Guide to the Milton and Barbara Merlin papers (ARA) PA Mss 168

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 September 11.

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2023 September 11

Title: Milton and Barbara Merlin papers (ARA)

Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 168

Language of Material: English

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

Physical Description: 24.5 Linear Feet; (25 boxes)

Creator: Merlin, Milton (Milton S.) (1905-1996)

Creator: Merlin, Barbara (1917-1997)

Date (inclusive): 1923-1996

Date (bulk): 1941-1967

Abstract: The Milton and Barbara Merlin Papers of the American Radio Archives (ARA) documents the careers of radio and television writers Milton and Barbara Merlin. The collection contains scripts of radio and television programs, story outlines, presentation material, and correspondence, that range from 1923-1996, the bulk of the material dating from the years 1941-1967.

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], Milton and Barbara Merlin Papers, PA Mss 168. 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

Milton S. Merlin was born as Milton Stanley Harris in Whittier, California in 1905. His mother Bessie Waktor, married Joseph Zuckerman in 1909, and Milton carried the Zuckerman name through high school (Manual Arts, Los Angeles) and college. After attending the University of California, Southern Campus, Merlin attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a degree in philosophy. Having an avid interest in writing and literature, Merlin gravitated towards poets and other literati while at Berkeley, counting Kenneth Rexroth among his friends there. In the years following graduation, Merlin worked in a variety of jobs related to writing, working in Los Angeles on trade journals and local newspapers, and began a long association with the Los Angeles Times as a book reviewer. By April, 1927, Milton began using the surname Merlin. During this time, Merlin also produced, wrote and directed plays for community theater groups, such as the Santa Monica Bay Music Association. In the 1930's, Merlin began working in the film industry, first joining Paramount in 1933 as an editorial assistant and writer. In 1936, he moved on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he worked as an assistant producer, writing treatments and editing screenplays for films such as Henry Goes to Arizona, The Kid from Texas , and Burn 'em up O'Connor.

By 1940, Merlin began shifting his attention to radio, and soon was collaborating with Marion Spitzer on scripts for the series Big Town, and later wrote scripts for that series by himself. In the following years, Merlin returned occasionally to film projects, working on screenplays with Spitzer, and helping edit screenplays for Universal. After the entry of the United States into World War II, Merlin produced films as part of the United States Signal Corps, and was also an active participant of the Hollywood Writers Mobilization. As a member of this latter group of radio and film writers and directors, Merlin served on the editorial board of the series Free World Theatre , which was directed by Arch Oboler, and wrote the script for one episode, a musical titled Something about Joe . Other projects with the Mobilization that Merlin participated in were a transcontinental broadcast featuring Bette Davis and Paul Muni, a Writers Congress that was held at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1943, the production of the Dear Joe Rally held at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1944, and the publication of a journal in cooperation with the University of California, Los Angeles, titled Hollywood Quarterly .

In early 1944, Merlin began writing and editing scripts for the Ginny Simms Show and Everything for the Boys. The latter program featured screen actor Ronald Colman as the host, and proved to be the first of many projects on which Colman and Merlin worked together. This program also featured another staff member with whom Merlin would collaborate on various writing projects for the next fifty years, namely, the woman that he would also marry the following year, Barbara Smitten.

Barbara Smitten Merlin was born on December 25, 1917 in San Francisco. After graduating from Dominican College, she found her first job in radio as a writer for station KFRC in San Francisco. She later moved to Los Angeles, and worked for station KHJ, as well as the advertising agency of Ruthrauff and Ryan, which produced the programs Amos n' Andy and Mayor of the Town. As a script supervisor and associate producer on that company's program, Everything for the Boys, she met Milton Merlin. After marrying in 1945, Barbara and Milton worked as a writing team on most of the programs in radio and television with which they were affiliated over the next couple of decades, only occasionally writing solo scripts or working with other writers. One of their first programs was the radio adventure series, The Man Called X (1945-1947), followed by Mr. President (1947-48), The Adventures of Bill Lance (1947), and Presenting Charles Boyer (1950). In 1950, they became involved in a series that would prove to be their most successful, The Halls of Ivy on NBC. Created by veteran comedy writer Don Quinn, the series starred Ronald Colman and his wife, Benita Hume Colman, as William Todhunter Hall, the Dean of Ivy College, and his wife Vicky. Although Quinn created the characters and had a hand in the stories, the Merlins wrote most of the actual scripts for the duration of the series, which stayed on the air until 1952. By the time that Ivy went off the air, the Merlins began turning their attention toward television, writing scripts for a series of Ronald Colman films that aired as part of the Four Star Theatre, as well as a television adaptation of Halls of Ivy that was broadcast over NBC Television in the 1954-1955 season, and which also featured the Colmans in the leading roles.

At this point, however, the era of the blacklist had made its presence felt in the lives and careers of the Merlins. From the mid 1940s through the early 1950s, Milton had been active in the Radio Writers Guild, serving as the national president of that organization in 1952. As a result, Merlin was eventually accused by anti-Communist publications such as Counterattack and Alert of serving in an organization that was a front for the Communist Party. Merlin's earlier involvement with the Hollywood Writers Mobilization (1942-1946) and the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League also contributed to his detractors' charges. Merlin voluntarily appeared before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee in November 1953, where he denied having ever been a Communist, and denied that Communists influenced the Radio Writers Guild. Nevertheless, Milton's name was prevented from appearing on the scripts for the televised version of Halls of Ivy, and many of the other collaborative efforts he shared with Barbara.

By the time the blacklist furor died down in the mid 1950's, both Merlins continued working in television, and in 1957, Milton was hired as a story editor for Don Fedderson Productions, where he was soon supervising the writing of scripts for the series The Millionaire. Milton continued to work for Fedderson until 1961, and was also involved with such programs as My Three Sons, and Tramp Ship. Following his association with Fedderson, Milton worked on a series with Storer Productions titled The Littlest Hobo, which was produced in British Columbia. After this period, the Merlins continued to create television scripts as free-lance writers, and their work found its way into numerous series, such as Ben Casey, The Breaking Point, Mr. Novak, and The Fugitive. By the late 1960s, the Merlins tired of working in television, discouraged by the quality ofprogramming at that time, and withdrew from the field. In the early 1970s, they started a film company named Particular Pictures, for which they traveled to Hong Kong to produce a film in 1972.

While still interested in writing scripts and screenplays, the Merlins turned to other activities over the next two decades, with Milton serving as a writer for the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and Barbara working as an editor for The National Enquirer. Milton Merlin died in Los Angeles in October 1996, and Barbara Merlin died in July of the following year.

Scope and Content

The Milton and Barbara Merlin Papers contains 24.5 linear feet of scripts of radio and television programs, story outlines, presentation material, and correspondence ranging from 1923-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from the years 1941-1967. Radio programs represented in this collection include Big Town, Everything for the Boys, The Ginny Simms Show, Boston Blackie, The Man Called X, The Adventures of Bill Lance, This Is Hollywood, Mr. President, Presenting Charles Boyer, and Halls of Ivy. The television series that are included among the scripts are Halls of Ivy, The Millionaire, Tramp Ship, The Littlest Hobo, The Breaking Point, and Four Star Theatre. In addition to radio and television scripts and other material related to program production, the collection contains personal and professional items including family correspondence, photographs, resumes, and editorial correspondence and correspondence with researchers, as well as materials related to the Merlin's involvement in such organizations as the Anti-Nazi League, Hollywood Writers Mobilization, Screen Writers Guild, National Television Committee, and the Radio Writers Guild, among others. These organizational materials include correspondence, memoranda, bylaws and constitutions, minutes and meeting notes, collective bargaining contracts, reports, publications, and much more. The collection also contains materials related to the blacklisting of Milton Merlin, calendars and diaries, and teaching, speaking, and writing files.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into six series by type. Series 1: Radio Programs: Scripts and related material; Series 2: Television Programs: Scripts and related material; Series 3: Presentation and Story Ideas; Series 4: Personal Papers; Series 5: Calendars and Diaries; Series 6: Sound Recordings.

Separated Material

Best Television Humor of the Year. Selected and edited by Irving Settel. (New York: Ace Books, 1956). [Contains Halls of Ivy script]

Ronald Colman: A Very Private Person. Julia Benita Colman. (New York: William Morrow and Co., 1975).

Ronald Colman: A Bio-bibliography. Sam Frank. Foreword by Robert E. Morsberger. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997). Inscribed to Barbara Merlin by author.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Radio writers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archives

Television writers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archives

Blacklisting of entertainers

Radio scripts

Screenplays

Personal correspondence

Business correspondence

Records (documents)

Diaries

Merlin, Milton (Milton S.) (1905-1996) -- Archives

Merlin, Barbara (1917-1997) -- Archives

Authors' League of America -- Archives

Writers Guild of America, West -- Archives

Series 1: Radio programs: Scripts and related material

Big Town

box 1, folder 1

Dangerous Cargo (story outline)

box 1, folder 2

Steve Goes to Sea (story outline)

box 1, folder 3

Unsung Hero (story outline)

box 1, folder 4

Murder in the Stars (story outline)

box 1, folder 5

Just Troupers (story outline)

box 1, folder 6

The Pied Piper of Big Town (story outline)

box 1, folder 7

Good Neighbor (story outline, Feb. 1941)

box 1, folder 8

Life's a Brass Ring (story outline)

box 1, folder 9

Beyond Good and Evil (story outline)

box 1, folder 10

We Americans (story outline)

box 1, folder 11

The Meanest Man in the World (story outline)

box 1, folder 12

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (story)

box 1, folder 13

Death Weather, by Theodore Dreiser (story outline)

box 1, folder 14

Episode #121 1940 October 09

box 1, folder 15

Freedom of the Press 1941 January 22

box 1, folder 16

Penny Arcade 1941 February 05

box 1, folder 17

Hope in America 1941 February 12

box 1, folder 18

The Heart of a Child 1941 March 26

box 1, folder 19

Death Weather 1941 May 07

box 1, folder 20

Tough Boy 1941 June 18

box 1, folder 21

Dear Santa Claus 1941 December 24

box 1, folder 22

Out of the Mouths of Babes 1942 March 19

box 1, folder 23

My Old Man 1942 April 09

box 1, folder 24

Dangerous Cargo 1942 May 07

box 1, folder 25

Lady in Tangier 1942 May 21

box 1, folder 26

Made in the U.S.A. 1942 June 25

box 1, folder 27

Miscellaneous story ideas

box 1, folder 28

Correspondence, general

box 1, folder 29

Correspondence: Marian Spitzer to Milton Merlin 1941-1942

box 1, folder 30

Correspondence: Milton Merlin to Marian Spitzer 1941-1942

box 1, folder 31

Correspondence: Crane Wilbur 1941

box 1, folder 32

Contracts, Ruthrauff & Ryan 1940

Everything for the Boys

box 1, folder 33

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 February 01

box 1, folder 34

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 February 22

box 1, folder 35

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 February 29

box 1, folder 36

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 March 07

box 1, folder 37

Everything for the Boys 1944 March 14

box 1, folder 38

Everything for the Boys 1944 March 21

box 1, folder 39

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 March 28

box 1, folder 40

Everything for the Boys 1944 April 04

box 1, folder 41

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 April 11

box 1, folder 42

Everything for the Boys 1944 April 18

box 1, folder 43

Everything for the Boys (title page with annotations) 1944 April 25

box 1, folder 44

Everything for the Boys 1944 May 02

box 1, folder 45

Everything for the Boys 1944 May 09

box 1, folder 46

Everything for the Boys 1944 May 16

box 1, folder 47

Everything for the Boys 1944 May 23

box 1, folder 48

Everything for the Boys 1944 May 30

box 1, folder 49

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 June 06

box 1, folder 50

Everything for the Boys (segment) 1944 June 13

box 1, folder 51

Everything for the Boys (Correspondence)

box 1, folder 52

Everything for the Boys (Payment receipts)

box 1, folder 53

Everything for the Boys (misc. segments)

box 1, folder 54

Everything for the Boys (photograph of news article about show, Chungking Reporter) 1944 March 06

The Ginny Simms Show

box 1, folder 55

The Ginny Simms Show 1943 October 26

box 1, folder 56

The Ginny Simms Show 1943 December 07

box 1, folder 57

The Ginny Simms Show 1943 December 28

box 1, folder 58

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 January 11

box 1, folder 59

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 January 18

box 1, folder 60

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 January 25

box 1, folder 61

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 February 01

box 1, folder 62

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 February 08

box 1, folder 63

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 February 15

box 1, folder 64

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 February 22

box 1, folder 65

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 February 29

box 1, folder 66

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 March 07

box 1, folder 67

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 March 14

box 1, folder 68

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 March 21

box 1, folder 69

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 March 28

box 1, folder 70

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 April 04

box 1, folder 71

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 May 23

box 1, folder 72

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 May 30

box 1, folder 73

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 September 05

box 1, folder 74

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 September 12

box 1, folder 75

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 September 19

box 1, folder 76

The Ginny Simms Show 1944 September 26

box 1, folder 77

The Ginny Simms Show (Miscellaneous spots)

box 1, folder 78

The Ginny Simms Show (General dramatic auditions, CBS 1944-1945

Boston Blackie

box 2, folder 1

Boston Blackie 1944 June 23

box 2, folder 2

Boston Blackie 1944 June 30

box 2, folder 3

Boston Blackie 1944 July 07

box 2, folder 4

Boston Blackie 1944 July 14

box 2, folder 5

Boston Blackie 1944 July 21

box 2, folder 6

Boston Blackie 1944 July 28

box 2, folder 7

Boston Blackie 1944 August 04

box 2, folder 8

Boston Blackie 1944 August 11

box 2, folder 9

Boston Blackie 1944 August 18

box 2, folder 10

Boston Blackie 1944 August 25

box 2, folder 11

Boston Blackie 1944 September 01

box 2, folder 12

Boston Blackie 1944 September 08

box 2, folder 13

Boston Blackie 1944 September 15

box 2, folder 14

Boston Blackie (story idea)

box 2, folder 15

Boston Blackie (letter from John Sinn, of Frederic W. Ziv Co.) 1944 July 10

box 2, folder 16

Boston Blackie (ratings, from Variety) 1945 August 17

Reunion U.S.A.

box 2, folder 17

Home again Blues 1945 July 09

box 2, folder 18

Home again Blues: Review, Variety 1945 July 11

box 2, folder 19

Walls Come Tumbling down 1945 July 16

box 2, folder 20

The Status Isn't quo 1945 July 24

box 2, folder 21

A Woman's Place 1945 August 13

box 2, folder 22

Beachhead on the Campus 1945 October 01

box 2, folder 23

Peace Has Been Declared 1945 October 15

box 2, folder 24

Peace Has Been Declared (revision) 1945 October 15

box 2, folder 25

Episode/writer list

box 2, folder 26

Publicity (one postcard) 1945 October

box 2, folder 27

Record of payment 1945 August 01

The Man Called X

box 2, folder 28

497 Steps 1944 September 23

box 2, folder 29

Balkan Blackmail 1944 October 14

box 2, folder 30

Evil Sprouts in Brussels 1944 November 04

box 2, folder 31

Lisbon Nibelungenlied 1944 November 18

box 2, folder 32

Pandora's Box, or The Greece Spot, or... 1944 December 02

box 2, folder 33

The Flying Dutchman 1944 December 09

box 2, folder 34

Mr. X Finds Santa Claus 1944 December 23

box 2, folder 35

Mr. X Goes Cuckoo, or Time on my Hands 1944 December 30

box 2, folder 36

X-posed 1945 January 06

box 2, folder 37

Sweet and lowdown, or Melancholy Baby 1945 January 20

box 2, folder 38

What's Past is Prologue, or Liberte, Egalite et Sororite 1945 January 27

box 2, folder 39

Smorgasbord, or The Girl on Drottningsgatan of Norrmalm 1945 February 03

box 2, folder 40

John Doe 1945 February 24

box 2, folder 41

City of Fear 1945 March 03

box 2, folder 42

Wanted for Murder 1945 June 12

box 2, folder 43

The Ghosts of Bohemia 1945 June 19

box 2, folder 44

A Persian Melon 1945 June 26

box 2, folder 45

Prelude to Murder 1945 July 03

box 2, folder 46

Poison 1945 July 10

box 2, folder 47

A Formula for Trouble 1945 July 17

box 2, folder 48

Ochee Chorneya 1945 July 24

box 2, folder 49

The Lorelei 1945 July 31

box 2, folder 50

Carnival in Gascony 1945 August 07

box 2, folder 51

Evil Star 1945 August 14

box 3, folder 1

Congo 1945 September 04

box 3, folder 2

A Fish Story 1946 June 18

box 3, folder 3

Who's who 1946 June 25

box 3, folder 4

The Blue Danube 1946 July 02

box 3, folder 5

Auld Lang Syne, or Straight Scotch (#4) 1946 July 09

box 3, folder 6

Inside Japan, or They'll none of 'em Be Missed (#5) 1946 July 16

box 3, folder 7

Kiss me again, or A Case of Osculation (#6) 1946 July 23

box 3, folder 8

An Island Idyll, or Busman's Holiday (#7) 1946 July 30

box 3, folder 9

Waltzing Matilda (#8) 1946 August 06

box 3, folder 10

The Perils of Pegon (#10) 1946 August 20

box 3, folder 11

Wheat Germ (#11) 1946 August 27

box 3, folder 12

The End of the World (#12) 1946 September 03

box 3, folder 13

X as in Algebra (#13) 1946 September 10

box 3, folder 14

The Root of all Evil (#14) 1946 September 17

box 3, folder 15

(Episode #1) 1947 April 03

box 3, folder 16

Memorandum: Jack Johnstone 1944 October 03

box 3, folder 17

Notes, background material 1945

box 3, folder 18

Publicity (press releases, magazine articles) 1944-1946

This is Hollywood, with Hedda Hopper

box 3, folder 19

Mr. Ace (#17) 1947 January 25

box 3, folder 20

Ramrod (#21) 1947 February 22

box 3, folder 21

Ramrod: memorandum, re: film premiere in Utah 1947 February 19

box 3, folder 22

Ramrod: news clippings re: film premiere in Utah 1947

box 3, folder 23

Sinbad the Sailor (#26) 1947 March 29

box 3, folder 24

Angel and the Badman (#27) 1947 April 05

box 3, folder 25

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (#30) 1947 April 26

box 3, folder 26

Mayerling (#38) 1947 June 21

box 3, folder 27

Contracts: Milton Merlin 1947 February 10

The Adventures of Bill Lance

box 3, folder 28

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 September 28

box 3, folder 29

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 October 05

box 3, folder 30

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 October 12

box 3, folder 31

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 October 26

box 3, folder 32

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 November 02

box 3, folder 33

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 November 16

box 3, folder 34

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 November 23

box 3, folder 35

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 November 30

box 3, folder 36

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 December 07

box 3, folder 37

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 December 21

box 3, folder 38

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1947 December 28

box 3, folder 39

The Adventures of Bill Lance 1948 January 04

box 3, folder 40

The Adventures of Bill Lance (Records of payment)

Mr. President

box 3, folder 41

1 (Theodore Roosevelt) 1947 June 26

box 3, folder 42

2 (Grover Cleveland) 1947 July 03

box 3, folder 43

3 (John Quincy Adams) 1947 July 10

box 3, folder 44

4 (Woodrow Wilson) 1947 July 17

box 3, folder 45

5 (Ulysses S. Grant) 1947 July 24

box 3, folder 46

6 (George Washington) 1947 July 31

box 3, folder 47

7 (Theodore Roosevelt) 1947 August 07

box 3, folder 48

18 (Abraham Lincoln) 1947 October 23

box 3, folder 49

20 (Woodrow Wilson) 1947 November 06

box 3, folder 50

21 (Thomas Jefferson) 1947 November 13

box 4, folder 1

22 (James Monroe) 1947 November 20

box 4, folder 2

23 (George Washington) 1947 November 27

box 4, folder 3

24 (Calvin Coolidge) 1947 December 04

box 4, folder 4

25 (Andrew Jackson) 1947 December 11

box 4, folder 5

27 (James Monroe) 1948 January 04

box 4, folder 6

28 (Abraham Lincoln) 1948 January 11

box 4, folder 7

29 (Ulysses S. Grant) 1948 January 18

box 4, folder 8

30 (Zachary Taylor) 1948 January 25

box 4, folder 9

31 (Andrew Johnson) 1948 February 01

box 4, folder 10

32 (Woodrow Wilson) 1948 February 08

box 4, folder 11

33 (Andrew Jackson) 1948 February 15

box 4, folder 12

34 (John Tyler) 1948 February 22

box 4, folder 13

35 (Abraham Lincoln) 1948 February 29

box 4, folder 14

36 (Warren G. Harding) 1948 March 07

box 4, folder 15

37 (Theodore Roosevelt) 1948 March 14

box 4, folder 16

38 (incomplete) 1948 March 21

box 4, folder 17

39 (George Washington) 1948 March 28

box 4, folder 18

40 (Grover Cleveland) 1948 April 04

box 4, folder 19

41 (James K. Polk) 1948 April 11

box 4, folder 20

42 (Ulysses S. Grant) 1948 April 18

box 4, folder 21

43 (William McKinley) 1948 April 25

box 4, folder 22

44 (Theodore Roosevelt) 1948 May 02

box 4, folder 23

45 (John Adams) 1948 May 09

box 4, folder 24

46 (John Tyler) 1948 May 16

box 4, folder 25

48 (Grover Cleveland) 1948 May 23

box 4, folder 26

49 (Abraham Lincoln) 1948 May 30

box 4, folder 27

50 (John Quincy Adams) 1948 June 06

box 4, folder 28

50 (Andrew Johnson) 1948 June 13

box 4, folder 29

51 (Andrew Jackson) 1948 June 20

box 4, folder 30

52 (George Washington) 1948 June 27

box 4, folder 31

54 (William Howard Taft) 1948 July 18

box 4, folder 32

56 (James Monroe) 1948 August 01

box 4, folder 33

58 (John Adams) 1948 August 08

box 4, folder 34

(Thomas Jefferson) 1948 August 22

box 4, folder 35

Special program (William Howard Taft)

box 4, folder 36

Mr. President (Records of payment)

box 4, folder 37

Mr. President (Production correspondence and memoranda)

box 24, folder 8

Mr. President partial scripts 1947 November 13-1948 July 20

Presenting Charles Boyer

box 4, folder 38

Presenting Charles Boyer (revised segments) 1950 June 20

box 4, folder 39

Presenting Charles Boyer 1950 June 27

box 4, folder 40

Presenting Charles Boyer 1950 July 18

box 4, folder 41

A Mink Is a Mammal and so Is a Lady (draft script)

box 4, folder 42

Presenting Charles Boyer (story outlines)

Halls of Ivy

box 4, folder 43

Casting

box 4, folder 44

Correspondence: Harry Bubeck (program mgr., NBC) 1951-1952

box 4, folder 45

Correspondence: James Gleason (actor) 1952 March 27

box 4, folder 46

Correspondence: Charles Goldring (accountant) 1951-1954

box 4, folder 47

Correspondence: Kay Goodson (secretary to Nat Wolff) 1952 January 04

box 4, folder 48

Correspondence: Charles Henry (Young & Rubicam, Inc.) 1952

box 4, folder 49

Correspondence: Don Quinn (writer) 1951

box 4, folder 50

Correspondence: Clyde Park (emeritus professor, writer) 1951-1952

box 4, folder 51

Correspondence: Melville Shauer (agent for Gale Gordon) 1952 April 17

box 4, folder 52

Correspondence: Nat Wolff (producer) 1950-1953

box 4, folder 53

Correspondence: listeners 1951-1952

box 4, folder 54

Correspondence: miscellaneous talent 1950-1952

box 4, folder 55

Correspondence: unsolicited scripts 1951-1952

box 4, folder 56

Letterhead, Ivy Productions

box 4, folder 57

News clippings 1951-1952

box 4, folder 58

Notes and memoranda

box 4, folder 59

Photographs: Katie Lee (featured in episode #63)

box 4, folder 60

Photographs: Milton Merlin and Ronald Colman

box 4, folder 61

Photographs: Milton & Barbara Merlin, Ronald & Benita Colman, at party, with cake decorated with word Vicky

box 4, folder 62

Plot synopses 1951

box 4, folder 63

Schedules 1951-1952

box 4, folder 64

Story ideas 1951

box 4, folder 65

Tickets to broadcast

box 4, folder 66

Halls of Ivy (#1)

box 4, folder 67

Halls of Ivy (#3) 1950 January 20

box 4, folder 68

Halls of Ivy (#7) 1950 February 17

box 4, folder 69

Halls of Ivy (#8) 1950 February 24

box 4, folder 70

Halls of Ivy (#13) 1950 March 31

box 4, folder 71

Halls of Ivy (#15) 1950 April 14

box 4, folder 72

Halls of Ivy (#16) 1950 April 21

box 4, folder 73

Halls of Ivy (#17) 1950 April 28

box 4, folder 74

Halls of Ivy (#19) 1950 May 10

box 4, folder 75

Halls of Ivy (#21) 1950 May 24

box 5, folder 1

Halls of Ivy (#24) 1950 June 14

box 5, folder 2

Halls of Ivy (#25) 1950 June 21

box 5, folder 3

Halls of Ivy (#29) 1950 September 13

box 5, folder 4

Halls of Ivy 1950 September 20

box 5, folder 5

Halls of Ivy(#33) 1950 October 11

box 5, folder 6

Halls of Ivy (#34) 1950 October 18

box 5, folder 7

Halls of Ivy (#38) 1950 November 15

box 5, folder 8

Halls of Ivy (#40) 1950 November 29

box 5, folder 9

Halls of Ivy 1951 January 15

box 5, folder 10

Halls of Ivy (#48) 1951 January 24

box 5, folder 11

Halls of Ivy (#49) 1951 January 31

box 5, folder 12

Halls of Ivy (#50) 1951 February 07

box 5, folder 13

Halls of Ivy (#51) 1951 February 14

box 5, folder 14

Halls of Ivy (#53) 1951 February 19

box 5, folder 15

Halls of Ivy (#52) 1951 February 21

box 5, folder 16

1951 February 23

box 5, folder 17

taped program 1951 February 26

box 5, folder 18

taped program 1951 February 28

box 5, folder 19

Halls of Ivy 1951 March 05

box 5, folder 20

Halls of Ivy (#55) 1951 March 04

box 5, folder 21

Halls of Ivy 1951 March 19

box 5, folder 22

Halls of Ivy (#59) 1951 April 11

box 5, folder 23

Halls of Ivy (#60) 1951 April 18

box 5, folder 24

Taped program 1951 April 20

box 5, folder 25

Halls in a Day's Work 1951 May 04

box 5, folder 26

Halls of Ivy (#65) 1951 May 23

box 5, folder 27

Summer Solstice 1951 June 04

box 5, folder 28

Halls of Ivy (#67) 1951 June 06

box 5, folder 29

Halls of Ivy (#68) 1951 June 13

box 5, folder 30

Halls of Ivy (#70) 1951 June 27

box 5, folder 31

It Rained in South Dakota 1951 September 15

box 5, folder 32

Halls of Ivy (#71) 1951 October 03

box 5, folder 33

No Fool like A 1951 October 09

box 5, folder 34

Halls of Ivy (#72) 1951 October 10

box 5, folder 35

Halls of Ivy (#73) 1951 October 17

box 5, folder 36

Halls of Ivy (#74) 1951 October 24

box 5, folder 37

Halls of Ivy (#75) 1951 October 31

box 5, folder 38

Halls of Ivy (#76) 1951 November 07

box 5, folder 39

Halls of Ivy (#77) 1951 November 14

box 6, folder 1

Halls of Ivy (#78) 1951 November 21

box 6, folder 2

Halls of Ivy (#79) 1951 November 28

box 6, folder 3

Taped program 1951 November 30

box 6, folder 4

Halls of Ivy (#80) 1951 December 05

box 6, folder 5

Tape #1 (taped program) 1951 December 07

box 6, folder 6

Halls of Ivy (#81) 1951 December 12

box 6, folder 7

Tape #2 (taped program) 1951 December 14

box 6, folder 8

Halls of Ivy (#82) 1951 December 19

box 6, folder 9

Tape #3 (taped program) 1951 December 28

box 6, folder 10

Halls of Ivy (#84) 1952 January 02

box 6, folder 11

Halls of Ivy (#87) 1952 January 23

box 6, folder 12

Halls of Ivy (#88) 1952 January 30

box 6, folder 13

Halls of Ivy (#89) 1952 February 06

box 6, folder 14

Halls of Ivy (#89) 1952 February 13

box 6, folder 15

Halls of Ivy (#90) 1952 February 20

box 6, folder 16

Halls of Ivy (#91) 1952 February 27

box 6, folder 17

Halls of Ivy (#92) 1952 March 05

box 6, folder 18

Taped program 1952 March 07

box 6, folder 19

Halls of Ivy (#93) 1952 March 12

box 6, folder 20

Halls of Ivy (#94) 1952 March 19

box 6, folder 21

Halls of Ivy (#95) 1952 March 26

box 6, folder 22

Halls of Ivy (#96) 1952 April 02

box 6, folder 23

Halls of Ivy (#98) 1952 April 16

box 6, folder 24

Halls of Ivy (French Student) 1952 April 16

box 6, folder 25

Halls of Ivy (#99) 1952 April 23

box 6, folder 26

Halls of Ivy (#100) 1952 April 30

box 6, folder 27

Taped program 1952 May 02

box 6, folder 28

Halls of Ivy (#101) 1952 May 07

box 7, folder 1

Halls of Ivy(#102) 1952 May 14

box 7, folder 2

Halls of Ivy (#103) 1952 May 21

box 7, folder 3

Halls of Ivy (#104) 1952 May 28

box 7, folder 4

Faculty Follies 1952 May 30

box 7, folder 5

Halls of Ivy (#105) 1952 June 04

box 7, folder 6

Taped program 1952 June 06

box 7, folder 7

Halls of Ivy (#106) 1952 June 11

box 7, folder 8

Halls of Ivy (#108) 1952 June 25

box 7, folder 9

First draft scripts

Other Radio Broadcasts

box 7, folder 10

Let's Speak out (local Los Angeles broadcasts, re: books) 1939 November-December

box 7, folder 11

Old Gold Program: Old Man River (outlines and drafts) 1940 August-September

box 7, folder 12

Henry Fonda spot, Victory Committee, Camp Barstow 1942 February 12

box 7, folder 13

Broadcast to Eire 1942

box 7, folder 14

Broadcast to Eire: correspondence 1942 March 13

box 7, folder 15

Russian War Relief: correspondence 1942 July 31

box 7, folder 16

Russian War Relief (untitled scripts) 1942 May 27

box 7, folder 17

Russian War Relief: A Dancer and a Don Cossack (script) 1942 August 27

box 7, folder 18

Free World Theater: article in Radio Life 1943 April 03

box 7, folder 19

Free World Theater: article in Variety 1943 April 29

box 7, folder 20

Free World Theater: correspondence 1943 June 21

box 7, folder 21

Free World Theater: list of people contacted undated

box 7, folder 22

Free World Theater: press releases 1943 January-February

box 7, folder 23

Free World Theater: Something about Joe (script drafts) 1943 July 29

box 7, folder 24

(Lux Radio Theater): Assignment in Brittany (script) 1943 October

box 7, folder 25

Entertainment Industry Emergency Committee: New York-Hollywood Broadcast, (script by Norman Rosten) 1944 May 19

box 7, folder 26

(Entertainment Industry Emergency Committee: New York-Hollywood Broadcast): photo of Paul Muni, Bette Davis 1944 May 19

box 7, folder 27

Entertainment Industry Emergency Committee: New York-Hollywood Broadcast: review, Variety 1944 May 24

box 7, folder 28

Dear Joe Rally, Los Angeles Coliseum (drafts of script) 1944 June 30

box 7, folder 29

The Nebbs: My Son, my Son! (outline, revised script) 1945 September 16

box 7, folder 30

Tribute to Victory, Los Angeles Coliseum (scripts) 1945 October 27

box 7, folder 31

Meet Corliss Archer: (#16) Rock-a-bye baby (scripts) 1946 August 11

box 7, folder 32

AFRA Refresher Course: Still waters, by M. Merlin circa 1946

box 7, folder 33

Supernatural: correspondence from Jack Johnstone, re: adaptation of script 1947 April 09

box 7, folder 34

Supernatural: Jack the Ripper, script adapted by M. Merlin 1947 October 31

box 7, folder 35

Frontier Theatre (pilot script by M. Merlin) 1947 February 06

box 7, folder 36

The Notorious Tariq: story outlines 1947

box 7, folder 37

The Notorious Tariq: correspondence 1947

box 7, folder 38

The Notorious Tariq: drafts of script 1947 April 17

box 7, folder 39

The Notorious Tariq: Adventure in Antibes (pilot script) 1947 August 16

box 7, folder 40

United Nations Appeal for Children: Deliver us from Starvation (broadcast script, with earlier version) 1948 May 08

box 8, folder 1

ABC Salutes The Richfield Reporter: It's a family habit, starring Dick Powell (script by M.Merlin) 1948 September 26

box 8, folder 2

Call me Duke (NBC audition script, by M.&B. Merlin) 1950 March 03

box 8, folder 3

Originals by Benton (audition script) 1950 August 25

box 8, folder 4

Family Theater: Joppe the Juggler, by M. & B. Merlin 1950 December 20

box 8, folder 5

The Marriage (earlier drafts of script) 1952

box 8, folder 6

The Marriage (NBC pilot, starring Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn, directed by M. Merlin) 1952 October 21

box 8, folder 7

The Marriage: background information, correspondence 1952

box 8, folder 8

Handel's Messiah, performed by the Southern California Oratorio Society 1952 December 24

box 8, folder 9

Handel's Messiah, performed by the Southern California Oratorio Society, with Ronald Colman 1953 December 24

box 8, folder 10

Handel's Messiah, performed by the Southern California Oratorio Society w. Ronald Colman 1955 December 24

box 8, folder 11

Handel's Messiah, Southern California Oratorio Society: correspondence 1953 November 06

box 8, folder 12

NBC policy concerning submission of ideas 1951

box 20, folder 1

"Tribute to Victory," Los Angeles Coliseum (radio program), news clippings 1945 October

Series 2: Television programs: Scripts and related material

Four Star Theatre

box 8, folder 13

The Lost Silk Hat: television play by Milton Merlin & Ronald Colman 1952 October 23

box 8, folder 14

The Lost Silk Hat: contract 1952 October 15

box 8, folder 15

The Ladies on my Couch: draft of script, notes 1953

box 8, folder 16

The Ladies on my Couch (Ladies on his Mind): television play by M. Merlin 1953 May 21

box 8, folder 17

The Ladies on my Couch: correspondence (1 item) 1954 May 05

box 8, folder 18

Love at Sea (draft of script) 1953 April 23

box 8, folder 19

Love at Sea: television play by Barbara Merlin & Benita Hume 1953 October 15

box 8, folder 20

Love at Sea: shooting schedule 1953 May 11

box 8, folder 21

The Man who Walked out on himself: shooting script 1953 March 26

box 8, folder 22

The Man who Walked out on himself: drafts, segments

box 8, folder 23

The Man who Walked out on himself: contract 1953 January

box 8, folder 24

String of Beads: various drafts of script 1954 January 21

box 8, folder 25

String of Beads: call sheet 1953 September 24

box 8, folder 26

News clippings 1952-1953

Halls of Ivey

box 8, folder 27

Call sheets 1954 April-December

box 8, folder 28

Cast and staff lists

box 8, folder 29

Contracts

box 8, folder 30

Correspondence: William Brown (attorney, friend)

box 8, folder 31

Correspondence: Benita Hume Colman 1954 February

box 8, folder 32

Correspondence: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) 1954 March-April

box 8, folder 33

Correspondence: viewers 1954

box 8, folder 34

Earnings and residuals 1954-1956

box 8, folder 35

Episode list

box 8, folder 36

News clippings 1954-1955

box 8, folder 37

Notes

box 8, folder 38

Press releases

box 8, folder 39

Photograph, publicity

box 8, folder 40

Script schedules

box 8, folder 41

Shooting dates

box 8, folder 42

Shooting schedules

box 8, folder 43

Ticket to preview

box 8, folder 44

Presentation script (titled Script no. 1, or One round to a decision)

box 8, folder 45

The good morrow (title page clipped to carbon copy of script for program #64 of the radio series)

box 8, folder 46

Warren's Novel 1954 March 29

box 8, folder 47

Chinese Student 1955 January 18

box 8, folder 48

Stolen First Edition 1955 March 15

box 8, folder 49

Reappointment 1954 October 19

box 8, folder 50

Dr. Hall's Baby (Professor Hall's Baby) 1954 November 02

box 9, folder 1

Mrs. Whitney's Statue 1954 November 16

box 9, folder 2

Wellmans Come to Dinner 1954 June 08

box 9, folder 3

The Eleventh Commandment 1954 June 17

box 9, folder 4

Dr. Hall's Book (folder 1) 1955 February 01

box 9, folder 5

Dr. Hall's Book (folder 2) 1955 February 01

box 9, folder 6

Hall in the Kitchen 1954 July 01

box 9, folder 7

Cook's Night out 1954 July 01

box 9, folder 8

Mrs. Why 1954 December 21

box 9, folder 9

Professor Warren's Romance 1954 December 28

box 9, folder 10

Mulligatawny Soup 1954 July 26

box 9, folder 11

Professor Barrett's Play 1954 November 23

box 9, folder 12

The Prizefighter (The Prize Fighter) 1954 December 14

box 9, folder 13

Pinkerton Day 1955 January 04

box 9, folder 14

The Astronomer 1954 August 20

box 9, folder 15

The Cocoanut Song (Traffic in Coconuts) 1955 January 11

box 9, folder 16

The Honor Student 1955 May 24

box 9, folder 17

The Track Star 1955 January 25

box 9, folder 18

The Voice of the Ivy Vine (The Voice of Ivy's Vine) 1955 June 07

box 9, folder 19

Professor Grimes 1955 May 10

box 9, folder 20

The Mummynapper (The Mummy Nappers) 1955 February 08

box 9, folder 21

Maxwell's Comet 1955 June 14

box 9, folder 22

Note the Quote 1955 February 15

box 9, folder 23

Maxwell's Comet (revision) 1955 June 14

box 10, folder 1

Dr. Spatzen 1955 June 21

box 10, folder 2

The Old Professor Forgot his Umbrella (The Umbrella Man) 1955 May 17

box 10, folder 3

Dean Huxley 1954 November 11

box 10, folder 4

Dean Huxley (revision) 1954 November 15

box 10, folder 5

Dean Huxley (final) 1954 November 17

box 10, folder 6

Faculty Follies, #1 1955 February 22

box 10, folder 7

Faculty Follies, #2 1955 March 01

box 10, folder 8

Hoodlumism (Holiganism) 1955 June 28

box 10, folder 9

Hoodlumism (revision) 1955 June 28

box 10, folder 10

Faculty Marriage (#31) 1954 December 26

box 10, folder 11

French Exchange Student (#34) 1955 March 22

box 10, folder 12

Changing Professors (Changing of Professors) (#32) 1955 May 31

box 10, folder 13

Professor Warren's Retirement (#25) 1955 March 08

box 10, folder 14

Professor Warren's Retirement (revision) 1955 March 08

box 10, folder 15

Medal of Honor 1955 January 21

box 10, folder 16

Professor Warren's Retirement (final revision) 1955 March 08

box 10, folder 17

Final Examination 1955 January 29

box 10, folder 18

Professor Warren's Retirement (as shot) 1955 March 08

box 10, folder 19

Calhoun Gaddy 1955 March 29

box 10, folder 20

The Oldest Alumnus 1955 April 05

box 10, folder 21

Scandal (first draft and revisions) 1955 April 12

box 10, folder 22

Gangster's Son (The Gangster) 1955 April 19

box 10, folder 23

The Tale of F. Canis Major (F. Canis Minor) 1955 April 26

box 10, folder 24

The Gangster (first draft) 1955 March 11

box 10, folder 25

The Gangster (revision) 1955 March 12

box 10, folder 26

The Gangster (notes and outline) 1955 March

box 10, folder 27

Legrande Foundation (first draft and revision) 1955 March 25

box 10, folder 28

Unidentified script pages

box 20, folder 2

Halls of Ivy, (television show) news clippings 1954-1955

box 20, folder 12

News Clippings: Ronald Colman: Obituaries 1958

box 24, folder 10

C.B.S. Memoranda on Ronald Coleman 1949 January 29

Don Fedderson Productions

box 11, box 12, box 13

The Millionaire 1957-1960 1957-1960

Scope and Content

Episode scripts with revisions; call sheets, cast lists (alphabetic and by episode); production numbers and titles, release schedules, re-run schedules, shooting dates, shooting schedules, staff and crew lists, standard opening/closing credits, story outlines, weekly progress reports, writers lists, story ideas.

Correspondence: Orson Bean (re proposed project), Bertram Berman (CBS-TV executive), Hy Kraft (re proposed British version), Ted Bates and Co. (sponsoring ad agency), press, re search fo cross-eyed cat, unsolicited material, viewers, writers (general), David Boehm (writer), Muriel Bolton (writer), Howard Estabrook (writer), Gail Ingram (writer), Jack Roche (writer), Al C. Ward (writer); editing reports, magazine articles.

Memoranda: Fred Henry (re production schedule), John Q. Stevens (re production schedule), re "Ralph" (cross-eyed cat episode); News clippings (oversize); photographs: Milton Merlin with cats, and Elmer "The Cross-Eyed Cat."

box 20, folder 3

The Millionaire (television show) news clippings 1958 June 03-1960 January 20

box 20, folder 4

The Millionaire News Clippings from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter 1956 October 03-1959 November 05

box 13

Tramp Ship 1960 March 22-1961 April 17

Scope and Content

Episode titles and folder contents; actors' biographies; background notes and call sheets, casting possibilities; continuity for "The Storm Within."

Correspondence; news announcements and clippings; photographs of ship and actors Neville Brand and Michael Galloway); presentations, screen tests, shooting schedules, staff and crew lists.

Story outlines: "Embezzled Time" by John Langdon, "Clean Hands" by John Langdon; test scenes, writers list; "Catch a Tiger by Leonard Praskins (includings revisions to hour an half-hour versions and script changes requested by network, ABC), "Piracy" by Fenton Earnshaw, "The Storm Within" by Richard Collins, "The Old Man's Bucket," by Donn Mullally.

The Storm Within teleplay by Milton Merlin, original story by Richard Collins.

Other Programs and Miscellaneous Material

box 14, folder 1

The Stranger: The Man from Idaho 1958 March 07

box 14, folder 2

Town Tamer: The Stranger (script) 1958 April 22

box 14, folder 3

The Quiet Man: The Man from Idaho (script), by Al Ward & story by Frank Gruber 1958 May 14

box 14, folder 4

The Quiet Man: A Duel with Billy (script), by Al C. Ward 1958 December 23

box 14, folder 5

The Quiet Man: Showdown (script), by Al C. Ward 1959 January 06

box 14, folder 6

The Quiet Man: Man from Idaho (script), by Al C. Ward, Peggy Shaw, Lou Shaw, from story by F. Gruber 1959 January 14

box 14, folder 7

The Quiet Man: Man from Idaho (opening scenes) 1959 January 15

box 14, folder 8

My Three Sons: news announcements 1960 March-April

box 14, folder 9

My Three Sons: presentation

box 14, folder 10

My Three Sons: shooting schedules 1960 March-April

box 14, folder 11

Satan's Waitin': notes 1960 July-August

box 14, folder 12

The Man with the Big Thumb: correspondence, re: presentation 1961 August 24

box 14, folder 13

Don Fedderson Productions: actors and actresses

box 14, folder 14

Don Fedderson Productions: Christmas card

box 14, folder 15

Don Fedderson Productions: release and agreement form

box 14, folder 16

Don Fedderson Productions: script submissions 1959 August-1960 June

box 14, folder 17

Don Fedderson Productions: staff phone numbers

box 14, folder 18

Don Fedderson Productions: writers--lists, resumes

box 14

The Littlest Hobo 1964-1965

Scope and Content

Episode scripts and photographs of actors; correspondence (about Writers Guild dispute, British rights, A.C. Stone, Dick Darley, Merlin family and others, general).

News clippings, presentations, production reports, ratings and analysis, records of payment (Writers Guild), royalty statements, production and shooting schedules, story ideas.

Free Lance Work

box 15, folder 1

The Loretta Young Show: Man's Estate, story by Marian Thompson, screenplay by Barbara Merlin 1954 April 11

box 15, folder 2

The Loretta Young Show: residuals 1962 March-1965 June

box 15, folder 3

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: notes 1955 July 17

box 15, folder 4

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: story outline 1955 July 20

box 15, folder 5

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: shooting segments 1955 September

box 15, folder 6

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: drafts of script, by B. Merlin 1955 November 09

box 15, folder 7

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: script segments 1955 September

box 15, folder 8

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: contract booking notice 1955 July 14

box 15, folder 9

Screen Directors Playhouse: The Life of Vernon Hathaway: record of payment & residuals 1955 August-1963 November

box 15, folder 10

Screen Directors Playhouse: Correspondence 1956 February 16

box 15, folder 11

Lassie (story outlines, one script, notes, contract) 1956

box 15, folder 12

The Donna Reed Show: story outlines 1962 February 21

box 15, folder 13

Kraft Hour of Suspense: The Case against Sergeant Striker, part I: script, by Seeleg Lester 1963 April 30

box 15, folder 14

Kraft Hour of Suspense: The Case against Sergeant Striker, part II: script, by Seeleg Lester 1963 April 30

box 15, folder 15

Bonanza: story ideas 1962 September 25

box 15, folder 16

Bonanza: correspondence with agent and Writers Guild 1962 December-1963 April

box 15, folder 17

Bonanza: Brother David: script 1963 August 14

box 15, folder 18

Bonanza: residuals 1973 October-December

box 15, folder 19

The Breaking Point: The Black Mirror (script) 1963 September 11

box 15, folder 20

The Breaking Point: But my Dear, you Can't Stop the Clock (script) 1963 September 26

box 15, folder 21

The Breaking Point: The Gnu, now almost Extinct (script) 1963 December 16

box 15, folder 22

The Breaking Point: A Garden Is a Lovesome Thing... (story) 1963 October 21

box 15, folder 23

The Breaking Point: A Garden Is a Lovesome Thing... (script) 1963 November 07

box 15, folder 24

The Breaking Point: Glass Flowers never Drop Petals (script, first draft) 1964 March 23

box 15, folder 25

The Breaking Point: Glass Flowers never Drop Petals (script, revised final draft) 1964 March 23

box 15, folder 26

The Breaking Point: Glass Flowers never Drop Petals: Call sheet 1963 November 29

box 15, folder 27

The Breaking Point: Glass Flowers never Drop Petals: shooting schedule 1963 November

box 15, folder 28

The Breaking Point: No Squares in my Family Circle (script, final draft) 1964 February 10

box 15, folder 29

The Breaking Point: No Squares in my family circle (script, revised final draft) 1964 February 10

box 15, folder 30

The Breaking Point: news clippings 1963-1964

box 15, folder 31

The Breaking Point: notes and quotes 1963 October

box 15, folder 32

The Breaking Point: notices of tentative writing credits 1963 October-1965 November

box 15, folder 33

The Breaking Point: record of payment and residuals 1963 December-1988 November

box 15, folder 34

Mr. Novak: He that Mischief Hatcheth... (story outline) 1964 January 06

box 15, folder 35

Mr. Novak: See the Officer (story outline) 1964 February 17

box 15, folder 36

Mr. Novak: See the Officer (script) 1964 March 16

box 15, folder 37

Mr. Novak: Records of payment 1964 January-April

box 15, folder 38

The Fugitive: Story ideas 1964 March

box 15, folder 39

The Fugitive: The Alibi (story idea, three drafts) 1964 March-May

box 15, folder 40

The Fugitive: The Alibi (script, draft) (Man on a String) 1964 September 29

box 15, folder 41

The Fugitive: Residuals 1966-1995

box 15, folder 42

The Wild, Wild, West: Thor in the Giant's Country (story) 1965 May 19

box 15, folder 43

O.K. Crackerby: The Wellecliffe Story (script), by Abe Burrows and Terry Ryan 1965 September 23

box 15, folder 44

O.K. Crackerby: Art for Crackerby's Sake (story), by Barbara & Milton Merlin 1965

box 15, folder 45

My Mother, the Car: Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing (script segments) 1965 July 26

box 15, folder 46

My Mother, the Car: Hey Lady, Your Slip Isn't Showing (script), by Tom Koch) 1965 December 14

box 15, folder 47

Ben Casey: Where Did all the Roses Go? (script), teleplay by C. Krumholz, A. Dales; from story by Merlins and A. Dales 1966 February 21

box 15, folder 48

Ben Casey: Where Did all the Roses Go?: Payment and royalties 1965 September-1969 June

box 20, folder 5

Ben Casey contract (freelance work) 1965 August 9

box 15, folder 49

Laredo: The Short, Happy Fatherhood of Reese Bennett (script, plus television guide listing) by B. Merlin & Leonard Praskins 1967 January 27

box 15, folder 50

Laredo: The Short, Happy Fatherhood of Reese Bennett: Residuals 1973-1987

box 15, folder 51

Tarzan: Story outlines, miscellaneous 1966 September-1967 April

box 15, folder 52

Tarzan: The Lake that Swallowed the Moon (story outline) 1967 April 11

box 15, folder 53

The Man who never Was: The Girl from Carthage (story) 1966

box 15, folder 54

Dundee and the Culhane: The Fallen Idol (story outline) 1967 August 15

box 15, folder 55

Dundee and the Culhane: The Murderer Stallion (script), by George Kirgo, rev. by M. Merlin 1967 September 27

box 15, folder 56

Dundee and the Culhane: The Dearly Beloved (story outline) 1967 September 14

box 15, folder 57

Dundee and the Culhane: Story outlines, misc. 1967 September

box 15, folder 58

Dundee and the Culhane: Notes 1967

box 15, folder 59

Dundee and the Culhane: Record of payment undated

box 15, folder 60

The Virginian: The Hell Wind (script), by B. Merlin & Leonard Praskins 1968 February 14

box 15, folder 61

I Spy: Get Thee to a Nunnery: Residuals 1967 May-1970 April

box 24, folder 13

Summary Agreement with ABC, CBS, and NBC Covering Freelance Film TV Writers 1956 June 21

Series 3: Presentations and story ideas

Radio

box 16

Milton Merlin and Marian Spitzer (Thompson) approximately 1941-1942

Scope and Content

Presentations: Career Woman, Cousin Kate, (including letter to Yasha Frank of CBS), I Hear America Singing.

Story outlines: Between the Devil and Miss Dare, The Curious Case of Dr. Z, Life's a Brass Ring, A Tale of the Vienna Woods, Trouble, Two of a Kind, Unsung Hero.

Scripts and radio plays: Dear Santa Claus, Love from a Stranger, Stay up for Sunrise, Through a Window, Two of a Kind.

box 16, folder 1

Between the Devil and Miss Dare (story outline)

box 16, folder 2

Career Woman (presentation) 1941 May

box 16, folder 3

Cousin Kate (series presentation)

box 16, folder 4

Cousin Kate: letter to Yasha Frank of CBS 1942 March 21

box 16, folder 5

The Curious Case of Dr. Z (story outline)

box 16, folder 6

Dear Santa Claus (radio play)

box 16, folder 7

A Girl in a Million (story) 1941 August 19

box 16, folder 8

I Hear America Singing (series presentation)

box 16, folder 9

Life's a Brass Ring (story outline)

box 16, folder 10

Love from a Stranger (audition script)

box 16, folder 11

Stay up for the Sunrise (script)

box 16, folder 12

A Tale of the Vienna Woods (story outline)

box 16, folder 13

Through a Window (radio play)

box 16, folder 14

Trouble (story outline) 1941 July 23

box 16, folder 15

Two of a Kind (story outline)

box 16, folder 16

Two of a Kind (radio play)

box 16, folder 17

Unsung Hero (story outline)

Milton Merlin, by self or with other writers

box 16

Milton Merlin, by himself or with other writers - with dates, arranged chronologically 1940-1954

Scope and Content

Presentations: Doakes and Folks (presentation scripts and minutes of story meeting), Double Bill (presentation with cover letter), Alice in Movieland (presentations and scripts), Homicide...Gleason (presentations, with correspondence), Peebles and Squidge (series to star Alan Mowbray, notes, presentation).

Scripts: The Life Magazine Show (audition script), Christopher the Great (audition script), Kiss Me Again (audition script), Homicide...Gleason (audition script, revisions), A Run for your Money (radio play by Milton and Barbara Merlin), Ray Milland Show ("The Philadelphia Story," "The Dress," "The Exchange Student"), Meet Herbert Marshall (audition script), Herbert Marshall's Music Room.

Story outlines and ideas: Always Alone at Xmas, Clancy's Court, Paul Heinreid Show.

box 16, folder 18

Doakes and Folks (presentation scripts, minutes of story meeting) 1940 February

box 16, folder 19

The Life Magazine show (audition script) 1945 July 30

box 16, folder 20

Double Bill (presentation, with cover letter) 1946 January 29

box 16, folder 21

Christopher the Great (audition script) 1946 December 10

box 16, folder 22

Kiss me again (audition script) 1946 December 27

box 16, folder 23

Alice in Movieland (presentations, and script) 1947 August

box 16, folder 24

Always alone at Xmas (notes) 1947 May 28

box 16, folder 25

Homicide...Gleason (presentations, w. corresp. 1947 September

box 16, folder 26

Homicide...Gleason (audition script) 1947

box 16, folder 27

Homicide...Gleason (audition script, revisions) 1947

box 16, folder 28

Clancy's Court (notes, story idea) 1949

box 16, folder 29

Paul Henreid Show (notes: story idea) 1949 February 13

box 16, folder 30

Peebles and Squidge (series to star Alan Mowbray: notes, presentation) 1949 April

box 16, folder 31

A Run for your Money; radio play by Milton and Barbara 06-29-1951 Merlin 1951 June 29

box 16, folder 32

Ray Milland Show: Philadelphia Story 1953 July 16

box 16, folder 33

Ray Milland Show: The Dress 1953 August 01

box 16, folder 34

Ray Milland Show: The Exchange Student 1953 August 11

box 16, folder 35

Meet Herbert Marshall (audition script) 1953 October 21

box 16, folder 36

Herbert Marshall's Music Room 1953 August 04

box 16

Milton Merlin, by himself or with other writers - without dates, arranged alphabetically by title

Scope and Content

Scripts: Allen Mowbray audition (untitled program), The Adventures of Maurice (radio adapation by Milton Merlin of television play by Ernest Vajda), Biography of Abigail Uppington (with notes), City Hospital (audition script, by Milton and Barbara Merlin), Destiny: The Assassin, The End of the World (audition script), Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (by Milton Merlin and Richard Haydn), Her Knight Came Riding through Kansas (by Milton Merlin and Val Lewton), I'll Always Remember (radio play), Just Married (audition script by Milton and Barbara Merlin), The Listening Post (sample script pages, form letter, by the "Hollywood Radio Writers"), One World or None, Party Line, Pop Rings the Bell (by Byron Morgan and Milton Merlin), Rendevous (by Milton and Barbara Merlin), Sabu in the Jungle (by Milton and Barbara Merlin), Twilight Song (radio play adapted by Milton Merlin from television play by John Larkin), Who Knows Jack the Ripper.

Story outlines and ideas: Ain't Gonna Sing No More (by Milton Merlin and Alan Mowbray), Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Bleary Queries (presentation outline), The Devil to Pay, Encounter, with Cary Grant (series idea, notes),

box 16, folder 37

Alan Mowbray audition, program untitled

box 16, folder 38

The Adventures of Maurice (radio adaptation by M. Merlin of TV play by Ernest Vajda)

box 16, folder 39

Ain't Gonna Sing no more (story idea) by M. Milton and Alan Mowbray

box 16, folder 40

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (story)

box 16, folder 41

Biography of Abigail Uppington (pres. script, notes)

box 16, folder 42

Bleary Queries (presentation outline)

box 16, folder 43

City Hospital (audition script, by M & B. Merlin)

box 16, folder 44

Destiny: The Assassin (presentation script)

box 16, folder 45

The Devil to Pay (presentation)

box 16, folder 46

Encounter, with Cary Grant (series idea, notes)

box 16, folder 47

The End of the World (audition script)

box 16, folder 48

Has Anybody here Seen Kelly? (present. script) by M. Merlin, Richard Haydn

box 16, folder 49

Her Knight Came Riding through Kansas (pr. script) by M. Merlin and Val Lewton

box 16, folder 50

I'll always Remember (radio play)

box 16, folder 51

Just Married (audition script by M.& B. Merlin)

box 16, folder 52

The Listening Post (sample script pages, form letter) by the Hollywood Radio Writers

box 16, folder 53

One World or none (ca. 1946)

box 16, folder 54

Party Line

box 16, folder 55

Pop Rings the Bell (presentation script) by Byron Morgan and Milton Merlin

box 16, folder 56

Rendezvous (presentation script), by M. Merlin and Barbara Merlin

box 16, folder 57

Sabu in the Jungle (presentation) by M. Merlin and Barbara Merlin

box 16, folder 58

Twilight Song (radio play adapted by M. Merlin from television play by John Larkin)

box 16, folder 59

Who Knows Jack the Ripper (script)

Television

Milton and Barbara Merlin, except where noted - without specific dates, arranged alphabetically 1950s-1970s

Scope and Content

Presentations: The Big Man (by Johnny Florea and Richard Donovan), Four Makes a Trio, Heavenly Bodies (approximately 1975), Hollywood Adventures no. 1 "Honesty" (by Alan Mowbray), Once Upon a College, The Thumb, The World of Lavinia Bliss, Your Phone is Ringing (by Barbara and Milton Merlin and David Boehm).

Story outlines and ideas: Big Valley (notion), Caught in the Crystal Ball (by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin), T he Devil's Trill, The Moment (story ideas, a.k.a. "The Turning Point"), Mother Knows Best, The Sultan of San Francisco (story by Richard Donovan, idea by Johnny Florea), The Yellow Dress (by Barbara Merlin).

Scripts: Calhoun Gaddy, Halls of Ivy (revisited, set in 1920s), Meet Herbert Marshall (segment), M.R.: One for the Road (teleplay by Charles Beaumont, created by Johnny Florea), Old Girl, Young Boy (by Dory Langdon), Take her up Tenderly, What's Your Verdict (by Milton Merlin).

box 16, folder 60

The Big Man (presentation) by Johnny Florea and Richard Donovan circa 1960s

box 16, folder 61

Big Valley notion (one page outline of idea)

box 16, folder 62

Calhoun Gaddy (presentation script) circa 1950s

box 16, folder 63

Caught in the Crystal Ball (story outline), by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin circa 1950s

box 16, folder 64

The Devil's Trill (story outline)

box 16, folder 65

Four Makes a Trio (presentation)

box 16, folder 66

Halls of Ivy: revisited (set in 1920's)

box 16, folder 67

Heavenly Bodies (presentation) circa 1975

box 16, folder 68

Hollywood Adventures, (presentation), no. 1, Honesty, by Alan Mowbray

box 16, folder 69

The Likely Customer, by Barbara Merlin & Benita Hume circa 1950s

box 16, folder 70

Meet Herbert Marshall (segment of presentation script) circa 1950s

box 25, folder 7

Model Murder (or Murder before Spring)

box 16, folder 71

The Moment (story ideas, a.k.a. The turning point)

box 16, folder 72

Mother Knows Best (story outline) circa 1950s

box 16, folder 73

M.R.: One for the Road (teleplay), by Charles Beaumont, created by Johnny Florea circa 1960s

box 16, folder 74

Old Girl, Young Boy (script), by Dory Langdon circa 1950s

box 16, folder 75

Once upon a College (presentation) circa 1960s

box 25, folder 6

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

box 17, folder 1

The Sultan of San Francisco (story), by Richard Donovan, (idea) by Johnny Florea circa 1960s

box 17, folder 2

Take her up Tenderly (presentation script) circa 1960s-1970s

box 17, folder 3

The Thumb (presentation) circa 1950s

box 17, folder 4

What's Your Verdict (pilot script), by M. Merlin

box 17, folder 5

The World of Lavinia Bliss (presentation) circa 1960s

box 17, folder 6

The Yellow Dress (story outline), by B. Merlin circa 1950s

box 17, folder 7

Your Phone Is Ringing (presentation), by M. & B. Merlin and David Boehm

Milton and Barbara Merlin, except where noted - with dates, arranged chronologically 1950-1967

Scope and Content

Presentations: Bundle of Joy (with story conference notes), 317 South Elm (a new television series starring Leon Belasco), Mr. Kittredge (notes, presentation script, contract), The Girl in the Wood, with Katie Lee (promotional material, including photograph of Katie Lee), The Furies and Philip Quist, My Son the Banker (with list of story ideas, contract, by Les Hafner and Milton and Barbara Merlin), Jay Byrd (by Milton Merlin), Sam, The Shepherd, The Heat Waves, Petting Party (idea by Herbert Bress, presentation by Milton and Barbara Merlin).

Story outlines and ideas: The Ruby Ring (idea by Marian Spitzer Thompson, adapted by Barbara Merlin), The Count of Monte Cristo Finds Himself (outline, contract booking notice), Emily (outline, contract booking notice), The Return of Peter Moon (outline for pilot to star Bette Davis and Gary Merrill, contracts), The Delightful Imposter (story outline from notes of meeting at George Burns' house), Betsy (idea by Barbara Merlin), A Matter of Timing (outline by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin), My Sister Catherine (outline by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin), A Mink is a Mammal and so is a Lady, McKeever and the Colonel, The Wide Country, Never Let a Friend Go (story conference notes), The Littlest Fairy Godmother (with character of Mr. Kittredge), It's Stopped Raining Mr. Kittredge, King Arthur in Connecticut, Jericho, The Pig War, The Creative Impulse--It's Murder (written for Please Don't Eat the Daisies), Miscellaneous television stories and projects on abeyance list.

Scripts: The Count of Monte Cristo Finds Himself (draft and revisions), Emily (revisions), The Delightful Imposter (drafts and revisions of pilot scripts), Betsy (pilot script with cover letter, by Windsor Lewis and to star Windsor Lewis' wife Barbara Bel Geddes), The Surprising Mr. Somerset (pilot script draft and revisions), Adventures in Paradise, Native Son (script pages), E.S.P (pilot script drafts, notes and correspondence), Holy Mackerel! The Hot Rod Submarine (by the Merlins and Johhny Florea).

box 17, folder 8

317 South Elm, a new television series starring Leon Belasco (presentation) 1950 February 25

box 17, folder 9

Mr. Kittredge (notes, presentation script, contract) 1950 March

box 17, folder 10

The Ruby Ring (story treatment), idea by Marian Spitzer Thompson, adapted by B. Merlin 1953 January 15

box 17, folder 11

The Girl in the Wood, with Katie Lee (presentation) 1954 January 15

box 17, folder 12

The Girl in the Wood (promotional material, including photo of Katie Lee) 1905 May 07

box 17, folder 13

The Count of Monte Cristo Finds himself (outline) 1955 October 04

box 17, folder 14

The Count of Monte Cristo Finds himself (draft script) 1955 October 28

box 17, folder 15

The Count of Monte Cristo Finds himself (rev. script) 1955 November 04

box 17, folder 16

The Count of Monte Cristo: contract booking notice 1955 October 11

box 17, folder 17

Emily (story outline), by Pete Barnum 1905 May 08

box 17, folder 18

Emily: contract booking notice 1955 November 07

box 17, folder 19

Emily (presentation script), by M. & B. Merlin 1955 November 20

box 17, folder 20

Emily (presentation script), by M. & B. Merlin 1955 December 26

box 17, folder 21

Emily (presentation script), by M. & B. Merlin 1956 January 03

box 17, folder 22

The Return of Peter Moon (story outline, for pilot to star Bette Davis and Gary Merrill) 1956 January 03

box 17, folder 23

The Return of Peter Moon: contracts 1956 February

box 17, folder 24

Emily (presentation script, rev.) 1956 January 16

box 17, folder 25

The Delightful Imposter (story outline, from notes of meeting at George Burns' house) 1956 February 18

box 17, folder 26

The Delightful Imposter (draft script) 1956 February 24

box 17, folder 27

The Delightful Imposter (pilot script, 1st draft) 1956 April 05

box 17, folder 28

The Delightful Imposter (pilot script, rev.) 1956 April 20

box 17, folder 29

The Delightful Imposter (pilot script, rev.) 1956 May 21

box 17, folder 30

Betsy (pilot script, w. cover letter), by Windsor Lewis (to star Lewis' wife, Barbara Bel Geddes) 1956 August 14

box 17, folder 31

Betsy (story outline), by Barbara Merlin 1956 August 20

box 17, folder 32

The Delightful Imposter/The surprising Mr. Somerset (misc. script pages) 1905 May 09

box 17, folder 33

The Surprising Mr. Somerset (pilot script, draft) 1956 October 02

box 17, folder 34

The Surprising Mr. Somerset (pilot script, rev.) 1956 December 11

box 17, folder 35

A Matter of Timing (story outline), by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin 1957 July 15

box 17, folder 36

My Sister Catherine (story outline), by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin 1957 July 15

box 17, folder 37

Miscellaneous story outlines, by Dory Langdon and Barbara Merlin 1905 May 10

box 17, folder 38

Adventures in Paradise 1961 July 25

box 17, folder 39

A Mink Is a Mammal, and so Is a Lady (story 28 outlines) 1962 March

box 17, folder 40

Bundle of Joy (presentation, w. story conference notes) 1962 June

box 17, folder 41

McKeever and the Colonel (story outline) 1962 June 11

box 17, folder 42

Native Son (script pages) 1962 June 22

box 17, folder 43

The Wide Country (story outline) 1962 August 13

box 17, folder 44

E.S.P. (pilot script drafts, and notes, folder 1) 1963 May

box 17, folder 45

E.S.P. (pilot script drafts, and notes, folder 2) 1963 May

box 17, folder 46

E.S.P.: correspondence 1905 May 16

box 24, folder 12

Errol Stanley Parker (E.S.P.) Scripts

box 17, folder 47

Holy Mackerel!: the hot rod submarine (presentation script), by the Merlins and Johnny Florea 1963 August 28

box 17, folder 48

Never Let a Friend Go (notes of story conference) 1964 January 26

box 17, folder 49

The Furies and Philip Quist (presentation) 1964 April 17

box 17, folder 50

Kentucky's Kid (story outline) 1964 April 19

box 17, folder 51

My Son, the Banker (presentation, w. list of story ideas contract) by M. & B. Merlin, and Les Hafner 1964 July

box 17, folder 52

Jay Byrd (presentation), by Milton Merlin 1964 October

box 17, folder 53

The Littlest Fairy Godmother (story idea, with character of Mr. Kittredge) 1964 December 29

box 17, folder 54

Sam (presentations) 1965 February

box 17, folder 55

It's Stopped Raining, Mr. Kittredge (story idea) 1965 March

box 17, folder 56

King Arthur in Connecticut (notes) 1965 June 02

box 17, folder 57

Jericho (story idea) 1905 May 19

box 17, folder 58

The Shepherd (presentation) 1905 May 19

box 17, folder 59

The Pig War (story, w. notes) 1966 February

box 17, folder 60

The Creative Impulse--It's Murder (written for Please don't eat the daisies) (story idea) 1966 May 23

box 17, folder 61

The Heat Waves (presentation) 1966 May 23

box 17, folder 62

Projects on abeyance list (list of story ideas and scripts) 1966 August 08

box 17, folder 63

Petting Party (presentation), idea by Herbert Bress, presentation by M. & B. Merlin 1967 November 12

box 17, folder 64

Television story ideas, misc.

box 25, folder 8

"New London", Outline of an Original Screen Story by Milton Merlin and Robert C. Cannom

Miscellaneous Manuscripts

box 18, folder 1

Stage play: Grand Central Station (no author)

box 18, folder 2

The Night of the Cowpoke, by Milton and Barbara Merlin (screenplay)

box 18, folder 3

The Night of the Cowpoke: background material by and about J. Robert Atkinson

box 18, folder 4

A Rainbow with a Run in her Stockings: an original story by Barbara and Milton Merlin circa 1960s

box 18, folder 5

These Tender Mercies, by Barton Yarborough (screenplay) circa 1950s

box 18, folder 6

We Leave Memory: the story of Norton the First, Emperor of the United States, by M.M. & G.E. (outline, partially typed and handwritten)

box 18, folder 7

Your Love and mine, by Milton Merlin (typed story)

box 18, folder 8

A Poco Pan (screenplay and outline) 1964

box 18, folder 9

Miscellaneous presentations: Particular Pictures circa 1970s

Series 4: Personal Papers

Biographical Information

box 18, folder 10

M. S. Merlin to be Manager of Southern California Division of this publication, Pacific Coast Hotel Weekly circa 1930s

box 18

Hollywood Writers? Not Seriously, Los Angeles Times (Westside section, p.1) 1983 May 08

box 18

Photograph: Milton Merlin circa 1970s

box 18

Photographs: Milton Merlin, ca. 1920's-1930's, and unidentified women

box 18

Resumes & lists of credits: Milton Merlin, Barbara Merlin

box 24, folder 1

Photograph of Yola Casselle, Milt Merlin and 2 unidentified skiers

box 24, folder 2

Miscellaneous Material circa 1940s

Scope and Contents

Postcard, "In the Wake of the Armies: Raw Material for Screen Writers, Directors, Producers, Story Editors", MGM Picket Roster, Audition costs, Income Tax, Memoranda, Correspondence, "American Theatre and Film Artists Delegation to the Soviet Union", "The Woman Shopper", "An Open Letter to the Mayor of Chicago protesting the attempt to ban A Diary of Love the novel by Maude Hutchins"

box 24, folder 3

Miscellaneous Material 1954 December 29-1971 January 21

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, "Democracy Pledge", Memoranda

box 24, folder 7

Newspaper Clippings and Business Memoranda 1935 October 12

box 24, folder 11

Newspaper Clippings of Barbara and Milton Merlin 1958 November 19

box 25, folder 3

Individual Income Tax Returns 1938-1943

Organizations

Affiliated Committee for Television

box 18, folder 15

Correspondence 1944-1945

box 18, folder 16

Minutes: Executive Council meetings 1945

box 18, folder 17

Minutes and agendas: Workshop Committee meetings 1944-1945

box 18, folder 18

Minutes and memoranda: Miscellaneous 1944-1945

box 18, folder 19

News clippings 1944

box 18, folder 20

Publications: ACT Bulletin 1944

box 18, folder 21

Publications: ACT Digest 1945

box 18, folder 22

Reports: Education for Television, by William Brockway 1944

box 18, folder 23

Reports: Television: an address given by Sgt. C. Beier

box 18, folder 24

Reports: Television in Hollywood: What it Means... 1945

box 18, folder 25

Statement of aims and purposes (draft)

Authors League of America

box 18, folder 26

Correspondence ad memoranda 1947-1952

box 18, folder 27

Publications: Authors League News 1950-1952

box 18, folder 28

Minutes: Council 1949-1950

box 18, folder 29

Statement: TV Jurisdiction: a Proposal from the Radio Writers Guild 1952

box 18, folder 30

Statement: Statement by Larry Marks...Closing day of ALA Reorganization Conference

Hollywood Anti-Nazi League (a.k.a., Hollywood League for Democratic Action)

box 18, folder 31

Correspondence 1937-1940

box 18, folder 32

Membership dues, cards

box 18, folder 33

Minutes: Cultural Commission 1936-1937

box 18, folder 34

Publications: Program of the Hollywood Anti-Nazi...

box 18, folder 35

Publications: A Statement

box 18, folder 36

Publications: Hollywood Now 1939 November 13

Hollywood Writers Mobilization

box 18, folder 37

American Writer's Credo: drafts, printed brochure 1943

box 18, folder 38

Correspondence: general 1942-1946

box 18, folder 39

Correspondence: Communique 1942-1943

box 18, folder 40

Correspondence: Hollywood Quarterly 1945

box 18, folder 41

Correspondence: Thomas Mann

box 18, folder 42

Events: Folk Music Festival (proposed) 1943-1944

box 18, folder 43

Events: Writers Congress, U.C.L.A.: Correspondence 1943

box 18, folder 44

Events: Writers Congress, U.C.L.A.: Papers: Are the muses mute? by Milton Merlin 1943

box 18, folder 45

Events: Writers Congress, U.C.L.A.: Memoranda, minutes 1943

box 18, folder 46

Events: Writers Congress, U.C.L.A.: Printed programs 1943

box 18, folder 47

Events: Writers Congress seminar 1944

box 18, folder 48

Events: Shostakovich War Symphony: Printed program 1942

box 18, folder 49

Memoranda, general circa 1943

box 18, folder 50

Minutes: Conference Committee 1943

box 18, folder 51

Minutes: Continuations and Steering Committee 1943

box 18, folder 52

Minutes: Educational Committee 1943

box 18, folder 53

Minutes: Executive Council 1944-1945

box 18, folder 54

Publications: HWM: Today and Tomorrow (17 pp.) 1945

box 18, folder 55

Publications: HWM Reports... (23 pp.) 1946

box 18, folder 56

Publications: Communique 1942 February-April

box 18, folder 57

Publications: Communique 1942 May-1945 May

box 18, folder 58

Publications: HWM Bulletin (announcing formation) circa 1942

box 18, folder 59

Publications: reprints of Congressional Record in which HWM is mentioned

box 18, folder 60

Reports: Address for the first semi-annual report of HWM 1942

box 18, folder 61

Reports: A tentative draft of the aims, purposes, and future program 1945 November 30

box 18, folder 62

Reports: Report of the Resolutions Committee 1943

box 18, folder 63

Service assignments for period (lists) 1944-1945

box 18, folder 64

Speeches and programs: Outlines, flyers 1942-1943

box 18, folder 65

Statement of the purposes and policies of the HWM 1945

box 18, folder 66

Survey of opinion: sample form

box 18, folder 67

Writings, misc.

box 20, folder 6

Hollywood Writers Mobilization Steering committee (minutes) 1943 March 6

National Television Committee (of the Authors League of America)

box 18, folder 68

Agreements and contracts 1950

box 18, folder 69

Correspondence: general 1948-1952

box 18, folder 70

Correspondence: Oliver Garrett 1949-1950

box 18, folder 71

Correspondence: Oscar Hammerstein II 1948

box 18, folder 72

Meeting minutes: Western Branch 1949-1950

box 18, folder 73

Meeting notes: Eastern Branch 1948-1950

box 18, folder 74

Meeting notes: Grievance Committee 1950

box 18, folder 75

Meeting notes: Western Branch 1948-1950

box 18, folder 76

Membership

box 18, folder 77

Memoranda 1948-1951

box 18, folder 78

Notes: on telephone reports from Oliver Garrett 1950-1951

box 18, folder 79

Notes: handwritten, from various meetings 1950-1951

box 18, folder 80

Reports 1949

box 20, folder 7

National Television Committee (of the Authors League of America) collective bargaining agreement (Television Writers Guild) 1950

Radio Writers Guild (of the Authors League of America)

box 18, folder 81

Agreements and contracts (incl. proposals) 1947-1949

box 18, folder 82

Constitution and by-laws

box 18, folder 83

Contract negotiations: American Association of Advertising Agencies 1946

box 18, folder 84

Correspondence, general 1946-1951

box 18, folder 85

Correspondence, general 1952-1953

box 18, folder 86

Correspondence and memoranda: Erik Barnouw 1949-1952

box 18, folder 87

Correspondence and memoranda: May Bolhower 1951-1952

box 18, folder 88

Correspondence and memoranda: Hector Chevigny 1943-1953

box 18, folder 89

Correspondence and memoranda: Mike Davidson 1949-1952

box 18, folder 90

Correspondence and memoranda: Paul Franklin 1950-1953

box 18, folder 91

Correspondence and memoranda: Hugh Jones 1951

box 18, folder 92

Correspondence and memoranda: Milton J. Kramer 1949

box 18, folder 93

Correspondence and memoranda: Roy Langham 1947-1950

box 18, folder 94

Correspondence and memoranda: Ira Marion 1951-1952

box 18, folder 95

Correspondence and memoranda: Larry Marks 1950-1952

box 18, folder 96

Correspondence and memoranda: Sam Moore 1948-1951

box 18, folder 97

Correspondence and memoranda: Don Quinn 1946

box 18, folder 98

Correspondence and memoranda: James Stabile 1949-1950

box 18, folder 99

Correspondence and memoranda: Sheldon Stark 1949-1952

box 18, folder 100

Financial reports 1946-1952

box 18, folder 101

Legal brief, California Supreme Court, Weitzenkorn v. Lesser 1952

box 18, folder 102

Letterhead, blank (w. names of officers)

box 18, folder 103

Lists: Writers credits 1945-1949

box 18, folder 104

Lists: National Free Lance Market 1946 1951

box 18, folder 105

Membership 1946-1951

box 19, folder 1

Memoranda, general 1942-1950

box 19, folder 2

Memoranda, general 1951-1954

box 19, folder 3

Memoranda: Candidates for elections 1945-1953

box 19, folder 4

Memoranda: from Merlin 1946-1951

box 19, folder 5

Meeting minutes: Eastern Regional Council 1949-1952

box 19, folder 6

Meeting minutes: Western Regional Council 1946-1949

box 19, folder 7

Meeting minutes: Western Regional Council 1950-1952

box 19, folder 8

News clippings

box 19, folder 9

Notes: National Executive Committee meetings 1952

box 19, folder 10

Publications: News from the R.W.G. 1946-1947

box 19, folder 11

Publications: Bulletin from the Radio Writers Guild 1945-1949

box 19, folder 12

Publications: The Radio Writer (R.W.G., Western Region) 1947-1951

box 19, folder 13

Publications: The Scriptwriter (R.W.G., Eastern Region) 1949

box 19, folder 14

Publications: The Radio Writers Guild: What It Is and What It Does (brochure) circa 1940s

box 19, folder 15

Publicity

box 19, folder 16

Reports: to Council, Western Region

box 19, folder 17

Reports: to membership, from Merlin 1948-1952

box 19, folder 18

Resolutions

Screen Writers Guild (of the Authors League of America)

box 19, folder 19

Publications: Guild Bulletin (scattered issues) 1941-1950

box 19, folder 20

Miscellaneous papers 1941-1949

box 19, folder 21

Miscellaneous papers 1950-1953

Writers Guild of America, West

box 19, folder 22

Constitution and by-laws

box 19, folder 23

Correspondence 1964

box 19, folder 24

Memoranda 1953-1956

box 19, folder 25

Publications: WGAw Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1 1954

box 19, folder 26

Residual statements 1956-1995

box 19, folder 27

Television writing credits 1956

box 19, folder 28

Television market list 1959

Miscellaneous organizations

box 19, folder 29

American Federation of Radio Artists: sample contract

box 19, folder 30

Dramatists Guild: Publication, The Dramatists Guild, what it Is and what it Does 1947

box 19, folder 31

Film Industry Mass Meeting: press release 1944

box 19, folder 32

H.I.C.C.A.S.P 1946

box 19, folder 33

National Association of Broadcast Unions and Guilds 1949

box 19, folder 34

National Entertainment Industry Council 1943

box 19, folder 35

Radio and Television Directors Guild 1950-1953

box 19, folder 36

Union contracts, unidentified

box 23, folder 6

Screen Extras Guild Television Commercials Agreement 1966-1969

Blacklisting

box 19, folder 37

Correspondence: Rep. Clyde Doyle 1954

box 19, folder 38

Correspondence: Jay Kanter-Irving Paley 1954

box 19, folder 39

Correspondence: Don Quinn (letters on behalf of Merlin) 1954

box 19, folder 40

Correspondence: Letters in defense of Milton Merlin 1954

box 19, folder 41

Correspondence: M. Merlin to David Miller, Young & Rubicam; defending self against charges 1953 June 19

box 19, folder 42

Correspondence: M. Merlin to Bill Wheeler, various drafts of letter disavowing Communist ties 1953

box 19, folder 43

Legal brief: Proposed brief for amici curiae, Supreme Court of the U.S.; J.H. Lawson vs. U.S.; Dalton Trumbo vs. U.S. 1949 October

box 19, folder 44

News clippings: re: accusations against M. Merlin 1953-1954

box 19, folder 45

Publications: Sponsor, Why we dislike Red Channels 1951 October 08

box 19, folder 46

Publications: Saturday Review, Whittaker Chambers and his 'witness' 1953 May 24

box 19, folder 47

Publications: The Progressive, McCarthy: a documented record 1954 April

box 19, folder 48

Publications: Frontier, The Hollywood Story 1954 May

box 19, folder 49

Publications: The Nation, Blacklist = black market, by Dalton Trumbo 1957 May 04

box 20, folder 8

News clippings: various testimonies before H.U.A.C. (blacklisting) 1947 October

box 20, folder 9

News clippings: Merlin's testimony before H.U.A.C. (blacklisting) 1953 November

box 20, folder 11

Alert: A Journal of Facts and Ideas to Fight for Freedom (blacklisting) 1951 October

box 20, folder 10

News clippings: Blacklisting in general 1950 1953 1956

box 24, folder 5

Correspondence in Defense of Milton Merlin against the Un-American Activities Committee 1953 June 16-1955 April 04

box 24, folder 15

Un-American Activities Committee Correspondence 1954 March 15-April 07

box 25, folder 1

Merlin Letters in Defense of accusations as being a member of the Communist Party 1953 July 15-1954 March 25

Correspondence

Agents

box 19, folder 50

William Morris Agency 1946 August 27

box 19, folder 51

Music Corporation of America (MCA) 1954-1962

box 19, folder 52

Radio and Television Exchange: list of actors actresses represented 1958

box 19, folder 53

General Artists Corporation 1963

box 19, folder 54

John F. Dugan Enterprises 1965-1966

Family

box 19, folder 55

Milton Merlin to mother 1924

box 19, folder 56

Milton Merlin to parents 1925

box 19, folder 57

Milton Merlin to mother 1926

box 19, folder 58

Milton Merlin to mother 1934-1943

box 19, folder 59

Milton Merlin-Barbara Merlin 1948 1952

box 19, folder 60

Milton and Barbara Merlin to family, from Hong Kong 1972

box 19, folder 61

Milton Merlin to Mark Merlin 1971-1973

box 19, folder 62

Kenneth Smitten (father of Barbara Merlin) 1950-1955

box 19, folder 63

Merlin family to Pres. Gerald R. Ford, protesting pardon of Richard Nixon 1974

Research

box 19, folder 64

Researchers: Milton Ferguson (Halls of Ivy log) 1991 December 28

box 19, folder 65

Researchers: Sam Frank (Ronald Colman biographer) 1980-1991

box 19, folder 66

Researchers: Sam Frank 1992-1993

General

box 19, folder 67

General circa 1920s-1930s

box 19, folder 68

World War II: Richard Diggs, Office of War Information 1942

box 19, folder 69

World War II: Defense Council, City of Los Angeles: re: unidentified radio program) 1943 January 15

box 19, folder 70

World War II: Draft Board 1943

box 19, folder 71

World War II: Geoffrey Bridson, BBC 1943

box 19, folder 72

World War II: Army Signal Corps 1943

box 19, folder 73

General correspondence, unidentified 1944

box 19, folder 74

Barbara Smitten (Merlin)-Ruthrauff & Ryan 1944

box 19, folder 75

Friends and relatives: general 1954-1979

box 19, folder 76

Budd Bankson (re: current television projects) 1965 July 24

box 19, folder 77

British Broadcasting Corporation: re: interview for television film on Ronald Colman 1978 May

box 19, folder 78

Condolence letter to Benita Hume Colman, on behalf of Merlins 1958 May 22

box 19, folder 79

Juliet Colman, re: biography of Ronald Colman 1973

box 19, folder 80

Theodore Des Loges, re: proposed TV series 1952 November 11

box 19, folder 81

Bruce Fowler, CBS Television (re: television projects) 1965 July

box 19, folder 82

Paul and Virginia Franklin 1958-1979

box 19, folder 83

Milton Geiger, re: Winnie Rawls 1964

box 19, folder 84

Milton Merlin to H.H. (H. Hulett?) 1963-1969

box 19, folder 85

Les Kaufman (re: idea for television project) 1968 June 24

box 19, folder 86

Gordon Knox, re: proposed Colman TV series 1952

box 19, folder 87

Alan Mowbray 1949

box 19, folder 88

H.O. (Haim Obadie) 1971-1973

box 19, folder 89

Irving Settel, re: publication of Halls of Ivy script in anthology 1956 September 06

box 19, folder 90

Jimmy Weldon (incomplete letter)

box 19, folder 91

Frank Woodruff, Young & Rubicam: re: unsold pilots 1951 December 28

box 24, folder 16

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1946 July 18-1967 July 01

box 25, folder 4

Santa Monica Bay Music Association Correspondence 1931 October 02

Publications

box 19, folder 92

On the Air from Hollywood circa 1940s

box 19, folder 93

What every Young Musician Should Know, by Meredith Willson 1938

box 19, folder 94

Cities with Standard Radio Broadcasting Stations--United States and Canada (map) 1941

box 19, folder 95

Office of War Information, When Radio Writes for War 1943

box 19, folder 96

Radio-Television News: four issues 1945-1947

box 19, folder 97

Radio Is Yours, by Jerome Spingarn 1946

box 19, folder 98

Television: The Business Magazine of the Industry 1946-02

box 19, folder 99

Television in the United States, Television Digest (map) 1953

box 19, folder 100

This Was Television, 1956-1957, TV Guide 1957

box 19, folder 101

Subscriber's Choice, Subscription TV of Southern California 1964 October

box 24, folder 4

Publications on Writers in Hollywood 1939 November 17-1954 September 28

box 25, folder 2

Miscellaneous Publications 1939 November 17-1954 September 28

box 25, folder 5

Film Material (publications) 1935 March 04-1937 October 23

box 25, folder 9

Recreation-a Resource of War 1943 1955 August 22

Teaching and speaking engagements

box 19, folder 102

Announcement: Salute to our Russian Ally, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles 1943 November

box 19, folder 103

School for Writers, Authors League of America, Hollywood, CA 1942-1944

box 19, folder 104

Conference on American-Russian Cultural Exchange, U.C.L.A. 1945

box 19, folder 105

Unidentified venue, possibly University of Southern California: correspondence 1948 December 07

box 19, folder 106

Writing for Television, Pasadena (CA) Playhouse: Brochures 1953

box 19, folder 107

Writing for Television, Pasadena (CA) Playhouse: Correspondence 1953

box 19, folder 108

Writing for Television, Pasadena (CA) Playhouse: Notes 1953

box 19, folder 109

Writing for Television, Pasadena (CA) Playhouse: Student lists 1953

box 19, folder 110

Columbia College, Chicago: letter, re: upcoming class 1957 March 19

box 19, folder 111

Anatomy of Writing for Television, UCLA Extension (letter regarding the Merlins appearance as guest lecturers for one class meeting) 1983

box 19, folder 112

The Breen-Merlin Modern Workshop: notes

box 19, folder 113

Television writing workshops, n.e.c.: background material

Writings, misc.

box 19, folder 114

Book reviews, by M. Merlin

box 19, folder 115

Poetry, by M. Merlin

box 19, folder 116

Poetry, by M. Merlin circa 1923-1926

box 19, folder 117

Prose, by M. Merlin circa 1923-1926

box 19, folder 118

News articles by M. Merlin: Santa Monica Evening Outlook and Sunday Morning Outlook circa 1920s

box 19, folder 119

Column: Eventful Days for Westways (M. Merlin) 1934-1935

box 19, folder 120

Book reviews (M. Merlin): correspondence, re: review of A. MacLeish's Fall of the City 1937 May 30

box 19, folder 121

Book reviews (M. Merlin): The Hospital, by Kenneth Fearing, (typed draft) circa 1939

box 19, folder 122

I Lost my Guts at Christmas (re: M. Merlin's appendectomy) circa 1940s

box 19, folder 123

Radio reviews (B. Merlin): Radio-Television News: correspondence, typed drafts 1946

box 19, folder 124

Radio reviews (B. Merlin): Radio-Television News: printed reviews 1946

box 19, folder 125

For the Love of Music: a mini-memoir (M. Merlin?) 1978 June 21

box 24, folder 6

Partial Scripts and Notes

box 24, folder 9

"May Flavin Notes" (script)

box 24, folder 14

The Heroes (partial script) 1939 April 03

box 25, folder 10

Don Quinn Title Art

box 25, folder 11

Abraham Lincoln Collects a Dividend (musical score)

Series 5: Calendars and Diaries

Loose pages 1942-1996

box 21

1942 Calendar

box 21

1944 Calendar

box 21

1945 Calendar

box 21

1946 Calendar

box 21

1956 Calendar

box 21

1957 Calendar

box 21

1958 Calendar

box 21

1959 Calendar

box 21

1960 Calendar

box 21

1961 Calendar

box 21

1964 Calendar

box 21

1965 Calendar

box 21

1970 Calendar

box 21

1971 Calendar

box 21

1971 Journal (Part 1)

box 21

1971 Journal (Part 2)

box 21

1972 Calendar and Diary (Part 1)

box 21

1972 Calendar (Part 2)

box 21

1972 Journal

box 21

1973 Calendar

box 21

1974 Calendar

box 21

1975 Calendar

box 21

1976 Calendar

box 21

1977 Calendar

box 21

1978 Calendar

box 21

1979 Calendar

box 21

1980 Calendar

box 21

1981 Calendar

box 21

1982 Calendar

box 21

1983 Calendar

box 22

1984 Calendar

box 22

1985 Calendar

box 22

1986 Calendar

box 22

1987 Calendar

box 22

1988 Calendar

box 22

1989 Calendar

box 22

1990 Calendar

box 22

1993 Calendar

box 22

1994 Calendar

box 22

1995 Calendar

box 22

1996 Calendar

Bound volumes 1941-1964

box 23

1938 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1947 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1949 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1950 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1951 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1952 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1953 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1954 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1956 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1963 Calendar and Diary

box 23

1964 Calendar and Diary

Other Material

box 23, folder 1

Pocket Organizers 1977 1981 1985-1986

box 23, folder 2

Notebooks 1929 1982-1986

box 23, folder 3

Daily Planners 1926 1932 1937

box 23, folder 4

Address and Telephone Books

box 23, folder 5

Calendars 1933-1938

box 23, folder 7

Collection of Internal Revenue circa 1940s

box 23

Stark Desk Calendar Pad 1937

Series 6: Sound Recordings

A43727/R7

Halls of Ivy-Glory Golightly and Athlete's Brain 1954 July 16

A43728/R7

Halls of Ivy-Reappointment undated

A43729/R7

Halls of Ivy-Art Student undated

A43730/R7

Halls of Ivy-Changing Professors and Professor Maxwell "A Pipe Course" 1954 August 28

A43731/R7

Halls of Ivy-Mummy Nappers and Mlle from the Sorbonne 1954 July 3

A43732/R7

Halls of Ivy-Warren's Romance and Old Professor Forgets his Umbrella 1954 July 03

A43733/R7

Halls of Ivy-Hall in the Kitchen and The Voice of the Ivy Vines 1954 July 17

A43734/R7

Halls of Ivy-Easy Fix and Lifemanship 1954 July 30

A43735/R7

Halls of Ivy-Calhoun Gaddy and Planter's Punch 1954 July 16

A43736/R7

Halls of Ivy-His Father's Image and Her Sister's Keeper 1954 July 17

A43737/R7

Halls of Ivy-Faculty Follies 1 and 2 1954 September 19

A43738/R7

Final Examinations and ...in South Dakota 1954 July 30

A43739/R7

Fipple Flute and Note the Quote 1954 July 16

A43740/R7

Halls of Ivy-Mrs. Why? and Dr. Spatzen 1954 July 04

A43741/R7

Halls of Ivy-Stolen First Edition and Jazz from 455... 1954 August 28

A43742/R7

Halls of Ivy-Dr. Halls Baby and The Wellman's Comes to Dinner undated

A43743/R7

Wrong Credits and Professor Huntley and Linda 1954 August 24

A43744/R7

Halls of Ivy-Korngold: Violin Concerto Heifetz and Coconuts 1954 July 03