Summary Information

Title: Irna Phillips Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1997 (bulk 1931-1973)

Creator:

• Phillips, Irna, 1901-1973

Call Number: US Mss 76AN; M94-399; M2010-059; Audio 1566A; AF 488; DH 149

Quantity: 27.2 cubic feet (68 archives boxes); plus additions of 11.7 cubic feet (11 records center cartons, 3 half-archives boxes, and 1 folder), 22 audio recordings (1/4-inch reel), 6 audio recordings (disc), 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 flat box), and 2 reels of film (16 mm)
Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1931-1973, of Irna Phillips, a creator and writer of radio and television soap operas. Included are scripts by Phillips herself and by Radio Scripts, Inc., to which she was a consultant; outlines; advertising copy; and correspondence with listeners, viewers, networks, and advertising agencies. Best represented are Another World (NBC), As the World Turns (CBS) Brighter Day (CBS), The Guiding Light (CBS and NBC), Right to Happiness (NBC), Road of Life (NBC), Today's Children (NBC), and Woman in White (CBS and NBC), as well as other daytime serials.

Note:

There is a use restriction to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0076an