Baker, George Clinton - 13 pp. typescript scenario for one-reel, 24 scene drama, "The Rivals" - not produced under this title, n.d.
Captions - photocopies of well-known Flying A photos, with captions
Conway, Joel - research on Flying A, incl. corr. from others about using Conway's Flying A materials, and newspaper articles about Flying A
Conway, Joel - talk about Flying A and Lockheed Aircraft Corp. 1971
Cool, Margaret - "Flying 'A' Day: With a Little (Bad) luck, Santa Barbara Could Have Been Hollywood," Santa Barbara Magazine Fall 1977
Grabowski, Stan - list of actors, actresses, and other personnel associated with the American Film Co., with addresses and titles, compiled for Joel Conway [compiled from SB city directories?]
Lawton, Stephen - Santa Barbara's Flying A. Studio (Santa Barbara: Fithian 1997)
Ledger Book - mainly typewritten entries on pre-printed forms, with prepared fields to check, such as Copy Delivered, Case, Synopsis Ready, ... Field work, Plates ready, Plates shipped, Stills made; Records number of feet of film shot, feet kept after editing, feet sent to Chicago; some notes in ink 1915-1916
Letterhead stationery, envelope, and purchasing department requisition form
"Notes from the Flying A Studio" - column in the Morning Press, [Santa Barbara] Jan. 29, 1914 [see column in other issues of the SBMP, Microfilm Area AN5.S425]
Obern, George A. - "The American Film Company: The 'Flying A," mimeo typescript of history of Flying A, with partial list of Flying A films, and copies of b/w prints of the studio and people associated with it (UCLA Motion Picture Division, Dec. 12 1966)
Record Book - typewritten entries, with blue pencil marks indicating payment, adding machine tapes as inserts, includes names of personnel connected with the company, Jan. 4-Feb. 12, 1916 [oversize box]
Series 2. Original Photographic Prints
Set Book - photos mounted in a re-used catalog binder, most images of interior sets, seldom with people [unboxed]
Loose Photos
Studio Sets - approx 200 8x10 b/w prints, incl. studio overhead-staging (for lighting); freq. name of cameraman in the image, one is Joe Morgan; prints are works-driven, not people driven (used by director, for example, interested in certain kinds of shots, like railroad depot office)
Unsorted
Loose Photos
Automobiles
Ballroom
Bennett - Richard, Constance, and Joan
Cummings, Irving - actor
"Diamond from the Sky"
Film Crew
Flying A Studio
Kane, Gail
Little People
Middleton - Flying A Cameraman
Minter, Mary Miles - Flying A actress
Nudes
Radiance Display - color prints of Flying A display mounted by Joel Conway
Russell, William - producer, animal act
Sets
Stagecoach
Westerns
Women
Unidentified/Unsorted
Oversize
Disbound Album - probably prints from Conway 1945 negs, mainly showing deserted Flying A Studio property
Framed Photographs - two copy prints of "Diamond from the Sky," a Flying A serial, shot at Oak Park, co-starring Lottie Pickford (sister of Mary Pickford) and Irving Cummings 1915
Loose Photographs - copy prints by Conway, some mounted
Mounted Photographs
Flying A Studio Motor Pool, with names and vehicles listed
Two consecutive frames of a Flying A Western 1914
Other - dups of loose prints
5x7 Glass Originals
Locations
Backdrops / Background Paintings
Buildings
Churches
Gardens
Storefronts
People - includes actors (some identified), children, staff, etc.
Actors and Other Identified People
Acord, [Art]
Art Acord and unknown male
Art Acord on bronco at rodeo
[Art Acord] riding horse
"Art Acord: Champion stear [sic] Bulldogger of the world. Pendleton 'Round-up' 1912"
Art Acord with horse in field
Art Acord on horseback
Art Acord sitting in cowboy outfit
Art Acord and suited unknown male
Art Acord on horse at ranch
Art Acord on jumping horse
Art Acord on horse in field
Burton, [Charlotte]
Charlotte Burton, studio portrait
Miss Charlotte Burton with dog
Burton, Clarence
Clarence Burton at the studio with two dogs
Carpenter, Gerald
Gerald Carpenter walking across studio driveway
Gerald Carpenter at studio
Gerald Carpenter walking on studio lot
Effects test shot of "giant" man superimposed under studio pergola
[Gerald Carpenter] and unidentified man in Flying A. Studios
[Gerald Carpenter] and unidentified woman on Flying A. Studios lot
Christie, Nan
Nan Christie, portrait
Miss Christie, portrait
[Nan Christie, portrait]
[Nan Christie, portrait]
Coxen, Ed
Ed Coxen, portrait
Cummings, Irving
Irving Cummings dressed in tuxedo
Irving Cummings, portrait
Irving Cummings, profile portrait
Day, Juliette
Juliette Day at studio in car
Juliette Day in car in front of studio
Juliette Day with two unidentified men
[Juliette Day] and unidentified group outside
[Juliette Day] and unidentified group of actors in Santa Barbara, California
[Juliette Day] and unidentified group seated
[Juliette Day] and unidentified man in front of building
[Juliette Day] and unidentified group in open-bed truck
[Eason] - Baby Eason
Baby Eason crying
[Baby Eason] laying on fur rug
[Baby Eason] laying on fur rug
Faxon, Dean
Dean Faxon
Field, George
George Field, portrait
Winnifred Greenwood, George Field and 2 Unknowns
George Field and unknown female
George Field profile shot
George Field with missing emulsion
George Field profile shot with cowboy hat
Fischer, Margarita
Margarita Fischer and unknown woman
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified actress in courtyard of the Flying A. Studios lot
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified woman by the gate of Flying A. Studios
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified woman on the Flying A. Studios lot
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified woman in front of a car
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified woman in courtyard at Flying A. Studios
[Margarita Fischer] and unidentified woman in courtyard at Flying A. Studios
Frank, Mrs. [?]
Articles of clothing pinned to wall
Gamble, Fred
Fred Gamble, portrait
Fred Gamble, studio portrait
Fred Gamble, portrait
Greenwood, [Winnifred]
Winnifred Greenwood with man in film scene
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood]
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
[Winnifred Greenwood], portrait
Heimerl, Al
Alois Heimerl and unknown man clowning around
Alois Heimerl clowning around in the street
Alois Heimerl
Alois Heimerl
Holloway, [Carol]
Carol Holloway, portrait
Carol Holloway, portrait
[Carol Holloway on globe draped in United States flag]
Humphrey, Orral
Orral Humphrey, portrait
Orral Humphrey, portrait
Orral Humphrey doing a stunt
Hutchinson, Samuel
Samuel S. Hutchinson with two unidentified people
King, Henry
Henry King
Lester, Louise
Louise Lester in costume
Louise Lester, portrait
Louise Lester, profile portrait
Louise Lester, portrait with fan
Louise Lester, portrait with fan
Little, Ann
Ann Little, Art Acord, and unknown gentleman standing by barn
Ann Little standing with a horse
Ann Little on a horse
Ann Little on horseback (highly damaged)
Ann Little standing next to a horse
Ann Little in western attire on horseback
Lythgoe, David
David Lythgoe, portrait
David Lythgoe, portrait
McCardell, Roy
Mr. McCardell with his secretary
Roy McCardell on horseback
Minter, Mary Miles
Mary Miles Minter in a car
Mary Miles Minter standing in a car during a parade
Mary Miles Minter standing on a swing
Mary Miles Minter sitting on a swing
Mary Miles Minter standing on steps
Mary Miles Minter with umbrella
Mary Miles Minter standing next to car
Mary Miles Minter getting into a car
Mary Miles Minter walking with magazines
Mary Miles Minter and two unknown gentlemen
Mary Miles Minter in parade (double exposure)
[Mary Miles Minter reading outside]
[Mary Miles Minter sitting on horse]
[Mary Miles Minter]
Mary Miles Minter and unknown woman standing outside glass studio
Mary Miles Minter and family
Mary Miles Minter and her family
Mary Miles Minter and family
Mary Miles Minter with her mother and grandmother
[Mary Miles Minter] sitting on rafter
Montana, Bull
Bull Montana holding hat over ledge
Bull Montana wearing hat and coat
Bull Montana standing against wall
Bull Montana holding a cigar
Bull Montana, portrait
Bull Montana smirking at the camera
Bull Montana reading
Munson, Audrey
Audrey Munson, nude
Audrey Munson in film "Purity," nude
Peyton
Miss Peyton, portrait
Miss Peyton, portrait
Miss Peyton, portrait
Miss Peyton, portrait
Miss Payton, portrait
Miss Payton, portrait
Richardson, Jack
Jack Richardson standing next to horse
Jack Richardson next to door
Jack Richardson, portrait
Jack Richardson
Ricketts, Tom
Tom Ricketts picture of a picture
Rosson, Helene
Helene Rosson standing behind chair
Helene Rosson, portrait
Helene Rosson, portrait with chair
Russell, Bill
William Russell napping
William Russell at the beach
William Russell jumping off studio pergola
William Russell with lieutenant
William Russell and officer doing squats in the studio driveway
Bill Russell doing a stunt on studio roof
William Russell, portrait
William Russell, portrait
Bill Russell and Bond looking at a booklet
William Russell climbing the studio
Russell, William (cont.)
William Russell and four unknown men walking on a fence
William Russell in fight scene on stairway
William Russell and unknown man in ocean
William Russell leaving a home
[William Russell] and unidentified man on Flying A. Studios lot
[William Russell] and woman eating ice cream
William Russell on studio wall
William Russell's company working on Woodlands project
[William Russell?] wearing headdress
Santell, Al
Al Santell
Al Santell
Shafer, Mrs. [Molly]
Molly Shafer, portrait
Sloman, [Edward]
Edward Sloman and unknown man talking
Edward Sloman talking to an officer
Edward Sloman and unknown man looking at a script
Edward Sloman, director
Thorne, Lizette
Lizette Thorne, portrait
Lizette Thorne, portrait
Vaughan, Mr. [William]
William H. Vaughn, portrait
Van Meter, Harry
Harry Van Meter
Harry Van Meter, studio portrait
Ward, Mrs. [Lucille]
Lucille Ward in character costume
Lucille Ward, portrait
Children - in costume - some noted as S.B. children (as extras)
Child actress, portrait
Child actress wearing a bonnet
Child actor in costume
Group of children in costume
Child actors on set
Children in costumes, double exposure
Group of children in costume
Group of children in costume
Group of children in costume
Group of children in costume
Group of children in costume with a dog
Child actors in costume
Child actress in dress and bonnet
Couples / Duos
Unidentified woman and soldier in courtyard on Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified soldier and man on Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified actresses in costume
Unknown actresses in costume
Two unidentified men exercising
Unidentified man and woman in courtyard of Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified actor and actress, portrait
Two unidentified men sitting on a tree stump with dog
Two actors on set
Unidentified man and woman standing outside of Flying A. Studios
Unidentified man and woman walking on lawn at Flying A. Studios
Two unidentified women standing in a garden
Unidentified woman with infant
Unidentified soldier and actress kissing
Unidentified woman with infant
Unidentified woman with infant
Unidentified woman with infant
Unidentified man and woman shaking hands
Unidentified actor and actress
Unidentified man and woman on Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified film editors
Unidentified man and woman drinking soft drinks
Unidentified soldiers on Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified actor and actress in costume
Unidentified man and woman sitting with dogs
Unidentified men swimming by a canoe
Unidentified man and woman walking on the Flying A. Studios lot
Officer and unidentified man walking together at studio
Unidentified man and woman walking by glass stage on the Flying A. Studios lot
Soldier and unidentified woman in walkway of the studio
Cowboys
Unidentified cowboy by horse
Unidentified cowboy by horse
Unidentified cowboy by horse
Unidentified cowboy, portrait
Unidentified cowboy, portrait
Unidentified cowboy, portrait
Unidentified cowboy, portrait
Unidentified cowboy, portrait
Unidentified cowboy with horse
Unidentified cowboy laughing and standing next to horse
Unidentified cowboy standing next to bowing horse
Unidentified cowboy jumping over fountain
Groups
Five unidentified women in front of a house in Santa Barbara, California
Unidentified men fighting next to woman holding crutch
Two unidentified men and women on lawn
Unidentified man, woman, and boy with a dog
Three unidentified actors on a set
Unidentified group of men in a bar
Group shot including director Henry King, actress Gail Kane and director Ed Sloman
Henry King and Gail Kane with unidentified man
Directors Henry King and Ed Sloman with actress Gail Kane
Unidentified men in crowd
Studio group shot including directors Edward Sloman and Henry King and actress Gail Kane
Unknown boy and two unknown girls standing side by side
Unidentified group of people in costume by fountain
Unidentified boy and two girls
Unidentified men and woman walking on Flying A. Studio lot
Unidentified group of people
Six unidentified men standing by an airplane
Three unidentified men and an officer standing on lawn
Three unidentified men and an officer standing on lawn
Firing squad scene in unidentified film
Double exposure of unidentified group at the beach and unidentified man in an airplane
Unidentified band on set with a crowd
Vivian Rich and Joseph Galbraith in wedding scene from "Peggy Lynn, Burglar" (1915)
Double exposure of unidentified woman with young child and baby
Double exposure of unidentified men in front of glass studio
Director Henry Otto's unit sitting at outdoor table, including actress Winifred Greenwood and actors Edward Coxen and George Field
Group shot including director Henry King, actress Gail Kane and director Ed Sloman
Unidentified group standing in line
Unidentified young man and two unidentified young women dancing
Edward Coxen, Winifred Greenwood and George Field on set
William Russell and Mary Miles Minter with unidentified group near Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara
Unidentified group at the beach
Unidentified group of two men and three women at the beach
Group of unidentified men with flags
Unidentified man and two unidentified women in crowd on set or location for a film
Unidentified group set or location for a film
Men
Unidentified man sitting on chair
Two unknown men eating chicken at picnic table
Soldier at studio
Soldier and unidentified man walking outside studio
Unidentified man standing in studio driveway
Unidentified group of three men
Unidentified man in cap
Unidentified youth, portrait
Unidentified man with three goats
Unidentified man falling through trap door
Men (cont.)
Unknown man next to fountain
Unidentified man in American Film Company garden
Unidentified man in front of studio
Unidentified man in office
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified man on set
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified man on set
Unidentified man on Flying A. Studios lot
Actor dressed as USR officer on Flying A. Studio lot
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor on set
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified actor, portrait
Unidentified man on Flying A. Studios lot
Women
Unidentified woman
Unidentified woman standing by house in Santa Barbara, California
Unidentified actress on set
Unidentified woman sitting on rafter
Unidentified woman on Flying A. Studio lot
Unidentified woman on Flying A. Studio lot
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified woman standing by trees
Unidentified woman standing in driveway of Flying A. Studios lot
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress holding a tennis racket
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress holding a small dog
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified woman wearing a hat
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified woman on balcony
Film editor
Film editor
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified woman gardening
Editor, double exposure
Unidentified actress, portrait
Unidentified woman standing in front of backdrop
Unidentified woman standing in front of backdrop
Unidentified woman walking on studio lot
Sets - Studio - Props. Most are just of the item noted, but a few have men holding items (esp. windows), or shot in larger room settings (esp. furniture).
Bedroom
Bird
Bird Nest
Bowls
Cabinets
Church Altar
Courtroom
Doors
Doorway
Drapes - for windows and doors
Drawing - Elevation
European Setting
Exterior - local production: men and horses
Figurine
Fireplaces
Flower Vase
Furniture
Interior
Lamps / Lighting / Elec.
Ceiling
Chandeliers
Floor lamps
Lamp shades - incl. glass shades
Lamp stands
Nightstand lamps
Pedestal lamps
Piano lamp
Table lamps
Wall sconces
Unidentified
Microphone?
Office
Office - lab
Picture - baby
Projectors
Residence - Interior - Thorne Hall
Stairway
Tea Set
Wall Brackets
Wall Panels
Walls
Window Drapes
Windows
Unidentified
World War I Parade - [prob. S.B., with storefronts in background]
8x10 Glass Originals
Locations
Bartlett's Place
Battleship
Jones Place
Knapp
Mission Canyon
People
Actors and Other Identified People
Burton, Charlotte
Coleman, Ronald [?]
Cummings
Fischer, Margarita
Forde
Humphrey
Lyttle
Minter, Mary Miles
"Red Cross Woman"
Russell, William
Couples/Duos
Groups
Men
Women
Sets
Bedroom
"Big Glass Set"
Other
Series 5. Film Negatives
3 1/2 x 5 1/4 Originals
Boy at Fountain - in front of Flying A Studio
5x7 Originals
Couch, John - copy of group photo - Couch was Flying A prop man and friend of Joel Conway
Flying A Studio - Aerial View
Pursell and Fifield
Russell (Bill) - at his ranch
Russell and Fifield
Russell - mountain climbing
Woman - unidentified
World War I Parade - many of floats
Minter, Mary Miles
Set Construction
Set Stills
Sets
Adams, Arleigh, and family
Bennett - Richard, Joan, Constance (?)
Bonilla (Mariono / Mike)
Compaglia Albums - copy negs from the albums
Compaglia, James - Flying A Studio copy negs from him
Campaglia "Kids"
Coxen and Greenwood
Cummings, Irving
Dance - cast (incl. Bill Russell), orchestra, and rigging showing
"Diamond from the Sky" - location stills, incl. cast
Field, George - "Detective Blinn"
Fischer Film
Flying A Motor Pool - with chauffeurs
Flying A Studio Lot - Conway photos 1945
"Ghost of Rosy Taylor"
Greenwood
Images with Captions - for Conway displays
La Mesa Unit, ca. 1911
Location Still - Group Outdoors - flags on building
Location Still - Kolts & Dill
Location Still - Outdoor - Bill Russell and animals
Location Still - Outdoor - duel
Location Still - Outdoor - man on horse, mountain stream
Location Still - Outdoor - 3 men (Compaglia?), palm fronds
Location Still - Rhea Mitchell, Ashton Deurholt, and group of women...
Location Still - Woman fighting man at water fountain, Santa Barbara streetcar in background
Meigs Residence - Group, 1914 (from Don Hollister's brother)
Minter, Mary Miles
Portrait of Woman - on set
Publicity - Bull Montana, Fairbanks, and Bill Russell
Publicity Still - women (Forde)
"The Reel Thing" - Joel's Flying A display at Lou Rose's window
Richardson and Thorne
Rural Themes - not Westerns
Russell, William [Bill]
Society Ball - various society and social drama publicity stills
Set Still - circus
Set Still - Fight! Harold Lockwood, May Allison, and extras
Set Still - large group
Set Still - large group - fight
Set Still - three women
Staff
Studio Aerial
Studio Views and Interior of Shop
Taylor, William Desmond
Thayer, Lloyd
Wedding - James Compaglia (minister) performing the wedding, William Russell (groom), Wanda Hawley (bride), Gent (father?)
Western - location stills
Western - Used in Santa Barbara Magazine article
Unidentified
Series 6. Audiovisual
Flying A, Bob Birchard 1987 February 28