Harry and Roy Aitken Papers, 1909-1940
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Summary Information
Title: Harry and Roy Aitken Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1940

Creators:
  • Aitken, Roy E., 1882-1978
  • Aitken, Harry, 1878-1956
Call Number: U.S. Mss 9AF; Micro 561; M95-169

Quantity: 18.0 cubic feet (45 archives boxes) and 51 reels of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 0.1 cubic feet

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Papers of Harry and Roy Aitken, two brothers who pioneered in the production and distribution of motion pictures beginning with the silent film era. The collection consists of scripts and scenarios for silent films, often with other production materials such as photographs, reviews, continuity, cutting sheets, copyright information, as well as an actor index; correspondence; and business records. Financial and legal records relate to many of the Aitkens' companies, particularly the Keystone, Majestic, and New York motion picture studios and the Triangle and Tri-Stone Pictures distribution companies. A large quantity of general correspondence relates to the various companies' histories from 1909 to 1925. Among the motion picture pioneers mentioned are Louis Mayer, Mack Sennett, and Jean Hersholt. Also included are records of other Aitken film companies.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0009af

Biography/History

Harry (1878-1956) and Roy (1882-1978) Aitken first entered the film business in 1905 with the establishment of four nickelodeons in downtown Chicago. Several years later, they sold the nickelodeons and organized film exchange agencies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis and St. Joseph, Missouri. In the decade between 1910 and 1920, the Aitkens formed and financed a number of major film studios, including Majestic, Reliance, Keystone, Fine Arts, New York Motion Pictures and its subsidiaries, Broncho, Domino, and Kay-Bee. The Aitkens produced an estimated 2,500 films, which were marketed nationally and internationally through various distributing agencies under their direct control, such as Western Film Exchange, Mutual Film Corporation, Triangle Distributing Corporation, Epoch Producing Corporation, and Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated. Charlie Chaplin, Anita Loos, D. W. Griffith, William S. Hart, Mae Marsh, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Thomas Ince, Harold Lloyd, Billie Burke, Mack Sennett, Charles Ray, Douglas Fairbanks, Dorothy Dalton, Hedda Hopper, Mary Pickford, and Gloria Swanson were only a few of the talents in the Aitkens' employ.

Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from Roy Aitken; with additions presented by Dale Baum in 1965.


Processing Information

Processed by Quin Smet, 1958; inventoried by David Knauf, 1963.


Contents List
U.S. Mss 9AF
Part 1 (U.S. Mss 9AF, Micro 561): Original Collection, 1909-1940
Physical Description: 18.0 cubic feet (45 archives boxes) and 51 reels of microfilm (35 mm) 
Scope and Content Note

The Aitken Brothers' Papers are an important source of information on the history of the silent film and include materials on all aspects of production, distribution, and financing. The collection is divided into four categories: scripts and scenarios, correspondence, loose business records, and bound business records. The scripts and scenarios (Boxes 1-9) are organized alphabetically by title; filed with them are such items as photographs, title sheets, publicity data, reviews, production and expense reports, continuity and cutting sheets, and copyright information; occasionally, letters and memoranda relating to a specific film have been filed with the appropriate script rather than in the section of correspondence. The correspondence (Boxes 10-32) has been organized chronologically and is followed by one folder (Box 32) of undated, partially dated, and fragmentary materials; frequently, business materials such as contracts, agreements, leases, assignments, statements of assets and liabilities, insurance policies, and minutes of board meetings are filed with the correspondence when they pertain directly to the contents of a particular letter.

All additional loose business records are organized independently (Boxes 33-45) by month and year; the last two boxes (44 and 45) in this section contain undated, partially dated, fragmentary, and miscellaneous business and production materials. The bound business records (Volumes 1-202) are arranged alphabetically by company and subdivided alphabetically according to the contents of the particular volume, whether cash book, journal, ledger, minutes book, voucher register, etc.; it should be noted that Volumes 201 and 202 are filed out of sequence. The volumes are available only on microfilm.

This arrangement of the microfilmed bound business records obscures the existence of a coherent set of records of the costs of films produced between 1914 and 1917 in the Aitken-leased studio at 4500 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. In these years, this studio produced films which were released as Majestic Motion Pictures, Reliance Motion Pictures, Komic Films, D.W. Griffith Productions, and, from September 1915, Fine Arts Films (the Griffith-directed films Birth of a Nation and Intolerance were also produced in this studio). Although these costs were eventually assigned to the corporation that owned the film at release, the volumes recording them are essentially studio books, not company books; they document all films produced at the studio, irrespective of ownership, and no films produced elsewhere (or rather, only such work as was done in the studio for films basically produced elsewhere). These volumes could thus be considered as documenting the Los Angeles Reliance-Majestic-Fine-Arts studio, 1914-1917, as follows:

  • Los Angeles Majestic Production Record (shorts and features):
    1914 April-1915 January (Reel 8, Volume 59)
    1915 January-1915 April (Reel 7, Volume 53)
  • Los Angeles D.W. Griffith Productions Production Record (includes records for The Avenging Conscience, The Birth of a Nation, and Intolerance): 1914 April-1917 September (Reel 18, Volume 99)
  • Los Angeles Reliance Production Record (shorts and features): 1914 April-1915 April (Reel 18, Volume 98)
  • Los Angeles Reliance and Majestic Production Record (shorts): 1915 April-1915 September (Reel 7, Volume 54)
  • Los Angeles Reliance and Majestic Production Record (features): 1915 March-1915 September (Reel 7, Volume 55)

In 1965, as a class project, Mr. Dale M. Baum made a detailed index of the first nine boxes of the Aitken Brothers Papers. This includes an alphabetical listing of actors and the films they appeared in and an alphabetical listing of films. This index is filed in Box 45.
Series: Scripts and Scenarios
Box   45
Index of actors and films
Box   1
Above Par, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 14 photographs; titles
Box   1
Added Fuel, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 29 photographs; titles
Box   1
Ambrose's Cup of Woe, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; production report
Box   1
Ambrose's Rapid Rise, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   1
Artist's Wife, (1915) Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 23 photographs; titles
Box   1
The Baby, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 11 photographs; synopsis; titles
Box   1
A Bachelor's Finish, (1917) - Triangle-Kennedy
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis
Box   1
Back of the Man, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; production and expense report; copyright material
Box   1
The Balance, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; titles
Box   1
Bath Tub Perils, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; titles; production report
Box   1
Because He Loved Her, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   1
The Beckoning Flame, (1916) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production and expense report; copyright material
Box   1
A Berth Scandal, (1917) - Triangle Comedy
Scope and Content Note: Titles
Box   1
The Betrayal of Maggie, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 10 photographs; press release with synopsis; continuity; correspondence on censorship
Box   1
Better Late Than Never, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; press release; production report
Box   1
Black Eyes and Blue, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   1
Blood and Thunder, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; story; scenario; continuity; production report; copyright material; cutting sheet
Box   1
Blood Will Tell, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; story; continuity; production report; copyright material
Box   1
Bombs and Brides, (1920) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   1
A Boomerang Frame-up, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; continuity (3 versions, 1 longhand); cutting sheet; titles
Box   2
Boss of the Lazy “Y”, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 8 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; correction sheet
Box   2
Bride of Hate, (1916) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 21 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; production and expense report; press release; cue sheet for musical accompaniment; correction sheet; copyright material
Box   2
Bullets and Brown Eyes, (1916) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis; titles; annotated continuity; production and expense report
Box   2
Buried Treasure, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 18 photographs; titles
Box   2
By Stork Delivered, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 12 photographs; synopsis; titles; correspondence and memorandums relating to the removal of objectionable material from the film for Pittsburg audiences
Box   2
Cactus Nell, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles
Box   2
Camera Cure, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis
Box   2
Caught in a Cabaret, (1914) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; titles
Box   2
Charge It, (1921) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   2
Checkmate, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 9 photographs; titles
Box   2
Cinders of Love, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; production report
Box   2
The Clodhopper, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; annotated continuity; production report
Box   2
The Comeback, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 16 photographs; titles
Box   2
The Corner, (1916) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; press release; expense report
Box   2
A Costly Exchange, (1915) - Komic
Scope and Content Note: 17 photographs; titles
Box   3
Dad's Downfall, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis
Box   3
A Dark Room Secret, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   3
A Dash of Courage, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 10 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   3
The Deadly Glass of Beer, (1914) - Mutual
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   3
Desert Law, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 15 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; subtitles; continuity; review; production report
Box   3
Devil M'Care, (1919) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis; titles; publicity material; correction sheet
Box   3
Did She Do Wrong?, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; titles; annotated continuity
Box   3
Dimples and Dangers, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 12 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   3
A Discord in A Flat, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   3
Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis
Box   3
A Doctored Affair(1913) - Mutual, Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Press release
Box   3
A Dog Catcher's Love, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   3
Dollars and Sense, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis
Box   3
Done in Oil, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   3
Double Crossing of Slim, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 13 photographs; titles
Box   3
Dough and Dynamite, (1914) - Mutual Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; titles; title sheet in long hand
Box   3
Father and Son, (1915) - Mutual Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 57 photographs; synopsis; titles
Box   3
Fickle Fatty's Fall, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles; production report
Box   3
A Finished Product, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   3
The Firefly of Tough Luck, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 13 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production report
Box   3
Flareup Sal of Jimtown
Scope and Content Note: Story outline
Box   3
The Food Gamblers, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production report
Box   3
The Forbidden Woman, (1920) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   4
For the Soul of Raphael, (undated) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; cast list
Box   4
For Valour, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; press release
Box   4
Framing Framers, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 14 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   4
A Game Old Knight, (1915) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; story
Box   4
The Girl and the Mummy, (1916) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   4
The Girl Glory, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; expense report
Box   4
The Girl Nobody Knew(undated)
Scope and Content Note: Continuity
Box   4
The Great Pearl Tangle, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   4
Gypsy Joe, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   4
Haunted by Himself, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 8 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; cutting sheet; press release
Box   4
Haystacks and Steeples, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 8 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   4
Heart Strategy, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; press release with synopsis; production report
Box   4
He Did and He Didn't, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; press release with synopsis; production report
Box   4
Her Busted Debut, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 13 photographs; synopsis; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   4
Her Cave Man, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; titles; production report
Box   4
Her Fame and Shame, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs
Box   4
Her Grandparents, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 14 photographs; titles; press release
Box   4
Her Torpedoed Love, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 11 photographs; titles
Box   5
High Stakes, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 33 photographs; synopsis; titles; subtitles; continuity; press release; review
Box   5
High Tide, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 18 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; press release
Box   5
His Baby Doll, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   5
His Bad Policy, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   5
His Bitter Pill, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 9 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   5
His Criminal Career, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis
Box   5
His Disguised Passion, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; continuity
Box   5
His Last Laugh, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   5
His Last Scent, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 19 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   5
His Lying Heart, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 11 photographs; synopsis; titles; production report
Box   5
His Nimble Twist, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles
Box   5
His One Night Stand, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; publicity material
Box   5
His Punctured Reputation, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   5
His Rise and Tumble, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; titles
Box   6
His Saving Loss(undated)
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; story; titles; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   6
His Thankless Job, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs; synopsis
Box   6
His Trysting Places, (1914) - Mutual Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; titles; legal materials
Box   6
His Unconscious Conscience, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis
Box   6
Honest Thieves, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; press release with synopsis; production report
Box   6
The House of Scandal, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   6
Hush, (1921) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; story; press release
Box   6
The Hushed Hour, (circa 1919) - [Equity?]
Scope and Content Note: Press release
Box   6
An Ice Man's Bride, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   6
The Idler, (1914) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   6
I Love Charles Albert, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   6
Innocent Sinners, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 8 photographs; synopsis
Box   6
The Iron Strain, (1915) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 12 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; press release; production report
Box   6
The Judge, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   6
A Lady Killer's Doom, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   6
The Little Brother, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 14 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production and expense report
Box   6
Little Matchmakers, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 16 photographs; press release
Box   6
The Lotus and the Bottle(undated)
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   7
The Love Comet, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; production report
Box   7
Love or Justice, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 7 photographs; synopsis; story; continuity; titles; production and expense report
Box   7
Madcap Madge, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 10 photographs and 1 composite of 31 scenes; synopsis story; titles; continuity
Box   7
A Maiden's Trust, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs; synopsis; titles; press release
Box   7
The Man Who Made Good, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 52 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; press release
Box   7
The Marriage Bubble, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 16 photographs; 1 composite photograph of 24 scenes; titles; press release
Box   7
The Martyrs of the Alamo, (1915) - Fine Arts
Scope and Content Note: 100 photographs; synopsis; titles; press release
Box   7
Matrimonial Breaker, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   8
Matrimony, (1915) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 14 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity; press release; production report
Box   8
Mid-Channel, (1920) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; review
Box   8
The Millionaire Vagrant, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; production and expense report
Box   8
Minerva's Mission, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 22 photographs; press release with synopsis; titles
Box   8
A Modern Enoch Arden, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   8
Mr. Miller's Economics, (1918) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production report
Box   8
An Officer's Mass, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity
Box   8
Oriental Love, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; titles
Box   8
The Penalty(1915) - Mutual, Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 12 photographs
Box   8
The Raiders(1914) - Mutual, Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 15 photographs; continuity; cutting sheet
Box   8
Red-Hot Romance, (1913) - Mutual Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Press Release
Box   8
A Royal Rogue, (1917) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 6 photographs; synopsis; press release
Box   8
Seminary Story No. 2, probably a working title for the film released as A Counterfeit Scent (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: Cutting sheet (incomplete--one page only)
Box   8
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives, (circa 1919) - [Equity?]
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   8
Sole Mates, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 8 photographs; synopsis
Box   8
The Son of the Dog(1915) - Mutual, Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph
Box   8
The Stolen Magic, (1915) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   8
Straight from Paris, (1921) - [Equity?]
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; press release
Box   8
A Submarine Pirate, (1915) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis; titles; review; production report
Box   8
The Telephone Bells, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 11 photographs; synopsis; production report
Box   8
A Temperence Lesson, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 9 photographs; titles
Box   8
The Tenderfoot Sheriff(undated)
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis
Box   8
Their Domestic Deception, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 5 photographs; synopsis
Box   8
Time Locks and Diamonds, (1917) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 18 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity
Box   9
The Turning Point, (1915) - Reliance
Scope and Content Note: 19 photographs; synopsis
Box   9
Unfaithful, (1918) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 2 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production and expense report
Box   9
Until They Get Me, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 4 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; production report
Box   9
Victorine, (1915) - Majestic
Scope and Content Note: 21 photographs; synopsis
Box   9
The Village Blacksmith, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis
Box   9
The Waiter's Ball, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; production report
Box   9
War and Matrimony, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; continuity; titles,; typewritten and in short hand
Box   9
What No Man Knows, (1921) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; story
Box   9
Whispering Devils, (1920) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; press release
Box   9
Wife and Auto Trouble, (1916) - Keystone
Scope and Content Note: 1 photograph; synopsis; titles; production report
Box   9
The Winged Idol, (1915) - Kay-Bee
Scope and Content Note: 3 photographs; synopsis; titles; continuity; press release; expense report
Box   9
Without Honor, (1917) - Triangle
Scope and Content Note: 23 photographs; synopsis; story; titles; continuity
Box   9
Worldly Madonna, (1922) - Equity
Scope and Content Note: Synopsis; review
Miscellaneous materials
Box   9
Partial draft of a novel, handwritten, pp. 47-125; author unknown, undated
Box   9
Portion of an untitled scenario; author unknown, undated
Box   9
Publicity and miscellaneous printed material
Box   9
Souvenir program for Birth of a Nation; Strand Theatre, St. Paul, [circa 1915]
Box   9
Typescript of Sap-ho, a play in 5 acts by Daudet and Belot
Series: Correspondence
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Box   10
1909 May-1914 April
Box   11
1914 May-1916 January
Box   12
1916 February-October
Box   13
1916 November-1917 February 20
Box   14
1917 February 21-June
Box   15
1917 July-November
Box   16
1917 December-1918 April 19
Box   17
1918 April 20-September
Box   18
1918 October-1919 April 15
Box   19
1919 April 16-August 15
Box   20
1919 August 16-1920 January
Box   21
1920 February-August
Box   22
1920 September-1921 April 19
Box   23
1921 April 20-September
Box   24
1921 October-1922 March
Box   25
1922 April-October
Box   26
1922 November-1923 April
Box   27
1923 May-August
Box   28
1923 September-1924 January 19
Box   29
1924 January 20-June 19
Box   30
1924 June 20-December 15
Box   31
1924 December 16-1925 July 9
Box   32
1925 July 10-1928 February; undated, partially dated, and incomplete correspondence, , 1929-1939
Series: Business Records
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Subseries: Unbound Records
Box   33
1911-1917 June
Box   34
1917 July-1918 March
Box   35
1918 April-1919 May
Box   36
1919 June-1920 April
Box   37
1920 April
Box   38
1920 April
Box   39
1920 May-1921 August
Box   40
1921 September-1923 August
Box   41
1923 September-1924 June
Box   42
1924 July-December
Box   43
1925 January-1926 April
Box   44
1926 May-December; 1929 November; 1930 March, November; undated, partially dated, and incomplete business records; miscellaneous bank books
Box   45
Miscellaneous Materials: printed materials; undated miscellaneous business and production materials; miscellaneous business and production materials, 1913-1924; various lists and catalogues of films produced by the Aitkens. News articles regarding Aitkens. Baum index.
Micro 561
Subseries: Bound Records
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Reel   1
Volume   1
The American Triangle Cinema Corporation. Minutes book, 1915 September
The Associated Exhibitors, Inc.
Reel   1
Volume   2
Balance sheet, 1921 April 21
Reel   1
Volume   3
Balance sheet, 1925 April 18
Reel   1
Volume   4
Reports and accounts, 1921 February 28
Reel   1
Volume   5
Stock transfer book, [1921?]
Reel   1
Volume   6
Stock certificate book (class C stock), 1921
Reel   1
Volume   7
Stock certificate book (class A-2 stock), 1921
Reel   1
Volume   8
Stock certificate book (class D stock), 1921
Reel   1
Volume   9
Stock certificate book (class B stock), 1921
Reel   1
Volume   10
The Associated Distributors Inc.: Stock certificate book (class A stock), 1921
Broncho Motion Picture Company
Reel   1
Volume   11
Cash book, 1912 October 19-1916 May 31
Reel   1
Volume   12
Minutes book, 1912 August 13-1917 May 11
Reel   1
Volume   13
Journal, 1912 September 18-1917 January 31
Reel   2
Volume   14
Journal, 1917 February 1-June 30; see also Volume 33
Carlton Motion Picture Laboratories
Reel   2
Volume   15
Journal, 1910 April-1912 September
Reel   2
Volume   16
Ledger, 1910 April-1912 September
Reel   2
Volume   17
Ledger, 1912 October-1914 March
Reel   2
Volume   18
Minutes book, 1910 May 10-1914 February 19
Reel   2
Volume   19
Stock ledger, 1911-1913
Reel   2
Volume   20
Stock Transfer Record, 1912-1913
Reel   2
Volume   21
Stock certificate book, 1910
Reel   3
Volume   22
Stock certificate book, 1911
Reel   3
Volume   23
Charteroak Motion Picture Corporation: Minutes book, 1916 October 16-1917 November 5
Domino Motion Picture Corporation
Reel   3
Volume   24
Journal, 1913 September 18-1917 June 18
Reel   3
Volume   25
Ledger, 1913 September-1915 December
Reel   3
Volume   26
Minutes book, 1913 September 18-1917 May 10;
Note: See also Volume 33.
Fulton Feature Film Corporation
Reel   3
Volume   27
Cash book, 1916 May 15-1917 January 26
Reel   3
Volume   28
Journal, 1915 September-1917 January
Reel   4
Volume   29
Ledger, 1915 October 31-1916 August 31
Reel   4
Volume   30
Minutes book, 1915 May 10-1917 May 11
Reel   4
Volume   31
Independent Film Service Company: Minutes book, 1912 September 26-1913 June
Kay-Bee Motion Picture Corporation
Reel   4
Volume   32
By-laws and minutes book, 1915 August 10-1917 June 18
Reel   4
Volume   33
Film release book, 1913-1915
Note: Also contains release information for Broncho, Keystone, Domino and Mutual Master Pictures.
Reel   4
Volume   34
General ledger, 1915 August-1917 June
Reel   4
Volume   35
Ledger, 1915 September 1-1917 June 18
Keystone Film Company
Reel   4
Volume   36
Cash book, 1912 September 28-1924 April 24
Reel   4
Volume   37
Check book, 1917 February 14-1924 April 24
Reel   4
Volume   38
Journal, 1912 September-1915 October
Reel   5
Volume   39
Journal, 1915 November-1922 December
Reel   5
Volume   40
Journal, 1916 May 20-1917 May 19
Reel   5
Volume   41
Ledger, 1912 September-1916 January
Reel   5
Volume   42
Ledger, 1916 January-1917 January
Reel   5
Volume   43
Minutes book, 1920
Reel   6
Volume   44
Stock certificate book, 1912
Reel   6
Volume   45
Trial balance book, 1913 December 1-1922 January 30
Reel   6
Volume   46
Voucher records, 1915-1917
Note: See also Volume 33.
Majestic Motion Picture Company
Reel   6
Volume   47
Cash book, 1915 January 1-September 30
Reel   7
Volume   48
Cash book, 1915 October-1917 December
Reel   7
Volume   49
Cash book, 1916 January-1917 May
Reel   7
Volume   50
Distribution record, 1913 August-1915 February
Reel   7
Volume   51
Distribution record, 1917 January-December
Reel   7
Volume   52
Journal, 1913 August-1914 December
Reel   7
Volume   53
Journal, 1915
Reel   7
Volume   54
Journal, 1915
Reel   7
Volume   55
Journal, 1915
Reel   8
Volume   56
1915 January 1-1916 December
Reel   8
Volume   57
Journal, 1916 January-1917 April
Reel   8
Volume   58
Journal, 1917 January-December
Reel   8
Volume   59
Journal, 1914
Reel   8
Volume   60
Ledger, 1910
Reel   8
Volume   61
Ledger, 1915 January-1917 June
Reel   8
Volume   62
Minutes book, 1920
Reel   9
Volume   63
Stock certificate book, 1911
Reel   9
Volume   64
Stock certificate book, 1913
Reel   9
Volume   65
Stock certificate book, 1914
Reel   9
Volume   66
Stock certificate book, 1920
Reel   9
Volume   67
Stock transfer records, 1920
Mexican War Film Corporation
Reel   9
Volume   68
Minutes book, 1914
Reel   9
Volume   69
Stock transfer book, 1914
New York Motion Picture Company
Reel   9
Volume   70
Cash book, 1913 March 7-May 13
Reel   9
Volume   71
Cash book, 1913 June-1914 August
Reel   9
Volume   72
Cash book, 1914 August-1916 June
Reel   9
Volume   73
Cash book, 1915 January 1-1923 July 31
Reel   9
Volume   74
Check book, 1915 January 8-1917 February 6
Reel   10
Volume   75
Check book, 1917 June 15-1925 February 2
Reel   10
Volume   76
Film release book, 1912-1917
Reel   10-11
Volume   77
Equipment inventory, 1918, November 1
Reel   12
Volume   78
Equipment inventory, 1918, November 1
Reel   13
Volume   79
Ledger, 1913
Reel   13
Volume   80
Ledger, 1914
Reel   13
Volume   81
Ledger, 1915 January-1917 January
Reel   13
Volume   82
Ledger, 1917-1924
Reel   14
Volume   83
Sales ledger, 1915-1917
Reel   14
Volume   84
Minutes book, 1913 April 19-1917 April 23
Reel   14
Volume   85
Minutes book, 1917 May 10-1919 December 30
Reel   15
Volume   86
Minutes book, 1920 January 2-1923 October 13
Reel   15
Volume   87
Ledger, 1912-1916
Reel   16
Volume   88
Stock certificate book, 1913
Reel   16
Volume   89
Stock transfer book, 1918
Reel   16
Volume   90
Stock transfer book, 1920
Reel   16
Volume   91
Trial balance book, 1913 March
Reel   16
Volume   92
Trial balance book, 1917-1922
Reel   16
Volume   93
Voucher records, 1915 July-1917 December;
Reel   16-17
Volume   94
Voucher register, 1915 July 15-1917 January 24
Reel   17
Volume   95
Voucher register, 1917 January 24-August 22
Reliance Motion Picture Corporation
Reel   18
Volume   96
Film expense journal, 1913
Reel   18
Volume   97
Minutes book, 1914 January 12-February 10
Reel   18
Volume   98
Production record, 1914-1915
Reel   18
Volume   99
Production record, 1915-1917
Triangle Distributing Corporation
Reel   19
Volume   100
Account book, 1918
Reel   19
Volume   101
Cash book, 1916 November 11-1917 July 14
Reel   20
Volume   102
Cash book, 1917 September 11-November 27
Reel   20
Volume   103
Cash book, 1917 September 17-November 17
Reel   20
Volume   104
Cash book, 1917 November 26-1918 February 23
Reel   20
Volume   105
Cash book, 1917 December 3-1918 February
Reel   20
Volume   106
Cash book, 1919 June 17-1921 June 30
Reel   21
Volume   107
Check book, 1920 April 16-June 1
Reel   21
Volume   108
Check book, 1920 August 20-1921 December 16
Reel   21
Volume   109
Journal, 1916 November 11-1919 December 27
Reel   21
Volume   110
Journal, 1917 March 3-June 30
Reel   21
Volume   111
General ledger, 1917 February 3-May 12
Reel   21
Volume   112
Ledger, 1918 September-1919 August
Reel   22
Volume   113
Ledger, 1921 January 1-November 21
Reel   22
Volume   114
Minutes book, 1916-1917
Reel   22
Volume   115
Minutes book, 1916 December 12-1920 June 18
Reel   23
Volume   116
Minutes book, 1920 July 3-1921 November 1
Reel   23
Volume   117
Pay roll book, 1916 May 13-1918 December 28
Reel   23
Volume   118
Pay roll book, 1919 January 4-May 10
Reel   23
Volume   119
Pay roll book, 1919 May 19-1929 March 26
Reel   23
Volume   120
Petty cash book, 1918 October 24-1919 August 4
Reel   23
Volume   121
Trial balance book, 1918 January 26-1921 June 30
Reel   24
Volume   122
Stock transfer book, 1916-1917
Reel   24
Volume   123
Voucher register, 1919,
Note: See also Volume 201.
Triangle Film Corporation
Reel   24
Volume   124
Account book, 1918-1919
Reel   25
Volume   125
Accounts payable book, 1916 July-1917 February
Reel   25
Volume   126
Accounts payable book, 1917 October 1-1918 June 1
Reel   25
Volume   127
Accounts receivable book, 1917 July-October
Reel   26
Volume   128
Accounts receivable-Accounts payable book, 1917 July-October
Reel   26
Volume   129
Accounts receivable book, 1917 October 1-1918 May 31
Reel   26
Volume   130
Accounts receivable book, 1919 October 1-1922 October 1
Reel   26
Volume   131
Cash book, 1915 July 31-November 1
Reel   26
Volume   132
Cash book, 1915
Reel   26
Volume   133
Cash book, 1915 November 1-1916 April 22
Reel   27
Volume   134
Cash book, 1917 January-October
Reel   27
Volume   135
Cash record, 1916 April 29-1917 July 28
Reel   27
Volume   136
Cash book, 1917 August 9-1922 January 23
Reel   28
Volume   137
Cash book, 1918 January 5-1919 December 31
Reel   28
Volume   138
Cash book, 1920 January 1-1923 August 31
Reel   28
Volume   139
Check book, 1917
Reel   28
Volume   140
Journal, 1915 July 20-1916 August 5
Reel   28
Volume   141
Journal, 1916 August 12-1917 June 23
Reel   29
Volume   142
Journal, film purchases, 1917 January-June
Reel   29
Volume   143
Journal, 1918 May 1-1919 September 30
Reel   29
Volume   144
Journal, sales, 1920 January-1921 October
Reel   29
Volume   145
Ledger, 1914 April-1916 March
Reel   29
Volume   146
Ledger, 1915 December-1916 December
Reel   30
Volume   147
Ledger, 1916 March-1917 February
Reel   30
Volume   148
Ledger, 1916 June-1917 May
Reel   30
Volume   149
Ledger, 1917 February-June
Reel   31
Volume   150
Ledger, 1916
Reel   31
Volume   151
Ledger, 1917
Reel   32
Volume   152
Ledger, 1918
Reel   32
Volume   153
Ledger, 1919 January-1922 December
Reel   32
Volume   154
Ledger, 1919 September 6-1920 March 13
Reel   32
Volume   155
Ledger, 1919
Reel   33
Volume   156
Ledger, 1920
Reel   33
Volume   157
Ledger, 1921
Reel   33
Volume   158
Ledger, 1922-1923
Reel   33
Volume   159
Minutes book, 1917 February 13-June 16
Reel   34
Volume   160
Minutes book, 1923
Reel   34
Volume   161
Pay roll book, 1918 January 5-1920 May 8
Reel   34
Volume   162
Petty cash book, 1918 February-March
Reel   34
Volume   163
Sales register, foreign, 1916 January-1917 July
Reel   34
Volume   164
Sales invoice register, 1918 January 8-1922 April 22
Reel   34-35
Volume   165
Stock transfer sheets, 1918
Reel   36
Volume   166
Tax on footage record, 1917 October-1918 September
Reel   36
Volume   167
Trial balance book, 1919 November 8-1922 June 30
Reel   36
Volume   168
Voucher register, 1915 October-1916 April
Reel   36-37
Volume   169
Voucher register, 1916 April 15-1917 July 21
Reel   37-38
Volume   170
Voucher register, 1916 November 4-1917 December 29
Reel   38
Volume   171
Voucher register, 1917 March-1918 December
Reel   38
Volume   172
Voucher register, 1918
Reel   39
Volume   173
Miscellaneous account sheets, 1917-1921
Note: See also Volume 202.
Tri-Stone Pictures Inc.
Reel   39
Volume   174
Accounts receivable book, 1923
Reel   40
Volume   175
Accounts receivable book, 1923-1924
Reel   41
Volume   176
Cash book, 1923 January 20-December 1
Reel   41
Volume   177
Cash book, 1923 December 8-1924 May 10
Reel   41
Volume   178
Cash book, 1924 May 12-1925 January 17
Reel   41
Volume   179
Cash book, 1925 January 19-1926 June 30
Reel   41
Volume   180
Check record, 1923 March 19-1926 June 24
Reel   41-42
Volume   181
Film bookings record, 1923 May 1-1925 October 31
Reel   43-44
Volume   182
Film bookings record, 1923 May 19-1925 February 1
Reel   45-46
Volume   183
Film bookings record, 1923 May 26-1925 August 31
Reel   46-47
Volume   184
Film rental book, 1923-1924
Reel   47
Volume   185
Film rental book, 1924
Reel   47
Volume   186
Journal, 1923 January 1-September 8
Reel   48
Volume   187
Journal, 1923 September 15-1924 May 17
Reel   48
Volume   188
Journal, 1924 May 24- 1926 June 2
Reel   48
Volume   189
Ledger, 1923-1926
Reel   48-49
Volume   190
Ledger, 1923-1924
Reel   49
Volume   191
Ledger, 1923-1924
Reel   50
Volume   192
Minutes book, 1923
Reel   50
Volume   193
Print record, 1923
Reel   50
Volume   194
Voucher register, 1923 January-1926 June
Reel   50
Volume   195
Longshore Beach and Country Club: Account book, 1929-1930
Reel   51
Volume   196
Journal of film expenses, [1915?]
Reel   51
Volume   197
Release date book, 1930 April-July
Reel   51
Volume   198
Trial balance book, 1933 May-1934 May
Reel   51
Volume   199
Cash book, 1939 June-October
Reel   51
Volume   200
Time book, 1937 May-1940 September
Reel   51
Volume   201
Triangle Distributing Corporation: Voucher register, 1919 July-1921 June
Note: See also Volumes 100-123.
Reel   51
Volume   202
Triangle Film Corporation: Insurance expiration register, 1919-1923
Note: See also Volumes 124-173.
M95-169
Part 2 (M95-169): Additions, 1914-1915
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Color laser photocopies (artifically "aged") of contracts between Douglas Fairbanks and Majestic Motion Picture Company, June 1915; and D.W. Griffith and Majestic Motion Picture Company, August 31, 1915; and an agreement to subscribe $1000 to D.W. Griffith by S. Goldstein for the production of The Clansman (later retitled The Birth of a Nation), August 3, 1914.
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Folder   1
Douglas Fairbanks and Majestic Motion Picture Company contract, 1915 June
Folder   1
D.W. Griffith and Majestic Motion Picture Company contract, 1915 August 31
Folder   1
S. Goldstein agreement to subscribe for production of Birth of a Nation, 1914 August 3