Paddy Chayefsky Papers, 1937-1972

Contents List

Container Title
Box   1
Folder   1
Series: Correspondence, 1955-1957; n.d.
Series: Biographical Material
Clippings
Box   1
Folder   2
1953-1961
Box   1
Folder   3
1953-1972
Box   1
Folder   4
Memorabilia, 1955
Series: Writings
Box   1
Folder   5
High School articles, 1937-1939
Box   1
Folder   6
Articles, 1955-1959; n.d.
Box   1
Folder   7
Novella, “Go Fight City Hall” by Paddy Chayefsky and Alfred Gordon, 1951
Box   1
Folder   8
Essay in memory of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, 1971
Box   1
Folder   9
Book Review, n.d.
Box   1
Folder   10
Poetry, n.d.
Box   1
Folder   11
Clippings, 1969
Series: Theatre - Produced
No T/O For Love (Soldier Shows Company, 6817th Special Service, U.S. Army, 1945)
Box   1
Folder   12
Script
Box   1
Folder   13
Playbill
Middle of the Night (ANTA, 1956, Feb 8)
Note: See box 10.
The Tenth Man (Booth, 1959, Nov 5)
“The Dybbuk”
Box   1
Folder   14
Script, first rough draft
Box   1
Folder   15
Revised script, Acts I and II, and notes
“The Dybbuk from Woodhaven”
Box   1
Folder   16
Script
Box   2
Folder   1
Script
The Tenth Man
Box   2
Folder   2
Script
Box   2
Folder   3
Playbill
Box   2
Folder   4
Clippings, 1959-1960; 1967
Box   2
Folder   5
Reviews, 1959
Box   2
Folder   6
Le Dixième Homme (French production, 1961), script
Gideon (Plymouth, 1961, Nov 9)
Box   2
Folder   7
Research material
Box   2
Folder   8
Notes, 1960, July 10
Script
Box   2
Folder   9
Act I, scene 1
Box   2
Folder   10
Act I, scenes 2 and 3
Box   2
Folder   11
Act I, scene 4
Box   2
Folder   11
Act II
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Script fragments, “Foul Papers”
Box   3
Folder   3
Script
Box   3
Folder   4
Script
Box   3
Folder   5
Script
Box   3
Folder   6
Script, 1960, Sept
Box   3
Folder   7
Script, before 1961, March 3
Box   3
Folder   8
Notebook re revisions, 1961, Jan 18
Box   3
Folder   9
Script
Box   4
Folder   1
Script
Box   4
Folder   2
Script fragments
Box   4
Folder   3
Script
Box   4
Folder   4
Script
Box   4
Folder   5
Script
Box   4
Folder   6
Script
Box   4
Folder   7
Blocking sketches and floor plans
Box   4
Folder   8
Writer's rehearsal notes
Box   4
Folder   9
Clippings, 1960; 1971
The Passion of Josef D. (Ethel Barrymore, 1964, Feb 11)
Research Material:
Notes, 1962
Box   4
Folder   10
pp. 1-199
Box   4
Folder   11
pp. 200-349
Box   5
Folder   1
pp. 350-432
Notes on Lenin, n.d.
Box   5
Folder   2
pp. 1-90
Box   5
Folder   3
pp. 91-221
Box   5
Folder   4
pp. 222-300
Box   5
Folder   5
pp. 301-383, 1a-c
Box   5
Folder   6
Notebook #1, on Lenin, 1962
Box   5
Folder   7
Notebook #2, on Lenin, 1962
Box   5
Folder   8
Notebook #3, on Lenin, 1962
Box   6
Folder   1
Notebook #4, on Lenin and Stalin, 1962
Box   6
Folder   2
Notebook #5, on Lenin and Stalin, 1962-1963
Box   6
Folder   3
Notes on Lenin, 1963, Jan 17
Box   6
Folder   4
Notes, 1963, Oct
Box   6
Folder   5
Historical outline, n.d.
Scripts:
Box   6
Folder   6
Script summary, 1962, Feb-March
Box   6
Folder   7
“Hallelujah,” script
Box   6
Folder   8
The Passion of Josef D., early draft with set designs
Box   6
Folder   9
“Revolt,” script
The Passion of Josef D.
Box   6
Folder   10
Script
Box   6
Folder   11
Script, 1963, Nov 11
Box   6
Folder   12
Script, 1963, Nov 11
Box   7
Folder   1
Script, 1963, Nov 11
Box   7
Folder   2
Script and set design
Box   7
Folder   3
Music
Box   7
Folder   4
Casting sheets, 1963
Box   7
Folder   5
Rehearsal notes, 1963-1964
Box   7
Folder   6
Director's notes, 1964
Box   7
Folder   7
Program
Box   7
Folder   8
Reviews: Drafts of letter to critic Harold Taubman, 1964, Feb 24
Box   7
Folder   9
Clippings, 1964
The Latent Heterosexual (Dallas Theatre Center, 1968, March 19)
Box   7
Folder   10
Clippings, 1968
Series: Theatre - Unproduced
Box   7
Folder   11
Untitled musical comedy, 1944-1945
Box   7
Folder   12
Unidentified lyrics, 1944-1945
“Put Them All Together”
Box   7
Folder   13
Script, 1947
Box   7
Folder   14
Script, 1947
“The Man Who Made the Mountain Shake”
Box   8
Folder   1
Untitled script, 1951, March 9
Box   8
Folder   2
Revised script, 1951, May 25
Box   8
Folder   3
Second revision, “Don Mario,” 1951, May 25
Box   8
Folder   4
Third revision, 1951, Aug 14
Box   8
Folder   5
Script, “Fifth From Garibaldi,” 1952
Box   8
Folder   6
Clippings, 1951-1954
“The Rabbit Trap”
Box   8
Folder   7
Script, by J. P. Miller, and critique by Chayefsky, 1956?.
Box   8
Folder   8
Sketches of two unpublished plays, 1964, Feb-March
Series: Radio
The Meanest Man in the World (Theatre Guild of the Air, 1952, Jan 8)
Box   8
Folder   9
First draft
The Spectacle Lady (Cavalcade of America, 1952, May 5)
Box   8
Folder   10
Correspondence, drafts, and production information
Series: Television - Produced Material
The Reluctant Citizen (Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, 1953, Feb 8)
Box   8
Folder   11
Script
Marty (Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, 1953, May 24)
Box   8
Folder   12
Script
Marty (UA, 1955)
Box   8
Folder   13
Correspondence, 1955, Dec 19
Box   8
Folder   14
Final screenplay, 1954, Oct 15
Box   9
Folder   1
Clippings re film's awards, 1954-1957
Box   9
Folder   2
Clippings re film and tv play, 1954-69
Box   9
Folder   3
“Marty” (galley of unidentified book), script, n.d.
The Bachelor Party (Goodyear Playhuse, 1953, Oct 11)
Box   9
Folder   4
Script and notes
Box   9
Folder   5
Script
Box   9
Folder   6
Script
Box   9
Folder   7
Script
The Bachelor Party (UA, 1957)
Box   9
Folder   8
Screenplay, first draft
Box   9
Folder   9
Screenplay, second draft
Box   9
Folder   10
Clippings, 1954-1957
Box   9
Folder   10
Legion of Decency ratings, n.d.
Printer's Measure (Goodyear Playhuse, 1953, April 26)
Box   9
Folder   11
Story idea, ca. 1953
Box   9
Folder   11
Published script (Literary Cavalcade, 1957, March)
The Mother (Philco Television Playhouse, 1954, April 4)
Box   9
Folder   12
Script
Box   9
Folder   13
Clippings, 1954, April
Box   9
Folder   14
Mati (Yugoslav TV production, 1958, Dec 17)
Box   10
Folder   1
“The Mother” (galley from Best TV Plays)
Middle of the Night (Philco Television Playhouse, 1954, Sept 19)
Box   10
Folder   2
Script entitled “December Wedding”
Box   10
Folder   3
Final script with commercial
Middle of the Night (ANTA, 1956, Feb 8)
Box   10
Folder   4
Script
Box   10
Folder   5
Clippings
Middle of the Night (Columbia, 1959)
Box   10
Folder   6
Script
Box   10
Folder   7
Script
Box   10
Folder   8
Script
Box   10
Folder   9
Script
Box   10
Folder   10
Script, second draft
Box   10
Folder   11
Script
Box   11
Folder   1
Revised script, 1958, Dec 9
Box   11
Folder   2
Publicity
Box   11
Folder   3
Reviews, U.S. and England, 1959
Box   11
Folder   4
Clippings, 1959
Box   11
Folder   5
Chayefsky memorabilia, 1959
Catch My Boy On Sunday (Philco Television Playhouse, 1954, Dec 12)
Box   11
Folder   6
Script
Box   11
Folder   7
Script
Box   11
Folder   8
Clippings, 1954, Aug-Dec
First Person
Box   11
Folder   9
Clipping, 1954
The Triangle Shirt Waist Company Fire (You Are There, n.d.)
Box   11
Folder   10
Script
Series: Television - Unproduced Material
Box   11
Folder   11
Rejected story outlines, 1952; n.d.
“There's No Business”
Box   11
Folder   12
Story ideas, n.d.
Box   11
Folder   13
Script fragment, “The Five Day Clause,” 1955
Box   11
Folder   14
Script, 1955
Box   11
Folder   15
Script, 1955
Box   11
Folder   16
Clippings, 1955
Box   11
Folder   17
“The Senator and the Lady,” unproduced pilot for a series, story ideas, n.d.
Series: Television - Published Plays
The Bachelor Party and Other TV Plays (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955)
Galley
Box   12
Folder   1
Forward and Holiday Song
Box   12
Folder   2
Printer's Measure
Box   12
Folder   3
The Big Deal
Box   12
Folder   4
Marty
Box   12
Folder   5
The Mother
Box   12
Folder   6
The Bachelor Party
Box   12
Folder   7
Clippings, 1955
Series: Motion Pictures - Produced
Marty (UA, 1955)
Note: See boxes 8 and 9.
The Catered Affair (MGM, 1956)
Box   12
Folder   8
Story outline
Box   12
Folder   8
Clippings
The Bachelor Party (UA, 1957)
Note: See Box 9.
The Goddess (Columbia, 1958)
Box   12
Folder   9
Script, first carbon copy
Box   12
Folder   10
Script
Box   13
Folder   1
Script, 1957, April 1
Box   13
Folder   2
Scenario published in Esquire, 1958, March
Box   13
Folder   3
Publicity
Box   13
Folder   4
Legion of Decency rating
Box   13
Folder   5
Brussels Film Festival, 1958
Box   13
Folder   6
Edinburgh Film Festival, 1958, Aug-Sept
Box   13
Folder   7
Reviews, England, 1958
Box   13
Folder   8
Reviews, United States and international, 1958
Middle of the Night (Columbia, 1959)
Note: See Boxes 10-11.
The Americanization of Emily (MGM, 1964)
Box   13
Folder   9
Script, rough draft by Huie, 1963, March 18
Box   13
Folder   10
Notes
Scripts
Box   13
Folder   11
Chayefsky's first draft, 1963, June 10
Box   13
Folder   12
Mimeographed first draft, 1963, June 11
Box   13
Folder   13
Rough draft, 1963, June 20
Box   14
Folder   1
First revision and research reports, 1963, June 20
Box   14
Folder   2
Second revision, 1963, July 1
Box   14
Folder   3
Final draft, 1963, Aug 15
Box   14
Folder   4
Script, 1963, Aug 15-Oct 11
Box   14
Folder   5
Script, 1963, Oct 11
Box   14
Folder   6
Script, 1963, Oct 11
Box   15
Folder   1
Script, 1963, Oct 11
Box   15
Folder   2
Script and draft fragments, 1963, Oct 11
Box   15
Folder   3
Casting
The Cincinnati Kid (MGM, 1965)
Box   15
Folder   4
Notes, 1964
Box   15
Folder   5
Notes, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   6
Story, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   7
Notes and draft, 1963, March 25-1964, April 2
Box   15
Folder   8
Draft, 1964, March
Box   15
Folder   9
Notes and draft, 1964, March-July
Notes and draft, 1964, March-July
Box   15
Folder   10
Part I
Box   16
Folder   1
Part II
Box   16
Folder   2
Part III
Box   16
Folder   3
Notes and draft, 1964, April
Box   16
Folder   4
Draft, 1964, May
Box   16
Folder   5
Notes and draft, 1964, May
Box   16
Folder   6
Draft, 1964, July
Box   16
Folder   7
Notes and draft, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   8
Notes and draft, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   9
Draft, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   10
Notes and draft, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   11
Draft, n.d.
The Hospital (1972)
Box   17
Folder   1
Clippings, 1970-1972
Series: Motion Pictures - Unproduced
“The Great American Hoax”
Box   17
Folder   2
Script, ca. 1955
Box   17
Folder   3
Script entitled “A Few Kind Words From Newark,” ca. 1955
Box   17
Folder   4
Clippings, 1957
Box   17
Folder   5
“Three Master Scenes for a Screenplay,” n.d.
Box   17
Folder   6
Untitled story idea, n.d.
Series: Miscellany
Box   17
Folder   7
Unidentified story outlines, scripts, and script fragments, n.d.
Box   17
Folder   8
Unidentified set designs, n.d.