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Leigh Vance papers, 1938-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Vance, Leigh
Title: Leigh Vance papers
Dates: 1938-1995 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: cubic ft. (22 boxes)
Collection Number: 06323
Summary: The collection contains papers of motion picture and television writer and producer Leigh Vance, including correspondence, scripts, and production files.
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

Leigh Vance (1922-1994) was a writer and producer who wrote scripts and screenplays for both film and television. He was educated in Shrewsbury College of England. His films include "The Flesh is Weak," '"Heart of a Child," "The Shakedown," "The Frightened City," "It's All Happening," "Dr. Crippen," "Walk Like a Man," "Cross Plot," and "The Black Windmill." His television contributions include episodes of "Mannix," "Mission Impossible," "The Avengers." "Phoenix," "Cannon," "Caribe," "Bronk," "Baretta," and "Switch."

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Leigh Vance papers include correspondence between Vance and the International Writers Guild (1969-1974), manuscripts, novels and short stories (1946-1973), scripts and plays from Vance's time in England (1952-1972), television scripts for television shows such as "Mannix" and "Mission Impossible" (1972), several draft versions of scripts, as well as production notes and shooting schedules for "Phoenix" and "Switch." The collection also contains correspondence and legal agreements, books, research notes, notebooks, photocopied newsclippings, manuscripts for novels and short stories and a play for radio.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Leigh Vance Collection is arranged into two series. The first series contains Leigh Vance's biography and professional files. In the second series, are the short stories, novels, television scripts and teleplays, and the film scripts and screenplays of Leigh Vance.

Related Materials

Leigh Vance has donated scripts and screenplays to the University of California at Los Angeles: Theater Arts Library and the Academy Foundation Library: Margaret Herrick Library.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Leigh Vance, 1975 to 1990, and Antoinette Codrington-Hall, 1995 and 2006.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Mike Bayne in July, 2009.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Biography/ Professional FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Biographical file	1965 to 1986
1	2	Awards	1960 to 1985
1		Pacific Western University Award	undated
	Folder
1	3	Miscellaneous Personal Items	circa 1939 to 1994
1	4	Personal journals	1938 to 1968
1	5	Royal Air Force Service	circa 1940 to 1950
1	6	Royal Air Force Service	circa 1940 to 1950
1	7	Personal correspondence	1953
1	8	Professional correspondence	1962 to 1986
1	9	Professional Correspondence	1962 to 1986
1	10	Professional Correspondence	1962 to 1986
2	1	Writers Guild of Great Britain	1957 to 1974
2	2	International Writers Guild	1964 to 1974
2	3	International Writers Guild	1964 to 1974
2	4	Writers Guild of America	1969 to 1986
2	5	Professional agreements	1955 to 1987
2	6	Project notes	1942 to 1984
2	7	Micellaneous program/articles	1949 to 1982
2	8	Producer: Hart to Hart series	1983 to 1984
2	9	Producer: Hart to Hart series	1983 to 1984
3		Producers' binders: Bronk series	1975 to 1976
3		Producers' binders: Cannon series	1973 to 1975
4		Producer's binder	1974 to 1975
4		Producers' binders: Switch series	1977 to 1978
5		Producers' binders: The Phoenix series	1982
5		Production manuel: Phoenix, AZ	1984

Series II.WritingReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	1	Society news clippings	1949 to 1958
6	2	Micellaneous clippings	undated
6	3	Leigh Vance articles	1948 to 1960
6	4	Short stories	1942 to 1984
6	5	Short stories	1942 to 1984
6	6	Short stories	1942 to 1984
6	7	Short stories	1942 to 1984
6		Short stories	1950 to 1956
	Folder
6	8	Writing ideas	undated
6	9	Writing ideas	undated
6		Novel: Dr. Crippen	1956
6		Novel: A Few Square Inches	1948 unpublished
6		Novel: Fued Fury	undated
6		Novel: The Frightened City	1961
	Folder
7	1	Plays	circa 1940 to 1950
7		Plays	circa 1940 to 1950
	Folder
7	2	Script ideas	1958 to 1987
7	3	Script ideas	1982 to 1986
7	4	Script ideas	1946 to 1987
7		Script ideas	1964 to 1986
	Folder
7	5	Script: A Few Square Inches	1957
7	6	Script: A Million Barrels A Day	1976
7	7	Script: A Small War, Long Forgotten	1969
7		Script: All Done With Mirrors	undated
	Folder
7	8	Script:The Assassin	1988
7	9	Script: The Black Museum	undated
7	10	Script: Bood at Kumasi	1968
7	11	Script: Be My Guest	undated
7	12	Script and notes: Cain and Abel	1983
7	13	Script: Chains That Bind Me	1964
7	14	Script: The Concrete Candle	undated
8	1	Script: Crooks On Strike	1961
8	2	Script: Danger Times Three	1971
8	3	Script: Darkroom	1981
8		Script: Dawn of Time	1979
	Folder
8	4	The Dirty Dozen	1987
8	5	Script: Edward The Confessor	1969
8	6	Script: Escape	1972
8	7	Script: Escape	1972
8	8	Script: Every Man For Himself	circa 1952 to 1953
8	9	Script: Fantasy Island series	1981
8		Scripts: Fantasy Island series	1981
8		Script: The Fast Women	undated
	Folder
9	1	Scripts: Getting Even	1983
9	2	Scripts: Getting Even	1983
9	3	Teleplay: Goliath Awaits	1979
9	4	Script: The Gentle Killers	1957
9	5	Script: Hercules Esquire	1979
9	6	Treatment: Hotel	1972
9	7	Script: Injustice	1986
9	8	Script: The Investigator	1975
9	9	Adaptation: Jack Armstrong--The All American Boy	1979
9		Script: Island of Chance	undated
	Folder
9	10	Pilot script: Jenny	1986 to 1987
9	11	Pilot script: Jenny	1986 to 1987
10		Pilot script: Jenny	1986 to 1987
	Folder
10	1	Script: Jigsaw	1972
10	2	Pilot concept: Karma	1985 to 1987
10	3	Pilot concept: Karma	1985 to 1987
10		Pilot scripts: Karma	1985 to 1987
	Folder
11	1	Script notes: The Legionaire	1986
11	2	Teleplay: Let's Do It!	1978
11	3	Teleplay: Let's Do It!	1978
11	4	Treatment: Life Penalty	1985
11		Teleplays: Life Penalty	1985
	Folder
11	5	Script: Lisa	undated
11	6	Treatment: The Love Cronicles	1979
11		Script: The Man In The Glass Coffin	1955 to 1956
	Folder
12	1	Script: The Man In The Glass Coffin	1955 to 1956
12	2	Script: The Man In From Lloyds	undated
12	3	Scripts: Mannix series	1970 to 1972
12	4	Script outline: The Masada Plan	1981
12	5	Script outline: Marker	1986
12	6	Script outline: McGill	1966
12	7	Script: Megan O'Brien	undated
12		Scripts: Megan O'Brien	undated
	Folder
12	8	Rewrite: Metropolitan Night Court	1973
12	9	Script: The Missing Letters	undated
13	1	Scripts and research: Mission Impossible series	1969 to 1972
13		Scripts: Mission Impossible series	1969 to 1972
	Folder
13	2	Script: Monty Nash	1971
13		Script: Outcall	undated
13		Script: Outcast	1968
	Folder
13	3	Script outline: Pariah	1987
13	4	Adaptation: The Parliment of Women	undated
13	5	Script: The Patriot	1959
13	6	Script: Perry Mason series	1986
13		Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981
	Folder
14	1	Script notes: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
14	2	Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
14	3	Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
14	4	Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
14	5	Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
14		Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
15		Scripts: The Phoenix series	1981 to 1982
	Folder
15	1	Script: Picture Page	circa 1950 to 1960
15	2	Script outline: Precinct Seven	1972
15	3	Script: Precinct Seven	1972
15	4	Script: Precinct Seven	1972
15	5	Script: Precinct Seven	1972
15	6	Script: Queen of Diamonds	1984
16		Adaptation: Queen's Ransom	undated
	Folder
16	1	Adaptation: The Saint	undated
16	2	Script outline: The Senator's Aide	undated
16	3	Script: Strange Report	1969
16	4	The Sullavan Brothers	1964
16	5	Script: Switch series	circa 1977
16	6	Teleplay: Switch series	1977
16	7	Scripts: Switch series	1977
16	8	Scripts: Switch series	1977
16	9	Script: The Tender Warriors	1979
16	10	Approach: This Rough Magic	1986
16	11	Film idea: Pilot Error	1978
16		Film idea: Pilot Eroor	1978
	Folder
16	12	Film idea: Walk Like A Man	1983
16	13	Film idea: Walk Like A Man	1983
16	14	Film ideas	1969 to 1984
17	1	Film treatments	1965 to 1973
17	2	Film script: A Few Square Inches	undated
17	3	Film script: A Small War, Long Forgotten	1969
17		Film scripts: The Atlanteans	1964
17		Film scripts: Contact On Gorky Street	1968
	Folder
17	4	Film story/revisions: Crossplot	1967 to 1968
17		Film scripts: Crossplot	1967 to 1968
18		Film scripts: Deadly Charade	1970
	Folder
18	1	Film script revision/clipping: Doctor Crippen	1963 to 1964
18		Film scripts: Doctor Crippen	1962
	Folder
18	2	Film script treatment: Drabble	1973
18	3	Film script/rough draft: Drabble	1973
18	4	Film script/rough draft: Drabble	1973
18	5	Note/research: Drabble	1973
18		Film treatment: Drabble	1973
	Folder
19	1	Film treatment/script: The Dombaas Incident	1967 to 1968
19		Film treatment: The Eyes Of Youth	undated
19		Screenplay: Father Tiger	undated
19		Screenplay: The Flesh Is Weak	1957
19		Draft screenplay: Floods Of Fear	1959
19		Draft screenplay: Fog	1963
19		Screenplay: The Frightened City	1960
19		Draft screenplay: The Gentle Bruiser	1965
19		Draft screenplay: God Has No Country	1964
19		Screenplay: Goodbye Tomorrow	undated
	Folder
19	2	Screen adaptation: The Heart Of A Child	1957
19	3	First draft screenplay: Horse Opera	1970
19	4	Second draft screenplay: Horse Opera	1970
19		Draft screenplays: Horse Opera	1970
20		Screenplay: It's All Happening	1962
20		Draft screenplay: Key To A Dark Door	1957
20		Draft screenplay: Let's Live!	1962
20		Draft screenplay: The Musical Musketeers	1963
20		Screenplay: Myra And The Money Man	1952
20		Draft screenplay: Night Of A Thousand Desires	1967
20		Draft screenplay: Outcast	1964
20		Screenplay: Piccadilly Third Stop	1960
	Folder
20	1	Notes/drafts: This Is It!	1964
20		Draft screenplay: Picture Of The Year	1964
20		Film treatment: Secret Journey	1966
20		Notes/drafts: Secret Journey	1966
20		Screenplay: Quicksand	1966
	Folder
20	2	Notes/outline: Say I'm In Conference	1964
20		Screenplay: Sea Fury	1956
	Folder
20	3	Film script: The Shakedown	1959
21	1	Draft screenplay: Tall Cool Girl	1963
21		First draft screenplays: Tall Cool Girl	1982
22		Draft screenplay: Take The High Road	1963
	Folder
22	1	Draft screenplay: Tar Baby	1980
22	2	Draft screenplays: Tar Baby	1980

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Motion picture authorship--United States--20th century.
Motion picture--Production and direction--United States--20th century.
Novelists--20th century.
Playwriting--United States--20th century.
Screenwriters--United States--20th century.
Short stories--20th century.
Television authorship--United States--20th century.

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Table of Contents

Leigh Vance papers, 1938-1995

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Biography/ Professional FilesReturn to Top

Series II.WritingReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Processed by Mike Bayne
2009

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Leigh Vance papers, 1938-1995

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Biography/ Professional FilesReturn to Top

Series II.WritingReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Processed by Mike Bayne2009

Processed by Mike Bayne
2009