Summary Information
Herbert Biberman and Gale Sondergaard Papers
1908-1981
- Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.), 1900-1971
- Sondergaard, Gale, 1901-1985
U.S. Mss 58AN; Micro 426; Micro 2024; Lot B12; Lot A108; CA 516; Audio 1786A; M2001-116
22.8 cubic feet (62 archives boxes and l card box), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1 film (16 mm), and photographs; plus additions of 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) and 39 audio recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of H.J. Biberman, a stage and screen producer-director-writer, and Gale Sondergaard, Academy Award-winning actress. The collection concerns the couple's professional careers as well as the anti-trust litigation which resulted from Biberman's attempt to mitigate the blacklisting he experienced as one of the Hollywood Ten (Independent Production Company v. Loews et al.). Documentation about the Hollywood Ten is limited, although there are autobiographical references to this period, some records of the Committee to Free the Hollywood Ten, the film The Hollywood Ten, and personal letters written by Biberman while he was imprisoned for contempt of Congress. Scripts for plays and motion pictures produced, directed, or written by Biberman or acted in by Sondergaard comprise fifteen boxes. Among the most prominent of the productions documented in his files are Green Grow the Lilacs, The Master Race, New Orleans, Roar China, Salt of the Earth, and Slaves. Sondergaard's files also include playbills, stills, and microfilmed scrapbooks. For her early career there is documentation concerning work with Melvyn Douglas as a member of the Bonstelle Company. Biberman's files also include extensive unproduced and unpublished writings including scripts, speeches, nonfiction, and several complete drafts of the autobiography eventually published as Salt of the Earth. For Sondergaard there are autobiographical fragments. Thirty-three boxes contain legal papers presented by the attorneys for the unsuccessful suit against the production companies, distributors and the theatrical union that blocked American release of Salt of the Earth, the film about the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Biberman directed with Paul Jarrico and Simon Lazarus. Along with correspondence, depositions, transcribed proceedings (available only on microfilm), research material, and exhibits, there are files on other blacklisting suits brought by Dalton Trumbo, Michael Wilson, Nedrick Young, the Screen Writers Guild, and others. Other individuals represented within the legal material gathered here are Oscar Hammerstein II, Edgar Y. Harburg, Kim Hunter, Richard Rodgers, Dore Schary, as well as Roy Brewer and Richard Walsh of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and representatives of the American Legion, the Motion Picture Industry Council, and the Association of Motion Pictures Producers. Research material gathered for the suit includes scripts and financial and production records for Salt of the Earth information on Howard Hughes; autobiographical statements of blacklisted individuals in the motion picture industry; and correspondence of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, and other organizations investigated by HUAC.
There is a restriction on use of a portion of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
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Biography/History
Born in Philadelphia on March 1, 1900, Herbert J. Biberman was the son of Jewish immigrants from Czarist Russia. He attended private school in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania before joining his father's clothing firm. Convinced that the business world was less congenial to him than the theatre, Biberman went to Yale in 1925, where he studied drama with George Pierce Baker and received an M.A. in 1927.
Herbert Biberman and his artist-brother, Edward, combined a grand tour of Europe with a year's study. Biberman stayed in Paris briefly, and then, attracted by its experiments in post-revolutionary and state theatre, he went on to study in Moscow. After returning to the United States in 1928, Biberman joined the New York Theatre Guild. There he gained considerable recognition as a director. He directed the actress Gale Sondergaard in many Theatre Guild plays, and they were married during the production of Red Dust. About 1933 he seized the opportunity to move to Hollywood to begin a short but illustrious career as a film director.
During the 1930's Biberman became progressively more involved in political activities. He supported the Committee for Loyalist Spain, the Anti-Nazi League, the Committee for Roosevelt, and the Los Angeles Chapter for Russian War Relief and he spoke at a number of West Coast rallies. In the red scare following World War II, he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities as one of the Hollywood Ten. His refusal to answer questions concerning past Communist affiliations led to his conviction and imprisonment for contempt of Congress.
After serving his term in federal prison in 1951, he helped form the Independent Production Company, by which he and other victims of the movie industry blacklist hoped to make films for the American market. However, their most ambitious production, Salt of the Earth, received only a limited American showing although it won honors abroad. Unable to find work with the major film companies and unsuccessful as an independent, Herbert Biberman became a housing developer in Beverly Hills. His final film was the 1969 release The Slaves which he wrote and directed. Biberman died of bone cancer on July 1, 1971.
Edith Gale Sondergaard was born to Danish parents in Litchfield, Minnesota on February 15, 1901. She attended school in Philadelphia and Minneapolis, and in 1921 she earned a degree from the University of Minnesota, where she was also active in university drama and summer stock productions. After graduation she toured the Northwest with a Shakespearean troupe and then joined the Bonstelle Company of Detroit. In 1923 she played with Milwaukee's Garrick Theatre. Attracted by the reputation of the Theatre Guild she moved to New York City and her first “break” came when she played Nina in the 1929 production of Strange Interlude. While with the guild, she met and worked with Herbert Biberman whom she married in 1930.
Although acclaimed as one of New York's finest young actresses, Gale Sondergaard retired in 1933 when her husband moved to Hollywood as a film director. Two years later Mervyn LeRoy persuaded her to play her first screen role as Faith in Anthony Adverse. For this part she won the first Oscar for best supporting actress. In succeeding years Sondergaard acted in many films including Blue Bird, Christmas Holiday, Juarez, Life of Emile Zola, and Anna and the King of Siam, and at one time she was one of the most recognizable faces on the screen. In 1946 she received an Oscar nomination for her role in Anna and the King of Siam.
Like her husband, Gale Sondergaard was active in political and social causes. In 1947 after her husband was called to testify before HUAC and then blacklisted Sondergaard also found employment scarce. In 1951 she was called to testify before the committee and at this time her film work ended completely. During this period she returned to the theatre, and she was active in many touring productions. In 1976 she returned to film for a highly-praised performance in Return of a Man Called Horse. Gale Sondergaard died on August 14, 1985.
Related Material
Alida White Sherman and H.J. Biberman Papers (Mss 822)
Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 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
The film (CA 516) The Hollywood Ten is available for educational use at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It is not available for commercial distribution or exhibition.
No information on copyright available in Case file; consult WCFTR staff for deed information.
Portions presented by Herbert Biberman and Gale Sondergaard, New York, New York, 1965 and 1971; portions presented by Evie Goldrich, Los Angeles, Calif., 1985; portions loaned by the legal firms of Dickstein, Shapiro, and Galligan, New York, New York, and by Margolis and McTernan, Los Angeles, California, 1967 and 1968; portions separated from the James J. Lorence papers, 2001. Accession Number: MCHC65-12, MCHC67-116, MCHC68-26, MCHC68-108, MCHC71-90, M85-448, and M2001-116
Processed by EMcC (1965), HCC (1968), and Carolyn J. Mattern (1993).
Contents List
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 58AN; Micro 426; Micro 2024; Lot B12; Lot A108; CA 516) : Original Collection, 1908-198122.8 cubic feet (62 archives boxes and l card box), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1 film (16 mm), and photographs The papers are divided into two series: GENERAL PAPERS and SALT OF THE EARTH LITIGATION RECORDS. The GENERAL PAPERS consists of correspondence, scripts, speeches, microfilmed biographical scrapbooks, and other material relating to their joint and separate personal and professional lives. The SALT OF THE EARTH LITIGATION RECORDS consist of files donated by the law firm which represented Biberman's Independent Production Company in its anti-trust litigation IPC v. Loew's et al. The Biographical material includes summary biographical information such as clippings and interviews about Biberman, his brother, and Gale Sondergaard. This section includes several scrapbooks about their careers, now available only on microfilm, and candid photographs and stills. Of special interest here are the scrapbooks concerning Sondergaard's acting with the Bonstelle Company in which she appeared in many productions with Melvyn Douglas. The Correspondence is divided into general and personal material, the personal consisting of letters exchanged between the Bibermans and their family. These letters reflect their family, political, and social interests and there are many letters written by Biberman during the period he was imprisoned. The general correspondence is quite fragmentary, although there are many letters dating from the early 1950's when Biberman was working on Salt of the Earth. Prominent correspondents here include George P. Baker, Ring Lardner, Jr., Corliss Lamont, Sinclair Lewis, Albert Maltz, Carl Sandburg, and Dalton Trumbo. There are separate files on the professional careers of both Biberman and Sondergaard. Each of these files is subdivided by genre, with individual production files arranged alphabetically by title. Gale Sondergaard's acting files for theatre, film, and television are strongest for her later career when she primarily worked as a character actress. The earlier documentation is largely comprised of stills which are now available in the WCFTR Title File. Some files include mimeographed scripts (a few with her handwritten notes) and playbills. Sondergaard's files also include political speeches she delivered and chapters for an uncompleted autobiography. This draft is quite rough and primarily covers her early theatrical and motion picture career, and it is unlikely that this is the 400-page draft referred to by Sondergaard in a 1977 interview. Biberman's professional files include not only scripts that he directed, either for motion pictures or the stage, but also variant drafts of scripts that he wrote. In fact, the majority of the scripts in the collection consist of such plays and screenplays, some even dating to his days as a student at Yale University. Only a few items in the professional files relate to Biberman's directing technique; among them are movement charts for Roar China, as well as an outline and a script that he compiled for that production and handwritten notes pertaining to Green Grow the Lilacs. In addition to mimeographed scripts for a few motion pictures that Biberman directed during his early Hollywood career (most notably The Master Race and New Orleans) there are also a few screenplays in the papers for motion pictures that Biberman developed. Documentation is most extensive for Slaves. (Several additional drafts for Slaves and other unproduced screenplays on which Biberman collaborated with Alida White Sherman are documented in a small WCFTR collection that is catalogued under her name.) The files on Salt of the Earth that were received directly from Biberman are relatively incomplete and disappointing, perhaps because much of the material that was originally in his custody as director of the production was removed for use as evidence in the litigation. Included in this section of the collection is a mimeographed editing script, stills and candid photographs, publicity, and some correspondence and financial records concerning the showing of the film during the 1970's. Biberman's nonfiction writing is represented by several drafts of an autobiography that was eventually published as Salt of the Earth, essays, short stories, and speeches. For one version entitled "Director's Notes" that was unpublished in the United States there is a copy of the Chinese publication. Other than scattered references in the correspondence and the draft autobiography the GENERAL PAPERS portion of the collection contains only a small quantity of material relating to the Hollywood Ten. In the Hollywood Ten file itself is some correspondence of the Committee to Free the Hollywood Ten that was signed or received by Edward Biberman and Tiba Willner, financial records, and publicity. This correspondence includes exchanges with attorneys Kenny and Morris and others related to the attempt to secure a pardon for Biberman. There are also numerous routine letters about finances and detailed information on 1951 expenditures and disbursements for both for the general Ten defense and for the special Family Fund. Also listed here is the film about the Hollywood Ten which was produced in 1950 by the National Council of Arts, Sciences, and Professions. The SALT OF THE EARTH LITIGATION RECORDS are files received from Arthur Galligan and Ben Margolis who were the attorneys for IPC in Independent Productions Corp. v. Loew's et al. IPC's first production was a film called Salt of the Earth which was written by Michael Wilson, directed by Biberman, and filmed on location in New Mexico in 1953 with the cooperation of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. This film was a fictionalized version of an actual miners' strike which occurred in 1952, and many of the union's members appeared in the cast. During its production the film was attacked for its Communist influence, and partly as a result, efforts were made by the major film companies such as RKO and Loew's Inc. and by the theatrical unions (IATSE) to prevent the film's completion and distribution. This effort was largely successful, and although Salt of the Earth won prizes abroad, its distribution in the United States was limited. Out of this alleged conspiracy grew the anti-trust case initiated by IPC in 1956. The case was eventually lost in 1964 when the plaintiffs were unable to prove that the defendants had engaged in a conspiracy to prevent production and distribution. These records consist of extensive legal documentation from the New York offices of Arthur Galligan and the Los Angeles offices of Ben Margolis. Because the two sets of files contained a great deal of duplication they were combined and weeded in the Archives. While the majority of the remaining material in this portion of the collection consists of legal documents and information relating to the development of the case there are also scripts, production and financial records, correspondence, and other records relating to the production and distribution of the film and to the lives of individuals involved. Because much of this material was collected to be used as evidence it is organized here as it pertained to the suit and not as it related to the production of Salt of the Earth. The chronologically-arranged legal correspondence comes from several sources, although the majority appears to have originated in the Los Angeles files of Ben Margolis. The early coverage is very incomplete, with the years 1956-1957 and 1964 being the most extensively documented. Represented are not only Margolis, but also attorneys Martin Popper, Charles Katz, George Brussel, Jr., and Arthur Galligan, as well as Biberman, Jarrico, Lazarus, Maltz, and various other individuals involved in the making of Salt of the Earth. While the majority of the letters concern points of law and the development of the anti-trust case, there are also many references to other topics and to some personal matters. The documentation of Biberman's involvement in the case is notable, suggesting a very active role for him in the litigation. The trial proceedings consist of stenographer's transcripts, mainly 1961-62 and 1964, together with transcripts of several conferences and hearings that took place in judge's chambers. An index to the witnesses and their accompanying exhibits precedes the file. The trial and hearing transcripts are only available on microfilm. The material entitled “litigation books” consists of several numbered sets of pleadings and some related exhibits prepared by the attorneys for the plaintiffs. The purpose of these books is not clear, although it is known that they contain only a portion of the legal documents prepared in the course of the litigation and that several documents also appear elsewhere in the collection. Legal documents not found in the litigation books have been arranged alphabetically by title or by type. The chief exception to this are the depositions and the exhibits which have been separately arranged because of their volume. The affidavits and depositions are arranged together alphabetically by name. The depositions, some of which are quite lengthy, are extremely useful historical documentation. In addition to the transcribed statements, several of the files contain some or all of the numbered exhibit sets which were entered into the record as part of the testimony or which were referred to during the deposition. The deposition file is not complete, although it includes some statements of witnesses for both the plaintiffs and the defense. Included are depositions by Roy Brewer and Richard F. Walsh of IATSE; representatives of the Motion Picture Industry Council, the Association of Motion Picture Producers, the American Legion; and several studio executives. Evidence was also presented in this way by Edgar Y. Harburg and Dore Schary. Unfortunately, the deposition of Paul Jarrico, a key witness, was not received by the Archives, although a virtually complete set of exhibits which accompanied his statement is present. The exhibits are divided into files for the defendants and files for the plaintiffs. Some of these general exhibit files are incomplete. This condition may be explained in part by the fact that documentation was removed and renumbered to accompany particular witnesses' statements (i.e. Jarrico exhibit 1). In other cases, however, material marked in that way was returned to the general exhibit file. Among the material included in the exhibits files are two outlines by Michael Wilson (Box 48), Biberman's annotated directing script (Box 50), a complete file of filming roll reports, financial records, publicity, clippings, and correspondence. Also placed here is an incomplete, unidentified exhibit file. Particularly interesting in these exhibits are the reports of writer Elizabeth Poe on her interviews with numerous blacklisted writers and actors. The research material consists of documentation collected by the two lawyers that related in some way to the development of the case. Included here are materials relating to IPC and Salt of the Earth particularly the efforts to distribute and publicize the film at home and abroad. This section also includes minutes and by-laws and miscellaneous financial records of the company. Also of interest here is the file relating to investigation of Howard Hughes' role in the case, some material pertaining to Biberman, and a file entitled “Research notebook” which contains background information on several defendants and information on the development of legal strategy. Also placed with the research material, although its role in the IPC case is unexplained, is a file of transcribed records of several organizations investigated by HUAC such as the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. A large portion of the SALT OF THE EARTH LITIGATION RECORDS consists of documentation on related cases. This material was apparently gathered by the two law firms either for reference in IPC v. Loew's or because they also worked on the cases in question. (Some of the material of this type originally in the collection--especially the documentation on Pollock v. MPAA--has been removed to other more appropriate collections held by WCFTR.) These files are arranged alphabetically by name or key word. Among the individuals who figured in the represented cases were Dalton Trumbo, Michael Wilson, and Nedrick Young, as well as the Screen Writers Guild. Other individuals represented within the legal material gathered here are Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, and Kim Hunter.
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Series: General Papers
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Biographical material
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Biberman, Herbert
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Box
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1
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Biographical miscellany
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Box
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Folder
1A
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Land development miscellany
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Box
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Folder
2
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Appointment books, undated
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Box
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Biberman, Edward
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Sondergaard, Gale
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Box
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4
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Biographical miscellany
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Box
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5
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Awards
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Box
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6
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Interviews
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Box
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6A
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Sondergaard, Hester
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Clippings and scrapbooks
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Micro 2024
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Scrapbooks
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Reel
14
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1918-1923
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Reel
14
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Bonstelle clippings, 1921-1923
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Reel
14
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Bonstelle stills, 1918-1923
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Photo Lot B12
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Original photographic prints from scrapbook
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Micro 2024
Reel
14
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1928-1934
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Reel
15
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Westchester Playhouse, 1933
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Reel
15
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1940, 1956
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Reel
15
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Loose clippings
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U.S. Mss 58AN
Box
62
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Unfilmed clippings, 1954, 1965-1970
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WCFTR Name File
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Photographs
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Herbert Biberman
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Herbert Biberman and Gale Sondergaard
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Gale Sondergaard glamour and costume portraits
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Gale Sondergaard candids
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Correspondence
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General
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1926-1981
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undated
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Personal (Biberman, Sondergaard, and family)
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Box
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1908, 1927-1929
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Box
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1930-1946 October
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Box
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1947-1961 November
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Box
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1961 December-1971, undated
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Sondergaard Professional Papers
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Acting
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Theatre
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Alexis,
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Box
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Typed script by Colin Thorne, 1976
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Anastasia,
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Playbills and contracts
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The Crucible
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Box
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Playbills and programs
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Arthur Miller, undated
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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The Corn is Green
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Box
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Printed script by Emlyn Williams with actor's annotations
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Cue for Passion,
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Box
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6
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Playbill, 1940
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Dr. Monica
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Box
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Playbill, undated
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Box
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8
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Typed script
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Empress of China
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Box
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9
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Mimeographed script by Ruth Wolff, 1974
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Makeup chart
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Enrico IV
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Luigi Pirandello: annotated, 1968
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A Family and a Fortune
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Mimeographed script by Julian Mitchell, with actor's annotations, undated
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Box
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Playbill, 1974
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Fanny Kemble,
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Typed script by Joanne Gates, undated
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Goodby, Fidel
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Playbill, reviews, and script changes, undated
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Mimeographed script by Howard Sackler, undated
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Halloween
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Leonard Melfi: annotated, 1968
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Henry IV
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Box
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Typed script adapted by John Reich: annotated, 1947, with actor's notes
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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John Gabriel Borkman
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Box
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Typed script adapted by Gene Feist with actor's notes, undated
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Box
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Correspondence and contract, 1976-1977
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Ladies in Retirement
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Box
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Published script by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, with actor's annotations
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Box
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Playbill, undated
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Last Judgment
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Edward Chodorov and H.S. Kraft, undated
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No Time for Comedy
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Box
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Printed script by S.N. Behrman, with actor's annotations
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The Royal Family
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Box
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Playbills, 1977
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Published script by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, with actor's annotations
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Box
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Mimeographed script with actor's annotations, contract, and production miscellany, 1977
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Strange Interlude
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Box
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Playbill
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Typed script by Eugene O'Neill, undated
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Box
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Actor's typed script
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Tango
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Slawomir Mrozek: annotated, 1968, and contract
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Three Acts of Recognition
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Box
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Mimeographed script by Botho Strauss, 1981 November 4
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Uncle Vanya
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Box
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Program
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Velvet Glove
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Box
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Published script by Rosemary Casey, with actor's annotations
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Vieux Carre
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Box
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Mimeo script by Tennessee Williams, with annotations to 1977 March 18
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The Visit
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Box
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Playbills
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Box
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Typed script: with actor's annotations, undated
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Woman
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Box
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Various script excerpts, with actor's annotations, undated
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Box
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Miscellany
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Box
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Miscellaneous theatre contracts
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Box
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Miscellaneous playbills
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Motion pictures
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Anna and the King of Siam
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Box
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Mimeo script by Talbot Jennings and Sally Benson, 1945 October 15
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Anthony Adverse
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Box
10
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Mimeo script by Sheridan Gibney, 1935 October 25
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Box
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Premier souvenir program, 1936
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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The Blue Bird
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Box
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Mimeo script, 1939 September 1, revisions 1939 September 8
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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The Cat and the Canary
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Christmas Holiday
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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The Climax
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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The Ghost Steps Out
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Gypsy Wildcat
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Invisible Man's Revenge
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Juarez
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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7
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Souvenir program
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Mimeo script: annotated by John Huston, Aneas MacKenzie, Wolfgang Reinhardt, and Abem Finkel, with revisions to 1938 November 17
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The Letter
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Preview invitation
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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The Life of Emile Zola
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Box
11
Folder
2
U.S. Mss 58AN
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Zola, Mimeo script by Norman Reilly Raine, 1937 March 16
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The Llano Kid
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Maid of Salem
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Information packet, undated
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Never Say Die
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Night in Paradise
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Seventh Heaven
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Slaves
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Box
62
Folder
5
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Contract, undated
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Sons of Liberty
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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Spider Woman
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Return of a Man Called Horse
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Mimeo script by Jack DeWitt: annotated, with revisions through 1976 January 5
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Box
11
Folder
2
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Actor's notes and miscellany
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Television
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The Best of Everything
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Box
62
Folder
6
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Mimeographed scripts
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1970 July 23
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1970 August 13, 18
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1970 September 23, 25
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Box
62
Folder
6
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Contract and audition script [?]
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The Cat Creature
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Mimeo script: annotated by Robert Bloch, 1973 September 25, revisions 1973 November 5
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Publicity and personal miscellany
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Get Smart
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Box
62
Folder
7
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“Rebecca of Funny-Folk Farm,” Mimeo script by Lloyd Turner and Whitey Mitchell, 1969 December 4-10
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Medical Center
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Box
11
Folder
4
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“Adults Only,” Mimeo script by Jack Guss, 1974 July 19, revisions 1974 July 22; and actor's miscellany
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Nakia
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Box
11
Folder
5
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“The Quarry,” Mimeo script: annotated by Leonard and Arlene Stadd, 1974 July 3
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Pleasantville
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Mimeo script: annotated by Kenneth Locker and Vicki Polon, circa 1975, and actor's miscellany
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Speeches and writings
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Autobiography, draft chapters, undated
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Speeches.
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Box
11
Folder
8
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1947-1979
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Box
12
Folder
2
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HUAC statements, 1951-1956
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Undated speeches
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Box
27
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Undated note cards
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Box
12
Folder
3-4
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Student play and essay, undated
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Biberman Professional Papers
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Theatre
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Box
12
Folder
5
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The American Nightmare, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
12
Folder
6-7
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A Comedy, Two typed scripts by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Dance of Youth, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, 1926
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Dangerous People, typed script, undated
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Death, God, and Whatever Goes..., Handwritten script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
12
Folder
11
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Flacon Noir, typed script: annotated, undated
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Green Grow the Lilacs
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Typed script: annotated by Lynn Riggs, undated
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Box
12
Folder
13
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Published and handwritten lyrics
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Box
12
Folder
14
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Director's notes
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
Box
12
Folder
15
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Invitation to a Murder, typed script by Rufus King
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Box
12
Folder
16
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Iron Flowers, typed script (annotations) by Cecil Lewis, and stage elevation sketch, undated
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Man Willing, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, circa 1934
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Masters and Servants, Outline by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Megalopolis, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
4
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The New He, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
5
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[Paul Wright,] typed script: annotated, undated
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Box
13
Folder
6
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People and Citizens: A Fable for Americans, typed script, undated
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Perhaps It Didn't Die, typed script adapted by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Places in the Sun, typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
9
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A Play in Four Acts, typed script and outline by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Prologue, typed script, undated
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Roar China
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Playbill
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Box
13
Folder
12
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Typed outline by Herbert J. Biberman, 1937 August 12
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Box
13
Folder
13
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Typed translation: annotated by Ruth Langner, undated
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Box
13
Folder
14
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Director's movement charts
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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The Sentimentalist
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Box
13
Folder
15
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Servants or Masters
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, circa 1927
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Social Symphony No. 1
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Handwritten script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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The Tower
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, 1928
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Box
14
Folder
4
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Sketch of set design
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Versailles
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Box
14
Folder
5
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Typed script: annotated by Emil Ludwig, undated
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Wolves
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Typed translation by Herbert J. Biberman, circa 1925
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Unidentified theatrical writings
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Motion pictures
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Abilene Town
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Box
14
Folder
8
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“Trail Town” mimeo script by Harold Shumate, 1945 April 23
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An American Town
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Box
14
Folder
9
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Mimeo script, undated
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Big Shot
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Typed script, undated
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Crazy American
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Box
15
Folder
2
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Typed scenario by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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The Master Race
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Box
15
Folder
3
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Scenario
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Box
15
Folder
4
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Mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman and Anne Froelick, 1944 January 27
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman, AF, and Rowland Leigh, 1944 January 27 and March 27
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Mimeo script with revisions through , 1944 May 2
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WCFTR Title File
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Photograph album
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Music In My Heart
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Scenario by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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New Orleans
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Typed script by Dick Irving Hyland, 1946 August 6
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Mimeo script with revisions through , 1944 August 20
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Mimeo script, undated
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Music
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Once Upon a Time Clock
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Typed script by Ben Barzman, Mortimer Offner, and Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Over the Carnage (“Gail's copy”)
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman and Alida Sherman, 1971 January
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Prison Farm
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Typed script, 1937 July 19
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Revenge at Night
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman and Gladys Unger, 1937 October 11
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Box
16
Folder
7
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Shot list
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The Rise and Fall of Caesar Smith
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Mimeo script: annotated, undated
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The Road to Yesterday
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Box
16
Folder
9
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Scenario by Herbert J. Biberman and Stanley Russell, 1941 December 16
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Salt of the Earth
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Box
16
Folder
10
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Contracts, 1954
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Correspondence and royalties
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Box
16
Folder
11-13
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1971-1976
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Box
17
Folder
1
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1977-1982
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Legal case miscellany
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WCFTR Poster File
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Poster (Chinese), undated
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U.S. Mss 58AN
Box
17
Folder
3
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Publicity
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Transcript of Chinese news releases, 1961
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Script
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Outline by Michael Wilson, undated
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Mimeo editing script
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Published script (California Quarterly, 1953)
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Box
18
Folder
3
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[Film regarding Salt of the Earth] Mimeo treatment by Richard Smith and Tony Grutman, 1977 March
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Photo Lot A108
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Production stills and candid photographs
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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School for Barbarians
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Treatment by Herbert J. Biberman and Paul Trivers, undated
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Typed script by Tess Slesinger, undated
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Slaves
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Box
19
Folder
2
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“Uncle Tom's Cabin” typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, 1962 December 24
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Box
19
Folder
3
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“One of These Days About Twelve O'clock,” typed script by John Oliver Killens, before 1963 September 9
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Mimeo script by JOK, 1963 September 9
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman and JOK, 1963 December 7
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Box
19
Folder
6
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“The Sickness” mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman and JOK, 1967 March 15
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Box
20
Folder
1
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“Uncle Tom's Cabin” mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman and JOK, undated
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Legal, financial, research material, and memorabilia, 1963-1969
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WCFTR Title File
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Stills
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Small Town Caesar
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Treatment by Herbert J. Biberman, 1940 January 11
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Smiling Revolution
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Typed script, undated
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Southward, Pet!
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Typed script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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A Tank Named John
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Box
20
Folder
6
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Treatment by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Three Girls From Warsaw
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Box
20
Folder
7
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Treatment by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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We've Just Begun
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Box
20
Folder
8
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Treatment by Herbert J. Biberman and Viola Brothers Shore, before 1938 August 18
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A Woman to Remember
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Typed script, undated
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The Zoo
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Box
20
Folder
10
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Mimeo script by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Radio
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The Legend of America
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Mimeo scripts: annotated, 1933
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Box
21
Folder
1
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Mimeo scripts: annotated, 1933 (continued)
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Box
21
Folder
2
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Listener mail
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Box
21
Folder
3
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Motion Picture Guild broadcast, Mimeo script, 1939 June 25
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Box
21
Folder
4
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Program proposals (“Epic of America” and “Jefferson and Hamilton,”), undated
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Box
21
Folder
5-10
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Unidentified scripts
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Non-fiction writing and autobiographies
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Autobiographies
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Box
63
Folder
1
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“Moscow notes,” undated
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Box
21
Folder
11
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8000 Feet of Freedom, circa 1955
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In Defense of America: A Memoir, circa 1955
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Box
21
Folder
12
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Section I
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Box
22
Folder
1-3
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Sections II-IV
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Director's Notes
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Box
22
Folder
4-7
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Mimeographed draft
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Box
22
Folder
8
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Chinese publication
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Box
23
Folder
1-4
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Of Times and Crimes
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Salt of the Earth
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Box
23
Folder
5-8
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Draft, undated
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Box
23
Folder
9
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Correspondence, 1971-1977
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Box
24
Folder
1
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Untitled memoir
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Box
24
Folder
2
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“Betrayal,” by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
24
Folder
3
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“Cinderella in Uniform,” by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Essays
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Box
24
Folder
4-5
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Hollywood Ten
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Box
24
Folder
6
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Prison writings
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Box
24
Folder
7
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Box
24
Folder
8-9
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General essays
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Box
24
Folder
10
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“Freedom's Children” (A Story of a Can of Milk), by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
24
Folder
11
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“Our Greatest Hour,” by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
24
Folder
12
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Poetry
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Poetry (continued)
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Speeches
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Box
25
Folder
2
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HUAC and Hollywood Ten statements, undated
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Box
25
Folder
3
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General
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Box
25
Folder
4
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“Woman of the Century” (short story), undated
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Box
25
Folder
5
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“The Work of Living Art,” Translation by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
25
Folder
6
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“Yank Delivers the Milk,” by Herbert J. Biberman, undated
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Box
25
Folder
7
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Fragments, sketches, and unidentified writings
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Box
63
Folder
2
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Fragments, sketches, and unidentified writings (continued)
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Hollywood Ten files
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Box
26
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1949-1951
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Box
26
Folder
2
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Financial records, 1950-1951
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Box
26
Folder
3
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Foreign press commentary, 1950, undated
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Box
26
Folder
4
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Hollywood on Trial press packet, 1976
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CA 516
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The Hollywood Ten, film, 1950
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U.S. Mss 58AN
Box
26
Folder
5
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Publicity
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Series: Salt of the Earth Litigation Records
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Correspondence
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Box
28
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1947-1948, 1951-1963
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Box
29
Folder
1-3
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1964-1965
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Trial proceedings
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Box
29
Folder
4
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Witness/exhibit index
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|
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Micro 2024
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Hearings, proceedings, and conferences (Filmed without a counter)
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Reel
1
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1959 June 20, hearing
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Reel
1
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1959 June 25, hearing
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Reel
1
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1959 September 25, hearing
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Reel
1
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1960 December 6, hearing
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Reel
1
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1961 May 26, hearing
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Reel
1
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1961 November 9, hearing
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1961 December 20-1962 January 25, proceedings
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Reel
1
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P. 1-623
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Reel
2
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P. 624-1460
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Reel
3
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P. 1461-2199
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Reel
4
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1963 November 7, hearing
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Reel
4
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1963 November 14, hearing
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Reel
4
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1964 February 6, conference
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Reel
4
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1964 August 11, proceedings
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Reel
4
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Proceedings, 1964 August 20
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Reel
4
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Hearing, 1964 September 2
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Reel
4
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Proceedings, 1964 September 10-November 12
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Reel
4
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P. 1-312
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Reel
5
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P. 313-975
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Reel
6
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P. 976-1686
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Reel
7
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P. 1687-2434
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Reel
8
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P. 2424-3243
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Reel
9
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P. 3244-3957a
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Reel
10
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P. 3958-4846
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Reel
11
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P. 4847-5502
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Reel
12
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P. 5503-6246
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Reel
13
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P. 6247-6910
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U.S. Mss 58AN
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Litigation and pleading books
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|
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Book 1
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Box
30
Folder
1
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Items 1-60
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Book 2
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Box
30
Folder
2-6
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Items 1-145
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Box
31
Folder
1-2
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Items 146-175
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Transfer pleading Book
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Items 1-22
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Legal documents
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Box
31
Folder
4-5
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Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeal and draft briefs, 1960
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|
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Box
31
Folder
6-7
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A-Complaints and summons
|
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Box
31
Folder
8
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Depositions (pleadings and working papers)
|
|
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Box
32
Folder
1
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Discovery
|
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Box
61
Folder
9-10
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Shapiro discovery file
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Box
32
Folder
2
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Draft memoranda
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3
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D
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32
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4
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Exhibit indexes and working papers
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Interrogatories
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32
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5
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By the defendants
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Box
32
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6-7
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By the plaintiffs
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Box
33
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1-2
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I-Jury selection
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Box
33
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3-7
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Memoranda
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33
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8-9
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M-Motions
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33
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10-11
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Notices of motions
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33
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12
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Miscellany
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34
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1
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Miscellaneous notices
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34
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2
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Notes
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34
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3
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Opinions
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34
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4-5
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O-P
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34
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6-7
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Plaintiff's documents
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34
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8
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R
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35
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1
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Stipulations
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35
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2
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S-V
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35
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3
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Witnesses
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Affidavits and depositions
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35
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4
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Miscellaneous statements
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35
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5
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Arthur, Arthur (MPIC)
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35
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5
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Baskind, Seymour
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35
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5
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Bell, J. Raymond (Columbia Pictures)
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36
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1-2
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Biberman, Herbert
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36
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3
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Boren, Charles (AMPP)
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36
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4
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Broidy, Samuel S. (Allied Artists)
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Brewer, Roy
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36
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5-7
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Deposition
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37
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1
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Deposition (continued)
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Box
37
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2
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Exhibits
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37
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3-4
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Brussel, George
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37
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5
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D'Inzillo, Steve (MPMO Union Local 306)
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37
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6-7
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Freeman, Y. Frank (Paramount Pictures)
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Box
38
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1
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Gang, Martin
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Box
38
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2-4
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Grutman, David Stanley
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Box
38
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5-6
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Harburg, Edgar Y.
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Jarrico
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Box
38
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7
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Affidavits
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Box
38
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8
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Exhibits
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Box
39
Folder
1-2
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Exhibits (continued)
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Box
39
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3-4
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Miscellany
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Box
39
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5
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Johnson, Arthur B. (Pathe)
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Box
39
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6
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Lane, Myles J.
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Lazarus, Simon
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Box
39
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7
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Affidavits
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Box
39
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7a
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Correspondence related to affidavits
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Box
39
Folder
8-9
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Deposition (Pages 1-458 missing)
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Box
40
Folder
1-6
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Deposition (continued)
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Box
41
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1
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Deposition (continued)
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Box
41
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2-7
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Exhibits
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Box
42
Folder
1-2
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Exhibits (continued)
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Box
42
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3
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Miscellany
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Box
42
Folder
3a
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Margolis, Ben
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42
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4-6
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O'Neill, James F. (American Legion)
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Box
42
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7
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Reeves, Hazard
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Box
42
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8
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Richard, Robert L. (1963 exhibits)
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Box
42
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9
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Rose, Michael
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Box
43
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1
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Schary, Dory
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Schreiber, Sidney (MPAA)
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Box
43
Folder
2-4
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Deposition
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Box
43
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5
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Exhibits
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Stulberg, Gordon (Columbia Pictures)
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Box
43
Folder
6
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Deposition
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Box
44
Folder
1
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Exhibits
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Walsh, Richard F. (IATSE)
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Box
42
Folder
2
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Deposition
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Exhibits
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Box
44
Folder
3-4
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General
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Box
44
Folder
5
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Transcript of Paul Perlin testimony to IATSE Subversive Activities Committee, 1954
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Exhibits
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Defendants' exhibits
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Box
44
Folder
6-7
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Group 1
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Box
44
Folder
8
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Group 2
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Box
45
Folder
1
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Group 3
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Plaintiffs' exhibits
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Group 1
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Box
45
Folder
2-8
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Items 1-24
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Box
46
Folder
1-7
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Items 31-62
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Group 2
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Box
46
Folder
8-10
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Items 2-108
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Box
47
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Items 109-111
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Box
48
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Items 112-208
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Box
49
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Items 208 (continued)-264
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Box
50
Folder
1-4
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Items 265-300
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Box
50
Folder
5-7
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Unidentified exhibits 52-116
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Research material
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Biberman
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Box
51
Folder
1
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Miscellany regarding Salt of the Earth
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Box
51
Folder
2
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Research on film and theatre earnings
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Box
51
Folder
3
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Clippings
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HUAC investigations
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Box
51
Folder
4
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General
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Box
51
Folder
5
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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
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Box
51
Folder
6
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National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
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Box
51
Folder
7
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National Federation for Constitutional Liberties
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Box
51
Folder
8
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Hughes, Howard
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IPC
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Box
51
Folder
9
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Bank statements
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Box
51
Folder
10
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Bills, weeded
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Box
51
Folder
11
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By-laws, articles of incorporation, and minutes, 1951-1965
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Box
51
Folder
12
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Chronologies
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Box
51
Folder
13
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Contracts for Salt of the Earth
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Distribution
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Box
51
Folder
14
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Europe, 1954-1960
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Box
51
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15
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France, 1954-1961
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Box
52
Folder
1
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Los Angeles
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Box
52
Folder
2-3
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Mexico, 1953-1964
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Box
52
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4
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South America
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Box
52
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5
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Other
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Box
52
Folder
7
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Post IP v. Loews, 1954-1966
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Box
52
Folder
8
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Financial miscellany (Balance sheets, tax records), 1952-1964
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Box
52
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous business correspondence
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Box
53
Folder
2
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Production costs, 1952
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Publicity
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Box
52
Folder
10
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General
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Box
52
Folder
11
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Regarding Los Angeles showing, 1954
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Box
53
Folder
1
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Regarding trade unions, 1954
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Box
53
Folder
3
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Reports to investors
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Box
53
Folder
4-5
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Reviews
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Box
53
Folder
6
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Jarrico HUAC testimony, 1951
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Box
53
Folder
7
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Perlin, Paul, 1952-1960
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Box
53
Folder
8-9
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Research notebook
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Box
53
Folder
9a
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Robinson research report
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Related cases
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Box
53
Folder
10
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Bessie (USA v. Bessie), 1948-1949
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Box
53
Folder
11
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Black, Mabel and T.Y. Wolff v. Cutter Laboratory, 1955-1957
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Box
54
Folder
1
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Cole v. Allied Artists, Miscellany
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Box
54
Folder
2
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Conference of Studio Unions v. Loews, Deposition of Y. Frank Freeman, 1949
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Box
54
Folder
3
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Eisler, Gerhard v. USA, Amicus curiae brief, 1948
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Box
54
Folder
4
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Faulk, John Henry v. Aware, Inc., Testimony of Kim Hunter, 1962
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IPC Distributors v. Chicago Moving Picture Machine Operators
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Box
54
Folder
5
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Depositions and affidavits
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Box
54
Folder
6
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Exhibits
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Box
54
Folder
7
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Interrogatories
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Notes
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Box
54
Folder
8
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General
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Box
54
Folder
9
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Regarding Biberman testimony
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Box
55
Folder
1
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Pleadings
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Box
55
Folder
2
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Proceedings , 1956 March 19 only
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Research
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Box
55
Folder
3-4
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Miscellaneous business papers of IPC Distributors
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Box
55
Folder
5
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Jarrico (RKO v. Jarrico), Miscellany
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Box
55
Folder
6
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Josephson, (USA v. Leon Josephson)
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Maltz
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Box
55
Folder
7
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Maltz v. Loews
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Box
55
Folder
8
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USA v. Maltz
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Box
55
Folder
9
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Parker, Helen v. Los Angeles
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Box
56
Folder
1
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Roth, Samuel v. USA, Amicus curiae brief of Morris L. Ernst, 1956
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Screen Writers Guild v. MPAA
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Box
56
Folder
2
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Complaint
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Depositions
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Box
56
Folder
3
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Arthur Arthur, Sheriden Gibney (SWG)
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Box
56
Folder
4
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Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers
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Box
56
Folder
4
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Leonard Spigelgass
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Box
56
Folder
5
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Transcript of proceedings
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Box
56
Folder
6
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Silver, Harold v. New York Stock Exchange
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Box
56
Folder
7
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Sinclair, Upton v. Roy Steckel, et al., undated
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Trumbo v. Loews
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Affidavits
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Box
56
Folder
8
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General
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Box
56
Folder
9
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Eric Johnson
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Box
57
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Attached exhibits
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Box
58
Folder
1-2
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Attached exhibits
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Box
58
Folder
3
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Mannix, E.J.
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Box
59
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1
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Miscellaneous legal documents
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Wilson, Michael, v. Loews
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Box
59
Folder
2
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Supreme Court brief, 1957
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Box
59
Folder
3
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Clippings
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Box
59
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1952-1957
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Depositions
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Box
59
Folder
5
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Samuel Broidy and Jack M. Sattinger (Allied Artists) and Robert Wyler
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Young, Nedrick v. MPAA
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General
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Box
60
Folder
1-3
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Correspondence, 1960-1964
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Box
60
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4
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Miscellaneous legal material
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District Court
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Box
60
Folder
5
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Affidavits
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Exhibits
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Box
60
Folder
6
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24-47
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Box
61
Folder
1
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48-59
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Box
61
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2-5
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Pleadings
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Court of Appeals
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Box
61
Folder
6
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Briefs
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Box
61
Folder
7
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Transcript, 1961 December 12
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Box
61
Folder
8
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Supreme Court
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Audio 1786A
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Part 2 (Audio 1786A) : Additions, circa 1956-circa 1971
39 audio recordings
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Audio
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1786A/1
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Star-Spangled Theater, 1940 December 29
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1786A/2
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Covenant Club, 1956 April 27
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1786A/3-5
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Faust's Damnation: The Morality of Knowledge, 1964 August 14
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1786A/6-10
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Long John Program, WNBC Radio, 1965 November 07
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1786A/11
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Bob Grant Interview, KABC FM, 1966 February 23
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1786A/12
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Cellar of Cave Des Doyles, dedication ceremony, witnesses, 1966 February 28
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1786A/13
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Salt of the Earth review, 1966 February
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1786A/14
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Journey: First Scene, First Act, 1966 July 24
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1786A/15
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Journey: Act 2 and 3, 1966 July 30
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1786A/16
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Journey Around a Room: Act III, circa 1966 July 30
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1786A/17
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Yalta, 1966 July-August
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1786A/18
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Russia, End of Yalta, 1966 July-August
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1786A/19
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Ron Barry - Gale Sondergaard, W.C.R.J. Washington, N.J. 1967 March 23
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1786A/20
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Tribute to Herbert Biberman, The Theatre de Lys, 1971 July 15
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1786A/21-23
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New York City Memorial Tribute, Herbert J. Biberman, 1971 July 15
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1786A/24
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A Memorial Tribute to Herbert Joseph Biberman, 1971 August 15
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1786A/25
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WBAI Writer's Conference
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1786A/26-27
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Salt of the Earth
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1786A/28
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Gale Sondergaard
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1786A/29
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Ernie Heckscher - Hollywood Hits for Dancing
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1786A/30
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The Longines Symphonette Society - The Golden Heart of Romantic Operetta
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1786A/31
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Del Moore - San Fernando Station
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1786A/32
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The Examined Life: The Negro's Self-Image
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1786A/33
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Lee Evans - Piano
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1786A/34
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An Evening with Romberg
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1786A/35
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Jalousie - Boston Pops - Arthur Fielder
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1786A/36-37
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Gale Sondergaard
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1786A/38-39
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Hollywood on Trial
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M2001-116
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Part 3 (M2001-116) : Additions, 1953-1956
0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
: Addition consisting of copies of extracts from Federal Bureau of Information files on Herbert Biberman, the moving picture Salt of the Earth, and the company that produced it, Independent Productions Corporation, obtained by James J. Lorence under the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts between 1988 and 2001 while undertaking research for his book The Suppression of "Salt of the Earth": How Hollywood, Big Labor, and Politicians Blacklisted a Movie in Cold War America (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999). As usual with such copies, access to many pages requested was refused (these pages are replaced by a standard form indicating which clauses of the acts justified the refusal), and large parts of many released documents have been blacked out.
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Letters to Professor Lorence from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
: Concerning his requests for the release of documents under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts
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FBI Headquarters File on Herbert Biberman (File HQ 100-24499)
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Section 7, Serials 537 through 550, 1954-1956
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Section 8, Serial 542, 1955
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FBI Los Angeles Field Office File on Herbert Biberman (File LA 100-6769)
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Portions of Volumes 5, 6 and Sub A, 1954-1956
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FBI Headquarters File on Salt of the Earth and Independent Productions (File HQ 100-399257)
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Section 1, Serials 1 to 70, 1953
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Section 2, Serials 71-147, 1954
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Section 3, Serials 148-180, 1954-1956
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Section A, press clippings 1953-1956
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Serial 41, 1953
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Serial 71, 1953
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FBI Los Angeles Field Office File on Salt of the Earth and Independent Productions (File LA 100-44774)
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Section 1, Serials 1 to 60, 1953
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Section 2, Serials 61 to 159, 1953
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Section 3, Serials 160 to 250, 1953-1954
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Section 4, Serials 251 to 329, 1954-1955
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Section 5, Serials 330-377, 1954
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Section 6, Serials378-459, 1955-1956
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Section 7, Serials 460-494, 1956
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Section A, Serials 1 to 43, 1953-1954
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Section B, Serials 1a 1 to 23, 1953
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Box
2
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8
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Miscellaneous Serials 11 to 462
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