Guide to the John Pickard and Frank Provo papers (ARA) PA Mss 186

Original collection processing and arrangement by Thousand Oaks Public Library Staff. Electronic finding and additional processing and description by Jacob Robin, 2023. Latest revision 2023 August 15.

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2023 August 15

Title: John Pickard and Frank Provo papers (ARA)

Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 186

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

Physical Description: 48.5 Linear Feet; (45 boxes: 38 record boxes, 7 document boxes)

Creator: Pickard, John (1910-1995)

Creator: Provo, Frank (1913-1975)

Date (inclusive): circa 1928-1975

Date (bulk): circa 1940-1970

Abstract: The John Pickard and Frank Provo Papers consists of over 48 linear feet of radio and television scripts, manuscripts, correspondence and other miscellaneous material, dating from approximately 1928-1975, with the bulk of the material from approximately 1940-1970. This collection documents Pickard's career in the early days of Australian radio, as well as the collaboration between Pickard and Provo that lasted nearly 40 years, and resulted in radio programs such as Wendy Warren and the News and Young Doctor Malone, as well as television programs such as Concerning Miss Marlowe and From these Roots.

Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], John Pickard and Frank Provo Papers, PA Mss 186. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Acquisition Information

This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.

Biographical Note

John Pickard was born on April 6, 1910 in Sydney, Australia. He entered the University of Sydney to study law in 1927, yet also acted in plays as a member of the Sydney University Drama Society. It was during this time that Pickard, intrigued by the new medium of radio, tried his hand at writing a radio play titled "The Tomb of Osiris." This work was performed on various stations throughout Australia, and is considered by some to be the first original Australian radio play.

By 1931, acting in radio productions had become Pickard's main occupation, and he was considered one of the brightest young actors on Australian radio during his tenure with the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) Players, whose performances were broadcast on station 2FC in Sydney. He continued writing and directing plays as well, being promoted to the Head of Drama Productions at the Australian Broadcasting Company in 1933. Pickard wrote series such as Crime Club, and also adapted American programs like One Man's Family, in which he substituted Australian settings, situations, and colloquialisms. By 1935, however, Pickard wanted to try something new and left for the United States in August of that year. He arrived in San Francisco, and was soon working as an actor for NBC programs such as Hawthorne House. It was most likely during his years in San Francisco in the late 1930s that he met Frank Provo.

Provo, who was born on November 16, 1913, was a California-based actor and aspiring writer at the time he met Pickard. He had graduated from the Pasadena Community Playhouse School of Theatre Arts, and by the early 1930s, was acting in a number of NBC programs that were broadcast from San Francisco, such as One Man's Family, in which he played the role of Johnny Roberts. By 1938 or 1939, however, both Provo and Pickard had relocated to New York, both being featured in programs originating from there, with Provo acting in the soap operas Jane Arden (approximately 1938-39) and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (approximately 1938), and Pickard landing the role of Grant Thursday on Pretty Kitty Kelly. Around this time they also began collaborating on scripts for radio programs and plays for the stage, initiating a professional and personal partnership that would last for the next forty years. The two shared an apartment in New York, and a few years later purchased a farm in Great Barrington, MA, that became their primary residence until their deaths.

One of the first network programs on which they worked together was My Son and I, which started as a pair of single act plays on the Kate Smith Show, and evolved into a daytime soap opera, running on CBS between 1939 and 1941. Pickard also played the role of Bruce Barrett on this program. Pickard and Provo also began writing scripts for the popular serial, Young Doctor Malone, during this period and continued to contribute scripts to this show throughout the early 1940s. The years of the Second World War also brought military service, as Pickard served with the United States Army with the rank of lieutenant, writing and staging radio plays designed to improve troop morale and assist in training soldiers who were stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia.After the war, Pickard and Provo continued writing drafts of stage plays and novels that they hoped to publish,as well as pilots for radio - and later television - programs. In 1947, their most successful program, Wendy Warren and the News, went on the air. This series, which focused on the life and loves of the eponymous newscaster, incorporated an actual CBS news broadcast at the beginning of the program, which then segued into the plot of the show. This 15-minute show was broadcast at noon over CBS five days a week, from June 1947 through November 1958.

With the decline of network radio throughout the 1950s, Provo and Pickard began working on writing daytime television soap operas, their first one being Concerning Miss Marlowe, which was broadcast on NBC from July 1954 to July 1955, and From these Roots, which ran on the same network from June 1958 to December 1961. They contributed scripts to other television soap operas ( The Doctors, Love of Life), wrote scripts for televised specials featuring the Ringling Brothers Circus, and wrote a play titled "Adamsburg, U.S.A.", which was broadcast under the title "The Old Man and the City" on the Dick Powell Show in 1963, and was later syndicated throughout the world.

As this manuscript collection demonstrates, however, Pickard and Provo wrote numerous pilot scripts for television programs that were never accepted, including a remake of Wendy Warren for television. The two also continued writing novels and stage plays up to the time of Provo's death in 1975. One such play, "Dagmar," was staged at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, where Pickard and Provo had joined the faculty of the dramatic arts program in 1969. They also published a novel, The Education of Emily Adams. John Pickard died on October 23, 1995, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Sources: Dunning, John. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio. (New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 1998). Lane, Richard. The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama, 1923-1960. (Melbourne:Melbourne University Press, 1994). Schemering, Christopher. The Soap Opera Encyclopedi. (New York: Ballantine Books,1985).

Scope and Content

The majority of the collection consists of scripts for radio and television programs that Pickard either wrote or produced for Australian radio, and early radio programs in the United States that featured Provo and Pickard. There also contains material relating to John Pickard's service in the U.S. Army, 1942-1945, including scripts of broadcasts for the troops at Camp Lee over the Richmond, Virginia affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

There is an almost complete run of the radio series Wendy Warren and the News that makes up 25 linear feet of the collection, stretching from the debut of the series in June 1947 until a few months before the end of the series in 1958, although a few gaps do exist.

Approximately 16.25 linear feet of the collection consist of television scripts, dating from 1954-1965. These include the series Concerning Miss Marlowe, From these Roots, The Doctors, and Love of Life, as well as additional individual episodes of various programs. In addition to scripts, material for the television programs also includes auditions, presentations, publicity, and correspondence, and such material is filed together with the scripts for the series.

The remaining material in the collection includes manuscripts of pilot and presentation scripts for radio and television, and manuscripts of plays and novels, most of which were not published. The novels and plays date from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. Among the plays are also copies of material used in student productions that were directed by Provo and Pickard at Simon's Rock College in 1969-1971. An additional 0.5 linear foot consists of correspondence, most of it with Pickard's family in Australia as well as former colleagues in Australian radio, but also including limited correspondence pertaining to radio and television productions, and records of royalties and dues from the Writers Guild of America.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into eleven series by type. Series 1: Australian radio scripts: John Pickard; Series 2: Miscellaneous radio and stage plays: John Pickard; Series 3: World War II United States Army productions, Camp Lee, Virginia: John Pickard; Series 4: Scripts and miscellaneous material: Frank Provo; Series 5: United States radio scripts: Frank Provo and John Pickard; Series 6: Television scripts and related material: John Pickard and Frank Provo; Series 7: Television series; Series 8: Manuscripts: John Pickard and Frank Provo; Series 9: Writers Guild of America; Series 10: Correspondence; Series 11: Miscellaneous Loose Material.

Related Archival Material

Forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Radio writers -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Archives

Radio writers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archives

Radio actors and actresses -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Archives

Television writers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archives

Radio scripts

Screenplays

Manuscripts

Correspondence

Pickard, John (1910-1995) -- Archives

Provo, Frank (1913-1975) -- Archives

Series 1: Australian radio scripts: John Pickard circa 1932-1935

Sub-Series A: The Romance of John and June

box 1, folder 1

Tete a tete in a Teashop (#1)

box 1, folder 2

The Bargain in the Basement (#2)

box 1, folder 3

Friendship and Farewell (#3)

box 1, folder 4

The Fat in the Fire (#4)

box 1, folder 5

Shark Scare (#5)

box 1, folder 6

An Innocuous Invention (#6)

box 1, folder 7

Family Failings (#7)

box 1, folder 8

Philanderings of a Poet (#8)

box 1, folder 9

A Catechism on Cooking (#9)

Sub-Series B: What Would You Do?

box 1, folder 10

The Colonel and his Lady (#1)

box 1, folder 11

The Dungeon (#2)

box 1, folder 12

A King's Request (#3)

box 1, folder 13

The Dilemma at Lanchow (#4)

box 1, folder 14

Fate Rides the Favourite (#5)

box 1, folder 15

If Women Interfere (#6)

box 1, folder 16

Death Castle (#7)

box 1, folder 17

A Tale on the Southern Seas (#8)

box 1, folder 18

The Judgment of the Mob (#9)

box 1, folder 19

The Golconda Diamond (#10)

box 1, folder 20

Much Ado about Christmas (#11)

box 1, folder 21

The Woman who Wouldn't Be Kissed (#12)

box 1, folder 22

For Poland (#13)

box 1, folder 23

Shark (#14)

box 1, folder 24

Destruction - part two (#16)

box 1, folder 25

The Power of Shiva (#18)

box 1, folder 26

A Fairy-Tale of Ireland (#20)

box 1, folder 27

The Curse of the Man they Hanged (#21)

box 1, folder 28

The Ape at the House Party (#22)

box 1, folder 29

The Flying Dutchman (#23)

box 1, folder 30

Circus (#24)

box 1, folder 31

The Story of La Superbe (#25)

box 1, folder 32

Romance in the Autumn (#26)

box 1, folder 33

The Lily and the Green Cockade (#27)

box 1, folder 34

Eyes of Death (#28)

box 1, folder 35

Drums of Hate (#29)

box 1, folder 36

Less than Star-Dust (#30)

box 2, folder 1

Broken Rhapsody (#31)

box 2, folder 2

Pride of the Ocean (#32)

box 2, folder 3

The Tomb of Osiris (#33)

box 2, folder 4

Black Blood, or the Story of Paul Jackson (#34)

box 2, folder 5

The White Feather (#35)

box 2, folder 6

The Man of the Moor (#36)

box 2, folder 7

The Cupboard of Michael Storm (#37)

box 2, folder 8

Body Line (#39)

box 2, folder 9

Mammon and the Playwright (#40)

box 2, folder 10

The Tale of a Thief (#41)

box 2, folder 11

Valse Parisienne (#42)

box 2, folder 12

That's for Remembrance (#43)

box 2, folder 13

The Shadow of Yesteryear (#44)

box 2, folder 14

Reprieve (#46)

box 2, folder 15

No Greater Sacrifice (#47)

box 2, folder 16

Arabesque (#48)

box 2, folder 17

The Flames of Hate (#49)

box 2, folder 18

Storm in Sylvania (#52)

box 2, folder 19

The Phantom Horseman (#53)

box 2, folder 20

The Millionaire and the Chorus Girl (#54)

box 2, folder 21

Heaven and Hell (#56)

box 2, folder 22

Black Rajah (#57)

box 2, folder 23

The Way of the Desert (#58)

box 2, folder 24

The Dilemma of Montague Manners (#59)

box 2, folder 25

Eileen Alannah (#60)

box 2, folder 26

Flight (#61)

box 2, folder 27

Arabella the Forsaken (#62)

box 3, folder 1

A Tale of Terror (#63)

box 3, folder 2

Jack and the Beanstalk – children's session (#64)

box 3, folder 3

Is it War? (#66)

Sub-Series C: The Crime Club circa 1934-1935

box 3, folder 4

The Wreck of the Brisbane Limited (#1--part one)

box 3, folder 5

The Wreck of the Brisbane Limited (#1--part two)

box 3, folder 6

Murder over the Microphone (#2--part one)

box 3, folder 7

Murder over the Microphone (#2--part two)

box 3, folder 8

Murder of the Moneylender (#3--part one)

box 3, folder 9

Murder of the Moneylender (#3--part two)

box 3, folder 10

The Baby Kidnapping Mystery (#4--part one)

box 3, folder 11

The Baby Kidnapping Mystery (#4--part two)

box 3, folder 12

The Theft of the Narbada Necklace (#5--part one)

box 3, folder 13

The theft of the Narbada Necklace (#5--part two)

box 3, folder 14

The Murder of the Mystery Woman (#6--part one)

box 3, folder 15

The Murder of the Mystery Woman (#6--part two)

box 3, folder 16

The Strange Disappearance of the Melbourne Cup Favourite (#7--part 1)

box 3, folder 17

The Strange Disappearance of the Melbourne Cup Favourite (#7--part 2)

box 3, folder 18

The Murder at Ah Wong's (#8--part one)

box 3, folder 19

The Murder at Ah Wong's (#8--part two)

box 3, folder 20

The Great Explosion Mystery (#11--part one)

box 3, folder 21

The Great Explosion Mystery (#11--part two)

box 3, folder 22

The Snyder Poison Mystery (#12--part one)

box 3, folder 23

The Snyder Poison Mystery (#12--part two)

box 3, folder 24

The Murders at the Mine (#13--part one)

box 3, folder 25

The Murders at the Mine (#13--part two)

box 3, folder 26

The Death of the Cabinet Minister (#14--part one)

box 3, folder 27

The Death of the Cabinet Minister (#14--part two)

box 3, folder 28

The Dagger Murder (#15--part one)

box 3, folder 29

The Dagger Murder (#15--part two)

box 3, folder 30

The Phantom of the Circus (#16--part one)

box 3, folder 31

The Phantom of the Circus (#16--part two)

box 3, folder 32

The Phantom of the Circus (#16--part three)

box 3, folder 33

The Christmas Kidnapping (#17--part one)

box 3, folder 34

The Christmas Kidnapping (#17--part two)

box 3, folder 35

The Fate of Lily Engel (#18--part one)

box 3, folder 36

The Fate of Lily Engel (#18--part two)

box 3, folder 37

The Mystery of the Elephants' Burial Ground (#19--part one)

box 3, folder 38

The Mystery of the Elephants' Burial Ground (#19--part two)

box 3, folder 39

Murder before the Camera (#20--part one)

box 3, folder 40

Murder before the Camera (#20--part two)

box 3, folder 41

The Strange Case of Charlotte Peveril (#21--part one)

box 3, folder 42

The Strange Case of Charlotte Peveril (#21--part two)

Sub-Series D: Outlawry under the Gums

box 4, folder 1

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part one)

box 4, folder 2

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part two)

box 4, folder 3

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part three)

box 4, folder 4

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part four)

box 4, folder 5

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part five)

box 4, folder 6

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part six)

box 4, folder 7

The Kelly Gang, or The Gentlemen of Strathlogie (part seven)

box 4, folder 8

Mad Dan Morgan (part one)

box 4, folder 9

Mad Dan Morgan (part two)

box 4, folder 10

Mad Dan Morgan (part three)

box 4, folder 11

Sam Poo

box 4, folder 12

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part one)

box 4, folder 13

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part two)

box 4, folder 14

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part three)

box 4, folder 15

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part four)

box 4, folder 16

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part five)

box 4, folder 17

Ben Hall, or The Outlaws of the Weddin Range (part six)

box 4, folder 18

The Clarke Brothers (part one)

box 4, folder 19

The Clarke Brothers (part two)

box 4, folder 20

The Clarke Brothers (part three)

box 4, folder 21

The Clarke Brothers (part four)

box 4, folder 22

Thunderbolt (part one)

box 4, folder 23

Thunderbolt (part two)

box 4, folder 24

Thunderbolt (part three)

box 4, folder 25

Thunderbolt (part four)

box 4, folder 26

Captain Moonlite, or From Lay Preacher to Bushranger

box 4, folder 27

Fred Gardiner, or the Prince of High Tobymen and his Gang (pt. 1)

box 4, folder 28

Fred Gardiner, or the Prince of High Tobymen and his Gang (pt. 2)

box 4, folder 29

Fred Gardiner, or the Prince of High Tobymen and his Gang (pt. 3)

box 4, folder 30

Fred Gardiner, or the Prince of High Tobymen and his Gang (pt. 4)

box 4, folder 31

Fred Gardiner, or the Prince of High Tobymen and his Gang (pt. 5)

box 4, folder 32

Captain Melville (part one)

box 4, folder 33

Captain Melville (part two)

box 4, folder 34

Martin Cash & Co. (part one)

box 4, folder 35

Martin Cash & Co. (part two)

box 4, folder 36

Martin Cash & Co. (part three)

Sub-Series E: Plays of the People

box 5, folder 1

The Lost Generation (#1)

box 5, folder 2

X-Ray (#2)

box 5, folder 3

I Travel the Road (#3)

box 5, folder 4

Faith, Hope and Charity

box 5, folder 5

Happy Valley (#4)

box 5, folder 6

Serenade (#5)

Sub-Series F: Plays of the Nation's Problems

box 5, folder 8

Theirs Is the Dawn (#1)

box 5, folder 9

Faith, hope, and charity (#6)

box 5, folder 10

Serenade (#8)

Series 2: Radio and Stage Plays: John Pickard

box 2, folder 28

Ten Minutes to Live

box 2, folder 29

Meeting of the Murderers

box 2, folder 30

Ideal and Reality

box 2, folder 31

Goodbye to Paris

box 2, folder 32

Should a Girl Walk Home?

box 2, folder 33

The Baby in the Well

box 2, folder 34

The Barber Cuts a Throat...

box 3, folder 43

Who Killed the Prima Donna, or the Tosca Tragedy (1st episode)

box 3, folder 44

Who Killed the Prima Donna, or the Tosca Tragedy (2nd episode)

box 3, folder 45

Who Killed the Prima Donna, or The Tosca Tragedy (3rd episode)

box 3, folder 46

Who killed the Prima Donna, or The Tosca Tragedy (4th episode)

box 3, folder 47

The Carnival Club, or The Fair of the Air (first fair)

box 5, folder 7

Serenade: a play for radio

box 5, folder 11

The Book of Life: first chapter

box 5, folder 12

The Book of Life: second chapter

box 5, folder 13

The Book of Life: third chapter

box 5, folder 14

The Book of Life: fourth chapter

box 5, folder 15

The Book of Life: fourth chapter, country edition

box 5, folder 16

The Book of Life: fifth chapter

box 5, folder 17

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (#1) (story treatment)

box 5, folder 18

In the Witness Box

box 5, folder 19

Ten Minutes to Live: from Seamark

box 5, folder 20

Drums of Hate

Series 3: World War II United States Army productions, Camp Lee, Virginia: John Pickard

box 5, folder 21

War Department, Technical Manual--Field Music

box 5, folder 22

Give me Liberty – broadcast: planning 1942 July 4

box 5, folder 23

Give me Liberty – broadcast: scripts 1942 July 4

box 5, folder 24

Doughboys in Dixie – variety show: program, notes 1942 July 24

box 5, folder 25

Doughboys in Dixie – variety show: program, notes 1942 August 6

box 5, folder 26

Pass in Review (Mutual Broadcasting): script 1942 August 12

box 5, folder 27

Star Spangled Banner Program (WVRA, Richmond, VA): holographic script and notes 1942 September 14

box 5, folder 28

Star Spangled Banner Program (WVRA, Richmond VA): typescript 1942 September 14

box 5, folder 29

Orientation course, no. 2: The War...Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: holographic script 1943

box 5, folder 30

Orientation Course, no. 2: The War...Europe, Africa, and the Middle East: typescript 1943

box 5, folder 31

Orientation Course, no. 3: Our War...the war since Pearl Harbor: holographic script 1943

box 5, folder 32

Orientation Course, no. 3: Our War...the war since Pearl Harbor: typescript 1943

box 5, folder 33

Camp Lee Traveller (newspaper) 1943 January 6

box 5, folder 34

My Country 'tis of Thee, presentation for network radio

box 5, folder 35

Miscellaneous: (Rob's Journal, narrative about Normandy invasion, Epistle to the Recruits).

Series 4: Scripts and Writings: Frank Provo circa 1928-1939

Sub-Series A: San Francisco Radio

box 6, folder 1

The Story Teller Sundown

box 6, folder 2

The Drama Hour: The Curse of Sita (by Vera Francis)

box 6, folder 3

The Drama Hour: Shoe Leather Sonata

box 6, folder 4

Log Cabin Dude Ranch: Little Cowboy

box 6, folder 5

On Broadway: Mom

Sub-Series B: Miscellaneous radio plays

box 6, folder 6

All the Men and Women

box 6, folder 7

Fade out

box 6, folder 8

French Leave

box 6, folder 9

Last Outlaw (may be draft of Little Cowboy)

box 6, folder 10

Medical Mistake

box 6, folder 11

Picture Bride

box 6, folder 12

Redemption of Bowser

box 6, folder 13

Skin Deep

Sub-Series C: Stage plays

box 6, folder 14

The Children's Tragedy

box 6, folder 15

Curtis, Inc.

box 6, folder 16

Romeo and Julianne (staged at Pasadena Playhouse) 1930 February

box 6, folder 17

Women Folks 1928

Sub-Series D: Miscellaneous writings

box 6, folder 18

Fun for the Kiddies (short prose)

box 6, folder 19

miscellaneous writings (prose and verse)

box 6, folder 20

NBC audition material

Series 5: United States radio scripts: Frank Provo and John Pickard circa 1939-1958

box 6, folder 21

Sub-Series A: Kate Smith Show: My Son and I 1969 June 22

box 6, folder 22-23

Sub-Series B: Hospital on the Thames circa 1940

Historical Note

This play was broadcast over Mutual Broadcasting System, sponsored by the organization Bundles for Britain, and was meant as an appeal for victims of the Battle of Britain in 1940.

box 6

Sub-Series C: Young Dr. Malone 1939 1942-1943

Historical Note

NBC Blue, 1939; CBS 1942, 1943, 1944

Scope and Content

Episodes 2-41, 145-146, 150, 161-205, 421/826, 441/846, 649/1054, 707/112, 884/1294, 940/1354

Episodes 2-41 1939 January 16-February 25

Episodes 145-146 1939 July 6-7

Episodes 150 1939 July 7

Episodes 161-205 1939 July 19-October 17

Episodes 421/826 1942 September 14

Episodes 441/846 1942 October 12

Episodes 649/1054 1943 January 29

Episodes 707/112 1943 October 19

Episodes 884/1294 1944 June 22

Episodes 940/1354 1944 September 14

Sub-Series D: Wendy Warren and the News (CBS) 1947-1958

box 7

Episodes 4-138

box 8

Episodes 139-290

box 9

Episodes 291-440

box 10

Episodes 441-595

box 11

Episodes 596-745

box 12

Episodes 746-899

box 13

Episodes 900-1050

box 14

Episodes 1051-1204

box 15

Episodes 1205-1355

box 16

Episodes 1356-1507

box 17

Episodes 1508-1660

box 18

Episodes 1661-1811

box 19

Episodes 1812-2006

box 20

Episodes 2007-2158

box 21

Episodes 2159-2288

box 22

Episodes 2289-2440

box 23

Episodes 2441-2570

box 24

Episodes 2571-2701

box 25

Episodes 2702-2830

Series 6: Television scripts and related material: John Pickard and Frank Provo 1954-1965

Sub-Series A: Concerning Miss Marlow (NBC) 1954-1955

box 26, folder 1

Presentation scripts and story treatments for episodes 1-15

box 26, folder 2

Story treatments for episodes 16-35

box 26, folder 3

Audition script

box 26, folder 4

Notes

box 26, folder 5

Newspaper articles

box 26

Episodes 1-127 1954 July 05-December 31

box 27

Episodes 128-257 1955 January 03-July 01

Sub-Series B: From these Roots

box 28, folder 1

Casting / auditions

box 28, folder 2

Clippings

box 28, folder 3

Contracts and other legal papers

box 28, folder 4

Financial papers

box 28, folder 5

Miscellaneous papers

box 28, folder 6

Plot synopses

box 28, folder 7

Presentation (from Benton and Bowles)

box 28, folder 8

Presentation material

box 28, folder 9

Presentation script

box 28, folder 10

Production correspondence

box 28, folder 11

Publicity, NBC / sales presentation 1958

box 28, folder 12

Unused scripts

box 28, folder 13

Viewer correspondence

box 28, folder 14

Story treatments (episodes 1-60)

box 28, folder 15

Story treatments (episodes 61-125)

box 28, folder 16

Story treatments (episodes 126-140)

box 28, folder 17

Story treatments (episodes 141-230)

box 28, folder 18

Story treatments (episodes 231-270)

box 28, folder 19

Story treatments (episodes 271-348)

box 28, folder 20

Story treatments (episodes 349-460)

box 28, folder 21

Story treatments (episodes 461-525)

box 28, folder 22

Story treatments (episodes 526-590)

box 28

Episodes 1-24 1958 June 30-July 31

box 29

Episodes 25-95 1958 August 01-November 07

box 30

Episodes 96-162 1958 November 10-1959 February 10

box 31

Episodes 163-235 1959 February 11-May 22

box 32

Episodes 236-305 1959 May 25-August 28

box 33

Episodes 306-371 1959 August 31-November 30

box 34

Episodes 372-436 1959 December 01-1960 February 29

box 35

Episodes 437-515 1960 March 01-June 17

box 36

Episodes 516-581 1960 June 20-September 23

Sub-Series C: Television Specials

box 37, folder 1

Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth (draft script)

box 37, folder 2

Christmas with the Greatest Show on Earth (revised scripts)

box 37, folder 3

Highspots of the Greatest Show on Earth--first revision

box 37, folder 4

Highspots of the Greatest Show on Earth--second revision

box 37, folder 5

Highspots of the Greatest Show on Earth--third revision

box 37, folder 6

Highspots of the Greatest Show on Earth 1959 March 9

box 37, folder 8

Highspots of the Greatest Show on Earth--production notes

Series 7: Television series

Sub-Series A: Dick Powell Show 1963

box 37, folder 9

Adamsburg, U.S.A. (Old Man and the City) first draft 1963 April 23

Sub-Series B: The Nurses

box 37, folder 47

To Spend, to Give, to Want (by Andy Lewis) 1963 September 23

box 37

Nurse is a Feminine Noun (by R. Van Scoyk) 1963 November 19

Sub-Series C: The Doctors

box 37, folder Unknown

Notes and research

box 37, folder Unknown

Story treatment: In his Mysterious Way

box 37, folder Unknown

Story treatment: Judgment of Solomon

box 37, folder Unknown

Story treatment: New Wings for Old

box 37, folder 271

Judgment of Solomon, pt. 1

box 37, folder 272

Judgment of Solomon, pt. 2

box 37, folder 273

Judgment of Solomon, pt. 3

box 37, folder 274

Judgment of Solomon, pt. 4

box 37, folder 275

Judgment of Solomon, pt. 5

box 37, folder 298

Gold Is a Happy Color, pt. 3

box 37, folder 311

New Wings for Old, pt. 1

box 37, folder 312

New Wings for Old, pt. 2

box 37, folder 313

New Wings for Old, pt. 3

box 37, folder 314

New Wings for Old, pt. 4

box 37, folder 315

Wings for Old, pt. 5

box 37

No Greater Love, pt. 1

box 37

No Greater Love, pt. 2

box 37

No Greater Love, pt. 3

box 37

No Greater Love, pt. 4

box 37

No Greater Love, pt. 5

box 37

Episodes 388-398 (written by Ian Martin and William Kendall Clarke 1964 May 6-20

Sub-Series D: Days of our Lives

box 37

Presentation, by Irna Phillips, Ted Corday, and Allan Chase

box 37

The Unbalanced Scale, by Allan Chase (Episode 3) circa 1965 November

Sub-Series E: Love of Life

box 38, folder 1

Characters and cast members

box 38, folder 2

Long range story projections 1964-1965

box 38, folder 3

Memoranda and correspondence

box 38, folder 4

Auditions

box 38, folder 5

Notes

box 38, folder 6

Portfolio 1964 November

box 38, folder 7

Ratings

box 38, folder 8

Story breakdowns

Episodes 3531-3630 1965 April 5-August 20

Series 8: Manuscripts: John Pickard and Frank Provo

Sub-Series A: Presentations: Radio plays circa 1930s

box 39, folder 1

The Changeless Tide

box 39, folder 2

Grand Hotel, by John Pickard

box 39, folder 3

Hotel for Dogs, #23

box 39, folder 4

Kit n' Kat

box 39, folder 5

Mayor's Honor

box 39, folder 6

Mr. and Mrs. North: plot synopsis

box 39, folder 7

A Modern Columbus

box 39, folder 8

The Phantom Pirate

box 39, folder 9

World Cruise

Sub-Series B: Presentations: Television series circa 1949-1975

box 39, folder 10

Adamsburg: presentation (a.k.a., Hometown, U.S.A.)

box 39, folder 11

The Adventurer: format and story outline

box 39, folder 12

The Adventurer: first draft teleplay

box 39, folder 13

Air Stages: specimen play: Nobody loves me: working script

box 39, folder 14

Air Stages: specimen play: Nobody loves me: holographic copy

box 39, folder 15

The Brandons of Birch Hill: notes

box 39, folder 16

The Brandons of Birch Hill: typed plan

box 39, folder 17

Do You Know the Dalys?: specimen episode circa 1949

box 39, folder 18

Do You Know the Dalys?: specimen episode: take script

box 39, folder 19

Do You Know the Dalys?: specimen episode with characterizations

box 39, folder 20

Do You Know the Dalys?: specimen episode: working script

box 39, folder 21

Do You Know the Dalys?: audition scripts

box 39, folder 22

Do You Know the Dalys?: notes and camera cues

box 39, folder 23

Do You Know the Dalys?: permission to film, City of New York

box 39, folder 24

Emporium (Drake's Fifth Avenue): presentation

box 39, folder 25

52 Fifth Avenue: presentation circa 1970s

box 39, folder 26

52 Fifth Avenue: fragment

box 39, folder 27

52 Fifth Avenue: pilot script: The Greenhorns 1975

box 39, folder 28

Girl Alone (a.k.a., A Girl Named Jo): opening episode

box 39, folder 29

A Girl Named Jo: presentation programs

box 39, folder 30

A Girl Named Jo: presentation programs with changes

box 39, folder 31

A Girl Named Jo: opening script

box 39, folder 32

A Girl Named Jo: holographic script

box 39, folder 33

A Girl Named Jo: story montage

box 39, folder 34

Hometown, U.S.A.: The Old Man and the City

General

(Note: this program was later produced on Dick Powell's Four-Star Theatre as Adamsburg, U.S.A.

box 39, folder 35

Hometown, U.S.A.: The Old Man and the City: second draft

box 39, folder 36

Kenyon's Wife: presentation

box 39, folder 37

Land where my Fathers Died: presentation and pilot script

box 39, folder 38

Leading Lady: presentation

box 39, folder 39

Lease on Life: presentation

box 39, folder 40

Man of the People: presentation

box 39, folder 41

Mary Worth: pilot script 1971

box 39, folder 42

Mary Worth: synopsis 1971

box 39, folder 43

Mary Worth: auditions and audition scripts 1971

box 39, folder 44

Richest Girl in the World: presentation

box 40, folder 1

Royal Bay: presentation

box 40, folder 2

Royal Bay: story treatment for pilot script

box 40, folder 3

Sam Durrell: story treatment

box 40, folder 4

Sentinel Square: presentation

box 40, folder 5

Steele and Sons: presentations

box 40, folder 6

Strange Voyage: presentation

box 40, folder 7

This Moment of Time: presentation, synopses, scripts

box 40, folder 8

This Moment of Time: bound presentation 1965 September 3

box 40, folder 9

2067: presentation circa 1967

box 40, folder 10

Vanity Fair: presentation

box 40, folder 11

Way of Love: presentation

box 40, folder 12

Wendy Warren and the News: notes and correspondence 1959-1964

box 40, folder 13

Wendy Warren and the News: pilot scripts circa 1960s

box 40, folder 14

You and Mary Smith: presentation and notes

box 40, folder 15

Four Star (television) material

box 40, folder 16

Television ideas

box 40, folder 17

General ideas

Sub-Series C: Presentations: film scenarios

box 40, folder 18

Blow the Men down

box 40, folder 19

52 Fifth Avenue: film scenario

Sub-Series D: College productions: Simmons-Rock College circa 1969-1971

box 40, folder 20

Dagmar, or The Kiss of Life: director's copy 1971

box 40, folder 21

Dagmar, or The Kiss of Life: student copies 1971

box 40, folder 22

Dagmar, or The Kiss of Life: placards for slides 1971

box 40, folder 23

From under the Rock and off the Mountain 1969

box 40, folder 24

Potpourri I: directors' script 1969

box 40, folder 25

Potpourri II: notes 1970

box 40, folder 26

Potpourri II: director's copy 1970

box 40, folder 27

Potpourri II: light plot (script copy) 1970

box 40, folder 28

Potpourri II: sound 1970

box 40, folder 29

Four one act plays (by Picard and Provo, used in Potpourri II)

box 40, folder 30

Maeterlinck excerpt

box 40, folder 31

Unidentified 10x12 photographs, likely from Potpourri II production

Sub-Series E: Plays 1937-1971

box 41, folder 1

A Broken Thing Mended

box 41, folder 2

The Cannibal

box 41, folder 3

Child's Play

box 41, folder 4

Dagmar, or The Kiss of Life: manusript and correspondence circa 1971

box 41, folder 5

The End of Life: original manuscripts with notes 1948

box 41, folder 6

The End of Life 1948

box 41, folder 7

Escape to the Sun: first draft with handwritten notes 1946

box 41, folder 8

Escape to the Sun: (second draft)

box 41, folder 9

Escape to the Sun: (third draft)

box 41, folder 10

First Family: (first draft with handwritten notes)

box 41, folder 11

First Family: uncut version

box 41, folder 12

First Family: (third draft)

box 41, folder 13

Free for all: fragment

box 41, folder 14

A House in the Country: synopsis and notes circa 1940s

box 41, folder 15

Indian Summer: first draft 1937

box 41, folder 16

Indian Summer: second draft 1937

box 41, folder 17

It's the Goods, by John Pickard: written for Quartermaster Corps, Ft. Lee, Virginia

box 41, folder 18

It's the Goods: cut version

box 41, folder 19

It's the Goods: organization and production plan

box 41, folder 20

Little Boy, how Old Are You: rough draft with handwritten notes

box 41, folder 21

Something Simple: first version 1947

box 41, folder 22

Something Simple: second version 1947

box 41, folder 23

Something Simple: fragments with handwritten notes 1947

box 41, folder 24

Star Fall 1938

box 41, folder 25

Time before Night 1948

box 41, folder 26

Through a Glass Darkly: synopsis

box 41, folder 27

The World Is Mine (a.k.a., Star fall)

Sub-Series F: Novels circa 1934-1975

box 42, folder 1

After the Dark (pt. 1) circa 1942

box 42, folder 2

After the Dark (pt. 2) circa 1942

box 42, folder 3

The Chemotherapy of Mrs. Lola Ainslie circa 1975

box 42, folder 4

The Comic Mask: projection of novel

box 42, folder 5

The Comic Mask: original ms., part 1 (first draft)

box 42, folder 6

The Comic Mask: original ms., part 2 (first draft)

box 42, folder 7

The Comic Mask: (second version, part 1, handwritten changes)

box 42, folder 8

The Comic Mask: (second version, part 2, handwritten changes)

box 42, folder 9

The Comic Mask: (third draft, part 1)

box 42, folder 10

The Comic Mask: (third draft, part 2)

box 42, folder 11

The Comic Mask: (fourth draft, part 1)

box 42, folder 12

The Comic Mask: (fourth draft, part 2)

box 42, folder 13

The Comic Mask: (fourth draft, part 3)

box 42, folder 14

The Education of Emily Adams: (early fragments)

box 42, folder 15

The Education of Emily Adams: (fragments)

box 42, folder 16

The Education of Emily Adams: original ms., (part 1)

box 42, folder 17

The Education of Emily Adams: original ms., (part 2)

box 42, folder 18

The Education of Emily Adams: (copy with changes, pt. 1)

box 42, folder 19

The Education of Emily Adams: (copy with changes, pt. 2)

box 42, folder 20

First Catch Your Oyster (a.k.a., The Comic Mask): pt. 1

box 42, folder 21

First Catch Your Oyster (a.k.a., The Comic Mask): pt. 2

box 42, folder 22

Hour of Truth (a.k.a., The Maiden)

box 43, folder 1

Hour of Truth (a.k.a., The Maiden): typed ms. with changes

box 43, folder 2

Hour of Truth (a.k.a., The Maiden): original expansion

box 43, folder 3

Hour of Truth (a.k.a., The Maiden): rewrite, part 1

box 43, folder 4

Hour of Truth (a.k.a., The Maiden): rewrite, part 2

box 43, folder 5

The Maiden circa 1950

box 43, folder 6

The Maiden: (second draft) circa 1950

box 43, folder 7

Never Mind, never Mind (a.k.a., The Olympian): part 1

box 43, folder 8

No World for Cowards, by F. Provo: (part 1) circa 1934

box 43, folder 9

No World for Cowards, by F. Provo: (part 2) circa 1934

box 43, folder 10

No World for Cowards, by F. Provo: (revision, pt. 1) 1934 March 6

box 43, folder 11

No World for Cowards, by F. Provo: (revision, pt. 2) 1934 March 6

box 43, folder 12

The Olympians (a.k.a., Never Mind...): part 1

box 43, folder 13

The Olympians (a.k.a., Never Mind...): part 2

box 43, folder 14

The Olympians (a.k.a., Never Mind...): fragments

box 43, folder 15

Unnatural History, by Frank Provo: pt. 1 circa 1930s

box 43, folder 16

Unnatural History, by Frank Provo: pt. 2 circa 1930s

box 43, folder 17

Unnatural History, by Frank Provo: fragments, revisions

Sub-Series G: Miscellaneous manuscripts

box 43, folder 18

The Coast of Ireland... (unidentified World War II narrative)

box 43, folder 19

Romeo and Julianne, a play, by Vera Frances Morse

box 43, folder 20

Your Obedient Husband, a play, by Horace Jackson

box 43, folder 21

Down by the River where the Waterlilies..., a play, by Julie Bovasso (actress featured in From These Roots)

Series 9: Writers Guild of America

box 43, folder 22

Dues statements: Pickard 1959-1973

box 43, folder 23

Dues statements: Provo 1959-1966

box 43, folder 24

Pension statements: Pickard 1964-1972

box 43, folder 25

Pension trust fund statements: Provo 1964-1972

box 43, folder 26

Correspondence 1960-1973

box 43, folder 27

Royalty statements 1965-1968

box 43, folder 28

Letters of receipt of scripts 1963-1974

box 43, folder 29

Constitution and bylaws

box 43, folder 30

Miscellaneous material: brochures

Series 10: Correspondence

box 44, folder 1

Letters of reference/resume:Pickard 1935

box 44, folder 2

Letter from Fred Allen 1937

box 44, folder 3

Australian friends 1935-1938

box 44, folder 4

Power of attorney: John Pickard to Frank Provo 1941

box 44, folder 5

Legal 1941

box 44, folder 6

Pickard family, Grandmother and Aunt Nellie 1939-1940

box 44, folder 7

World War II

box 44, folder 8

Miscellaneous 1946

box 44, folder 9

Pickard family: death of Mrs. Pickard 1950

box 44, folder 10

Jessie Royce Landis and Maj. Gen. J.F.R. Seitz 1956-1958

box 44, folder 11

Mary Pickard (sister) 1963-1965

box 44, folder 12

Albie Pickard (brother) 1964

box 44, folder 13

Literary agents and publishers 1950-1969

box 44, folder 14

Literary agents and publishers 1971-1976

box 44, folder 15

Protest against Fulton J. Lewis: speaking engagement 1950

box 44, folder 16

Banking

box 44, folder 17

Real estate

box 44, folder 18

Health

box 44, folder 19

Television presentations

box 44, folder 20

Simons-Rock College: letters of reference

box 44, folder 21

Miscellaneous correspondence

Series 11: Loose Material

Material Specific Details: Partial Scripts, manuscripts, and unidentified material

box 45, folder 1

Incorporated Town of Rosehill Map 1959 September 11

box 45, folder 2

Double and Quits by Robin Estridge, revised teleplay

box 45, folder 3

Unidentified manuscript undated

box 45, folder 4

Who Would Want to Play Lady Macbeth? undated

box 45, folder 5

Miscellaneous material undated

box 45, folder 6

A Spectre of Love undated

box 45, folder 7

The Plastic Armada, a burlesque, partial script undated

box 45, folder 8

The Way to Taxco; The Hour of the Truth; Of a fallen City risen, manuscript undated

box 45, folder 9

Letters from the Dead, Tropic of Scorpio undated

box 45, folder 10

Down Among the Dead Men, partial script undated

box 45, folder 11

Unidentified partial scripts undated

box 45, folder 12

Esme, or People in Motion, monologue undated

box 45, folder 13

Company from the Old Times, partial script undated