Collection Summary
Baxter, Anne
Anne Baxter papers
1923-1986
09283
35.73 cubic ft. (44 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Anne Baxter was a 20th century American actress. The collection contains correspondence, scripts, reviews, stills, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting her professional and personal life.
Biography of Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter was a 20th century stage, film, and television actress. She got her start on Broadway in the 1930s debuting in "Seen but Not Heard" (1936) at the age of 13. By 1940 she made her way to Hollywood winning an Academy Award for her supporting role as Sophie in "The Razor's Edge" (1946) and starring in many noteworthy films of the 1940s and 1950s, including Eve in "All About Eve" (1950) and Queen Nefretiri in "The Ten Commandments" (1956). By the 1960s Baxter began to appear in many television shows and movies including the series "Batman" and the movie "Stranger on the Run" (1967). In the early 1970s she returned to Broadway to play the role of Margo Channing in the stage musical "Applause", based on "All About Eve". In the early eighties she played the role of Victoria Cabot in the ABC series "Hotel" until her death in 1985.
Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana on May 7, 1923 to Catherine Dorothy Wright Baxter, daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, and Kenneth Stuart Baxter. Baxter married actor John Hodiak in 1946, Australian rancher Randolph Galt in 1960, and investment banker David Klee in 1977. Klee died later the same year. She had three children Katrina Hodiak, Melissa Galt, and Maginel Galt. While in New York, Anne Baxter suffered from a brain aneurysm and died on December 12, 1985.
Scope and Content
The collection contains photographs, scripts, audio recordings, and publicity material from Anne Baxter's acting career. There is also personal correspondence, biographical material, photographs, obituaries, personal memorabilia, and information about Baxter's grandfather, Frank Lloyd Wright.
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
Additional archival collections created by Anne Baxter can be located at the Princeton University Rare Books and Special Collections Library, Anne Baxter letters to Russell Birdwell. This collection contains 175 letters (1952-1960s) from Anne Baxter to her publicist and friend Russell Birdwell.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from the estate of Anne Baxter in 1986 and Anna M. Gallace in 2019.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Jamie Greene in July 2012 and updated in February 2021.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Actors and actresses--United States--20th century
Motion pictures and television
Television acting
Motion picture acting
Theater--United States
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Performing Arts.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture films
Videotapes
Audiotapes
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Container List
Series I. Professional files
1930-1985
This series contains awards, certificates, publicity, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and speeches relating to Baxter's professional acting career.
There are also original manuscripts, drafts, and public relation files concerning Baxter’s autobiography "Intermission", originally called "Far Out", which discusses her marriage to Randolph Galt and life on a secluded ranch in Giro, Australia.
1
Awards - Logie Award, Australia
1985
1, 21
Awards - Miscellaneous
1942 - 1975
1
Awards - The Oscars, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Award
1947 - 1978
1
Awards - Sarah Siddons Award
1973
1 - 2
Biography - "Intermission" by Anne Baxter
1976 - 1985
3
Biography - "Far Out" drafts by Anne Baxter
undated
3
Career Overview
1936 - 1985
3
Chamber Symphony Society of California, Inc.
1965 - 1976
3
Charity
1973 - 1984
3
Correspondence regarding plays by Leonard S. Smith and Sir James Barrie
1968 - 1977
44Correspondence, 1982-1986
3
D.H. Lawrence Festival
1980
3
Fan Mail
1975 - 1985
44File Directory, 1985
3
Giro, Australia
1958 - 1960
44Newspaper clippings, 1938-1986
3
Night of 100 Stars
1985
29, 32 - 40
Posters
undated
44Programs and Playbill, 1971-1986
Public Relations
1930 - 1985
5 and 44
PR files
1930 - 1969
41
1
Nitrate negatives and film clips of Anne Baxter
41
4
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
6 and 44
Public Relations
1931 - 1985
6
Public Relations - Joan Collins Roast
1984
6
Public Relations - Peggy McNaught
1965 - 1971
6
Public Relations - Movietown U.S.A.
1951
6
Public Relations - White House
1983
4
Radio
1944 - 1985
4
Readings
undated
4
Scripts - "The Immortal Story" - Teleplay by Anne Baxter based on the short story by Isak Dinesen
1979 - 1980
4, 26
Speech - Merchandise Mart
1967
4
Speech - Miscellaneous
1977
4
Speech - Shelburne Museum
1977
4
Trip to the Orient
1967
4
Wartime Tours
1943 - 1945
Series II. Personal files
1923 - 1985
This series contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, and biographical information regarding Anne Baxter's personal life.
7
Anne as Designer
1967
7
Biographical file - Early Anne
1923 - 1942
7
Correspondence from Catherine W. Baxter (mother)
1955 - 1965
7
Correspondence from Kenneth S. Baxter (father)
1954 - 1965
7
Correspondence - Personal
1985
7
Files and Archive Plans
1985 - 1986
29 - 31
Framed prints
undated
7
France Tour
1972
7
Illness and Death - Anne Baxter
12-4-1985 - 12-12-1985
7
Investments
1973 - 1975
7
Marriage to David Klee
1977
7
Memorial Service Music for Kenneth and Catherine Baxter (father and mother)
1980
44Recipes, undated
7
Remodeling of 1423 Jonesboro Drive, California house
1971 - 1975
7
Weddings - Galt
1960
7
Weddings - Hodiak
1946
7
Yearbook - Senior year of high school
1941
7 - 8
Sympathy and get well cards
1985
Series III. Frank Lloyd Wright Family
1970 - 1985
This series contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, and pamphlets regarding the Wright family and the work Anne Baxter did to promote the preservation and restoration of her grandfather’s architecture and design.
8
Booklets
1975 - 1985
8
Family Reunion
1985
8
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation
1974 - 1985
8
Miscellaneous
1948 - 1985
8
National Trust for Historic Preservation
1974 - 1985
8
Public Relations
1927 - 1985
8
Publication - "The Prairie School Review,"
1970 - 1973
8
Newsletter - "Wright Angles,"
1976 - 1985
Series IV. Project files
1936 - 1985
This series contains scripts, stills, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and publicity regarding Baxter's work in specific movies, television programs, and theater productions.
Sub-series 1. Motion Pictures
1940 - 1979
9
"All About Eve,"
1950
9
"Angel on My Shoulder,"
1946
9
"Bedevilled,"
1955
9
"The Black Marble,"
undated
9
"Blaze of Noon,"
1947
9
"The Blue Gardenia,"
1953
9
"The Busy Body,"
1967
9
"The Carnival Story,"
1954
9
"Charley's Aunt,"
1941
9
"Chase a Crooked Shadow,"
1958
9
"Cimarron,"
1959 - 1960
9
"The Come On,"
1956
9
Project file
41
3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
9
"Crash Dive,"
1943
9
"The Eve of Saint Mark,"
1944
9
"Five Graves to Cairo,"
1943
9
"Follow the Sun,"
1951
9
"Fool's Parade,"
1971
9
"The Great Profile,"
1940
9
"Guest in the House,"
1944
10
"Harold and Maude,"
undated
10
"Homecoming,"
1948
10
"I Confess,"
1953
10
"Jane Austen in Manhattan,"
1979
10
"Lapin 360" - unreleased
1971
10
"The Late Liz,"
1971
10
"The Luck of the Irish,"
1948
10
"The Magnificent Ambersons,"
1942
10
"My Wife's Best Friend,"
1952
10
"The North Star,"
1943
10
"O Henry's Full House,"
1952
10
"One Desire,"
1955
10
"Outcasts of Poke Flat,"
1952
10
"The Pied Piper,"
1942
10
"The Razor's Edge,"
1946
11
"A Royal Scandal,"
1945
11
"Smokey,"
1946
11
"The Spoilers,"
1955
11
"The Sullivans,"
1944
11
"Summer of the Seventeenth Doll,"
1959
11
"Sunday Dinner for a Soldier,"
1944
11
"Swamp Water,"
1941
11
"The Tall Women,"
1966
11
"The Ten Commandments,"
1956
11
Project file
41
2
Negatives of Anne Baxter
41
3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
11
"Three Violent People,"
1957
11
"A Ticket to Tomahawk,"
1950
11
Project file
41
3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
11
"Twenty Mule Team,"
1940
11
"A Walk on the Wild Side,"
1961
11
"The Walls of Jericho,"
1948
11
"Yellow Sky,"
1948
11
Project file
41
3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
11
"You're My Everything,"
1949
Sub-series 2. Theater
1936 - 1982
12
"Applause,"
1971 - 1972
12
"Ballerina,"
1980
12
"Cause Celebre,"
1979
13
"Diplomatice Relations,"
1965
13
"Fairy Tales Are Not Just for Children,"
1981 - 1982
13
"Hamlet,"
1982
13
"John Brown's Body,"
1953
13
"The Joshua Tree,"
1956 - 1958
13
"King Henry the Fourth,"
undated
13
"The Lady from Dubuque,"
undated
13
"Light Up the Sky,"
1967
14
"The Little Foxes,"
1979
14
"Madame Capet,"
1937 - 1938
14
"Midsummer Night's Dream,"
1969
14
"Noel Coward in Two Keys,"
1973 - 1975
14
"Seen But Not Heard,"
1936
14
"A Song at Twilight,"
undated
14
"The Square Root of Wonderful,"
1956
14
Three by James M. Barrie
undated
Sub-series 3. Television
1960 - 1985
15
"Blake,"
1983
15
"Fame,"
undated
15, 17-18, and 44
"Hotel,"
1983 - 1985
15
"Love Boat,"
1984
15 - 16
"The Masks of Death,"
1984 - 1985
16
"The Moneychangers,"
1976
16
"Nero Wolfe,"
1977
16
"This is Your Life,"
1972
16
"Your Choice for the Oscars,"
1971
16
Television Appearances A - Z
1960 - 1985
Series V. Photographs and Scrapbooks
1923 - 1985
This series contains photographs and scrapbooks documenting Baxter's personal and professional life.
44Miscellaneous photographs, 1940-1986
19
Photo Albums
1939 - 1966
19
Photographs - Miscellaneous Portraits of Anne Baxter, Home Sittings
1939 - 1966
19, 22, 23
Photographs of Anne Baxter
1923 - 1985
19, 22
Photographs of Anne Baxter by John Engstead
1950 - 1985
19, 22
Prints
41
2
Negatives
41
4
Color transparencies
19
Photographs of various actors and actresses
1930 - 1977
18, 24
Scrapbooks
1923 - 1985
20
Slides - "All About Anne,"
4-13-1980
20
Slides - Miscellaneous
undated
Series VI. Audio-Visual Materials
1939 - 1985
This series contains film, sound recordings, and VHS of Baxter's work.
26
Audio tapes
1939 - 1966
26
CD - Joe Williams "Nothin' but the Blues,"
1984
42
Film (16mm) - Screentests for "Rebecca,"
8-1939
27 - 28
Film (16mm) - BBC Frank Lloyd Wright documentary
undated
28
Film (16mm) - "Pied Piper,"
1942
27
Film (16mm) - "Sunday Dinner for a Soldier,"
1944
Oversize
Phonograph record - NBC, "Friend to Friend,"
9-14-1953
26
Phonograph records from the Lux Radio Theater - transcript recordings of "A Guest in the House" and "Angel Street,"
11-12-1945
25
VHS tapes
1940 - 1985