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Borden Chase papers, 1868-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Chase, Borden
- Title
- Borden Chase papers
- Dates
-
1868-1973 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 18.11 cubic ft. (41 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 06230
- Summary
- The papers of writer Borden Chase, screenwriter of many westerns including "Red River", "Winchester '73", and "The Far Country".
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Borden Chase was born Frank Fowler in 1900. In his early writing career, he wrote short stories that were published in Argosy, Liberty, The Saturday Evening Post, and many pulp magazines. He then began to write screenplays for both motion pictures and television. His writing credits include "Red River", "Winchester '73", and "The Far Country". Chase was anti-communist, and he spearheaded a group of leaders from the talent guilds and labor unions called the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals. Chase died in Los Angeles in 1971.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Borden Chase papers primarily contain scripts and other manuscript material written by Chase, including film and television scripts, published books and short stories, and other manuscript materials. Also included are other personal and professional files and some photographs.
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, Borden Chase papers, Collection Number 06230, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
Related MaterialsThere are no known other archival collections created by Borden Chase at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition InformationThis material was received from The Estate of Mrs. Borden Chase in 1976.
Processing Note
Processing InformationThe collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in May 2014.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Personal and professional files, 1868-1973Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically by file. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, research files, and other assorted documents.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Agreements |
1941-1971 |
| 37 | Biographical files - Borden Chase |
1900-1971 |
| 37 | Biographical files - Refik Koraltan |
undated |
| 1 | Books (not by Chase) |
1934-1966 |
| 40 | Copy of a treaty with the Sioux, Brule, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yantona, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee and Arapaho signed at Fort Laramie |
1868 |
| 1 | Correspondence |
1940-1973 |
| 1 | Correspondence - sympathy cards |
undated |
| 37 | Dictionary of American Slang - terms for sex acts, drugs, and religion |
undated |
| 40 | Drawings by Charles M. Russell - copies |
undated |
| 40 | Drawings by John LaGatta of Sally Forth |
undated |
| 37 | Instruction manuals |
undated |
| 37 | Legal files |
1958-1972 |
| 2 | Maps - Turkey |
1897-1902, 1955-1963 |
| 37 | Miscellaneous |
circa 1943-1958, undated |
| 2 | Newspaper clippings |
circa 1942-1970 |
| 2 | Newspapers - Hollywood Reporter and Variety |
1950-1952 |
| 4 | Pamphlets |
1945-1970, undated |
| 37 | Personal |
undated |
| 11 | Receipts |
1955-1964 |
| 37 | Report of Committee on Americanism |
1960 |
| 11 | Research notes on a variety of topics (by Marion Crist) |
undated |
| 2-3 | School notebooks - Pat Fowler |
undated |
| 2 | Sheet music and song books |
circa 1960-1962 |
Series II. Scripts, 1934-1967Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains film and television scripts. All were written by Chase unless otherwise noted.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | After Nightfall (screenplay) |
1949 |
| 12 | Airship Squadron (no author) |
1944 |
| 12 | Allison Brothers (by R. Wright Campbell) |
undated |
| 13 | Around the Horn (first draft continuity) |
1952 |
| 9 | Ataturk (outline) |
1955 |
| 13-14 | Ataturk (screenplay) |
1956 |
| 9 | Belle of the Yukon (outline) |
1943 |
| 15 | Bend of the Snake |
1951 |
| 9 | Bend of the Snake (outline) |
1951 |
| 15 | Bonanza |
undated |
| 20 | Branded - "McCord's Way" |
undated |
| 12 | Brannigan |
1964 |
| 15 | Candy Kid |
1949 |
| 16 | Charles Russell Story |
1955 |
| 15 | Charles Russell, Artist |
1954 |
| 15 | Charles Russell, Night Wrangler |
undated |
| 22 | Charles Russell, Night Wrangler - "When Horseflesh Comes High" |
undated |
| 16 | Concerto Deluxe |
1945 |
| 16 | Crashout |
1949 |
| 16 | Daniel Boone - "Adventures of Daniel Boone" |
1964 |
| 16 | Daniel Boone - "Ken-Tuck-E" |
1964 |
| 9 | Dawn in the Soviet (outline) |
undated |
| 16 | Day In Town |
1954 |
| 16-17 | Destroyer |
1942 |
| 16 | Detectives - "Cop On Trial" |
1960 |
| 17 | Detectives - "Double Jeopardy" |
1960 |
| 19 | Detectives - "Longshot" |
1960 |
| 17 | Doctor Broadway |
undated |
| 17 | East River |
1934 |
| 9 | East Texas (outline) |
1965 |
| 17 | Far Country |
1953 |
| 9 | Fighting Seabees (outline) |
1943 |
| 17 | Flame of the Barbary Coast |
1944 |
| 9 | Flame of the Barbary Coast (outline) |
1944 |
| 18 | Fort Starvation |
1955 |
| 18 | Gold |
1959 |
| 18 | Governor's Visit |
undated |
| 18 | Gunfighters of Casa Grande |
undated |
| 12 | Hawkeye |
undated |
| 18 | I Posed as a Communist for the FBI |
1950 |
| 9 | I Posed as a Communist for the FBI (outline) |
1950 |
| 9 | I Was a Communist for the FBI (outline) |
1950 |
| 18-19 | Iron Man |
1950 |
| 19 | Islanders (by Richard L. Bare) |
undated |
| 19 | Kerry Number One |
undated |
| 19 | Knott's Berry Farm and Ghost Town - "The Roy Rogers Show and Dale Evans Show," |
1962 |
| 19 | Lawyer |
undated |
| 19 | Lone Star |
1951 |
| 19 | Long Wire |
1954 |
| 19 | Luck of Pepper Shannon |
undated |
| 20 | Man From Natchez |
undated |
| 20 | Man Without a Star |
undated |
| 8 | Miscellaneous scripts |
undated |
| 10 | Miscellaneous scripts |
undated |
| 20 | Night Passage |
1956 |
| 12 | Overland Trail - "All the O'Hara's Horses" |
1960 |
| 17 | Overland Trail - "Fire in the Hole" |
1960 |
| 20 | Pancho Villa |
undated |
| 20 | Pathfinder |
undated |
| 20 | Pillars of the Sky |
1954 |
| 20 | Red River (estimating script - by Howard Hawks) |
1946 |
| 20 | Revenge of the Gladiators |
1961 |
| 20 | Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show |
1962 |
| 21 | Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show - "This Is Our Country" |
1962 |
| 9 | Sally Forth (outline - by John LaGatta) |
undated |
| 21 | Santa Fe Drive - "High Chaparral" |
1967 |
| 12 | Sea Bees |
1943 |
| 21 | Sea Wolf |
undated |
| 15 | Sea Wolves - "Bread on the Waters" |
undated |
| 21 | Sea Wolves - "Sea Wolf's Cub" |
undated |
| 21 | Shady Lady |
undated |
| 9 | Smugglers' Trail (outline) |
1950 |
| 21 | Stagecoach |
undated |
| 9 | Stranglers (outline) |
undated |
| 22 | Streets of Laredo - "We've Lost a Train," |
1964 |
| 21 | Swamper Smudge (no author) |
undated |
| 18 | Tales of Wells Fargo - "Forty-Four Forty" |
1959 |
| 18 | Tales of Wells Fargo - "Homecoming" |
undated |
| 19 | Tales of Wells Fargo - "Jackass" |
1959 |
| 20 | Tall Man - "One of One Thousand," |
1960 |
| 21 | Too Big For Texas |
1958 |
| 21 | Track of the Devil |
1963 |
| 22 | Twister at Torrance |
undated |
| 17 | Virginian - "Duel at Shiloh" (by Don Ingalls) |
1962 |
| 9 | Voyageurs (outline) |
1951 |
| 21 | Way It Was (by Pat Chase) |
undated |
| 9 | Way It Was (outline) |
undated |
| 22 | Well at Ras Daga |
1961 |
| 22 | When a Man Is a Man |
undated |
| 22 | Winchester '73 |
1949-1950 |
| 22 | Wind From Suva |
1955 |
| 23 | World In His Arms |
1949-1951 |
| 23 | Wyoming Mail (by Leonard Lee) |
1950 |
| 23 | Wyoming Territory (by Robert L. Richards) |
1950 |
Series III. Novels and manuscripts, 1933-1973Return to Top
Arranged alphabetically. Contains published books and short stories written by Chase. Also contains manuscripts for many stories that were also adapted into scripts.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 38-39 | Manuscripts - Argosy magazine - "Caribbean Cross" (photocopies) |
1940 |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Around the Horn (no author) |
undated |
| 24 | Manuscripts - Ataturk |
circa 1961 |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Ataturk (synopsis) |
1957 |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Barrie of Kent (synopsis) |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Benny From Brooklyn |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Beyond Tomorrow |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Black Gold |
1940 |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Calling Doctor Broadway |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Candy Kid |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Carry On |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Charles Russell, Night Wrangler (detailed presentation) |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Color of a Horse |
undated |
| 25 | Manuscripts - Concert of Maman La Vache |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Concert of Thieves (synopsis) |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Daniel Boone - "Between Two Worlds" (teleplay) |
1965 |
| 26 | Manuscripts - Dark Empire |
undated |
| 26 | Manuscripts - Dark of the Dawn |
undated |
| 26 | Manuscripts - David's Wives (by M.J. Merritt and Julius A. Leibert) |
undated |
| 26 | Manuscripts - Dawn in the Soviet |
undated |
| 26 | Manuscripts - Death Across the Board |
undated |
| 26 | Manuscripts - Dekabrist Song |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Dr. Broadway (character analysis and outline) |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - East Texas (presentation) |
1965 |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Eleven Dollars |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Fighting Seabees |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Ghost Division (by Colin Lofting) |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Godfrey (by Vincent G. Perry) |
undated |
| 35 | Manuscripts - Gold (treatment) |
1958 |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Grey Wolf (by H.C. Armstrong) |
1955 |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Gringo |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - Hard Way |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - High Air |
1934 |
| 27 | Manuscripts - I.O.D. |
undated |
| 27 | Manuscripts - International Thieves |
undated |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Islanders (created by Richard L. Bare) |
undated |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Kamarov |
undated |
| 37 | Manuscripts - Korean Story (treatment) |
1951 |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Laramie Lady |
undated |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Legend of Pepper Shannon - "Bonanza" |
1970 |
| 28 | Manuscripts - Lone Star |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Lone Star (research and outline by Howard Estabrook) |
1950 |
| 28 | Manuscripts - Lonesome Gun |
undated |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Merchant Marine |
1973 |
| 38-39 | Manuscripts - Miscellaneous pages of scripts |
undated |
| 12 | Manuscripts - Pay to Learn |
undated |
| 28 | Manuscripts - Poison Crystal |
undated |
| 28 | Manuscripts - Protection |
undated |
| 28 | Manuscripts - Protectors |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Rider of the Rough String |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Riding the High Country |
1955 |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Sally Forth (by John LaGatta) |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Sally Forth (installment and short subject) |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Sea Road |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Sea Wolves |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Sea Wolves (presentation) |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Settlers' Cabins, Colorado - Marion Crist |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Shady Lady (presentation) |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Short Horse Donner |
undated |
| 29 | Manuscripts - Sierra Trail |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - So Perfectly Mated |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Steeldust |
undated |
| 30 | Manuscripts - Story of Scotland Yard |
1946 |
| 30 | Manuscripts - Stranglers |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Strictly For Plugs |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Sucker For a Horse |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Sun Sets At Five |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - That Man From Natchez |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - That Man Malone |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Thoroughbred Time (no author) |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Through the Gate |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Traitor |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Treasure Chest (by Lee Chase) |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Trophys |
undated |
| 31 | Manuscripts - Two From Texas (by Patrick Casey) |
undated |
| 37 | Manuscripts - Untitled Korean war story (treatment) |
1951 |
| 32 | Manuscripts - Victor Herbert: Last of the Troubatours (by John Wilstack) |
undated |
| 32 | Manuscripts - Viva Gringo |
undated |
| 36 | Manuscripts - Viva Gringo (synopsis) |
undated |
| 32 | Manuscripts - War and Momsie |
undated |
| 35 | Manuscripts - Well At Ras Daga (treatment) |
1960 |
| 32 | Manuscripts - Wench of Whitehall |
undated |
| 33 | Manuscripts - West With Silver Annie |
undated |
| 33 | Manuscripts - Western Star |
undated |
| 33 | Manuscripts - When a Man's a Man |
undated |
| 37 | Manuscripts - When a Man's a Man (treatment) |
undated |
| 33 | Manuscripts - Where's Red Flanagan |
undated |
| 37 | Manuscripts - Wind From Suva |
1954 |
| 34 | Manuscripts - Winston Churchill: His Early Life |
1961 |
| 37 | Manuscripts - Women Can't Be Scorned |
undated |
| 35 | Manuscripts - World In His Arms (treatment) |
1949 |
| 36 | Manuscripts - World In His Arms (work sheets) |
1949 |
| 34-35 | Manuscripts - Yankee Skipper |
undated |
| 1 | Novels - Il Fiume Rosso (Italian) |
1952 |
| 1 | Novels - Lone Star |
1952 |
| 1 | Novels - Red River |
1952 |
| 1 | Novels - Sandhog |
1941 |
| 4 | Published short stories in Adventure magazine |
1934-1939, 1951 |
| 4 | Published short stories in Akis magazine |
1960 |
| 4-5 | Published short stories in American Magazine
|
1935-1940 |
| 5-7 | Published short stories in Argosy magazine |
1934-1941 |
| 7 | Published short stories in Blue Book magazine |
1939-1941 |
| 7 | Published short stories in Detective magazine |
1936-1941 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Elks magazine |
1935, 1940 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Far East magazine |
1958 |
| 40 | Published short stories in Fiction Parade magazine |
1935 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Liberty magazine |
1936-1939 |
| 41 | Published short stories in Maclean's magazine |
1936 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Montana Magazine of History
|
1954, 1959 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Mystery magazine |
1933-1934 |
| 38 | Published short stories in National Geographic magazine |
1946 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Newsweek magazine |
1971 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Panorama magazine |
1963 |
| 40-41 | Published short stories in Saturday Evening Post
|
1936-1947 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Screen Stories magazine |
1951 |
| 38 | Published short stories in Time magazine |
1969 |
Series IV. Photographs, 1870-1958Return to Top
Contains primarily black and white photographs depicting performers from the early 1900s, some personal and family life, and other unidentified individuals and locations.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 39 | Actors, singers, and musicians from the early 20th century |
undated |
| 39 | Borden Chase |
undated |
| 40 | Boxing |
circa 1870-1930 |
| 39 | Candids from the New York World's Fair |
1940 |
| 39 | Clifford Herbert |
undated |
| 39 | Edmund Singer |
undated |
| 39 | Horse riding and racing |
1949, undated |
| 39 | Kara ceremony |
undated |
| 39 | Mangla Dam |
undated |
| 39 | Miscellaneous (negatives) |
undated |
| 39 | Miscellaneous candids/home life |
undated |
| 39 | Movie stills - Cattle Drive |
1958 |
| 39 | Mrs. Forster Herbert |
circa 1905 |
| 39 | Photographic copies of miscellaneous documents |
undated |
| 39 | Photographic copies of Western paintings |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified baby |
undated |
| 39 | Samuel Lover |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified city |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified people |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified people - candids |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified people (large color slides) |
undated |
| 39 | Unidentified woman |
undated |
| 39 | Victor Herbert |
circa 1870-1930 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Motion picture industry -- United States.
- Television programs.
- Television writers.
- Motion picture authorship.
- Screenwriters.
- Western stories.
Form or Genre Terms
Processed by
Emily Christopherson in May 2014
2014
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