Vera Caspary Papers, 1929-1981

Container Title
U.S. Mss 53AN
Series: Part 1: Original Collection, 1929-1963
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   2
1942-1952
Box   1
Folder   3
1953-1956
Box   1
Folder   4
1957-1958
Box   1
Folder   5
1959-1960
Box   1
Folder   6
1961-1963; undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Business papers, 1946-1952; undated
Musicals
Wedding in Paris, music by Hans May, lyrics by Sonny Miller
Box   2
Folder   1
First draft, undated
Box   2
Folder   2
Second draft, undated
Box   2
Folder   3
Third draft, undated
Box   2
Folder   4
Director's working copy, undated
Box   2
Folder   5
Amateur revision, 1956
Box   2
Folder   6
Sheet music, 1954
Scope and Content Note: “Always Young,” “How Do I Know It's Love?” “I Must Have Been Crazy,” “Piano Selection,” “The Simple Things of Life,” “Strike Another Match,” “A Wedding in Paris.”
Musical Screenplays
Les Girls, by John Patrick, story by Vera Caspary, 1957, Mar. 29
Novels
A Chosen Sparrow, 1962
Box   3
Folder   1
First draft with revisions, pp. 72-189, 348
Box   3
Folder   2-3
First finished version
Box   3
Folder   4-5
Second finished version
Box   4
Folder   1-2
Third finished version
Box   4
Folder   3
Notes
Box   4
Folder   4
Notes and unused scenes
Box   4
Folder   5-6
Pages discarded by Vera Caspary
Box   4
Folder   7
Untitled suspense story, 1960 (expanded into A Chosen Sparrow)
Box   5
Folder   1-2
Evvie, 1960, draft
Box   5
Folder   3
Laura, 1942, synopsis
Box   5
Folder   4
Thicker Than Water, undated, notes and family tree
Plays
Box   5
Folder   5
Beautiful Evening, 1929, first draft
Blind Mice, co-author, Winifred Lenihan, undated
Box   5
Folder   6
First draft
Box   5
Folder   7
Director's copy
Box   5
Folder   8
Geraniums in My Window, co-author, Samuel Ornitz, undated
The Husband, undated
Box   6
Folder   1
First draft
Box   6
Folder   2
First draft, with revisions
Box   6
Folder   3
Second draft, with revisions
Box   6
Folder   4
The Quick Easy Way, undated, draft with revisions
Box   6
Folder   5
Play to Win, 1955, July 4, first draft
Screenplays
Box   6
Folder   6
Bedelia, undated
Box   6
Folder   7
The Chinese Room, 1958, December 15, first draft with revisions
Illicit, 1961
Box   6
Folder   8
First draft with revisions
Second draft with revisions, October 16
Box   7
Folder   1
Copy 1, pp 1-65
Box   7
Folder   2
Copy 2, pp 1-65
Box   7
Folder   3
Third draft with revisions, November 3
Box   7
Folder   4
Fourth draft with revisions
Box   7
Folder   5
Revisions
Box   7
Folder   6
Revisions for 20th Century Fox
Box   7
Folder   7
Sheets done over by Vera Caspary
Box   7
Folder   8
Step chart
Box   7
Folder   9
Happily Ever After (Illicit), 1961, November 13, 20th Century Fox Edition, first draft
Box   8
Folder   1
A Letter to Three Wives, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screen story adaptation by Vera Caspary, 1948, May 19, final script
Box   8
Folder   2
Out of the Blue, 1947, February 13, revised final draft
Box   8
Folder   3
Pay Day, co-author, George Sklar, undated
Box   8
Folder   4
The Stars Look Down, by J.B. Williams, produced by Isidore Goldsmith, undated
Box   8
Folder   5
Stranger Than Truth, 1948, March
Box   8
Folder   6
Three Husbands, undated
Screen Stories
Away From Home, 1960
Box   9
Folder   1
First draft with revisions, December 1
Box   9
Folder   2
Second draft, December
Box   9
Folder   3
Easy Living, 1936
Box   9
Folder   4
The Exiles, co-author, George Sklar, 1938
Box   9
Folder   5
Les Girls, 1956, Feb. 15, first draft
Box   9
Folder   6
Give the Girl a Break, circa 1950-1951
Box   9
Folder   7
Happy Days Are Here Again, 1952
Illicit
Box   9
Folder   8
First draft with revisions, 1961
Box   10
Folder   1
Second draft with revisions, 1961
Box   10
Folder   2
Third draft with revision, 1961
Box   10
Folder   3
Memo, undated
Box   10
Folder   4
Sheets discarded by Vera Caspary, undated
Box   10
Folder   5
In Conference, co-author, Bruce Manning, 1933
Box   10
Folder   6
It Can't Last, 1935
Box   10
Folder   7
Matinee Idol, co-author, Bruce Manning, 1933
Box   10
Folder   8
The Nickel Show, 1939
Box   10
Folder   9
The Night of June 13th, 1932
Box   10
Folder   10
O, Promise Me, 1951
Box   10
Folder   11
Odd Thursday, 1933
Box   10
Folder   12
They Knew What Happened, undated
Box   10
Folder   13
Three Husbands, undated
Screen Story Adaptation
Box   10
Folder   14
A Letter to Five Wives, from the novel by John Klempner, May 28, 1947, first draft
Stories
Box   11
Folder   1
The Gardenia, 1952
Box   11
Folder   2
The Jews of Kiev, undated
Box   11
Folder   3
Out of the Blue, 1947
Box   11
Folder   4
Untitled murder story, 1941
Treatments
The Capri Story, 1960
Box   11
Folder   5
First draft
Box   11
Folder   6
Second draft, May 2
Box   11
Folder   7
Gone Are the Days, 1943, November 26, second draft
Box   11
Folder   8
The Last Angry Man, 1957, June 3, third draft
Box   11
Folder   9
No Wedding Ring, co-author, Isidore Goldsmith, 1949, February 9
Box   12
Folder   1
Awards
Box   12
Folder   2
Ephemera
Box   12
Folder   3
Photographs
Package   1
Blind Mice, undated
Box   12
Folder   4
Printed Magazine Stories and Articles, 1942-1952
Box   12
Folder   5
Radio and Television Interviews, 1942, 1945, 1950