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Series 6. Miscellaneous, 1916-1992 | |||||||||||||
1.7 linear feet (5 boxes) | |||||||||||||
RPA 00629-00632 (boxes 160-163); RPU 00034 (box 364) | |||||||||||||
The Miscellaneous series contains biographical material such as entertainment
industry magazine articles, principally on Oboler but also about Oboler family
members. There is biographical information on his assistant Jerry Kay (whose
original name was Geraldine Klancke), and there are Oboler materials Kay evidently
compiled for sales efforts after his death. Scrapbooks kept by Oboler as a youth
show his early interests in nature. A number of folders entitled “Ideas” from his
career in radio and afterwards, in general chronologically arranged, show his
creative processes at work. Also included is an E-V model 650 microphone. |
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Miscellaneous biographical, family, and personal materials, 1936-1987 | |||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 1 | Arch Oboler biographical and other newspaper and magazine clippings, 1936 June-1942 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 2 | NBC publications about Oboler, 1938 March-1942 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 3 | Radio Life magazine article: "Arch Oboler: A Master Dramatist Readies New Shocker," 1940 August 18 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 4 | Joint will of Arch Oboler and Eleanor Helfand Oboler, 1941 March 8 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 5 | Pic magazine article: "Arch Oboler with the Gnome-like Puss," 1941 March 4 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 6 | New York Times newspaper article: "The Radio Scene: Some Opinions, Bulletins: Mr. Oboler Again," 1942 November 15 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 7 | Radio Life magazine article: "Arch Oboler Tells How to Get into Radio," 1942 November 22 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 8 | Tune In magazine article: "Lights Out: Arch Oboler's Blood Chilling Dramas Are Full of Technical Innovations," 1943 August | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 9 | Radio-Television Life magazine article: "Photocade of a Decade," 1950 March 3 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 10 | Arch Oboler biographies, circa 1956-circa 1973 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 11 | Guy Oboler - Ridgewood Military Academy promotion certificate, 1957 June | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 12 | Oboler family tree, compiled by Alfred Oboler, 1971 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 13 | Newspaper article: "Persistence Has Paid Off for Minnie Pearlstein, M.D.," circa 1976 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 14 | Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom obituary for Eli M. Oboler, 1915-1983, 1983 September | ||||||||||||
Eli M. Oboler was Arch Oboler's brother. | |||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 15 | Los Angeles Times newspaper article: "Radio Dramatist Oboler: the Plot's the Thing," 1986 September 30 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 16 | SPERDVAC Radiogram obituary for Arch Oboler, 1987 April | ||||||||||||
SPERDVAC is the Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama Variety and Comedy. | |||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 17 | Polaroid photograph, possibly of Eleanor Oboler and grandchild, undated | ||||||||||||
Ideas, 1932-1965 | |||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 18 | Ideas, 1932-1938 and undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 19 | Scripts - new ideas, 1937 March-1965 October | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 20 | Ideas, 1937 April-1943 December | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 21 | "Ideas" spiral notebook, 1939 | ||||||||||||
BOX 160 FOLDER 22 | Ideas, 1940 May-1946 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 1 | Ideas - motion pictures, 1941 December and undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 2 | Ideas, loose material, 1943-1949 | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 3-5 | Mutual Broadcasting System material, 1944-1945 | ||||||||||||
Jerry Kay materials, 1952-1990 | |||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 6 | Jerry Kay, background, 1952-1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 7 | Jerry Kay, Chicago International Film Festival, 1952- 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 8 | Battle for a Three Dimensional World, 1982 | ||||||||||||
Comic book and 3-D glasses. | |||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 9 | Jerry Kay creditor's claims on Oboler estate, 1987 August-1989 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 10 | Jerry Kay letter to NBC general attorney regarding Lights Out, 1990 August 9 | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 11 | Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil press and exploitation book, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 12 | Domo Arigato, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 161 FOLDER 13 | Space Vision process used in The Bubble, undated | ||||||||||||
Includes four black-and-white photographs. | |||||||||||||
Materials from Jerry Kay to Hitchcock, Allan Barnette, 1992 and undated | |||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 1 | Letter to Rachelle Blaine care of Allan Barnette, 1992 November 18 | ||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 2 | Three by Oboler, undated | ||||||||||||
An outline for television. | |||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 3 | Arch Oboler's The Borgia Emerald, undated | ||||||||||||
"Preferably photographed in 3-D." | |||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 4 | Big Ben, undated | ||||||||||||
A television play included in the Arch Oboler's Plays syndicated series. "Female and male versions." |
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BOX 162 FOLDER 5 | "What the Devil," "Dog's Eye View," "The Old Boy," "Chicken Heart," undated | ||||||||||||
"What the Devil" and "Chicken Heart" were episodes of Lights Out; "Dog's Eye View" was an episode of Oboler Comedy Theatre. | |||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 6 | The Devil and Mr. O, Arch Oboler biography, undated | ||||||||||||
The Devil and Mr. O was a syndication of original Lights Out broadcasts, 1970-1973. | |||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 7 | "The Old Boy," "Dog's Eye View," "What the Devil," "Big Ben," Three by Oboler, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 8 | Point a Fiery Finger, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 9 | Version two, four, six, seven presentations, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 162 FOLDER 10 | "Dog's Eye View," "What the Devil," "Big Ben," Three by Oboler, "Chicken Heart," undated | ||||||||||||
Miscellaneous, 1941-1950 | |||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 1 | Other people's scripts, 1941, 1944 and undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 2 | Property inventories, circa 1944 | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 3 | Miscellaneous Arch Oboler materials, 1945 November- 1948 August | ||||||||||||
Includes materials on African trip preparation. | |||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 4 | Arnelo Affair survey cards, 1946 | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 5 | Future purchase, 1947- 1950 | ||||||||||||
BOX 364 | Electro-Voice 650 microphone, [1940s?] | ||||||||||||
Scrapbooks and notebooks, 1916-circa 1945 | |||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 6 | Complete record of nature collection, 1916-1940 | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 7 | Complete record of nature collection contest items, 1922 January 31-1927 | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 8 | University School series composition book, circa 1920- 1930 | ||||||||||||
BOX 163 FOLDER 9 | Shorthand spiral notebook, circa 1945 | ||||||||||||
Series 7. Night of the Auk, 1946-1968 | |||||||||||||
2.5 linear feet (6 boxes) | |||||||||||||
RPA 00633-00638 (boxes 164-169) | |||||||||||||
This series documents Night of the Auk, Oboler’s only staged play, which in late 1956 opened in Washington, D.C., and then moved on to Broadway, where its short run was greeted with much negative criticism. Information on its production in 1956 and a later off-Broadway staging is contained in the papers, including scripts, contracts, promotional materials, and newspaper and magazine reviews. Its television treatment as a Play of the Week show in 1960 is also documented. | |||||||||||||
Arrangement of the Night of the Auk series is generally chronological within folders that retain their original file folder names. | |||||||||||||
Book, 1956-1967 | |||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 1 | Book preface, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 2 | Book requests, 1956 December-1961 August | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 3 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1956 June-1967 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 4 | Publicity, 1958 October-December | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 5 | Thank-you's, 1958 October-1964 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 6 | Books sent to small theaters, 1959 March-1962 May | ||||||||||||
Broadway stage play, 1946-1968 | |||||||||||||
Business, 1956-1957 | |||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 7 | Contracts, 1956 July-1957 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 8 | Production money, 1956 August-1957 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 9 | Expenses, 1956 June-1957 November | ||||||||||||
Production and publicity, 1956-1966 | |||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 10 | Rehearsal notes, 1956 October-November | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 11 | Cast correspondence, 1956 June-1957 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 12 | Congratulations, 1956 November-1961 June | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 13 | New York production correspondence, 1956 June-1957 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 14 | Photostats of reviews, 1956 November-December | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 15 | Stage pictures, 1957 July | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 16 | Playbills, 1956 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 17 | Publicity, 1956 July-1966 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 164 FOLDER 18 | Reviews, 1956 November-December | ||||||||||||
Scripts, 1946-1957 | |||||||||||||
BOX 165 FOLDER 1-4 | Moonride: town file, 1955 May-1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 165 FOLDER 5-6 | Originals written in the 1940s, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 165 FOLDER 7 | Moonride synopsis: town file, 1946-1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 166 FOLDER 1 | Moonride: town file, extra pages, 1955 May-1956 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 166 FOLDER 2 | Inserts: town file, 1955 August-1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 166 FOLDER 3-5 | Night of the Auk scripts, 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 166-167 | Mimeographed copies: town file, 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 167 FOLDER 3-4 | Pre-stencil script, 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 167 FOLDER 5-6 | Original rough draft notes: town file, 1956 February-October | ||||||||||||
BOX 167 FOLDER 7 | Original sent to mimeograph: town file, 1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 167-168 | Revisions: town file, 1956 June-September | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 2 | Master used for June 6, 1957, script, circa 1957 | ||||||||||||
Off Broadway stage play, 1956-1968 | |||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 3 | Night of the Auk: off Broadway, 1956 August-1968 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 4 | Contracts: Samuel French, Inc., 1957 November-1962 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 5 | Penny Productions, 1962 April-1963 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 6 | Penny Productions: contracts, 1962 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 7 | Reviews, 1963 May | ||||||||||||
Television, 1960-1967 | |||||||||||||
Miscellaneous, 1960-1967 | |||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 8 | Contracts: NTA-TV, 1960 February-July | ||||||||||||
BOX 168 FOLDER 9 | Contract: Prominent Film, 1966 November-1967Aug | ||||||||||||
BOX 169 FOLDER 1 | Contracts: WNTA, 1960 February-1967 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 169 FOLDER 2 | Uses, 1960 November-1961 May | ||||||||||||
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