Finding Aid to the Sara Kathryn Arledge Collection 1900-2007 PFA.MSS.005
John Smalley
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
BAMPFA Film Library
Title: Sara Kathryn Arledge collection
creator:
Arledge, Sara Kathryn, 1911-1998
Identifier/Call Number: PFA.MSS.005
Physical Description:
3.75 linear feet
3 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1900-2007
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Film Library and Study Center
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Arrangement
Arranged to the file level.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sara Kathryn Arledge Collection, PFA--MSS--005, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by John Smalley, completed 2012-02-02. Finding aid revised by Michael Campos-Quinn, 2019-08.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains scripts, production notes, interviews, essays, program notes, reviews, personal papers, creative
writings, correspondence, catalogs, photographs, slides of paintings, and other materials related to the life and work of
California experimental filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911-1998). The entire collection consists of three boxes containing
eighty folders, three three-ring binders, and one 9" x 12" x 2" box of notes.
Separated Materials
An unmarked first edition of the book
Experiment in the Film (Manvell, Roger, ed. London: The Gray Walls Press Limited, 1949) has been cataloged and integrated into the PFA library.
The films, glass transparencies, and miscellaneous audio-visual materials included in Terry and Mary Cannon's donation are
housed in the film collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Literary rights are
retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Head of
the Pacific Film Archive Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors--California
Women motion picture producers and directors--United States
Experimental films--United States
Arledge, Sara Kathryn, 1911-1998
Arledge, Sara Kathryn, 1911-1998
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Series 1: Scripts and production materials
1958-1987, undated
Physical Description: 24 folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by project title, with each type of document housed in separate folders per project title as needed.
Scope and Contents
This series contains scripts, manuscripts, and production materials. This series also includes documents related to projects
that were not produced.
Carton 1, Folder 1
Data on animation for transparencies
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 2
Film plans done at 1842 Rose Villa
1972
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 3
Film plans for using six or more projectors in a room: first planned in Napa
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 4
Inside/Outside/Inside [unproduced] notes and scripts
1987, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 5
Interior Garden music score by David Lambert
1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 6
Light organ for movies: Arledge invention
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 7
Olympics: multimedia plans
1982
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 8
Out of the Void [unproduced] plans
1975
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 9
Plans for dance films
1960-1969
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 10
Satan Comes to Eden or Berlin to Floreana: 1929 [unproduced] plans
1984
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 11
Slide projector and film editing data
1978-1980, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 12
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Beijing premiere postcards
1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 13
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), China lecture materials
1983-1984, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 14
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), List of credits
1982
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 15
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Model releases
1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 16
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Music script
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 17
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Original scripts
1982, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 18
What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Photocopies of script
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 19
What Is a Man? (1958), Original typed manuscript
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 20
What Is a Man? (1958), Script excerpt
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 21
What Is a Man? (1958), Mandarin translation of script
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 22
What Is a Man? (1958), Photocopies of script, circa 1958 [1 of 3]
circa 1958
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 23
What Is a Man? (1958), Photocopies of script, circa 1958 [2 of 3]
circa 1958
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 24
What Is a Man? (1958), Photocopies of script, circa 1958 [3 of 3]
circa 1958
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Carton 3
Series 2: Articles, essays, and creative writings
1940-1986, undated
Physical Description: 12 folders, 1 box 9.5" x 12" x 12"1 box 9.5" x 12" x 2"
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
This series contains published and unpublished articles, essays, and creative writings by Arledge.
Carton 3, Folder 1
"Brief Statements,"
1980-1986, undated
Physical Description: 1 box 9.5" x 12" x 2"
Scope and Contents
Box of handwritten notes.
Carton 1, Folder 25
"The Experimental Film: A New Art in Transition,"
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Arizona Quarterly original.
Carton 1, Folder 26
"The Experimental Film: A New Art in Transition,"
1947
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies
Carton 1, Folder 27
"Lions Don't Eat Lovers,"
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Follies magazines and photocopy.
Carton 1, Folder 28
"Madness in Memory,"
1976-1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Clippings of
Follies article.
Carton 1, Folder 29
"Madness in Memory," Original manuscript
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 30
"Madness in Memory,"
1976-1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies
Carton 1, Folder 31
"Madness in Memory," Release form
1976
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 32
"Madness in Memory," typed manuscript
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 33
Miscellaneous creative writings and statements [1 of 2]
1940-1981, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 34
Miscellaneous creative writings and statements [2 of 2]
1940-1981, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 35
Miscellaneous writings on film and art
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 1, Folder 36
"Speaking About the Art in Film"
undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and photocopies.
Carton 2
Series 3: Correspondence
1919-2004, undated
Physical Description: 13 folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Scope and Contents
This series contains personal and business correspondence received by Arledge and by Terry Cannon on behalf of Arledge, as
well as drafts of correspondence sent by Arledge. This series also contains two letters sent by Arledge's mother to her husband
in 1919, each of which is accompanied by a note written by the young Sara Arledge. Correspondence relating to Arledge's conservatorship
and the creation of the Sara Kathryn Arledge Memorial Trust may be found in Series 4: Personal papers: Legal. Correspondence
may also be found in Series 5: Interviews and articles about Arledge:
The Zebras [painting c. 1942]; Series 6: Program notes, catalogs, etc.: Art in Cinema film series and early film societies; and Series
6: Program notes, catalogs, etc.:
Unseen Cinema.
Carton 2, Folder 1
Sara Kathryn Arledge and Mrs. A. Ross Arledge (mother)
1919
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Two letters by Arledge's mother with accompanying notes by Arledge.
Carton 2, Folder 2
China Trip
1983, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 3
Cinema 16 film contracts
1949-1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 4
Dorothy Dehner
1970-1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 5
Anita Delano
1973-1979
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 6
"Franci,"
1975, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Letter from Arledge's friend Franci to Arledge, and the draft of a letter from Arledge to Franci.
Carton 2, Folder 7
Samir Hachem
1982-1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 8
Buffie Johnson
1959-1984, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 9
David Lambert
1980-1983, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 10
Hilda Levy
1966, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 11
Miscellaneous film correspondence
1977-2004, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 12
Catrina Neiman re: Maya Deren Biography
1982, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 13
Tony Stephen Smith Collection (USC Medical Center)
1967-1981, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2
Series 4: Personal papers
1928-1998, undated
Physical Description: 8 folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
This series contains resumes, school transcripts, letters of recommendation, handwritten notes and inventories, drawings,
medical records, employment records, legal documents and correspondence, and drafts of letters by Arledge.
Carton 2, Folder 14
Art drawings and technical notes
1965, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 15
Canyon Cinema catalog listings
1998, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 16
Canyon Cinema membership information
1994-2001
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 17
Legal
1987-1998
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 18
Life history
1928-1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 19
Vitae -- Manuscripts and original copies
1984, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 20
Vitae -- Photocopies [1 of 2]
1984-1987
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 21
Vitae -- Photocopies [2 of 2]
1984-1987
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2
Series 5: Interviews and articles about Arledge
1942-1993, undated
Physical Description: 14 folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This series contains an unpublished interview with Arledge, as well as articles, book excerpts, and a term paper about her
life and work.
Carton 2, Folder 22
"Visual Music and Film-as-an-Art in California before 1950," by William Moritz
undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of book excerpt.
Carton 2, Folder 23
The Zebras [painting circa 1942]
1942-1985
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Articles, photographs, color reproductions, and correspondence.
Carton 2, Folder 24
"Sara Kathryn Arledge," interview by Tony Revaux [unpublished]
1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 25
Aarnun Gallery Retrospective
1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 26
"Arledge: Artist with a Philosophy,"
1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Follies magazines.
Carton 2, Folder 27
"Profile: Sara Kathryn Arledge," by Alice Wallace
circa 1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Two photocopies of article.
Carton 2, Folder 28
"Sara Kathryn Arledge: Pasadena's Film Pioneer," by Terry Cannon
1978
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
New magazines and photocopy of article.
Carton 2, Folder 29
"Sara Kathryn Arledge," by Samir Hachem
1980
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of article in the
Free Press (Los Angeles), undated
Carton 2, Folder 30
Miscellaneous articles and reviews
1981, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 31
"Sara Kathryn Arledge," by Barbara Hammer
1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Cinemanews magazines and photocopy of article.
Carton 2, Folder 32
Women Artists News article
1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of article with Arledge's corrections.
Carton 2, Folder 33
"Women Pioneers of the American Experimental Film," by Catrina Neiman
1993
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 34
Term paper by Yiota Mini (University of Wisconsin)
circa 1994
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies
Carton 2, Folder 35
"The Exploding Eye," by Wheeler Dixon
1997
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of book excerpt.
Carton 2
Series 6: Program notes, catalogs, etc.
1942-2007, undated
Physical Description: 9 folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
This series contains program notes, catalogs, handwritten remarks, articles annotated by Arledge, and correspondence concerning
early film societies as well as the posthumous
Unseen Cinema exhibit and DVD collection.
Carton 2, Folder 36
American Film Institute's Women and Movies III festival, March 4-13
1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Programs and reviews.
Carton 2, Folder 37
Art in Cinema film series (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and early film societies -- Programs and correspondence
1946-1950, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 38
Artists for Victory exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art - Catalog
1942
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 39
Dance and Film exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario -- Catalog
1977
Carton 2, Folder 40
Maya Deren Film series at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1996
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Programs.
Carton 2, Folder 41
Miscellaneous program notes and flyers
1976-1998, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Carton 2, Folder 42
Pasadena Filmforum
1976-1980, undated
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Programs and small stapled manuscript of remarks delivered by Arledge
Carton 2, Folder 43
Science News
1979, 1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Clippings and photocopies of two articles with annotations by Arledge.
Carton 2, Folder 44
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941 -- Whitney Museum exhibit and DVD collection
2000-2007
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Contents
Program notes and correspondence.
Carton 3
Series 7: Photographs and slides
1900-1984, undated
Physical Description: 3 three-ring binders
Scope and Contents
This series contains 147 photographs of Arledge's family and friends, 39 photographs and 127 color slides of artwork by Arledge,
17 film stills, and 31 photographic negatives.
Carton 3, Folder 2
Artwork slides
undated
Physical Description: 1 three-ring binder
Scope and Contents
72 slides of artwork by Arledge.
Carton 3, Folder 3
Family Photographs
1900-1984, undated
Physical Description: 1 three-ring binder
Scope and Contents
147 photographs and 10 photographic negatives.
Carton 3, Folder 4
Artwork and film stills
1932-1978, undated
Physical Description: 1 three-ring binder
Scope and Contents
39 photographs, 55 slides, and 13 photographic negatives of artwork by Arledge; 17 film stills and 8 photographic negatives
of film stills.
