Preliminary Inventory to the John Raymond Hutchinson papers

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Title: John Raymond Hutchinson papers
Date (inclusive): 1918-1961
Collection Number: 52002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes, 2 cubic foot boxes, 2 envelopes, 5 phonorecords (4.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, film scripts, printed matter, photographs, filmstrips, and phonorecords, relating to the production of U.S. propaganda film by the Office of War Information for distribution in China during World War II, and to the history of television in the U.S.
Creator: Hutchinson, John Raymond
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1970.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Raymond Hutchinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sound recordings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, American -- China
Television in education -- United States
United States. Office of War Information

box 1

Description of filmstrips

box 2

Letter from Gus Paton (served with the OSS); correspondence between Hutchinson and Dr. Gerald F. Winfield, U.S. Embassy China; one list "Booking Records: Filmstrips;" one list "Projectors in Field;" one list "Material in Story File"

box 2

Four "Picture Lists" (titles of films)

box 2

Six drawings by "The Cowboy Artist," Charles M. Russell

box 2

Miscellaneous material: pamphlets (Hoover Dam, banking panic), also Chinese money which was sent with Gus Paton's letter

box 2

"Teacher's Manual of Instructions on the Use of Filmstrips"

box 3

Photo album: "Early TV in America"

box 3

Photo album: "Some interesting 'Firsts' in TV"

box 3

Television scripts "Setting the Stage" for the Chronicles of America Photoplays. Scripts prepared and presented by Hutchinson. New York City 1941

box 3

Duplicate to 3c (without scripts nos. 6 & 7)

 

Correspondence and miscellaneous items:

box 4

18 letters and 3 cards from Herbert Hoover to Hutchinson (orig.)

box 4

Letters including correspondents such as Presidents Wilson and Taft, General MacArthur, Gen. Robert Wood, LaGuardia, etc. Also autographs and a "Certificate of Honor...Four-Minute Man of the Committee on Public Information during the War of 1917-1918" for Mrs. Hutchinson's father, James. C. Holmes (1936-1961) 1918

box 4

Shooting script to the motion picture, "Union Pacific," with five autographs 1938

box 4

Research notes for Cecil B. DeMille's production, "Union Pacific," 1938

box 4

"Television was Fun", a resume of BBC-TV, July 1936-Sept. 1939, by Hutchinson. Scripts, photos, and duplicates

box 4

Heath, Eric. "Writing for Television." Los Angeles, California, Research Publ. Co., 325 p. (autographed copy) 1950

 

Committee on Television - evaluation of programs (first group work of this type in America and perhaps anywhere)

box 5

Two envelopes of printed articles by Hutchinson on TV

box 5

Miscellaneous material: 11 flags used on the "Declaration of Independence" program; pencil box from the Civil War; WW I draft capsule

box 5

Three magazines with articles on TV: Fortune, April and May, 1939, and Radio Age, April 1946

box 5

Mrs. Hutchinson's grandmother's certificate as a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution"

box 5

Speech and photo of Abraham Lincoln and 10 paintings (?) from the L.H. Bogart (?) collection

box 5

Miscellaneous material on Thomas Jefferson High Scool, Elizabeth, N.J. where Mr. Hutchinson taught

General Physical Description note: (18 photos, one letter).
box 5

Miscellaneous Red Cross material (Mrs. Hutchinson's activities as a Gray Lady)

box 5

Blue prints of a study of Museums here and abroad, by Arthur E. Krows

 

Audiovisual Materials

record cabinet

Chronicles of America Photoplay Television sound recording (pt. 1-2) 1941 September 18

Scope and Contents note

A discussion of the American Revolution as a lead-in to a movie. It focuses on the Eastern campaign of Washington against Clinton and Cornwallis, which would culminate in Yorktown. Special note is made of French assistance to the Americans. NBC label. 2 discs. Use copy reference number: 52002_a_0002898
record cabinet

DGSM 1147 - 1 (School, pt. 1 and 2) (2 records)

record cabinet

RCA Victor presents Television

box 6

106 filmstrips, 324 negatives (cubic foot boxes)

box 7

106 filmstrips, 324 negatives (cubic foot boxes)

art rack

Oil portrait of Mrs. Hutchinson

 

Photographs

envelope A

2 photos depicting the Arch of Victory at 5th Ave. and 23rd Street in New York City 1899 and 1919

envelope B

20 photos depicting transmitting apparatus for radio, telephone, and television; also, some scenes of apparatus in operation 1927-1946