Title: ZIV-United Artists Inc. Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 15G
Inclusive Dates: 1951-1963 (bulk 1959-1961)

Creators:

• ZIV-United Artists Television Co. Inc.
• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/15G

Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (7 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:

Records, mainly 1959-1961, of the legal office of ZIV-United Artists Inc., the United Artists (UA) sudsidiary created in 1960 by the purchase of ZIV Television Programs Inc. The files primarily relate to the period after the UA purchase, although many files contain some documentation about the earlier, pre-UA era. Included are correspondence, memoranda, contracts and agreements, and court documents pertaining to court and labor litigation; relations with writers such as Vera Caspary and Adrian Spies, directors such as Walter Donegan, and actors such as Broderick Crawford and William Conrad; and to other legal matters. The majority of the contract negotiations engaged in by the department, however, are part of Series 7.8.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

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The file combines records created by several members of the staff (Daniel M. Sklar, A. Frank Reel, and Edward Rothman), with Sklar handling the majority of the contract negotiations and Rothman handling the majority of the litigation. A portion of the series concerns negotiations and labor disputes with the Screen Writers Guild, the American Federation of Musicians, and other professional unions.

U.S. Mss 99AN/15G Box   1 Folder   1	Anderson, John H. v. American Federation of Musicians, 1959
Box   1 Folder   2	Andes, Keith, 1961
Box   1 Folder   3	Associates Equipment Rental, 1961-1962
Box   1 Folder   4	Bain, Robert v. American Federation of Musicians, 1957-1958
Box   1 Folder   5-7	Beilmann, Pete v. American Federation of Musicians, 1957-1959
Box   1 Folder   8	Blackburn, Tom, 1959-1960
Box   1 Folder   9	Blue and White Corporation, 1961
Box   1 Folder   10	Brahm, John, 1961
Box   1 Folder   11	Bonded TV Service, 1960
	CBS
Box   1 Folder   12	Invoices, 1961-1962
Box   1 Folder   13	Program development, 1960
Box   1 Folder   14	Caspary, Vera, 1960-1961
Box   1 Folder   15	Cinema Mercantile, 1951-1961
Box   1 Folder   16	Cisco Kid residuals, 12961-1963
Box   1 Folder   17	Columbia Ranch lease, 1958-1961
Box   1 Folder   18	Commercials, 1957-1960
	Crawford, Broderick
Box   2 Folder   1	Highway Patrol, 1959-1961
Box   2 Folder   2	Marital action, 1955-1958
Box   2 Folder   3	“Contrast,” 1961
Box   2 Folder   4	Dann, Asher, 1960-1961
Box   2 Folder   5	Daystar transportation arbitration, 1963
	Directors contracts
Box   2 Folder   6-7	A-William Conrad
Box   2 Folder   8-10	F-Elliot Lewis
Box   2 Folder   11-12	M-W
	Directors reports
Box   2 Folder   13-14	1957-1961
Box   3 Folder   1	1960-1962
Box   3 Folder   2	Daystar, 1962-1963
	Directors Guild pension plan
Box   3 Folder   3-5	Minutes, 1962-1963
Box   3 Folder   6	Trust agreement, 1960
	Donegar, Walter
Box   3 Folder   7-8	Correspondence, 1957-1960
Box   3 Folder   9	Contracts
Box   3 Folder   10	Notes
Box   3 Folder   11	Editing Film Center leases, 1957-1960
Box   3 Folder   12	Epstein, Jon, 1962
Box   3 Folder   13	Garnishments (sampled)
Box   3 Folder   14	Hertz Paramount Ranch, 1960
Box   3 Folder   15	Hollywood Casting Agency agreement, 1960
Box   4 Folder   1	Hounshell, Fred, 1961-1962
Box   4 Folder   2	Lavery, Emmet, 1960
Box   4 Folder   3	Legal decisions, 1958-1960
Box   4 Folder   4	Maintenance, 1961
Box   4 Folder   5	Meadow, Herb
Box   4 Folder   6	Miscellaneous sales agreements, 1960, 1962
	Musicians NLRB cases
Box   4 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1958-1960
Box   4 Folder   8	Court documents
Box   4 Folder   9-11	Court transcripts, 1959
Box   4 Folder   12	Related NLRB case material
Box   4 Folder   13	Pathé Realty purchase, 1951-1956
Box   5 Folder   1	Pilot contracts, 1955-1959
Box   5 Folder   2	Producers Guild, 1958-1960
Box   5 Folder   3	Producers Library Service, 1959-1963
	Producers-Writers Guild of America pension plan
Box   5 Folder   4-8	Minutes, 1962-1963
Box   5 Folder   9	Plan proposal, 1960
Box   6 Folder   1	Quadrant Productions, 1960-1961
Box   6 Folder   2	Richards, Jeff, 1959-1961
Box   6 Folder   3	Robinson, Chris, 1961
Box   6 Folder   4	Sales office lease, 1960
Box   6 Folder   5	Sanders, Dennis and Terry, 1960
Box   6 Folder   6-7	Screen Actors Guild negotiations, 1959-1963
Box   6 Folder   8	Sea Hunt actors contracts
Box   6 Folder   9	Screen Directors Guild, 1954-1958
Box   6 Folder   10-11	Screen writers, 1956-1963
Box   6 Folder   12	Spies, Adrian, 1960-1963
Box   7 Folder   1	Spies, Adrian (continued)
	Stock footage
Box   7 Folder   2	1959-1961
Box   7 Folder   3	Columbia, 1957-1958
Box   7 Folder   4	Unger pool case, 1959-1961
Box   7 Folder   5	UA Associates v. NWL, 1960
Box   7 Folder   6	Victor Corporation, 1960-1961
Box   7 Folder   7	Wahrman, Alfred, 1961
Box   7 Folder   8	Whitney, Dorothy, casting agreement, 1961
Box   7 Folder   9	Writers Guild negotiations, 1959-1960
Box   7 Folder   10	Writers (miscellaneous)