Summary Information

Title: Kirk Douglas Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1940-2020

Creator:

• Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020

Call Number: US Mss 102AN;HC 563-HC 569; MCHC80-046; M86-573; M87-126; M91-014; M2022-004

Quantity: 59.8 cubic feet (55 records center cartons, 8 archives boxes, and 4 flat boxes); plus additions of 60.8 cubic feet (59 record center cartons, 1 archives box, 2 flat boxes, and 2 folders), 7 reels of film (35 mm), 4 posters, 1 piece of ephemera
Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

REPLACE with 520 Papers of Kirk Douglas, a prominent actor-producer who worked in motion pictures, television, theater, and radio. While the collection illustrates some aspects of Douglas's personal life, the primary emphasis is on his career as an actor, and as a producer and founder of Bryna Productions and other production companies. The papers document the collaborative effort of filmmaking; the work of writers, directors, producers, and actors; and the details of technical production, financing, promotion, and distribution of films. Includes correspondence, financial records, technical production files, promotion and publicity files, distribution planning papers and records of gross receipts, scripts and screenplays, and news clippings. Documentation is most extensive for those motion pictures produced by Bryna Productions in which Douglas starred. A collection addition from 2021 supplements the material on Kirk Douglas's work in film, television, and theater, and it also documents the books he wrote, his philanthropic work, and many of his public appearances and speeches.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0102an