Anne Baxter papers, 1923-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Baxter, Anne
Title
Anne Baxter papers
Dates
1923-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
35.73 cubic ft. (44 boxes)
Collection Number
09283
Summary
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.
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
Access Restrictions

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

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

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

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the estate of Anne Baxter in 1986 and Anna M. Gallace in 2019.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Jamie Greene in July 2012 and updated in February 2021.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Professional files, 1930-1985Return to Top

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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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
44
Correspondence,
1982-1986
3
D.H. Lawrence Festival
 1980
3
Fan Mail
 1975 - 1985
44
File Directory,
1985
3
Giro, Australia
 1958 - 1960
44
Newspaper clippings,
1938-1986
3
Night of 100 Stars
 1985
29, 32 - 40
Posters
 undated
44
Programs and Playbill,
1971-1986
Public Relations
 1930 - 1985
Box
5 and 44
PR files
 1930 - 1969
Folder
41 1
Nitrate negatives and film clips of Anne Baxter
41 4
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
Box
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 - 1985Return to Top

This series contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, and biographical information regarding Anne Baxter's personal life.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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
44
Recipes,
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 - 1985Return to Top

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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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 - 1985Return to Top

This series contains scripts, stills, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and publicity regarding Baxter's work in specific movies, television programs, and theater productions.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Motion Pictures
 1940 - 1979
Box
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
Box
9
Project file
Folder
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
Box
11
Project file
Folder
41 2
Negatives of Anne Baxter
41 3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
11
"Three Violent People,"
 1957
11
"A Ticket to Tomahawk,"
 1950
Box
11
Project file
Folder
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
Box
11
Project file
Folder
41 3
Color transparencies of Anne Baxter
11
"You're My Everything,"
 1949
Sub-series 2. Theater
 1936 - 1982
Box
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
Box
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 - 1985Return to Top

This series contains photographs and scrapbooks documenting Baxter's personal and professional life.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
44
Miscellaneous 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
Box
19, 22
Prints
Folder
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 - 1985Return to Top

This series contains film, sound recordings, and VHS of Baxter's work.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
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

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Actors and actresses--United States--20th century
  • Motion picture acting
  • Motion pictures and television
  • Television acting
  • Theater--United States

Personal Names

  • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

Geographical Names

  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audiotapes
  • Videotapes
  • Motion picture films

Processed by Jamie Greene
2012

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