Michael Wilson papers, 1942-1977
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- Screenplays and projects by Michael Wilson
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Screenplays and Projects by Michael Wilson
AMBASSADOR AT LARGE
Treatment by Michael Wilson. Complete story for film use. 73 pages.
Treatment by Michael Wilson. Thermofax copy. 94 pages.
Treatment by Michael Wilson and Paul Jarrico. Typed on carbon. 94 pages. Nov. 1961.
Notes. Misc. papers including step outlines, character and structure breakdown, draft pages. Aka: "Secret Alliance", "Entangling Alliance", "Alliance". Approx. 165 pages.
Correspondence. Includes comm. with Kirk Douglas, Ray Stark and Irving Lazar. Total 24 letters dating from 1961-1966.
APRIL IN PARIS (1952)
Treatment by Paul Jarrico and Michael Wilson. Carbon Copy (#3), 50 pages. - Treatment, same version, carbon copy. With credits on title page torn away. 50 pages.
Treatment, another version. 50 pages.
Correspondence and papers. Includes correspondence with Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Burt Lancaster, reports on development of Wilson's novel into screenplay and cash receipts. Total 55 letters and/or pieces. Letters date from 1962-1976.
BETHUNE (1977)
[By Michael Wilson.] Rough preliminary ideas/notes for BETHUNE screenplay. 2 copies, one lacks last page. 8 p. June 20, 1972. Handwritten notes, 3 p. Photocopied research on Dr. Norman Bethune, 84 p. Notes, 63 p. Political flyer, 1 p.
THE BETSY (1978)
Screenplay. 104 pages. June 28, 1977.
Screenplay. Final shooting script. 138 pages. Revised Sept. 1, 1977.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Revised draft. 155 pages. Feb. 29, 1972.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. First draft. Annotated by unidentified source. 146 pages. Jan. 31, 1972.
Screenplay. First Draft, copy 2.
Script outline and loose draft pages. Annotated by unidentified source. Approx. 125 pages.
Notes. Outline of the novel with commentary, notes on film adaptation, various outlines. Annotated by unidentified sources. Approx. 75 pages.
BORDER PATROL (1943)
Treatment by Michael Wilson (tentative title). Typed carbon. 42 pages. April 11, 1942.
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
Script. Typed carbon. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 143 pages.
Script pages. Various draft pages plus continuity outline. Approximately 90 pages.
Notes. Gerald Hanley's notes on "Bridge." Annotated by unidentified source. Approx. 30 pages.
Legal correspondence and clippings, Christmas card from cast and director. Letter from Pierre Boulle with notes on screenplay, November 26, 1956. Letters between Wilson and Sam Spiegel. Letter from Paul Jarrico to Wilson.
Clippings, including Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle.
CASTLE KEEP (1969)
Screenplay by Daniel Taradash. First draft, with enclosed letter concerning the need to rewrite script. 154 pages. June 16, 1966.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Incomplete, typed original. 80 pages. August 18, 1967.
Screenplay. Copy 2 on carbon.
Notes and draft pages. Yellow notepad of handwritten notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 180 pages plus notes.
Papers and correspondence. Records include settlement figures withFilmways, misc. expenditures, 7 copies writer's agreement with Filmways, plus misc. correspondence. Total 13 pieces.
THE CHASE
[Screenplay by Michael Wilson.] First draft. 201 pages. March 11, 1959.
CHE! (1969)
Screenplay by M. Wilson. Final draft. 122 pages. Sept. 20, 1968, with pages revised through Sept. 23, 1968.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson (final). 123 pages. Sept. 20, 1968, with revised pages through Feb. 24, 1969.
Screenplay by Wilson (final). 123 pages. Sept. 20, 1968, with pages revised through Feb. 24, 1969.
Screenplay by Wilson (final). 122 pages plus enclosure of approx. 38 pages. With revised pages to Oct. 7, 1968.
Screenplay by Wilson (final). 123 pages. With revised pages through Oct. 11, 1968.
Screenplay by Wilson (final). No revisions, annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 124 pages.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Revised first draft. 73 pages with enclosure of approx. 16 pages. July 24, 1968.
Screenplay by Wilson. Revised first draft. 159 pages.
Screenplay by Wilson, revised first draft. 153 pages.
Screenplay by Wilson. Revised first draft. 126 pages.
Screenplay by Wilson. Revised first draft. 79 pages. July 24, 1968.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. First draft (incomplete). Typed original. 145 pages. July 11, 1968, completed Sept. 18, 1968.
Screenplay. Copy 2 in carbon.
Screenplay by David Karp. First Draft. 113 pages. March 27, 1968, with pages revised through April 18, 1968.
Treatment. Title "Viva Che", written and compiled by Sy Bartlett. With notes and research. Approx. 157 pages. Dec. 8, 1967.
Notes and research for use in conjunction with Bartlett treatment. Two enclosures: breakdown and chronological research. Approx. 62 pages total.
Papers and correspondence. Includes statement of Michael Wilson re: the withdrawal of his name from screenwriting credits, letters concerning the development of the script, news clippings concerning the film and misc. letters. 27 pieces.
Research. Various notes compiled by producer Sy Bartlett, articles titled "The Communist Case Against the United States," "Bolivar," "The Missile Crisis," and "Miscellaneous Notes on Che." Plus one inter-office memo from Bartlett. 5 pieces.
Photographs. 11 (8x10) black and white photographs of Che Guevara from the 20th Century-Fox Research Library.
"The Twelve." Notes from the book, by Sy Bartlett. 6 pages. July 3, 1968.
THE DAY BEFORE SUNRISE
Screenplay. First draft by Michael Wilson. 148 pages. Dec. 10, 1976.
Screenplay, copy 2.
Screenplay. Copy 3.
Research. Xeroxed manuscript of book upon which this film was based, "The Secret Policeman," by Thomas Wiseman. 505 pages.
Research, exerpts from various books, clipped articles and various notes. Approx. 100 pages.
DOUGH GIRL
Story outline by Michael Wilson. 29 pages. [Feb. 7, 1942]
FIVE FINGERS (1952)
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Revised final. 127 pages. Aug. 4, 1951.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Final script. 119 pages. May 17, 1951.
Screenplay, copy 2.
Correspondence. One letter from Wilson to Kennneth Geist concerning dispute over Joseph Mankiewicz's "additional dialogue" credit. Dated Oct. 6, 1972.
FORTY THIEVES (1944)
Story and treatment by Michael Wilson. 40 pages. Aug. 10, 1942.
THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
First Draft continuity by Michael Wilson. Carbon copy. 158 pages. [September 20, 1946].
Screenplay by Wilson. 159 pages. [February 13, 1947].
Screenplay. [Copy 2, labelled "second draft"].
Story outline by Wilson. 21 pages. June 9, 1946.
Legal papers, briefs, depositions, letters between Wilson and his lawyer Ben Margolis. 10 items.
Newspaper clippings concerning cases (Wilson v. Liberty Films, Wilson v. Allied Artists, et al, and Independent v. Loew's). 15 items.
Legal correspondence from 1956 and 1957. 24 items.
Legal correspondence, 1958. 15 items.
Legal correspondence, 1959. 23 items.
Legal correspondence, 1960 and 1961. 18 items.
GONE TO TEXAS
Treatment [by Robert Ardry]. 82 pages. Dec. 14-21, 1949.
Research notes [from Michael Wilson]. 14 pages. Feb. 22, 1950.
Notes on approach to the material [from Michael Wilson]. 7 pages. Feb. 1, 1950.
Notes [from Robert Ardrey]. 13 pages. Jan. 20, 1950.
GREAT IMPOSTER (BEGGAR IN VELVET)
Novel for film use by Michael Wilson. 75 pages.
Reading of novel for RKO story department. 27 pages plus cover sheet. May 23, 1941.
Outline of novel by Wilson. 4 copies, with a note attached to one copy. 4 pages each. September 15, 1940.
THE HOSTAGE
Original story outline by Michael Wilson. 11 pages. September 21, 1941.
HOUSE DIVIDED
Film Story. A blueprint for a screenplay by Michael Wilson. 72 pages. Oct. 1, 1975.
Film story. Copy 2.
Film story. Copy 3.
Research with bibliography, chronology of revolutionary war, and misc notes. Cover says "Research for Screenplay on Revolutionary War -- for Fonda Family Screenplay." Approx. 75 pages.
Research: Life in colonial New England. Annotated by unidentified source. Approx. 110 pages.
Notes on story conference and treatment. 14 pages. October 30, 1975.
Research, with step outline on research material, plus misc. notes. Approx. 500 pages. May 29 - Sept. 8, 1975.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
[By Frank Capra]. Final script. March 18, 1946. Including added scenes rewritten during production. 211 pages.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Continuity oulines. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 10 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by Michael Wilson. Rough draft, edited, part 1, pages 1-153. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Paris, Jan. 31, 1961.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by Michael Wilson. Rough draft, part 2, pages 154-312 (end). Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Paris, January 31, 1961.
Second revised draft. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Started September 28, 1960.
Revisions. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 30 pages.
Inserts and revisions. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 50 pages.
Revisions and hand written notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Pages 154-253. Approx. 50 pages.
Full screenplay. Some hand written notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 267 pages.
Correspondence regarding payment. Photocopies of press clippings and notes [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 34 items. Dec. 30, 1960 - April 30, 1963.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom," third draft. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 75 pages. January 1961.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Film outline with notes on adaptation by Michael Wilson. Approx. 127 pages. Paris, December 10, 1959.
Copy of outline with notes. Approx. 135 pages. Outline: December 10, 1959. Notes: September 28-30, 1959.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Outline of remaining continuity from Cairo to Damascus, 11 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Tentative outline of physical requirements, 8 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Test scenes. 13 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Excerpts from Christopher Caudwell's "T.E. Lawrence: A Study in Heroism." 15 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom. An Outline of the Work Together with Notes on a Film Adaptation." By Michael Wilson. 99 p. Paris, December 10, 1959.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." The trip across the Sinai. 5 Pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Notes [on photographing titles and scenes that follow]. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 17 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." First Draft, by Michael Wilson. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 198 pages.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Second draft revised by Michael Wilson. Approx. 310 pages. September 27, 1960.
Second draft, incomplete. 27 pages. Revised September 27, 1960.
Second revised draft, 312 pages. September 27, 1960.
Lawrence correspondence duplicates. Total 48 items.
Second draft by Michael Wilson. February 2, 1961. 273 pages.
Third draft. 273 pages. Paris, January 31, 1961.
Third draft, copy 2.
Third draft, copy 3.
"Seven Pillars of Wisdom." Film adaptation of Lawrence's work, by Michael Wilson. 113 pages.
Film adaption of Lawrence's work. Copy 2.
Legal documents and clippings. Total 16 items.
Handwritten covers for correspondence. Total 3 items.
Correspondence. Total 38 items. 1959-1961.
Correspondence. Total 41 items. 1962-1963.
Elements and facets of the theme, by Michael Wilson. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 230 pages. September 20, 1959.
Copies of research and notes. Approx. 85 pages.
Horizon Pictures (G.B.) Ltd. Inter-Office correspondence. From John Woolfenden to Blowitz in October and November of 1960, and from Woolfenden to Spiegel November and December 1960. Total 7 items.
LIGHT OF DAY
Film treatment by Michael Wilson. 86 pages. November 23, 1962.
A screenplay by Michael Wilson. First draft, complete. 154 pages. Paris, February 27, 1963.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Copy 2.
Final draft. 3 copies. 135 pages, each. Paris, July 1, 1963.
Second draft, complete. 145 pages. Paris, May 30, 1963.
Copy 2, carbon.
Screenplay by Monja Danischewsky. 184 pages. July 16, 1963 (with revisions through July 30, 1963).
Correspondence, including check stubs. 18 items.
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL
Misc. notes, typed and handwritten. Treatment, dated February 24, 1948, 35 pages. Clippings. Letter to "Mike" from "Paul." Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Total 8 items.
First draft treatment by Michael Wilson. Carbon. 48 pages. February 28, 1948.
Treatment by Michael Wilson. Adapted from Thomas Woolfe's novel. Annotated [by Michael Wilson?] 77 pages. March 19, 1948.
Revised draft. Carbon. 155 pages. June 21, 1949.
First draft screenplay, by Michael Wilson. With Paramount cover sheet. Typed carbon. 203 pages. May 29, 1948.
Revised draft, xerox. June 21, 1949.
First draft. 203 pages. May 29, 1948.
Rough draft screenplay by Michael Wilson. Typed carbon, incomplete. 172 pages. April 12, 1948.
THE LORD DON'T PLAY FAVORITES
[By Michael Wilson.] A play in three acts. Carbon. Missing third act. Approx. 50 pages. No date.
[By Michael Wilson.] Typescript, carbon. 2 copies. 69 pages, each. March 21, 1956.
[By Michael Wilson.] Typescript, carbon. 69 pages. March 21, 1956.
[By Michael Wilson.] Xerox copies of script. 3 copies. 75 pages each. March 27, 1956.
THE LOSER
[By Michael Wilson.] Typescript carbon. Case no. 10101, San Quentin prison. Produced in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, State of California, Richard A. McGee, Director. 49 pages.
[By Michael Wilson.] Typescript. 39 pages plus outline.
MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES
An original continuity by Paul Jarrico and Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 104 pages, each. January 10, 1949.
A MODERN STORY
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. George Steven's production, based on Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy". First preliminary green. 167 pages. August 5, 1949.
Official data on San Quentin Gas Executions. 3 pages. November 13, 1943. Notes on continuity by Michael Wilson. 3 pages. August 12, 1949. Memo from Michael Wilson to George Stevens. 2 pages. June 2, 1949.
First draft by Michael Wilson. Annotated by unidentified source. 166 pages. June 15, 1949.
Screenplay, pages 132-187. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. August 18, 1949.
MONTSERRAT
Treatment by Michael Wilson. 2 copies.
A motion picture treatment. Based on an adaptation by Lillian Hellman from French play by Emmanuel Robles. 3 copies. Includes a letter from M. Wilson to Anatole Litvak. 96 pages, each. August 28, 1950.
A play in three acts by Emmanuel Robles. 69 pages. November 12, 1948.
Prompt script as produced. Includes costume and prop lists, stage diagram, and piano selections. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 82 pages. October 29, 1949.
Rough outline of treatment by Michael Wilson. 23 pages. August 28, 1950.
A motion picture treatment by Michael Wilson. 96 pages. August 28, 1950.
MY FRIEND FLICKA (1943)
Treatment on story [by Michael Wilson]. Carbon. 30 pages. [January 14, 1942].
Revised outline of treatment by Michael Wilson. Carbon. 30 pages. [January 26, 1942].
O'HARA'S OATH
Screenplay blueprint, by Michael Wilson. 4 copies. With note to "Mike" from "AL." 55 pages, each.
2 xeroxed copies.
OPERATION CICERO
Rough step outline by Michael Wilson. 3 copies. 25 pages, each. November 17, 1950.
Story report by Otto Land. 22 pages. November 6, 1950.
Step outline by Michael Wilson. 4 copies. 52 pages, each. December 6, 1950.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Writer's working script. 3 copies. May 20, 1951.
First draft continuity. Annotated by unidentified source. 130 pages. April 6, 1951.
Temporary script. Title crossed out, "Five Fingers" written in. 2 copies. Annotated by unidentified source. 125 pages, each. April 23, 1951.
Conference on story (November 7, 1950), step outline (December 13, 1950), and first draft (April 12, 1951). 34 pages.
OUTER DARKNESS
"Harlem-Upper Manhattan: Church and Community Study." Fact book, v.2. 254 pages. September, 1962.
Miscellaneous notes. Research for book.
Research notebook, plus loose notecards.
Original screenplay by Michael Wilson. 150 pages. March 1, 1968.
Screenplay, 2 xeroxed copies.
Revised draft. 155 pages. June 1, 1968.
[Revised] script. 171 pages.
Revised draft, 2 copies. 149 pages, each. June 1, 1968.
Revised draft. Third copy.
Outline of a novel by Michael Wilson. 3 copies. 20 pages, each. March 13, 1964.
Handwritten notes [by Michael Wilson]. Reading notes.
Port Jamesburo sequence (February 27, 1965), outline of Quantico sequence, Washington sequence, Mississippi sequence, Post-Paris sequence (January-March 1966), plot outline (November 18, 1967). Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 44 pages.
Rough screenplay, random missing pages. Annotated [by Michael Wilson].
Voices, voice-over narratives, other notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson].
Research notes. Annotated by unidentified source. December 1964-May 1967.
Tentative outline of the final one third of the script. 3 pages.
Voice-overs split by chapter. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 16 items. January 20, 1965.
Partial screenplay. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Pages 1-42, 138-153, and 170.
Correspondence. Annotated [by Michael Wilson?]
Newspaper clippings. September 27, 1964-November 7, 1967.
Political pamphlets. Includes NAACP, Malcolm X, Black Panthers, and American Documentary Films, Inc. material. July and August 1963, October 1965.
Personal and professional correspondence. Approx 32 items.
Notes, mostly handwritten [some by Michael Wilson]. Research.
Notes and voice-over narrations. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 66 pages.
Tentative outline, sequences, notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 32 pages.
Chapter narratives 1-84, incomplete. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 95 pages.
File labeled "Notes, Negro." Extensive notes and notecards, bibliographies, research, handwritten scenes, etc. Personal correspondence, poetry. Includes 5 yellow legal pads of notes [written by Michael Wilson].
PAY DIRT
Rough draft by Michael Wilson. Carbon. Annotated by unidentified source. 7 pages.
Synopsis, 30 pages.
Original screenplay by Michael Wilson. 158 pages.
Screenplay, second copy.
First draft, complete. 147 pages. October 12, 1977.
Second draft. 139 pages. December 6, 1977.
Second draft with added pages. Approx 139 pages.
Correspondence. To "Dear Ol' Mike" from "Paul." 4 pages. February 12, 1978.
Complete first draft, plus additional 3 page scene. Annotated by unidentified source. Total 150 pages. October 12, 1977.
Complete first draft. 147 pages. October 12, 1977.
Second draft. 139 pages. December 5, 1977.
A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
Treatment by Michael Wilson. Based on Theodore Dreiser's AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. 2 copies, 56 pages each. May 9, 1949.
Treatment by Michael Wilson. 43 pages. April 27, 1949.
Treatment by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 103 pages, each. May 23, 1949.
Screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson. A George Stevens Production, based on Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy." Final White script, incomplete. 122 pages. September 30, 1949 with revisions through November 26, 1949.
Second copy, 153 pages.
Third copy, 153 pages.
Incomplete copy, pages 22-58 revised. From Final White Script. 58 pages. September 30, 1949 with revisions through October 31, 1949.
Incomplete copy. From Final White Script. 32 pages. September 30, 1949.
Incomplete copy. Pages 123-144. 22 pages. December 3-14, 1949.
"An American Tragedy" by Harry Brown. Sequences 1-14. 9 pages. September 21, 1949. Notes on revision of screenplay, by Michael Wilson. 5 pages. August 5-September 23, 1949. Outline by Howie A. Annotated by unidentified source. 24 pages.
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
Screenplay by Rod Serling. From the novel by Pierre Boulle. Includes revised pages. 147 pages. March 1, 1965.
Screenplay, second copy.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. Based on novel by Pierre Boulle. Unfinished draft. 144 pages. January 13, 1967.
Revised screenplay, unfinished draft. Xerox copy, parts illegible. 2 copies. 135 pages, each. January 13, 1967.
Revised draft, incomplete. 89 pages. March 14, 1967.
Revised draft, complete. 157 pages. March 21, 1967.
Final draft, complete. 140 pages. April 4, 1967.
Final revised screenplay. Leather bound. 144 pages. April 18, 1967.
Shooting script. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Paged through 121-C. 135 pages. May 5, 1967 with revisions through July 27, 1967.
Photocopied art and notes. 5 items. August 1967.
Letter to Arthur Jacob from Pierre Boulle and tentative pre-script. 40 pages. April 29, 1965.
Newspaper reviews of film. 11 items. February, 1968.
Outline of Serling's screenplay. 8 pages.
Yellow legal notepad, "Our Second Adam (The Last Survivor)." Handwritten notes [by Michael Wilson].
Correspondence. 21 items.
Rough, revised draft. Complete. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 239 pages. March 21, 1967.
RAID ON HARPER'S FERRY
"John Brown at Harper's Ferry." A film treatment by Michael Wilson. Based on the book by Truman Nelson. 3 copies. 63 pages, each. April 19, 1974.
A screenplay by Michael Wilson, based on a biography of John Brown by Truman Nelson. First draft. Includes illustrations. 140 pages. July 26, 1974.
Screenplay, in folder " Original, The Raid on Harper's Ferry, First Draft, July 26, 1974."
Second draft. 155 pages. December 10, 1975.
Screenplay, second copy.
Second draft, 2 copies. 155 pages, each. March 20, 1975.
Screenplay, third copy.
Screenplay, fourth copy.
Miscellaneous pages, edited. Annotated [by Michael Wilson?] Includes illustrations. 231 pages.
Research notebooks, first volume. With table of contents on front cover. Includes negatives, photocopied articles, and issue of "Harper's Ferry in Pictures" by Bruce Roberts.
Research notebook, second volume. With table of contents on front cover. Research, photocopies, clippings, photos.
Comments, notes, and step outlines. Annotated by unidentified source. Jan 28-May 8, 1974.
Correspondence and historical documents. Annotated by unidentified source. 1974-1976.
SALT OF THE EARTH (1953)
A treatment, incomplete. Paper crumbling. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Pages 55-63, 44-63.
Story outline by Michael Wilson. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 76 pages.
Story outline by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. One includes a two paragraph preface. 54 pages, each.
Revised pages, with envelope addressed to Michael Wilson. 27 pages. January 2-23, 1953.
Screenplay. Pages 1 and 2 are missing. Annotated by unidentified source. 121 pages.
Original screenplay by Michael Wilson. 163 pages.
Screenplay. 127 pages. September 23, 1952.
Second copy, with revisions through January 27, 1953.
Final draft. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. January 2, 1953 with revisions through January 27, 1953.
Final draft, revised pages only. 22 pages. January 2, 1953.
Editing notes, "From P.J. to ALL." Annotated by unidentified source. 4 pages. January 20, 1953.
California Quarterly, v. 2:4. 2 copies. 72 pages. Summer 1953.
Untitled treatment by Richard Smith and Tony Grutman. Partially adapted from SALT OF THE EARTH: THE STORY OF A FILM, by Herbert Biberman. c1977.
Original screenplay by Michael Wilson. 163 pages.
Treatment. 38 pages.
Correspondence and news documents. 23 items.
Correspondence with Herbert J. Biberman and press. 22 items.
"Salt of the Earth: The Strike, the Film, and the People," by Deborah S. Rosenfelt. Includes letter from Rosenfelt to Michael Wilson. 120 pages.
Notes on change in character. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 7 pages. August 1, 1942.
Correspondence, handwritten notes on yellow legal pad [by Michael Wilson].
Misc. correspondence, 1952-1954. Includes letters to and from Herbert Biberman, Virginia Jencks, Clinton Jencks. Also typewritten journal entries dated January 30-February 18.
Correspondence with International Mine-Mill union. October 1952-June, 1954. Speech made by Wilson to M.M. Convention in September, 1953. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 2 copies. 12 pages, plus 2 page outline.
Comments, criticisms, memos, notes on revision. Including handwritten notes [some by Michael Wilson].
Radio and press releases. Ads, reviews, clippings. From The Daily Worker, Mexico City Press, Spanish-language articles from Il Contemporaneo and El Popular. March, 1954 issue of March Of Labor. Senate Bill S.1599. Other union materials.
Correspondence from Deborah Rosenfelt, Feminist Press, H. Biberman. Proposal for documentary. Rosenfelt's grant proposal to study the film. Notes, mailing lists. Press release re: Independent Productions Corporation lawsuit. Clippings.
Reviews and clippings, including Variety, New York Times, Daily Trojan, Los Angeles Times, Daily Worker, New York Post, National Guardian.
Copy of editorial, El Universal (Mexico City), 2 pages, September 12, 1953. Cine Mundial, 4 pages, September 5, 1953. Esto, 1 page, September 12, 1953.
Photographs of Bayard. 17 loose stills, 4 albums, 3 x 5. 16 2x3 negatives.
THE SANDPIPER (1965)
A film treatment by Michael Wilson. 3 copies. 79 pages, each. Paris, October 12, 1963.
Screenplay by Irene and Lewis Kamp. Second draft. From a story by Martin Ransohoff. Filmways, Inc. Columbia Pictures Corp. 170 pages. January 31, 1963.
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Final draft. From a treatment by Michael Wilson. Based on an original story by Martin Ransohoff. Filmways Inc. Columbia Pictures Corp. Includes program from screening of film. 129 pages. May 19, 1964.
SHANE (1953)
A step outline, by Michael Wilson. 17 pages. March 15, 1950. Also a revised outline, by Michael Wilson. 25 pages. April 7, 1950.
STILETTO (1969)
[By Michael Wilson.] Screenplay. Lacking a cover. Annotated by unidentified source. 124 pages. August 15, 1966.
STRANGER AT THE GATES
A blueprint for a screenplay by Michael Wilson. Revised draft, October 1 1973. 48 pages. Misc. material including step outlines, notes, ideas, research background. Total approx. 144 pages.
A blueprint for a screenplay, by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 47 pages, each. August 31, 1973.
First draft. Loose pages, 2 copies. 62 pages, each. October 1, 1972.
Misc. pages. Approx. 142 pages. October 1, 1973.
Revised draft. 57 pages. October 1, 1973.
THE TEMPEST (1959)
Screenplay [by Michael Wilson]. Roma, Dino De Laurentiis. 124 pages plus 25 misc pages.
New opening. 2 pages. New scenes. 11 pages. Michael Wilson's notes. 4 pages. August 28, 1958.
Shooting script. 136 pages.
THE THREE WORLDS OF JOHNNY HANDSOME
Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Alfred Lewis Levitt. From the novel by John Goday. Second draft. 141 pages. October 16, 1972.
Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Alfred Lewis Levitt. 160 pages.
First draft. 141 pages. August 17, 1972.
Yellow script. Annotated by unidentified source. 181 pages.
Revision notes and misc. revised pages, second draft. Annotated by unidentified source. Approx. 124 pages. April 23 - Sept. 15, 1972.
Second draft (misc. pages). Approx. 135 pages.
Screenplay by Morton Grant, Norman Houston, and Michael Wilson. AKA: CARLOTTA'S JEWELS. 91 pages. June 27, 1942.
UNTITLED SCRIPTS
[Untitled, World War II]. 2 drafts, yellow and white. Misc. revised pages. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Total approx. 80 pages.
Notes on treatment of Valentino story. 8 pages.
Partial untitled script, 22 pages. Partial step outline, 29 pages. Annotated by unidentified source.
Misc. script pages. 107 pages.
Misc. incomplete scripts and poem. Including notes on treatment of THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE, January 8, 1941. 1937-1941.
VIGILANTE VALLEY
Screenplay by Michael Wilson. From the novel "Colt Comrades" by Bliss Lomax. 104 pages. July 15, 1942.
WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE
[By Michael Wilson.] Treatment, 29 pages.
WHEREVER THE GRASS GROWS
Adaptation outline by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 18 pages, each.
WHITE WITCH DOCTOR (1953)
Treatment by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 78 pages, each. July 18, 1951.
Revised step outline by Michael Wilson. 19 pages. August 13, 1951. Revised step outline by Michael Wilson. 2 copies. 23 pages, each. August 17, 1951.
Screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. Second revised shooting final. 111 pages. November 28, 1952.
Inter-office correspondence from Michael Wilson to Otto Lang. 27 pages. May 29, 1951. Memo to Mr. Otto Lang from D.F.Z. 9 pages. July 31, 1951.
THE WOBBLIES
Handwritten notecards and notes [by Michael Wilson]. Typed treatment and outline. Labor union materials. Letter from Fred S. Jammer, Jennorah Productions, Inc. 2 copies. February 1, 1970.
THE YEAR OF THE IDIOT
An original film story by Michael Wilson. 47 pages. September 1, 1969.
4 copies. One copy annotated [by Michael Wilson].
The principal characters, plus treatment. 58 pages. March 30, 1970.
Screenplays and Projects by Other Writers
ALIVE, ALIVE-O
Screenplay by Danile K. Wilson. 104 pages, April 1976. - Loose screenplay pages, pp. 50-107.
AN AMERICAN HERO
Screenplay by Durrell Royce Crays. 145 pages.
AND TOMORROW THE MOON
Screenplay, by Josef Shaftel. Estimating script (English Version). Annotated by unidentified source. 120 pages. May 12, 1953.
APPOINTMENT IN TOMORROW
Screenplay by Francis Cockrell. 101 pages.
THE BAD JO-JO
A one-act play by James Leo Harlihy. 22 pages.
THE BALLAD OF DAVE GLENN
Screenplay. Writer unidentified. Carbon on onionskin. 122 pages.
Screenplay. Copy 2.
BITTER SAGE
Story outline by Daniel Riley. Annotaed by unidentified source. 39 pages. Jan. 5, 1955.
Story outline. Copy 2. Annotated by unidentified source.
BOLIVAR
Screenplay by Robert Presnell, Jr. 199 pages. June 15, 1966.
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN (1969)
Script by Ray Rigby and Theodore Strauss. 122 pages.
THE BUCCANEERS
Script, "Dan Tempest and the Amazons." Typed carbon. 28 pages. July 13, 1956.
CHINA MARINES
Screenplay by Ivan Moffat. Revised first draft. 166 pages. April 26, 1976.
CHRISTOPHE
Screenplay, writer not credited. Rough working copy. Last page number is 243, however, there are great gaps in the sequence. Approx. 100 pages.
Screenplay, writer not credited. Rough working copy, different version. Annotated by unidentified source. 154 pages.
Proposal for production of Christophe. Includes story treatment, excerpts from screenplay, discussion of commercial potential, modern relevance, etc. William Marshall is initiating producer and proposed lead actor. Approx. 49 pages.
Proposal copy 2.
Notes and research. Annotated by unidentified source.
Proposal materials.
DARKNESS IN THE SUN
Screenplay. 120 Pages. Writer unidentified [Frank Arnold?].
DAY OF THE ARROW
Screenplay [by Robin Estridge]. First draft. 186 pages. Oct. 12, 1964.
THE DAY THEY MADE IT LEGAL
Screenplay by Frank Tarloff. 107 pages. Dec. 6, 1971.
THE DEVIL IN THE BOOK
By Dalton Trumbo. The California Smith Act Convictions and what they mean. 52 pages.
DRAGGER CAPTAIN
Screen treatment by Melvin Levy. 44 pages.
DUNE
Treatment by Rospo Pallenberg. 52 pages.
EMERGENCY WARD
Screenplay by Margaret Westgate. First draft, 102 pages.
THE FLYING CARPET
By Hal Stanley and Paul Michaels. 15 pages. September 10, 1954.
FOREVER
Treatment. Written by Mildred Cram. 50 pages.
Correspondence. Letter from 20th Century Fox to Michael Wilson concerning the project, dated September 20, 1967.
THE FRENCH WAY
Continuity by Harry R. Smith and Paul Jordan. 82 Pages.
Continuity by Gita Hall. 106 pages.
GABRIELA
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. First draft revised. 154 pages. Oct. 26, 1966.
GONE TO TEXAS
Research notes [from Michael Wilson]. 14 pages. Feb. 22, 1950.
GRAND TOUR
Screenplay by John and Rebecca Michael. Preliminary Draft. 180 pages. May, 1961.
Screenplay. Copy 2.
Screenplay. Preliminary draft. Revised through April 1, 1958. 164 pages. March 19, 1958.
Film treatment by John and Rebecca Michael. 70 pages. December 15, 1957.
Film Treatment. Copy 2.
Film treatment by J. and R. Michael. 76 pages. November 9, 1957.
Rough copy and notes. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 107 pages.
Revised pages. Approx. 30 pages. April 1, 1958.
Correspondence. Two pieces.
HARD ROAD
An original motion picture story. No credit or date. 51 pages.
HEART OF DARKNESS
Treatment and adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel by Andrzej Wadja, Andrezej Zulwski and Lewis J. Steelman. 161 pages. May, 1968.
Different carbon version of treatment. Approx. 159 pages.
HIPSHIRE CAT
Synopsis of story for Batman episode by William Marshall and Sylvia Jarrico Gussin. Two copies, final synopsis and two working copies, plus letter of introduction from Michael Wilson to Howie Horowitz. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Jan. 1967.
ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968)
Screenplay [by Millard Kaufman]. 137 pages. Sept. 20, 1965 - Nov. 5, 1965.
Screenplay copy 2. Incomplete. 64 pages. Nov. 3 Nov. 8, 1965.
INJUNCTION GRANTED
Federal theater playscript No. 9, written by the Editorial Staff of the Living Newspaper. Annotated by unidentified source. Approx 100 pages. New York City, 1936. Revised, Los Angeles, 1946.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY
Original screenplay by Gerald DiPego. March 24, 1976. 122 pages.
JAVELIN
By Owen Rachleff. A play in two acts. Annotated by unidentified source. 67 pages. 1965-66.
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (1971)
By Dalton Trumbo. From his novel of the same name. 136 pages.
Final draft. Includes letter signed "Dalton," to "Mike." 122 pages. April 21, 1968.
JOURNEY OF THE OCEANAUTS
Research notes with index. Says "Journey of the Astronauts." 145 pages.
Notes by Michael Wilson and Alfred L. Levitt. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Approx. 30 pages. March 1, 1973.
Screenplay by Mayo Simon and Ben Maddow. Based on the novel by Louis Wolfe. Revised. Includes revisions and 4 8X10 glossies. 113 pages. December 4, 1972 - February 20, 1973.
JOVANKA AND THE OTHERS
Screenplay by John Michael and Peter Achilles. From the novel by Ugo Pirro. Final Draft. Rome, Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.p.A. 151 pages.
Treatment. 70 pages.
Notes for discussion on treatment. Annotated by unidentified source. 6 pgs. typed.
De Laurentiis notes. 5 pages. January 24, 1959.
Misc notes, handwritten [by Michael Wilson].
Screenplay. Misc. pages.
Final draft, July 7, 1959. 135 pages.
Story outline, notes and correspondence. Letter from De Laurentiis to Michael Wilson. Carbon of June 7, 1959 memo from John Michael and Peter Achilles to De Laurentiis. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. Total 19 pieces.
Notes in Italian. 3 pages.
THE LOVED ONE (1965)
By Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood. Producers John Calley and Haskell Wexler. Approx. 170 pages, includes revisions. July 21, 1964.
THE MAN WHO KILLED THE DEER
Screenplay by Simon Wincelberg. First rough draft. 167 pages. August 5, 1953.
Screenplay by Matthew Ragel. Carbon. 125 pages. December 18, 1953.
Screenplay by Matthew Ragel and Simon Wincelberg. From the novel by Frank Waters. 2 copies. January 28, 1954.
Step outline by Matthew Ragel. Approx. 170 pages. November 11, 1953.
A play in two acts and ten scenes, by Herbert J. Biberman. Annotated by unidentified source. Approx. 80 pages. 1934.
MANNEQUINS FOR RIO (1954)
Screenplay by David Rusker and Walter Heerman. Final draft. 3 copies. 127 pages, each. March 8, 1954.
MARTY (1955)
Revised screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. 133 pages. July 3, 1954.
THE MASQUERADERS
Step outline by James O'Donnell. 44 pages.
Screenplay by James O'Donnell. Pages 1-33, 80-126.
Screenplay, 126 pages.
Screenplay, carbon. Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 126 pages.
Screenplay, carbon. Includes revised pages. Annotated by unidentified source.
MERCEDES ORTEGA LOZANO
Screenplay by B. Traven. Based on short story, "Frustration," by B. Traven. 235 pages.
MORGANA
A sentimental comedy by Dalton Trumbo. 3 acts. 118 pages. November 3, 1961.
Correspondence, including letter from "Dalton" to "Mike." 2 items.
A MURMUR OF SPRING
A treatment by Joseph Di Reda. 56 pages.
OLD MAN JACKSON
By John Stag Hanson and Ronald S. Gantman. 184 pages.
PIOMBINO'S AN HOUR FROM LIVORNO
By Linda Arking. The New Yorker, June 24, 1972. Pgs. 30-44.
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Screenplay by Daniel Riley. 2 copies. Approx. 62 pages, each.
Screenplay, 2 copies.
MY REMINISCENCES AS A COWBOY
By Frank Harris. With illustrations. 228 pages.
THE RIVER LINE
A motion picture story by John Michael. 2 copies. 70 pages, each. April 6, 1957.
Revised film treatment by John Michael. 2 copies. 35 pages, each. June 25, 1957.
THE ROAD TO RENO
Original story outline by Hal Stanley. 14 pages. July 30, 1954.
THE SECRET LIFE OF GENGHIS KHAN
A prospectus for a film, by Paul Jarrico. 22 pages. May, 1964.
A SPONGEFUL OF VINEGAR
Screenplay, by Arthur Paul Burns. Cover torn. 162 pages. August 1, 1966.
SPRING AND SUMMER
By James B. Franklin. 102 pages. October 22, 1955.
STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD
"The Second Mrs. Sands." By Oliver Crawford. TV-NBC. 10:30-11:00 EST, Wednesday. 31 pages.
STOLL
An original screenplay, by Guthrie Adams. 128 pages.
STORM AND PASSION
Screenplay based on novel "The Captain's Daughter" by Alexander Pushkin. Rome, Dino De Laurentiis. AKA: "The Fort", "Massacre at Bjelegorst". Annotated [by Michael Wilson]. 150 pages.
THE SUNFLOWER AND MURDERERS AMONG US
By Edmund Bert Gerard, based on "The Sunflower" and "Murderers Among Us," by Simon Wiesenthal. Background notes for a feature film presentation. 25 pages.
THE SYNDICATE
Screenplay by John C. Higgins. 149 pages.
TAI-PAN
By James Clavell. 107 pages. October 2, 1967.
THE TARGET
By Anna Hunger. 77 pages.
Step outline by Richard R. Bosely. 2 copies. 31 pages, each.
Screenplay by Richard R. Bosely. From a story by Anna Hunger. 127 pages.
Screenplay by Richard R. Bosely. First draft. 116 pages. October 22, 1954.
TEMPTATION IN BUDAPEST
A screenplay by Paul Jarrico. From the novel "Temptation" by John Pen. Second draft. 134 pages. November 1, 1950.
THAT'S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES
From the novel by Sigmund Stephen Miller. First draft screenplay. Shooting script. 163 pages. July 27, 1966.
THE UNAMERICAN
Treatment by David W. Rintels. 33 pages. Statement of David Rintels before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. 38 pages. February 8, 1972. Misc clippings. 16 pages.
THE WAY TO BABYLON
By Geoffrey Homes and George Worthing Yates. 43 pages.
WEEP NO MORE
A play in three acts by Janet Stevenson. 103 pages.
WHAT MACHIAVELLI KNEW ABOUT LEONARDO AND BORGIA
An original screenplay by Paul Jarrico. Bound. 184 pages. Winter 1968-1969.
WILDFIRE
A screenplay by James R. Morrison. 104 pages.
THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY (1959)
Treatment. From the novel by Tom Lea. 56 pages. October 10, 1955.
A dramatic line treatment by Eugene McNeill. 3 copies. 54 pages, each.
General Files
CORRESPONDENCE AND PERSONAL/CAREER-RELATED DOCUMENTS
Issued by International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter workers. 51 pages.
Letter from A.A. Vandergrift, General, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps. To Lieutenant Wilson. March 12, 1946. 1 page.
Documents relating to the Reserve Officer Corps, 1947-49. UC Berkeley student transcript, 1936.
Documents re: relief from active duty, U.S. Marine Corps. October 30, 1945.
U.S. Marine Corps., communist allegations. July-August, 1951.
War letters. B. Meltzer. 14 pages. 1942-1944.
JENCKS CASE. Correspondence, including handwritten notes [by Michael Wilson]. Letters from Clinton Jencks including one handwritten to "Gale, Herbert, Paul, Sylvia, Michael and All" from "Clint" at the Grant County Jail. 14 items.
JENCKS CASE. Notes, research, court transcripts relating to the Clinton E. Jencks case. Approx. 200 pages.
Motion Picture Agency Fact Sheet. Prepared by the National Housing Agency for the information of and use by studio exceutives. 15 pages. August 19, 1946.
Screen Writer's Guild. Various documents relating to the policies and procedures of the organization. Including minutes of meetings, letters from Guild. Bulletins of Guild, July, 1949-July, 1950, agreements, handwritten notes.
Financial correspondence. Horizon Pictures, Award Productions, TransOcean Pictures, Inc. 1957-1961.
Correspondence between Steve Allen and Dalton Trumbo regarding Tom Bradley for Mayor. 1969.
"Hollywood Diary," by Jessamyn West. The Ladies Home Journal's complete in-one-issue condensed non-fiction book. (Regarding FRIENDLY PERSUASION). November, 1956.
Handwritten letter from Dalton Trumbo to Wilson, 38 pages, January 1974. Typed notes about Dalton Trumbo, by Michael Wilson, 2 pages. Los Angeles Times clipping: "Dalton Trumbo, Filmwriter Blacklisted in 1947, Dies."
Poetry and biographies on poets, criticisms.
Correspondence from October 1956-December 1976. Press release by Michael Wilson re: lawsuit, October 30, 1956.
Berkeley papers, 1937-38.
Poetry, school papers. 1937-1941.
Misc. early works, stories, and poetry.
Original short stories by Michael Wilson. Including "Three Girls About Town," an original story outline by Wilson and Paul Jarrico.
Misc. correspondence, 1956-1962. Including letters to and from Dino DeLaurentiis, December 16, 1957-March 25, 1961. To and from Dalton Trumbo, January 9, 1958-October 8, 1961. To Paul Jarrico, November 21, 1957.
Correspondence, contd. Letter to Sy Bartlett and Richard Fleischer, November 3, 1968.
Misc. correspondence, 1963-1978. Including letters from Dalton Trumbo, December 1, 1964. To Paul Jarrico, January 9, 1972-June 25, 1976. To Gene Rodenberry, February 24, 1978. To Burt Lancaster, April 12, 1963.
Correspondence, cont. Letters from Dalton Trumbo, October 6, 1956-January 1, 1957.
Correspondence, 1930-1957. Including letters from Paul Jarrico, October 31, 1956-December 5, 1957. From Joseph Losey, October 20, 1957-November 28, 1957. From Virginia and Clint Jencks, July 7, 1957. From Dino DeLaurentiis, July 12, 1957.
Correspondence, 1958-1961. Including letters from Dalton Trumbo, March 30, 1958-October 2, 1961. From Dino DeLaurentiis, February 8, 1958-March 6, 1961. From Paul Jarrico, March 20, 1958-January 21, 1961.
Newspaper clippings, April 25, 1962, and June 20, 1965. Correspondence, 1962-1969. Including letters from Trumbo, August 1, 1964-November 30, 1964. From DeLaurentiis, June 27, 1962. From Dorothy Healey, July 24, 1968.
Correspondence, cont. Letter from Jeffrey Selznick, April 25, 1968. From David Selznick, April 8, 1968. From Samuel Goldwyn Jr., July 20, 1964. From Alfred A. Knopf publishers, re: novel by Wilson, July 13, 1965-June 20, 1966.
Correspondence, 1970-1978. Letter from Julie Andrews, November 19, 1970. From Paul Jarrico, January 31, 1971-May 29, 1974. From Samuel Goldwyn Jr., February 21, 1974.
Correspondence, cont. Letter from Rose and Asseyev Productions, re: Karen Silkwood project for ABC, March 10, 1976. With accompanying material.
Dalton Trumbo, George Seaton correspondence. Regarding Michael Wilson's nomination for 1976 Laurel Award.
An autobiographical sketch (through 1939), 1 page. List of published material, other work and qualifications (through 1939), 1 page. Biography and credits (through 1974), 2 pages. 5 copies. Photocopied clipping, in French, December 30, 1963.
Academy Awards clippings. Laurel Award clippings. WGA newsletter, May 1976. Copy of Wilson's Laurel Award speech. Telegram re: WGA award for FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Clippings from Los Angeles Times and Variety.
Contracts and agreements, 1940-1953.
Contracts and agreements, 1951-1972.
Honorable discharge papers. Private First Class, Marine Corps. Reserve. August 29, 1942. Appointed Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps Reserve. Dec. 30, 1942. Misc military documents and correspondence, including appt. to rank of Captain.
Lt. F. M. Wilson, personal file. Military papers, related materials.
Documents on Articles of Incorporation of POLE STAR. Looseleaf notebook. April 19, 1969.
"How They Dug the Gold," by Otis E. Young, Jr. Tucson, AZ. 1967 photocopy. Excerpt from "Rules for Radicals," by Saul D. Alinsky. "The Cripple Creek Strike," by Mrs. Emma F. Langdon.
Excerpts from various books on the history of China.
Research on Sam Houston. Includes capsule description and synopsis of his life, thematic breakdown of episodes, intro to material used in the introduction, chronological progression of life of Houston, misc. notes. Approx. 115 pages.
"Man's Fate," notes from story conference. Excerpts continued from Folder 3. Approx. 90 pages.
"The Savage Son," by Oren Arnold, 1951. Photocopy. Research on Carlos Montezuma, 3 pages.
The history of Pelham. Excerpts from town meeting and research notes on Pelham. Photocopied materials on Pelham, Shay's Rebellion. Maps, research on historical costume.
JENCKS CASE. Newspaper clippings and flyers. Union materials. May, 1953 and April, 1954 issues of Frontier.
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers materials. Bayard, New Mexico, 1951-52. Radio and press releases, resolutions, etc.
Legal correspondence relating to A PLACE IN THE SUN.
Notes, research on Carlos Montezuma.
An untitled novel, by Michael Wilson. 150 pages, plus 7 pages of author's notes. October 15, 1947.
Untitled novel, second and third copy.
Newspapers. THE UNION WORKER. 9 issues. March, 1951-May, 1952. THE UNION. Bayard, NM. 15 issues. April 7, 1952-March 1, 1954. FORD FACTS. Detroit, Mich. 1 issue. January 16, 1954. NATIONAL GUARDIAN. New York. 1 issue. Dec. 12, 1951.
Newspapers, cont. SILVER CITY PRESS. Silver City, NM. 2 issues. August 23 and 25, 1951.
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO BLACKLIST
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Legal papers, briefs, depositions, letters between Wilson and his lawyer Ben Margolis. 10 items.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Newspaper clippings concerning cases (Wilson v. Liberty Films, Wilson v. Applied Artists, et al, and Independent v. Loews). 15 items.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Legal correspondence from 1956 and 1957. 24 items.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Legal correspondence, 1958. 15 items.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Legal correspondence, 1959. 23 items.
FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Legal correspondence, 1960 and 1961. 18 items.
U.S. Marine Corps., communist allegations. July-August, 1951.
Screen Writer's Guild memo regarding Dalton Trumbo's pamphlet "The Time of the Toad." Rebuttal from Trumbo, 2 copies. Letters from Guild regarding issue. October-November, 1949.
BLACKLIST: clippings, pamphlets, magazines. The Nation, August 13, 1955. The New Republic, August 15, 1955. Voks Bulletin, Moscow, 1951.
5 articles about Michael Wilson. Variety, Hollywood Reporter. 1 article by Michael Wilson. Hollywood Review. 1956-57.
Newspaper clippings: Wilson, Dalton Trumbo, civil rights, Bill of Rights, Dorothy Healey, FRIENDLY PERSUASION. Documents on self-incrimination, civil liberties, Communism. Excerpt from Jimmy Fiddler broadcast, 1957.
Pamphlets, cont. "The Discovery of Un-America," The Arts, Sciences, and Professional Council, 11 pages. The petition of John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo to the Supreme Court of the United States, October 1949, 36 pages.
Pamphlets, cont. Key Votes, House Un-American Activities Committee members, 6 copies, 1950. Award to Michael Wilson from Citizen's Committee to Preserve American Freedoms. "Who Will Escape?" by the Hollywood 10.
Pamphlets, cont. "Courage is Contagious: The Bill of Rights vs. the Un-American Activities Committee," Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms, 31 pages, 1953. Film Sense, 9 pages, JulyAugust 1952. Memo to Eric Johnston re: Blacklist.
Pamphlets. "The Hollywood Ten," Dalton Trumbo, 38 pages. "The Devil in the Book," Trumbo, 42 pages, 1956. "On the Eve of Prison: Two Addresses," Gail Sondergaard and Albert Maltz, 14 pages, 1950.
Criticism over "I was a Failure," 13 pages. Minutes from unknown meeting. Anti-HUAC ads by the Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms. Handwritten outline on the Committee.
Drafts of articles and papers on the Blacklist. "The Fifth Amendment," second draft. "The Plot to Overthrow the Government," 24 pages. Material sent to Carey McWilliams, with cover letter to McWilliams from Wilson, May 27, 1952.
Letter from Wilson to Gilbert Gabriel, c/o Authors League of America, 2 pages, September 11, 1951. Letter to Jules from Wilson, appeal for financial help for witnesses, 2 pages, September 5, 1951.
Subpoena from Congress, June 13, 1951, signed by John Wood. Statement of Michael Wilson, 2 pages. "Wilson vs. Loews: The Case Against the Hollywood Blacklist," summary, 5 pages. "Twin Freedoms," 1 page. Another statement by Wilson, 2 pages.
Letter to Mike Wilson from Dalton Trumbo, 6 pages, February 24, 1959. Thermofax copies of articles attached. Objection to self-incrimination, 1 page. Statement of Wilson (second day), annotated [by Wilson], 6 pages.
Letters and clippings relating to Blacklist, including "Blacklist = Black Market," by Dalton Trumbo, The Nation, May 4, 1957. A letter of support from a former Berkeley student of Wilson's. Press release re: lawsuit over FRIENDLY PERSUASION.
HUAC documentation and clippings. Statement by Wilson. Telegram to Daryl Zanuck from Wilson. Handwritten outline [by Michael Wilson].
Blacklist articles photocopied from New York Times, 1976. Cineaste, Vol. III, No. 2. Clippings, letters.
Testimony of Michael Wilson, accompanied by his counsel, Robert W Kenny. Pages 678-694.
Testimony of Paul Jarrico before HUAC. 17 pages. April 13, 1951.
Untitled Projects
An original screenplay by Michael Wadleigh, John Binder, and John Welles. Based on an original story by Michael Wadleigh, from completely documented incidents and characters. 308 pages. 1974.
[Untitled Western]. 2 copies. Annotated by unidentified source. Included at the back of the first copy: "The Ballad of Dave Glenn", lyrics by John Harlan. 117 pages. Second copy, 122 pages.
[Untitled Western]. Original draft. 67 pages.
[Untitled Western]. Treatment. Annotated by unidentified source. Pages 19-61.
Screenplay by Daniel R. Wilson. Includes letter from "Dan" to "Mike and Zelma." 49 pages.