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David O. Selznick Collection

Series Outline


The number of boxes given for each series and subseries is approximate.

1. Administrative, 1915-1973, 1093.5 boxes

Subseries:
1A. David O. Selznick, 1915-1973, 843 boxes
1A1. Chronological Files, 1961-1963, 9.5 boxes
1A2. Clippings, 1938-1973, 5 boxes
1A3. Confidential Files, 1933-1965, 17.5 boxes
1A4. Consolidated Files, 1930-1967, 49 boxes
1A5. Coproductions, Loanouts, 1939-1963, 8.5 boxes
1A6. Correspondence, 1962-1965, 20 boxes
1A7. Daily Calendars, 1935-1965, 6 boxes
1A8. Directors & Producers, 1936-1962, 9.5 boxes
1A9. Early Career, 1915-1924, 2.5 boxes
1A10. Financial, 1928-1958, 15 boxes
1A11. InterOffice Files, 1944-1963, 72.5 boxes
1A12. Legal Files, 1936-1943, 3 boxes
1A13. MGM Files, 1926-1936, 11.5 boxes
1A14. Myron Selznick Estate, 1944-1963, 13.5 boxes
1A15. Organization, 1936-1966, 91 boxes
1A16. Paramount Files, 1928-1931, 6.5 boxes
1A17. Personal Files, 1915-1966, 54 boxes
1A18. Productions, 1923-1958, 123 boxes
1A19. RKO Files, 1931-1933, 1 box
1A20. Safe Deposit Files, 1931-1967, 1.5 boxes
1A21. Selznick International Pictures, 1935-1940, 41.5 boxes
1A22. Stills (Photographs), [19--]-1965, 10.5 boxes
1A23. Story Files, 1935-1967, 74.5 boxes
1A24. Studio Files, 1931-1964, 102.5 boxes
1A25. Talent Files, 1936-1963, 31.5 boxes
1A26. Telegrams, 1938-1963, 58 boxes
1A27. Tower Grove, 1953-1955, 2 boxes
1A28. Writers, 1936-1965, 5 boxes
1B. Daniel T. O'Shea, 1936-1951, 146.5 boxes
1C. Harriett Flagg, 1935-1945, 9 boxes
1D. Henry Ginsberg, 1936-1939, 1 box
1E. Shirley Harden, 1936-1963, 43 boxes
1F. John Houseman, 1941, 3 boxes
1G. Selznick International Pictures, 1936-1941, 5 boxes
1H. John Speaks, 1933-1936, 10 boxes
1I. Louis T. Stone, 1950-1951, 9.5 boxes
1J. Vanguard Films, 1946-1948, 2 boxes
1K. Bob Whitehead, 1957-1972, 5 boxes
1L. John Hay Whitney, 1935-1936, 2.5 boxes
1M. John Zinn, 1943-1944, 5 boxes
1N. Miscellaneous, 1942-1956, 9 boxes

2. Casting, 1943-1949, 35.5 boxes

3. Distribution, 1936-1967, 247.5 boxes

Subseries:
3A. Neil Agnew, 1944-1948, 21 boxes
3B. David I. Bursten, 1948-1951, 23.5 boxes
3C. Lowell V. Calvert, 1936-1940, 1.5 boxes
3D. Leonard R. Case, 1946-1951, 42 boxes
3E. Frank I. Davis, 1948-1958, 49 boxes
3F. Sidney G. Deneau, 1947-1950, 7 boxes
3G. Howard Fessenden, 1948-1950, 1.5 boxes
3H. Betty Goldsmith, 1936-1958, 47 boxes
3I. Milton S. Kusell, 1945-1947, 5 boxes
3J. Ben Seigel, 1956-1957, 4 boxes
3K. Selznick Releasing Organization, 1948-1950, 2.5 boxes
3L. Samuel S. Sigman, 1947-1961, 3 boxes
3M. Miscellaneous, 1937-1967, 40.5 boxes

4. Financial, 1926-1969, 846.5 boxes

Subseries:
4A. E. L. Scanlon, 1926-1953, 126 boxes
4B. E. R. Beaman, 1936-1967, 269 boxes
4C. Joyce Allen, 1936-1943, 13.5 boxes
4D. John K. Brent, 1942-1951, 3.5 boxes
4E. Dorothy Chambers, 1942-1958, 10 boxes
4F. David O. Selznick Productions (DOSP), 1940-1942, 6 boxes
4G. George R. Doan, 1938-1951, 7 boxes
4H. Robert C. Hagstrom, 1947-1966, 45.5 boxes
4I. Maurice Janov, 1938-1950, 12 boxes
4J. Alwin Johnson, 1928-1939, 2 boxes
4K. Cherie Leslie, 1938, 1 box
4L. Marjorie MacDougall, 1964-1962, 13 boxes
4M. A. Morgan Maree, 1944-1959, 7.5 boxes
4N. Anne Paulos, 1953-1967, 82.5 boxes
4O. Pioneer Pictures, 1933-1934, 1 box
4P. M. E. Poole, 1942-1950, 17 boxes
4Q. Selznick Company, 1954-1966, 3 boxes
4R. Selznick International Pictures, 1935-1942, 41 boxes
4S. Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO), 1947-1957, 10.5 boxes
4T. Selznick Studio, 1942-1960, 17.5 boxes
4U. Bruce Sillery, 1944-1951, 6.5 boxes
4V. Vanguard Films, 1940-1951, 89.5 boxes
4W. Thomas L. Walker, 1950-1969, 21.5 boxes
4X. Miscellaneous, 1929-61, 40.5 boxes

5. Legal, 1935-1966, 322.5 boxes

Subseries:
5A. Consolidated, 1936-1966, 216 boxes
5B. Robert H. Dann, 1936-1952, 28.5 boxes
5C. Charlotte Gilbert, 1956-1958, 9 boxes
5D. Helen Leonard, 1956-1965, 34 boxes
5E. John Speaks, 1935-1936, 6.5 boxes
5F. Miscellaneous, 1936-1958, 28.5 boxes

6. Lewis J. Selznick, 1916-1923, 75 boxes

7. London, 1937-1967, 181.5 boxes

Subseries:
7A. Jenia Reissar, 1937-1954, 108 boxes
7B. Anthony Downing, 1947-1955, 30.5 boxes
7C. William H. Erbb, 1947-1948, 2.5 boxes
7D. Victor J. Hoare, 1947-1956, 40.5 boxes

8. Music, 1934-1957, 116 boxes, 147 music folders

Subseries:
8A. Films, 1934-1954, 83 boxes
8B. Lou Forbes, 1934-1944, 5.5 boxes
8C. Audray Granville, 1945-1947, 2.5 boxes
8D. Miscellaneous, 1944-1957, 5 boxes

9. Production, 1920-1958, 213.5 boxes

Subseries:
9A. Cecil Barker, 1946-1954, 16 boxes
9B. Arthur Fellows, 1946-1954, 10.5 boxes
9C. Hal C. Kern, 1937-1948, 11 boxes
9D. Raymond A. Klune, 1936-1942, 16.5 boxes
9E. Argyle Nelson, 1944-1948, 22 boxes
9F. Phil L. Ryan, 1935-1936, 3.5 boxes
9G. Clarence Slifer, 1935-1951, 72 boxes
9H. James G. Stewart, 1945-1954, 9.5 boxes
9I. Stills (Photographs), 1930-57, 45 boxes
9J. Miscellaneous, 1920-1957, 7.5 boxes

10. Publicity, 1934-1957, 267.5 boxes

Subseries:
10A. Stills (Photographs), 1935-1957, 154 boxes
10B. Aileen Brenon, 1947-1950, 7.5 boxes
10C. Robert M. Gilham, 1944-1950, 17.5 boxes
10D. Mervin J. Houser, 1946-1957, 29 boxes
10E. Don King, 1943-1945, 5.5 boxes
10F. Joan Lane, 1945-1948, 2.5 boxes
10G. Paul Macnamara, 1941-1949, 8 boxes
10H. Joseph L. Roberts, 1945-1948, 6 boxes
10I. Seymour Robins, 1948-1949, 9 boxes
10J. Selznick International Pictures (SIP), 1937-1938, 3 boxes
10K. Bart Sheridan, 1946-1949, 7 boxes
10L. Paul Snell, 1934-1936, 6 boxes
10M. Vanguard Films, 1943-1948, 1.5 boxes
10N. Miscellaneous, 1937-1954, 11 boxes

11. Research, 1930-1954, 53 boxes

Subseries:
11A. Lillian K. Deighton, 1936-1940, 14 boxes
11B. Ann Harris, 1936-1950, 15 boxes
11C. Miscellaneous, 1930-1954, 24 boxes

12. Story, 1930-1965, 1012 boxes

Subseries:
12A. Katharine Brown, 1940-1942, 12.5 boxes
12B. Gerry Deardorff, 1938-1948, 12.5 boxes
12C. Helena L. Hanna, 1945-1948, 8 boxes
12D. Barbara Keon, 1936-1948, 150.5 boxes
12E. Val Lewton, 1935-1942, 22.5 boxes
12F. Margaret McDonell, 1935-1945, 6 boxes
12G. Elsa Neuberger, 1935-1949, 11.5 boxes
12H. Lydia Schiller, 1936-1957, 54.5 boxes
12I. Scripts, 1932-1958, 305 boxes
12J. Nancy Stern, 1950-1957, 11.5 boxes
12K. Synopses, 1935-1962, 366 boxes
12L. Miscellaneous, 1930-1965, 51.5 boxes

13. Talent, 1945-1949, 18 boxes

14. Gifts, 1904-1980, 34 boxes


David O. Selznick Collection Finding Aid
Title Page Biographical Sketch Scope and Contents Organization and Access Series Outline Series Descriptions Companies and Personnel List Films Chronological List Films Alphabetical List Films Credits List


(Last modified: 13 June 2007 )

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