Title: Circular Letters: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1H
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1943, 1949-1950

Creator:

• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/1H

Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Intra-corporation information notices. The bulk of these were issued by a small number of executives in the sales and the publicity departments, although a significant quantity originated in other areas, such as the accessories manager and the comptroller's office. Also included are smaller quantities of press releases, interdepartmental and interoffice correspondence, and miscellaneous enclosures. Most of the material is related to the selling and exploitation of films both to exhibitors and to the general public. Other frequently found subject matter concerns the success of various pictures, proper office procedures, requests for charitable donations, and exhortations to sell more pictures on better terms.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-99an001h

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This series consists of “circular letters,” that is, informational correspondence distributed more or less widely to the personnel of the corporation in multiple copies. For instance, circular letters from Paul Lazarus, a sales executive, discuss what pictures to sell, when to sell them, and under what prices and terms. Letters from Harry Gold, Eastern Division sales manager, deal with the market potential of individual films and the best techniques for selling them. Letters from the Print Department treat the circulation of prints among the various exchanges. Other frequently found subject matter concerns the success of various pictures, proper office procedures, requests for charitable donations, and exhortations to sell more pictures on better terms.

Circular letters were distributed to various classes of recipients: some went to all employees, some only to branch, sales or office managers (sometimes restricted to specific geographic areas), some to a limited number of specific executives.

The circular letters are arranged chronologically by year of origin, and in folders within each year alphabetically by name of the signer--letters in each folder are arranged chronologically. The file is continuous from 1936 to 1943, with some additional material from 1949 and 1950.

U.S. Mss 99AN/1H	1936
Box   1 Folder   1	Harry Gold (Manager, Eastern Division)
Box   1 Folder   2	Robert G. Hilton (Manager, Domestic and Foreign Print Department)
Box   1 Folder   3	A.W. Kelly (Vice-President)
Box   1 Folder   4	Paul Lazarus (Sales)
Box   1 Folder   5	Miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   6	George Schaefer (Vice-President)
Box   1 Folder   7	N.A. Thompson (Sales Controller)
	1937
Box   1 Folder   8	H.D. Buckley (Vice-President)
Box   1 Folder   9	Harry Gold
Box   1 Folder   10	Monroe W. Greenthal (Director, Advertising and Publicity)
Box   1 Folder   11	Robert G. Hilton
Box   1 Folder   12	Paul Lazarus
Box   1 Folder   13	Miscellaneous
Box   1 Folder   14	A.W. Smith (General Sales Manager)
Box   1 Folder   15	N.A. Thompson
	1938
Box   1 Folder   16	Harry Gold
Box   1 Folder   17	Robert G. Hilton
Box   2 Folder   1	Paul Lazarus
Box   2 Folder   2	Miscellaneous
Box   2 Folder   3	A.W. Smith
Box   2 Folder   4	N.A. Thompson
	1939
Box   2 Folder   5	Harry Gold
Box   2 Folder   6	Paul Lazarus
Box   2 Folder   7-8	Miscellaneous
	1940
Box   2 Folder   9	Lynn Farnol (Director, Advertising and Publicity)
Box   2 Folder   10	Harry Gold
Box   3 Folder   1	Monroe W. Greenthal (Director of Exploitation)
Box   3 Folder   2	A.W. Kelly
Box   3 Folder   3	Paul Lazarus
Box   3 Folder   4	Miscellaneous
Box   3 Folder   5	N.A. Thompson
	1941
Box   3 Folder   6	A.W. Kelly
Box   3 Folder   7	Haskell Masters (Western Division Manager) Note: Including Seymour Poe.
	1942
Box   3 Folder   8	H.D. Buckley
Box   3 Folder   9	Robert G. Hilton
Box   3 Folder   10	Paul Lazarus
Box   3 Folder   11	Carl Leserman (Sales)
Box   3 Folder   12	Miscellaneous
Box   4 Folder   1	Charles M. Steele (Accounting)
	1943
Box   4 Folder   2	Robert G. Hilton
Box   4 Folder   3	Paul Lazarus
Box   4 Folder   4	Miscellaneous
Box   4 Folder   5	Charles M. Steele
	1949
Box   4 Folder   6	Paul Lazarus
Box   4 Folder   7	Miscellaneous
	1950
Box   4 Folder   8	Miscellaneous