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Series 1. Correspondence, circa 1934-1987
13.3 linear feet (32 boxes)
RPA 00470-00501 (boxes 1-32); RPC 00083 (box OS 2)
Among the Oboler papers are a number of folders originally labeled “Correspondence,” some of which date from Oboler’s radio career in the 1930s and 1940s. Of interest are letters to and from radio and film stars such as Boris Karloff and Bette Davis, fan mail to Oboler, and material related to Oboler’s Mutual Broadcasting System radio work in 1945. Correspondence from later dates is not as well organized and, characteristic of the “catch-all” nature of the Oboler papers, contains diverse materials on topics such as union membership, income taxes, travel, real estate, and product warranties and guarantees.
Materials from the early period of his career are among the best organized files of the collection, retaining their original arrangement, alphabetical by subject (including, for example, radio program titles) or correspondent, and within folder chronological, reverse chronological, or alphabetical by correspondent.
Specific recipients and topics, 1936-1952
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 AFRA, 1941 January-November
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Approved contract forms, 1940
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Arch Oboler: paid bills, insurance receipts, etc., 1948
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Arnelo Affair, 1945 September-1947 July
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 "Art of Radio Writing," 1940 August
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Berke, Sam, 1948
BOX 1 FOLDER 7-8 Black, Ivan, 1939 September-1949 December
BOX 1 FOLDER 9-10 Blackett - Sample - Hummert, Inc., 1938 September-1941 March
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Books, 1942 March
BOX 1 FOLDER 12 Burr, Jane, 1939 September-1941 May
BOX 1 FOLDER 13 Charities, 1940 January-1944 April
BOX 1 FOLDER 14 Copyright material, 1939 September-1942 May
BOX 1 FOLDER 15 Council for Democracy, 1941 September-1941 December
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Dean Witter & Company, 1941 March-June
BOX 2 FOLDER 2 Draft business, 1941 March
BOX 2 FOLDER 3 Earle, Harley, 1940 December
BOX 2 FOLDER 4 European trip, 1938 May-October
BOX 2 FOLDER 5 Everyman's Theater scripts returned, 1938 April-1940 November
Arch Oboler radio program, 1940-1941.
BOX 2 FOLDER 6 Everyman's Theater advance synopsis, circa 1940
Arch Oboler radio program, 1940-1941.
BOX 2 FOLDER 7-8 Free film, 1941-1943, 1947
BOX 2 FOLDER 9 Follow up folder (weekly), current material, 1940 September-1941 November
BOX 2 FOLDER 10-11 Gang & Kopp, 1940 June-1951 February
BOX 2 FOLDER 12 Garbo affair, 1942 January-March
BOX 2 FOLDER 13 Garden, 1940-1942
BOX 3 FOLDER 1 General Amusement Corporation, Jimmy Parks, 1938 September-1941 November
BOX 3 FOLDER 2 Gilmore, Max E., 1942 April
BOX 3 FOLDER 3 Glassley, Chester, 1941 October-1952 May
BOX 3 FOLDER 4 Immediate, 1940 January-1942 February
BOX 3 FOLDER 5 Institute for Education by Radio, 12th and 13th, 1941 May-1946 June
BOX 3 FOLDER 6 J. Walter Thompson, Inc., 1937 January-1939 July
BOX 3 FOLDER 7 Kastor, H.W. & Sons, 1937 April-1939 June
BOX 3 FOLDER 8 Leland Hayward, Inc., 1939 February-1941 November
BOX 3 FOLDER 9 Miscellaneous, 1943 and undated
BOX 3 FOLDER 10 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1936 June-1942 May
BOX 3 FOLDER 11 Motion Picture Buyers Guide, 1940-1945
BOX 3 FOLDER 12 Music, 1940
BOX 3 FOLDER 13 Musicians Mutual Protective Association, 1940 October
BOX 3 FOLDER 14 NBC correspondence, 1939, 1937 December-1939 December
BOX 4 FOLDER 1 NBC correspondence, 1940, 1939 December-1940 December
BOX 4 FOLDER 2 NBC, Wally West, 1940 January-1941 February
BOX 4 FOLDER 3 Other NBC correspondence, 1937 July-1941 November
BOX 4 FOLDER 4 Procter & Gamble, 1940 November-1941 May
BOX 4 FOLDER 5 Publicity, Plays for Americans, 1942 February-March
Arch Oboler World War II radio series, 1942.
BOX 4 FOLDER 6 Radio editors, 1938 February-1946 June
BOX 4 FOLDER 7 Radio Writers Guild, 1939 May-1947 December
BOX 4 FOLDER 8 Ranch furniture, 1941 April-August
BOX 4 FOLDER 9 Random House book, 1940 January-1942 May
BOX 4 FOLDER 10 Read, Oliver: radio, 1940 April-September
BOX 4 FOLDER 11 Red Cross, 1940 September-1941 October
BOX 4 FOLDER 12 Red White & Blue (army), 1941 May-June
BOX 4 FOLDER 13 Rutherhauff & Ryan, 1938 April-1941 September
BOX 4 FOLDER 14 Services, 1946 November-1952 July
BOX 5 FOLDER 1 Speech material, 1939 June-October
BOX 5 FOLDER 2 Stocks, 1941 March-September
BOX 5 FOLDER 3 Strange Holiday correspondence, 1944 January-1952 January
BOX 5 FOLDER 4 Strange Morning correspondence, 1944 July-1945 February
BOX 5 FOLDER 5 Treasury show, 1941, 1941 June-October
BOX 5 FOLDER 6 20th Century Fox, 1941 April-October
BOX 5 FOLDER 7 Union Bank & Trust Co., 1941 September-November
BOX 5 FOLDER 8 University correspondence, 1938 November-December, 1941 January-August
BOX 5 FOLDER 9 Variety, 1938 May-1941 August
BOX 5 FOLDER 10 Weston, George, His First Million Women, 1941 October-November
BOX 5 FOLDER 11 William Morris Agency, 1937 April-1941 September
BOX 5 FOLDER 12 William Targ (book), 1940 March-1941 December
Correspondence arranged alphabetically, 1937-1942
BOX 6 FOLDER 1 A to G, 1937
BOX 6 FOLDER 2 G to M, 1937
BOX 6 FOLDER 3 N to T, 1937
BOX 6 FOLDER 4 T to Z, 1937
BOX 6 FOLDER 5 A, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 6 B, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 7 C, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 8 D, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 9 F, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 10 G, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 11 H, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 12 J, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 13 K, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 14 L, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 15 M, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 16 N, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 17 O-P, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 18 R, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 19 S, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 20 T, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 21 V, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 22 W, 1938
BOX 6 FOLDER 23 A, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 24 B, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 25 C, 1938-1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 26 D, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 27 E, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 28 F, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 29 G, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 30 H, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 31 J, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 32 K, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 33 L, 1939-1940
BOX 6 FOLDER 34 M, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 35 N, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 36 O-P, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 37 R, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 38 S, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 39 T, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 40 V, 1939
BOX 6 FOLDER 41 W, 1939
BOX 7 FOLDER 1 A, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 2 B, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 3 C, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 4 D, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 5 E, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 6 F, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 7 G, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 8 H, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 9 I, 1940
BOX 7 FOLDER 10 J, 1940
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