Finding Aid for the John Houseman Papers, 1930-1989

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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

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Finding Aid for the John Houseman Papers, 1930-1989

Collection number: 816

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

Manuscripts Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Processed by:: Manuscripts Division staff, 1980
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, January 2003

Descriptive Summary

Title: John Houseman Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1930-1989

Collection number: 816

Creator: Houseman, John

Extent: 127 boxes (63.5 linear ft.) 1 carton (1 linear ft.) 12 oversize boxes

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: John Houseman wrote, produced, directed and translated plays, founded theater companies, collaborated on radio series, produced film, television, and stage productions, and acted in movies and television shows. The collection consists of correspondence, director's scripts for stage, movies, radio, & television, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and videotapes of television interviews, commercials, and television performances.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of John Houseman, 1963-1987.
Gift of John Houseman estate, 1989.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Houseman Papers (Collection 816). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720516

Biography

Born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest, Romania on September 22, 1902, of a Alsatian father and English mother; attended Clifton College Preparatory School, Bristol, England, 1916-1918; moved to U.S. in 1924; was grain export businessman while doing freelance writing and translating plays; entered theatrical production and direction upon collapse of stock market; by early 1930s was writing, producing and directing for New York stage; supervised Federal Theatre Project's Negro Theatre Project; taught at Vassar; founded Mercury Theater with Orson Welles in 1937, and collaborated with Welles on the radio series The Mercury theatre of the air; collaborated on screenplay of Citizen Kane, and in 1941 became vice-president of David O. Selznick productions; chief of overseas radio division, Bureau of the Office of War Information, 1942-43; producer of film, television, and stage productions; artistic director of American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy in Stratford, Connecticut, 1956-1959; artistic director of Theatre Group of Los Angeles in 1960s, which became nucleus of Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles; director of drama division of Juilliard School, New York City, 1967-1976; founder of the Acting Company in New York City, 1972; received Oscar for role in Paper Chase; acted in television show of same name; died October 31, 1988.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence, director's scripts for stage, movies, radio, & television, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and videotapes of television interviews, commercials, and television performances.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Correspondence (Boxes 1-8, 28-39, 50, 58-64, 78-83, 100-105, 131, 136).
Scripts - stage, TV, radio, film, opera (Boxes 9-26, 56-57, 65-69, 75-76).
Production material (Boxes 40-45, 85, 93-94, 107).
Lectures and addresses (Boxes 45-47).
Professional organizations (Boxes 48-49).
Manuscript material (Boxes 27, 51-53, 70-74, 88-92, 95-96, 106, 129-130).
Memorabilia (Boxes 54-56, 97-99).
Scrapbooks (Boxes 77, 86-87).
Audio, film, video (Boxes 108-115, 137).
Photographs (Boxes 132-135, 138-139).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Houseman, John--Archives.

Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.

Film scripts.

Radio plays.

Television plays.

Audio, Film, Video

2 on the Town

Box 108, Folder 6

John Houseman, dub, 82-248.

20/20

Box 109, Folder 1

Acting company.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Aida

Box 114, Folder 9

Last 2 hours, Leontyne Price.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

America Alive - John Houseman with David Sheehan

Box 108, Folder 2

September 1, 1978.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Brainpower

Box 114, Folder 1

Beta tape.

Carrigan's Roses in December

Box 112, Folder 5

JH narrates, July 23, 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Clarence Darrow

Box 115, Folder 3

Part 1, August 15, 1974.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Box 115, Folder 4

Part 2, August 15, 1974.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Commercials

Box 115, Folder 5

Various, November 12, 1982.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Dallas Opera

Box 114, Folder 2

Beta tape.

Darrow

Box 109, Folder 4

PBS special.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

David Schoenbrun

Box 113, Folder 1

Interview with JH, March 2, 1982.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Entertainment Tonight

Box 113, Folder 8

Beta tape.

FDR Tribute

Box 113, Folder 9

ABC, WPA theater, January 29, 1982.

Box 113, Folder 10

Houseman re WPA, NBC January 24, 1982, also King Lear.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 114, Folder 4

January 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Good Morning America

Box 115, Folder 1

JH and the Acting company, WABC TV.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Henry Varnum Poor, an Artist Remembered

Box 112, Folder 1

Beta tape.

Box 112, Folder 2

POF 21613.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Houseman

Box 108, Folder 1

October 1 [1982?].

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Houseman Directs Lear

Box 113, Folder 5

A. Pope, January 12, 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Howard Koch

Box 108, Folder 5

Directed by Henry Corra, produced by Pauline Colbert. Beta dub, November 10, 1984.

Jewel in the Crown

Box 114, Folder 7

Last episode.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

JH Directs Lear

Box 113, Folder 7

A. Pope, January 16, 1982, also JH on Letterman, 10 February 1982, beta.

JH on David Letterman

Box 114, Folder 8

May 17, 1984.

John Houseman

Box 108, Folder 3

NBC magazine, March 5, 1982, 10:00 minutes.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Marco Polo

Box 114, Folder 6

Part 1, also JH on Rivers, October 20, 1986.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 114, Folder 10

Part 1.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Merv Griffin

Box 109, Folder 5

John Houseman, August 21, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Paper Chase

Box 108, Folder 4

Clips.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Box 110, Folder 1

Labor of Love, September 6, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 2

Limits, August 31, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 3

Tempest in pothole, August 31, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 4

Mrs. Hart, September 6, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 5

Billy Pierce, September 6, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 6

Suicide, September 6, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 7

War of the Wonks, August 31, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 8

My dinner with Kingsfield, June 22, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 9

Judgement day, August 31, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 110, Folder 10

The advocates, August 31, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 115, Folder 6

Birthday party.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Paper Chase, FDR tribute, Houseman Int

Box 109, Folder 7

Excerpts.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Puritan Oil

Box 109, Folder 6

Commercials, November 5, 1981.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Roses in December

Box 112, Folder 3

Reels 1 - 11.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 112, Folder 6

July 23, 1982, and Mid-morning Los Angeles.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Seven Lively Arts

Box 112, Folder 9

The sound of jazz, March 2, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 112, Folder 10

The sound of jazz.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 113, Folder 2

The sound of jazz.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Box 113, Folder 3

The sound of jazz, March 2, 1984.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Silver Spoons

Box 111, Folder 8

3 episodes, November 20, 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 9

3 episodes February 26, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 10

JH - grandfather, October 9, 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Smith Barney

Box 113, Folder 4

2 commercials, March 12, 1984.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

SMU Tape Banner

Box 112, Folder 4

This is John Houseman, June 20, 1984.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Soldier's Tale

Box 112, Folder 8

September 29, 1982.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Sunday Morning

Box 109, Folder 2

John Houseman, December 25, 1983.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Sunday Morning News

Box 114, Folder 3

July 31, 1983, comparing Kingsfield to Reagan.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Television Appearances

Box 113, Folder 6

JH on evening news re child abuse, April 9, 1985, beta tape. Also JH on Today show, re Cradle will rock, August 15, 1985.

Tess

Box 112, Folder 7

Beta tape.

The Blast in Centralia

Box 115, Folder 2

#5.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts

Box 109, Folder 3

John Houseman/ Acting company segment, July 1, 1982.

Physical Description: 3/4 inch tape.

Box 111, Folder 11

January 1, 1982, Houseman on Acting co., Midsummer night's dream, beta.

This is John Houseman

Box 110, Folder 11

Produced by Mike Bawden, directed by Greg Murphy.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Unlabeled

Box 114, Folder 5

Beta tape.

Box 114, Folder 11

Beta tape.

Winds of War

Box 111, Folder 1

Episode 4, February 9, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 2

Episode 3, February 8, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 3

Episode 2, February 7, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 4

Episode 5, February 10, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 5

Episode 4, March 9, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 6

Episode 6, February 11, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Box 111, Folder 7

Episode 1, February 6, 1983.

Physical Description: Beta tape.

Books

With Comments by John Houseman

Box 106, Folder 1

Shakespeare, William. Othello. New York: Dell, 1959.

Correspondence

1984

Box 100, Folder 1

A - B.

Box 100, Folder 2

Box 100, Folder 3

Box 100, Folder 4

E - G.

Box 100, Folder 4

Box 100, Folder 6

I - J.

Box 100, Folder 7

K - L.

Box 100, Folder 8

M - N.

Box 100, Folder 9

O - P.

Box 100, Folder 10

Box 100, Folder 11

Box 101, Folder 1

S - T.

Box 101, Folder 2

U - V.

Box 101, Folder 3

Box 101, Folder 4

X - Z.

Box 101, Folder 5

A - B.

Box 101, Folder 6

Box 101, Folder 7

Box 101, Folder 8

E - G.

Box 101, Folder 9

Box 101, Folder 10

I - J.

Box 101, Folder 11

K - L.

Box 102, Folder 1

M - N.

Box 102, Folder 2

O - P.

Box 102, Folder 3

Box 102, Folder 4

Box 102, Folder 5

S - T.

Box 102, Folder 6

U - V.

Box 102, Folder 7

Box 102, Folder 8

X - Z.

1985, July-December

Box 102, Folder 9

A - B.

Box 102, Folder 10

Box 102, Folder 11

Box 102, Folder 12

E - G.

Box 102, Folder 13

Box 102, Folder 14

I - J.

Box 102, Folder 15

K - L.

Box 102, Folder 16

M - N.

Box 102, Folder 17

O - P.

Box 102, Folder 18

Box 102, Folder 19

Box 102, Folder 20

S - T.

Box 102, Folder 21

U - V.

Box 102, Folder 22

Box 102, Folder 23

X - Z.

1986, January-June

Box 103, Folder 1

A - B.

Box 103, Folder 2

Box 103, Folder 3

Box 103, Folder 4

E - G.

Box 103, Folder 5

Box 103, Folder 6

I - J.

Box 103, Folder 7

K - L.

Box 103, Folder 8

M - N.

Box 103, Folder 9

O - P.

Box 103, Folder 10

Box 103, Folder 11

Box 103, Folder 12

S - T.

Box 103, Folder 13

U - V.

Box 103, Folder 14

Box 103, Folder 15

X - Z.

1986, July-December

Box 104, Folder 1

A - B.

Box 104, Folder 2

Box 104, Folder 3

Box 104, Folder 4

E - G.

Box 104, Folder 5

Box 104, Folder 6

I - J.

Box 104, Folder 7

K - L.

Box 104, Folder 8

M - N.

Box 104, Folder 9

O - P.

Box 104, Folder 10

Box 104, Folder 11

S - T.

Box 104, Folder 12

U - V.

Box 104, Folder 13

W - Z.

1987, January-August

Box 104, Folder 14

A - B.

Box 104, Folder 15

Box 104, Folder 16

Box 104, Folder 17

E - G.

Box 104, Folder 18

Box 104, Folder 19

I - J.

Box 104, Folder 20

K - L.

Box 104, Folder 21

M - N.

Box 104, Folder 22

O - P.

Box 104, Folder 23

Box 104, Folder 24

S - T.

Box 105, Folder 1

U - V.

Box 105, Folder 2

Box 105, Folder 3

X - Z.

1987, June-December

Box 105, Folder 4

A - B.

Box 105, Folder 5

Box 105, Folder 6

Box 105, Folder 7

E - G.

Box 105, Folder 8

Box 105, Folder 9

I - J.

Box 105, Folder 10

K - L.

Box 105, Folder 11

M - N.

Box 105, Folder 12

O - Q.

Box 105, Folder 13

Box 105, Folder 14

S - T.

Box 105, Folder 15

U - V.

Box 105, Folder 16

W - Z.

Box 105, Folder 17

[To be filed].

Speaking Engagements

Box 105, Folder 18

Spring 1985 - correspondence, schedules.

Box 105, Folder 19

1983 - correspondence, schedules.

Documents

Boston University

Box 99, Folder 1

Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, 1981.

Julliard School

Box 99, Folder 5

Honorary doctor of the arts degree, 1987.

Paper Chase

Box 94, Folder 2

Contract - October 13-19, 1977.

The Acting Company

Box 99, Folder 2

Certificate of establishment of 1st annual JH award (n.d.).

Drawings

Portrait

Box 97, Folder 3

Sketch of JH by R. Kroushoff? (n.d.).

Richard III

Box ---, Folder 1

Set designs by Richard Schmidt, 1985 - 6 items. Map Drawer - small.

Box 140, Folder 1

Set designs by Richard Schmidt, 1985. 6 items. Shelved in small Map Drawer 2.

Ephemera

Box 107, Folder 1

Articles by and about John Houseman.

Box 94, Folder 4

The Acting Company.

Box 94, Folder 5

The City Center Acting Company.

Box 94, Folder 6

The Juillard Acting Company.

Box 94, Folder 7

[Miscellaneous theatre ephemera].

By or about John Houseman

Box 105, Folder 20

Articles.

Box 106, Folder 26

[Scrapbook pages - 1987].

Box 95, Folder 5

Clippings.

Box 96, Folder 9

Harper's Magazine - August 1965 - 2 copies. With Lost fortnight by John Houseman, beginning p. 55.

Box 97, Folder 19

Scrapbook - 1986.

Box 93, Folder 7

1985.

Final Dress

Box 94, Folder 9

Reviews.

Material about John Houseman

Box 90, Folder 7

Magazines, prospectuses, articles.

Paper Chase

Box 94, Folder 1

Dillon, J.T. The Paper Chase and the Socratic method.... Photocopy of article.

Printing Samples

Box 94, Folder 8

Letterhead, envelopes, letter to friends.

Productions Directed by John Houseman

Box 90, Folder 6

Programs.

Manuscripts

By or about John Houseman

Box 107, Folder 2

Production material: FDR tribute - 1982.

Box 94, Folder 11

Notes, clippings by John Houseman.

Box 95, Folder 1

ABC Interview - 20/20 - June 11, 1979.

Box 95, Folder 2

A.P.A. - Phoenix.

Box 95, Folder 3

American Book Awards - Biography Award - 1983.

Box 95, Folder 4

An American life.

Box 95, Folder 6

Candide in Hollywood. Foreword to As Time Goes By by Howard Koch.

Box 95, Folder 7

California State University Commencement Address - June 1974.

Box 95, Folder 8

Foreword to Actor at Work. Written for Morris Carnovsky's book.

Box 95, Folder 9

Confessions of a curmudgeon. With note this is the one to type, not the published version.

Box 95, Folder 10

Conversation with John Houseman. For U.S. News & World Report, September 16, 1983.

Box 95, Folder 11

Davis, Ronald L. - John Houseman. Southern Methodist University, Oral History Project #176, July 19, 1979.

Box 95, Folder 12

Drama division of Juilliard School at Lincoln Center.

Box 95, Folder 13

Foreword to Dorothy Jeakins' Exhibition, Santa Barbara.

Box 95, Folder 14

The entertainers and the entertained. UCLA Regents Lecture, 1961.

Box 95, Folder 15

Hollywood faces the fifties (1950) - Parts 1 & 2.

Box 95, Folder 16

How and what does a movie communicate? International Design Conference, Aspen, June 1955.

Box 95, Folder 17

An international tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt. October 21, 1963.

Box 95, Folder 18

[Interview with John Houseman]. Interviewed by John O'Connor, Mae Mallory Krulak, May 11, 1976, New York, for George Mason University.

Box 95, Folder 19

Jack O' Brian's column. June 17, 1975.

Box 95, Folder 20

Letters from Stratford.

Box 95, Folder 21

Lost fortnight.

Box 95, Folder 22

Melvyn Douglas. For the Los Angeles Times.

Box 95, Folder 23

Mid-American Assemby on the Future of the Performing Arts. Kansas City, Missouri, September 15, 1979.

Box 95, Folder 24

NBC Magazine interview with John Houseman. Interviewed by Garrick Utley. Photocopy of transcript with corrections by JH.

Box 95, Folder 25

Paper Chase - the life and death of a television series. By JH. 2 copies.

Box 95, Folder 26

Paper Chase - the life and death of a television series. By JH. 43pp.

Box 95, Folder 27

Paper Chase - the life and death of a television series. By JH. Key copy. 43pp.

Box 95, Folder 28

Realism and style. Second public lecture, Theatre Arts, UCLA, November 9, 1960.

Box 95, Folder 29

John Houseman - The Arts - January [by] Jeff Bovin. Photocopy of text corrected by JH.

Box 95, Folder 30

Second Goodman lecture. By JH. Photocopy. 29pp.

Box 95, Folder 31

Shakespeare and the American actor. By JH. Photocopy.

Box 95, Folder 33

[On reading tastes]. By JH. Photocopy with minor correction.

Box 96, Folder 1, 2

[ re theatre].

Box 96, Folder 3

Foreword to Theatre Profiles - 4th vol.

Box 96, Folder 4

[ re theatre production costs].

Box 96, Folder 5

Thoughts on revisiting Zootsuit at the Aquarius. For the Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1978.

Box 96, Folder 6

Television drama: is it getting better or worse.

Box 96, Folder 7

[Untitled speech - with introduction by Nina Foch - 1980].

Box 96, Folder 8

Wooden Indian. Foreword to unpublished memoirs of Hubbell Robinson.

Box 95, Folder 32

Sundown Beach. By JH. Photocopy of text corrrected by JH. 8pp.

Entertainers and the Entertained

Box 88, Folders 1, 2

Material used and rejected for Entertainers... Published 1986 by Simon & Schuster.

Final Dress

Box 88, Folder 4

Final dress. Photocopy with holograph corrections.

Box 88, Folder 5

Trouble in the intellectual ghetto. Also titled The seven lively arts.

First and Last

Box 91, Folder 1

Title page - p. 200a. (folder 1 of 3).

Box 91, Folder 2

pp.201-402 (folder 2 of 3).

Box 91, Folder 3

pp.403-548 (folder 3 of 3).

Box 91, Folder 4

Table of contents - p. 200a (folder 1 of 3).

Box 91, Folder 5

pp.229-408 (folder 2 of 3).

Box 91, Folder 6

pp.410-540 (folder 3 of 3).

Box 92, Folder 1

Various pages - Unsorted (folder 1 of 2).

Box 92, Folder 2

Various pages - Unsorted (folder 2 of 2).

Box 92, Folder 3

Clearances.

Box 92, Folder 4

Book 1 (folder 1 of 3).

Box 92, Folder 5

Book 2 (folder 2 of 3).

Box 92, Folder 6

Book 3 (folder 3 of 3).

Medical Outlook

Box 93, Folder 5

Interviews - outlook book.

Run-Through

Box 88, Folder 3

Run-through notebook. Photocopy.

Speeches, Introductions, Tributes

Box 106, Folder 2

National Public Radio.

Box 106, Folder 3

American Book Awards.

Box 106, Folder 4

Memphis speech.

Box 106, Folder 5

Abilene.

Box 106, Folder 6

Doubleday preface.

Box 106, Folder 7

USC commencement, Drama divison, May 1987.

Box 106, Folder 8

Juilliard School commencement address, 1972.

Box 106, Folder 9

Legacy of the Hollywood 10, October 1987.

Box 106, Folder 10

Shakespeare preface - final version - Easton's series.

Box 106, Folder 11

Interview Shapiro / Houseman.

Box 106, Folder 12

Candide in Hollywood - forword to memoirs of Howard Koch.

Box 106, Folder 13

Dallas Shakespeare Festival.

Box 106, Folder 14

Iris Barry.

Box 106, Folder 15

Jean Rosenthal.

Box 106, Folder 16

Alfred Hitchcock - AFI.

Box 106, Folder 17

[Federal Theatre of the W.P.A.].

Box 106, Folder 18

Shad Northshield - Columbia-Dupont award.

Box 106, Folder 19

Dorothy Jeakins.

Box 106, Folder 20

Lillian Gish - AFI - March 6, 1984.

Box 106, Folder 21

Melvyn Douglas.

Box 106, Folder 22

Agnes Moorhead.

Box 106, Folder 23

Alley Award.

Box 106, Folder 24

Hallie Flanagan, New York Times, August 3, 1969.

Theatre

Box 94, Folder 3

[Manuscript material re theatre]. Many items incomplete.

Unfinished Business

Box 89, Folder 1

pp.1-142 (folder 1 of 4). Original of English book.

Box 89, Folder 2

pp.143-357 (folder 2 of 4). Original of English book.

Box 89, Folder 3

pp.358-545 (folder 3 of 4). Original of English book.

Box 89, Folder 4

pp. 546-752 (folder 4 of 4). Original of English book.

Box 89, Folder 5

Voice of America - Julius Caesar (folder 1 of 3).

Box 90, Folder 1

Executive Suite - Watershed '60 (folder 2 of 3).

Box 90, Folder 2

Lear - Paper Chase and Run-through (folder 3 of 3).

Box 90, Folder 3

pp.1-140 (folder 1 of 3).

Box 90, Folder 4

pp.141-293 (folder 2 of 3).

Box 90, Folder 5

pp.294-391 (folder 3 of 3).

Virgil Thomson

Box 93, Folder 6

Dinner - includes correspondence.

Personal Material

Schedules for John Houseman

Box 93, Folder 8

Calendars - 1974, 1975.

Photographs

Paper Chase - Photograph

Box 97, Folder 12

JH as Professor Kingsfield in The Paper Chase.

Production Material

Directed by John Houseman

Box 93, Folder 1

Blitzstein, Marc - The cradle will rock. Directed by John Houseman, American Place Theatre, New York, May 9, 1983.

Directed by John Houseman?

Box 93, Folder 2

Richard III. Performed at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, 1985.

FDR tribute - 1982

Box 107, Folder 3

WPA.

Ghost Story

Box 107, Folder 7

Advance production notes - April 30, 1981.

Produced by John Houseman

Box 93, Folder 3

Carrigan, Ana - Roses in December.

Box 93, Folder 4

Roses in December - Correspondence. Also contains production material.

Produced by John Houseman?

Box 94, Folder 10

Choices of the Heart - screenplay.

Selected Readings

Box 106, Folder 25

Complete set.

The Acting Company

Box 107, Folder 4

The cradle will rock - correspondence, clippings, playbill.

Box 107, Folder 5

The cradle will rock - script.

Box 107, Folder 6

The cradle will rock - correspondence, clippings,.

Realia

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Box 97, Folder 13

Honor to Gideon's trumpet, Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1980.

American Bar Association

Box 97, Folder 18

Gavel award certificate, 1981.

American Film Institute

Box 98, Folder 4

Salute to Lillian Gish, lucite plaque, 1984.

Bow Tie League of America

Box 99, Folder 4

Ten best bow tie wearers in America award, 1988.

California State University, Long Beach

Box 97, Folder 17

Plaque of appreciation. For speach at commencement, 1979.

City of New York

Box 97, Folder 16

Mayor's award of honor for arts and culture, 1979.

Columbia University Law School Alumni Association of Southern California

Box 98, Folder 3

Plaque honoring JH as Professor Kingsfield, 1979.

Council on International Nontheatrical Events

Box 99, Folder 6

Award of excellence for Choices of the heart.

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Box 97, Folder 10

Certificate of nomination for Golden Globe Award, 1979. For best actor in a series, Paper chase.

Box 97, Folder 11

Certificate of nomination for Golden Globe Award, 1983. For best actor in a supporting role, series, mini-series or motion picture for television - The winds of war.

International Communication Agency

Box 99, Folder 3

Special founder's award, 1982.

Los Angeles Bicentennial

Box 97, Folder 5

Certificate of achievement.

National Council on the Aging

Box 97, Folder 2

Certificate of recognition, 1976. For contributions to enhancing the quality of national life.

On Cable

Box 97, Folder 20

Award, outstanding drama personality, 1985.

Outer Critics Circle

Box 97, Folder 7

Award for outstanding contributions to the theater, 1971-1972.

Public Broadcasting Service

Box 98, Folder 1

Plaque in recognition of support of public television, 1984.

Saratoga Springs, New York

Box 107, Folder 8

Key to the city - July 8, 1974 - mounted on plaque.

Stony Brook Foundation

Box 97, Folder 9

Award for distinguished contributions to higher education, 1980.

Temple University

Box 97, Folder 1

Honorary Doctor of Arts degree, 1973.

Theater Hall of Fame

Box 97, Folder 15

Scroll of honor to member, 1979.

Tucson, Arizona, Office of the Mayor

Box 97, Folder 4

Honorary citizen of Tucson award, 1982. Printed on a thin copper sheet.

Union College

Box 97, Folder 6

Honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, 1976.

University of Southern California

Box 97, Folder 8

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, 1980.

Virginia Museum Theater

Box 98, Folder 2

Outstanding contribution to theater award, 1979-1980.

Whittier College

Box 97, Folder 14

Honorary Doctor of humane letters degree, 1980.

Miscellaneous

Box 129, Folder 1

Roses in December proposal - 1983.

Box 129, Folder 2

Notes on Roses - 1983 meeting.

Box 129, Folder 3

The cradle will rock - script. 1983 production, New York, Acting Company alumni, cast list included.

Box 129, Folder 4

Speaking engagements - 1983-1984.

Box 129, Folder 5

Unfinished business - revised final chapter - American edition 1988.

Box 129, Folder 6

The long spoon - May 1, 1987 by JH, unpublished & unfinished.

Box 129, Folder 7

Four saints in three acts - with autographs by cast members.

Box 129, Folder 8

Chronicles of hell - photocopy.

Box 129, Folder 9

Copies of readings performed by JH.

Box 130

Articles by and about JH, 1981-1983.

Box 131, Folder 1

Final dress - correspondence & articles about, 1982-1983.

Box 131, Folder 2

Publicity 1982-1983.

Box 131, Folder 3

Clippings re JH, 1945, 1982-1984.

Box 131, Folder 4

Articles, forewords & book reviews by JH.

Box 131, Folder 5

Writer's Guild.

Box 131, Folder 6

Houseman / Roth PR.

Box 131, Folder 7

Incoming correspondence 1979.

Box 131, Folder 8

Rotary speech 1986.

Box 131, Folder 9

Chatto & Windus correspondence 1986.

Box 131, Folder 10

Contract, notes, Ford Foundation Report, article.

Box 132, Folder 1

JH in cartoons.

Box 132, Folder 2

Publicity re JH 1984-1986.

Box 132, Folder 3

Publicity - 1988 - scrapbook.

Box 132, Folder 4

Richard III reviews - San Diego 1985.

Box 132, Folder 5

Book reviews by JH, pages from The Entertainers, partial script.

Box 132, Folder 6

Anthology permissions.

Box 132, Folder 7

Speaking 1983.

Box 132, Folder 8

Paper chase.

Box 132, Folder 9

Antigone - costume sketches with notes.

Box 132, Folder 10

National Theatre - King Lear - photo of theatre & crowd.

Box 132, Folder 11

JH / Acting Company 1982 - photographs.

Box 132, Folder 12

Paper chase - location photographs.

Box 132, Folder 13

JH & others - photographs, including Virgil Thomson. Also Marta Feuchtwanger, Lillian Gish.

Box 132, Folder 14

JH - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 1

JH commercials - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 2

Otello - Dallas Opera - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 3

Voice of America 40th anniversary - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 4

Four saints in three acts & Macbeth - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 5

Acting Company - photographs & programs.

Box 133, Folder 6

Acting Company - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 7

Films produced by JH - stills & photographs.

Box 133, Folder 8

Photocopies of film production stills.

Box 133, Folder 9

JH accepting awards - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 10

Cool of the day - production photographs.

Box 133, Folder 11

Film productions - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 12

Seven lively arts - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 13

Plays directed by JH - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 14

APA Phoenix - photographs.

Box 133, Folder 15

Film posters.

Box 133, Folder 16

Photographs - unidentified.

Box 133, Folder 17

JH - actor in films.

Box 134, Folder 1

Kingfield - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 2

JH - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 3

Clarence Darrow poster - photograph.

Box 134, Folder 4

Voodoo / Macbeth - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 5

Four saints in three acts - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 6

Houseman movies - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 7

JH as actor - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 8

Theatre Group / UCLA.

Box 134, Folder 9

Seven lively arts - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 10

Stratford - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 11

Native son - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 12

Mercury Theatre Productions - photographs. With proof print inscribed by Orson Welles.

Box 134, Folder 13

Housman family - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 14

JH portraits.

Box 134, Folder 15

Houseman family / JH as youth - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 16

Mina Curtis / Lincoln Kirstein - photograph.

Box 134, Folder 17

The cradle will rock - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 18

JH - portrait.

Box 134, Folder 19

King Lear with Louis Calhern - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 20

Zita Johann (1st wife) - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 21

Orson Welles - photograph.

Box 134, Folder 22

JH television programs - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 23

APA Phoenix - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 24

Judy Holiday - photograph.

Box 134, Folder 25

New City - photograph.

Box 134, Folder 26

JH as film producer - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 27

Extra glossies.

Box 134, Folder 28

Virgil Thomson - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 29

Country girl - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 30

Paper chase - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 31

JH family - photographs.

Box 134, Folder 32

Anthology.

Box 134, Folder 33

Preface - Susie Slagle.

Box 134, Folder 34

Book reviews (1 of 2).

Box 134, Folder 35

Book reviews (2 of 2).

Box 135, Folder 1

JH - 1984 correspondence.

Box 135, Folder 2

Press - 1985.

Box 135, Folder 3

JH - portraits (photographs).

Box 135, Folder 4

Juilliard & Acting Company - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 5

Mercury Theatre / Voice of America - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 6

Stratford - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 7

King Lear with Calhern 1960 - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 8

Zita Johann - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 9

Photographs & negatives for books by JH.

Box 135, Folder 10

JH - photographs.

Box 135, Folder 11

Nine on the aisles by JH.

Box 135, Folder 12

Super Bowl presentation.

Box 135, Folder 13

JH interview.

Box 135, Folder 14

Noble House - final draft script.

Box 136, Folder 1

Correspondence 1983.

Box 136, Folder 2

SMU tribute 1984.

Box 136, Folder 3

London - reviews & press.

Box 136, Folder 4

Correspondence 1986.

Box 136, Folder 5

Final dress - correspondence, publicity 1982, 1984.

Box 136, Folder 6

Publicity & correspondence 1987- .

Box 136, Folder 7

UCLA Theatre Group research.

Box 136, Folder 8

Otello - Dallas Opera 1962 & 1965.

Box 136, Folder 9

JH photos - miscellaneous.

Box 136, Folder 10

Theatre - Gielgud & others - photographs.

Box 136, Folder 11

JH as actor - film/TV - photographs.

Box 136, Folder 12

Trio.

Box 136, Folder 13

Awards.

Box 136, Folder 14

Juilliard - programs, slides.

Box 136, Folder 15

FBI reports.

Box 136, Folder 16

Juilliard book.

Box 136, Folder 17

JH - publicity & cartoons.

Box 137, Folder 1

Audio tapes of lectures & interviews by JH [shoe box].

Box 138, Folder 1

Bernardo Alba production - 1947 - Pelican / Coronet - photographs.

Note

Box 138 is a flat box.

Box 138, Folder 2

Plays, films, Acting Company - photographs.

Box 138, Folder 3

Costume designs [damaged].

Box 138, Folder 4

American Shakespeare Festival & Invitation to the theatre posters.

Box 138, Folder 5

Mark Taper Forum tribute to JH 1987.

Box 139, Folder 1

William Saroyan reading his own work - 1 album.

Note

Box 139 is a flat box.

Box 139, Folder 2

Office of War Information - 5 albums.

Box 139, Folder 3

The cradle will rock - album.

Box 139, Folder 4

Concert scripts.

Box 139, Folder 5

Photographs for JH books.

Box 139, Folder 6

JH family & others - photographs.