AHJ_ah06230 Inventory of the Borden Chase papers, 1868-1973 Chase (Borden) Papers Processed by Emily Christopherson in May 2014 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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2014

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Emily Christopherson May 2014 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Chase, Borden Borden Chase papers 1868-1973 06230 18.11 cubic ft. (41 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The papers of writer Borden Chase, screenwriter of many westerns including "Red River", "Winchester '73", and "The Far Country". Biography of Borden Chase

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Access Restrictions

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

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

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Borden Chase at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from The Estate of Mrs. Borden Chase in 1976.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in May 2014.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Borden Chase papers, Collection Number 06230, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Access Terms Motion picture authorship. Motion picture industry -- United States. Western stories. Television programs. Screenwriters. Television writers. Screenplays. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Performing Arts Literature Container List Series I. Personal and professional files 1868-1973

Arranged alphabetically by file. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, research files, and other assorted documents.

1Agreements1941-1971 37Biographical files - Borden Chase1900-1971 37Biographical files - Refik Koraltanundated 1Books (not by Chase)1934-1966 40Copy of a treaty with the Sioux, Brule, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yantona, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, and Santee and Arapaho signed at Fort Laramie1868 1Correspondence1940-1973 1Correspondence - sympathy cardsundated 37Dictionary of American Slang - terms for sex acts, drugs, and religionundated 40Drawings by Charles M. Russell - copiesundated 40Drawings by John LaGatta of Sally Forthundated 37Instruction manualsundated 37Legal files1958-1972 2Maps - Turkey1897-1902, 1955-1963 37Miscellaneouscirca 1943-1958, undated 2Newspaper clippingscirca 1942-1970 2Newspapers - Hollywood Reporter and Variety1950-1952 4Pamphlets1945-1970, undated 37Personalundated 11Receipts1955-1964 37Report of Committee on Americanism1960 11Research notes on a variety of topics (by Marion Crist)undated 2-3School notebooks - Pat Fowlerundated 2Sheet music and song bookscirca 1960-1962 Series II. Scripts 1934-1967

Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains film and television scripts. All were written by Chase unless otherwise noted.

9After Nightfall (screenplay)1949 12Airship Squadron (no author)1944 12Allison Brothers (by R. Wright Campbell)undated 13Around the Horn (first draft continuity)1952 9Ataturk (outline)1955 13-14Ataturk (screenplay)1956 9Belle of the Yukon (outline)1943 15Bend of the Snake1951 9Bend of the Snake (outline)1951 15Bonanzaundated 20Branded - "McCord's Way"undated 12Brannigan1964 15Candy Kid1949 16Charles Russell Story1955 15Charles Russell, Artist1954 15Charles Russell, Night Wranglerundated 22Charles Russell, Night Wrangler - "When Horseflesh Comes High"undated 16Concerto Deluxe1945 16Crashout1949 16Daniel Boone - "Adventures of Daniel Boone"1964 16Daniel Boone - "Ken-Tuck-E"1964 9Dawn in the Soviet (outline)undated 16Day In Town1954 16-17Destroyer1942 16Detectives - "Cop On Trial"1960 17Detectives - "Double Jeopardy"1960 19Detectives - "Longshot"1960 17Doctor Broadwayundated 17East River1934 9East Texas (outline)1965 17Far Country1953 9Fighting Seabees (outline)1943 17Flame of the Barbary Coast1944 9Flame of the Barbary Coast (outline)1944 18Fort Starvation1955 18Gold1959 18Governor's Visitundated 18Gunfighters of Casa Grandeundated 12Hawkeyeundated 18I Posed as a Communist for the FBI1950 9I Posed as a Communist for the FBI (outline)1950 9I Was a Communist for the FBI (outline)1950 18-19Iron Man1950 19Islanders (by Richard L. Bare)undated 19Kerry Number Oneundated 19Knott's Berry Farm and Ghost Town - "The Roy Rogers Show and Dale Evans Show,"1962 19Lawyerundated 19Lone Star1951 19Long Wire1954 19Luck of Pepper Shannonundated 20Man From Natchezundated 20Man Without a Starundated 8Miscellaneous scriptsundated 10Miscellaneous scriptsundated 20Night Passage1956 12Overland Trail - "All the O'Hara's Horses"1960 17Overland Trail - "Fire in the Hole"1960 20Pancho Villaundated 20Pathfinderundated 20Pillars of the Sky1954 20Red River (estimating script - by Howard Hawks)1946 20Revenge of the Gladiators1961 20Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show1962 21Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show - "This Is Our Country"1962 9Sally Forth (outline - by John LaGatta)undated 21Santa Fe Drive - "High Chaparral"1967 12Sea Bees1943 21Sea Wolfundated 15Sea Wolves - "Bread on the Waters"undated 21Sea Wolves - "Sea Wolf's Cub"undated 21Shady Ladyundated 9Smugglers' Trail (outline)1950 21Stagecoachundated 9Stranglers (outline)undated 22Streets of Laredo - "We've Lost a Train,"1964 21Swamper Smudge (no author)undated 18Tales of Wells Fargo - "Forty-Four Forty"1959 18Tales of Wells Fargo - "Homecoming"undated 19Tales of Wells Fargo - "Jackass"1959 20Tall Man - "One of One Thousand,"1960 21Too Big For Texas1958 21Track of the Devil1963 22Twister at Torranceundated 17Virginian - "Duel at Shiloh" (by Don Ingalls)1962 9Voyageurs (outline)1951 21Way It Was (by Pat Chase)undated 9Way It Was (outline)undated 22Well at Ras Daga1961 22When a Man Is a Manundated 22Winchester '731949-1950 22Wind From Suva1955 23World In His Arms1949-1951 23Wyoming Mail (by Leonard Lee)1950 23Wyoming Territory (by Robert L. Richards)1950 Series III. Novels and manuscripts 1933-1973

Arranged alphabetically. Contains published books and short stories written by Chase. Also contains manuscripts for many stories that were also adapted into scripts.

38-39Manuscripts - Argosy magazine - "Caribbean Cross" (photocopies)1940 25Manuscripts - Around the Horn (no author)undated 24Manuscripts - Ataturkcirca 1961 36Manuscripts - Ataturk (synopsis)1957 36Manuscripts - Barrie of Kent (synopsis)undated 25Manuscripts - Benny From Brooklynundated 25Manuscripts - Beyond Tomorrowundated 25Manuscripts - Black Gold1940 25Manuscripts - Calling Doctor Broadwayundated 25Manuscripts - Candy Kidundated 25Manuscripts - Carry Onundated 36Manuscripts - Charles Russell, Night Wrangler (detailed presentation)undated 25Manuscripts - Color of a Horseundated 25Manuscripts - Concert of Maman La Vacheundated 36Manuscripts - Concert of Thieves (synopsis)undated 36Manuscripts - Daniel Boone - "Between Two Worlds" (teleplay)1965 26Manuscripts - Dark Empireundated 26Manuscripts - Dark of the Dawnundated 26Manuscripts - David's Wives (by M.J. Merritt and Julius A. Leibert)undated 26Manuscripts - Dawn in the Sovietundated 26Manuscripts - Death Across the Boardundated 26Manuscripts - Dekabrist Songundated 36Manuscripts - Dr. Broadway (character analysis and outline)undated 36Manuscripts - East Texas (presentation)1965 27Manuscripts - Eleven Dollarsundated 27Manuscripts - Fighting Seabeesundated 27Manuscripts - Ghost Division (by Colin Lofting)undated 27Manuscripts - Godfrey (by Vincent G. Perry)undated 35Manuscripts - Gold (treatment)1958 27Manuscripts - Grey Wolf (by H.C. Armstrong)1955 27Manuscripts - Gringoundated 27Manuscripts - Hard Wayundated 27Manuscripts - High Air1934 27Manuscripts - I.O.D.undated 27Manuscripts - International Thievesundated 12Manuscripts - Islanders (created by Richard L. Bare)undated 12Manuscripts - Kamarovundated 37Manuscripts - Korean Story (treatment)1951 12Manuscripts - Laramie Ladyundated 12Manuscripts - Legend of Pepper Shannon - "Bonanza"1970 28Manuscripts - Lone Starundated 36Manuscripts - Lone Star (research and outline by Howard Estabrook)1950 28Manuscripts - Lonesome Gunundated 12Manuscripts - Merchant Marine1973 38-39Manuscripts - Miscellaneous pages of scriptsundated 12Manuscripts - Pay to Learnundated 28Manuscripts - Poison Crystalundated 28Manuscripts - Protectionundated 28Manuscripts - Protectorsundated 29Manuscripts - Rider of the Rough Stringundated 29Manuscripts - Riding the High Country1955 29Manuscripts - Sally Forth (by John LaGatta)undated 36Manuscripts - Sally Forth (installment and short subject)undated 29Manuscripts - Sea Roadundated 29Manuscripts - Sea Wolvesundated 36Manuscripts - Sea Wolves (presentation)undated 29Manuscripts - Settlers' Cabins, Colorado - Marion Cristundated 36Manuscripts - Shady Lady (presentation)undated 29Manuscripts - Short Horse Donnerundated 29Manuscripts - Sierra Trailundated 31Manuscripts - So Perfectly Matedundated 31Manuscripts - Steeldustundated 30Manuscripts - Story of Scotland Yard1946 30Manuscripts - Stranglersundated 31Manuscripts - Strictly For Plugsundated 31Manuscripts - Sucker For a Horseundated 31Manuscripts - Sun Sets At Fiveundated 31Manuscripts - That Man From Natchezundated 31Manuscripts - That Man Maloneundated 31Manuscripts - Thoroughbred Time (no author)undated 31Manuscripts - Through the Gateundated 31Manuscripts - Traitorundated 31Manuscripts - Treasure Chest (by Lee Chase)undated 31Manuscripts - Trophysundated 31Manuscripts - Two From Texas (by Patrick Casey)undated 37Manuscripts - Untitled Korean war story (treatment)1951 32Manuscripts - Victor Herbert: Last of the Troubatours (by John Wilstack)undated 32Manuscripts - Viva Gringoundated 36Manuscripts - Viva Gringo (synopsis)undated 32Manuscripts - War and Momsieundated 35Manuscripts - Well At Ras Daga (treatment)1960 32Manuscripts - Wench of Whitehallundated 33Manuscripts - West With Silver Annieundated 33Manuscripts - Western Starundated 33Manuscripts - When a Man's a Manundated 37Manuscripts - When a Man's a Man (treatment)undated 33Manuscripts - Where's Red Flanaganundated 37Manuscripts - Wind From Suva1954 34Manuscripts - Winston Churchill: His Early Life1961 37Manuscripts - Women Can't Be Scornedundated 35Manuscripts - World In His Arms (treatment)1949 36Manuscripts - World In His Arms (work sheets)1949 34-35Manuscripts - Yankee Skipperundated 1Novels - Il Fiume Rosso (Italian)1952 1Novels - Lone Star1952 1Novels - Red River1952 1Novels - Sandhog1941 4Published short stories in Adventure magazine1934-1939, 1951 4Published short stories in Akis magazine1960 4-5Published short stories in American Magazine1935-1940 5-7Published short stories in Argosy magazine1934-1941 7Published short stories in Blue Book magazine1939-1941 7Published short stories in Detective magazine1936-1941 38Published short stories in Elks magazine1935, 1940 38Published short stories in Far East magazine1958 40Published short stories in Fiction Parade magazine1935 38Published short stories in Liberty magazine1936-1939 41Published short stories in Maclean's magazine1936 38Published short stories in Montana Magazine of History1954, 1959 38Published short stories in Mystery magazine1933-1934 38Published short stories in National Geographic magazine1946 38Published short stories in Newsweek magazine1971 38Published short stories in Panorama magazine1963 40-41Published short stories in Saturday Evening Post1936-1947 38Published short stories in Screen Stories magazine1951 38Published short stories in Time magazine1969 Series IV. Photographs 1870-1958

Contains primarily black and white photographs depicting performers from the early 1900s, some personal and family life, and other unidentified individuals and locations.

39Actors, singers, and musicians from the early 20th centuryundated 39Borden Chaseundated 40Boxingcirca 1870-1930 39Candids from the New York World's Fair1940 39Clifford Herbertundated 39Edmund Singerundated 39Horse riding and racing1949, undated 39Kara ceremonyundated 39Mangla Damundated 39Miscellaneous (negatives)undated 39Miscellaneous candids/home lifeundated 39Movie stills - Cattle Drive1958 39Mrs. Forster Herbertcirca 1905 39Photographic copies of miscellaneous documentsundated 39Photographic copies of Western paintingsundated 39Unidentified babyundated 39Samuel Loverundated 39Unidentified cityundated 39Unidentified peopleundated 39Unidentified people - candidsundated 39Unidentified people (large color slides)undated 39Unidentified womanundated 39Victor Herbertcirca 1870-1930