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Chronicles of America photoplays papers, 1920s

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Series II. Unfinished and Altered Projects (continued)
The Northwest
BOX L-034 The Northwest
Mounted photostats.
BOX A-0161 The Northwest
Costume/property sketch books (4).
BOX A-0162 The Northwest
Correspondence; costume/property sketch book (1); research notes; script/continuity documents; set/prop notes.
Oregon
BOX A-0158 Oregon
Costume/property sketch books (2).
BOX A-0159 Oregon
Costume/property sketch books (5); photostats ("costume plates not to be used").
BOX A-0160 Oregon
Correspondence; costume/property sketch book (1); script/continuity documents, set/prop notes and drawings.
BOX C-242 Oregon
Production portfolio (1), loose photostats.
BOX C-243 Oregon
Production portfolio (1), loose photostats.
BOX L-030 Oregon
Mounted photostats.
BOX L-031 Oregon
Mounted photostats.
BOX L-032 Oregon
Mounted photostats.
BOX L-033 Oregon
Mounted photostats.
President Washington
Appears to have been originally intended as no. 14 in the series. Possibly a working title for the Alexander Hamilton photoplay.
BOX A-0157 President Washington / Colonel Washington
Correspondence; costume/property sketch books (3); script/continuity documents.
BOX C-285 Scrapbook on George Washington administration, with emphasis on Alexander Hamilton
Memos and historical photos and stills from the movie.
BOX L-027 President Washington
Mounted and loose photostats.
BOX L-028 President Washington
Costume/property sketch books (2); mounted photostats.
BOX L-029 President Washington
Filmstrip slide originals.
Southern Planters
BOX A-0169 Southern Planters
Script/continuity documents [mixed with documents apparently pertaining to"For the Union"].
The Star Spangled Banner
BOX A-0158 The Star Spangled Banner
Correspondence; research notes (index cards); script/continuity documents.
BOX C-240 The Star Spangled Banner
Production portfolio.
Texas
BOX A-0162 Texas
Correspondence; research notes (index cards); script/continuity documents; set plans.
BOX L-034 Texas
Mounted photostats.
Valley Forge
BOX A-0150 Valley Forge
Costume/property sketch books (2).
BOX L-017 Valley Forge
Mounted and loose photostats.
William Penn
BOX A-0143 William Penn
Correspondence; script/continuity documents.
BOX C-234 William Penn
Production portfolio.
Series III. Miscellaneous Materials
BOX A-0158 "1798" / "1812"
Miscellaneous mixed correspondence concerning two apparent projects, "1798" and "1812", the latter of which may possibly be the same as "The Star Spangled Banner."
BOX C-248 Civil War-era visual materials.
Miscellaneous loose photostats apparently pertaining to projects "Lincoln", "Lee", and "Southern Planters."
BOX C-249 Civil War-era visual materials.
Production portfolio with miscellaneous loose photostats apparently pertaining to projects "Lincoln", "Lee", and "Southern Planters."
BOX L-038 Miscellaneous Civil War-era visual materials
Mounted and loose photostats.
BOX L-039 Miscellaneous Civil War-era visual materials
Mounted and loose photostats.
BOX L-040 Miscellaneous Civil War-era visual materials
Mounted photostats.
BOX L-041 Miscellaneous Civil War-era visual materials
Mounted photostats.
BOX A-0170 Chronicles of America miscellaneous materials
Correspondence of R.E. MacAlarney, Yale University Press, regarding motion picture projection equipment, c.1921; miscellaneous motion picture projector brochures (from MacAlarney correspondence file); C of A "Photoplay Outlines" (Peter Stuyvesant, Wolfe and Montcalm, Frontier Woman, Yorktown, The Pilgrims, Gateway to the West, Daniel Boone; Dixie, Jamestown, Eve of Revolution); "Teacher's Guide to C of A Photoplays" (brochure, nd), 63 pp.; "Teacher's Guide to C of A Filmstrips" (brochure, Yale UP, 1959); C of A Film Strips: Units 1 (Columbus), 2 (Jamestown), 3 (The Pilgrims), 7 (Wolfe and Montcalm), 8 (Eve of Revolution), 9 (Declaration of Independence), 10 (Daniel Boone), 11 (Vincennes), 12 (Frontier Woman), 13 (Yorktown), 14 (President Washington), 15 (Dixie). Units 4-6 missing; C of A Film Strip promotional brochures and order forms; C of A Photoplay brochures (nd); "The Chronicles of America Photoplays" (brochure, nd, 64 pp.) (2 copies); "Our Heritage of Freedom: Suggestions for the Observance of Bill of Rights Week" (brochure, 1940) with reference to Chronicles of America marked; Daniel C. Knowlton and J. Warren Tilton, Motion Pictures in History Teaching: A Study of the Chronicles of America Photoplay as an Aid in 7th Grade Instruction (Yale UP, 1929).
BOX C-250 Miscellaneous brochures and promotional materials.
BOX L-024 Filmstrip slide originals

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