Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
	Series: Theater
	Early Plays, 1932-1939
Box 28 Folder 1	Ideas for shows: early sketches, notes, and lyrics by Jean and Walter Kerr
Volume 3	Sketches
	Photographs
Box 28 Folder 2	Plays produced at St. George High School
Box 28 Folder 3	Plays produced at Marywood College
Box 28 Folder 4	Plays produced at Northwestern University
	No Reason at All, 1932 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr and Gilbert Nevius, produced at St. George High School, 1933
Volume 1	Script
	St. George Minstrel Show, 1933 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr and Gilbert Nevius, produced at St. George High School
Volume 3	Script
	A Most Extraordinary Boy, 1934 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr, suggested by Hans Christian Anderson's "Story of My Life"
Box 28 Folder 5	Correspondence, copyright and commentary on play 1939
Volume 2	Original script, treatments, staging directions
	Denison's Variety Revue by Walter Kerr, 1935
Box 28 Folder 6	Correspondence and contracts, 1934-1935
Volume 1	Sketches
	Murder in Reverse / by Walter Kerr, 1935
Box 28 Folder 7	Correspondence, 1934
Volume 1	Script
	Murder to Music / by Walter Kerr, 1935
Box 28 Folder 7	Correspondence, 1936
Volume 1	Script
	Movie Minstrel / by Walter Kerr, 1936
Box 28 Folder 8	Contracts, financial information 1936-1938
	Murder in Grey / by Walter Kerr, 1936
Volume 3	Script
	Murder with Impunity / by Walter Kerr, 1936
Box 28 Folder 9	Correspondence, 1936
Volume 3	Script
	I'll Take Vanilla / by Walter Kerr, 1936
Box 28 Folder 10	Contract, 1936
Volume 3	Script
	Mystery Minstrel / by Walter Kerr, 1937
Box 28 Folder 10	Correspondence, 1937
	Don't Look Now, 1937 March Scope and Content Note: Show at Northwestern University, script and lyrics by Walter Kerr and Charles Nelson
Volume 1	Script, lyrics
Volume 56	Musical score
Box 28 Folder 11	Lyrics, financial information
	Angels on Eggshells, 1937 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr, Northwestern University
Box 28 Folder 12	Correspondence, 1938
Volume 3	Script
	Death and Deluge / by Walter Kerr, 1937
Volume 3	Script
	A Murderous Marriage / by Walter Kerr, 1937
Volume 3	Script
	Imps in Industry, 1937, 1939 June 10 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; renamed Inside-Out Family and produced by Jack and Jill Players1939 June 10, Chicago, Illinois
Box 28 Folder 13	Correspondence commentary, 1937-1939
Volume 5	Script
	Rip Van Winkle, 1937 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Washington Irving by Walter Kerr; produced at Northwestern University, scenes used in 1943 December at Catholic University
Box 28 Folder 14	Correspondence, contract 1936-1937
Volume 56	Article by Walter Kerr
	The Thief Is a Knight by Walter Kerr, 1938
Box 28 Folder 15	Correspondence, contract 1938-1939
Volume 56	Script
	Christopher over Chaos, 1938 July Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; submitted as his M.A. thesis, Northwestern University
Box 28 Folder 16	Correspondence, 1938-1941
Volume 4	Script, 1938 July
	The Vicar of Wakefield, 1938 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Oliver Goldsmith by Walter Kerr; produced, 1938, at Northwestern University
Box 28 Folder 17	Correspondence, contract 1938
	Christmas Incorporated by Walter Kerr, 1939
Box 28 Folder 18	Correspondence, contracts 1937-1939
Volume 3	Script
	Without Jury / by Walter Kerr, 1939
Box 28 Folder 19	Correspondence, 1940, script
Box 28 Folder 20	Script
	Early Plays, undated
	American Ghoulash / by Walter Kerr
Volume 3	Script
	"The American Musical Review"
Volume 1	Script
	Art and Prudence
Volume 6	Script
	The Baldwin Gang / by Walter Kerr
Volume 13	Notes
	Change of the Moon / by Walter Kerr
Volume 19	Script
	The Constitution-Two Epochs / by Walter Kerr
Volume 3	Script
	The Country on Her Hands by Walter Kerr
Volume 3	Script
	If Wishes Were Babies / by Walter Kerr
Volume 5	Script
	The Last Aqueduct / by Walter Kerr
Box 28 Folder 21	Correspondence, 1944
Volume 5	Script
Volume 19	Script
	Minute Waltz / by Jean Kerr
Volume 25	Two scripts
	School for Wives Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Moliere by Walter Kerr
Volume 13	Script
Box 32	Script for television
	Teapot Tempest / by Walter Kerr
Volume 1	Script
	Twelfth Night Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Shakespeare by Walter Kerr
Volume 1	Script
	Two Women and a Boy / by Walter Kerr
Volume 3	Script
Volume 3	Two untitled plays by Walter Kerr
Volume 5	Articles
	Plays Produced at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 1939-1948
	Hyacinth On Wheels, 1939 February 19 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 28 Folder 22	Correspondence production photographs, contract, financial information 1938-1947
	Coriolanus, 1939 May 5 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Shakespeare by Walter Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 28 Folder 23	Correspondence; production photographs, 1939-1940
Volume 5	Script
	The Comedian, 1939 July Scope and Content Note: By Henri Gheon; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 28 Folder 24	Photographs
	Yankee Doodle Boy, 1939 December 16, 1940 April 26 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr and Leo Brady
Box 29 Folder 1	Correspondence; production photographs, 1939-1944
Volume 5	Script
	Murder in the Cathedral, 1940 March 24 Scope and Content Note: By T.S. Eliot; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 2	Photographs
	The Miser, 1940 May 26, July 10 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Moliere by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 3	Correspondence; photographs; contracts; financial information, 1941-1961 Note: See also Box 32.
	Calidore, 1940 July 17; 1941 May 21 Scope and Content Note: By Leo Brady; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 4	Photographs
	My Heart's in the Highlands, 1949 August 7 Scope and Content Note: By William Saroyan; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 5	Photographs
	She Stoops to Conquer, 1940 November 6; 1941 July 16 Scope and Content Note: By Oliver Goldsmith; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 6	Photographs
	Storm, 1940 December 11 Scope and Content Note: By Edith Mirick
Box 29 Folder 7	Photographs
	The Comedy of Errors, 1941 January 15 and July 9 Scope and Content Note: By William Shakespeare; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 8	Correspondence, photographs
	God's Stage, 1941 February 27 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 9	Correspondence; photographs, 1941-1946
Volume 5	Script
	Cook Book, 1941 April 23 Scope and Content Note: By Leo Brady and Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 10	Correspondence; photographs, 1941
Volume 5	Script
	Hotel Universe, 1941 August 4 Scope and Content Note: By Philip Barry; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 11	Photographs
	Jim Dandy, 1941 October 29; 1942 July 15 Scope and Content Note: By William Saroyan; directed by Alan Schneider
Box 29 Folder 12	Photographs
	The Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1941 December 10 Scope and Content Note: By Beaumont and Fletcher; directed by Walter Kerr
Volume 12	Script
Box 29 Folder 13	Photographs
	Brighton Rock, 1942 February 4 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Graham Greene by Leo Brady and Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 14	Correspondence; clippings, photographs 1942-1957
Volume 7	Script
	Athaliah, 1942 March 17 Scope and Content Note: By Racine; directed by Alan Schneider
Box 29 volume 15	Photographs
	Magic, 1942 July 29 Scope and Content Note: By Gilbert K. Chesterton; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 16	Photographs
	Life Is a Dream, 1942 December 9 Scope and Content Note: By Calderon; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 17	Photographs
	A New Way to Pay Old Debts, 1943 February 24 Scope and Content Note: By Phillip Massinger; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 29 Folder 18	Photographs
	The King Is Dead, 1943 March 31 and July 5 Scope and Content Note: By Victoria Kuhn, directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 1	Photographs
	Eddie the First, 1943 May 5 Scope and Content Note: By Art Mullen and Denny Madden
Box 30 Folder 2	Correspondence; photographs, 1941
	Stranger at the Gate, 1943 July 22 Scope and Content Note: By Patricia Treadwell; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 3	Correspondence; photographs, 1943-1946
	Secret Service, 1944 February 9 Scope and Content Note: By William Gillette; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 4	Photographs
	Tom Thumb the Great, 1945 January 14 Scope and Content Note: By Henry Fielding; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 5	Photographs
	Peer Gynt, 1945 April 1 Scope and Content Note: By Ibsen; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 6	Photographs
	The Importance of Being Earnest, 1945 August 5 Scope and Content Note: By Oscar Wilde; directed by Alan Schneider
Box 30 Folder 7	Photographs
	The Liar, 1945 November 2 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Goldoni by Edward Eager and Alfred Drake; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 8	Photographs
	That's Where the Money Goes, 1946 May 10 Scope and Content Note: By James Finley, Jean Kerr and Joan O'Bryne; directed by Alan Schneider
Volume 19	Sketches by Jean Kerr
Box 30 Folder 9	Clippings, program, sketch
	Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, 1946 July 22 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough by Jean Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 10	Correspondence; clippings; playbill, 1946-1966
Box 30 Folder 11	Photographs
Box 30 Folder 12	Contracts, financial information 1946-1969
	The Ascent of F6, 1946 October 25 Scope and Content Note: By W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 30 Folder 13	Correspondence; photographs, 1946
	Much Ado About Nothing, 1947 January 17; 1947 October Scope and Content Note: By William Shakespeare; directed by Walter Kerr
Volume 12	Script
Box 30 Folder 14	Photographs
	Alley Moon, 1948 May 2 Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Volume 14	Script
Box 30 Folder 15	Photographs, copyright
	The Birds, 1948 December 3 Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Aristophanes by Walter Kerr; directed by Walter Kerr
Box 31 Folder 1	Correspondence, 1948-1969
Box 31 Folder 2	Photographs
Box 31 Folder 3	Contracts, financial information 1952-1968
	Musical score Note: See Audio recordings series.
Box 31 Folder 4	Miscellaneous Catholic University production photographs
	New York and Regional Productions, 1942-1964
	Count Me In (New York, 1942 October 8 Scope and Content Note Producer: Shubert, Olsen and Johnson in association with Krakeur and Schmidlapp Director: Robert Ross Writer: Walter Kerr and Leo Brady Music: Ann Ronell Cast: Charles Butterworth, Luella Gear, June Preisser, Mary Healy, Hal Leroy
Box 31 Folder 5	Correspondence, 1942-1953
Volume 8	Script, 1942 August 7
Box 31 Folder 6	Photographs, Catholic University 1942 May 10
Box 31 Folder 7	Playbill, notes
Box 31 Folder 8	Clippings
Box 31 Folder 9	Contracts; financial information; box office statements, 1942-1944
	Stardust (Philadelphia, 1943 September 9 Scope and Content Note Producer: Michael Myerberg Director: Herb Polesie Writer: Walter Kerr Cast: Rose King, Gloria Hallward, George Ives, Susan Douglas, Chick Chandler
Box 31 Folder 10	Correspondence; clippings; Catholic University poster, 1940-1966
Volume 6	Original script as played at Catholic University; contains revisions for Philadelphia
Volume 6	Script
Box 31 Folder 11	Contracts, 1942-1946
Box 31 Folder 12	Photographs of Catholic University productions
Box 31 Folder 13	Financial statements, 1942-1962
	Sing Out Sweet Land (New York, 1944 December 27 Scope and Content Note Producer: Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn Director: Walter Kerr Writer: Walter Kerr Music: Walter Kerr, with special music by Elie Siegmeister Cast: Burl Ives, George Cassidy, Peggy Campbell, Ethel Mann, Charles Hart
Box 31 Folder 14	Correspondence, 1953-1968
Volume 9	Original script-as played at Catholic University
Volume 9	Script, 1944 October
Volume 9	Script material
Volume 9	Script, 1944 December
Volume 10	Musical score Note: See also Audio recordings series.
Box 32 Folder 1	Contracts, 1944-1953
Box 32 Folder 2	Photographs of Catholic University production
Box 32 Folder 3	Playbills, photographs
Box 32 Folder 4	Production notes and manuscript suggestions
Volume 19	Plan for television program
Box 32 Folder 5	Financial and legal information, 1944-1968
	Lien under the Sky, 1945 Scope and Content Note: By Jean Kerr (unproduced)
Volume 11	Script
	The Song of Bernadette (New York, 1946 March 26 Scope and Content Note Producer: Victor Payne-Jennings and Frank McCoy Director: Walter Kerr Script: Jean and Walter Kerr, adapted from the novel by Franz Werfel Cast: Jean Mann, Elizabeth Ross, Pamela Rivers, Christina Soulias
Box 32 Folder 6	Correspondence, 1943-1966
Box 32 Folder 7	Photographs of Catholic University production
Box 32 Folder 8	Clippings, Boston poster, Commentary by Franz Werfel, tryout schedule
Box 32 Folder 9	Contract, financial statements 1943-1969
	All Gaul Is Divided (New York, 1947 October 19 Scope and Content Note Producer: John F. Golden and John Michael Lambur Director: Walter Kerr Writer: John I. McGiver Cast: Doris Dowling, William Terry, Hilda Vaughn, Edward Andrews
Volume 13	Script
Box 32 Folder 10	Photographs of Catholic University production, financial information, correspondence
	Jenny Kissed Me (New York, 1948 December 23 Scope and Content Note Producer: James Russo, Michael Ellis, Alexander Cohen, in association with Clarence Shapiro Director: James Russo Writer: Jean Kerr Cast: Leo G. Carroll, Alan Baxter, Jean Jordan, Bonnie Alden, Francis Bavier Note: See also Audio recordings series.
Box 32 Folder 11	Correspondence, 1947-1956
Volume 15	Script as played at Catholic University
Volume 15	Script
Box 32 Folder 12	Contracts, 1948-1949
Box 32 Folder 13	Photographs of Catholic University production
Box 33 Folder 1	Clippings, programs
Box 33 Folder 2	Financial and legal information, 1948-1965
	Touch and Go (New York, 1949 October 13 Scope and Content Note Producer: George Abbott Director: Walter Kerr Writer: Jean and Walter Kerr Music: Jay Gorney Lyrics: Jean and Walter Kerr Cast: Kyle MacDonnell, Peggy Cass, Louis Nye, Dorothy Scott, Jonathan Lucas
Box 33 Folder 3	Correspondence, 1949-1955
Volume 16	Script (titled Thank You, Just Looking) as played at Catholic University
Volume 16	Sketches and lyrics
Volume 16	Script and lyrics, 1949 September
Volume 16	Script; program; plots, 1949 October
Volume 16	Script fragments
Box 33 Folder 4	Sketch
Volume 17	Musical scores
Box 33 Folder 5	Musical scores and arrangements
Box 33 Folder 6	Contracts, 1949
Box 33 Folder 7	Photographs of Catholic University production
Box 33 Folder 8	Photographs of New York and London productions
Box 33 Folder 9	Clippings, programs
Box 33 Folder 10	Financial statements, 1949-1965
	Happy Ending, 1950 Scope and Content Note: By Jean and Walter Kerr (unproduced)
Volume 18	Script and lyrics
Box 33 Folder 11	Copyright form
	John Murray Anderson's Almanac (New York, 1953 December 10 Scope and Content Note Producer: Michael Grace, Stanley Gilkey, Harry Rigby Director: John Murray Anderson Writer: Jean Kerr, Summer Locke Elliot, Arthur Macrae, Herbert Farjeon, Lauri Wylie Music: Michael Grace, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy, Henry Sullivan, John Rox and Bart Howard Cast: Polly Bergen, Harry Belafonte, Orson Bean, James Jewell
Box 33 Folder 12	Correspondence; clippings, 1951-1954
Volume 19	Sketches by Jean Kerr
Box 33 Folder 13	Contracts, financial information 1953-1954
	King of Hearts (New York, 1954 April 1 Scope and Content Note Producer: Elaine Perry Director: Walter Kerr Script: Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke Cast: Donald Cook, Jackie Cooper, Rex Thompson, Hilda Haynes, Cloris Leachman
Box 33 Folder 14	Correspondence; cast list, 1954-1966
Volume 20	Script (titled Comic Strip)
Volume 21	Script, notes
Volume 21	Script, 1957
Volume 21	Three Scripts
Box 34 Folder 1	Contracts, 1951-1955
Box 34 Folder 2	Photographs
Box 34 Folder 3	Financial statements, 1951-1966
	The Last Resorts, 1956 Scope and Content Note: By Jean Kerr (unproduced)
Box 34 Folder 4	Correspondence, 1956-1957
Volume 22	Three Scripts
Box 34 Folder 5	Script
	Goldilocks (New York, 1958 October 11 Scope and Content Note Producer: Robert Whitehead Director: Walter Kerr Writer: Jean and Walter Kerr Music: Leroy Anderson Lyrics: Jean and Walter Kerr, Joan Ford Cast: Don Ameche, Elaine Stritch, Russell Nype, Pat Stanley
Box 34 Folder 6	Correspondence, 1954-1968
Volume 23	Three Scripts
Volume 23	Script fragments
Volume 13	Notes, lyrics
Volume 23	Script, 1957 February 15
Box 34 Folder 7	Musical scores and arrangements Note: See also Audio recordings series.
Box 34 Folder 8	Contracts, 1954-1958
Box 34 Folder 9	Photographs
Box 34 Folder 10	Financial statements, 1954-1968
	Mary, Mary (New York 1961 March 8 Scope and Content Note Producer: Roger L. Stevens in association with Lyn Austin and Victor Samrock Director: Joseph Anthony Writer: Jean Kerr Cast: Barbara Bel Geddes, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie
Box 35 Folder 1	Correspondence, 1960-1969
Volume 24	Script
Volume 24	Three Scripts, 1960
Volume 24	Notes, script fragments
Box 35 Folder 2	Script
Box 35 Folder 3	Script, 1963
Box 35 Folder 4	Proofs of Samuel French Acting Edition, 1963
Box 35 Folder 5	Script from Mexican production
	Script, motion picture version 1963 February 6
Box 35 Folder 7	Prop list
Box 35 Folder 8	Contracts, 1960-1962
Box 36 Folder 1	Photographs, New York production and motion pictures
Box 36 Folder 2	Programs and production posters
	Financial and legal information
Box 36 Folder 3	1960-1961
Box 36 Folder 4	1962
Box 36 Folder 5	1963
Box 36 Folder 6	1964-1965
Box 36 Folder 7	1965-1967
Box 37 Folder 1	Financial statements, 1968-1969
	Poor Richard (New York, 1964 December 2 Scope and Content Note Producer: Stevens Productions Inc., in association with Lyn Austin and Victor Samrock Director: Peter Wood Writer: Jean Kerr Cast: Alan Bates, Gene Hackman, Joan Alexander, Joanna Pettet, Colgate Salsbury
Box 37 Folder 2	Correspondence, 1963-1968
Box 37 Folder 3	Script
Box 37 Folder 4	Script fragments
Box 37 Folder 5	Script
Box 37 Folder 6	Script
Box 37 Folder 7	Script
Box 37 Folder 8	Script
Box 37 Folder 9	Script, 1964 October 3
Box 38 Folder 1	Script
Box 38 Folder 2	Script revisions
Box 38 Folder 3	Script
Box 38 Folder 4	Script (New York)
Box 38 Folder 5	Script (Boston)
Box 38 Folder 6	Script
Box 38 Folder 7	Script revisions
Box 38 Folder 8	Script, 1965
Box 38 Folder 9	Script
Box 39 Folder 1	Galley proofs, 1965
Box 39 Folder 2	Script, published copy 1965
Box 39 Folder 3	Two Scripts, published copies 1965
Box 39 Folder 4	Galley proofs
Box 39 Folder 5	Contracts, 1964-1965
Box 39 Folder 6	Photographs
Box 39 Folder 7	Notes
Box 39 Folder 8	Posters
Box 40 Folder 1	Financial statements, 1963-1969