Pandro Berman Papers, 1932-1977

Contents List

Container Title
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1
Personal, 1943-1974
Box   1
Folder   2
Casting agency, correspondence and lists, 1957-1973
Box   1
Folder   3
Re novel Emes Morris by Milt Weiner, 1963
Box   1
Folder   4
American National Theatre and Television Academy, re proposed series of television specials, 1963, Dec. 6
Box   1
Folder   5
Conference of Motion Picture and Television Unions: correspondence, minutes, constitution, 1973, Mar.
Box   1
Folder   6
New York City's Office of Collective Bargaining: directory, summary of decisions, 1973
Box   1
Folder   7
Neilsen Ratings, 1st and 2nd reports, April 1974
Box   1
Folder   8-9
Legal correspondence, 1960, 1964-1972
Box   2
Folder   1
Directors Service, Inc., correspondence re pensions and profit sharing, 1966-1967
Box   2
Folder   2
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1956-1974
Box   2
Folder   3
William McCaffrey Agency, 1958-1971
Box   2
Folder   4
Phil Gersh Agency, 1968-1972
Box   2
Folder   5
The Players (Fellowship), 1955-1971
Series: Directors Guild of America Records
Box   2
Folder   6
Radio and Television Directors Guild, policy documents and correspondence, 1955-1960
Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   7
1960-1962
Box   2
Folder   8
1963
Box   2
Folder   9
1964
Box   2
Folder   10
1965
Box   2
Folder   11
1966
Box   2
Folder   12
Basic agreement and correspondence, 1968
Box   2
Folder   13
Contract negotiations with television networks, 1968-1969
Box   2
Folder   14
Minutes, Correspondence, DGA agreement with Director's Service, 1969
Box   3
Folder   1
Minutes, correspondence, by-laws, 1970
Box   3
Folder   2
Minutes, Awards dinner, Annual meeting, 1971
Box   3
Folder   3
Education and Benevolent Foundation, National board meetings, correspondence, 1971
Box   3
Folder   4
Soviet directors' U.S. visit, 1971, Feb.
Box   3
Folder   5
Minutes, 1972
Box   3
Folder   6
Elia Kazan dispute, Proprietary rights, task force on International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Strike, Independent Live and Tape Supplement
Box   3
Folder   7
Negotiations with American Motion Picture and Television Producers, (AMPTP) correspondence of publications committee, awards dinner, general correspondence, 1972
Box   4
Folder   1
DGA-CBS television staff, stage managers, agreement for 1972
Box   4
Folder   2
Minutes, annual meeting, 1973
Box   4
Folder   3
Action magazine, negotiations with AMPTP, disciplinary action, national conventions and elections
Box   4
Folder   4
DGA-CBS agreement for television staff associate directors, 1973
Box   4
Folder   5
General correspondence, 1973
Box   4
Folder   6
(DGA) President's Special Committee on Internal Affairs, Elia Kazan speech, 1973
Box   4
Folder   7
Obscenity and the Supreme Court, 1973-1974
Box   4
Folder   8
Minutes, Action magazine and general correspondence, 1974
Series: Theater - produced
Box   5
Folder   1
Early theater experience as actor, stage manager, lighting director, 1946-1950
Box   5
Folder   17
Harvey (Ivoryton Theatre, Ivoryton, Conn., 1957, week of Sept. 10), correspondence
Series: Television - produced and unproduced
Big Town
Box   5
Folder   2
Two scripts, 1950-1951
Medallion Theatre
Box   5
Folder   3
Article, 1953, August
Mama
Box   5
Folder   4
Telegram, 1953
Morning Show
Box   5
Folder   5
Correspondence, articles
Danger!
Box   5
Folder   6
Correspondence, title cards, 1954-1955
Adventure
Box   5
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1954-1955
Project proposals - script outlines, 1955
Box   5
Folder   8
“Troubled Night”
Box   5
Folder   8
“People Downstairs”
Box   5
Folder   8
“Will Shakespeare - A Program for Television”
Robert Q. Lewis Show
Box   5
Folder   9
Production materials, 1956
Hawk
Box   8
Folder   4
“The Longleat Chronicles” ( 1956, Sept. 15), script, production material, correspondence
Climax
Box   5
Folder   10
Production materials, 1956-1958
Studio One
Box   5
Folder   11
“Star-spangled Soldier” ( 1956, April 21), script, director's notes, production material, correspondence
Box   5
Folder   12
“Snap Your Fingers” ( 1956, June 18). correspondence and reviews
Box   5
Folder   13
“Emmaline” ( 1956, July 16), correspondence
President's (Eisenhower) Birthday Party ( 1956, Oct. 13)
Box   5
Folder   14
Script
Studio One
Box   5
Folder   15
“Babe in the Woods” ( 1957, May 13), script, production material
Box   5
Folder   16
“The Weston Strain” ( 1957, May 27), script, production material
Box   5
Folder   18
“The Night America Trembled” ( 1957, Sept. 10), reviews
Box   5
Folder   19
“Mutiny on the Shark,” Parts I and II ( 1957, Sept. 30), script, production material
Box   6
Folder   1
“Act of Mercy” ( 1957, Oct. 14), reviews
Box   6
Folder   2
“Brotherhood of the Bell” ( 1958, Jan. 6), correspondence, reviews
Note: See Box 15 for set designs.
Box   6
Folder   3
“Trial By Slander” ( 1958, Jan. 20), casting material, script, correspondence, reviews
Note: See box 15 for set designs.
Box   6
Folder   4
“The Laughing Willow” ( 1958, Feb. 3), script, rehearsal schedule, reviews
Box   6
Folder   5
“The Lonely Stage” ( 1958, Feb. 24), script, correspondence, reviews
Box   6
Folder   6
“The Kurishiki Incident” ( 1958, May 12), script, production material, correspondence, reviews
Box   6
Folder   7
“The Man Who Asked for a Funeral” ( 1958, June 23), review
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   6
Folder   8
“Climate of Marriage” ( 1958, July 30), correspondence, reviews
Playhouse 90
Box   6
Folder   9
“Time of Your Life” ( 1958, Oct. 9), script, production material, reviews
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   6
Folder   10
“One Red Rose for Christmas” ( 1958, Dec. 17), correspondence, reviews
Du Pont Show of the Month
Box   6
Folder   11
“Hasty Heart” ( 1958, Dec. 18), script, production material, reviews
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   6
Folder   12
“Dangerous Interlude” ( 1959, Jan. 24), correspondence, reviews
Suspense
Box   6
Folder   13
Staff list, Jan. 1959
Baker's Wife
Box   6
Folder   14
Script, March 1959
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   6
Folder   15
“Little Tin God” ( 1959, April 22), scripts, production material, reviews
Box   7
Folder   1
“Seed of Guilt” ( 1959, Aug. 12), scripts, production material
The Bells of St. Mary's ( 1959, Oct. 27)
Box   7
Folder   2
Script, production material, reviews
Buick Electra Playhouse
Box   7
Folder   3
“The Killers” ( 1959, Nov. 19), script, production material, reviews
Art Carney Show
Box   7
Folder   4
“Call Me Back” ( 1960, Jan. 16), reviews
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Box   7
Folder   5
Reviews
Valley of Decision ( 1960, March 20)
Box   7
Folder   6
Correspondence, reviews
Ninotchka ( 1960, April 20)
Box   7
Folder   7
Correspondence, reviews
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   7
Folder   8
“Game of Hearts” ( 1960, June), correspondence, reviews
Family Classics
Box   7
Folder   9
“The Three Musketeers” ( 1960, Dec. 4-5), correspondence, reviews
Box   7
Folder   10
“Vanity Fair” ( 1961, Jan. 12-13), script, cast recommendations, reviews
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   7
Folder   11
“Devil Makes Sunday” ( 1961, Jan. 25), correspondence
Box   7
Folder   12
“Special Kind of Summer” ( 1961, Feb. 11), script
Way Out
Box   7
Folder   13
Staff, director's contract, 1961, March-April
Greatest Man in the World ( 1961, April 1)
Box   7
Folder   14
Script, correspondence
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   7
Folder   15
“Doubled Edged Sword” ( 1961, July), script reviews
The Dispossessed
Box   7
Folder   16
Revised script, 1961, Sept. 18
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   8
Folder   1
“Man on a Mountaintop” ( 1961, Nov. 15), script, reviews
Breck Golden Showcase
Box   8
Folder   2
“Saturday's Children” ( 1962, Feb. 25), script, production material
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   8
Folder   3
“A Man for Oona” ( 1962, May 12), script
The First Day
Box   8
Folder   4
Production material, script, 1962, June 5
East of the City
Box   8
Folder   5
Pilot episode #1, script, second draft, 1963, Jan. 14
Roots of Freedom
Box   8
Folder   6
“The Golden Age” ( 1963, May), script, production material, correspondence
U.S. Steel Hour
Box   8
Folder   7
“The Old Lady Shows Her Medals” ( 1963, June 12), script, production material, reviews
Roots of Freedom
Box   8
Folder   8
“Athens, Where the Theatre Began” ( 1963, Sept. 11), script, production material
Box   8
Folder   9
“In Defense of Rome” ( 1963, Nov.), script, production material, correspondence
Pieta Special
Box   8
Folder   10
Correspondence, photographs, 1963-1964
Du Pont Show of the Week
Box   8
Folder   11
“A Day Like Today” ( 1964, Feb. 15), correspondence, script
Another World
Box   9
Folder   1
Format, production material, correspondence, 1964-1965
Note: See box 15 for set designs.
As the World Turns (night-time) ( 1965, May 5)
Box   9
Folder   2
Production material
Our Private World
Box   9
Folder   3
Article, 1965
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, 1967-1969
Box   9
Folder   5
Budget, press releases, correspondence
Box   9
Folder   6
Talent lists, music
Box   9
Folder   7
Production materials, personnel applications, script # 152
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Box   9
Folder   8-9
“A Punt, a Pass, and a Prayer” ( 1968, Nov. 20), script, production material, correspondence
NYPD
Box   9
Folder   10
“Who's Got the Bundle?,” 1968, Nov.-Dec., scenic design, script, production material
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Box   10
Folder   1
“Teacher! Teacher!, ” revised script, 1968
By Appointment Only - a series of television episodes
Box   10
Folder   2
Copyright, 1968
The Choice ( 1969, March 30)
Box   10
Folder   3
Scripts re heart transplant, production material, correspondence, reviews
The Prodigal ( 1969, May 1)
Box   10
Folder   4
Script, production material, correspondence, reviews
The Protectors
Box   10
Folder   5
Series projection; guide for writers, 1969
Box   10
Folder   5
“Draw a Straight Man,” production material, script, 1969, July-Aug.
All My Worlds - proposed series
Box   10
Folder   6
Copyright, 1969
Once Upon a World (1970 March 8)
Box   10
Folder   7
Script, director's contract, production material, audience response, correspondence
Note: See box 15 for set designs.
A World Apart
Box   10
Folder   8
Scripts #1, 314, 322, 1970
Box   10
Folder   9
Budget and contracts, 1970-1971
Box   10
Folder   10
Production material, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1970-1971
Box   11
Folder   2
Storyline and character sketches, 1970-1971
Another Spring
Box   11
Folder   3
Production materials, correspondence, 1970
The Sweetest Sounds: A Salute to Richard Rodgers
Box   11
Folder   4
Proposed format, 1970
Reap the Harvest - proposed series
Box   11
Folder   5
Storyline, script #1, 1970
The Guiding Light
Box   11
Folder   6
Production materials, correspondence, 1971
The Story of John Peter Zenger
Box   11
Folder   7
Story outline, 1971, June
Written in the Stars
Box   11
Folder   8
Proposed format, 1971, Sept. 17
Where the Heart Is
Box   11
Folder   9
Series projection, 1971-1973
Box   11
Folder   10
Production material, correspondence
Harriet ( 1972, Feb. 3)
Box   11
Folder   11-12
Script, production material
Note: See box 15 for set designs.
Matinee Today
Box   11
Folder   13
“Report the Melody,” script, production materials, correspondence, 1973
Love of Life
Box   12
Folder   1-2
Budget, writing, director, and other production position applications, 1973
CBS Daytime 90
Writing, director, and other production positions applications, 1973
Box   11
Folder   14
Part 1
Box   12
Folder   1-2
Part 2
Box   12
Folder   3-4
Status reports, budget, properties, 1973
Box   12
Folder   5
Other production material, 1973
Box   12
Folder   6
“Legacy of Fear” ( 1974, Feb. 11), script, production material
Box   12
Folder   7
“My Little Love” ( 1974, Feb. 15), script, production material
Box   13
Folder   1
“Trio for Lovers” ( 1974, Feb.), scripts, production material
Box   13
Folder   2
“Run, Valerie, Run” ( 1974, Feb.), script, production material
Box   13
Folder   3
“The Four of Us,” script, notes, 1973, April-1974, Feb.
Box   13
Folder   4
“The Drifter,” correspondence, script, notes, 1973, Nov.-Dec.
Box   13
Folder   5
“The Guest Room,” correspondence, script, production material, 1973, Nov.-1974, Feb.
Box   13
Folder   6
“For Love of Laurie,” correspondence, script, notes, 1973, Dec
Note: See box 15 for set designs.
Box   13
Folder   7
“Once in Her Life,” correspondence, script, production material, 1973, Nov.-Dec.
Afternoon Playbreak
Box   14
Folder   1
“The Last Bride of Salem” ( 1974, May 8), script, production material
The Norming of Jack 243
Box   14
Folder   2
First draft script, 1974, May 24
Box   14
Folder   3
Untitled, anonymous script, undated
Box   15
Set designs for Harriet, Daytime 90 episodes, Once Upon a World, a Salem Village program, Another World, Studio One's “Trial By Slander” and “Brotherhood of the Bell,” and several other unidentified productions
Box   15
Oversize certificates, 1971, 1973
Series: Network Documents
Box   14
Folder   4-5
“ABC Standards and Policies, I-II,” issued 1966, June 30
Box   14
Folder   6
CBS-“An Introduction to Color,” 1965, June
Box   14
Folder   7
“Daytime Drama on the CBS Television Network,” 1972, May
Box   14
Folder   8
CBS Correspondence, 1956-1973
Box   14
Folder   9
CBS-Time records for Donovan and his secretary, 1973, Oct.-1974, Feb.