Fredric March Papers, 1899-1970

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 123AN
Series: Personal and Biographical Material
Box   1
Folder   1
Biographical articles, 1932-1956, undated
Micro 1183
Biographical clippings
Scrapbooks (filmed without a counter)
Reel   1
circa 1924-1930
Reel   1
1931-1935
Reel   1
1936-1937 (Mary of Scotland, A Star Is Born)
Reel   1
, 1936-1938 (a fan's scrapbook)
Reel   1
1937-1939
Reel   1
1936-1941
Reel   2
1941-1944
Reel   2
1943
Reel   2
1944
Reel   3
1944, continued
Reel   3
1944-1950
Reel   3
1951-1952
Reel   3
Loose clippings, 1913, 1923-1973, undated
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   1
Folder   2
Biographical clippings re Florence Eldridge
Box   1
Folder   3
Biographical clippings re European tour, 1965
General photographs
PH 1615
Photographs and photograph albums, circa 1910-1955
Physical Description: 983 photographs, 1 negative, 3 pieces of ephemera, and 1 drawing (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Includes images of March throughout his life, travels, publicity photographs, family, friends, home life, and March in costume for various motion picture roles.
PH 1623
Photographs of people in costumes perhaps at a party, circa 1930
Physical Description: 11 photographs (1 folder) 
PH 1625
Photographs of motion picture production activities, studio sets, camera crews at work, directors, and actors, circa 1910-1955
Physical Description: 32 photographs (1 folder) 
PH 2045
Photographs of a television screen showing March performing, apparently in various productions
Physical Description: 87 photographs on 10 sheets (1 folder) 
Note: These are very poor quality images.
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   1
Folder   4
Memorabilia, 1899-1961
Box   1
Folder   5
Awards and citations, 1941-1965
Tape 199A
Announcement of the University of Wisconsin “Man of the Year” award to March, 1960
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   1
Folder   6-9
Personal correspondence, 1912-1968, undated
Series: Motion Pictures
Micro 1183
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (, 1932)
Reel   3
Clippings
Les Miserables (, 1935)
Reel   3
Clippings
Reel   3
Native son scrapbook
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   2
Folder   1
Publicity material
Anna Karenina (, 1935)
Box   2
Folder   2
Brochure
Mary of Scotland (, 1936)
Box   2
Folder   3
Commemorative volume
Disc 39A
No.   2
Readings, circa 1936 (and Miscellaneous readings)
U.S. Mss 123AN
A Star Is Born (, 1937)
Box   2
Folder   4
Script
Micro 1183
Reel   3
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Buccaneer (, 1938)
Box   2
Folder   5
Commemorative volume and souvenir booklet
One Foot in Heaven (, 1941)
PH 1676
Stills
Physical Description: 40 photographs (1 folder) 
Micro 1183
Reel   3
Clippings
The Best Years of Our Lives (, 1946)
Reel   3
Scrapbook
Christopher Columbus (, 1948)
PH 1677
Stills
Physical Description: 58 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Images show production conferences, scenes on the lot, and shooting of the film.
Death of a Salesman (, 1951)
PH 1619
Stills
Physical Description: 47 photographs (1 folder) 
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   2
Folder   6
Script, 1951, August 31
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
Man on a Tightrope (, 1953)
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
Executive Suite (, 1954)
Box   2
Folder   7
Script, 1953, June 5
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (, 1954)
Box   2
Folder   8
Script, 1953, October 16
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Desperate Hours (, 1955)
Box   2
Folder   9
Script, 1954, September 26
PH 2254
Stills proof strips
Physical Description: 343 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Images show production conferences, scenes on the lot, and shooting of the film.
U.S. Mss 123AN
Alexander The Great (, 1956)
Box   3
Folder   1
Press release
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (, 1956)
Box   3
Folder   2
Script, 1955, November 25
Box   3
Folder   3
Press release, clippings
Middle of the Night (, 1959)
Box   3
Folder   4
Script and production materials, 1959
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
Inherit the Wind (, 1960)
Box   3
Folder   5
Script (anno.), 1959, August 13
PH 2122
Stills
Physical Description: 15 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Photographs made by Daniel Ross of Galaxy Pictures showing March in the part of William Jennings Bryan. The photographs document the make-up process and show March being fitted with a skin-cap and wig, chest padding, and facial changes.
PH 2763
Stills
Physical Description: 17 photographs (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Includes two images of the stageplay's production at the Bonfils Theater, Denver, Colorado.
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Young Doctors (, 1961)
Box   3
Folder   6
Script, 1960, August 12
Box   3
Folder   7
Script, 1960, December 5
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Condemned of Altona (, 1963)
Box   4
Folder   1
Script, circa 1962
Box   4
Folder   2
Script, circa 1962
Seven Days in May (, 1964)
Box   4
Folder   3
Script, 1963, May
Box   4
Folder   3
Script fragment, 1963, September 18
Power for a Nation (documentary)
Box   4
Folder   4
Correspondence and scripts, 1964-1965
Hombre (, 1967)
Box   4
Folder   5
Script, 1965, June
Box   4
Folder   6
Script, 1965, December 27
Box   4
Folder   6
Script fragments
Box   4
Folder   6
Shooting schedule, 1965-1966
tick...tick...tick (, 1970)
Box   4
Folder   7
Script, 1969, February 26
Box   4
Folder   8
Script, 1969, April 24
The Iceman Cometh (, 1973)
Box   5
Folder   1
Script (anno.) by Thomas Quinn Curtiss, November 9, 1972 for American Film Theater
Box   5
Folder   2
Script (anno.) circa November 13, 1972
Box   5
Folder   2
Shooting schedule
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
Series: Theater
Yr Obedient Husband (, 1938)
Reel   4
Clippings and scrapbooks
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   5
Folder   3
Playbill and souvenir brochure
Years Ago (, 1946)
Box   5
Folder   4
Playbill
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Scrapbook
The Autumn Garden (, 1951)
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
Long Day's Journey into Night (, 1956)
Box   5
Folder   5
Script fragment
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
Gideon (, 1961)
Box   5
Folder   6
Script, 1961, March 25
Box   5
Folder   7
Script, 1961, June 16
Box   5
Folder   8
Rehearsal script ?
Box   5
Folder   9
Playbill
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
Reel   4
Playbills, 1942-1950
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   6
Folder   1
Series: Radio, 1943-1964
Series: Television
Micro 1183
A Christmas Carol ( 1954, December 23)
Reel   4
Clippings
PH 2232
Stills
Physical Description: 59 photographs (1 folder) 
U.S. Mss 123AN
Dodsworth ( 1956, April 30)
Box   6
Folder   2
Script and production material
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Winslow Boy ( 1958, November 13)
Box   6
Folder   3
Script, 1956, October
Box   6
Folder   3
Published script
Micro 1183
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
Tales from Dickens
Box   6
Folder   4
Scripts
Micro 1183
Adventures of Mark Twain (, 1959)
Reel   4
Clippings
U.S. Mss 123AN
American Landmark: Concord and Lexington
Box   6
Folder   5
Script, 1963, April 21
Series: Readings and Speeches
Disc 39A
No.   4
“Call to America Pledge,” broadcast over WJZ (NY), 1940, July 4
No.   5
Speech to University of Wisconsin Founders' Day, 1948, January 27
Disc 191A
Testimonial honoring Norman Thomas, “A Plea for Peace,” and “In Praise of Difference,” 1950, February 4
U.S. Mss 123AN
The Saga of Western Man
“1942” ( 1963, October 16)
Box   6
Folder   6
Script
“1776” ( 1963, December 8)
Box   6
Folder   6
Script
“American Bell”
Box   7
Folder   5
Scripts, circa 1962 by Archibald MacLeish
“Life's history of the United States”
Box   7
Folder   6
Scripts, 1962-1963
International Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt
Box   7
Folder   8-9
Scripts and slide show material, circa 1963, October
A Tribute to President John F. Kennedy from the Arts ( 1963, November 24)
Box   6
Folder   7
Script fragment, schedule
Box   7
Folder   7
Declaration of Independence, 1963
Smalltown, U.S.A.: A Farewell Portrait ( 1964, September 18)
Box   6
Folder   8
Operational outline, scripts
Lincoln Center Day 1964 ( 1964, September 20)
Box   6
Folder   9
Script
The Presidency: A Splendid Misery ( 1964, September 23)
Box   7
Folder   1
Script
The Artist's Eye ( 1965, circa January 15)
Box   7
Folder   2
Scripts
Protestant Council show ( 1965, November 17)
Box   7
Folder   3
Script and correspondence, 1966
The Legacy of Rome ( 1966, November 25)
Box   7
Folder   4
Scripts and correspondence
Tape 189A
Hark, The Years narrated by FM, undated
Disc 39A
No.   1
Miscellaneous readings and equipment tests, undated
No.   3
Miscellaneous readings and voice tests, undated
U.S. Mss 123AN
Box   7
Folder   10-11
Miscellaneous scripts, 1958-1968