Edith Head Papers, 1934-1965

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 81AN
Series: Motion Pictures
All About Eve (Fox, 1950)
Box   1
Folder   1
1 color sketch of evening gown
All in a Night's Work (Paramount, 1961)
Box   1
Folder   2
1 color sketch for “Katie Robbins” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Anything Goes (Paramount, 1956)
Box   1
Folder   3
2 color sketches for “Gaby Duval” / (Zizi Jeanmaire)
Box   1
Folder   3
1 black and white sketch, 'Edith Head Designs for Jeanmaire' - “Gaby Duval” / (Zizi Jeanmaire)
Box   1
Folder   3
2 color sketches for “Patsy Blair” / (Mitzi Gaynor)
Box   1
Folder   3
1 black and white photo plate, 'Designs for Mitzi Gaynor' as “Patsy Blair”
Box   1
Folder   3
4 additional color sketches
Artists and Models (Paramount, 1955)
Box   1
Folder   4A
7 color thumbnail sketches for “Bessie Sparrowbrush” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Box   1
Folder   4B
3 color final sketches for “Bessie Sparrowbrush” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Box   1
Folder   5
1 color sketch for “Bessie Sparrowbrush” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Box   1
Folder   5
3 color final sketches for “Bessie Sparrowbrush” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Box   1
Folder   6A
6 color thumbnail sketches for “Abigail Parker” / (Dorothy Malone)
Box   1
Folder   6B
4 color final sketches for Abigail Parker” / (Dorothy Malone)
Box   2
Folder   1
6 color thumbnail sketches for “Sonia” / (Eva Gabor)
Box   2
Folder   1
3 color final sketches for “Sonia” / (Eva Gabor)
Box   2
Folder   2
2 additional color final sketches
Box   2
Folder   2
1 additional color sketch
Box   2
Folder   3
1 color final sketch for “Toulouse-Lautrec”
Box   2
Folder   3
1 color final sketch for “Mr. Murdock” / (Eddie Mayehoff)
Box   2
Folder   4A
2 color final sketches for “Anita” / (Anita Ekberg)
Box   2
Folder   4B
1 color final sketch for “Rick Todd” / (Dean Martin)
Box   2
Folder   5
1 color final sketch for “Bat Boys”
Box   2
Folder   5
1 color final sketch for “The Eating Blonde”
Box   2
Folder   6
1 color final sketch for “Fieldmouse”
Box   2
Folder   6
1 color final sketch for “Dancing Girls”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 color final sketch for “Zuba Queen”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 color final sketch for “Jack + Jill”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 color sketch for “Zuba Girls”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 unfinished pencil sketch for “Zuba Girls”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 color sketch for “Vulture Boys”
Box   2
Folder   7
1 color collection sketch of women's fashion evening gowns
Box   2
Folder   7
2 black and white collection sketches of men's fashion attire
The Birds and the Bees (Paramount, 1956)
Note: Remake of the movie Lady Eve.
Box   3
Folder   1
9 color thumbnail sketches for “Jean” / (Mitzi Gaynor)
The Black Orchid (Paramount, 1958)
Box   3
Folder   2
10 color sketches for “Rose Bianco” / (Sophia Loren)
Blue Hawaii (Paramount, 1961)
Box   3
Folder   3
19 color sketches for “Maile Duval” / (Joan Blackman)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Paramount, 1961)
Box   3
Folder   4A
19 color thumbnail sketches for (Audrey Hepburn)
Box   3
Folder   4A
1 color sketch for “Holly Golightly” / (Audrey Hepburn)
Box   3
Folder   4B
18 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   4C
16 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   4D
9 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   4D
1 additional black and white sketch
But Not for Me (Paramount, 1959)
Box   3
Folder   5A
4 color sketches for “Ellie Brown” / (Carroll Baker)
Box   3
Folder   5B
6 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   5B
1 additional black and white sketch
Career (Paramount, 1959)
Box   3
Folder   6A
4 color sketches for “Sharon Kensington” / (Shirley MacLaine)
Box   3
Folder   6A
2 additional unfinished pencil sketches
Box   3
Folder   6B
6 color sketches for “Barbara Helmsley” / (Joan Blackman)
Box   3
Folder   6B
2 color sketches for “Marjorie Burke” / (Donna Douglas)
Come Blow Your Horn (Paramount, 1963)
Box   3
Folder   7A
7 color sketches for “Connie” / (Barbara Rush)
Box   3
Folder   7A
7 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   7B
6 color thumbnail sketches for “Peggy John” / (Jill St. John)
Box   3
Folder   7B
9 color sketches for “Peggy John” / (Jill St. John)
Box   3
Folder   7B
9 additional color sketches
Box   3
Folder   7C
3 color thumbnail sketches for “Mrs. Eckman” / (Phyllis McGuire)
Box   3
Folder   7C
7 color sketches for “Mrs. Eckman” / (Phyllis McGuire)
The Counterfeit Traitor (Paramount, 1962)
Box   4
Folder   1A
23 color thumbnail sketches for “Melanie”
Box   4
Folder   1B
3 color sketches for “Ingrid Erickson” / (Eva Dahlbeck)
Box   4
Folder   1B
15 additional color sketches
Box   4
Folder   1C
16 additional color sketches
Box   4
Folder   1C
4 additional black and white sketches
The Country Girl (Paramount, 1954)
Box   4
Folder   2
2 color sketches for “Georgie Elgin” / (Grace Kelly)
Donovan's Reef (Paramount, 1963)
Box   4
Folder   3A
2 color final sketches for “Amelia Dedham” / (Elizabeth Allen)
Box   4
Folder   3B
2 color final sketches for “Amelia Dedham” / (Elizabeth Allen)
Box   4
Folder   4
3 color final sketches
Box   4
Folder   5A
2 color sketches for “Amelia Dedham” / (Elizabeth Allen)
Box   4
Folder   5A
1 black and white sketch for “Amelia Dedham” / (Elizabeth Allen)
Box   4
Folder   5A
2 color sketches for “Lelani Dedham” / (Jacqueline Malouf)
Box   4
Folder   5A
1 color sketch for “The Angel Children”
Box   4
Folder   5B
22 additional color sketches
Box   5
Folder   1A
1 color final sketch for “Miss Lafleur” / (Dorothy Lamour)
Box   5
Folder   1A
7 additional black and white sketches
Box   5
Folder   1B
9 additional black and white sketches
Don't Give Up the Ship (Paramount, 1959)
Box   5
Folder   2A
8 color sketches for “Prudence” / (Diana Spencer)
Box   5
Folder   2B
23 additional color sketches
The Far Horizons (Paramount, 1955)
Box   5
Folder   3
1 color final sketch for “Sacajawea” / (Donna Reed)
Box   5
Folder   3
1 black and white final sketch for “Sacajawea” / (Donna Reed)
Box   5
Folder   3
2 color final sketches for “Julia Hancock” / (Barbara Hale)
The Five Pennies (Paramount, 1959)
Box   5
Folder   4A
1 color sketch for “Tommye Eden” / (Valerie Allen)
Box   5
Folder   4A
3 color sketches for “Dorothy Nichols” / (Tuesday Weld)
Box   5
Folder   4A
8 additional color sketches
Box   5
Folder   4B
15 color sketches for “Bobbie/Willa Stutsman” / (Barbara Bel-Geddes)
Box   5
Folder   4B
2 black and white sketches for “Bobbie/Willa Stutsman” / (Barbara Bel-Geddes)
The Girl Rush (Paramount, 1955)
Box   5
Folder   5A
15 color thumbnail sketches for “Kim Halliday” / (Rosalind Russell)
Box   5
Folder   5B
5 color sketches for “Kim Halliday” / (Rosalind Russell)
Box   5
Folder   5B
2 additional color sketches
Box   5
Folder   5B
1 color sketch for “Taffy Tremaine” / (Gloria DeHaven)
Box   5
Folder   5C
9 additional color sketches
Girls, Girls, Girls (Paramount, 1962)
Box   6
Folder   1A
3 color thumbnail sketches
Box   6
Folder   1A
20 color sketches for “Robin Gantner” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   6
Folder   1B
20 color sketches for “Laurel Dodge” / (Laurel Goodwin)
Box   6
Folder   1C
19 color sketches for “Laurel Dodge” / (Laurel Goodwin)
Box   6
Folder   1C
2 additional color sketches
Box   6
Folder   1C
1 additional black and white sketch
A Girl Named Tamiko (Paramount, 1962)
Box   6
Folder   2A
6 color sketches for “Tamiko” / (France Nuyen)
Box   6
Folder   2A
4 additional color sketches
Box   6
Folder   2B
11 color sketches for “Fay Wilson” / (Martha Hyer)
Box   6
Folder   2C
15 color sketches for “Fay Wilson” / (Martha Hyer)
The Hallelujah Trail (United Artists, 1965)
Box   6
Folder   3A
Written scene breakdown list for “Cora Templeton Massingale” / (Lee Remick) and “Louise Gearhart” / (Pamela Tiffin)
Box   6
Folder   3B
16 color sketches for “Cora Templeton Massingale” / (Lee Remick)
Box   6
Folder   3B
2 additional black and white sketches for “Cora Templeton Massingale” / (Lee Remick)
Box   6
Folder   3C
9 additional color sketches
Box   6
Folder   3D
1 color sketch for “Louise Gearhart” / (Pamela Tiffin)
Box   6
Folder   3D
1 black and white sketch for “Louise Gearhart” / (Pamela Tiffin)
Box   6
Folder   3D
10 additional color sketches
Box   6
Folder   3D
1 additional black and white sketch
Heller in Pink Tights (Paramount, 1960)
Box   6
Folder   4A
7 black and white sketches for “Angela Rossini” / (Sophia Loren)
Box   6
Folder   4B
17 additional black and white sketches
Box   6
Folder   4B
1 additional color sketch
Here Comes the Groom (Paramount, 1951)
Box   6
Folder   5
1 color sketch for “Emmadel Jones” / (Jane Wyman)
A Hole in the Head (United Artists, 1959)
Box   7
Folder   1
11 color sketches
Hud (Paramount, 1963)
Box   7
Folder   2A
1 final pencil sketch for “Hud Bannon” (Paul Newman) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   2B
1 final pencil sketch for “Hud Bannon” (Paul Newman) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   2C
1 final pencil sketch for “Hud Bannon” (Paul Newman) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   2D
1 final pencil sketch for “Hud Bannon” (Paul Newman) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   3A
1 final pencil sketch for “Homer Bannon” (Melvyn Douglas) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   3B
1 final pencil sketch for “Homer Bannon” (Melvyn Douglas) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   7
Folder   3C
1 final pencil sketch for “Homer Bannon” (Melvyn Douglas) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   8
Folder   1A
1 final black and white sketch for “Lon Bannon” (Brandon De Wilde) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   8
Folder   1B
1 final black and white sketch for “Lon Bannon” (Brandon De Wilde) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   8
Folder   1C
1 final black and white sketch for “Lon Bannon” (Brandon De Wilde) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   8
Folder   2A
2 pencil sketches for “Alma Brown” (Patricia Neal)
Box   8
Folder   2B
1 final black and white sketch for “Alma Brown” (Patricia Neal) / by John Lauris Jensen
Box   8
Folder   2C
1 final black and white sketch for “Alma Brown” (Patricia Neal) / by John Lauris Jensen
I Could Go on Singing (United Artists, 1963)
Box   8
Folder   3A
42 color thumbnail sketches for (Judy Garland)
Box   8
Folder   3A
36 black and white thumbnail sketches (Judy Garland)
Box   8
Folder   3B
17 color sketches for (Judy Garland)
Box   8
Folder   3C
11 color sketches for (Judy Garland)
Box   8
Folder   3C
1 black and white sketch for (Judy Garland)
Box   8
Folder   3D
4 color garment collection sketches / signed by Edith Head
Living it Up (Paramount, 1954)
Box   8
Folder   4A
8 color sketches for “Wally Cook” / (Janet Leigh)
Box   8
Folder   4B
1 color final sketch for “The Majorettes”
Box   8
Folder   4B
1 additional color final sketch
Love With a Proper Stranger (Paramount, 1963)
Box   9
Folder   1A
7 black and white sketches for “Angie Rossini” / (Natalie Wood)
Box   9
Folder   1B
19 additional black and white sketches
Lucy Gallant (Paramount, 1955)
Box   9
Folder   2
8 color sketches
My Six Loves (Paramount, 1963)
Box   9
Folder   3A
15 color sketches for “Janice Courtney” / (Debbie Reynolds)
Box   9
Folder   3B
14 additional color sketches
Box   9
Folder   3C
17 additional color sketches
Box   9
Folder   3D
14 additional color sketches
Box   9
Folder   3D
2 additional unfinished pencil sketches
It's Only Money (Paramount, 1962)
Box   9
Folder   4
1 color sketch of bridal gown for “Wanda Paxton” (Joan O'Brien)
A New Kind of Love (Paramount, 1963)
Box   9
Folder   5A
4 pencil sketches of Christian Dior designs
Box   9
Folder   5B
12 color sketches for “Samantha 'Sam' Blake” / (Joan Woodward)
Box   9
Folder   5B
1 color sketch for “Leena” / (Thelma Ritter)
Box   9
Folder   5C
7 additional color sketches
Box   9
Folder   5C
2 additional color final sketches / signed by Edith Head
The Nutty Professor (Paramount, 1963)
Box   10
Folder   1A
5 color sketches for “Stella Purdy” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   10
Folder   1A
2 color final sketches for “Stella Purdy” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   10
Folder   1B
3 color final sketches for “Stella Purdy” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   10
Folder   1B
1 color sketch for “Stella Purdy” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   10
Folder   1C
6 additional color sketches
Box   10
Folder   1C
2 additional color final sketches
On the Double (Paramount, 1961)
Box   10
Folder   2A
7 color thumbnail sketches
Box   10
Folder   2A
1 color sketch for “Corporal Joseph Praeger” / (Jesse White)
Box   10
Folder   2A
13 color sketches for “Lady Margaret MacKenzie” / (Dana Wynter)
Box   10
Folder   2B
10 color sketches for “Lady Margaret MacKenzie” / (Dana Wynter)
Box   10
Folder   2C
22 additional color sketches
Box   10
Folder   2C
1 additional black and white sketch
Papa's Delicate Condition (Paramount, 1963)
Box   10
Folder   3
1 color sketch for “Augusta Griffith” / (Laurel Goodwin)
Box   10
Folder   3
1 additional color sketch
Box   10
Folder   3
8 color sketches for “Corinne” / (Linda Bruhl)
The Patsy (Paramount, 1964)
Box   10
Folder   4A
14 color sketches
Box   10
Folder   4A
1 additional black and white sketch
Box   10
Folder   4B
14 color sketches
Box   10
Folder   4B
1 additional black and white sketch
Box   10
Folder   4C
2 color sketches for “Ellen Betz” / (Ina Balin)
Box   10
Folder   4C
1 additional pencil sketch
Pepe (Columbia, 1960)
Box   10
Folder   5
3 color sketches for “Suzie Murphy” / (Shirley Jones)
Box   10
Folder   5
9 additional color sketches
The Pleasure of His Company
Note: Broadway play opened at Longacre Theater, 1958 October 22.
Box   11
Folder   1
Costume breakdown list for “Katharine 'Kate' Dougherty” / (Cornelia Otis Skinner)
Box   11
Folder   1
5 black and white sketches for “Katharine 'Kate' Dougherty” / (Cornelia Otis Skinner)
The Pleasure of His Company (Paramount, 1961)
Box   11
Folder   2A
13 color sketches for “Katharine 'Kate' Dougherty” / (Lilli Palmer)
Box   11
Folder   2B
16 color sketches for “Katharine 'Kate' Dougherty” / (Lilli Palmer)
Box   11
Folder   3A
10 color sketches for “Jessica Anne Poole” / (Debbie Reynolds)
Box   11
Folder   3B
17 additional color sketches
Box   11
Folder   3B
1 additional black and white sketch
Box   11
Folder   3C
17 additional color sketches
Box   11
Folder   4
9 color final sketches / signed by [Grace] Sprague and Edith Head
Pocketful of Miracles (United Artists, 1961)
Box   12
Folder   1A
12 color sketches for “Queenie Martin” / (Hope Lange)
Box   12
Folder   1B
11 additional color sketches
Box   12
Folder   1B
2 additional black and white sketches
The Rat Race (Paramount, 1960)
Box   12
Folder   2A
12 color thumbnail sketches for “Peggy Brown” / (Debbie Reynolds)
Box   12
Folder   2A
9 additional color sketches for “Peggy Brown” / (Debbie Reynolds)
Box   12
Folder   2B
7 additional color sketches
Roustabout (Paramount, 1964)
Box   12
Folder   3
6 color sketches for “Cathy Lean” / (Joan Freeman)
Box   12
Folder   3
4 additional color sketches
Sabrina (Paramount, 1954)
Box   12
Folder   4
5 color and black and white thumbnail sketches for “Sabrina Fairchild” / (Audrey Hepburn)
Box   12
Folder   4
2 color sketches for “Sabrina Fairchild” / (Audrey Hepburn)
Box   12
Folder   4
2 color sketches for “Elizabeth Tyson” / (Martha Hyer)
Box   12
Folder   4
1 additional color sketch
Separate Tables (United Artists, 1958)
Box   12
Folder   5
5 color sketches for “Ann Shankland” / (Rita Hayworth)
Box   12
Folder   5
6 additional color sketches
Sex and the Single Girl (Warner Brothers, 1964)
Box   12
Folder   6A
20 pencil thumbnail sketches for “Helen Swann” / (Natalie Wood)
Box   12
Folder   6A
1 pencil collection sketch of blouse collar options
Box   12
Folder   6A
2 additional color sketches for “Helen Brown” / (Natalie Wood)
Box   12
Folder   6A
5 additional color sketches
Box   12
Folder   6B
22 additional color sketches
Box   12
Folder   6C
15 additional color sketches
Box   12
Folder   6C
1 additional pencil sketch
Box   12
Folder   6D
22 additional color sketches
Summer and Smoke (Paramount, 1961)
Box   13
Folder   1
4 color final sketches for “Nellie Ewell” / (Pamela Tiffin)
Box   13
Folder   2
3 color final sketches for Nellie Ewell” / (Pamela Tiffin)
Box   13
Folder   3A
2 color final sketches for “Alma Winemiller” / (Geraldine Page)
Box   13
Folder   3B
3 color final sketches for “Alma Winemiller” / (Geraldine Page)
Box   13
Folder   4
4 color final sketches for “Alma Winemiller” / (Geraldine Page)
Box   14
Folder   1
4 color final sketches for “Alma Winemiller” / (Geraldine Page)
Box   14
Folder   2A
3 color final sketches for “Rosa Zacharias” / (Rita Moreno)
Box   14
Folder   2B
3 color final sketches
Sylvia (Paramount, 1965)
Box   14
Folder   3A
3, 4x6-inch pencil sketches on Edith Head memo paper
Box   14
Folder   3A
5 costume/scene breakdown lists
Box   14
Folder   3A
6 unfinished pencil thumbnail sketches for “Sylvia” / (Carroll Baker)
Box   14
Folder   3A
8 additional pencil thumbnail sketches
Box   14
Folder   3B
16 color sketches for “Sylvia” / (Carroll Baker)
Box   14
Folder   3C
27 additional color sketches
Box   14
Folder   4A
22 additional color sketches
Box   14
Folder   4B
13 additional color sketches
Box   14
Folder   4C
16 additional color sketches
The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956)
Box   15
Folder   1
25 black and white continuity photos with accompanying costume breakdown lists
Box   15
Folder   2A
13 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Moses” / (Charlton Heston)
Box   15
Folder   2A
14 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   2A
8 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Rameses II” / (Yul Brynner)
Box   15
Folder   2B
7 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Bithiah” / (Nina Foch)
Box   15
Folder   2B
2 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   2B
6 color thumbnail sketches/costume plot for “Lilia” / (Debra Paget)
Box   15
Folder   2B
1 color thumbnail sketch (Exodus scene) for “Moses” / (Charlton Heston)
Box   15
Folder   2B
1 color thumbnail sketch (Exodus scene) for “Joshua” / (John Derek)
Box   15
Folder   2B
1 color thumbnail sketch (Exodus scene) for “Miriam” / (Olive Deering)
Box   15
Folder   3A
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Note: Bottom of sketch reads “The Mode in Costume, R. Turner Wilcox, p. 4.”
Box   15
Folder   3B
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   3C
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   4A
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   4B
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   4C
1 color final sketch for “Nefretiri” / (Anne Baxter)
Box   15
Folder   5A
1 color final sketch for “Sephora” / (Yvonne De Carlo)
Box   15
Folder   5B
1 color final sketch for “Sephora” / (Yvonne De Carlo)
Box   15
Folder   5C
1 color final sketch for “Sephora” / (Yvonne De Carlo)
Box   16
Folder   1A
1 color final sketch for “Lilia” / (Debra Paget)
Box   16
Folder   1B
1 color final sketch for “Lilia” / (Debra Paget)
Box   16
Folder   1C
1 color final sketch for “Lilia” / (Debra Paget)
Box   16
Folder   2A
1 color final sketch for “Bithiah” / (Nina Foch)
Box   16
Folder   2B
1 color final sketch for “Priestess”
Box   16
Folder   3A
1 color final sketch
Box   16
Folder   3B
1 additional color final sketch
Box   16
Folder   3C
1 additional color final sketch
Box   16
Folder   4A
1 color final sketch for Official Guard
Box   16
Folder   4B
1 color final sketch for Guard
Box   16
Folder   4C
1 color collection sketch of 4 headdress options
Box   16
Folder   4C
1 additional color 'collection' sketch of headdress options
Box   16
Folder   5A
1 color collection sketch for slave look (skin, garments, etc) / signed by J.L. Jensen
Box   16
Folder   5B
1 additional color sketch for slaves / signed by J.L. Jensen
Box   16
Folder   5C
1 additional color sketch for slaves / signed by J.L. Jensen
Box   16
Folder   5D
1 additional color sketch for slaves / signed by J.L. Jensen
Box   16
Folder   6A
1 color sketch of Dancing Girl / signed by J.L. Jensen
Box   16
Folder   6B
1 additional color final sketch of Dancing Girl
Box   16
Folder   6C
1 additional color final sketch of Dancing Girl
Box   16
Folder   7A
1 color sketch of headdress options
Box   16
Folder   7B
1 additional color final sketch of headdress options
36 Hours (MGM, 1965)
Box   17
Folder   1
12 color sketches
To Catch a Thief (Paramount, 1955)
Box   17
Folder   2A
1 color sketch for “John Robie” / (Cary Grant)
Box   17
Folder   2A
5 color sketches for “Frances Stevens” / (Grace Kelly)
Box   17
Folder   2A
5 color sketches for “Jessie Stevens” / (Jessie Royce Landis)
Box   17
Folder   2B
1 color sketch for “Queen”
Box   17
Folder   2B
1 color sketch for “Venetian Couple”
Box   17
Folder   2B
1 color sketch for “Serving Girl”
Box   17
Folder   2B
1 color sketch for “Shepherdess”
Box   17
Folder   2B
16 additional color sketches
Too Late Blues (Paramount, 1961)
Box   17
Folder   3
7 color sketches for “Jess Polanski” / (Stella Stevens)
Box   17
Folder   3
1 additional color sketch
Vertigo (Paramount, 1958)
Box   17
Folder   4
7 color sketches for “Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton” / (Kim Novak)
Box   17
Folder   4
2 color sketches for Vera Miles (actress initially cast as “Madeleine”)
Box   17
Folder   4
6 additional color sketches
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (Paramount, 1963)
Box   17
Folder   5
3 color sketches for “Melissa Morris” / (Elizabeth Montgomery)
Box   17
Folder   5
2 color sketches for “Toby Tobler” / (Jill St. John)
Box   17
Folder   5
1 color sketch for “Stella Irving” / (Carol Burnett)
Box   17
Folder   5
7 additional color sketches
Who's Got the Action? (Paramount, 1962)
Box   17
Folder   6A
7 color thumbnail sketches
Box   17
Folder   6B
5 color sketches for “Melanie Flood” / (Lana Turner)
Box   17
Folder   6B
1 color sketch for “Saturday Knight” / (Nita Talbot)
Box   17
Folder   6B
14 additional color sketches
Box   17
Folder   6B
2 unfinished pencil sketches
Who's Minding the Store? (Paramount, 1963)
Box   17
Folder   7A
2 pencil sketches for “Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle” / (Agnes Moorhead)
Box   17
Folder   7A
4 additional pencil sketches
Box   17
Folder   7B
7 color sketches for “Shirley Lott” / (Francesa Bellini)
Box   17
Folder   7B
11 additional color sketches
Box   17
Folder   7C
14 color sketches for “Barbara Tuttle” / (Jill St. John)
Box   17
Folder   7C
3 additional color sketches
Box   17
Folder   8A
2 color final sketches for “Maxie” / by Pat Barto
Box   17
Folder   8A
1 color final sketch for “Rupert” / by Pat Barto
Box   17
Folder   8B
2 color final sketches / by Pat Barto
Box   18
Folder   1
3 color final sketches for “Mr. Quimby” / (Ray Walston)
Box   18
Folder   2
3 color final sketches for “Mr. Quimby” / (Ray Walston)
Wives and Lovers (Paramount, 1963)
Box   18
Folder   3A
26 color sketches for “Fran Cabrell” / (Shelley Winters)
Box   18
Folder   3B
8 additional color sketches
Box   18
Folder   4A
16 color sketches for “Bertie Austin” / (Janet Leigh)
Box   18
Folder   4B
15 color sketches for “Bertie Austin” / (Janet Leigh)
Box   18
Folder   4C
8 additional color sketches
Box   18
Folder   5A
21 color sketches for “Lucinda Ford” / (Martha Hyer)
Box   18
Folder   5B
6 additional color sketches
Box   19
Folder   1
1 pen/ink 'collection' sketch of 5 bracelet options
Series: Television
“Lucille Ball Television Special” (1964)
Box   19
Folder   2A
17 color sketches for (Lucille Ball)
Box   19
Folder   2B
15 color sketches for (Lucille Ball)
Box   19
Folder   2B
3 pencil/ink sketches for (Lucille Ball)
Series: Special Designs for Known Actresses
Box   19
Folder   3
1 color final sketch of gown for Bette Davis / by [Grace] Sprague
Box   19
Folder   3
1 color final sketch of gown for Grace Kelly / by [Grace] Sprague
Box   19
Folder   3
1 color final sketch of gown for Natalie Wood / by [Grace] Sprague
Box   19
Folder   4A
2 color final sketches of gowns for Joan Crawford / by [Grace] Sprague
Box   19
Folder   4B
1 color sketch of gowns for Janet Leigh and Mai Zetterling
Box   19
Folder   4B
1 color sketch of gown for Greer Garson
Box   19
Folder   4B
1 color final sketch of gown for Lucille Ball
Note: Label on reverse: “Pat Stanley in Jerry Lewis' The Ladies Man” (Paramount 1961).
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch of medieval hoods for Corinne Calvet, Mona Freeman, Barbara Rush, Arleen Whalen
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch of suspender options for Polly Bergen, Corinne Calvet, Betty Hutton
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch of alternative necklines for the 'Deborah Kerr Jersey Dress'
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch of various wardrobe looks for Joan Fontaine, Ruth Hussey, Diana Lynn, Marilyn Maxwell
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white sketch of gowns for Lucille Ball and Hedy Lamarr
Box   19
Folder   5
1 black and white sketch of gowns for Rhonda Fleming, Betty Hutton, and Lizabeth Scott
Series: Unidentified Motion Picture/Advertisement Sketches
Box   19
Folder   6
1 color sketch of gown for “Makeup Ball”
Box   19
Folder   6
1 pencil sketch of various sash options for ball gowns
Box   19
Folder   6
1 color sketch of cocktail dress
Box   19
Folder   6
1 black and white sketch of cocktail dress
Box   19
Folder   6
4 color sketches of ladies' suits
Box   19
Folder   6
5 color sketches of robes
Box   19
Folder   6
3 pencil sketches of nightgowns
Box   19
Folder   7
1 pencil sketch of woman's suit
Box   19
Folder   7
1 pencil sketch of dress sash options
Box   19
Folder   7
5 color sketches of cocktail dresses
Box   19
Folder   7
1 color final sketch of cocktail dress with strap/shoulder options (1952)
Box   19
Folder   7
1 black and white final sketch of cocktail dress
Box   19
Folder   8
8 pencil sketches of tiaras
Box   20
Folder   1A
1 color final sketch of Edith Head
Box   20
Folder   1B
9 color thumbnail sketches for female 'matador' striptease
Box   20
Folder   2A
7 black and white sketches - sash variations
Box   20
Folder   2B
5 black and white sketches - bodice 'looks' (capes, jackets, wraps, etc.)
Box   20
Folder   2B
1 black and white collection sketch - cocktail dresses
Box   20
Folder   2B
1 pencil sketch of cocktail dress
Box   20
Folder   3
1 black and white collection sketch - “Short Sleeve Suits for Spring”
Box   20
Folder   3
1 color collection sketch - ways to 'accessorize' a suit/skirt
Box   20
Folder   3
1 black and white collection sketch - flannel “Pieces for Fall”
Box   20
Folder   3
1 black and white collection sketch - “The Jersey Look” dresses
Box   20
Folder   4
1 black and white collection sketch - hats (back reads 'Rose Goldstein')
Box   20
Folder   4
1 black and white collection sketch - scarf options
Box   20
Folder   4
1 black and white collection sketch - “Signs of Spring” accessories
Box   20
Folder   4
1 black and white collection sketch - “On the Cuff”
Box   20
Folder   4
1 color collection sketch - bodice flower accents
Box   20
Folder   5
3 color sketches of Edith Head patterns for Advance Printed Patterns , (March 1960 edition)
Note
  • #9296 Pleat-skirted dress
  • #9291 Career suit
  • #9292 3-piece suit as worn by Shirley MacLaine in Career (1959)
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - flared skirt variations
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - arm garters
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white sketch for “Ribbon Belts” - (for TV Guide National Section)
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - “Pin it On” accessories
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - hatpin accessories
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - “Clothespin Clips”
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - “Fancy Bibs” (back reads “Rose Goldstein”)
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - aprons
Box   20
Folder   5
1 black and white collection sketch - “The Corselet”
Box   20
Folder   6
1 black and white thumbnail collection sketch - ladies' wardrobe accessories
Box   20
Folder   6
1 color advertisement - “Fans”
Box   20
Folder   6
1 color advertisement - “Holiday Aprons”
Series: Writings
The Dress Doctor (published 1959)
Box   21
Folder   1
Correspondence
Box   21
Folder   2
Ads and promotions
Box   21
Folder   3
Appearances
Box   21
Folder   4
Serial clippings
Box   21
Folder   5
Reviews
Box   21
Folder   6
Library news and best seller lists
Box   21
Folder   7
Magazine articles
Box   21
Folder   8
Column comments
Box   21
Folder   9
Additional magazine articles by Edith Head
Box   21
Folder   10
Signed copy of The Dress Doctor by Edith Head (“To Mildred Rulstad”)
Series: Awards and Publicity
Awards and Press Clippings, up to 1959
Note: Includes Academy Awards, 1960.
Box   22
Folder   1
Awards
Box   22
Folder   2
Appearances
Box   22
Folder   3
Foreign press and magazine articles
Box   22
Folder   4
Additional magazine articles about Edith Head
Box   22
Folder   5
Press clippings, before 1959
Box   22
Folder   6
32nd Annual Academy Awards, 1960 April 4
Box   22
Folder   6
Preparation and correspondence
Box   22
Folder   7
32nd Annual Academy Awards, 1960 April 4
Box   22
Folder   7
Clippings
Newspaper Clippings, 1960 February-1961 March
Box   23
Folder   1
1960 February-April
Box   23
Folder   2
1960 May-August
Box   23
Folder   3
1960 September-December
Box   23
Folder   4
1961 January-March
Press Clippings, 1961 April-1963 October
Box   24
Folder   1
1961 April-May
Box   24
Folder   2
1961 June-December
Box   24
Folder   3
1962 January-March
Box   24
Folder   4
1962 April
Note: Includes the 34rd Annual Academy Awards.
Box   24
Folder   5
1962 May-September
Box   25
Folder   1
1962 October-December
Box   25
Folder   2
1963 January-April
Note: Includes the 35th Annual Academy Awards.
Box   25
Folder   3
1963 May-October
Box   28
Publicity scrapbooks, 1936-1944
Box   25
Folder   4
Miscellaneous press and additional articles
Note: Including: The Pleasure of His Company (1961); and Pepe (1960).
Box   25
Folder   5
Miscellaneous costume continuity sheets
Note
  • “Dr. Ilse Nordstrom” / (Mai Zetterling) in Knock on Wood (1954), with photo
  • “Nancy Darby” / (Arlene Dahl) in Sangaree (1953), with photo
  • “Betty Compton” / (Vera Miles) in Beau James (1957)
Series: Edith Head Patterns
“Very Easy Vogue” / patterns by Edith Head
Box   26
Folder   1
#1560 Size 14
Box   26
Folder   1
#1802 Size 10
Box   26
Folder   1
#1803 Size 12
Box   26
Folder   1
#1895 Size 8
Box   26
Folder   2
#2040 Size 8
Box   26
Folder   2
#2040 Size 10
Box   26
Folder   2
#2832 Size 12
Box   26
Folder   2
#2832 Size 12
Vogue: American Designers Patterns / by Edith Head
Box   26
Folder   3
#1896 Size 8
Box   26
Folder   3
#2041 Size 14
Box   26
Folder   3
#2220 Size 14
Box   26
Folder   3
#2336 Size 12
Box   27
Folder   1
#2561 Size 18
Box   27
Folder   1
#2617 Size 14
Box   27
Folder   1
#2646 Size 12
Box   27
Folder   2
#2691 Size 10
Box   27
Folder   2
#2691 Size 18
Box   27
Folder   2
#2923 Size 10
Spadea Designer / patterns by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   2
#MG0-801 Size 12
Advance Printed Patterns / original designs by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#4791 Size 14 / design by Edith Head for Betty Hutton in Dream Girl
Box   27
Folder   3
#5469 Size 18 / design by Edith Head for Barbara Stanwyck in Thelma Jordan
Box   27
Folder   3
#8048 Size 12 / original design by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#8049 Size 14 / original design by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#9292 Size 18 / original design by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#9356 Size 11 / original design by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#9398 Size 12 / original design by Edith Head
Box   27
Folder   3
#9691 Size 14 / created by Edith Head for Shirley Jones in Pepe
Series: Patterns Not by Edith Head
Note: The following patterns are not by Edith Head, but are grouped with her Costume Collection.
“Hollywood Patterns”
Box   27
Folder   4
#401 Size 14 as worn by Priscilla Lane in Three Cheers for the Irish
Box   27
Folder   4
#1132 Size 16 as worn by June Havoc of RKO-Radio
Box   27
Folder   4
#1152 Size 18 as worn by Ginny Simms of RKO-Radio
Box   27
Folder   4
#1199 Size 16 as worn by Bonita Granville of RKO-Radio
Box   27
Folder   4
#1200 Unknown size as worn by Merle Oberon, 'An Alexander Korda Star'
Box   27
Folder   4
#1272 Size 16 as worn by Renee Haal of RKO-Radio
Box   27
Folder   4
#1575 Size 18 as worn by Madeleine Carroll / Walter Wanger
Box   27
Folder   4
#1582 Size 18 as worn by Joan Bennett / Walter Wanger
Box   27
Folder   4
#1948 Size 18 as worn by Anne Shirley of RKO-Radio
Box   27
Folder   4
#1982 Size 14 as worn by Olympe Bradna of Paramount
“Star Patterns”
Box   27
Folder   5
#12 Size 12 design by Travilla as worn by Loretta Young in Half Angel
Box   27
Folder   5
#28 Size 12 design by Mary K. Dodson, as worn by January Sterling in Appointment with Danger