 |
Sub-series 5. Other |
||
Box | ||
45 | "…And Now California" with foreword by Rivkin |
1947 |
19 | "A Piece of Pain, A Piece of Pleasure" data |
1961 |
4 | "The Collegiates" radio skit |
undated |
4 | Comedy: "Come As You Are" |
undated |
20 | Continuity & dialogue: J.F.K. "Pursuit of
Happiness" |
1956 |
9 |
Hello, Hollywood! final galley
proof |
undated |
9 |
Hello, Hollywood! foundry proof |
undated |
35 | Loose magazines |
1922-1936 |
44 | Magazine writings: "Close-Up, Movie Producer" with
correspondence |
1935-1936 |
44 | Magazine writings: "Flesh Peddler" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Hey, Keep That Gun Down" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Is it Good or Bad?" |
1935 |
44 | Magazine writings: "Mix Me a Bromide, Please" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Portrait, Lou Edelman" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Radio Skit" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Straighten Me Out" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "The Wife Takes a Farm" |
1935 |
44 | Magazine writings: "The Wilkersons Have Lunch" |
undated |
44 | Magazine writings: "Todd's Crazy About It" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "A Lesson to Ladies" |
1937 July 14 |
44 | Misc. writings: "Convention," or "A Man Who" |
1961-1962 |
44 | Misc. writings: "Copy Reader: Take It Away" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "Get 400 of Your Friends" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "Hell Week" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "Here's Cheers" |
1950 |
44 | Misc. writings: "Let 'Em Cry Real Tears" |
1949 |
44 | Misc. writings: "Melody Man" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "Press Agent" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "The Hidden Crisis" |
1950 |
44 | Misc. writings: "The Reign in Spain" |
1956 |
44 | Misc. writings: "The Road is Long" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "This is the Way It Was Then" |
undated |
44 | Misc. writings: "What's Wrong with Writers" |
1936 October 28 |
44 | Misc. writings: miscellaneous |
circa 1940-1962 |
18 | "The Paper Curtain" documentary |
1960-1961 |
5 | Play: "Dateline Geneva" |
1938 |
43 | Printed material |
1928-1953 |
21 | "Round-Trip" play |
1932-1934 |
21 | "Seed of Violence" screenplay |
1957 December 2 |
25 | United Nations presentation |
1962 |
Series II. ResearchReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
2 | "Air Medic" research notes & correspondence |
1953-1957 |
3 | "The Big Needle" research notes |
1951-1953 |
7 | "Here's Hollywood!" with research notes |
1932-1962, undated |
39 | Manuscript queries |
1941, undated |
43 | Miscellaneous college material: poems, essays, & short
stories |
1924-1927, undated |
12 | News clippings - Sinclair Lewis |
1935, 1960 |
12 | Photos - Weyerhaeuser family |
1935-1937, undated |
12 | Photos - Weyerhaeuser Logging Company |
1904-1939, undated |
42 | Research notes: "Historic Rock Island Co." |
undated |
42 | Research notes: Fire |
1954-1956, undated |
42 | Research notes: Genealogy |
undated |
42 | Research notes: Indian story |
1947-1955 |
42 | Research notes: Logging - Mississippi River Logging
Co. |
undated |
42 | Research notes: Maps |
1940-1945, undated |
42 | Research notes: Miscellaneous & quotes |
circa 1935-1949 |
42 | Research notes: News clippings |
circa 1931-1962 |
43 | Research notes: Timber |
1929-1942, undated |
22 | "Trial by Sasswood" research data &
correspondence |
1950-1959, undated |
23 | Troubleshooter series: miscellaneous data |
1959-1960 |
36 | Weyerhaeuser bibliography material |
1937-1939, undated |
36 | Weyerhaeuser biographical notes & data |
1905-1935 |
36 | Weyerhaeuser company reports & government
pamphlets |
1929-1937 |
45 | Weyerhaeuser news clippings |
circa 1934-1946 |
36 | Weyerhaeuser notes |
undated |
36 | Weyerhaeuser research notes |
1936-1943, undated |
Series III. PersonalReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
41 | Biographical material: Allen Rivkin |
undated |
41 | Biographical material: Dore Schary (notes, speeches, scripts,
etc.) |
1905-1959 |
41 | Biographical material: James J. Hill |
1916-1940, undated |
41 | Biographical material: John Dietz |
1910, 1938, undated |
41 | Biographical material: Richard Richards (campaign) |
1962 |
1 | Correspondence |
1925-1961, undated |
12 | Photos - Allen Rivkin |
1962 |
12 | Photos - Richard Richards |
1962 |
35 | Publicity |
circa 1946-1954 |
45 | Scrapbook |
circa 1920-1943 |
45 | Writers Guild West calendar |
1975 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Lumber trade -- United States
- Motion picture authorship -- United States
- Television authorship -- United States
- Television programs--United States
Corporate Names
- Weyerhaeuser Company
- Writers Guild of America
Form or Genre Terms
- Scrapbooks