Hal Holbrook Papers, 1942-1960

Contents List

Container Title
Series: General Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1
A - D
Box   1
Folder   2
H, General - Howard Higgins
Box   1
Folder   3
Holbrook (personal) - Invitations
Box   1
Folder   4
K, General - Lewis, Lilian
Box   1
Folder   5
John Lotas
Box   1
Folder   6
June Nyle - James Pond
Box   1
Folder   7
Pryor-Menz to S, General
Box   2
Folder   1
Nina Clemens Samossoud
Box   2
Folder   2
V - W, General
Box   2
Folder   3-5
William Morris Agency
Box   2
Folder   6
Ed Wright
Series: Personal Papers
Box   1
Folder   7-8
Personal and professional, legal, and financial obligations, 1957-1961
Note: This material was originally in an alphabetically arranged looseleaf binder; it includes information on his personal insurance coverage, contractual obligations to his agencies, clipping bureau, and lecture service; and itineraries for the Twain show.
Box   2
Folder   9
Contracts, 1958-1963
Box   2
Folder   10
Contract: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1962, Nov.
Diaries and trip notes
Box   2
Folder   11
1955-1959
Box   3
Folder   1
1958-1959; undated
Box   3
Folder   2
Playbills of productions he attended, 1951-1964; undated
Box   3
Folder   3
Accounts, 1960-1961
Clippings and Reviews
Box   3
Folder   4
Current events, 1956-1962
Box   3
Folder   5
Do You Know the Milky Way?, 1961
Box   3
Folder   6
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1963
Box   3
Folder   7
The Glass Menagerie, 1966-1967
Box   3
Folder   8
Ward Morehouse, 1966-1967
Box   3
Folder   9
Holbrook - Rossen wedding, 1966-1967
Box   3
Folder   10
General, 1967-1968
Box   3
Folder   11
The Apple Tree, 1967
Box   3
Folder   12
Culver Award, 1967
Box   3
Folder   13
Wild in the Streets, 1967-1968
Box   3
Folder   14
I Never Sang for My Father, 1967-1968
Box   3
Folder   15
Man of La Mancha, 1968
Box   3
Folder   16
Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, 1968
Box   3
Folder   17
Jay Barney, undated
Box   3
Folder   18
Research Material - Abraham Lincoln, 1961
Series: Mark Twain Materials
Correspondence
Box   4
Folder   1
1956, June - 1957, September
Box   4
Folder   2
1957, Oct. - 1967, April
Twain Memorabilia (alphabetical subject file)
Box   4
Folder   3
The Autobiography of Mark Twain, clippings and book jacket, 1959
Box   4
Folder   4
“Carson Footprints” - Orion Clemens
Box   4
Folder   5
Closing Scenes
Box   4
Folder   6
Correspondence - Hannibal scenes
Box   4
Folder   7
Interview with Mark Twain - Mark Twain Centennial
Box   5
Folder   1
Mark Twain Journal - palmistry reading
Box   5
Folder   2
Redding Times - Virginia City, Nevada
Box   5
Folder   3
The Twainian
Chronological File
Box   5
Folder   4
Schedule of Engagements, 1st bookings, 1947
Box   5
Folder   5
Schedule of Engagements, 1949-1950
Clippings
Box   5
Folder   6
Hal and Ruby Holbrook, 1949; 1951
Box   5
Folder   7
“Mark Twain,” 1955
Box   5
Folder   8
“Mark Twain,” 1956
Mark Twain Tonight!
Box   5
Folder   9
1957
Box   6
Folder   1
1956-1957
Box   6
Folder   2
1958
Box   6
Folder   3
1958
Box   6
Folder   4
Program, 1957-1959
Box   6
Folder   5
Accounts, 1959-1961
Box   6
Folder   6
Clippings, 1959
Box   6
Folder   7
Itineraries, 1959-1960
Box   6
Folder   8
Clippings, 1959-1960
Box   6
Folder   9
Review of record album, 1959
Box   6
Folder   10
Schedule of engagements, 1959
Box   6
Folder   11
Show time charts, 1959
Box   6
Folder   12
Accounts, 1960-1961
Box   6
Folder   13
Clippings, 1960
Box   7
Folder   1
Clippings - Charles Stafford article, 1960
Box   7
Folder   2
Clippings - European tour, 1960
Box   7
Folder   3
Concert itinerary, 1960-1961
Box   7
Folder   4
Clippings, 1960-1961
Box   7
Folder   5
Programs, 1960
Box   7
Folder   6
Schedule of engagements, 1960
Box   7
Folder   7
Schedule of engagements, 1960; 1962
Box   7
Folder   8
Budget, 1961
Box   7
Folder   9
Clippings, 1961
Box   8
Folder   1
Concert itineraries, 1961-1962
Box   8
Folder   2
Programs, 1961-1962
Box   8
Folder   3
Schedule of engagements, 1961
Box   8
Folder   4
Staging facilities, 1961
Box   8
Folder   5
Concert itineraries, 1962-1963
Box   8
Folder   6
Accounts, 1962
Box   8
Folder   7-8
Clippings, 1962
Box   8
Folder   9
Schedule of engagements, 1962
Box   8
Folder   10
Staging facilities, 1962
Box   8
Folder   11
Accounts, 1963
Box   8
Folder   12
Clippings, 1963
Box   8
Folder   13
Itineraries, 1963-1964
Box   8
Folder   14
Programs, 1963
Box   8
Folder   15
Schedule of engagements, 1963
Box   9
Folder   1
Clippings, 1963
Clippings (television reviews)
Box   9
Folder   2
1966, July - Dec.
Box   9
Folder   3
1967, Jan. - Feb. 9
Box   9
Folder   4
1967, March 1-4
Box   10
Folder   1
1967, March 5
Box   10
Folder   2
1967, March 6
Box   10
Folder   3
1967, March 7
Box   10
Folder   4
1967, March 8-10
Box   10
Folder   5
1967, March 11 - July 9
Box   10
Folder   6
Television fan mail, 1968, Dec. - 1969, Jan.
Engagement contracts
Box   11
Folder   1
1958
Box   11
Folder   2
1959
Box   11
Folder   3
1960
Box   11
Folder   4
1961
Box   11
Folder   5
1962, Jan. - April
Box   11
Folder   6
1962, May - Dec.
Box   11
Folder   7
1963
Mark Productions Company
Box   12
Folder   1
Agreement with Columbia Records, 1959
Box   12
Folder   2
Coronet Films, 1959
Box   12
Folder   3
Limited partnership certificate re publication, 1959
Box   12
Folder   4
Partnership agreement certificate, 1959
Box   12
Folder   5
Miscellaneous Mark Twain Tonight! correspondence and memos, 1959
Box   12
Folder   6
Mark Twain Tonight! financial statements, 1959
Box   12
Folder   7
Mark Twain Tonight! limited partnership agreements, 1959
Box   12
Folder   8
Mark Twain Tonight! theater lease, 1959
Mark Twain Tonight! An Actor's Portrait (1959) - book
Box   12
Folder   9
Notes, 1959
Box   12
Folder   10
Outline, 1959
Box   12
Folder   10
Acknowledgement, undated
Box   12
Folder   11
Introduction, 1959
Box   12
Folder   12
Prolog, Draft, undated
Box   12
Folder   13
Prolog, Draft, undated
Box   12
Folder   14
Incomplete draft, pp. 7-76, undated
Box   12
Folder   15
Footnotes, undated
Box   12
Folder   16
Corrections, undated
Box   12
Folder   17
Book jacket and review, 1959
Mark Twain Tonight! - Holbrook edition of Twain stories for live performances
Box   13
Folder   1
“Advice to Youth”
Box   13
Folder   2
“Animal Talk”
Box   13
Folder   3
“The Ant”
Box   13
Folder   4
“The Ball”
Box   13
Folder   5
“Boggs-Sherburn”
Box   13
Folder   6
“Buck Fanshaw's Funeral”
Box   13
Folder   7
“Cigar”
Box   13
Folder   8
“Closing”
Box   13
Folder   9
“Conscience”
Box   13
Folder   10
“An Encounter with an Interviewer”
Box   13
Folder   11
“Evolution and Man”
Box   13
Folder   12
“Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation”
Box   13
Folder   13
“First Interview with Artemus Ward”
Box   13
Folder   14
“German Language”
Box   13
Folder   15
“The Gilded Age”
Box   13
Folder   16
“The Golden Arm”
Box   13
Folder   17
“The Great French Duel”
Box   13
Folder   18
“His Grandfather's Old Ram”
Box   13
Folder   19
“Horse Routine”
Box   13
Folder   20
“Huckleberry Finn”
Box   13
Folder   21
“The Invalid's Story”
Box   13
Folder   22
“Italian Guide”
Box   13
Folder   23
“Make-Up Success”
Box   13
Folder   24
“Mining Experiences”
Box   13
Folder   25
“The Mormons”
Box   13
Folder   26
“Now I Am Seventy”
Box   13
Folder   27
“On the Mississippi”
Box   13
Folder   28
“On Smoking”
Box   13
Folder   29
“Opera”
Box   13
Folder   30
“Poet”
Box   13
Folder   31
“Prefatory”
Box   13
Folder   32
“Religion”
Box   13
Folder   33
“Sandwich Islands”
Box   13
Folder   34
“Satan”
Box   13
Folder   35
“Seventy Years Old”
Box   13
Folder   36
“Taming the Bicycle”
Box   13
Folder   37
“Temperance”
Box   13
Folder   38
“To the President of the Western Union”
Box   13
Folder   39
“Twain on His Uncle's Farm”
Box   13
Folder   40
Unidentified Twain entries
Box   13
Folder   41
“United States of Lyncherdom”
Box   13
Folder   42
“Watermelon Story”
Box   13
Folder   43
“White Suit”
Box   13
Folder   44
Program notes
Mark Twain Tonight! - complete production
Box   14
Folder   1-2
Act I, script - Holbrook's copy
Box   14
Folder   3-4
Act II, script - Holbrook's copy
Box   14
Folder   5-6
Act III, script - Holbrook's copy
Mark Twain Tonight! - nightclub routines
Box   15
Folder   1
Notes
Box   15
Folder   2-3
Scripts
Roughing It - television program
Box   16
Folder   1
Background information, undated
Box   16
Folder   2
Notes on the adaptation, 1960
Box   16
Folder   3
Notes and treatments, 1959 Dec.
Box   16
Folder   4
Casting, 1960
Box   16
Folder   5
Outline, locations listed, 1960?
Box   16
Folder   6
Act I script, annotated by Walter Kerr, 1960?
Box   16
Folder   7
Act II script, annotated by Walter Kerr , 1960?
Box   16
Folder   8
Act III script, annotated by Walter Kerr, 1960?
Box   16
Folder   9
Act I, final draft of T.V. adaptation, 1960
Box   16
Folder   10
Act II, final draft of T.V. adaptation, 1960
Box   16
Folder   11
Act III, final draft of T.V. adaptation, 1960
Box   16
Folder   12
Final draft with comments by Holbrook, undated
Miscellaneous Holbrook Material on Twain
Box   16
Folder   13
“The Cracker Barrel and the Lady,” playscript, undated
Box   16
Folder   14
“In Defense of Huck Finn,” Holbrook speech before National Federation of Women's Clubs ( 1958?)
Box   16
Folder   15
“Mark Twain” - article for the New York Times, 1959, Nov. - Dec.
Box   16
Folder   16
Mark Twain routines, Jack Paar Show, undated; Cultural Center Television Show, 1960, Nov. 30
Box   14
Folder   1
Scrapbook, 1942-1947