Series 1 Film Production Files 1964-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
1.1 Point Reyes 1968-1970
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1969-1970
Receipts and cost statements 1968
Synopsis 1968 March 4
Script 1968 April 14
Program and description 1969 Sept. 15
Research poem undated
1.2 Maya 1969-1971
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1969-1971
Essay drafts for RTVF 140 1969
Notes for essay in RTVF 140 undated
Post production and reviews 1969-1970
Color slides undated
1.3 Movies Go West 1972-1988
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Angus, Hal 1972-1974
Mortarotti, Robert 1973
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) 1972-1973
National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center 1986-1987
Smith, Donna Lee 1974-1977
Western Heritage Committee, National Cowboy Hall of Fame 1986
Miscellaneous, A-Z undated
Consent-release forms 1973
Copyright certificates 1973-1974
Sound cues undated
Title and credits transparencies undated
Production notes undated
Expense sheets/receipts 1972-1974
Media distribution agreement 1974
Post production and reviews 1973-1988
Storyboard 1973
Script drafts 1973
Research notes undated
Research articles (photocopies) undated
Movie stills (photocopies) undated
Location photographs undated
Photographs of San Anselmo Station undated
Production photographs 1972-1973
1.4 First (Motion) Picture Show 1972-1981
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1974-1977
Extension Media Center, University of California, Berkeley 1975-1981
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 1979-1980
Gillespie, Bunny 1977
Mozeley, Anita 1972-1976
University of Texas, Humanities Research Center 1974-1976
Winters, Joe 1974-1976
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1973-1980
Consent form 1974
Copyright certificate 1977
Expense sheets/receipts 1976
Income report on sales 1978
Production notes undated
Production notes undated
Production illustrations and transparencies undated
Post production and reviews 1976-1977
Script drafts and notes 1976-1977, undated
Research notes undated
Research articles (photocopies) 1878-1957
Research photographs and books (photocopies) undated
Research photographs and books (photocopies) undated
Eadweard Muybridge: The Stanford Years (annotated) 1972
Clippings 1972-1981
Research copy prints undated
Photograph of Eadweard Muybridge undated
Phenakistascope discs 1974
Mounted photographs undated
1.5 Those Daring Young Film Makers by the Golden Gate 1964-1984
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1977-1979
Atkins, Alan 1977-1979
California Historical Society 1977-1979
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 1968-1984
Film Daily 1966-1972
Gillespie, Bunny 1980
KQED 1978-1980
Lucasfilm, Ltd. (George Lucas) 1979-1981
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) 1971-1980
University of Texas, Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Collection 1977-1978
Wilson, Lois, 1895-1988 1965-1971
Winter, Frank 1972-1978
Winters, Rudolph 1964
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1968-1984
Consent forms 1977-1978
Copyright certificates 1978-1980
Programs and promotion 1977-1984
Award ceremony photograph 1980
Film production evaluation forms 1978-1979
Production notes 1978-1979
Production illustrations and transparencies undated
Expense sheets 1978-1984
Script drafts 1978-1979
Research notes undated
Musical scores undated
Salomy Jane, America's Greatest Picture Play with Beatriz Michelena 1914
CMPC original clippings and programs 1914-1916
Clipping, San Rafael-Movie capital of old 1949
Research materials
Articles (photocopies), 1913-1920 undated
Photographs (photocopies) undated
Movie stills (photocopies) undated
Faust undated
Ishi undated
Just Squaw, 1919 undated
The Lily of Poverty Flat, 1915 undated
Mignon, 1915 undated
Salomy Jane, 1914 undated
Salvation Nell, 1915 undated
The Unwritten Law, 1916 undated
The Woman Who Dared, 1916 undated
Copy prints undated
The City of the Pharaoh from Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments undated
Mary Pickford, Salomy Jane undated
Theaters, New York and San Francisco undated
Location shoot prints 1977-1979
Mounted photographs undated
1.6 My Jack London: A Daughter Remembers 1981-1989
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
California Council for the Humanities 1983-1984
California Historical Society 1982-1985
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 1982-1984
London, Becky (Mrs. Percy Fleming) 1982-1988
Porter, Alan B. 1982-1989
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1981-1985
CCH grant proposal, application, and in-kind contribution reports 1983-1984
Film Arts Foundation proposal, sponsorship agreement, and project status report 1983-1984
Production assistance, profiles and evaluations 1984
Consent forms 1983
Film project evaluation form 1982-1984
Copyright certificates 1983
Expense sheets 1982-1985
Production notes 1983
Script drafts 1983
Teacher's guide for in-class discussion 1984
Research articles (photocopies) undated
London Album; a California legend at work and play, by Carolyn Willson, California Historical Quarterly, v. LV, no. 3 1976 Fall
A Pictorial Life of Jack London by Russ Kingman 1979
Research photographs (photocopies) undated
Production contact sheets and copyprints 1983-1984
Location copyprints, Jack London Ranch 1983-1984
Color prints, Becky London and location 1983-1984
Mounted photograph undated
1.7 Bret Harte: Chronicler of the West 1985-1989
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Becker, Marvin 1987-1988
Brownlow, Kevin 1985-1988
Mariposa Museum and History Center 1988
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) 1986-1987
Pailthorp, Charles 1987-1988
Porter, Alan B. 1986-1987
San Souci, Robert D. 1986-1987
Thomson, Sedgefield 1987-1988
Toll, Robert C. 1985-1989
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1985-1989
Production notes 1987
Expense sheets and receipts 1987-1988
Scene counts 1988
Soundtrack notes 1988
Credits 1988
Narrator publicity photographs undated
Script draft notes 1987
Script drafts 1986-1988
Research materials
Research notes 1986
Research articles (photocopies) 1979, undated
Line drawings from movie stills undated
Research illustrations (photocopies) undated
Research photographs (photocopies) undated
Illustrations of early western and city life; stage coach hold-up undated
Photographs for introduction and credits undated
Story titles (mounted) undated
Photocopied illustrations (mounted) undated
Research copy prints
Bret Harte undated
Frontier life undated
Literary men undated
Mining scenes undated
Early San Francisco undated
Series 2 Articles, Speeches, and Other Writings 1957-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Miscellany undated
Film editing tool photographs undated
Project ideas undated
Publicity 1975-1985
California Motion Picture Corporation, article with serial rights (not published) undated
Correspondence regarding San Francisco magazine article , San Francisco's Early Film-makers 1964-1965
San Francisco (v. 7, no. 9) 1965 Sept.
AFI catalog 1970-1971
Correspondence regarding AFI Report article 1970-1972
AFI Report, No. 3, article and draft, Making Films in the Old West: The Adventures of Essanay and Broncho Billy 1973 Nov.
Correspondence regarding California Historical Quarterly article 1972-1974
California Historical Quarterly article and draft, The First Picture Show 1975 Summer
Correspondence regarding Films in Review article 1976-1978
Films in Review, unaccepted article, The California Motion Picture Corporation: Neglected movie pioneer 1976-1978
Class discussion with Charles Wollenberg at Laney College 1979
Correspondence regarding American Screen Classics article, The Rise and Fall of the California Motion Picture Company 1979-1981
American Screen Classics, v. 5, no. 3 [1981]
Correspondence regarding Pacific magazine article 1980-1981
Pacific magazine, unpublished article, Central California and the Cinematic Experience: Early Movie Making in the Bay Area, 1870-1920 1980-1981
Exhibit (not mounted) 1980
Correspondence regarding the deposition of original stills and research materials 1981-1987
Correspondence regarding California History magazine article 1983-1984
California History article and drafts, The Golden Gate and the Silver Screen 1984 Spring
Interview notes [1984]
Speech for Marin Heritage [1984]
Speech for Mill Valley Historical Society [1984]
Speeches for California Historical Society 1984
Review of The Golden Gate and the Silver Screen: San Francisco in the History of the Cinema in California History magazine 1985 Fall
Correspondence regarding The Californians advertising arrangements 1985-1986
The Californians, v. 4, no. 3, including The Adventures of Essanay & Broncho Billy 1986 May/June
Mill Valley Film Festival (trailer) 1986
Correspondence regarding Mill Valley Film Festival program article, The Birth of the Movies 1989
Mill Valley Film Festival program guide 1989
Radio appearance KNBR (unconfirmed) 1989
Broncho Billy: The First Reel Cowboy
Correspondence
Bullis, Douglas 1980-1981
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1972-1982
Proposal 1981
Production notes 1980-1981
Draft of introduction 1980-1981
Book mock-up undated
Research photographs with notes for the book (photocopies) undated
Copy print, photograph of George Walsh undated
Series 3 Book, The Golden Gate and the Silver Screen 1957-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
A-Z miscellaneous 1981-1985
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1965-1985
American Film Institute 1970-1985
Associated University Presses 1981-1987
Bell & Howell Co. 1967
Boardman, True 1972-1974
Brownlow, Kevin 1967-1986
Bullis, Douglas 1980
California Historical Society 1980-1986
California State Library 1964-1986
Cornwall Books 1982-1984
Flick, Wilson 1977-1987
Gillespie, Bunny 1978-1985
Gillespie, Ken 1980-1982
Lesser, Julian, 1915-2005 1987
Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980 1964-1972
Lopez, Sally 1975-1986
Lucasfilm, Ltd. 1979-1989
Mozeley, Anita 1973-1987
Musser, Charles 1981-1982
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) 1957-1981
Oakland Museum 1977-1986
Porter, Alan B. 1981-1987
San Mateo County Historical Association 1964-1973
San Mateo Times 1972
San Souci, Robert D. 1983-1987
Schreiber, Ron 1984
Smithsonian Institution 1974-1981
Society of California Pioneers 1980-1984
Spehr, Paul C. 1986-1987
Starr, Kevin 1984
Stone, Andrew L., 1902-1999 1967-1968
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969 1965-1966
Warner, John L. 1972
Wilde, Jim 1989
Yoseloff, Thomas (Consolidated Publishing Corporation, N.J.) 1981
Miscellaneous, A-Z 1964-1987
Royalty statements 1983-1984
Expense sheets and receipts 1971-1985
Publicity 1983-1985
Reproductions for flyer undated
Account of plagarism 1987
Notes for production assistance 1980-1985
Research agenda 1963-1981
Draft list of illustrations undated
Drafts undated
Drafts/edits: prologue, epilogue, addenda undated
Notes for afterword undated
Drafts/edits: postscript undated
Drafts/edits: appendices B, F undated
Research Notes
Typed list of features made in or about San Francisco up to 1984 [1984?]
Movie lists undated
Exactus Photo-Film Corp. collection guide (Stanford University Library, Special Collections) 1963
Flyer for Muybridge film by Tom Anderson 1975
Pacific Studios capitalization, 1920 (reproduction) undated
Library notes undated-1989
Data sheets
Studio unverified and small studio features and shorts undated
Location films undated
California Motion Picture Corporation undated
Pacific Studios, Peninsula Studios undated
Sacramento undated
San Francisco, early notes undated
San Francisco, 1920-1927 undated
San Mateo undated
Project indices
Locations; Cinematographers; Directors; CMPC Cast and Crew; Essanay Cast and Crew; Small and Independent Studio Cast and Crew; Movie Titles; Information File ca. 1970s-1984
Bibliographic notes; Notes for index of The Golden Gate and The Silver Screen; Promotional notes; Research Institutions; Contacts for film and movie stills ca. 1970s-1984
Advertisements, 1914-1924 undated
James Broughton undated
Leon F. Douglass undated
Magazine articles 1967-1986
Magazine articles 1969-1973
Articles (photocopies), 1917-1981 undated
Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1914-1958 undated
Clippings 1968-1982
Movie stills (photocopies) undated
Essanay (photocopies) undated
San Francisco views (photocopies) undated
Non-San Francisco Bay Area views (photocopies) undated
Theatre views (photocopies) undated
Copy prints undated
California Motion Picture Corporation undated
Essanay undated
Actors undated
"Show people," Mr. Keene, Charlotta DeFelice, Sol Lesser undated
Camera men from Brownlow's undated
Studio executives undated
Hollywood movies undated
Location, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [?], (color prints) 1986
San Francisco views undated
Bay Area views undated
Non-San Francisco Bay Area views undated
Modern cinema undated
Unidentified undated
Series 4 Correspondence Files 1964-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1978
Atkins, Alan 1979-1982
Chlebowski, Ruth 1984-1986
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 1975-1983
Hard, Iain 1987-1989
Lesser, Julian, 1915-2005 1987-1988
London, Becky 1984-1986
McKellen, Ian 1987
Moore, Colleen, 1902- 1969
Reveaux, Anthony 1978-1980
San Souci, Robert D. 1985-1989
Tory, Alan 1981
The Welcome Stranger, Ltd. 1985-1989
Correspondence, A-Z 1977-1989
Research queries, A-Z 1964-1989
Professional queries regarding equipment 1965-1988
Commendations and criticism, A-Z 1964-1988
Series 5 General Research Files 1959-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Ross Valley Players programs 1931-1936
Theatre Arts clippings 1977-1989
Theatre postcards undated
Theatre and museum programs 1929-1967
The Miracle 1926-1927
Scope and Content Note
Materials on theatre arts 1934-1941
Scenes from the Ninteenth Century Stage in Advertising Woodcuts, edited by Stanley Appelbaum (Dover publication) 1977
The San Francisco Stage, a history; based on annals compiled by the Research Department of the San Francisco Federal Theatre, by Edmond M. Gagey (New York: Columbia University Press) 1950
Cinema clippings 1969-1989
American Cinematographer 1969 Jan.
American Cinematographer, Historic Hollywood Movie Studios special issues 1976 March-May
l'uomo oggetto nel mondo a spirali di 'venus', by Gaetano Messina 1971
Notes on literature 1959-1979
Foundations and corporations 1979-1986
Politics 1964-1988
Materials relating to religion 1959-1972
How to be Successfully Interviewed by the Press by Pat Kite 1983
Series 6 Personal Papers 1953-1989
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of Geoffrey Bell undated
Vacation diary [1971]
Travel itinerary 1986-1988
Appointment calendar 1989
Navy time / Coast Guard duty 1953
Correspondence concerning estates of family members 1956-1989
Miscellaneous financial papers 1976-1982
Print of a Japanese character undated
Bell family tree undated