Title: Ed Sullivan Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1974

Creator:

• Sullivan, Ed, 1902-1974

Call Number: U.S. Mss 111AN; Micro 1160

Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (18 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 record center carton), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and 146 films

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

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Abstract:

Papers of a newspaper columnist and television host-producer. Entertainment files, the largest portion of the collection, include scripts, correspondence, and production information for his work in radio, television, and motion pictures. Radio materials consist of scripts for Ed Sullivan Entertains (CBS), Summer Silver Theatre (CBS), and various other programs and benefits. More substantial television material relates primarily to the long-running Ed Sullivan Show (originally known as Toast of the Town, CBS). This section includes correspondence; scripts; production, sponsorship, and financial information; clippings; ratings; and films. Also here is a script for a Friars Club “roast” of Johnny Carson and a script for the movie Singing Nun (MGM, 1966) in which Sullivan appeared. Writings include miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles; copies of his “Little Old New York” column, 1941-1974, for the New York Daily News; and an unpublished biography of Lee Shubert. General subject files contain awards, certificates, correspondence, clippings, legal records, microfilmed scrapbooks, and speeches. Among the prominent correspondents are Steve Allen, Rudolf Bing, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Duke Ellington, J. Edgar Hoover, Lady Bird Johnson, Edward M. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Louis Nizer, Ronald Reagan, Don Rickles, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Richard Rodgers, Robert E. Sherwood, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Frank Stanton, and Adlai Stevenson.

Language: English

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Edward Vincent Sullivan--television host/producer and newspaper columnist--was born on 28 September 1902 in New York City. Early in his childhood his family moved to Port Chester, New York, where Sullivan attended school and became interested in athletics. He capitalized on his ability by serving both as captain of the high school baseball team and sports editor of his high school newspaper. He also wrote a sports column for the Port Chester Daily Item.

After graduation from high school, young Sullivan was hired as a full-time reporter for the Daily Item. His new career led to assignments with other, larger newspapers, including the Hartford Post, the New York Evening Mail, the Philadelphia Ledger, and the New York Morning Telegraph. In 1927 he joined the staff of the New York Graphic and later became sports editor of that newspaper.

In 1931 Sullivan's newspaper career took a different turn--he wrote his first Broadway column for the Graphic. When the newspaper folded a year later, he was hired to write the same kind of column for the New York Daily News, which he wrote continuously since then until his death.

Beginning in the late 1920's Sullivan added another dimension to his professional life by becoming a host for radio programs. In 1930 he hosted the Gerardine show, and in 1932 he hosted Broadway's Greatest Thrills for CBS. Many entertainers--Jimmy Durante, Irving Berlin, Jack Benny, and others--made their radio debuts on Sullivan's shows. His work in radio led to offers to emcee reviews at various theaters in New York. In the 1940's Ed Sullivan Entertains originated at the 21 Club in New York, and he was also involved in the Summer Silver Theatre and Ed Sullivan's Pipeline.

These reviews and the fund-raising rallies and hospital shows that Sullivan staged during World War II qualified Sullivan to enter still another entertainment medium, television. In September of 1947 he hosted the Harvest Moon Ball for the Daily News and, unknown to Sullivan, the affair was televised. Subsequently CBS hired Sullivan to host their new variety show, and the Toast of the Town premiered on 20 June 1948. Later called The Ed Sullivan Show, it was to run for twenty-three years. Not known for his own talent, Sullivan exhibited an uncanny ability to spot talent in others, and The Ed Sullivan Show presented many “firsts” on American television. Among the individuals or groups who made their first television appearance on the show, or who were relatively unknown until they appeared are: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Johnny Ray, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. Occasionally Sullivan devoted his entire show to one person, with features like “The Oscar Hammerstein Story,” “The Joshua Logan Story,” and “The Robert Sherwood Story.” At the beginning of the 1969 season Jack Gould, television critic for the New York Times, commented that, “The why and wherefore of Mr. Sullivan's accommodating changing tastes without really changing his show is one of the most incredible sagas of the entertainment world. But there he was Sunday night, after a whole generation had been born, grown up, educated and married, a one-man feat for anyone in show business let alone an individual who would be the first to disclaim being a performer.” In 1971 CBS determined that the cost of the show had become prohibitive and that the tastes of television audiences had changed, so the show was dropped. Then Sullivan, through Sullivan Productions and with the aid of his son-in-law, producer Robert Precht, developed several specials for CBS each year.

Sullivan received many awards for his work and his humanitarianism. Among them were the Peabody Award for his “contribution to international understanding,” given after his 1959 tour of the Soviet Union for the State Department; a tribute from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1968; tributes from the Friars in 1956 and 1968; and the Television Showman of the Century Award.

He died on 13 October 1974.

The papers span the length of Sullivan's literary and entertainment careers. Included are articles for newspapers and magazines, drafts of unpublished works, and production materials of varying quantities for his work in radio, television, and motion pictures. The collection also contains information on Sullivan's contacts with show business and political luminaries and his involvement with several charities. The papers have been organized into four series: General Subject File, Entertainment Files, Writings, and Films.

The GENERAL SUBJECT FILE contains awards, certificates, correspondence, clippings, minutes, agreements, legal records, speeches, writings, and miscellany. It is arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically thereunder. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences file documents efforts to finance the telecast of their award show and reveals tension between the New York and Hollywood chapters during broadcasting negotiations. Awards consists of numerous certificates given to Sullivan for his entertainment and humanitarian efforts. Charities include a program for the world premier of the Jimmy Stewart play, Harvey, which was staged as a benefit performance, and a file on the Negro Actors Guild. The latter file mentions Sullivan's efforts to convince advertising executives to support that organization in order to prevent Communist influence on television. Correspondence contains both business and personal communications and covers various facets of the production of The Ed Sullivan Show, responses to his newspaper column, and letters from show business, political, and personal friends. (A partial index to the correspondents follows the Contents List below.) Of interest is the reaction to the 9 September 1951 Toast of the Town appearance of Lena Horne, who had been listed in “Red Channels,” a publication which reported on people who allegedly supported Communist front organizations or subversives. Although documentation is sparse, a press release and minutes of a meeting at Kenyon Eckhardt, Inc. describe the network's and advertising agency's response to some negative audience reaction and their efforts to avoid such incidents in the future. Their solution involved the submission of performers' names to the Kenyon Eckhardt program supervisor for clearance and approval. Further reflection of the hysteria of the McCarthy era is a 24 November 1952 letter from the Catholic War Veterans expressing the fear that Sullivan's role as a leading Catholic layman was being exploited to “clear” certain individuals (specifically Danny Kaye) by allowing them to perform on his show. Four letters from Don Rickles describe the tribulations of location shooting in Yugoslavia during the filming of The Warriors. In the folders relating to Sylvia Sullivan, Ed's wife, are her speeches and writings and a file relating to the U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals of the Port of New York, a charity for which she served as president. Included in the Friars' booklets are copies of photographs of some of the Club's founders and of the many celebrities who attended the Sullivan tributes.

The ENTERTAINMENT FILES include production files, contracts, scripts, budgets, and publicity and document Sullivan's work in radio, television, and motion pictures and on several wartime benefits. Radio materials consist of scripts for Summer Silver Theatre, Ed Sullivan Entertains, and Ed Sullivan's Pipeline. Coverage is most extensive for Sullivan's television career, particularly the production of The Ed Sullivan Show. Included are talent listings of the weekly guest line-up, budget reports, and rating information. Individual episode files, arranged by air date and containing varying amounts of documentation, compose the remaining program files. Television also includes a script for a Friars “roast” of Johnny Carson in which Sullivan participated. Four production files relate to wartime benefits in which Sullivan was actively involved and reveal the preparation needed to stage such shows. The Motion Picture files include a script for a proposed Warner Brothers film based on Toast of the Town and a script for The Singing Nun in which Sullivan made a cameo appearance.

WRITINGS consist of articles written for newspapers and magazines. Included are copies of “Little Old New York,” 1941-1974, a Broadway column Sullivan wrote for the New York Daily News, and miscellaneous articles in which he described his variety show. Also contained in this series are several drafts of unpublished works including the “Arnold Reuben Story,” based on the life of a New York restauranteur, and “The Lee Shubert Story,” a proposed biography of the Broadway producer and theatre proprietor. With the latter material is a small file of notes written by Shubert to aid Sullivan in writing the biography.

FILMS complete the collection. The majority of these are individual episodes or excerpts from The Ed Sullivan Show. More films are included in the unprocessed additions to this collection. These are not described in this finding aid.

Acquisition Information

Placed on deposit by Ed Sullivan, New York, 1971; by Elizabeth Precht, Scarsdale, N.Y., 1975; and by Sullivan Productions, Inc., via Carmine Santullo, New York, N.Y., 1978. Accession Number: MCHC71-92, MCHC75-105, MCHC78-53

Processing Information

Processed by Eleanor McKay, 1974; Christine Rongone, 1979; and portions prepared for microfilming by Carolyn Mattern, 1989.

U.S. Mss 111AN	Series: General Subject File
	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Box   1 Folder   1	General, circa 1951-1962
Box   1 Folder   2	First International Assembly, 1961
Box   1 Folder   3	Awards and Certificates, 1943-1971, undated
Box   20, 19 Folder   1	Awards and Certificates, 1957-1968
	Charities
Box   1 Folder   4	General, December 1950 - April 1972
Box   1 Folder   5	American Cancer Society, January - March 1956
Box   1 Folder   6	The Lighthouse--New York Association for the Blind, December 1961 - January 1966
Box   1 Folder   7	Negro Actors Guild, January 1956 - February 1957, undated
	Clippings
Box   19 Folder   2-5	General, 1920, 1927, 1934, 1949-1973, undated
Box   1 Folder   8	Walter Winchell Controversy, January - March 1952
	Correspondence
	General
Box   1 Folder   9-10	1941, December 2 - 1958, December 8
Box   2 Folder   1-6	1959, January 12 - 1970, December
Box   3 Folder   1	1971, January - 1974, May, undated
	Specific
Box   3 Folder   2	European Talent, 1957 - 1965, undated
Box   3 Folder   3-5	Inscribed Books, A - Y
Box   3 Folder   6	Financial Interests, 1959 - 1969
	Legal
Box   3 Folder   7	Agreements, general, 1942 - 1970
Box   4 Folder   1	Ed Sullivan Scholarship Foundation, 1955 - 1959
Box   4 Folder   2	J. J. Little Ives & Company, 1959 - 1963
Box   4 Folder   3	Richardson vs Sullivan, 1963 - 1964
Box   4 Folder   4	Sullivan vs Daily Mirror, Albert Kobler, and Dan Parker, 1931 - 1932
Box   4 Folder   5	Miscellany, circa 1942 - 1965
Box   4 Folder   6	Speeches, 1959 - 1970, undated
Box   4 Folder   7	Speaking Engagements and Appearances, January 1955 - March 1956
	Sylvia Sullivan
Box   4 Folder   8	Speeches, Writings, and Miscellany, 1955 - 1973, undated
Box   4 Folder   9	U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals of the Port of New York, 1956 - 1973, undated
	Tributes
	Friars Club
Box   4 Folder   10	Testimonial Dinner ( 15 March 1956), correspondence, notes, and booklet, , July 1955 - March 1956
Box   4 Folder   11	Man of the Year ( 11 April 1968), booklet, , April 1968
Box   5 Folder   1	Correspondence, March - April 1972
Box   5 Folder   2	Miscellaneous Booklets, 1961, 1966 - 1967
	Series: Entertainment Files	⇧
	Radio
	Summer Silver Theatre (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m. [ 1941])
	[“Adele Gerard”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 4 May 1941
	[“Hylton Sisters”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 4 May 1941
	[“Eddie Cantor”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Script Fragment, annotated, 9 May 1941
	[“Sara Ann McCabe”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Revised Script, annotated, 11 May 1941
	[“Larry Adler”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 18 May 1941
	[“Joan Merrill”]
Box   5 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 25 May 1941
	[“Evelyn Tymer”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 1 June 1941
	[“Gypsy Markoff”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 8 June 1941
	[“Ethel Shutta”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 15 June 1941
	[“Gertrude Niesen”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 22 June 1941
	[“Cross and Dunn”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 29 June 1941
	[“Jane Froman”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, including correspondence, July 6-7, 1941
	[“Tommy Dorsey”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 13 July 1941
	Program
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 20 July 1941
	[“Sylvia Froos”]
Box   5 Folder   4	Script, 27 July 1941
Box   5 Folder   4	Revised Script, annotated, 27 July 1941
	[“Kitty Carlisle”]
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 3 August 1941
	[“Dennis Day”]
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 10 August 1941
	[“Jane Pickens”]
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 17 August 1941
	[“Benay Venuta”]
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 24 August 1941
	[“Tune Toppers”]
Box   5 Folder   6	Script, annotated, 31 August 1941
	[“Mildred Bailey”]
Box   5 Folder   6	Script, annotated, 7 September 1941
	[“Marjorie Gainsworth”]
Box   5 Folder   6	Script, annotated, 14 September 1941
	[“Wally Brown”]
Box   5 Folder   6	Script, annotated, 21 September 1941
Box   5 Folder   6	Script, annotated, 28 September 1941
	Ed Sullivan Entertains (CBS: Monday nights, 1943-44)
Box   5 Folder   7	Production File, 1943-1944, undated
	[“Irving Berlin, Connie Bennett, Dana Babcock”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, 13 September 1943
	[“Branch Rickey, Wendy Burrie, Lt. Al Helfer”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Revised Script, 20 September 1943
	[“Ann Rutherford, Sargeant Basilone, Bill Dickey”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, annotated, 27 September 1943
	[“Ann Sothern, George Woolf”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, 4 October 1943
	[“Mary Livingston, Jack Benny”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, annotated, 11 October 1943
	[“Myrna Loy, Colonel Devoe”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, 18 October 1943
	[“Greer Garson, Robert Esch”]
Box   5 Folder   8	Script, 25 October 1943
	[“Pat O'Brien, Ken Walsh, Jack Lavalle”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, 1 November 1943
	[“Frank Sinatra, Bert Wheeler”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, annotated, 8 November 1943
	[“Milton Berle”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, 15 November 1943
	[“Humphrey Bogart”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, 22 November 1943
	[“Jean Arthur”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, annotated, 29 November 1943
	[“Leo Durocher, Danny Kaye”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, annotated, 6 December 1943
	[“Orson Welles”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, annotated, 13 December 1943
	[“Tommy Dorsey, Kathryn Grayson”]
Box   6 Folder   1	Script, 27 December 1943
	[“George Raft”]
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 3 January 1944
	[“Laird Cregar”]
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 10 January 1944
	[“Marlene Dietrich”]
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 17 January 1944
	[“Martha Scott”]
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, 24 January 1944
	[“Rise Stevens”]
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 31 January 1944
	[“Jeanette McDonald”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 7 February 1944
	[“Allen Jones”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 14 February 1944
	[“Guy Lombardo”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 21 February 1944
	[“Billy Rose”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 27 February 1944
	[“Major Torgerson”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, 3 March 1944
	[“Frederic March”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 13 March 1944
	[“Ethel Merman”]
Box   6 Folder   3	Script, 27 March 1944
	[“Jack Haley”]
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 3 April 1944
	[“Gus Eyssell”]
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 10 April 1944
	News
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 24 April 1944
	[“Craig Wood”]
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 8 May 1944
	News
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 22 May 1944
	[“Bob Weitman”]
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 29 May 1944
	News
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, 5 June 1944
	[“Jimmy Durante, Raymond Massey”]
Box   6 Folder   4	Script, annotated, undated
	Ed Sullivan's Pipeline (ABC: 8:15-8:30, Monday) Note: Alternate title: Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco Show
Box   6 Folder   5	7 Scripts, annotated, 2 April - 28 May 1946
Box   6 Folder   6	5 Scripts, annotated, 10 June - 8 July 1946
Box   6 Folder   7	6 Scripts, annotated, including correspondence, 15 July - 26 August 1946
Box   6 Folder   8	7 Scripts, 2 September - 30 September 1946
	Benefits
	Navy Relief Show (NY: Madison Square Garden, 10 March 1942)
Box   7 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1942
	Army Emergency Relief (NY: Radio City Music Hall, 30 September 1942)
Box   7 Folder   2	Production File, 1942-1943, undated
	The Red Cross Show (NY: Madison Square Garden, 5 April 1943)
Box   7 Folder   3	Production File, 1943, undated
	Salute to the Wounded (NY: Madison Square Garden, 9 January 1945)
Box   7 Folder   4	Production File, 1944-1945, undated
Box   7 Folder   5	Miscellaneous Benefits, 1930-1972
	Television
	The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS, 1948-1971) Note: Known as Toast of the Town, 1948-1955
	Anniversary Celebrations
	Fifteenth
Box   7 Folder   6	Clippings, December 1961 - June 1962
Box   7 Folder   7	Pressbook, June 1962
Micro 1160	Scrapbook, June 1962
U.S. Mss 111AN	Twentieth
Box   7 Folder   8	Clippings and Press Release, September 1967 - May 1968
Micro 1160	Scrapbook, November - December 1967
U.S. Mss 111AN Box   7 Folder   9	Clippings, 1951-1971
Box   7 Folder   10	Contracts with CBS, 1950, 1954-1955, 1960, 1964
	Controversies
Box   8 Folder   1	Steve Allen, March - October 1956
Box   8 Folder   2	Paul Douglas, March 1957
	Listings
Box   8 Folder   3	Sponsor and Ratings, 11 October 1959 - 18 April 1965
Box   8 Folder   4	Talent, 26 January 1958 - 4 September 1966
Box   8 Folder   5	Miscellany, circa 1948 - 1962
Box   8 Folder   6	Publicity, 1952 - 1967
	Ratings
Box   8 Folder   7	American Research Bureau (ARB), June 1952 - October 1961
Box   8 Folder   8	Nielsen, September 1951 - July 1966
Box   8 Folder   9	Trendex, October 1952 - October 1957
Box   8 Folder   10	General, 1953 - 1960
Box   8 Folder   11	Sponsorship Change, June 1957
Box   9 Folder   1-7	Summary Budget Reports, 25 September 1955 - 29 March 1964
	[“4th of July”] (, 4 July 1948)
Box   10 Folder   1	Script, July 1948
	[“Oscar Hammerstein II”] (, 9 September & 16 September 1951)
Box   10 Folder   2	Production File, including 6 scripts, August 1951 - September 1960
	[“Helen Hayes”] (, 30 September 1951)
Box   10 Folder   3	Production File, including autobiography, September - October 1951
	[“Robert Sherwood”] (, 25 November 1951)
Box   10 Folder   4	Production File, including 3 scripts, November 1951
	[“George White Scandals”] (, 13 January 1952)
Box   10 Folder   5	Correspondence and Notes, December 1951 - February 1952
	[“Beatrice Lilly”]
Box   10 Folder   6	Production File, including sheet music, January 1952
	[“Cole Porter”] (, 24 February 1952)
Box   10 Folder   7	Production File, including script and sheet music, February 1952
	[“Sam Goldwyn”] (, 9 December & 16 December 1952)
Box   10 Folder   8	Production File, including script, October - December 1952
	[“Walt Disney”] (, 8 February 1953)
Box   10 Folder   9	Production File, including draft of script, December 1952 - March 1953
	[“Joshua Logan”] (, 17 May 1952)
Box   10 Folder   10	Press Release, Note, and Script, May 1953
	[“Marge and Gower Champion”] (, 7 June 1953)
Box   10 Folder   11	Production File, including script fragment, June 1952 - June 1953
	[“Gene Autry”] (, 20 September 1953)
Box   10 Folder   12	Correspondence and Notes, July - August 1953
	Program (, 18 Oct 1953)
Box   10 Folder   13	Sketch Script with Ralph Meeker and Grace Kelly, “French Lesson,” October 1953
	Program (, 1 November 1953)
Box   10 Folder   14	Sketch Script with Art Carney, November 1953
	[“Metropolitan Opera”] (, 1 November & 8 November 1953)
Box   10 Folder   15	Production File, including script fragment, July 1952 - October 1953
	[“The MGM 30th Anniversary Story”] (, 14 January 1954)
Box   10 Folder   16	Production File, including 2 scripts, December 1953 - February 1954
	Program (, 4 April 1954)
Box   10 Folder   17	2 Sketch Scripts, “El Morocco,” April 1954
	[“ASCAP Story”] (, 2 May 1954)
Box   10 Folder   18	Production File, including annotated script, September 1952 - May 1954
	[“ASCAP Story”] (, 9 May 1954)
Box   10 Folder   19	Production File, including 3 scripts, October 1955 - January 1956
	[“Darryl Zanuck”]. (, 12 September 1954)
Box   11 Folder   1	Production File, including 3 scripts, June - September 1954
	[“Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz”] (, 3 October 1954)
Box   11 Folder   2	Production File, including 2 scripts, June - October 1954
	[“Service Shows”]
Box   11 Folder   3	Correspondence, December 1954 - February 1957
	[“Columbia Pictures”] (, 6 February 1955)
Box   11 Folder   4	Production File, January - February 1955
	[“Gertrude Lawrence”] (, 20 February 1955)
Box   11 Folder   5	Production File, including 2 scripts, September 1952 - February 1955
	[“Mister Roberts”] (, 19 June 1955)
Box   11 Folder   6	Production File, including 4 scripts, April - June 1955
	[“Canadian National Exhibition”]
Box   11 Folder   7	Production File, July - September 1955
	[“Coliseum, New York”]
Box   11 Folder   8	Correspondence, Notes, November 1955
	Program (, 19 February 1956)
Box   11 Folder   9	3 Sketch Scripts, including “Big Game,” “Careless Talk,” and “Winter Sports,” February 1956
	Program (, 8 April 1956)
Box   11 Folder   10	Sketch Script, “Carnival of the Animals,” April 1958
	[“Connie Mack”] (, 15 April 1956)
Box   11 Folder   11	Correspondence, Remarks, and Lists, March - April 1956
	Program (, 20 May 1956)
Box   11 Folder   12	Sketch Script, “Tax Consultant,” May 1956
	Program (, 27 May 1956)
Box   11 Folder   13	Sketch Script, “Arty,” by Danny and Neil Simon, May 1956
	[“John Huston”] (, 1 July 1956)
Box   11 Folder   14	Production File, including 2 scripts, June - July 1956
	[“Ingrid Bergman”]
Box   11 Folder   15	Clippings, July - August 1956
	[“Elvis Presley”]
Box   11 Folder   16	Clippings, July 1956
	Program (, 9 September 1956)
Box   11 Folder   17	Script, September 1956
	Program (, 23 September 1956)
Box   11 Folder   18	Script, “Middle of the Night,” September 1956
	Program (, 4 November 1956)
Box   11 Folder   19	Sketch Script, “The Apple Cart,” November 1956
	[“Life Magazine”] (, 11 November 1956)
Box   11 Folder   20	Production File, including 2 treatments and 2 scripts by Burton Benjamin, November 1955 - October 1956, undated
Box   11 Folder   21	Revised Script, November 1956
Box   11 Folder   21	Script, “Terence Rattigan,” November 1956
	Program (, 9 December 1956)
Box   11 Folder   22	Sketch Script, “Shoestring '57,” December 1956
	Program (, 13 January 1957)
Box   11 Folder   23	Script, “Uncle Willie,” 13 January 1957
	[“David O. Selznick”]
Box   11 Folder   24	Correspondence and Contract, April - June 1957
	Program (, 1 June 1958)
Box   11 Folder   25	Sketch Script for Wayne and Shuster, June 1958
	[“Brussels Show”] (, 15 June 1958)
Box   12 Folder   1	Clippings and Correspondence, June 1958
	[“Moiseyev Dancers”] (, 29 June 1958)
Box   12 Folder   2	Clippings, June - July 1958
	Program (, 16 November 1958)
Box   12 Folder   3	Sketch Script, “Telephone Quiz,” by Snag Werris for Lou Costello, November 1958
Box   12 Folder   3	Sketch Script, “The World of Suzie Wong,” November 1958
	[“Alaska Show”] (, 7 December 1958)
Box   12 Folder   4	Production File, including script fragment, September - November 1958
	[“Irish Show”] (, 22 March 1959)
Box   12 Folder   5	Production File, January - March 1959
	[“Portugal Tour”] (, 22 March 1959)
Box   12 Folder   6	Production File, including script fragment, December 1958 - February 1959
	[“Winter Olympics-1960”]
Box   12 Folder   7	Correspondence, April 1959
	[“Festival of Two Worlds”] (, 15 July 1959)
Box   12 Folder   8	Production File, April - September 1959
	[“Russian Tour”] (, 27 September 1959)
Box   12 Folder   9	Production File, March - December 1959
	Program (, 13 March 1960)
Box   12 Folder   10	Sketch Script, “The McGuire Sisters and Friend,” by Lyn Duddy, March 1960
	[“Circus Stars of the World”] (, 20 March 1960)
Box   12 Folder   11	Production File, February - March 1960
	[“San Francisco”] (, 16 October 1960)
Box   12 Folder   12	Production File, including speech to the San Francisco Advertising Club, June - October 1960
	[“Alan Lerner and Fritz Loewe”] (, 19 March 1961)
Box   12 Folder   13	Production File, including script, April 1952 - March 1961
	[“Richard Rodgers” (, 4 November 1962)
Box   12 Folder   14	Production File, June 1952 - November 1962
	Program (, 18 October 1964)
Box   12 Folder   15	Script of Jackie Mason spot, including letter, October 1964
	Program (, 1967)
Box   12 Folder   16	Sketch Script, “I Feel Like a New Man,” 1967
	[“Irving Berlin”] (, 5 May 1968)
Box   12 Folder   17	Clippings, May 1968
	Program (, undated)
Box   12 Folder   18	Script Fragment, “St. Patrick's Day,” undated
	[“Moss Hart”] (, undated)
Box   12 Folder   19	Lists, undated
	[“Gilbert Miller”] (, undated)
Box   12 Folder   20	Lists, undated
	[Tenth Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards] (NBC, 15 April 1953)
Box   12 Folder   21	Script, 15 April 1958
	Kraft Music Hall (Production company unknown, 1967-1971. Original telecast on NBC)
	“The Friars Club 'Roasts' Johnny Carson”
Box   12 Folder   22	Script, by Sam Bobrick, Ron Clark, Marty Farrell, Danny Simon, and Martin A. Ragaway, 27 September 1968
	Motion Pictures
	“Toast of the Town” (Unproduced)
Box   12 Folder   23	Step Outline, “The Ed Sullivan Show,” by Irving Wallace, undated
Box   12 Folder   23	Screen Story, including letter from Jack Warner, by Irving Wallace, 21 September 1955
Box   12 Folder   23	Screenplay, “The Ed Sullivan Show,” by Irving Wallace, 6 January 1956
Box   13 Folder   1	Correspondence and Contracts, May 1955 - February 1956
	The Singing Nun (MGM, 1966)
Box   13 Folder   2	Script with photographs, September - November 1965
	Series: Writings	⇧
Box   13 Folder   3-4	Articles, 1923, 1926, 1938-1971, undated
	“Arnold Reuben Story” (Unpublished)
Box   13 Folder   5	Correspondence and Agreements, 1943
Box   13 Folder   6	Drafts, 1943
	Christmas with Ed Sullivan (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1959)
Box   14 Folder   1	Book, written and compiled by Ed Sullivan with Betty Sullivan Precht, 1959
	“The Lee Shubert Story” (Unpublished)
Box   15 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1936, 1946-1948, undated
Box   15 Folder   2	Memoirs and Notes of Shubert, undated
Box   15 Folder   3	Notes and Miscellany, circa 1946-1948
Box   15 Folder   4-7	Draft, edited, chapters 1-21
Box   16 Folder   1-2	Revised Draft, chapters 1-21
Box   16 Folder   3-6	Draft, miscellaneous edited selections
Box   17 Folder   1	Draft, miscellaneous edited selections, continued
	“Little Old New York” (Published column in New York Daily News)
	Clippings
Box   17 Folder   2-6	1941-1953
Box   18 Folder   1-5	1954-1974
	“My Wonderful One” (Unpublished)
Box   18 Folder   6	Draft, circa 1945
	Series: Films	⇧
	The Ed Sullivan Show (Original title: Toast of the Town Note: These films are listed in a separate finding aid; click here to see that list.
GA 080	[Baseball Footage, Sullivan Collection [196-?] (Producer unknown) Alternate Format: Digital access copy available. Scope and Content Note: Five rolls of baseball events: 1) 67' silent footage of batters including Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, 2) 260' silent footage marked “Connie Mack outtakes.” Mack's arrival at a stadium. Excerpts from a film “Pitching Immortals” and an instructional film, 3) 70' silent footage of Connie Mack being honored by his team, 41 75' silent footage of Bobby Thompson hitting home run in World Series, and 5) 208' sound footage of World Series game with Yankees vs. Dodgers. Players include: Hank Bauer, Jackie Robinson, Gil McDougal.
GA 075	Comanche [publicity], [1955] (Producer unknown)
CA 597-598	Double Your Money[1959] (ITV, England)
GA 081-087, GA 307-308	[Ed Sullivan and Bing Crosby] , [196-?] (CBS?) Alternate Format: Digital access copy available. Scope and Content Note: Unedited footage
GA 078	[Ed Sullivan Arrives at London Airport], [196-?] (Producer unknown) Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.
DC 856	[Miscellaneous Footage, Sullivan Collection], undated (Producer unknown) Alternate Format: Digital access copy available. Scope and Content Note: Seven rolls: 1) 229' sound footage of dancers and singers in Athens, done to scout possibilities for doing Sullivan show there; 2) 7' color and b/w two shots from a dog sled race; 3) 95' silent stock footage of 1936 Munich Olympics; 4) 73' silent footage of Sullivan at Eiffel Tower and at Parisian party; 5) 58' silent negative of one shot (or outtake) from Huston version of Moby Dick; 6) 39' silent footage of Sullivan's arrival at an unspecified airport; 7) negative of #6.
GA 079	Movietone News Vol. 38 [excerpt], 1955 (Movietone News; 20 Century Fox, distributor)

Name	Date	Box/Folder
Steve Allen	7 September 1970	2/6
Rudolph Bing	19 November 1956	1/10
	4 December 1956	1/10
Jack Benny	27 July 1955	4/10
Gower Champion	8 April 1953	10/11
Bing Crosby	16 April 1951	1/9
Jimmy Durante	6 October 1964	2/3
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1948	1/9
	24 October 1962	2/2
	20 January 1968	2/6
Duke Ellington	22 September 1967	2/6
Mark Goodson	12 June 1956	1/1
Sam Goldwyn	15 December 1952	10/8
J. Edgar Hoover	23 May 1946	1/9
	7 April 1971	3/1
Lady Bird Johnson	7 December 1964	2/3
Edward M. Kennedy	18 May 1964	2/3
Jacqueline Kennedy	22 June 1964	2/3
	28 August 1965	2/5
Joan Kennedy	17 July 1964	2/3
John F. Kennedy	Christmas, 1960	2/1
	15 March 1961	2/2
	18 June 1963	2/2
Joseph P. Kennedy	28 April 1960	2/1
	4 October 1960	2/1
Robert F. Kennedy	24 June 1964	2/3
	undated	3/1
Rose Kennedy	15 January 1964	2/3
	13 September 1966	2/6
Garry Moore	8 March 1956	1/1
Richard M. Nixon	6 December 1970	2/6
	19 March 1973	3/1
Louis Nizer	11 December 1944	1/9
Ronald Reagan	11 November 1965	2/5
Don Rickles	6 September 1967	2/6
	21 September 1967	2/6
	6 October 1967	2/6
	31 October 1967	2/6
James Roosevelt	9 August 1946	1/9
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.	15 April 1952	1/9
Richard Rodgers	6 March 1952	1/9
William Saroyan	29 November 1955	13/1
Robert E. Sherwood	5 February 1949	1/9
	14 November 1951	1/9
	20 July 1955	4/10
F. Cardinal Spellman	20 December 1947	1/9
Frank Stanton	26 June 1951	1/9
Adlai E. Stevenson	3 February 1965	2/4
Jean Sulzberger	25 July 1958	1/10
Jack Warner	4 May 1955	13/1
	23 September 1955	12/23
	1 November 1955	13/1
	6 December 1955	13/1
Darryl Zanuck	23 February 1956	4/10