Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
	Subseries: Produced
	Beware the Jabberwock. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 12-13	Scripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous production files, 1982
DG 058	Beware of the Jabberwock, 1982 Physical Description: 35 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1982. Co-produced, directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-produced and co-scripted by Helen Garvy.
VHB 805	Ray Bolger's Story Time, 1982 Physical Description: 82 minutes, VHS Note: Includes Peter and the Wolf, Beware the Jabberwock, and The Ugly Duckling.
Mss 1200	Executive Action. Directed by David Miller. Wakeford/Orloff,
Box 3 Folder 42	Clippings and correspondence, 1973-1992 Note: Dan Bessie was one of the film's co-producers.
	For Goodness Snakes.
Box 3 Folder 43	Laboratory notes, 1975 Note: For film reels AE 647-654, GA 843-844.
AE 647-AE 654, GA 843-GA 844	For Goodness Snakes, pre-print materials, picture and sound, 1975 Physical Description: 16/Super8, 35/32 Note: Currently this is not a viewing copy. See Box 3, Folder 43 for lab notes and ask a reference archivist for more information.
Mss 1200	Hard Traveling. Shire Films, 1985
Box 2 Folder 17	Prospectus, circa 1980-1985
Box 2 Folder 31	Shooting script and storyboards, 1984 July
Box 2 Folder 34	Prop newspapers, circa 1985
Box 2 Folder 35	Music cue sheets, circa 1985
Box 2 Folder 45	Fan letters, 1986-1988
Box 2 Folder 7-16	Various drafts of script, includes some correspondence on script, circa 1980-1985 Note: Later scripts are dated 1983.
Box 2 Folder 18-19	Preproduction comments on script, casting ideas, correspondence, and publicity materials, circa 1980-1985
Box 2 Folder 20-22	Alvah Bessie story outline, correspondence with Dan Bessie, and Bread and a Stone reviews, 1960-1984
Box 2 Folder 23-27	Funding documents including grant applications, fundraising, potential investors list, correspondence, legal advice, and investor close-out, 1981-1990 Note: Includes grant applications for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Program Fund and National Television Theatre and correspondence with lawyer Richard Klein.
Box 2 Folder 28-30	Contracts and contact lists, 1982-1986 Note: Contracts between Shire Films and Alvah Bessie, Ernie Sheldon, and other crew members.
Box 2 Folder 32-33	Dialogue continuity, circa 1984-1985
Box 2 Folder 36-38	Distribution correspondence and agreements, 1985-1990
Box 2 Folder 39-44	Publicity materials generated by Shire Films, 1986
Box 3 Folder 1-6	Distribution, festival catalogs and new clippings, 1984-1986
Box 16 Folder 1	Photographs of scene and production stills, circa 1985 Physical Description: Twenty-one 3 x 4-inch black-and-white and twenty-seven 3 x 4-inch color photographs
Box 16 Folder 2	Production stills for roof-mending scene, circa 1985 Physical Description: Four 35 mm black-and-white contact sheets
Box 16 Folder 3	Polaroids taken as continuity records during the shooting, circa 1985 Physical Description: Forty-five 2.5 x 2.5-inch color photographs
Box 16 Folder 4-5	Photographs, circa 1985 Physical Description: One hundred and six 35 mm black-and-white and color negatives
Box 17-18	Slides, circa 1985 Physical Description: Two hundred and fifty-seven 35 mm color slides
	Junior High School Films. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 35	Scripts, outlines, and flyers for Not My Problem, No Easy Answers, The People Next Door, The Birth Control Movie, and Drugs, Don't Be Fooled, circa 1979-1983 Note: Includes collaborations with Ann Vracin and Helen Garvy.
CC 503	Child Abuse: The People Next Door, 1980 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1980. Co-produced, directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-produced and co-scripted by Helen Garvy.
CC 475	Drugs Don't Be Fooled, 1983 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for American Educational Films, Nashville, Tennessee, by Shire Films, 1983. Directed by Dan Bessie, scripted by Tom Conrad.
CC 505	Not My Problem (Teenage Pregnancy: A Male Perspective), 1979 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1979. Directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-scripted by Ann Vracin.
CC 504	Teenage Pregnancy: No Easy Answers, 1980 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1980. Co-produced, directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-produced and co-scripted by Helen Garvy.
DG 063	The Birth Control Movie, 1981 Physical Description: 35 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for ETR, an affiliate of Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood, by Shire Films, 1981. Co-produced, directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-produced and co-scripted by Helen Garvy.
Mss 1200	The Learning Garden
Box 1 Folder 47	Scripts for Vasectomy; Pre-Natal Care, The Later Months; Learning to Observe; Buyer Beware; Unicycle; Don the Magic Dentist; and Sunfire; 1971-1979 Note: Collaborations include Marilyn Katz, Helen Garvy, and Ann Vracin.
Box 2 Folder 1-1a	Scripts, synopses, study guides, and production records for Before You Take That Bite, A Tale of Til, Tierra Del Sol (by Alvah Bessie), divorce film (probably Feeling Left Out), Astronauts and Jelly Beans, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Sport Billy Saves the Olympics, and A Crack in the Pavement, 1971-1979 Note: Collaborations include Marianne Meyerhoff, Alvah Bessie, Sharon Shohet, Ann Vracin, Judith Anne Perez, Ellen Geer, Bill Davis, Severo Perez, and Richard Parkes.
Box 14 Folder 4	The Wonderful Weather Machine, storyboards, circa 1983 Note: Taped photocopies. Produced for Barr Films, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 1-1a	Scripts, synopses, study guides, and production records for Before You Take That Bite, A Tale of Til, Tierra Del Sol (by Alvah Bessie), divorce film (probably Feeling Left Out), Astronauts and Jelly Beans, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Sport Billy Saves the Olympics, and A Crack in the Pavement, 1971-1979 Note: Collaborations include Marianne Meyerhoff, Alvah Bessie, Sharon Shohet, Ann Vracin, Judith Anne Perez, Ellen Geer, Bill Davis, Severo Perez, and Richard Parkes.
Box 14 Folder 4	The Wonderful Weather Machine, storyboards, circa 1983 Note: Taped photocopies. Produced for Barr Films, 1983.
CC 467	Baby Dance-Prenatal Exercises, 1978 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Professional Research Inc. by the Learning Garden, 1978. Directed by Dan Bessie.
CC 469	Before You Take That Bite (Nutrition), 1977 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Filmfair Communications by the Learning Garden, 1977. Produced, scripted and directed by Dan Bessie, photographed by Fred Goodrich.
AE 231	Buyer Beware (Spanish version), 1971 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1971. Produced, co-directed and animated by Dan Bessie, script by Alvah Bessie, co-directed by Stan Frager, Spanish version.
CC 482	Diabetics Exchange Diet, 1971 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Professional Research, Inc. by the Learning Garden, 1971. Animated and directed by Dan Bessie, designed by Dave Williamson.
VHB 801	Feeling Left Out?, 1977 Physical Description: 15 minutes, VHS Note: Produced for AIMS Media by the Learning Garden, 1977. Directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-scripted by Ann Vracin. A film about divorce. Includes a teacher-study guide.
CC 470	Feeling Left Out?, 1977 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for AIMS Media by the Learning Garden, 1977. Directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-scripted by Ann Vracin.
AE 235	Learning to Observe, 1970 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Bailey Film Associates, 1970. Produced, directed and animated by Dan Bessie.
AE 234	Magical Disappearing Money, 1972 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation by the Learning Garden, distributed by Communications Group/West, 1972. Produced by Dan Bessie, directed by Buck Pennington, script by Judith Parker, edited by Ivan Dryer.
AE 233	Menopause, 1971 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Professional Research Inc. by the Learning Garden, 1971. Produced and animated by Dan Bessie, directed by Jimmy Rodin, photographed by Isadore Mankofsky.
CC 480	Nerve Deafness, 1971 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1971. Produced by Dan Bessie, directed by Jimmy Rodin, live action photographed by Allen Stevens, designed by Lee Story, animated by Mallory Pearce.
AE 237	Not You Too!?, 1972 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation by the Learning Garden, distributed by Communications Group/West, 1972. Produced by Dan Bessie, directed by Buck Pennington.
DG 060	The Notorious Jumping Front of Calaveras County, 1979-1980 Physical Description: 35 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1979-1980. Directed and co-animated by Dan Bessie; co-animated by Mal Pearce.
VHB 802	Outpatient Surgery, undated Physical Description: 14 minutes, VHS Note: Video tape labeled as Outpatient Surgery but the title on the film is Same Day Surgery.
CC 507	Peptic Ulcer, 1974 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Wakeford/Orloff's Medical Films by the Learning Garden, 1974. Produced, directed and animated by Dan Bessie.
AE 236	Square Pegs-Round Holes, 1973 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1973. Produced, directed and co-animated by Dan Bessie, co-animated by Bill Davis.
AE 238	A Tale of Till, 1976 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1976. Produced and scripted by Dan Bessie, directed by Marianne Meyerhoff assisted by Isadore Mankofsky.
CC 479	Tierra del Sol: A New Beginning, 1972 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by the Learning Garden, 1972. Produced by Dan Bessie, script by Alvah Bessie, directed by Jim Stanfield.
CC 506	Unicycle: Looking Into My World, 1977 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by the Learning Garden, 1977. Produced and directed by Dan Bessie.
CC 468	Vasectomy, 1975 Physical Description: 17 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Wakeford/Orloff's Medical Films by the Learning Garden, 1975. Produced, directed, co-scripted and animated by Dan Bessie, co-scripted by Marilyn Katz.
VHB 803	The Wonderful Weather Machine, 1983 Physical Description: 12 minutes, VHS Note: Directed by Severo Perez, animation by Dan Bessie. Barr Films, 1983.
VHB 944	Dan Bessie sample reel - animation, undated Physical Description: 17 minutes, VHS Note: Sample reel includes full advertisement spots and film clips from Dayton Warehouse sale, KGO AM 81, Gulf States Utilities Co., Kid's World, Charter (drug and alcohol addiction services), The Learning Garden's The Notorious Jumping Front of Calaveras County, Shire Film's The Immune System: Your Magic Doctor, and The Learning Garden's Astronauts and Jelly Beans, Pennbank, and Culligan.
Mss 1200	Peter and the Wolf. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 10	Actor agreements, circa 1981
Box 3 Folder 11	Publicity, circa 1981
Box 3 Folder 7-9	Scripts and narration, circa 1981
Box 15 Folder 2	Awards for Peter and the Wolf (Cine 1982, The Golden Eagle; The Learning Awards 1981-1982; and Diploma di pimo premio ex aequo, 1983); Sunpower (Cine 1983, The Golden Eagle); Bandelier Film's “Public Service of Oklahoma” advertisement (First Place Addy, 1992 New Mexico); “Water Analysis” advertisement (International Broadcast Award, 1976), 1976-1992
VBC 414	Pedro Y El Lodo (Spanish Version), 1983 Physical Description: 29 minutes, 3/4-inch video tape Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1981. Produced, scripted and directed by Dan Bessie, with Ray Bolger as narrator.
DG 059	Peter and the Wolf, 1981 Physical Description: 35 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1981. Produced, scripted and directed by Dan Bessie, with Ray Bolger as narrator.
VHB 804	Peter and the Wolf, 1981 Physical Description: 28 minutes, VHS Note: CBS version. Aired on CBS on December 25, 1983 and August 18, 1984.
VHB 805	Ray Bolger's Story Time, 1982 Physical Description: 82 minutes, VHS Note: Includes Peter and the Wolf, Beware the Jabberwock, and The Ugly Duckling.
Mss 1200	Physical Fitness. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 38	Flyers and script, circa 1979-1980
CC 502	Physical Fitness, 1980 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Professional Research, Inc. by Shire Films, 1980. Directed and animated by Dan Bessie.
Mss 1200	Scenes from David Copperfield. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 16	General plan and shooting script, circa 1989
VHB 808	Scenes from David Copperfield, 1989 Physical Description: 50 minutes, VHS Note: Produced for the Dickens Project, adapted by Kate Rickman; directed by Dan Bessie; performed by the Dickens Players.
Mss 1200	Shire Films
Box 2 Folder 2-6	General publicity, exhibition and licensing files, circa 1985-1990
	Six Films on Physiology. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 36-37	Scripts, treatments, and study guide for A Drop of Blood; Bones and Muscles: Working as a Team; Glands and Your Body; Digestion: You Are What You Eat; Senses and the World Around You; and Immunology and Healing: Your Magic Doctor, circa 1985-1989 Note: Includes collaborations with Paul Showers and Helen Garvy.
Box 14 Folder 3	Storyboards for the main title sequence of Senses and the World Around You, circa 1987
CC 478	Bones and Muscles: A Team, 1986 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1986. Directed, scripted and animated by Dan Bessie, photographed by Emiko Omori, with Linda Dangcil as narrator.
CC 472	A Drop of Blood, 1985 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1985. Directed, scripted and animated by Dan Bessie, photographed by Gene Evans, with Linda Dangcil as narrator.
CC 471	Glands and your Body, 1986 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films, 1986. Directed, scripted and animated by Dan Bessie, photographed by Emiko Omori, with Linda Dangcil as narrator.
CC 476	The Immune System: Your Magic Doctor, 1988 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films, 1988. Directed and animated by Dan Bessie, produced and scripted by Helen Garvy.
CC 477	Senses and the World Around You, 1987 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films, 1987. Directed, scripted and animated by Dan Bessie (who also wrote the songs), photographed by Emiko Omori, with Linda Dangcil as narrator.
VHB 944	Dan Bessie Sample Reel - animation, undated Physical Description: 17 minutes, VHS Note: Sample reel includes full advertisement spots and film clips from Dayton Warehouse sale, KGO AM 81, Gulf States Utilities Co., Kid's World, Charter (drug and alcohol addition services), The Learning Garden's The Notorious Jumping Front of Calaveras County, Shire Film's The Immune System: Your Magic Doctor, and The Learning Garden's Astronauts and Jelly Beans, Pennbank, and Culligan.
Mss 1200	Sunpower. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 39	Correspondence, scripts, and storyboard, 1979-1982
Box 14 Folder 2	Storyboards, circa 1982
Box 15 Folder 2	Awards for Peter and the Wolf (Cine 1982, The Golden Eagle; The Learning Awards 1981-1982; and Diploma di pimo premio ex aequo, 1983); Sunpower (Cine 1983, The Golden Eagle); Bandelier Film's “Public Service of Oklahoma” advertisement (First Place Addy, 1992 New Mexico); “Water Analysis” advertisement (International Broadcast Award, 1976), 1976-1992
CC 473	Sunpower, 1982 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1982. Produced, scripted, directed and animated by Dan Bessie.
Mss 1200	Time After Time. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 40	Script, circa 1983
Box 14 Folder 1	Storyboards, circa 1983
CC 474	Time After Time, 1983 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Barr Films by Shire Films, 1983. Directed, scripted and animated by Dan Bessie.
Mss 1200	Try It--You'll Like It. Shire Films,
Box 3 Folder 41	Flyers, scripts, narration, and study guide, circa 1981 Note: Includes collaborations with Alvah Bessie and Molly Gorelick.
VHB 806	Try It, You'll Like It, 1981 Physical Description: 12 minutes, VHS Note: Produced for California State College, Northridge, by Shire Films, 1981. Produced and directed by Dan Bessie.
AE 225	Try it-You'll Like It, 1981 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for California State College, Northridge, by Shire Films, 1981. Produced and directed by Dan Bessie.
Mss 1200	Turnabout. Shire Films, 1992
Box 3 Folder 24	Shooting script and production notes, circa 1992
Box 3 Folder 17-21	Scripts and narration, circa 1992
Box 3 Folder 22-23	Investors and grant documents, 1991-1997
Box 3 Folder 25-28	Distribution and exhibition, 1991-1998
Box 3 Folder 29-31	Publicity, news clippings, festival catalogs, owl award, and fan letters, 1993-1994
Box 3 Folder 32-34	Miscellaneous notes, records, and new clippings, 1987-1995 Note: Includes correspondence, proposals, budgets, edit logs, crew contact lists, and research on Forman Brown.
Box 15 Folder 4	Poster, handmade, circa 1992 Note: Photographs appear to have been removed from the poster.
VBC 413	Turnabout, 1992 Physical Description: 59 minutes, 3/4-inch video tape Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1992. Produced, directed and scripted by Dan Bessie, edited by Helen Garvy.
VFA 134	Turnabout master, 1992 Physical Description: 59 minutes, Betacam SP Note: Dub Master, discrete audio, channels 1 & 2 only, 1992 October 12. Produced by Shire Films, 1992. Produced, directed and scripted by Dan Bessie, edited by Helen Garvy.
AE 424	Turnabout opening segment, 1992 Physical Description: 5 minutes, 16 mm Note: Clip from the opening of the film, complete with the opening credits. Cuts off abruptly without apparent motivation.
VFA 136-VFA 171, VBC 650-VBC 651	Turnabout raw footage, 1990-1992 Alternate Format: Digital access copies available for VFA 136-VFA 157 and VFA 166-VFA 168. Physical Description: Betacam SP Note: Includes interviews, B-roll, slides, photographs, and narration. Produced by Shire Films, 1992. Produced, directed and scripted by Dan Bessie, edited by Helen Garvy.
VFA 135	Turnabout unmixed audio, 1992 Physical Description: Betacam SP Note: Not a viewing copy. Produced by Shire Films, 1992. Produced, directed and scripted by Dan Bessie, edited by Helen Garvy.
DG 221-DG 222	Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers, 1992 Physical Description: 56 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1992. Produced, directed and scripted by Dan Bessie, edited by Helen Garvy. Film split into two reels.
1805A/6-1805A/8	Turnabout production reels, circa 1992 Physical Description: 1/4 Tape Note: Contains /6 Odetta's “Waterboy” song (4 minutes) and /7-8 Dan Bessie narration for the film (24 minutes and 27 minutes). All recordings have been digitized.
Mss 1200	The Ugly Duckling. Shire Films, circa 1982
Box 3 Folder 14-15	Scripts, shooting scripts, music cues, and rerecording cue sheets, circa 1982
VHB 805	Ray Bolger's Story Time, 1982 Physical Description: 82 minutes, VHS Note: Includes Peter and the Wolf, Beware the Jabberwock, and The Ugly Duckling.
DG 061	The Ugly Duckling, 1982 Physical Description: 35 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced by Shire Films, 1982. Co-produced, directed and co-scripted by Dan Bessie, co-produced and co-scripted by Helen Garvy, with Ray Bolger as narrator.
	Miscellaneous
AE 226	I'm Ready Mom - Are You?, 1969 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Communications Group/West, 1969. Produced and animated by Dan Bessie to a script by Alvah Bessie.
AE 232	Meet Lisa, 1970 Physical Description: 12 minutes, 16 mm Note: Produced for Wakeford Orloff, 1970. Produced by Dan Bessie, directed by Abbie Logan (really by Dan Bessie), script Rose Kuras-Bessie, work print.
CC 481	On Your Marks: Part 1 & 2, 1970 Physical Description: 14 minutes, 16 mm Note: Producer Sidney Galants and Less Goldman; directed by Dan Bessie and Cliff Roberts; animated by Maureen Longergan, Carol Beers, and Dan Bessie; design by Cliff Roberts; narrated by Herschel Bernardi; written by Dr. Richard Armour; and music by Buddy Collette. Parts 1 & 2 refer to the fact that On Your Marks is two related short, educational films.
AE 239	Prayer of the Ages, circa late 1960s Physical Description: 6 minutes, 16 mm Note: Producer unknown, undated. Animated by Dan Bessie, uncredited. Also called The Lord is My Shepherd. Credits on films: narration by Raymond Burr, written by Eugene Poinc, photographed by James Crabe, music by Max Rubinchick, title music by David Raksin, designed by Armand Acosta, created by Maria Luca de Tena, and directed by Dick Colla.