Title: Clark R. Jones Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1970

Creator:

• Jones, Clark R., 1920-

Call Number: U.S. Mss 119AN

Quantity: 6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes) and 3 films

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Abstract:

Papers of Clark R. Jones, a prominent television director, consisting almost entirely of scripts and photographs for series which Jones directed, primarily the Bell Telephone Hour (NBC), The Carol Burnett Show (CBS), The Perry Como Show and Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (NBC), Producers' Showcase (NBC), and The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (NBC). Among the specials which Jones directed are the 1967 and 1969 Tony Awards and the first closed circuit theater television demonstration, a live presentation from the Metropolitan Opera House in 1952. Also included are films of two programs from Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall.

Language: English

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Clark R. Jones, prominent as a television director since 1952, was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania on April 10, 1920. He received his elementary and high school education in Albany, New York, and his higher education at Northwestern University. In the late 1960's Jones was nominated for Best Television Director of the Year for The Carol Burnett Show, Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet. He has also produced such television specials as The Funny Side (September 15, 1971) and Will Rogers, USA (March 9, 1972).

Mr. Jones' awards include the following: T.V. Academy nominations for Best Director (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963), Sylvania Television Award (1955), Peabody Award (1952), Look Television Award (1958), and Christopher Award (1953, 1955, 1960).

The Clark Jones Papers, 1952-1970, consist primarily of scripts for television and opera, and are arranged alphabetically, first by series and then by title. The majority of the collection (Boxes 1-13) relates to Jones' career as a director of such television series as The Bell Telephone Hour, The Carol Burnett Show, The Perry Como Show, and The World of Music. There are also twenty-four scripts (Boxes 14-17) for specials which he directed from 1952-1968. These scripts include Annie Get Your Gun,The Lord Don't Play Favorites, and the Tony Awards of 1967 and 1969. Complementing the scripts are cast inventories and photographs.

A script and crew photographs document Jones' 1952 French-language production of Carmen (the first demonstration of closed circuit theater television) at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Included in the collection are three films: The Education of Mr. Blandings: Lesson One (1954), and two films of Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (one 1960 and one undated).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Clark R. Jones, New York, New York, 1971 and 1973. Accession Number: MCHC71-31, MCHC73-132

Processing Information

Processed by PD, October 29, 1973.

U.S. Mss 119AN Box   1 Folder   1	Series: Jones' preliminary inventory
	Series: Television	⇧
	The Bell Telephone Hour
Box   1 Folder   2	1963, Oct 8-Nov 5
Box   1 Folder   3	1963, Nov 21-Dec 24
Box   1 Folder   4	1964, Jan-Mar
Box   1 Folder   5	1964, Mar-Apr
Box   1 Folder   6	1964, May
Box   2 Folder   1	1964, Jul-Aug
Box   2 Folder   2	1964, Sept-Oct
Box   2 Folder   3	1964, Nov
Box   2 Folder   4	1964, Dec-1965, Jan
Box   2 Folder   5	1965, Feb-Mar
Box   3 Folder   1	1965, Apr
Box   3 Folder   2	1965, May
Box   3 Folder   3	1965, Oct-Dec
Box   3 Folder   4	1966, Jan
Box   3 Folder   5	1968, Dec
	The Carol Burnett Show
Box   4 Volume   1	1967, Sept 11-0ct 2
Box   4 Volume   2	1967, Oct 9-Oct 28
Box   5 Volume   3	1967, Nov 13-Dec 4
Box   5 Volume   4	1967, Dec 11-1968, Jan 8
Box   6 Volume   5	1968, Jan 15-Feb 5
Box   6 Volume   6	1968, Feb 12-Mar 4
Box   7 Volume   7	1968, Mar 11-Mar 16
Box   7 Volume   8	1968, Apr 1-May 13
	Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour
Box   7 Folder   1	1970, Feb 21-Mar 7
Box   7 Folder   2	1970, Mar 21
Box   8 Folder   1	1970, Apr 4-May 14
Box   8 Folder   2	1970, May 28
DC 715	The Education Of Mr. Blandings: Lesson One Film Note: A Worthington-Miner Production. 1954. Telecast on NBC, April 8, 1954.
U.S. Mss 119AN	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
Box   8 Folder   3	1966, Jan 24-Feb 20
Box   8 Folder   4	1966, Mar 28
	Films
DC 711-712	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, NBC, 1960, June 1
DC 713-714	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, NBC. 1960, March 16
U.S. Mss 119AN	Perry Como Show
Box   8 Volume   9	1959, Dec 6-Jan 10
Box   9 Volume   10	1959, Jan 17-Feb 14
Box   10 Volume   11	1959, Feb 21-Apr 4
Box   11 Volume   12	1959, Apr 11-June 6
Box   11 Folder   1	1965, Apr 18
Box   12 Folder   1	1965, Nov 22-Dec 20
Box   12 Folder   2	Perry Como Show Singers, Photographs, 1960
	Producers' Showcase
Box   15 Folder   1	“The Four Posters,” starring Jessica Tandy, 1955, July 25 (Vol. 14)
Box   15 Folder   4	“Jack and the Beanstalk,” starring Celeste Holm, 1956, Nov 12 (Vol. 15)
Box   15 Folder   6	“The Lord Don't Play Favorites,” starring Kay Starr, 1956, Sept 17 (Vol. 16)
Box   16 Folder   2	“Peter Pan,” starring Mary Martin, 1955, Mar 7-1956, Jan 9 (Vol. 17)
Box   16 Folder   3	“Romeo and Juliet,” 1957, Mar 4 (Vol. 18)
Box   17 Folder   1	“Sleeping Beauty,” 1955, Dec 12 (Vol. 20)
	The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
Box   12 Folder   3	1966, Jan 7-Feb 4
Box   12 Folder   4	1966, Feb 11-Feb 18
Box   12 Folder   5	1966, Feb 25-Mar 4
Box   12 Folder   6	1966, Mar 18-Mar 25
Box   13 Folder   1	1966, Apr 8-Apr 15
	The World of Music
Box   13 Folder   1	“Charles Ives-An American Original,” undated
Box   13 Folder   1	“The Glory of Cremona,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   2	“The Instrument Maker,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   2	“Let Freedom Sing,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   3	“The Music Lesson,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   3	“The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   3	“Music of Shakespeare's Time,” 1965
Box   13 Folder   4	“Twilight of a Culture,” 1964
Box   13 Folder   4	“The World of Music with Morton Gould,” 1965
	Specials
Box   13 Folder   5	An Hour with Robert Goulet, second draft and final scripts, 1964
Box   13 Folder   6	Annie Get Your Gun, starring Ethel Merman, 1967, Mar 19
Box   14 Folder   1	Bernstein in Japan,1961
Box   14 Folder   2	Carol [Channing] and Company,1966, Oct 9
Box   14 Folder   3	Carol Channing Proudly Presents the Seven Deadly Sins,1969
Box   14 Folder   4	Chrysler Rainbow of Stars,1962, Apr 17
Box   14 Folder   5	The Dinah Shore Show,1964, Oct
Box   14 Folder   6	Festival at Ford's,1970, Nov 26
Box   14 Folder   7	The Ford 50th Anniversary Show,1953, June 12 (Vol. 13)
Box   15 Folder   2	Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing,1968, Nov 25
Box   15 Folder   3	Fred Waring Easter Special,1963, Apr 14
Box   15 Folder   5	The King Family,1964
Box   16 Folder   1	New Faces, starring Robert Morse, 1964
Box   16 Folder   4	Ruggles of Red Gap,1957, Feb 3 (Vol. 19)
Box   16 Folder   5	Sammy [Davis] and His Friends,1966, Feb
Box   17 Folder   2	Tony Awards,1967
Box   17 Folder   3	Tony Awards,1969
Box   17 Folder   4	Twenty-Five Years of Life, starring Bob Hope, 1961, May 2
	Series: Opera	⇧
	Carmen, 1952, Dec 11
Box   17 Folder   5	Script, photos (Vol. 21)