AHJ_ah09822 Inventory of the Daniel Taradash papers 1907-1987 Taradash (Daniel) papers Processed by Loreley Moore The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort July 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Taradash, Daniel, 1913- Daniel Taradash papers 1907-1987 09822 52.33 cubic ft. (111 document boxes, 1 F17 box, 1 F41 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The Daniel Taradash papers contain information about his life, the offices he held in professional organizations, and his career. Included are files pertaining to his work with Columbia Pictures, the Writers Guild of America, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Large amounts of material relate to the films and plays he wrote including correspondence, contracts, outlines, drafts, notes, publicity, and research and production files. Finally, there are files pertaining to his service with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including plans for Academy Award shows and many photographs of the events connected with the honorary award given to Charlie Chaplin in 1972. Biography of Daniel Taradash

Daniel Taradash was a screenwriter and playwright. He was born in 1913 and attended primary and secondary schools in Miami Beach, Florida. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933 and a L.L.B. degree in 1936 from Harvard College and passed the New York Bar in 1937. He won a national playwriting contest in 1938 for his play Thy Mercy. Also in 1938 he was brought to Hollywood by Rouben Mamoulian to write the screenplay of Golden Boy for Columbia Pictures, and he stayed to write screenplays for Universal Pictures, including For the Love of Money and A Little Bit of Heaven.

Taradash entered the United States Army in 1941 and transferred to the signal corps in 1942. While in the army he wrote many incentive and morale films. He also wrote industrial training films. He left the army in 1946 and returned to Hollywood where he wrote screenplays and plays. His motion pictures include Knock on Any Door, Rancho Notorious, Don’t Bother to Knock, From Here to Eternity (Academy Award 1953), Desiree, Storm Center (Chevalier de la Barre Award, Cannes Film Festival 1957), Picnic, Bell, Book and Candle, Morituri, Hawaii, Castle Keep, Doctors’ Wives, and The Other Side of Midnight.

Taradash was a member of the Writers Guild of America council from 1954 to 1965. He served as president of the screenwriting branch from 1955-1956 and vice president of Writers Guild of America, West from 1956-1959. He was a founding member of the Producers-Writers Guild Pension Plan and a trustee from 1960 to 1973. He was very active in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a founding member of the American Film Institute and served on its board from 1967 to 1969. He was also a member of the public media panel of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1975 to 1985 and in 1992.

Daniel Taradash received many awards for his writing: the Valentine Davies Award, 1971, the Morgan Cox Award, 1988, the Writers Guild of America Edmund H. North Award, 1991, as well as the guild’s Laurel Award, 1992, and a retrospective and tribute from the University of Southern California, 1992.

 Scope and Content

The Daniel Taradash collection, 1907-1987, contains information about his life, the offices he held in professional organizations and his career. There are personal correspondence files, dated 1929-1981, and memorabilia files, dated 1907-1987, which contain photographs, programs, awards, and school records. There are a few files about the Columbia Pictures Corporation, primarily story synopses and files about the grant funding process of the National Endowment for the Arts. There are workbooks and planning meeting files for their general public media programs, dated 1974-1979.

There is a large amount of information about the motion pictures and plays that Daniel Taradash wrote. There are outlines, treatments, drafts of plays and screenplays, notes, publicity, and research and production files. There are also a few movie posters for the films he wrote.

There is extensive information about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, its board of governors, programs, scholarship committee, the planning of Academy Award shows, and its membership. There are many photographs of the events connected with the honorary award given to Charlie Chaplin in 1972.

There are many files regarding the Writers Guild of America, West. The files contain correspondence, producer-writers guild contracts, and information about the guild’s policies and association with the motion picture industry. Since Daniel Taradash was a founding member of the first board of trustees of the American Film Institute, the file about the institute contains information about its inception, programs, and applications to the National Endowment for the Arts for funding.

 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 other known archival collections created by Daniel Taradash at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

The Daniel Taradash papers were deposited with the American Heritage Center in three shipments, one each in 1981, 1982, and 1983. The papers were received in good condition and in good order.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Loreley Moore in June 2000.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Daniel Taradash papers, 1907-1987, Collection Number 09822, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms American Film Institute. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Writers Guild of America. Columbia Pictures Corporation. National Endowment for the Arts. Motion picture authorship. Playwriting. Academy awards (Motion pictures). Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Literature. Photographs. Screenwriters. Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977. Container List Series I. Correspondence 1929-1981 (11 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Correspondence between Daniel Taradash and his friends, family, agents, and professional associates regarding his children, career, and investments.

 1 1 Abrams, Marjorie 1970 1 2 Adams, Nick 1955-1957 1 3 Adler, Buddy 1953-1957 1 4 Aero Medical Field Laboratory 1956 1 5 Allan, Allan D. 1958-1972 1 6 Allman, Sydney 1961 1 7 Alpert, Hollis 1956-1972 1 8 American Arts Alliance, Inc. 1977 1 9 American Cinema Editors article 1970 1 10 American National Theatre and Academy 1972 1 11 Anderson, Robert 1953-1977 1 12 Andres, Andrew 1957 1 13 Ann-Margaret 1972 1 14 Ann Watkins, Inc. 1946, 1961 1 15 Arthur, Zinn 1957-1959 1 16 Artists Entertainment Complex, Inc. 1974 1 17 BC Research 1980 1 18 Bach, Julian 1976 1 19 Batalis, L.A. 1972 1 20 Baker, Mary 1947-1954 1 21 Baker, Howard 1980 1 22 Bass, Saul 1964 1 23 Behr, Gwen 1939 1 24 Ben Parker Article undated 1 25 Benjamin, Ben 1949-1978 1 26 Bennett, Charles 1973 1 27 Bennett, Harve 1979 1 28 Bergen, Candice 1971 1 29 Bergman, Howard 1950-1954 1 30 Bernard, Mark 1962 1 31 Bernstein, Morey 1960 1 32 Bertram, Manya 1972-1976 1 33 Bessie, Simon 1957-1969 1 34 Bild, Charles 1956-1957, 1972 1 35 Birnbaum, Bernie 1956, 1967 1 36-38 Blaustein, Julian 1937-1976 1 39 Bloch, Karen 1970 1 40 Blodget, Otis 1964-1966 1 41 Bloom, Bill 1945-1976 1 42 Blumofe, Robert 1967, 1981 1 43 Boorstein, Daniel 1969-1974 1 44 Bowdoin, Jeanne 1937 1 45 Bowes, Julia 1939 1 46 Box Office Magazine 1953-1957 1 47 Bradbury, Ray 1970 2 1 Bradley, Tom 1974 2 2 Breen, Joseph 1948 2 3 Bricken, Jules 1949 2 4 Brisken, Irving 1951-1968 2 5 Brisson, Frederick 1976-1978 2 6 Broccoli, Cubby 1954 2 7 Brooks, Richard 1961 2 8 Brown, Ned 1957-1958 2 9 Brynner, Yul 1964 2 10 Bujold, Genevieve 1971 2 11 Bureau of New Plays 1938-1945 2 12 Burke, J. Herbert 1973 2 13 Busse, Phil undated 2 14 Capalbo, Carmen 1967 2 15 Caron, Leslie 1959 2 16 Carter, Sue 1966 2 17 Cary, Frankie and Elton 1973 2 18 Cerf, Bennett 1956 2 19 Chapin, Schuyler 1981 2 20 Chaplin, Charles 1973 2 21 Charles Fries Productions, Inc. 1977 2 22 Chasin-Park-Citron Agency 1964-1974 2 23 Chicago Scene Productions, Inc. 1961 2 24 Chiron, Harold 1939 2 25 Chodorov, Jerome 1948 2 26 Clift, Montgomery 1955 2 27 Clogher, Dudley 1956 2 28 Cockrell, Frank 1948-1957 2 29 Cohen, Emanuel 1946 2 30 Cohen, Mike undated 2 31 Cohn, Arthur 1974 2 32 Cohn, Harry 1954-1958 2 33 Cohn, Josephine 1946 2 34 Collier, John 1971 2 35 Colton, Edward 1949-1969 2 36-37 Condolence letters upon the death of William Taradash 1958 3 1 Condolence letters upon the death of William Taradash 1958 3 2 Congden, Theodore 1972 3 3 Conte, Richard 1961 3 4 Cooper, Jerome 1948 3 5 Coprafilm 1964-1966 3 6 Cousins, Norman undated 3 7 Cowen, (?) 1933 3 8 Crawford, Broderick 1970s 3 9 Crawford, Joan 1954 3 10 Cripps, Leonard 1941 3 11 Crosby, Kathryn Grant 1970 3 12 Cutler, Max 1940 3 13 Daggett, Buddie 1939 3 14 Dahlberg, Gilda 1954-1959 3 15 Daily Variety 1955-1971 Dalmatians: 3 16 Cowles, Roderick 1948-1950 3 17 Greater Miami Dog Club, Inc. 1948, 1954 3 18 Greenacres Farm 1948 3 19 Hibbler, William 1950 3 20 McCanniff, Mildred 1947-1948 3 21 Miscellaneous 1947-1977 3 22 Reigate Kennels 1940-1967 3 23 Tally-Ho Kennels 1945-1951 3 24 Trottwood Farms 1951 3 25 Washington, Porter 1959 3 26 Williamsdale Kennels 1948-1950 3 27 Daniel, Sean 1971 3 28 Davis, Christopher 1960-1968 3 29 Davis, Frank 1949 3 30 DeLaurentiis, Dino 1969 3 31 Dibner, Martin 1942-1973 3 32 Directors Guild of America 1969-1981 3 33 Dmytrr, Edward 1965 3 34 Dodge, Bruce 1954-1972 3 35 Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1961 3 36 Dozier, Peggy 1967 3 37 Dreman, Diana 1971-1974 3 38 Dubin, Billie 1940 3 39 Dungan, Ralph 1963 3 40 Dunlap, Richard 1972 4 1 Edwards, Vince undated 4 2 Eibel, Alfred 1963-1964 4 3 Eisenschitz, Bernard 1980 4 4 Elisofan, Eliot 1955-1958 4 5 Engel, Samuel 1955-1957 4 6 Esposito, Vince 1960-1971 4 7 Ettinger, Eve 1948-1976 4 8 Fadiman, William 1953-1970 4 9 Fascall, Dante 1973 4 10 Feins, Bernard 1942-1967 4 11 Feldman, Charles 1956-1968 4 12 Fellini, Frederico 1957 4 13 Fenning, Morton 1937-1978 4 14 Feuer, Cy 1945-1965 4 15 Film Comment Magazine 1968-1969 4 16 Films and Filming Magazine 1958 4 17 Filmways, Inc. 1971 4 18 Finch, Peter undated 4 19 Finkel, William 1956 4 20 Fleischer, Richard 1941 4 21 Fleming, Ann 1940 4 22 Fleming, Peter 1953-1976 4 23 Fonda, Jane 1951-1972 4 24 Fontaine, Joan 1970 4 25 Foreman, Carl 1954-1970 4 26 Foster Parent’s Plan, Inc. 1949-1967 4 27 Frank, Helen 1962 4 28 Frankovich, Michael 1970-1972 4 29 Freed, Arthur 1958 4 30 Fugua, Don 1973 4 31 Gage, John 1960-1961 4 32 Gang, Martin 1959-1976 4 33 Gelbart, Larry 1977-1979 4 34 Gelsey, Erwin 1945-1973 4 35 Gingold, Hermione 1956-1957 4 36 Gish, Lillian 1971 4 37 Glickman, Will 1967-1976 4 38 Goldfarb, Bob 1955 4 39 Goldman, Harry 1940 4 40 Goldman, William 1974 4 41 Goldwyn, Frances 1970 4 42 Goodman, George 1956-1965 4 43 Gould, Ben 1965-1969 4 44 Graetz, Paul 1951-1954 4 45 Graham, Marian 1953-1954 4 46 Granet, Bert 1949 5 1 Grauman, Ben 1946-1971 5 2 Green, Johnny 1972 5 3 Greenberg, Steven 1973 5 4 Grossman, Lawrence 1980 5 5 Gummere, Richard 1949 5 6 Gunter, Bill 1973 5 7 Gwennie 1941 5 8 H.N. Swanson, Inc. 1938 5 9 Haley, James 1973 5 10 Hallock, Paul 1938 5 11 Hammell, John 1950 5 12 Hanff, Helen 1939-1942 5 13 Harris, Jed 1948 5 14 Hatfield, Henry 1958 5 15 Hayes, Helen 1970 5 16 Hayworth, Rita 1956 5 17 Heatherton, Joey 1960 5 18 Heatter, Basil 1953-1972 5 19 Hecht, Harold 1947 5 20 Henry, Buck 1971 5 21 Herrick, Margaret 1970 5 22 Hersey, John 1958 5 23 Hersig, Sigfried 1949 5 24 Holden, William 1954 5 25 Holland, Spessard 1941, 1967-1968 5 26 Horewin, Jerry 1940 5 27 Howe, Bradlee 1971 5 28 Huie, William 1960 5 29 Huntington Library and Art Gallery 1973 5 30 Huston, John 1949 5 31 Independent Film Journal 1958 5 32 Induction of William Taradash into the Miami Beach Hall of Fame 1966 5 33 Inge, William 1955 5 34 International Famous Agency 1972-1974 5 35 Jacobs, Paul 1959-1971 5 36 Jaffe, Herb 1963 5 37 Jamison, Sam 1956 5 38 Jewison, Norman 1972 5 39 Jones, James 1961 5 40 Jordan, Glenn 1941 5 41 Kahane, Ben 1954 5 42 Kanter, MacKinley 1957-1959 5 43 Katz, Ely 1948-1965 5 44 Kaufman, Charles 1948-1966 5 45 Kazan, Elia 1954-1965 5 46 Kerr, Deborah 1954 5 47 Ketola, Eila 1980 5 48 Khauli, Bahjat 1964-1965 5 49 King, Durnford 1969 5 50 Koch, Howard 1973-1974 5 51 Kohn, Jo 1946 5 52 Kondolf, George 1948-1952 5 53 Knight, Arthur 1979 5 54 Kramer, Stanley 1949-1969 5 55 Krawit, Miriam 1971 5 56 Kurata, Tetsu 1964 5 57 Lancaster, Burt 1961 5 58 Landau, Ely 1978 5 59 Lang, Fritz 1952-1957 5 60 Lasher, Edna 1938-1973 5 61 Laughlin, Tom 1966 5 62 Lear, Norman 1970 5 63 Lebworth, Joe 1963-1965 5 64 Lehman, William 1973 5 65 Lelyveld, Benjamin 1972 5 66 Lemmon, Jack 1960 5 67 Lepworth, Joe 1963 5 68 Lerner, Eugene 1955 5 69 Lesser, Allen 1953 5 70 Lesser, Sol 1962, 1971 5 71 Levien, Sonya 1956 5 72 Lewis, Arthur 1947-1976 6 1 Lewis, Richard 1954 6 2 Liebling, William 1955 6 3 Logan, Josh 1954-1977 6 4 Look Magazine 1956 6 5 Loos, Anita 1959 6 6 Lord, Bob 1948-1949 6 7 Lowenthal, Leo 1963 6 8 Louise, Anita 1954 6 9 Lyons, Jo 1954-1976 6 10 McKeand, Carol 1971 6 11 MacKenna, Ken 1946-1962 6 12 Mahan, Bill 1967 6 13 Maibaum, Richard 1946 6 14 Maltz, Albert 1949 6 15 Mamoulian, Rouben 1954-1967 6 16 Manber, David 1951-1970 6 17 Manners, David 1954 6 18 Marcus, Ellis 1947 6 19 Marcus, Lydia 1948 6 20 Marcus, Sumner 1939-1954 6 21 Marcus, Wilber 1939-1971 6 22 Martin, Jay 1979 6 23 Marx, Groucho 1960 6 24 Mathes, Herb and Lois 1949-1972 6 25 Matsue, Yoichu 1976 6 26 Matz, Royanne and Dorothy Fink 1949 6 27 Mayer, Arthur 1956-1976 6 28 Mayer, Roger 1947 6 29 Mazhar, Ahmed 1965 6 30 Mead, Richard 1959-1965 6 31 Melnitz, William 1966 6 32 Meltzer, Lewis 1948, 1965 6 33 Merrick, David 1958-1961 6 34 Meyer, Charles 1951-1967 6 35 Meyer, Stanley 1974 6 36 Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce 1928, 1968 6 37 Miami Heart Institute 1960 6 38 Miami Public Library 1951-1957 6 39 Miami’s Parrot Jungle 1967 6 40 Mirisch, Walter 1956-1976 6 41-42 Miscellaneous 1948-1963 7 1-3 Miscellaneous 1964-1981 7 4 Mitgang, Herbert 1953 7 5 Moll, Elick 1951-1971 7 6 Molson, Gordon 1964 7 7 Morrison, Sid 1939 7 8 Moseley, Ernest 1957 7 9 Mussin, John 1956 7 10 Narot, Joseph 1962-1967 7 11 Nat 1940-1941 7 12 Negalesco, Jean 1954 7 13 New York apartment 1948-1958 7 14 New York Museum of Modern Art 1973-1976 7 15 Newhouse, Sid 1948 7 16 Nicholas, Jack 1971 7 17 North, Edward 1943-1970 7 18 Notkin, Richard 1969 7 19 Novak, Kim 1957 7 20 Noyer, M. Philippe 1954-1978 7 21 Nugent, Frank 1955 7 22 Ogimi, Kaoru 1964 7 23 Pagnol, Marcel undated 7 24 Palmbaum, Maggie 1941-1978 7 25 Panama, Norman and Mel Frank 1961 7 26 Parrish, Robert 1955 7 27 Paul Kohner, Inc. 1940-1941 7 28 Paul Reynolds and Son 1970 7 29 Pearson, Drew 1956 7 30 Peck, Gregory 1967-1970 7 31 Pfeifer, Netta 1969 7 32 Phoenix Corporation 1954-1955 8 1 Phoenix Corporation 1956-1976 8 2 Pick, Muriel 1961 8 3 Pickman, Milton 1951-1996 8 4 Pietsch, Charles 1969 8 5 Porte, John 1971-1976 8 6 Ralli, Paul 1949 8 7 Ranshelt, Martin 1966 8 8 Rassbach, Elsa 1979 8 9 Reade, Walter 1958 8 10 Redford, Robert 1967 8 11 Reed, Robert 1960-1961 8 12 Reifler, Sam 1954-1968 8 13 Resce, Walter 1949-1953 8 14 Rice, John 1951-1959 8 15 Rivers, Mildred 1939-1942 8 16 Rodell, John 1948-1956 8 17 Rogers, John 1946 8 18 Rogers, Paul 1973 8 19 Rohm, Harry 1956-1958 8 20 Root, Elihu 1956 8 21 Rose, Edward 1950-1951 8 22 Rose, Jack 1954 8 23 Rosenberg, Frank 1955, 1960 8 24 Rosenfield, Jonas 1956-1964 8 25 Rosten, Leo 1967 8 26 Rubin, Hazel undated 8 27-28 Rubinow, Jay 1937-1972 9 1 Ruby, Edna 1966-1971 9 2 Ruby, Helen 1970 9 3 Ruby, James 1955-1971 9 4 Russell, Larry and Marilyn 1962-1963 9 5 Russell, Rosalind 1956, 1973 9 6 Rutchick, Howard 1946-1949 9 7 Salisbury, Leah 1951-1956 9 8 Saphier, James 1950, 1958 9 9 Saturday Review article 1960 9 10 Savage, George 1966 9 11 Savory, Teo 1939, 1976 9 12 Saxe, Harold 1937-1939 9 13 Schaffner, Frank 1970-1976 9 14 Schary, Dore 1954-1969 9 15 Scheer, Charles 1961 9 16 Scott, Adrian 1950 9 17 Scott, Alan 1947 9 18 Seaton, George 1968, 1979 9 19 Sebery, Jean 1953 9 20 Seidel, Tom 1950 9 21 Selinko, Annmarie 1954-1955 9 22 Selznick, David 1953 9 23 Shaff, Monty 1946-1947 9 24 Shapiro, Harold 1961 9 25 Shapiro, James 1941-1947 9 26 Shaw, Irwin 1939 9 27 Sheldon, Sidney 1976-1977 9 28 Shelveson, Mel 1969 9 29 Shenson, Walter 1970 9 30 Shepard, Sonny 1954 9 31 Sherry, Valentine 1949-1971 9 32-33 Shurtleff, Michael 1948-1977 9 34 Sidney, George 1952-1973 9 35 Sikes, Bob 1973 9 36 Silverman, Alexander 1956 9 37 Silverman, Jack 1961 9 38 Simmons, Ed 1949 9 39 Simon, Henry 1965-1966 9 40 Simon, Neil 1979 9 41 Singer, Noel 1947 9 42 Skagseth lease 1951 9 43 Skinner, Charles undated 10 1 Skouras, Spyros 1964 10 2 Smathers, George 1947, 1968 10 3 Sopkin, Henry 1948-1971 10 4 Spiegal, Sam 1955, 1963 10 5 Spillane, William 1965 10 6 Spingold, Nate 1953-1954 10 7 Stark, Ray 1949-1959 10 8 Stein, Jules 1961 10 9 Stevens, George 1965-1971 10 10 Stewart, James undated 10 11 Stoddard, Haila 1961 10 12 Storer, Susan 1972 10 13 Strauss, Roger 1957-1958 10 14 Streger, Paul 1945-1971 10 15 Stromberg, Hunt 1976 10 16 Stuart, Malcolm 1964 10 17 Stulberg, Gordon 1957-1980 10 18 Styne, Jule 1960, 1972 10 19 Sullivan, Margaret 1949 10 20 Sullivan, Paul 1946 10 21 Suzman, Janet 1972 10 22 Taradash, Mike 1946 10 23 Taradash, Milton 1952-1969 10 24 Taradash, Murray 1952-1958 10 25 Taradash, William and Elizabeth 1929-1955 10 26 Television Critics Association 1979 10 27 Thomas, Sam 1973 10 28 Thy Mercy congratulations 1938 10 29 Topol, Chaim 1972 10 30 Traube, Shepherd 1946-1959 10 31 Trell, Max 1948-1971 10 32 Turnbull, Peter 1971-1976 10 33 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 1949-1968 10 34 United Artists deal 1959 10 35 United States Air Force 1978-1979 United States Army: 10 36 Official 1941-1946 10 37 Service contacts 1941-1945 Signal Corps Photographic Section: 10 38 Internal 1943-1946 11 1 Official 1942-1945 11 2 The Story of the Signal Corps Photographic Center 1944 11 3 United States Information Agency 1963 11 4 University Film Study Center 1971 University of California: 11 5 Aspen Film Conferences 1966-1969 11 6 Department of Theatre Arts 1954, 1972 11 7 University of Southern California Film Conference 1973 11 8 Valenti, Jack 1954-1979 11 9 Vanguard Films, Inc. 1947 11 10 Viertel, Peter 1954 11 11 Wadleigh, Michael 1972 11 12 Wald, Jerry 1956-1962 11 13 Wall, F. Lowry 1964 11 14 Wallis, Hal 1971-1974 11 15 Warner, Jack 1970-1971 11 16 Webb, James 1964 11 17 Weidenmann, Alfred 1968-1969 11 18 Weinstein, Marion 1969 11 19 Weiss, Milton 1953-1972 11 20 Weissberger, (?) 1948 11 21 Wilk, Jake 1954, 1976 11 22 Williams, Henry 1941-1976 11 23 Wise, Robert 1981 11 24 Wolfson, Mitchell 1953-1973 11 25 Wolfson, Richard 1953-1954 11 26 Wyler, Bob 1940 11 27 Wyler, William 1955-1971 11 28 Young, Bill 1972-1973 11 29 Zanuck, Daryll 1957 11 30 Ziffren, Paul 1959-1973 11 31 Zinnemann, Fred 1953-1967 Series II. Motion Pictures and Plays 1929-1980 (67 document boxes and one F17 box)

Arranged alphabetically. Written by Daniel Taradash or considered for production by him. Includes correspondence, contracts, production financial statements, drafts of screenplays, scripts for plays, research, and publicity files.

 12 1 Aaron Burr circa 1940 The Adelita: 12 2 Correspondence 1974-1975 12 3 Publicity 1974 12 4 Research 1974 12 5-7 Screenplay 1974 13 1-7 Screenplay 1974 14 1-5 Screenplay 1974 15 1-4 Screenplay 1974-1976 15 5 Aftermath 1938-1939 All the Abandoned Children: 15 6 Correspondence 1970-1971 15 7 Annotated copy of the novel and notes 1970 Alvarez Kelly: 16 1 Correspondence 1965-1970 16 2 Participants’ financial statements 1968-1972 16 3 Publicity 1966 16 4-9 Screenplay 1965 Andersonville: 17 1 Correspondence 1956-1959 17 2 Publicity 1956-1965 17 3 Research 1957 17 4-8 Screenplay 1955-1958 18 1-6 Screenplay 1957 19 1-7 Screenplay 1957-1958 20 1-6 Screenplay 1958 21 1-3 Screenplay 1958 Angelic Avengers: 21 4-6 Screenplay 1949 21 7 Badge of the Assassin undated Bell, Book and Candle: 21 8 Correspondence 1955-1970 21 9 Participants’ financial statements 1959-1962 22 1 Publicity 1956-1959, 1972 22 2-5 Screenplay 1956, 1958 Bogie a.k.a. The Last Hero: 22 6 Correspondence 1978-1979 22 7 Interview with Lauren Bacall 1978 22 8 Publicity 1978-1980 22 9-12 Teleplay 1977 23 1-8 Teleplay 1977 24 1-7 Teleplay 1977-1979 25 1-5 Teleplay 1979 25 6 Boomerang 1929-1930 The Captain: 25 7 Correspondence 1968-1970 25 8 Publicity 1968 25 9 Research 1939-1970 26 1-8 Screenplay 1966-1969 27 1-6 Screenplay 1969 28 1-6 Screenplay 1969 29 1-2 Screenplay 1969 29 3 The Cardinal 1958 29 4 The Careful Man 1962

Screenplay – Treatment by Max Franklin

 Castle Keep: 29 5 Correspondence 1966-1969 29 6 Participants’ financial statements 1969-1971 29 7 Publicity 1965-1969 29 8 Research 1965-1966 29 9-10 Screenplay 1964-1965 30 1-6 Screenplay 1965-1966 31 1-6 Screenplay 1966 32 1-4 Screenplay 1966-1968 Ceremonies in Dark Old Men: 32 5 Correspondence 1967 32 6 Screenplay: First draft by Lonne Elder, III, with notes by Daniel Taradash 1969 Circle of Fire a.k.a. Storm Center: 32 7-9 Screenplay 1952 33 1-2 Screenplay 1952 33 3 Concerto 1934 33 4 Continental Caravan 1940s 33 5 Cutter and Bone 1976

Xerox copy of the novel with notes by Daniel Taradash

 33 6 Day of Commencement 1930 33 7 Day of the Locust undated Desiree: 33 8 Correspondence 1953-1955 34 1 Publicity 1954-1955 34 2 Research 1953 34 3-11 Screenplay 1953-1955 35 1 Screenplay 1954 35 2 The Doctor’s Wife 1969 Doctors’ Wives: 35 3 Correspondence 1967-1971 35 4 Participants’ financial statements 1971-1972 35 5 Photographs – Publicity stills 1970 35 6 Publicity 1967-1971 35 7-10 Screenplay 1967 36 1-8 Screenplay 1967 37 1-7 Screenplay 1967-1968 38 1-10 Screenplay 1968-1970 Don’t Bother to Knock, a.k.a. Mischief: 39 1 Memorandum 1953 39 2 Publicity 1952, 1980 39 3 Screenplay 1951 39 4 The Eighth Day undated 39 5 El Paraiso a.k.a. Take the Air 1940s 39 6 Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover 1970s

Screenplay draft by Judith Parker

 For Love or Money: 39 7 Correspondence 1937-1939 39 8 Publicity 1939 39 9 Screenplay: Treatment by Timothy Carroll 1939 From Here to Eternity: 39 10 Address by Daniel Taradash following a screening of From Here to Eternity, comparing the novel and the motion picture 1980 Correspondence: 39 11 Congratulations on winning the Oscar 1954 39 12 General 1952-1976 39 13 Memoranda 1951-1956 39 14 Suid, Lawrence – Includes interview of Daniel Taradash 1976-1980 40 1 Photographs: Scouting locations on Oahu – Schofield Barracks 1953 Participants’ Financial Statements: 40 2 Taradash, Daniel 1953-1964 40 3 Zinneman, Fred 1953-1954 40 4-5 Publicity 1952-1970 40 6-8 Screenplay 1951 41 1-6 Screenplay 1952-1953 42 1-3 Screenplay 1953 42 4-8 Teleplay 1978 42 9 Gangster Without Guns 1949 42 10 Getting Straight 1967

Screenplay, First draft by Ken Kalb

 42 11 The G.I.’s New Warpath 1946 Golden Boy: 42 12 Correspondence 1938-1939, 1976 42 13 Photographs: Rouben Mamoulian and Daniel Taradash 1938 42 14 Publicity 1938-1960 43 1-4 Screenplay 1938-1939 Guard of Honor, by Richard Murphy: 43 5 Correspondence 1948-1966 43 6 Publicity 1955-1956 43 7-11 Screenplay 1955-1956 Hawaii: 43 12 Book reviews 1959 44 1 Correspondence 1959-1970 44 2-4 Publicity 1959-1966 44 5-11 Research – Trip to Hawaii 1958-1961 45 1-6 Screenplay 1959-1960 46 1-6 Screenplay 1960 47 1-9 Screenplay 1960-1961 48 1-4 Screenplay 1961-1962, 1965-1966 48 5-6 Writers Guild arbitration 1965-1966 48 7 Honey in the Horn undated I’ll Tell You No Lies: 48 8 Correspondence 1965 48 9 Screenplay 1965 49 1-4 Screenplay 1965 49 5 In a Foreign Time a.k.a. To Die in California 1973 49 6 In a Wild Sanctuary undated

Draft of screenplay by Norman Wexler

 49 7-8 In the Spring the War Ended by Stephen Linakis 1969 49 9 The International undated 49 10 International Settlement 1939 Intimate Notes: 49 11-12 Screenplay 1946-1947 50 1 It’s All Yours 1950s 50 2 John O’Hara Television Series 1960s 50 3 John Wesley Harding 1973 50 4 Joseph and his Brothers 1954

Conference with Harry Cohn and Jerry Wald

 50 5 Just This Once undated

Screenplay story by Max Tallis

 50 6 Karen Silkwood Story 1979 50 7 King Rat 1962 50 8 Knife in the Water undated Knock on Any Door: 50 9 Correspondence 1948 50 10 Program 1949 50 11-14 Screenplay 1948

First draft by John Monks, Jr.

 51 1-5 Screenplay 1948 51 6 The Kremlin Letter 1970s 51 7 La Strada 1957-1958 51 8 The Lady’s Not For Framing 1965

Screenplay - Treatment by Norman Panama and Howard Leeds

 51 9 The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe 1978

Screenplay – First draft by Norman Rosten

 51 10 A Little Bit of Heaven 1940 51 11 The Long Pursuit undated Lost Summer a.k.a. There Was a Little Girl: 51 12-13 Correspondence 1958-1960 52 1-7 Play 1959-1960 53 1-3 Play 1960 Lovely Lady: Radio show: 53 4 Program 1944 53 5-7 Script 1944 53 8 Marooned 1968

Screenplay – Third estimating draft by Mayo Simon

 53 9 Mayer and Thalberg 1977

Screenplay – Treatment by Samuel Marx

 53 10 Medical Project For Television 1976 Mischief a.k.a. Don’t Bother to Knock: 53 11 Correspondence 1949-1950 53 12-13 Screenplay 1949 54 1-5 Screenplay 1950-1951 54 6 Mona Lisa O’Brien 1940s Morituri: 54 7 Correspondence 1962-1969 54 8 Memoranda 1964 54 9 Photographs – Publicity Stills 1964 55 1 Photographs – Publicity Stills 1964 55 2 Publicity 1962-1965 55 3 Research 1959-1962 55 4-9 Screenplay 1960-1962 56 1-7 Screenplay 1962-1963 57 1-7 Screenplay 1963-1965 Mother was a Marine: 58 1 Correspondence 1949 58 2-4 Screenplay 1949 58 5 The Mousetrap 1969 The Moving Target a.k.a. Harper: 58 6-7 Screenplay 1965 58 8 Night at the General’s 1964 The Ordways: 58 9 Correspondence 1965 58 10 New York publicity and advertising 1965-1967 58 11 Potential budget 1965-1966 58 12-15 Screenplay 1965 59 1-7 Screenplay 1965 60 1 The Organization 1970 The Other Side of Midnight: 60 2 Arbitration committee of Writer’s Guild of America 1977 60 3 Correspondence 1975-1976 60 4 Publicity 1976-1980 60 5 Research 1975 60 6-8 Screenplay 1975

Draft by Sidney Sheldon

 61 1-8 Screenplay 1975 62 1-7 Screenplay 1975 63 1-5 Screenplay 1975-1976 Pal Joey: 63 6 Publicity 1942, 1957 63 7 Screenplay 1956 64 1 Screenplay 1956 64 2 The Paper World undated

Screenplay draft by John Casey

 Picnic: 64 3 Correspondence 1952-1968 64 4-7 Participants’ financial statements 1956-1966 65 1 Publicity 1955-1956 65 2-11 Screenplay 1954-1955 Put it in the Penguin: 65 12 Correspondence 1941-1969 65 13 Play 1941 66 1-2 Play 1941 66 3 The Q Document 1965 66 4 Quiet Voyage Home 1970s Rancho Notorious a.k.a. The Legend of Chuck-A-Luck: 66 5 Correspondence 1950-1951 66 6 Photographs 1951

Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy and Fritz Lang

 66 7 Publicity 1952-1972 66 8-12 Screenplay 1940s, 1951

Original story by Sylvia Richards

 66 13 A Reasonable Doubt undated Red Gloves a.k.a. Les Mains Sales: 66 14 Correspondence 1948-1950, 1976 67 1-7 Play 1948

In French, by Jean-Paul Sartre

 67 8 Publicity 1948 67 9 Rendezvous With Youth 1930s 67 10 Report to the Commissioner undated 67 11 Return to the Future 1937 The Richmond Story a.k.a. Alvarez Kelly: 68 1 Memoranda 1965 Screenplay: 68 2 Treatment by Franklin Coen 1964 68 3 First estimating draft 1964 68 4 Seven Hills of Wooster undated 68 5 Shogun 1977 68 6 The Silver Hut 1938 68 7 The Sing Sing Story 1939 A Single Pebble: 68 8 Book reviews 1956 68 9 Correspondence 1956-1964 68 10 Research 1957-1959 68 11-12 Screenplay 1956, 1958-1959 68 13 Skyscraper 1929-1930 68 14 Sons and Lovers 1953

Memo from Jerry Wald to Daniel Taradash

 68 15 Sophia Loren 1979 Starting Over: 68 16 Breakdown of the novel undated 68 17 First draft by Don Wakefield and Bo Goldman Storm Center: 69 1-4 Correspondence 1951-1956 69 5 Participants’ Financial Statements 1956-1970 69 6-7 Photographs 1955-1956 Publicity: 69 8 Book by Daniel Taradash and Elick Moll 1956 69 9 General 1955-1957, 1976-1977 70 1 Preview audience opinions of the picture 1956 70 2 Promotional material 1956 70 3 Suggested publicity and exploitation campaign 1956 71 1-2 Research 1950-1955 71 3-8 Screenplay 1951 72 1-8 Screenplay 1952, 1955 73 1-7 Screenplay 1955-1956 73 8 Speech at Santa Rosa, California library 1976 73 9 The Strong Men 1962

Screenplay treatment by Thomas C. Ryan

 73 10 The Sundial undated The Survivors: 73 11 Publicity undated Screenplay: 73 12 Breakdown of the novel and notes 1968 73 13 First draft by John Gay 1968 Take the Air: 73 14 Play 1938 73 15 Television mini-series offer circa 1977 There Was a Little Girl a.k.a. Lost Summer: 74 1-2 Correspondence 1959-1961 74 3-8 Play 1959-1960 75 1 Play programs 1960 75 2 Publicity 1958-1961 75 3 The Things We Give 1930s 75 4 This Business of Love 1940s Thy Mercy: 75 5 Correspondence 1937 75 6-7 Play 1937 75 8 To Be A Hero 1938 75 9 Tout 1937 75 10 Trans Siberian Express undated 75 11 Tremor of Intent undated 75 12 Twelve Against the Gods 1940s Underground Man: 75 13 Correspondence 1971 75 14 Notes about deal with agent 1971 75 15 Publicity 1971-1974 75 16-20 Research 1951-1971 76 1-8 Screenplay 1971 77 1-6 Screenplay 1971 78 1-6 Screenplay 1972 79 1-6 Screenplay 1972, 1974 79 7 Writers Guild arbitration 1974 United States Army training films: 79 8 Brief for Invasion 1944 79 9 A Community at War 1943 80 1 Curiosity Killed the Cat 1942 80 2 The Earthmovers 1944 80 3 Find the Jap 1945 80 4 Hill 66 1942 80 5 How to Get Killed – In One Easy Lesson 1942 80 6 It’s Your War Too 1943 80 7 Keep it Clean 1942 80 8 Kill or Be Killed 1942 80 9 Lifeline 1943 80 10 On Your Toes 1943 80 11 Quiet Cities 1944 80 12 Rolling to the Rhine 1945 80 13 Snafu 1942 80 14 Three Foot Soldiers 1944 80 15 The War Speeds Up 1944 80 16 Welcome Home 1945 80 17 Wise Guy 1942 The Winds of War: 80 18 Notes 1971 80 19 Publicity 1971 80 20 Synopsis of the novel 1971 Series III. Memorabilia 1907-1987 (4 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Includes photographs, programs, school records, and biographical information.

 80 21 Admission to the New York State Bar 1936-1938 80 22 American Jewish Committee, Institute of Human Relations, Tribute to Martin Gang 1980 80 23 Article on directing 1953 80 24 Baseball World Series programs 1963 80 25 Baseball World Series tickets 1942, 1947 80 26 Biographical information 1942-1976 80 27 The Birth of a Nation screening program 1915 80 28 Boy Scouts of America membership cards 1927-1928 80 29 Cole Porter tribute 1967 80 30 Congress of American Writers program 1971 80 31 Dinner honoring George Stevens, Jr. invitation 1980 80 32 Duke vs. Tennessee football ticket 1940 80 33 Early writings – All small notions and sections 1930s-1940s 80 34 Frances Wolfson exhibit 1960s 80 35 George Schaefer tribute 1969 Harvard: 80 36 Compositions 1929, 1934 80 37 Dramatic Club spring production program 1929 81 1 Dynamic and Abnormal Psychology notebook 1933 81 2 Football tickets 1942, 1947, 1954 81 3 Law school brief by Daniel Taradash and Morton Fenning 1930s 81 4 Law school class on evidence notebook 1930s 81 5 Law school miscellaneous notes 1930s 81 6-7 Report for law school class of 1936 1961, 1976 81 8 Hollywood’s Golden Jubilee program 1957 81 9 Interview of Daniel Taradash by James Danelz undated 81 10 Interview of Daniel Taradash by David Lewis 1973 81 11 Joy to the World: A Celebration of Satchmo 1972 81 12 The Lure of Miami Beach pamphlet 1928 81 13 Miami Beach Committee of One Hundred 1930-1943 Miami Beach Junior-Senior High School: 81 14 English class assignments 1927-1928 81 15 Graduation program 1929 81 16 Plays written by Daniel Taradash 1925 81 17 Programs for Snedigar Medal Declamation Contests 1925-1926 81 18 Report cards 1925-1929 81 19 School event programs 1927-1928 81 20 State declamation contest 1929 81 21 Motion Picture Association of America invitation to a dinner honoring the King and Queen of Spain 1981 National Conference of Christians and Jews Entertainment Division Humanitarian Award dinners: 82 1 Jack Benny 1972 82 2 Bob Hope 1971 82 3 Elton H. Rule 1973 82 4 National Delta Kappa Alpha 35th anniversary honorary awards banquet 1973 82 5 Newspaper and magazine clippings 1928-1987 82 6 Notes by Daniel Taradash on the contents of the collection 1981 82 7 Notes on how to write screenplays 1981 82 8 Oliver After Screening Party table plan 1968 Photographs: 82 9-12 Christmas 1952-1953, 1969, circa 1970 82 13 Dalmatians 1946-1953 82 14 Damage to property when a tree fell in the driveway of the Beverly Hills house 1960 82 15-17 Daniel Taradash 1913-1935, 1940-1970 82 18 Daniel Taradash and his children 1950s-1960s 82 19 Daniel Taradash and his family 1915-1930 82 20 Daniel and Madeleine Taradash 1956, 1962 82 21 Daniel and William Taradash at Cypress Swamp and the Ringling Museum in Florida 1941 82 22 Daniel Taradash at dinner with friends undated 82 23 Daniel Taradash, his grandfather and other family member in an automobile circa 1920 82 24 Daniel Taradash’s maternal grandmother circa 1920s 82 25 Elizabeth Taradash 1907-1941 83 1 Elizabeth Taradash and other family members 1920s 83 2 Irving Reis and son 1951 83 3 Jan Taradash – Graduation exercises at Westlake School 1966 83 4 Jan and Meg Taradash 1948-1968 83 5 Jan, Meg and Bill Taradash 1917 83 6 Madeleine and Meg Taradash 1950s – 1974 83 7 Madeleine Taradash 1943-1952 83 8 Madeleine Taradash showing dalmatians 1940s-1950s 83 9 Meg Taradash 1950s 83 10 Meg Taradash’s paper mache work 1971 83 11 Taradash Miami Beach homes 1923-1940 Trips: 83 12 Egypt 1964 83 13 Everglades City circa 1945-1946 83 14 Mexico 1947, 1959 83 15 Panama Canal 1936 83 16 Segovia, Spain 1964 83 17 Venice, Italy 1954 83 18 William and Elizabeth Taradash 1920s 83 19 William Taradash circa 1910-1950s 83 20 William Brian Taradash 1957-1959 83 21 Play and concert programs 1938 84 1-2 Play and concert programs 1939-1941 84 3 Presidential election night parties 1966, 1968 84 4 Scrapbook – Airplanes 1920s 84 5 Screen Actors Guild tribute to Rudolph Valentino 1976 84 6 Southern California vs. Duke Rose Bowl program and ticket 1939 84 7 Temple Israel of Miami Beach – Confirmation of Daniel Taradash 1927 Series IV. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1930-1981 (15.5 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Regarding the academy’s policies, committees, and Oscar awards. Includes board of governors meetings, correspondence, reports, photographs, and pamphlets and programs for the Oscar awards.

 84 8 Standard Release Print Make-up and Practice 1930 84 9 Report of the President, Jean Hersholt 1947 84 10 24th Academy Awards: Reminder list of eligible releases for writing awards 1952 84 11 Photoplay Gold Medal Awards Dinner 1954 84 12-13 26th Academy Awards 1954 84 14 Daily Variety 22nd Anniversary issue 1955 84 15 27th Academy Awards: Nominations for honorary awards 1955 84 16 Saturday Review: Sexual Behavior in the Movie 1956 85 1 Daily Variety Silver Jubilee issue 1958 85 2 Krushchev’s luncheon at Twentieth Century Fox Studio Café guest list 1959 85 3 Report to the members 1959 85 4 By-laws 1960 85 5 Memo to Daniel Taradash 1961 85 6 Report to the members 1962 85 7 Publicity 1964 85 8 Report to the members 1964 85 9 Report to the members 1965 85 10 37th Academy Awards: Tickets to the Board of Governors Ball and the award ceremony 1965 85 11 Publicity 1966 85 12-13 38th Academy Awards 1966 85 14 Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Awards 1966 85 15 Correspondence 1967 85 16 Publicity 1967 85 17-20 39th Academy Awards 1967 85 21 Correspondence 1968 85 22-25 40th Academy Awards 1968 85 26 Publicity 1968 85 27 Report to the members 1968 85 28-29 Scholarship Committee – Grant applications 1968 86 1 Scholarship Committee – Grant applications 1968 86 2 Writing Branch Executive Committee 1968 86 3 A complete list of Academy Awards from 1929-1969 1969 86 4 Correspondence 1969 86 5-8 41st Academy Awards 1969 86 9 Membership list 1969 86 10 Motion Picture Health and Welfare Fund information booklet 1969 86 11 Publicity 1969 86 12 Report to the members 1969 86 13 Scholarship Committee – Grant applications 1969 86 14 Writing Branch Executive Committee 1969 86 15-16 Board of Governors 1970 87 1 Board of Governors: Scientific or Technical Awards Committee Report 1970 87 2 Branch membership lists 1970 Correspondence: 87 3 Congratulations upon election as president 1970 87 4-6 General 1970 87 7 Membership letters 1970 42nd Academy Awards: 87 8 Analysis of reviews and comments 1970 87 9 Board of Governors Ball program 1970 87 10 Program 1970 87 11 Reminder list of eligible releases 1970 88 1 Reminder list of eligible releases for writing awards 1970 88 2 Rules for the conduct of balloting 1970 88 3 Schedule for screening of eligible releases 1970 88 4 Schedule of events 1970 88 5 Script 1970 88 6 Membership list 1970 88 7 Public Relations Committee 1970 88 8 Publicity 1970 88 9 Regulations for the use of Academy Award symbols and references to Academy Awards 1970 88 10 Report to the members 1970 88 11 Retrospective series 1970 88 12 Scholarship Committee 1970 88 13 Seventh annual testimonial dinner of the entertainment division of the National Conference of Christians and Jews honoring Gregory Peck 1970 88 14 Writers Branch Executive Branch 1970 88 15 Board of Governors 1971 89 1 Board of Governors 1971 89 2 Branch membership lists 1971 89 3-7 Correspondence January – October 1971 90 1 Correspondence November – December 1971 43rd Academy Awards: 90 2 Analysis of reviews and comments 1971 90 3 Board of Governors Ball program 1971 90 4 Daniel Taradash’s opening remarks 1971 90 5 Foreign Language Film Award 1971 90 6 Nominations 1971 90 7 Photographs of Daniel Taradash 1971 90 8 Program and official’s buttons 1971 90 9 Rehearsal schedule 1971 90 10 Reminder list of eligible releases 1971 90 11 Reminder list of eligible releases for writing awards 1971 90 12 Rules for the conduct of balloting 1971 90 13 Schedule for screening of eligible releases 1971 90 14 Schedule of events 1971 Script: 90 15 Commercial positions 1971 90 16 First draft 1971 90 17 Final draft 1971 90 18 Rundown of continuity 1971 90 19 Los Angeles Film Exposition 1971 90 20 Motion Picture Health and Welfare Fund booklet 1971 91 1 Public Relations Committee 1971 91 2-3 Publicity 1971 91 4 Report to the members 1971 91 5 Retrospective series 1971 91 6 Scholarship Committee 1971 91 7 Academy Leader 1972

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 91 8-9 Board of Governors 1972 91 10 Committee Lists 1972 Correspondence: 91 11 General January – February 1972 92 1-4 General March – December 1972 92 5 Thank you letters to award participants 1972 44th Academy Awards: 92 6 Board of Governors Ball program 1972 Charlie Chaplin Honorary Award: 92 7 Correspondence August 1971-April 1972 Photographs: 93 1 Arrival at Los Angeles airport 1972 93 2 The award ceremony 1972 93 3 Board of Governors Ball 1972 93 4 Press room after the ceremony 1972 93 5 Publicity 1972 93 6 Script 1972 93 7 Nomination committee 1972 93 8 Photographs of the award ceremony 1972 94 1 Photographs of the award ceremony 1972 94 2 Program 1972 94 3 Schedule for screening of eligible releases 1972 94 4 Schedule of events with itinerary of foreign guests 1972 94 5 Los Angeles Film Exposition 1972 94 6 Membership list 1972 94 7 Motion Picture Health and Welfare booklet 1972 94 8 Public relations reports 1972 94 9-10 Publicity 1972 95 1 Retrospective Series 1972 95 2 Scholarship Committee 1972 95 3 Solicitation of votes by advertising 1972 95 4 Adolph Zukor tribute 1973 95 5-6 Board of Governors 1973 95 7 Bulletin 1973 95 8-9 Correspondence January – April 1973 96 1-2 Correspondence May – December 1973 45th Academy Awards: 96 3 Board of Governors Ball program 1973 96 4 Nominations 1973 96 5 Program 1973 96 6 Rehearsal schedule 1973 96 7 Reminder list of eligible releases 1973 96 8 Reminder list of eligible releases for writing awards 1973 96 9 Rules for the conduct of balloting 1973 96 10 Schedule for screening of eligible releases 1973 96 11 Schedule of events 1973 96 12 Scientific or technical awards 1973 96 13 Screening schedule for foreign language award 1973 96 14 Script 1973 96 15 Los Angeles International Film Exposition 1973 96 16 Membership list 1973 97 1-2 Publicity 1973 97 3 Retrospective series 1973 97 4 Scholarship Committee 1973 97 5 Bulletin 1974 97 6 Correspondence 1974 97 7-9 46th Academy Awards 1974 97 10 Publicity 1974 97 11 American Film Institute 1975 97 12 Publicity 1975 97 13 Bulletin 1976 97 14 Correspondence 1976 97 15 Entertainment Hall of Fame inductions 1976 97 16 The Decline and Fall of the Motion Picture Tax Shelter 1976 97 17 48th Academy Awards 1976 97 18 Margaret Herrick eulogy 1976 97 19 Publicity 1976 97 20 Scholarship Committee 1976 97 21 Student Film Awards 1976 97 22 Bulletin 1977 97 23 Correspondence 1977 98 1 50th Anniversary Luncheon program 1977 98 2-3 49th Academy Awards 1977 98 4 Publicity 1977 98 5 Scholarship committee 1977 98 6 Action 1978

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 98 7 Annual report 1978 98 8 Article by Daniel Taradash for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Academy 1978 98 9 Bulletin 1978 98 10 Correspondence 1978 98 11-15 50th Academy Awards 1978 98 16 Motion Picture Association of America: A Collection of Essays by Jack Valenti 1978 98 17 Scholarship Committee 1978 98 18 Student Film Awards program 1978 98 19 Annual Report 1979 99 1 Correspondence 1979 99 2 Emmy Awards program 1979 99 3 51st Academy Awards 1979 99 4 Jack Valenti’s speeches 1979 99 5 National Film Board of Canada Awards 1979 99 6 Newsletter 1979 99 7 Publicity 1979 99 8 Student Film Awards invitation 1979 99 9 Correspondence 1980 99 10-12 52nd Academy Awards 1980 99 13 Motion Picture Association of America: Invasion of the Program Snatchers 1980 99 14 Student Film Awards program 1980 99 15 Bulletin 1981 99 16 China film industry 1981 99 17 Correspondence 1981 99 18 Encounter Cinema seminar series schedule 1981 99 19 51st Academy Awards 1981 99 20 Motion Picture Association of America Correspondence 1981 99 21 Student Film Awards invitation 1981 Series V. American Film Institute 1967-1981 (5.5 document boxes)

Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Regarding the founding of the institute, its policies and programs. Includes correspondence, reports, board of trustee meetings, brochures, and National Endowment for the Arts grant proposals.

 99 22-23 Board of Trustees 1967 99 24 Correspondence 1967 99 25 The Journal of the Producers Guild of America: AFI and Other Film Institutes 1967 99 26 Organization and location of the American Film Institute 1967 99 27 Publicity 1967 99 28 Board of Trustees 1968 100 1 Brochure 1968 100 2 Correspondence 1968 100 3 Filmmaker Training and Development Committee report 1968 100 4 Newsletters 1968 100 5 Publicity 1968 100 6 Board of Trustees 1969 100 7 Brochure 1969 100 8 Correspondence 1969 100 9 Guide to College Film Courses 1969-1970 1969 100 10 Newsletter 1969 100 11 Publicity 1969 100 12-14 American Revolution film project 1970 100 15 Board of Trustees 1970 100 16 Publicity 1970 100 17 American Revolution film project 1971 101 1 Annual Report 1971 101 2 Brochures 1971 101 3 Correspondence 1971 101 4 Report on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences internship program and chair program 1971 101 5 Rouben Mamoulian film tribute 1971 101 6 Talent Corporation International 1971 101 7 Correspondence 1972 101 8 Publicity 1972 101 9 Report on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences internship program and chair program 1972 101 10 AFI Report (Quarterly) 1973 101 11 Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services 1973 101 12 John Ford tribute 1973 101 13 Publicity 1973 101 14 Report on the Conference on Regional Development of Film Centers and Services 1973 101 15 Theater series 1973 101 16 University Film Study Center 1973 101 17 Cinemedia 1974 101 18 Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services 1974 102 1 Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services: The Moving Image 1974 102 2 Dialogue on Film 1974

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 102 3 Center handbook 1975 102 4 Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services 1975 102 5 Dialogue on Film 1975

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 102 6 Guide to College Courses in Film and Television 1975 102 7 AFI Theater schedule 1976 102 8 America at the Movies 1976 102 9 Committee on Film and Television Resources and Services 1976 102 10 Correspondence 1976 National Endowment for the Arts: 102 11 Correspondence about grant proposals 1976 102 12 Directing workshop for Women Videotape Project: List of completed projects as of October 1976 102 13 Independent Filmmaker Program completed films 1976 103 1 Independent Filmmaker Program completed films 1976 103 2 Independent Filmmaker Program statistical report 1976 103 3 Narrative report for fiscal year 1976 1976 103 4 Program and financial plan 1976 103 5 National Survey of Film and Television Higher Education 1976 103 6 Publicity 1976 103 7 Report on the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies Alumni 1976 103 8 Sighting Rossellini Film Series 1976 103 9 Society for Film Studies 1976 103 10 William Tyler tribute 1976 103 11 AFI theater schedule 1977 103 12 Accounting and auditing as it relates to the distribution agreement 1977 103 13 Correspondence 1977 103 14 First ten years 1977 103 15 Fred Zinnemann exhibition 1977 National Endowment for the Arts: 103 16 Independent Filmmaker Program, program and financial plan 1978 1977 103 17 Request to increase the amount of the grant 1977 103 18 Outreach program 1977 103 19 The RKO years 1977 104 1 Report on the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies alumni 1977 104 2 Statement of George Stevens, Jr. before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Matters 1977 104 3 Center for Advanced Film Studies seminar with Daniel Taradash 1978 104 4 Guide to College Courses in Film and Television 1978 104 5 National Endowment for the Arts: Grant proposal 1978 104 6 Press releases 1978 104 7 Alfred Hitchcock tribute 1979 104 8 Correspondence 1979 104 9 Preview 1979

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 104 10 Publicity 1979 104 11 Report on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences internship program and chair program 1979 104 12 Correspondence 1980 104 13 James Stewart tribute 1980 104 14 Correspondence 1981 104 15 National Video Festival 1981 104 16 Preview 1981

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 Series VI. Writers Guild of America, West 1954-1981 (3 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Regarding the guild’s policies, programs, committees, and contracts with motion picture companies and television producers. Includes correspondence, contract agreements, newsletters, and statements to congress.

 105 1 Advertising on Public Television 1981 105 2 Affiliation meetings 1977-1979 105 3 Artists’ Manager Basic Agreement 1976 105 4 Blueprint on Babylon by James Danelz with an interview of Daniel Taradash 1973, 1978 105 5 Brussels Writing Seminar 1978-1980 105 6 Campaign statement for the office of guild president by Daniel Taradash 1977 105 7 Constitution and By-Laws 1979, 1980 Correspondence: 105 8 Congratulations upon election as president 1977 105 9-10 General 1954-1981 105 11 To all members 1955-1976 106 1 To all members 1977-1981 106 2 Hollywood guild’s festival committee 1963 106 3 Humanities prize 1978-1981 106 4 International Screen Writer’s Conference 1972 106 5 Made in America television series proposal by public television 1980 106 6 Meteor arbitration 1978 106 7 National Endowment for the Arts budget cuts 1978-1981 106 8 Negotiations for Major Motion Picture Companies contract 1955 106 9-12 Newsletters 1967-1980 107 1 Newsletters 1981 107 2 Pacific Coast Writers Conference program 1960s 107 3 Point of View 1964

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 107 4 President’s report to annual membership meeting by Daniel Taradash 1979 107 5 Producers-Writers Guild of America pension plan 1964-1972 107 6 Producers-Writers Guild theatrical basic agreement 1963 107 7 Publicity 1954-1981 107 8 Screen Writers Guild Annual Awards Dinner programs 1954-1962 107 9 Screen Writing Conference 1977 107 10 Statement before the Kefauver Committee by Daniel Taradash 1955 107 11 Statement to House Subcommittee on Select Education by Daniel Taradash 1978 107 12 Television Credits Manual 1974-1980 107 13 Television Market for Writers speech by Daniel Taradash 1955 107 14-17 Theatrical and television basic agreements 1966-1976 108 1-2 Theatrical and television basic agreements 1977 108 3 Valentine Davies award 1966-1971 108 4 Writers Annual Award programs 1966, 1973, 1977-1980 108 5 Writers Guild Industry Health Fund 1974-1979 108 6 Writers Rights Organization, speech by Daniel Taradash 1957 Series VII. Columbia Pictures Corporation 1936-1967 (3.5 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Regarding Daniel Taradash and his work for Columbia Pictures. Includes contracts and story synopses routed to him for review.

 108 7 Contract with Phoenix Productions, Inc. 1955 108 8-9 Contracts 1956, 1965-1966 Correspondence: 108 10 In-coming 1965-1966 108 11 Out-going 1965-1966 108 12 Purchase orders and requisitions 1965 108 13 Story material received 1965-1966 108 14 Story material returned 1965-1966 108 15 Pension Plan 1966 109 1-7 Story synopses asked for by Daniel Taradash 1936-1966 110 1-2 Story synopses asked for by Daniel Taradash 1966 110 3-7 Story synopses circulated by the story department to producers 1956-1965 111 1-3 Story synopses circulated by the story department to producers 1965-1967 Series VIII. National Endowment for the Arts 1974-1979 (1.5 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically. Regarding grants and meetings of the Media Panel for General Programs. Includes correspondence, applications for grants, and workbooks.

 111 4 Correspondence 1979 111 5 Dance Advisory Panel 1977 111 6 General programs 1977 111 7-9 General programs application workbook 1976 111 10 Guide to programs 1974 112 1 Guide to programs 1977 112 2 Major series on specific art forms: List of applicants’ proposals 1976 112 3 Memoranda and meeting agendas 1976 112 4 Press release 1976 112 5-7 Programming in the Arts; Media application workbook 1978 112 8 Public media grants to individuals FY 1972-FY 1976 1976 112 9 State list of participants in the national “Support the Arts” meeting 1977 112 10 Visual arts programs 1977 Series IX. Motion Picture Posters 1949-1958 (1 F-41 box)

Arranged alphabetically. Posters for films written by Daniel Taradash.

 113 1-2 Bell, Book and Candle 1958 113 3-4 Don’t Bother to Knock 1952 113 5 From Here to Eternity 1953 113 6 Knock on Any Door 1949 113 7-8 Rancho Notorious 1952 113 9-16 Storm Center 1956

Includes one watercolor by the studio art department