This addition to the Kirk Douglas papers has been arranged in eight series:
Correspondence and personal papers; Financial and business records; Publicity, speeches,
and awards; Motion pictures; Television; Theater; Writing; and Miscellaneous. Folder
titles provided by the donor have been maintained, with the addition of some
clarification and dates.
CORRESPONDENCE AND PERSONAL PAPERS are arranged by date (for personal correspondence)
or by topic for the rest of the papers. The correspondence in this series relates to
Kirk Douglas's family, friends, and charity work, and personal papers include notes,
phone lists, and phone sheets.
FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS RECORDS consist of business correspondence and other documents
including contracts and invoices. The business correspondence is arranged
chronologically and the other papers in the series are arranged by organization or
individual.
The PUBLICITY, SPEECHES, AND AWARDS series is divided into four sub-series: Events and
organizations, Speeches, Public Relations (PR) correspondence, and Miscellaneous. The materials in this
series mostly relate to Kirk Douglas's public appearances, often related to charity work
or awards, rather than publicity for specific film, television, theater, or writing
projects. The Events and organizations sub-series include correspondence, programs, and
speeches, arranged by topic. The Speeches sub-series consists of text for various
speeches made by Douglas, compiled by date. The PR correspondence sub-series is arranged
by name or firm for PR professionals who worked with Douglas, and the Miscellaneous
sub-series consists of other publicity files.
The MOTION PICTURES, TELEVISION, and THEATER series are each divided into three
sub-series: Produced, Unproduced, and Other. These series are arranged by project. In
each series, the Produced sub-series includes materials related to completed projects
involving Kirk Douglas, Bryna Productions, or other Douglas family members. The
Unproduced sub-series relate to projects that Douglas or Bryna worked on but never
released and unproduced scripts without documentation. The Other sub-series contain
materials for projects that were completed, but seemingly without the involvement of
Douglas or Bryna Productions.
The WRITING series is arranged in three sub-series: Books, Blogs, and Unpublished. The
Books sub-series documents Kirk Douglas's published novels and memoirs predominantly
through drafts, with some records of book tours and other publicity. It is arranged by
project or topic. The Blogs sub-series includes Douglas's writing from Huffington Post
and MySpace. The Unpublished sub-series is arranged by project for books that were not
released.
MISCELLANEOUS contains additional materials unrelated to the other series. Most of the
materials are clippings.
This addition also includes one records center carton of unprocessed audiovisual
materials.
