David Dortort Papers, 1959-1973

Scope and Content Note

The David Dortort Papers consist of production files that include scripts, shooting schedules, daily production reports, call sheets, and main title billings for the television series Bonanza from its inception in 1959 to 1973 (episodes are noted as “incomplete” on the contents list below when one or more of these items is missing). Arrangement is chronological by season and by production order thereunder.

Supplementing this material are films, one episode from each season Bonanza has been on the air.