Summary Information
Abraham Polonsky Papers
1936-1968
- Polonsky, Abraham, 1910-1999
U.S. Mss 105AN
5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Contact Information
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Papers of Abraham Polonsky, a screenwriter and filmmaker who was blacklisted in Hollywood after his refusal to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Among Polonsky's papers are manuscripts of his novels and stories; scripts for radio, theater, televsion, and motion pictures, including documentation for his highly-acclaimed film, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (Universal, 1969); and diaries of his personal life, 1951-1967.
English
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Biography/History
The youth of Abraham Polonsky was filled with the same kind of diverse activity that his professional career would later exhibit. Polonsky was born in New York City on December 5, 1910, and by the time he was thirty he had received his law degree from Columbia Law School, taught at City College of New York and served as a merchant seaman. During this time he also began to write, and it was this occupation that came to claim most of his attention.
Polonsky wrote both for publication and for that most popular medium of its day, radio. During the 1940s he worked with the Columbia Workshop and Orson Welles, and during World War II he was engaged in radio operation with the OSS. In 1940 the young writer published his first novel, The Enemy Sea, and collaborated with Mitchell Wilson on a mystery story, The Goose Is Cooked. The novels were succeeded by several short stories; “No Neutral Ground” (1944), “The Marvellous Boy” (1946), and “A Little Fire” (1946) are among the most important. Another dimension was added to his literary career in the late 1940s when he became an editor of the journal, Hollywood Quarterly.
His editorship of Hollywood Quarterly reflected the fact that Polonsky had, in the 1940s, moved west and started writing for the screen. His first two produced screenplays, Golden Earrings and Body and Soul, were released within weeks of each other in 1947. Body and Soul won much acclaim and Polonsky was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay. Little more than a year later Polonsky directed his first movie, Force of Evil (1948), and Bosley Crowther hailed his direction as “a real new talent in the medium.” Polonsky also collaborated on the screenplay of the film.
In view of the acknowledged success of his first attempt at directing, it is ironic that Abraham Polonsky did not direct another picture for more than twenty years. For the years of the Hollywood blacklist intervened, and Polonsky was to find no work within the industry throughout the 1950s and most of the 1960s. After refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Polonsky found his new career nipped in the bud. From his last accredited screenplay, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, in 1951, the name Polonsky did not appear in any film credit until 1968.
During those silent years, Polonsky continued to write. Like most blacklisted writers, he did some movie work under a pseudonym. He also wrote for the television program You Are There, and published the novels The World Above (1951) and Season of Fear (1956).
The blacklist died a slow death, but by the mid 1960s writers were once again beginning to receive credit for their own work. In 1968 Polonsky collaborated on the screenplay for Madigan, and in 1969 he directed and wrote the screenplay for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. The highly-praised film dealt with a young Indian who was an exile in his own country--a reflection, perhaps, of Polonsky's own feelings toward the United States.
Following his success with Willie Boy, Polonsky continued his career as a filmmaker. Abraham Polonsky died of a heart-attack in Beverly Hills, California, on October 26, 1999.
Scope and Content Note
The Abraham Polonsky Papers consist of manuscripts of Polonsky's work and of diaries of his personal life covering his early career from 1936 to 1968. The manuscripts have been further divided into categories according to genre; NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, RADIO, THEATRE, TELEVISION, and MOTION PICTURES. This is, for the most part, a chronological arrangement, since Polonsky began his literary career writing novels and gradually entered the medium of film. Within each of the categories materials are also arranged chronologically, so that a researcher can follow the development of both the content and the style of Polonsky's work.
The NOVELS series contain typed drafts of several of Polonsky's novels, including The Discoverers (1940), The World Above (1951), and Season of Fear (1956). Manuscript drafts in his hand are found in the accompanying manuscript notebooks. The SHORT STORIES series contain typed drafts of short stories and other magazine work; manuscript drafts of some of his short stories can be found in the manuscript notebooks which are in the NOVELS series. Cinematic materials, primarily scripts and their revisions, are in the RADIO, THEATRE, TELEVISION and MOTION PICTURES series; included in this section are the screenplay and production materials for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969). Unproduced screenplays are placed in chronological order as accurately as possible, often with the aid of diary entries where Polonsky indicated the projects he was working on. Manuscript drafts of some of these works can be found in the manuscript notebooks which are in the NOVELS series.
The DIARIES series which cover the years 1946 to 1968 reveal the man as well as the writer. In the first few years of the blacklist, for example, Polonsky began a series of works within his diaries (Volumes 18-20 in Box 5, Folder 4 and Box 10, Folder 6-7) which he referred to as the “B.A.,” or Bourgeois Agony. The subject presents his feelings of alienation and anger towards the intolerance of the period.
There are a total of 66 volumes, either diaries or manuscript notebooks, in the collection. Those volumes which are primarily literary in content are called “manuscript notebooks” and are referenced under the works they deal with. The remainder of the volumes are Polonsky's diaries. The diaries often contain information regarding Polonsky's writing as well as personal data, and this is also noted in the contents list. Notes on Willie Boy, for example, can be found in Polonsky's diaries, Volumes 63-65 (Box 14, Folder 4-6).
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Abraham Polonsky, Red Hook, New York, November 18, 1969.
Processed by Lenore Blank, 1971.
Contents List
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U.S. Mss 105AN
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Series: Novels
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The Discoverers 1940
: For more information on writing The Discoverers see also his Diary, Volume 31 (Box 11, Folder 3).
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Draft, typescript
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Box
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pp. 1 - 196
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Box
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pp. 197-392
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Box
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pp. 393-504
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Box
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pp. 1 - 196
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Box
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pp. 197-306
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Box
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Publicity
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Manuscript Notebooks
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Box
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Volume 1
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Box
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Volume 2
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Volume 3
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Box
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Volume 4
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Box
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Volume 5
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Box
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Volume 6
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Box
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Volume 7
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Box
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Volume 8
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Frolic and Detour
: For other drafts of Frolic and Detour see also Manuscript Notebooks, Volume 1-2 (Box 2, Folder 1-2), Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4), and Volume 22 (Box 5, Folder 5); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 20, 21, 25 (Box 10, Folder 7, 8, 11).
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Box
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Draft, typescript
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Start of the Hunt (originally titled The Double Dealer)
: For other drafts of Start of the Hunt see also Manuscript Notebooks, Volume 7 (Box 2, Folder 7) and Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 19, 31, 33-37, 40-42, 44, 46-50, 56, 58, 60, 62. Also includes Motion Picture reference to Start of the Hunt.
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Manuscript Notebooks
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Box
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Volume 9
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Box
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Volume 10
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Box
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Volume 11
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Box
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Volume 66
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The Passionate Rendezvous
: For drafts of The Passionate Rendezvous see Manuscript Notebooks, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4) and Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 20, 23-25, 51, 56, 61.
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Henry Adams and Socialism (originally titled The Ultimate Experiment)
: For drafts of Henry Adams and Socialism see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 23, 25, 30-34, 36, 38-40, 42, 46, 54.
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Peter Panto
: For information about writing Peter Panto see Diary, Volume 23 (Box 10, Folder 9). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Autobiography
: For information about writing of his Autobiography see Diaries, Volume 23-26, 28-33, 54. There are no drafts of an autobiography in the collection.
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Amanda Pop (originally titled Abbey Poe)
: For information about writing Amanda Pop see Diaries, Volume 26-28, 30-31, 33, 49, 59. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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The World Above (originally titled A Great Darkness Everywhere), 1951
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Draft, typescript
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Box
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pp. 1 - 190
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Box
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pp. 191-399
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Box
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pp. 400-744
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Box
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pp. 745-788
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Box
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Published copy
: First edition, signed, no annotations.
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Manuscript Notebooks
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Box
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Volume 12
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Box
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Volume 14
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Box
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Volume 15
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Box
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Volume 16
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Season of Fear (originally titled Last Arabian Night), 1956
: For more information on writing Season of Fear see also Diaries, Volume 24-26, 28, 33, 34, 36. Also a Motion Picture reference to Season of Fear.
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Draft, typescript
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Box
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pp. 1 - 135
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Box
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pp. 136-298
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Box
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pp. 1 - 176
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Box
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pp. 177-284
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Box
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Published copy
: First edition, signed, no annotations.
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Manuscript Notebooks
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Box
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Volume 18
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Box
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Volume 22
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Untitled Novel
: For drafts of an untitled novel see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); and for more information on writing see also Diary, Volume 56 (Box 13, Folder 7).
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Series: Short Stories
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“For Dancers Only”
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Box
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Draft, typescript, 1931
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“Last Clear Chance”
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Box
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Draft, typescript, 1931
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“No Neutral Ground”
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Box
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Published copy in American Magazine, 1944 May
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“The Marvellous Boy”
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Box
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Published copy draft in The American Mercury Magazine, 1946 November
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“A Little Fire”
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Box
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Published copy draft in Collier's Magazine, 1946 August 3
: For draft see also Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“The Advertising Story”
: For draft of “The Advertising Story,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“Arson”
: For draft of “Arson,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“A Biological Sport”
: For draft of “A Biological Sport,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“The Butcher”
: For draft of “The Butcher,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“The Dancer”
: For draft of “The Dancer,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“Decent People”
: For draft of “Decent People,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“Maturity”
: For draft of “Maturity,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“Modern Culture” (originally titled “Modern Art”)
: For draft of “Modern Culture,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); and for more information on writing see also Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7).
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“A Slight Disturbance”
: For draft of “A Slight Disturbance,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5,Folder 4); and for more information on writing see also Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7).
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“The Smell of Death”
: For draft of “The Smell of Death,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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“Traitor's Children”
: For draft of “Traitor's Children,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 20, 21, 23, 24 (Box 10, Folder 7-10).
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“White on White”
: For draft of “White on White,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4) and Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); and for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 51, 56 (Box 13, Folder 3, 7).
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“Double Decree”
: For more information on writing “Double Decree,” see Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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“Friends and Sharpshooters”
: For more information on writing “Friends and Sharpshooters,” see Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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“Plain Luck in Korea”
: For more information on writing “Plain Luck in Korea,” see Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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“Romaniage”
: For more information on writing “Romaniage,” see Diary, Volume 20 (Box 10, Folder 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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“Sacred Hearth”
: For more information on writing “Sacred Hearth,” see Diaries, Volume 39, 40 (Box 12, Folder 1-2). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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“Jeweler's Story”
: For draft of “Jeweler's Story,” see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diary, Volume 56 (Box 13, Folder 7).
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Series: Radio
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The Paris Story
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Box
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Script, 1945 July
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Box
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Script, typescript, 1945 October
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The Case of David Smith
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Box
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Published copy, Hollywood Quarterly, 1945 January
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Florry and the Country Green
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Box
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Script, typescript
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Series: Theatre
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Out of This World
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Script, typescript, 1942
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Perseus
: For draft of Perseus, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4).
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Timian
: For information on writing Timian, see Diaries, Volume 19, 36, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51, 54, 55, 56, 61, 63. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Farewell to N.B.
: For more information on writing Farewell to N.B., see Diary, Volume 23 (Box 10, Folder 9). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Rimbe (originally titled Rimbaud)
: For draft of Rimbe, see Manuscript Notebook Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 37, 41-42, 46, 49, 51, 54-56, 61, 63.
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La Piece
: For information on writing La Piece, see Diaries, Volume 34, 36, 37, 39, 46, 64. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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The Unicorn in Captivity
: For information on writing The Unicorn in Captivity, see Diaries, Volume 42, 44, 46, 49-51, 54, 62. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Lobsterback
: For a draft of Lobsterback, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); for more information on writing see Diaries, Volume 46, 49-51, 54-56, 58, 61, 63.
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Guignol
: For a draft of Guignol, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see Diaries, Volume 52, 54, 56 (Box 13, Folder 4-5, 7).
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Series: Television
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“A Medal for Mirko”
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Script, typescript, 1965 March
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Series: Motion Pictures
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The Wayfarers, between 1945 and 1947
: Unproduced.
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Box
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Script, typescript
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Body and Soul, 1947
For draft of Body and Soul, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 39, 46-47, 52, 59.
Producer: Bob Roberts; Director: Robert Rossen; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Canada Lee.
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Box
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Magazine publicity, 1947
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Unity Award, circa 1948
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Fan magazine, 1948
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Golden Earrings, 1947
For information on writing Golden Earrings, see Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Producer: Harry Tugend; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Author of novel: Yolanda Foldes; Script: Abraham Polonsky, Frank Butler, Helen Deutsch; Cast: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich.
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Force of Evil, 1948
For draft of Force of Evil, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 39, 46, 52, 59.
Producer: Bob Roberts; Director: Abraham Polonsky; Author of novel Tucker's People: Ira Wolfert; Script: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Roy Roberts.
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I Can Get It For You Wholesale, 1951
For more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 46, 52, 59 (Box 12, Folder 8; Box 13, Folder 4, 9).
Producer: Sol C. Siegel; Director: Michael Gordon; Author of novel: Jerome Weidman; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, Sam Jaffe, George Sanders.
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Script, typescript
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Boston Massacre, undated
: Unproduced. For draft of Boston Massacre, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); and for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 20, 37, 39, 41, 51.
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Season of Fear, after 1956
: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 21, 39, 52; Novel reference Season of Fear. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Revival, undated
: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 33-37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 52, 54, 56, 59. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Start of the Hunt, undated
: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 39, 40, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61; Novel reference Start of the Hunt. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Gladiator, undated
: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 41, 42, 46, 50-52, 54. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Oedipus Rex, 1957
For information on production of Oedipus Rex see Diaries, Volume 35 (Box 11, Folder 7) and Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Producer: Leonid Kipnis; Director: Tyrone Guthrie (and Abraham Polonsky, uncredited); Author of play: Sophocles; English translation: W.B. Yeats; Cast: Douglas Campbell, Eric House, Robert Goodier, Donald Davis.
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Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959
For more information on writing Odds Against Tomorrow see Diaries, Volume 41, 42, 46, 48, 50, 62. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Producer: Robert Wise; Director: Robert Wise; Script: John O. Killens (front for Abraham Polonsky), Nelson Giddings; Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame.
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Exoduster, undated
: Unproduced. For a draft of Exoduster, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 46-47, 52, 54, 56, 59.
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Paul, undated
: Unproduced. For information on Paul, see Diaries, Volume 48-52, 56 (Box 12, Folder 10; Box 13, Folder 1-4, 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Childhood's End , after 1953
: Unproduced. For drafts of Childhood's End, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 50-52, 65 (Box 13, Folder 2-4; Box 14, Folder 6).
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Out of This World, undated
: Unproduced. For drafts of Out of This World, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 51-52, 54, 56, 59, 65.
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Box
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Treatment
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Fool Killer, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on Fool Killer, see Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Frolic and Detour, undated
: Unproduced. For drafts of Frolic and Detour, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information see also Diaries, Volume 52, 54-56, 58-59, 61-63, 65.
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Aphrodite, undated
: Unproduced. For drafts of Aphrodite, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information see also Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4).
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King Fisher's Road, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on King Fisher's Road, see Diaries, Volume 54, 56, 63, 65. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Amisted, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on Amisted, see Diaries, Volume 54, 56, 59 (Box 13, Folder 5, 7, 9). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Calypso, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on Calypso, see Diaries, Volume 56, 58-61 (Box 13, Folder 7-9; Box 14, Folder 1-2).
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Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57
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Grand Piano, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on Grand Piano, see Diaries, Volume 59, 63 (Box 13, Folder 9; Box 14, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Switchback, undated
: Unproduced. For more information on Switchback, see Diary, Volume 63 (Box 14, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
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Sweet Land (also titled Mingo, No Place To Go, The Brothers), undated
: Unproduced. For manuscript drafts of Sweet Land, see also Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 37, 39, 49-52, 54-56, 58-60, 63, 65.
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Script revisions, typescripts
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Box
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pp. 16 -163
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Box
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pp. 164-275
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Box
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Part I, 1968 March 14-April 11
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Box
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Part II, 1968 April 11
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Box
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Part I, 1968 March 21-26
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Box
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Part II, 1968 April 11-October 16
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Box
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Script, typescript, 1968 May 6
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Script revisions, typescript
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Box
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Part I, 1968 August 17 and October 18
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Box
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Part II, 1968 August 9-October 17
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Box
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1968 October 15-1969 September 25
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Box
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Script, typescript, Part I, undated
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Script, typescript, Part II, undated
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Directing notes, typescript, undated
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Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, 1969
For more information see also Diaries, Volume 63-65 (Box 14, Folder 4-6).
Producer: Phillip A. Waxman; Director: Abraham Polonsky; Author of novel: Harry Lawton; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan.
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Correspondence, 1967 August-1969 June
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Prospective cast list, 1967-1968
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Box
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8
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Research material
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Treatment, revisions, circa 1967
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Partial script, revisions
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Script revisions
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Part I, 1967 August
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Part II, 1967 August
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Script, 1968
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Script, 1968 January
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Script, final, 1968 May
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French subtitles and dialogue, 1969
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Box
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Technical Production: Revised continuity breakdown, 1968 April
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Continuity of scenes, 1968 September 25
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Box
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Camera shots, 1968
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Sound effects notes, 1968 November 18
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Box
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Loop (dubbing) notes, 1968
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Box
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Production notes, 1968 November 18
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Call sheets
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Box
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1968 May 27-June 27
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Box
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1968 June 28-July 22
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Box
10
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Shooting call sheets, 1968 May 27-July 22
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Box
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Publicity, 1968-1969
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Box
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Miscellaneous photos and set map, 1968
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Series: Diaries
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Box
10
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Volume 13, 1946 October-1947 January
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Box
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Volume 17, 1949 November-1950 May, and insert for 1952 December 30
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Box
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Volume 19, 1950 December-1951 February
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Box
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Volume 20, 1951 February-circa March
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Box
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Volume 21, 1951 March-September
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Box
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Volume 23, 1951 December-1952 February
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Volume 24, 1952 March-May
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Volume 25, 1952 June-September
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Box
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Volume 26, 1952 September-December, and inserts for 1952 June 7, 8
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Volume 27, 1953 January
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Box
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Volume 28, 1953 January-April
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11
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Volume 29, 1953 April-June
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Volume 30, 1953 June-1954 June
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Volume 31, 1954 June-1955 February
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Volume 32, 1955 February-June
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Volume 33, 1955 June-1956 June
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Volume 34, 1956 January-June
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Volume 35, 1956 April-September
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Volume 36, 1956 September-November
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Volume 37, 1956 November-1957 February
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Box
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Volume 38, 1956 December-1957 March
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Box
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Volume 39, 1957 March-June
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Volume 40, 1957 June-October
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Volume 41, 1957 November-1958 February
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Volume 42, 1958 March-July, and insert for 1958 November
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Volume 43, 1958 July
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Volume 44, 1958 July-1959 January
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Volume 45, 1958 September
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Volume 46, 1959 January-April
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Box
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Volume 47, 1959 April-October
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Box
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Volume 48, 1959 October-1960 January
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Box
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Volume 49, 1960 January-April
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13
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Volume 50, 1960 April-1961 January and insert for 1961 February
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Box
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Volume 51, 1961 January-July
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Volume 52, 1961 July-October
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Volume 54, 1961 November-1962 January
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Volume 55, 1962 February-June
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Volume 56, 1962 June-August
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Volume 58, 1962 October-1963 January
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Volume 59, 1963 January-June
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Volume 60, 1963 June-September
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Volume 61, 1963 September-1964 August
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Volume 62, 1964 May-1965 December
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Box
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Volume 63, 1966 February-1967 March
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Box
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Volume 64, 1967 March-October
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Volume 65, 1967 November-1968 February
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