Finding Aid to the Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker Clippings, Scrapbook, and Photographs MSA.29
Anna Liza Posas
Library and Archives at the Autry
2013
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker Clippings, Scrapbook, and Photographs
Creator:
Kavanaugh-Hecker, Frances
Identifier/Call Number: MSA.29
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(2 boxes, 1 oversized box)
Date (inclusive): 1941-1947
Abstract: Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker (1915-2009) was known as the "Cowgirl of the typewriter" and was one of the few women scriptwriters
for western film and television. This collection consists of ephemera, newspaper clippings, publications, publicity packets,
and a scrapbook. Material in this collection was created from 1941-1947.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collections 88.58, 97.110,and 97.149, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California.
This collection consists of ephemera, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, and a scrapbook by and about Frances
Kavanaugh-Hecker and the movie productions she worked on during her career. Publications include full and partial issues
of industry periodicals, such as the
Hollywood Reporter and
Hollywood Review, dating from 1941-1947. Also included are publicity packets for 12 of her films, primarily focusing on the
Trail Blazers.
Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker Clippings and Scrapbook, 1941-1947, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MSA.29; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker (1915 February - 2009 January 23) was known as the "Cowgirl of the typewriter" and was one of the
few women scriptwriters for western film and television. During her career she wrote for Monogram, PRC, United Artists, and
Eagle Lion Studio. She was main writer for the
Trail Blazers from 1942-1944, starring Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, and Bob Steele. Between 1941 and 1950, she wrote over 30 scripts.
In 1997, the Autry celebrated Kavanaugh-Hecker's contribution to Westerns with an exhibit in the Museum's Imagination Gallery,
featuring her L. S. Smith typewriter, two screenplays, and ephemera.
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Donated in Memory of Frances Kavanaugh-Hecker by Robert Hecker to the Autry.
Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Women screenwriters
Hollywood Review
Western television programs
Hollywood Reporter
Photographs
Western films
Arts publicity
Press kits
Women in motion pictures
Mud Creek Glacier (Calif.) -- Photographs
Women in the motion picture industry
Reviews
Trail blazers (Motion picture : 1940)