Oversize MC-130, Folder 08
Ted Geisel with sculptures derived from the Cat in the Hat
1959
General note
Oversize photographs. [2999]
Oversize FB-015, Folder 16
Ted Geisel making a turtle sculpture
General note
[3511] circa 1937. Photographer: Barnett Gallagher.
Oversize AB-11-C01
Ted Geisel making a turtle sculpture
1937
General note
Framed photograph. Photographer: Barnett Gallagher.
Oversize MC-130, Folder 09
Ted Geisel and sculpture
General note
Oversize photograph.
Oversize AB-09-F03
Ted Geisel drawing an animal
Box 37, Folder 31
Ted Geisel drawing an animal
Oversize AB-08-F04
Ted Geisel making a sculpture
General note
Enlarged photograph. [3650]
Box 37, Folder 33
Ted Geisel with sculptures
Box 37, Folder 34
Autographing event photographed by John Bryson (LIFE MAGAZINE)
1959
Box 37, Folder 35
Ted Geisel signing autographs at promotional events
Box 37, Folder 36
Ted Geisel autographing at various locations
Oversize MC-130, Folder 11
Ted Geisel autographing at various locations
General note
Oversize materials. [3008-3009]
Box 37, Folder 38
Miscellaneous - Cats follow you wherever you go
Box 38, Folder 1
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss
1995
General note
Videorecording of Judith and Neil Morgan lecture.
Box 38, Folder 2
The Cat in the Hat Becomes a Scholar
General note
Videorecording and cassette audiorecording, 3/2/1996.
Box 38, Folder 4
Celebration of Seuss
2003
General note
VHS videorecording.
Oversize MC-130, Folder 12
Dr. Seuss seminar - Cat in the Hat word frequency chart by Sarah McNeil
1999
General note
Spreadsheet that records the number of words on each page, word frequency by page and the number of occurrences of each word.
WRITINGS - ADDRESSES, ARTICLES AND POEMS
Box 42, Folder 1
Articles by Dr. Seuss - Clippings
1957-1979
General note
Includes short articles and published illustrations.
Box 42, Folder 2
Short writings - Acceptance addresses, short poems, commencement remarks, etc.
Box 42, Folder 3
"Noble failures"
General note
Rough pencil sketches and some draft reflections on the Infantograph, Seven Lady Godivas, and 5,000 Fingers.
Box 42, Folder 4
Poems - "Written while shaving"
General note
Short original typescript poems.
Box 42, Folder 5
Poems - "Second-rate and rejects"
Box 42, Folder 7
Miscellaneous short poems
undated
Box 42, Folder 9
"Making a Book" outline
undated
Box 42, Folder 10
Ye Knyghts of ye Table Round,
Judge
1925
Box 42, Folder 11
Matilda, the Elephant with a Mother Complex,
Judge
1938
Box 42, Folder 12
An Ode in Commemoration of Bennett Cerf's 39th Birthday
1940
Box 42, Folder 13-14
Redbook clippings
ca. 1950
General note
Includes supporting reference materials and correspondence.
Box 42, Folder 16
Letter describing Capra "blue pencil" writing method
1970
Box 42, Folder 17
The Economic Situation Clarified,
New York Times Endpaper feature, with correspondence from Glenn Collins
1975
Box 42, Folder 18
An Unsolicited Ode to the Teachers of Our Language
1976 February 14
General note
Holograph and photocopied typescript, and related correspondence.
Box 42, Folder 19
In Honor of Hans Conreid
1978 October 19
General note
Holograph and photocopied typescript, and related correspondence, to a "Small Epic Poem (size 3 1/2 B) entitled, The Cinematic
Triumphs of the Great Hans Conreid."
Box 42, Folder 20
The Grinch, Revisited (Christmas in America)
ca. 1987
Trip to Japan for
LIFE Magazine, 1953
Box 42, Folder 22
Essays - Drafts from Japan Project for
LIFE, New York Times, Reader's Digest, etc.
Box 42, Folder 23
Essays - "If Japan Goes Communist"/"Whose Pen is Mightier than Whose Sword" drafts for
New York Times
Box 42, Folder 24
Charles E. Tuttle & Co. memo to TSG re: East-West publishing
Box 43, Folder 1
Materials on Japanese print-making
Box 43, Folder 2
Japan journal - "Children's Charter"
General note
Spiral notebook with detailed written observations and reflections; some sketches. Notes in back of notebook by Helen Palmer.
Box 43, Folder 3
Japan visit notebooks - Comments on children's drawings
General note
One notebook contains notes by Helen Palmer; the other by TSG.
Box 43, Folder 4
Japan (Tokyo) visit notebook
Box 43, Folder 5
Japan (Kyoto) visit notebook
Box 43, Folder 6
Japan visit notebook (question mark on cover)
Box 43, Folder 7
American Cultural Center visit, Kyoto
General note
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Box 43, Folder 8
Japanese Children's Book Writers Association - Correspondence
Box 43, Folder 9
Japanese Children's Book Writers Association - Interview Q & A notes
Oversize FB-030, Folder 6
Data grid for artwork evaluation; and Q & A notes - Oversize materials
Box 43, Folder 10
Background clippings from English-language Japanese newspapers
General note
Some with underlining and annotations.
A-Z business-related correspondence
Box 43, Folder 11
Anglund, Joan Walsh (Beginner Book author)
1979-1989
Box 43, Folder 12
B'Racz, Emoke (Waldenbooks)
1978
Box 43, Folder 13
Beginner Books / Random House - Complaints, requests, etc.
Box 43, Folder 14
Braille - Dr. Seuss books in
1975-1979
Box 43, Folder 15
Buchman, Chris - Re: early animated films "Put on the Spout" and "'Neath the Barbaba Tree"
1989
Box 43, Folder 16-17
Collins Publishers
1961-1989
Box 43, Folder 18
Collins Publishers - Re: Dr. Seuss Story Book cover design
1978
Box 43, Folder 19
Colorado Children's Book Award
1975
Box 43, Folder 20
Commins, Saxe (Mrs.)
1970
Box 43, Folder 21
Dartmouth College
1971-1979
Box 43, Folder 23
Grolier Books "Beginning Readers Program" campaign
1971-1979
Box 44, Folder 3
Jones, Chuck - Re: MGM animation cels and project concepts
1983, 1988-1991
Box 44, Folder 4
Licensing Corp. of America
1969-1972
Box 44, Folder 5
Licensing inquiries
1973-1989
Box 44, Folder 6
Morgan, Neil & Judith - To the Smithsonian
1991
Box 44, Folder 8
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
1971
Box 44, Folder 9
O'Connor, Maureen (City of San Diego) - Re: Seuss Museum concept
1988
Box 44, Folder 10
Private Snafu and U.S. Army film work - Letters and references
1946, 1980-1986
Box 44, Folder 11
Reading is Fundamental
1971
Box 44, Folder 12
Resources Agency of California - Re: The Lorax impact
1978
Box 44, Folder 13
Saudek, Robert (Museum of Broadcasting)
1979
Box 44, Folder 14
Seuss, Wilhelm - Re: Seuss genealogy, etc.
1981-1984
Box 44, Folder 15
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, NPS, Everglades - Re: The Lorax
1976
Box 44, Folder 16
Vanguard-Scholastic contract - Re: Mulberry Street edits
1978
Box 44, Folder 17
Wald, Jerry - Re: Rebel Without a Cause screenplay
ca. 1946
Box 44, Folder 19
Stationary and letterhead for stock fan mail replies
Box 44, Folder 20-22
Outgoing correspondence (highlighted selections)
1960-1989
Box 45, Folder 1-6
Fan mail - Thank-yous, requests, etc.
1968-1991
Box 45, Folder 7
Correspondence - Special awards and recognition
Box 45, Folder 8-9
Correspondence - Invitations for honorary degrees, commencements and committees
Box 46, Folder 1
Biographical data sheet compiled by Random House
1980
Box 46, Folder 2-3
Random House books - Reviews
1947-1965
Box 46, Folder 4
Beginner Books - Acquisition by Random House
1960
Box 46, Folder 5
Beginner Books - Reviews of Helen Palmer books
1962-1964
Box 46, Folder 6-9
Beginner Books - Reviews
1957-1977, 1987
Box 46, Folder 10
Beginner Books - Word and title lists, and author instructions
undated
Box 46, Folder 11
Beginner Books - Procedures, agreements and correspondence
1958-1963
Box 46, Folder 12
Beginner Books - Editorial letters by TSG on texts
1962-1970
Box 46, Folder 13
Beginner Books - Ocean concepts
1963-1965
Box 46, Folder 14
Beginner Books - Giant concepts
undated
Box 47, Folder 1
Beginner Books - The Beginner Book Diary concept, with original sketches by Eastman
undated
Box 47, Folder 2
Beginner Books - Poetry anthology concept
ca. 1960
Box 47, Folder 3
Beginner Books - French translations
1965-1967
Box 47, Folder 4
Beginner Books - Spanish translations
1966-1969
Box 47, Folder 5-6
Beginner Books - "Slim the Sleuth" by Al Perkins
1966-1971
Box 47, Folder 7
Yertle the Turtle - Russian translation
1962
Box 47, Folder 8
Beginner Books - Film strip project
1974-1978
Box 47, Folder 9
Dr. Seuss Paperback Classics
1980
Box 47, Folder 10
Dr. Seuss Storytime - Marketing materials and proposal
undated
Box 47, Folder 11
The Cat in the Hat is 30 reissue
1986
Box 48, Folder 1
Vanguard Press contract for "Dr. Seuss Zoo" figurines
1939
Box 48, Folder 2
Infantograph Corp.
1939-1940, 1978
Box 48, Folder 5
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
1969-1971
Box 48, Folder 6
GAF Corp., Photo Division - View Master for Grinch illustrations
1971
Box 48, Folder 8
Procter & Gamble
1979
General note
Includes marketing copies of texts.
Box 48, Folder 9
Koppman School Projects / Seuss Reading Room
1987
Box 48, Folder 10
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Lorax translations
1990-1991
Box 49, Folder 1
Latin translations of Seuss texts
1975-1978, 1991
Box 49, Folder 2
Horton Hears a Who - Pro-life movement interest
1973-1989
Box 49, Folder 3
Horton Hears a Who - Request denials
1979-1989
Box 49, Folder 4
Subject file - Seuss and Christianity
Box 49, Folder 5
Subject file - Seuss in higher education
Box 49, Folder 6
Seuss illustrations in magazines - Selected clippings
Box 49, Folder 7-13
Publicity clipping files
1984-1991, 1995
General note
Includes file on the re-naming of Geisel Library, 1995.
Box 50, Folder 1
Untitled sketches
undated
General note
5 sketches, crayon pencil and ink on paper. Subjects include "2 people, ham in pan," "Plink," "Piano on tree," "Giraffe,"
and "Quartet." Includes 2 photocopies of a sketch, "Remember Los Angeles."
Box 50, Folder 2
Untitled sketches
undated
General note
20 sketches, primarily crayon, pencil and ink on paper. With holograph text.
Box 50, Folder 3
Untitled collection of sketches
undated
General note
23 sketches, primarily pencil and ink glued to paper, formerly in a plain black spring binder.
Box 50, Folder 4
The Gloomster
undated
General note
3 leaves of illustrations, "the new Gloomster design."
Box 50, Folder 5
Lucky signs and unlucky signs
undated
General note
5 leaves of rough drawings and sketches.
Box 50, Folder 6
Cat with large string instrument and bow
undated
General note
1 sketch, crayon and pencil on tracing paper glued to board.
Box 50, Folder 7
Outtakes including "The Wuzzy Woozoo" and "Cat-in-Hat Ballooning"
undated
General note
12 rough sketches and storyboards, primarily crayon, pencil and ink on paper.
Box 50, Folder 8
Places
undated
General note
10 sketches, pencils and crayon on various papers.
Box 50, Folder 9
Abstract places
undated
General note
20 sketches, pencils and crayon on various papers.
Box 50, Folder 10
Cat's Canoe Trip - Coleco videogame project
undated
General note
Designs and sketches for an aborted project for a video game. Illustrations feature the Cat in the Hat canoeing.
Box 50, Folder 11
Hunches Ballet (photocopy)
undated
Box 50, Folder 12
Card game sketches
undated
General note
Sketches for a card game, including "Waldo Worm," "Fritz the Fly," Good for Nothing Glugg," Moose Moss," and "Socks."
Box 50, Folder 13
Incidental characters
undated
Box 50, Folder 14
Menacing characters
undated
Oversize MC-183, Folder 01
Flustard (study for Redbook)
1953
Oversize MC-183, Folder 02
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
[Salome] [3670], untitled [3683], untitled [3699]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 03
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
If and but [3700], untitled [3701-3702, 3704-3706, 3708-3709]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 04
Assorted untitled drawings of Bloggs and Wimpfers [3710-3719]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 05
Assorted untitled drawings of Bloggs and Wimpfers [3720-3729]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 06
Assorted untitled drawings of Bloggs and Wimpfers [3730-3739]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 07
Assorted untitled drawings of Bloggs and Wimpfers [3740-3749]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 08
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
untitled [3751-3752], [Woman and satyr] [3758a], [Woman with baby, jug and llama] [3758b]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 09
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3760-3764, 3766, 3768], [Man on donkey] [3767]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 10
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
The Zorax and the Groo [3771], untitled [3772, 3776-3778], Landscape [3774], By any criteria, Irma was a dullard [3779]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 11
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3781, 3785, 3789], Small woosh to the right [3782], Self portrait of the artist worrying about his next book [3786]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 12
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3790-3792, 3795], It's a worry worthy subject that can keep you up all night [3799]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 13
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
untitled [3801, 3803, 3809], Butterfly with a fallen womb [3802, 3804], A look-through aperture for Miss... [3805-3807], I'm
glad you brought that subject up [3808]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 14
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3811-3819]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 15
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3820-3821, 3824-3828], BOOM-AHH! [3823], There they stood exactly as they were created [3829]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 16
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
Relaxed in spite of it [3830], untitled [3831, 3835]
Oversize MC-183, Folder 17
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3844, 3846-3847, 3849], Great Great Grandpa, emerging from the quagmire [3848]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 01
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
untitled [3851-3853, 3855], My toothbrush is beginning to hurt my gums for I think [3857], A Mexican seahorse with a horrible
hangover [3858], My third wife was a weird one [3859]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 02
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3860; 3862-3865, 3867, 3869], Disgruntled blue-legged red pelican [3866]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 03
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled small abstract paintings [3868 A-N]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 04
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3870-3872, 3874-3876], Butterfly with fallen womb [3873], An amiably ambling unidentified contraption [3878], My
side of the family vs. yours [3879]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 05
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
untitled [3880-3881, 3885, 3887], Juggling bush, near Jidda [3882], A makeshift erstwhile with some plinths [3883], Inferior
Swiss watch main spring leaving his native land [3884], Dimensions to remember in the selection of a wife of Egyptian extraction
[3886], Goal posts unincumbered (sic) by extraneous ocelot [3888], Two croquet wickets with feet [3889]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 06
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
Gates-Gates [3890], A look-through aperture for Miss [3891], untitled [3892], A big cat is after Vicar's small dog [3894],
Ernestine Primwhistle [3895], CAT paintings in La Jolla [3898], Client with architect (copy) [3899]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 07
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3900-3901, 3903-3905], Knitting Thnidd [3902]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 08
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General
untitled [3912-3913, 3915-3918], If you go this way you'll be a lawyer doctor [3914]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 09
Marching Around Circle
General
Pencil, crayon and ink with holograph on tracing paper.
Oversize MC-184, Folder 10
Dr. Crowe's Posture Tests
General
Black and white reproductions. Illustrations with accompanying humorous instructions. [3911 A-B]
Oversize MC-184, Folder 11
Never Bite Your Dentist
General
Pencil and ink on board.
Oversize MC-184, Folder 12
Endpapers (figures in perspective)
General
Pencil and ink on board.
Oversize MC-184, Folder 13
The College
General
Pencil and ink on board.
Oversize MC-184, Folder 14
Leonine figures eating grapes
General
Pencil and ink on boards.
Oversize MC-184, Folder 15
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
Fooling nobody (1968) [4838], Antlered animal adoring pink-tufted small beast (watercolor, with mat, 1932) [4851], Peru 1-4
(1920s) [4857-4860], Happy grasshopper on a mushroom (1928) [4861]
Oversize MC-185, Folder 01
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
Thirty days [3707], untitled [3750, 3753, 3754, 3837-3839, 3841, 3842], Ascending Suidulorus [3836], Flotilla of B[illegible]
boats [3840]
Oversize MC-185, Folder 02
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
The rather odd myopic woman riding piggy back on one of Helen's cats [3050], untitled [3877], Pink tufted small beast in a
night landscape (1960) [4853], Tower of Babel [4854]
Oversize MC-182, Folder 01
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
Elephant presenting flower to a bird [4855]
Oversize MC-182, Folder 02
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork - "N" series
General note
untitled [N1; N2; N11; N13; N20]
Oversize MC-182, Folder 03
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork - Long, narrow format
General note
untitled [3686-3687], Seuss alphabet [3688], Dr. Seuss moods [3689]
Oversize MC-182, Folder 04
Miscellaneous drawings and artwork
General note
Taking twin Heaslips for a walk [3691], The economic situation [4863]
Oversize MC-182, Folder 05
The Dumbest of All (2 frogs)
General
Pencil and ink on board, with typescript captions.
Oversize MC-182, Folder 06
Untitled (two tall figures stand back-to-back)
General
Pencil and ink on board.
Oversize MC-182, Folder 07
Untitled (diminishing penguins, with figure)
General
Pencil and ink on board.
Oversize MC-182, Folder 08
Untitled (undersea scene)
General
Crayon on tracing paper; ink on board.
Oversize FB-029, Folder 1
"Big One" board
undated
General note
One board, with color pencil and crayon heading designs for The Sneetches, The Kindly Snather, It's Time That You Knew, The
Bee Watcher. Holograph notation refers to the "Big One."
Oversize FB-029, Folder 2
The Snather
undated
General note
Six illustrated boards and one clipping.
Oversize FB-029, Folder 3
The Bee Watcher
undated
General note
Pencil and crayon drawings on tracing paper, and a photocopy of the finished drawings with typescript text.
Oversize FB-029, Folder 4
The Bee Watcher
undated
General note
Five boards with pencil and ink illustrations, with typescript text.
Box 50, Folder 15
Bippolo Seed - Bone pile
undated
General note
Character sketches in ink on yellow paper (includes a "Snukk") and a typescript with holograph corrections.
Oversize FB-029, Folder 5
Bippolo Seed - Bone pile
undated
General note
Six boards with pencil and ink illustrations, and typescript text.
Oversize MC-185-?
The Pet Shop
ca. 1958-1962
General note
15 boards with pencil and ink illustrations, and typescript text.
Box 50, Folder 16
Nonsense Notes on a World Trip
1969
Box 50, Folder 19
Looking at You in the USA
undated
General note
Pencil and crayon sketches for a Big Cat Map Book concept, along with typewritten and holograph text, with tentative title.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 2
Oversize FB-030, Folder 3
Box 50, Folder 20
What Would You Do If It Happened To You
General note
Rough pencil sketches with holograph and typewritten text. May include artwork by Chuck Jones.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 13
What Would You Do If It Happened To You
Oversize FB-030, Folder 4
How Welk can you Spelk? - Oversize
Oversize FB-030, Folder 5
Caravan to Koo Boo (Arabian Adventures) - Oversize
Oversize FB-030, Folder 7
The Clock Book
General note
Crayon and pencil drawings on tracing paper (strong fold lines) with some accompanying holograph text.
Box 51, Folder 1
Poems for Long and Short Cats
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and text.
Box 51, Folder 2
Lawyers Book. Grimzlken, Drouberhannus, Knzlbner & Fepp
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and text.
Box 51, Folder 3
Disassociation. Doctor Proctor
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and jottings.
Box 51, Folder 4
Shhh! The Quiet Book
General note
Includes drawings and sketches in crayon and pencil on tracing paper.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 8
Shhh! The Quiet Book - Oversize
General note
Four drawings and sketches in crayon and pencil on tracing paper.
Box 51, Folder 5
Would it help...? / What do you want to do? Shaking a mood / Do you ever get the Fidgets?
General note
Crayon and pencil drawings.
Box 51, Folder 6
Sing the 50 United States
Oversize FB-030, Folder 9
Sing the 50 United States - Oversize
General note
Crayon and pencil drawing on tracing paper, featuring the Cat in the Hat.
Box 51, Folder 7
Boomerang Mulvaney and his Daughter, Clementine - Movie synopsis
Box 51, Folder 9
The Grinch and the Fudnuddlers
General note
Song and sketches.
Box 51, Folder 10
"Stuff to study"
General note
Assorted poems and sketches.
Box 51, Folder 11
Literacy tests
General note
Word lists and rough poem drafts.
Box 51, Folder 12
Nancy Quince and the Prince of Nince
General note
Sketches and typescript text draft with extensive holograph corrections.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 10
Big Book material
1976
General note
Drawings in pencil and crayon on tracing paper, several featuring the Cat in the Hat and Small Cat.
Box 51, Folder 13
The Ten Tests of Thaddeus Thax
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and text.
Box 51, Folder 14
Wobble Rock
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and text.
Box 51, Folder 15
More tongue-twisters
General note
Assorted poems and sketches.
Box 51, Folder 16
Square Blue Balloon - Bone pile
General note
Assorted rough sketches, drawings, and text.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 11
Square Blue Balloon - Bone pile - Oversize
Box 51, Folder 17
Sea World Whale Show
ca. 1977
General note
Includes crayon and pencil drawings of undersea creatures on yellow paper, narration for show, and related correspondence.
Box 51, Folder 18
Joy of Making Shadows
General note
Pencil, crayon and ink rough sketches with holograph on paper.
Box 51, Folder 19
Notepad - "Did I ever tell you?"
General note
Penciled notes and jottings, with verse and lyric ideas.
Box 51, Folder 20
Notepad - "All yours to think of"
General note
Penciled notes and jottings, with verse and lyric ideas.
Box 51, Folder 21
Notepad - "The Bee Watcher" and other ideas
General note
Ink notes and jottings, including drawings, lists of ideas and verse.
Scripts, Screenplays and Adaptations
Box 51, Folder 22
Butter Battle Book - Reviews and response
1984-1989
Box 51, Folder 23
Butter Battle Book - Project concepts
1984-1989
Box 52, Folder 1
Butter Battle Book - Fan correspondence
1984-1988
Box 52, Folder 2
Butter Battle Book - Soviet relations
1987, 1990
Box 10, Folder 44
Butter Battle Book - Soviet TV version (VHS)
1990
Box 52, Folder 3
Butter Battle Book - TNT production contract and correspondence
1988-1989
Box 52, Folder 4
Butter Battle Book - TNT marketing
1989
Box 52, Folder 5
Butter Battle Book - Press clippings
1989
Box 52, Folder 6
"The King Can't Laugh" and "Bartholomew and the Royal House-Fly" - Radio scripts
General note
Scripts for a half hour radio program for children.
Box 52, Folder 7
Lorax - Reviews and publicity
1971-1974
Box 52, Folder 8
Lorax - Supporting materials and sketches
1971
Box 52, Folder 9
Lorax - Script correspondence
1971
Box 52, Folder 10
Lorax - Songs for television production
Box 52, Folder 11
Lorax - Final screenplay
1971
General note
Note on cover: "As finally recorded."
Box 52, Folder 12
Magerketh and the Plest-Weed
undated
Box 52, Folder 13
Marvin Miller collaboration
ca. 1960
General note
Scripts for Horton Hatches the Egg, The Sneetches, Too Many Daves, The Zax, What was I Scared of, Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude
McFuzz, The Big Brag, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Includes letter from Geisel to Miller.
Box 52, Folder 14
Seven Lady Godivas - Correspondence
1974-1979
Box 52, Folder 15
Seven Lady Godivas - Correspondence and notes re: stage / musical development
1981-1984
Box 53, Folder 1-5
Seven Lady Godivas - Drafts for stage adaptation
ca. 1982
Box 53, Folder 6
Seven Lady Godivas - Stage set sketches
Box 53, Folder 7
Seven Lady Godivas (1987 reissue) - Publicity, response, etc.
1987
Box 10, Folder 43
Television series based on the work of Dr. Seuss - Jim Henson Productions (VHS)
1994
Box 53, Folder 8
Tex Tarbox - Film script
undated
Box 53, Folder 9-26
Tom Wetherly Review
undated
General note
Stage directions, concepts, etc. Scenes include: The Raconteur, Family Tree, There has to be a Bedroom Scene, Tardy Laurel
for a Forgotten Brow, Motherhood, Canine Constitutional, Meridian What Have You, Wet Paint, Opening Number, Just a Couple
of Goldfish in a Bowl, You Win the Beard!, Educational Nudes, Hot and Salty, Busts, Hat Check, The Economic Situation, Who
is Sylvia?, and three single-leaf concepts with original Wetherly folder.
Box 53, Folder 27
Tot-is-a-Tot and Mentalogue - Scripts
1946
Box 54, Folder 1
Next book songs
General note
Includes typescript drafts of Nutches in Nitches, Sing the Fifty States, Busy day, The Job of the Sun, and others.
Oversize FB-030, Folder 12
Next book songs - Oversize drawings
General note
Drawings, pencil and crayon on tracing paper. Subjects include Nutches in Nitches, From Here on Earth and The Job of the Sun.
Box 54, Folder 2
Music projects - Norman F. Persimmon and I'm Well-Girled
Box 54, Folder 3
Lyrics
General note
Assorted short typewritten poems, primarily photocopied, including a few original leaves.
Box 54, Folder 4
Lyrics in work
General note
Numerous holograph and typewritten song lyrics and poetry drafts.
Box 54, Folder 8
Music composed with Leigh Harline
General note
Music and lyrics for A Bald-Headed Love Song, Small Talk and Searching.
Box 54, Folder 10
Los Angeles Library Association Tribute
1974
Box 54, Folder 11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Emmy award nominations
1975-1980
Box 54, Folder 12
"The Original Drawings of Dr. Seuss" - Toledo Museum of Art
1976
Box 54, Folder 13
May Company exhibit, Denver
1976
Box 54, Folder 14
"Who is Dr. Seuss?" - Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
1976-1977
Box 54, Folder 15
Australia and New Zealand tour
1976
Box 54, Folder 16
Autograph tour and traveling exhibit
1977-1978
Box 54, Folder 17
"The Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss" - Pomona College
1977
Box 54, Folder 18
PTA award (includes poem, "To the PTA by TSG")
1977
Box 54, Folder 19
American Booksellers Association meeting, Atlanta
1978
Box 55, Folder 1
Revelle College commencement, UC San Diego
1978
Commencement speech
Commencement speech, Revelle College, UC San Diego
Box 55, Folder 2
Boys Club - Dinners, awards, etc.
ca. 1980
Box 55, Folder 3
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
1980
Box 55, Folder 4
National Association of Elementary School Principals
1982
Box 55, Folder 5
California Reading Association Medal
1982
Box 55, Folder 6
Travelling exhibit - University of Utah
1983
Box 55, Folder 8
Seuss-Sendak conversation with Glenn Edward Sadler
1983
Box 55, Folder 11
San Diego Festival of the Arts
1985
Box 55, Folder 12
Night of 100 Stars, New York
1985
Box 56, Folder 1-2
"Seussmania," Springfield, Mass.
1985-1986
General note
Includes photographs.
Box 56, Folder 3
American Booksellers Association meeting, New Orleans
1986
Box 56, Folder 4
Honorary Chairman, Holiday Bowl, San Diego
1986
Box 56, Folder 5-9
"Dr. Seuss: From Then to Now" - Publicity and Correspondence
1986-1989
Box 56, Folder 10
American Booksellers Association meeting, Anaheim
1988
General note
Includes "Rather short epic poem."
Box 56, Folder 11
"A Salute to Dr. Seuss" - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1989
Box 10, Folder 42
Academy Foundation presents A Tribute to Dr. Seuss (VHS)
undated
Box 56, Folder 12
NYPL Literary Lions Dinner
1990
Box 57, Folder 1-6
Honorary degrees
1980-1987
General note
Includes photographs and materials from Whittier, JFK University, Princeton, Univ. of Hartford, and Brown.
Box 57, Folder 7
Childhood portrait (copy print)
ca. 1910
Box 57, Folder 8
Portraits - Credited and uncredited
ca. 1921-1980
Box 57, Folder 9
Portraits - TSG at Cavalcade of Books, Los Angeles, by Jack Case
1957
Box 57, Folder 10
Portraits - By Gene Trindl
ca. 1958
Box 57, Folder 11
Portraits - By John Bryson for LIFE Magazine
1959
Box 57, Folder 12
Portraits - TSG with Revell "Dr. Seuss Zoo" figurine
1959
Box 57, Folder 13
Portraits - By R. Grant Hildebrand
ca. 1960
Box 57, Folder 14
Portraits - By Helen Miljakovich
ca. 1960
General note
Primarily contact sheets.
Box 57, Folder 15
Portraits - By Lou Jacobs, Jr.
ca. 1960
Box 57, Folder 16
Accepting "Keep America Beautiful" Award
ca. 1971
Box 57, Folder 17
Portraits - TSG with Cat in the Hat doll, by Sy Friedman
ca. 1975
Box 57, Folder 18
Portraits - By Jill Krementz
1977, 1984
General note
Includes print with Robert L. Bernstein. Primarily contact sheets.
Box 57, Folder 19
TSG, Audrey Geisel, the Morgans, and Art Buchwald
ca. 1985
Box 57, Folder 20
TSG and Audrey Geisel
ca. 1980-1985
Box 57, Folder 21
TSG with others
ca. 1955-1985
General note
Includes: Frank Capra, Maurice Sendak, Nat King Cole, on grounds of USNAS Miramar, and others.
Box 57, Folder 22
Photographs of TSG artwork
undated
Oversize FB-030, Folder 1
Oversize portraits
General note
Includes images by John Bryson, Ernest Reshovsky and Gene Trindl.
Four flat boxes of animation cels.
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
