Dore Schary Papers, circa 1920-1980

Container Title
Subseries: Biographical and Personal Material
Awards
Box   183
Folder   1
Paper documentation, 1951-1980
Box   201
Plaques, presentations, and memorabilia
Box   183
Folder   2
Family correspondence, 1974-1980
Home Movies, 1920s-1954
AC 197
No. 1, [Late 20s, early 30s]
Physical Description: 205 feet; black and white; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Blacktie dinner party. Kids outdoors sledding.
AC 198
No. 2, “Greetings to Dore and Miriam Schary from Chick and Don Hartman on Jill's first Christmas,” 1936-1937
Physical Description: 195 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Jill as a baby in high chair, grandma holding baby with Dore, Miriam, and Jill. Christmas 1937: Jill at Christmas tree with grandma.
AC 199
No. 3, [1939]
Physical Description: 297 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Dore Schary award for Boys Town. Chimps performing at zoo. Dore Schary, family, and kids playing with nurse.
AC 200
No. 4, [1939]
Physical Description: 298 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Westlake Park. Jill in yard. Canoeing on lagoon near Westlake theater. Jill on boat. Nurse holding Joy. Dore Schary's mother in yard.
AC 201
No. 5, [1939-1940]
Physical Description: 300 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Merry-go-round at Griffith Park. Joy, Jeb, and Jill at zoo. Jill on swings and merry-go-round. Feb. 1940: Joy and Jill on swing. Everett Sloane indoors. Joy and Jill with presents on Christmas. UCLA football game.
AC 202
No. 6, [1939]
Physical Description: 285 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Jill and Joy playing with nurse outdoors. Two men boxing. Joy and Jill playing outside. Costume party with John Payne. Jill's Halloween party with kids in costumes. Joy and grandma.
AC 203
No. 7, [1939]
Physical Description: 349 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Marc Connelly and [Beatrice Kaufman] outside with friends. Moss Hart outdoors at country residence with Miriam and [Constance Bennett]. New York exterior shots. Shots from train, pulling into station.
AC 204
No. 8, [1939]
Physical Description: 395 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Dore Schary: On train at train station. At home with relatives. At pool and beach resort. NY World's Fair (1939-40): Tour of exhibits and Midway. USSR exhibit.
AC 205
No. 9, [1939]
Physical Description: 368 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “Marion's Wedding/Washington”: Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. Joy and Jill on bike. Marion's wedding. “Club-Taylor”: Playing tennis and relaxing. Miriam with woman. Dore, Groucho, and others at table. Robert Taylor at buffet and at table with Barbara Stanwyck. Jill at amusement park.
AC 206
No. 10, [1939-1940]
Physical Description: 348 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: People in yard [may be Dore Schary's father]. NYC park. Dore with [sister] at reunion. “Allen Ruth at Arrowhead.” Jill on pony. Miriam, Jill, and Joy on swing and slides. Close-ups of Dore.
AC 207
No. 11, [1939-1940]
Physical Description: 337 feet; color & black and white; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “Arrowhead.” Amusement park. Joy, Jill, and Dore on ferris wheel. Grandma and Jill at house. North Shore Tavern. Dog with puppies. Miriam and couple on boat.
AC 208
No. 12, 1940
Physical Description: 348 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “Jeb-Xmas 1940.” Three kids playing outside with dog. American flag and flag that says Jeb. Christmas tree, Joy, Jill, Miriam, and other relatives. Jeb as baby with nurse and Miriam.
AC 209
No. 13, 1941
Physical Description: 300 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “April 1941-Jeb.” Jill and Joy inside house with Dore's mother. Joy and Jill outdoors. Scenery around house. Jeb in buggy with Jill and Joy. Miriam enters. Dore's mother with man and woman.
AC 210
No. 14, [August/September 1941]
Physical Description: 200 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “Joy's 3rd Birthday.” Jeb as baby. Kids playing outside. Lake Tahoe area with grandma Schary, Jeb, and Dore. Jeb, Joy, and Jill playing.
AC 211
No. 15, December 7, 1941
Physical Description: 199 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Palm Springs. Dore and Jeb. Jill, Joy, and Jeb playing. Blazing sunset.
AC 212
No. 16, 1941
Physical Description: 200 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: At train station. Joy, Jill, and Jeb. Jill's birthday party. Jill with clown. Jeb with Dore.
AC 213
No. 17, 1943-1945
Physical Description: 303 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Group of friends at train station. Dore and Miriam visiting Lew Wasserman. At pool with kids and Cary Grant.
AC 214
No. 18, [1946-1947]
Physical Description: 350 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Joy, Jeb, and Jill playing outdoors. People sunbathing near pool. Dore, Jill, and Joy.
AC 215
No. 19, [1949-1951]
Physical Description: 372 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: Family picnic. Jill, Jeb, and Miriam on boat. Lake and mountain shots. “Florida 1950-51.” Jill, Joy, and Jeb fishing from boat. Beach front. Jeb and others at pool. Jeb diving.
AC 216
No. 20, 1954
Physical Description: 395 feet; color; silent 
Scope and Content Note: “Schary's Washington Trip.” Panning shots: Park, Jefferson Memorial, across tidal basin, Mt. Vernon, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington, Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Gettysburg.
AC 217
No. 21, 1953
Physical Description: 36 feet; black and white; sound 
Scope and Content Note: Film preview [Sheila Graham]. Interviews Schary's kids at preview. Jeb with girlfriend. (Note: This is not strictly a home movie but it has the kids in it.)
AC 218
Goystown, undated, a parody of Boys Town
DG 194, DG 205-DG 206
Tennis film
AC 404
Personal film
U.S. Mss 37AN
Box   183
Folder   3
Interviews, articles, and notes, 1954-1978
1228A/1
Interview on This Is New York, circa 1947
DD 355
DS interviewed on being a Jew in America, broadcast on Directions '62, 1962 January 14
Scope and Content Note: Sam Levene interviews Dore Schary on the meaning of being a Jew in America. Topics discussed include: God, belief and faith, Jewishness vs. Judaism, an illustration of a home Hanukah service written by Schary.
DD 357
Youth Wants to Know, 1955 December 25
Scope and Content Note: DS interviewed about the film industry by college age audience.
Note: Director: Dick McDonough
U.S. Mss 37AN
Box   183
Folder   4
Memberships and affiliations, 1955-1978
Box   183
Folder   5
Personal appearances, 1959
Box   183
Folder   6
Memorabilia, 1926-1932
Box   183
Folder   7
Radio and television appearances, 1960-1976
VBA 249
Dick Cavett Show, 1979 December 18?
CC 956
Person to Person, 1958 May 16
DD 356
This Is Your Life, 1956 April 18
Scope and Content Note: Profile of DS including interviews with Moss Hart, Don Hartmann, and other Hollywood personalities.
U.S. Mss 37AN
Box   183
Folder   8
Wills, 1964, undated