Rod Serling Papers, 1943-1971

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 33AN
Series: Stage Plays and Motion Pictures
Subseries: By Title
Body Beautiful
Box   1
Correspondence, 1957 December 25-27
Box   1
Outlines, typescripts, notes, rewritten pages, lyrics, 1955-1957
Box   2
Rewritten pages
Box   2
Clippings, 1957-1958
Box   2
Playbill, 1957
Box   2
Financial Records
Enter Laughing (New York, 1963 March 13)
Note

Prod: Morton Gottlieb

Dir: Gene Saks

Script: Joseph Stein

Cast: Alan Arkin, Vivian Blaine, Tom Gorman, Michael J. Pollard, Barbara Dana

Box   2
Draft pages, typescript, circa 1961
Box   24
Folder   1
3 Scripts, 1962 [September]
Box   24
Folder   2
Script, 1962 September 9
Box   24
Folder   3
Script, 1962 September 25
Box   24
Folder   4
Script, 1963 January 18
Box   24
Folder   5
Script, 1963 January 18
Box   25
Folder   1
Script, undated
Box   25
Folder   2
Script, undated
Box   25
Folder   3
Script, published copy
Box   25
Folder   4
Script, Act I
Miscellaneous rewrites
Box   25
Folder   5
Act I
Box   25
Folder   6
Act II
Box   25
Folder   7
Act III
Box   25
Folder   8
Miscellaneous rewrites
Enter Laughing (Motion Picture, 1967)
Note

Prod: Carl Reiner, Joseph Stein

Dir: Carl Reiner

Script: Joseph Stein

Cast: José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Jack Gilford, Elaine May

Box   25
Folder   9
Script, undated
Box   25
Folder   10
Script, 1965 July 9
Fiddler on the Roof (New York, 1964 September 22)
Note

Prod: Harold S. Prince

Dir: Harold S. Prince

Script: Joseph Stein

Music: Jerry Bock

Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick

Cast: Zero Mostel, Bea Arthur, Maria Karnilova

Box   26
Folder   1
To Life, script, undated
Box   26
Folder   2
The Old Country, script, 1961 October 17
Tevye
Box   26
Folder   3
Script, 1962 January 17
Box   26
Folder   4
Script, undated
Box   26
Folder   5
Script, Act I, 1962 January 18
Box   26
Folder   6
Script, 1962 January 18
Box   26
Folder   7
Script, 1963 June
Box   27
Folder   1
Script, Act I, 1963 November 17
Box   27
Folder   2
Script, 1963 December
Box   27
Folder   3
Script, undated
Fiddler on the Roof
Box   27
Folder   4
Script, undated
Box   27
Folder   5
Script, undated
Box   27
Folder   6
Script, 1964 September 22
Box   27
Folder   7
Original galley, undated
Miscellaneous rewrites, Act I
Box   28
Folder   1
Scene I
Box   28
Folder   2
Scene II
Box   28
Folder   3
Scene III
Box   28
Folder   4
Scene IV
Box   28
Folder   5
Scene V
Box   28
Folder   6
Scene VI
Box   28
Folder   7
Scene VII
Box   28
Folder   8
Scene VIII
Box   28
Folder   9
Scene IX
Box   28
Folder   10
Miscellaneous pages, Act I
Miscellaneous rewrites, Act II
Box   28
Folder   11
Scene I
Box   28
Folder   12
Scene II
Box   28
Folder   13
Scene III
Box   28
Folder   14
Scene IV
Box   28
Folder   15
Scene V
Box   28
Folder   16
Scene VI
Box   28
Folder   17
Scene VII
Box   28
Folder   18
Scene VIII
Box   28
Folder   19
Scene IX
Box   28
Folder   20
Scene X
Box   28
Folder   21
Miscellaneous pages, Act II
Box   28
Folder   22
Production notes
Box   29
Folder   1
Miscellaneous script material
Box   29
Folder   2
Program (Detroit), 1964 July 25
Fiddler on the Roof (Motion Picture)
Box   29
Folder   3
Script, 1969 February 15
Box   29
Folder   4
Casting notes, script, 1969 February 15
Happily Ever After
Box   2
Draft pages, typescripts, outlines, lyrics, notes, 1955-1959
Box   2
Audition script
Box   2
Contract, 1954 September 1
Box   2
Clippings
Juno
Box   2
Correspondence, 1957-1959, undated
Box   2
Typescripts, “Darlin' Man,” circa 1958
Box   3
Typescripts, rewritten pages, circa 1957-1958
Box   3
Ground plans and elevations, circa 1957
Box   3
Clippings and releases, 1957-1959
Box   3
Financial records
Box   3
Miscellaneous, 1957-1959
Package   1
Music for Juno
Lend an Ear
Box   3
Draft, circa 1947
Mr. Wonderful
Box   3
Correspondence, 1956, undated
Box   4
Typescripts, rewritten pages, outlines, notes, 1955-1956, undated
Box   4
Clippings, 1955-1956
Box   4
Playbill, 1956
Box   4
Financial records, 1956-1957
Zorba (New York, 1968 November 17)
Note

Prod: Harold Prince

Dir: Harold Prince

Script: Joseph Stein

Lyrics: John Kander

Music: Fred Ebb

Cast: Herschel Bernardi, Carmen Alvarez, Maria Karailova

Box   30
Folder   1
Script, 1967 November 6
Box   30
Folder   2
Script, 1968 March 7
Box   30
Folder   3
Script, April 1968
Box   30
Folder   4
Script, 1968 June
Box   30
Folder   5
Script, 1968 June
Box   31
Folder   1
Script, 1968 August
Box   31
Folder   2
Script, 1968 August
Box   31
Folder   3
Script, pp. 1-116, 1969 May 28
Box   31
Folder   4
Script, 1969
Box   31
Folder   5
Miscellaneous notes
Box   31
Folder   6
Miscellaneous loose rewrites
Box   31
Folder   7
Photographs
Box   31
Folder   8
Galley, undated
Box   31
Folder   9
Proof copy, 1969
Subseries: Anonymous collaborations
Jamaica
Box   4
Correspondence, 1957 October
Box   4
Typescript, partial draft, rewritten pages, notes, circa 1957
Box   4
Playbill with notes, 1957
Box   4
Financial records, 1957-1959
No Time for Sergeants
Box   4
Correspondence, 1955 August-September
Box   4
Outlines, typescripts, circa 1955
Box   9
Draft pages, circa 1955
Box   9
Rehearsal schedule, 1955 September 5-25
Box   9
Cast, characters in scenes lists, 1955
Box   9
Playbill, 1955
Box   9
Financial records, 1956-1958
Subseries: Plays outlined
Big Boy
Box   9
Outline, undated
Farmer's Daughter, musical
Box   9
Outline, undated
Free Ride, review
Box   9
Script draft, undated
Great Place to Visit, review
Box   9
Outline draft, undated
Box   9
Outline, undated
Madison Avenue, musical
Box   9
Outline, undated
Man of Letters
Box   9
Outline draft, undated
Box   9
Draft, partial, undated
The Old Country, musical based on Sholem Aleichem
Box   9
Draft, 1961
Pocketful of Rye motion picture, unproduced
Box   31
Folder   10
Outline, undated
Second Wind
Box   9
Notes, undated
Untitled musical
Box   9
Outline, undated
Series: Radio and Television
Subseries: Regular Series
ABC's of Music
Box   9
Letter, [?], June 14
Box   9
Scripts, 1950 June 28, September 20
Box   9
Script pages, undated
Adventures of Winky Dink
Box   9
Script draft, notes, undated
The Aldrich Family, TV
Box   9
Scripts, revisions, 1952-1953
Box   9
Draft pages, undated
Box   9
Financial records, undated
All Star Revue, Tallulah Bankhead
Box   10
Scripts, revisions, 1951-1953
Box   10
Script pages, undated
All Star Summer Revue
Box   10
Scripts, 1952 May-July
Box   11
Scripts, 1952 August
Box   11
List of staff, undated
Fred Allen Show
Box   11
Draft and script pages, undated
Steve Allen Show
Box   11
Scripts, revisions, 1952 July-September
Box   11
Draft and script pages, circa 1952
Box   11
Financial statement, 1957 May 12
Ballantine Show, Stuart Erwin
Box   11
Scripts, 1945
Box   11
Script drafts, circa 1945
Bob and Ray
Box   11
Script page, undated
Broadway Matinee
Box   12
Scripts, 1944
Box   12
Draft pages, ideas, undated
Red Buttons Show
Box   12
Scripts, 1952 October
Box   12
Routines, undated
Carnival
Box   12
Audition scripts, 1945
Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, Zero Mostel
Box   12
Drafts, scripts, 1942, undated
Chevy Show
Box   13
Correspondence, 1960 April 28
Box   13
Draft pages, script, revised script, notes, for show 1960 May 15
Box   13
Financial statement, 1960 May 15
Bobby Clark Show
Box   13
Audition script, 1944 July 23
Box   13
Draft, partial, undated
The Colonel, Colonel Stoopnagle
Box   13
Script, 1944 January 22
Box   13
Script pages, undated
Comedy Workshop
Box   13
Script, 1952 April 15
Box   13
Scripts, undated
Jimmy Edmondson Show
Box   13
Script, 1946 April 6
Four Star Revue, Ed Wynn
Box   13
Script, partial, 1951 March 7
Fresh Up Show, Ruth Davey
Box   13
Scripts, revisions, 1945 July-September
Great Talent Hunt, Jim Backus
Box   13
Scripts, revisions, 1948 March-May
Great Talent Hunt, Henry Morgan
Box   14
Scripts, 1951 January 26, March 2
Box   14
Script and draft pages, undated
Box   14
Commercial, 1951 February 23
Box   14
Clipping, undated
Harry's Girls
Box   14
Correspondence, 1961 February 16
Box   14
Scripts, revisions, notes, draft and script pages, circa 1960-1961
Box   14
Financial records
Box   14
Miscellaneous
Hildegarde
Box   15
Correspondence, 1946 November 8
Raleigh Room
Box   15
Scripts, revisions, 1944 October-1945 May
Box   16
Scripts, revisions, 1945 September-1946 March [Bobby Clark as replacement, , Jan.]
Box   16
Scripts, script pages, undated
Penguin Room
Box   16
Scripts, revisions, pages, 1946 April-July, undated
Box   16
“Chicago Routine,” 1946 June 6
Campbell Room
Box   17
Scripts, revisions, 1946 October-1947 March
Box   17
Draft page, undated
Box   17
Clipping, undated
Box   17
Unidentified notes and pages
It's Smile Time
Box   17
Script, 1946 October 30
It's the Navy
Box   17
Script, 1942 August 21
Kraft Music Hall
Box   17
Scripts, 1945 August-September
Box   17
Draft, jokes, unidentified page, undated
Ladies Be Seated
Box   17
Script, 1945 April 23
Sam Levenson Show
Box   18
Routines, 1951 March 24, undated
Box   18
Pages, undated
Box   18
Rehearsal schedule, undated
Eddie Mayhoff Show, Two O'Clock Ham Session
Box   18
Scripts, 1943 September-October
Box   18
Pages, notes, undated
Ethel Merman Show
Box   18
Scripts, revisions, 1949
Henry Morgan Show
Box   18
Scripts, revisions, 1946-1948
Box   19
Scripts, revisions, 1949-1950
Box   19
Jokes, routines, audition script, pages, undated
Zero Mostel Show
Box   19
Script, undated
New Old Gold Show, Jackie Gleason
Box   19
Audition script, 1944 July 23
Box   19
Scripts, 1944 July-August
Box   19
Routine, draft pages, undated
Olsen and Johnson
Box   19
Audition script, revisions, [?], September 12
Box   19
Draft pages, undated
Phil and Patsy
Box   20
Spots, revised pages, draft, notes, undated
RCA Victor Show, Ezio Pinza
Box   20
Scripts, partial scripts, 1951-1952
Box   20
Clippings, 1951 September 10
Radio Hall of Fame
Box   20
Script, 1945 March 4
Sampson and the Lady
Box   20
Audition script, 1950 May 20
School House, Kenny Delmar
Box   20
Script, 1949 February 15
Phil Silvers Show
Box   20
Script, 1947 August 6
Box   20
Script pages, 1951 May 6, undated
Box   20
Financial statement, 1958 May 13
Stars in the Afternoon
Box   20
Script, 1946 September 29
Larry Storch Show
Box   20
Scripts, 1953
Box   20
Routines not used, 1953 August-September, undated
Box   20
Draft Page, undated
Box   20
Financial records
Those Two, Vivian Blaine and Pinky Lee
Box   21
Script, 1952 January 11
Box   21
Partial draft, script page, notes, undated
Nancy Walker Show
Box   21
Outline, undated
Box   21
Audition scripts, 1948
Ed Wynn Show
Box   21
Script, 1945 February 5
Henny Youngman
Box   21
Audition script, 1947 November 10
Your Show of Shows, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca
Box   21
Draft pages, 1953 October 10
Box   21
Programs, 1953 October 24, November 7
Box   21
Financial records, undated
Subseries: Single and special programs
The American Cowboy, U.S. Steel Hour
Box   21
Script, 1960 February 10
Box   21
Outline, undated
Consultation Service Programs
Box   21
Interview, “WHOM Script,” 1943 February 2
Box   21
Scripts, 1943
Box   21
Page, undated
Greater New York Fund, My Story
Box   21
Scripts, 1944 April 12, June 28
Box   21
Outline, draft, June 28
Hotel Continental, Hildegarde
Box   21
Script, undated
Junior Miss
Box   21
Correspondence, 1957 November 19
Box   21
Script, 1957 November 7
Box   21
Clipping, undated
Box   21
Financial records, undated
Mr. and Mrs North, Hildegarde
Box   21
Script, 1946 February 13
Pontiac Fall Special
Box   21
Typescripts, 1958 October 15
Box   21
Rehearsal schedules, 1958 October
Phil Silvers on Broadway
Box   21
Script, 1958 May 2
Box   21
Rehearsal schedule
Star Dressing Room, Bert Lahr and Bobby Clark, Omnibus
Box   21
Draft, undated
Words at War
Box   21
Script, 1945 March 13
Subseries: Proposed programs
Backstage at the Bijou
Box   22
Outline, 1946
Broadway
Box   22
Outline, 1960
Adventures of Harold
Box   22
Outline, undated
Barney Tuttle
Box   22
Outline, undated
Leave it to Dad
Box   22
Partial script, revision, 1952
Lefty Louise
Box   22
Outline, undated
The Life and Loves of Professor Marzek, Walter Slezak
Box   22
Outline, undated
The Neighborhood Center
Box   22
Correspondence, 1959 August 31
Box   22
Outline, outline draft, circa 1959
The Sergeant Is a Doll
Box   22
Pilot script, undated
The Third Street Theatre
Box   22
Correspondence, undated
Box   22
Outline draft, outline, undated
The Weekly Revue
Box   22
Outline, outline revisions, undated
You're the Witness
Box   22
Outline, outline draft, undated
Untitled quiz program
Box   22
Outline, outline draft page, undated
Untitled TV series
Box   22
Outline, undated
Series: Unidentified Scripts
The Day Before Spring
Box   22
Typescript, partial, 1960 November 17
The Gangster
Box   22
Correspondence, 1957 January 18
Box   22
Treatment, 1957 January 18
The Good Old Days
Box   22
Typescripts, notes, undated
Box   22
Unidentified outline, undated
Series: Routines for Particular Performers
Steve Allen
Box   22
Routines, 1947 October 18, 1950 July 2
Tallulah Bankhead
Box   22
Correspondence, 1957 May 6
Box   22
“Heartbroken Confessions,” script, undated
Box   22
Pages, notes, jokes, undated
Box   22
Financial records [All Star Revue?], undated
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Box   22
Routine, undated
Milton Berle
Box   22
Script, partial, undated
Hermione Gingold
Box   22
Routines, undated
Benny Goodman
Box   22
Script pages, undated
Henry Morgan
Box   22
Routine, script and draft pages, undated
Minerva Pious
Box   22
Sketch, draft, undated
Larry Storch
Box   22
Routine, undated
Box   22
Unidentified routines, jokes, pages
Box   22
Unidentified script and draft pages, notes
Box   22
“Payment for Casework,” magazine article, 1943 December
Series: Miscellaneous Papers
Box   1
Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1950-1960
Contracts
Box   23
Correspondence, 1960 March 2
Box   23
Contract, 1953 November 16
Box   23
Contracts, 1960 February 12
Box   23
Assignment, 1953 January 14
Box   23
Miscellaneous financial records, 1952-1960, undated
Box   23
Miscellaneous papers