Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
	Series: Criticism
	Books
	Staging the Great Plays by Walter Kerr, 1952
Box 40 Folder 2	Correspondence; reader's report, 1952
Box 40 Folder 3	Chapters on Greek tragedy and Elizabethan drama
Volume 26	Outline, chapters on Greek tragedy and Elizabethan drama
	How Not To Write a Play by Walter Kerr, 1955
Box 40 Folder 4	Correspondence, 1953-1968
Volume 27	First draft
Volume 27	Revisions
Box 40 Folder 5	Review, publisher's report
Box 40 Folder 6	Arabic version
Box 40 Folder 7	Contracts; financial statements, 1952-1955, 1953-1969
	Criticism and Censorship / by Walter Kerr, 1957
Box 40 Folder 8	Correspondence, 1955-1963
	Pieces at Eight / by Walter Kerr, 1957
Box 40 Folder 9	Correspondence; publisher's report, 1957-1968
Box 40 Folder 10	Contracts, financial information 1955-1968
	The Decline of Pleasure by Walter Kerr, 1962
Box 41 Folder 1	Correspondence, 1959-1969
Volume 28	First draft
Volume 28	Revisions, notes, outline
Box 41 Folder 2	Revisions
Box 41 Folder 3-4	Second draft
Box 41 Folder 5	Third draft
Box 42 Folder 1-5	Third draft
Box 43 Folder 1-2	Final draft
Box 43 Folder 3	Reviews
Box 43 Folder 4	Contracts; financial statements, 1959, 1961-1969
	The Theater in Spite of Itself / by Walter Kerr, 1963
Box 43 Folder 5	Correspondence, 1963-1965
	First draft
Box 43 Folder 6	Chapters 1-6
Box 43 Folder 7	Chapters 7-9
Box 43 Folder 8	Chapters 10-12
	Second draft
Box 44 Folder 1	pp. 1-164
Box 44 Folder 2	pp. 165-377
Box 44 Folder 3	pp. 378-578
	Third draft
Box 44 Folder 4	pp. 1-224
Box 44 Folder 5	pp. 225-413
Box 44 Folder 6	pp. 414-568
Box 45 Folder 1-3	Notes, revisions
Box 45 Folder 4	Rejected material
	Final draft
Box 45 Folder 5	pp. 8-191
Box 46 Folder 1	pp. 192-423
Box 46 Folder 2	Final draft, revisions
Box 46 Folder 3-4	Galley proofs
Box 46 Folder 5	Review
	Contract; financial information, 1961, 1963-1969
	New York, New York (includes essay by Walter Kerr) 1964
Box 46 Folder 7	Correspondence and contract; draft; financial information, 1964, 1964-1967
	Five World Plays (foreward and afterword by Walter Kerr), 1964
Box 46 Folder 8	Correspondence, 1962-1964
Box 46 Folder 9	First drafts, revisions, notes
Box 47 Folder 1	Revisions
Box 47 Folder 2	Final drafts, outline
Box 47 Folder 3	Galley proofs
Box 47 Folder 4	Study guides
Box 47 Folder 5	Contracts, financial information 1962-1968
	Tragedy and Comedy / by Walter Kerr, 1967
Box 47 Folder 6	Correspondence, 1966-1969
Box 47 Folder 7-8	Notes
Box 48 Folder 1-2	Notes
	First draft, revisions
Box 48 Folder 3	pp. 1-166
Box 48 Folder 4	pp. 167-340
Box 48 Folder 5	pp. 341-372
Box 48 Folder 6	Notes
Box 49 Folder 1-4	Notes
	Second draft
Box 49 Folder 5	Chapters 3 and 4
Box 50 Folder 1	Chapter 13
	Final draft
Box 50 Folder 2	pp. 1-194
Box 50 Folder 3	pp. 195-419
Box 50 Folder 4	pp. 1w-174w
Box 50 Folder 5	pp. 174aw-393w
Box 51 Folder 1	Sidney Kingsley's notes
Box 51 Folder 2	Financial statements and contracts, 1963-1969
	Harold Pinter (a pamphlet by Walter Kerr for Columbia University Press), 1967
Box 51 Folder 3	Correspondence, financial statements and contracts 1965-1969
Box 51 Folder 4	First draft
Box 51 Folder 5	Revisions, notes, clippings, research material
Box 51 Folder 6-7	Final draft
Box 51 Folder 8	Galley proofs
Box 51 Folder 9	Copy for Horizon magazine
Box 51 Folder 10	Final draft for Horizon magazine
	Atlantic Brief Lives -A Biographical Companion to the Arts (essay on Euripides by Walter Kerr), 1968 edition
Box 51 Folder 11	Contract; first draft; final draft; essay on Aristophanes by Dudley Fitts, 1967
	Thirty Plays Hath November / by Walter Kerr, 1969
Box 51 Folder 12	Correspondence; financial statements, 1968-1969, 1969
Box 51 Folder 13-14	Reviews considered for book
Box 52 Folder 1-3	Reviews considered for book (continued)
Box 52 Folder 4-7	Notes
Box 53 Folder 1	Revisions
	First draft
Box 53 Folder 2	Sections 1 and 2, "Film and Stage" and "The Vanishing Text"
Box 53 Folder 3	Section 3, "Boredom, Freedom and Fear"
Box 53 Folder 4	Section 4, "Albee, Miller, Williams"
Box 53 Folder 5	Section 5, "Courage and Vexation"
Box 53 Folder 6	Section 6, "Some Identity Crises"
Box 53 Folder 7	Section 7, "Emotion in Our Time"
Box 53 Folder 8	Section 8, "In the Name of Laughter"
Box 53 Folder 9	Section 9, "Chekhov and Others"
Box 53 Folder 10	Section 10, "Shylock"
Box 53 Folder 11	Section 11, "Are the Stars out Tonight"
Box 53 Folder 12	Section 12, "The Negro Actor"
Box 53 Folder 13	Section 13, "Indelibles"
Box 53 Folder 14	Section 14, "The Plot Against Musicals"
Box 53 Folder 15	Section 15, "Reviewing"
Box 53 Folder 16	Section 16, "A Few Favorites, Successful or Not"
Box 53 Folder 17	Section 17, "Free Advice"
Box 53 Folder 18	Section 18, "Repertory in Labor"
Box 53 Folder 19	Section 19, "Practical Matters"
Box 53 Folder 20	Section 20, "How to be an Audience"
Box 53 Folder 21	Section 21, "Nostalgia"
	First draft
Box 53 Folder 22	pp. 1-224
Box 54 Folder 1	pp. 225-424 (not complete)
Box 54 Folder 2	pp. 425-672
	Draft
Box 54 Folder 3	pp. 1-247
Box 54 Folder 4	pp. 248-511
Box 54 Folder 5	pp. 512-672
Box 54 Folder 6	Notes, revisions
Box 55 Folder 1	Add copy
Box 55 Folder 2	Revisions
	Final draft
Box 55 Folder 3	pp. 1-184
Box 55 Folder 4	pp. 202-400
Box 55 Folder 5	pp. 401-546
	Ten Best Plays of 1968-1969 / introduction by Walter Kerr, 1969
Box 55 Folder 6	Notes, first and second drafts
	The Theatre World of Reginald Marsh-Drawings, 1969 April, New York art exhibition Scope and Content Note: Introduction to the catalog by Walter Kerr.
Box 55 Folder 7	Notes, first and final drafts, catalog
	Articles
Box 55 Folder 8	Articles by Walter Kerr, 1949, 1962-1966 Scope and Content Note: The National Theatre Conference, Horizon, House and Garden, The American Review, Newman Quarterly, Life, Harper's, "Alec Guiness as Dylan Thomas," and articles for Harold Clurman
Box 56 Folder 1	Articles by Walter Kerr, undated Scope and Content Note: Essays on Hamlet, Comedy, Shylock, theater construction, scenery, church art, and the stage
Box 56 Folder 2	Articles specified for certain periodicals, undated Scope and Content Note: McCall's, Theatre II, Saturday Review, British Theatre Encyclopedia
Box 56 Folder 3	Articles for Walter Kerr, untitled and undated
Box 56 Folder 4	Notes for "World Theatre"
Volume 1	Articles
Volume 5	Articles
	Book Reviews
Box 56 Folder 5	Drafts for reviews of Keaton / by Rudi Blesh and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / by Pauline Kael ; shorter reviews for Commonweal, Christmas books 1966, 1968, 1965
Box 56 Folder 6	Walter Kerr's movie sound track notes
	Newspaper and Journal Reviews
Box 56 Folder 7	Opening night notes on plays reviewed by Walter Kerr for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times
Box 56 Folder 8-10	Opening night notes
Box 57 Folder 1	Opening night notes (continued)
Volume 29	Play and book reviews by Walter Kerr that appeared in Commonweal, 1950-1952
	New York Herald Tribune, 1951-1966 Scope and Content Note: Play reviews and theater criticism written by Walter Kerr.
Box 57 Folder 2	1951-1952
Volume 30	1951-1954
Box 57 Folder 3-6	1953-1956
Box 58 Folder 1-5	1957-1961
Box 59 Folder 1-5	1962-1963 October
Box 60 Folder 1-5	1963 October-1964 October
Box 61 Folder 1-4	1964 November-1965
Box 62 Folder 1	1966 January-April
Box 62 Folder 2	Not used, but intended for the New York Herald Tribune
	New York Times, 1966-1969 Scope and Content Note: Play reviews and theater criticism written by Walter Kerr.
Box 62 Folder 3-6	1966 September-1967
Box 63 Folder 1-5	1968-1969 June
Box 64 Folder 1	1969 July-October
Box 64 Folder 2	Not used, but intended for the New York Times
	Television Reviews
Box 64 Folder 3-4	CBS News, 1962 December-1963 March Note: See also Audio recordings series for a CBS review of Too Good to Be True
	Columnists on the Air
Box 64 Folder 5	Correspondence, contracts, play reviews and theater criticism 1963 June-1965 April
	Radio Reviews
Box 64 Folder 6	WQXR Radio Broadcasts, 1966 November-1969 October