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Series I: David Ossman, 1967-2011
Subseries I: Performances, Scripts, Writings
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 A-1 slacks commercial
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 ATC July Mars mission, 2003-07
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 The adventures of Chucko the rocket robot
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Airwaves, 1981
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 All things considered, NPR. Thanksgiving or 'Pass the Indian, please', Oct./Nov. 2002
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 All things Firesign, NPR, 2002
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 All things considered, NPR. Developmental ideas, 2003
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 All things considered, NPR. Presidential poetry slam, 2003
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 All things considered, NPR. Scripts, 2003
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 An analysis of the schizophrenic thought and language of the Firesign Theatre, 1973-12-13
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Anything you want to, various versions, 1970-02
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Anythynge you want to, Ashgrove, 1970-11
Includes: 1 photographic print: 7 x 10 inches ; black and white ; 4 contact sheets: 8 x 10.5 inches ; black and white ; 18 negatives ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Anythynge you want to, screenplay, 1971-02
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Anythynge you want to, acting version, 1977
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Anythynge you want to, NPR's Earplay series (1 of 2), 1979
Scripts
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Anythynge you want to, NPR's Earplay series (2 of 2), 1979
Development
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Anythynge you want to, 1980
Includes: 1 photographic print: 8 x 10 inches ; black and white ; 1 contact sheet: 8.5 x 11 inches ; black and white
Photographer: Jerry De Winde
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Anythynge you want to, circa 1980s
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Anythynge you want to, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Anythynge you want to, 3rd draft (1 of 2), 1995
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Anythynge you want to, 3rd draft (2 of 2), 1995
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Anythynge you want to, interactive acting version, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Anythynge you want to, appendix, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Anythynge you want to. Ye holey script, 4th draft, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Anythynge you want to - benefit performance, 2001-01
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Anythynge you want to. Ye holey scripte, 400th anniversary edition (1 of 2), 2005
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Anythynge you want to. Ye holey scripte, 400th anniversary edition (2 of 2), 2005
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 The Firesign Theatre presents Anythynge you want to. Shakespeare's lost comedie and 'The legend of the Firesign Theatre', 2011
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Anythynge you want to, circa 2011
Includes: 32 photographic prints: 4 x 6 inches ; color ; 9 photographic prints: 8 x 10 inches ; black and white ; 7 negatives ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Anythynge you want to, manuscript 1st draft
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Anythynge you want to or Orson Welle's exposé of the greatest shenanigans of the century
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 BBC show, 2005-09
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Back from the shadows, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Backward into the future: An interactive romp (1 of 2), 1996
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Backward into the future: An interactive romp (2 of 2), 1996
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Banana banana notes for Michael Blodgett Show
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 The big big broadcast of 2005. Radio's a heartbreak (1 of 2), 2005
BOX-FOLDER 3/10 The big big broadcast of 2005. Radio's a heartbreak (2 of 2), 2005
BOX-FOLDER 3/11 The big big broadcast of 2005 - development, 2005
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 The big big broadcast of 2005. Radio's a heartbreak - pre-show, 2005
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Big book of plays, 1972
Bound
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Big book of plays - correspondence with Straight Arrow Books, 1972, 1974-1975
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Big book of plays, intro and miscellaneous, circa 1973
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Big book of plays, galleys
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 Big book of plays, scripts
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Big mystery joke book, early notes and drafts, circa 1973
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Big mystery joke book, final copy, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 Big mystery joke book, introduction and history
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Big mystery joke book, manuscript
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 Big mystery joke book, proofs (1 of 2)
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Big mystery joke book, proofs (2 of 2)
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 The big suitcase, first draft, February 1971
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Bob Sideburn news, Ashgrove, 1970-11
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Boom dot bust - work copy, 1999-08-06
BOX-FOLDER 5/9 Boom dot bust - transcript, 1999-08-06
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Boom dot bust - photos, 1999
Includes: 2 photographic prints: 8 x 10 inches, 3 x 4 inches ; color
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Bride of Firesign - notes and planning, 2000
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Bride of Firesign - David Ossman's scripts, 2001-04-21
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Bride of Firesign - Peter Bergman's scripts, April 2001
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Bride of Firesign - research, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Bride of Firesign - reviews, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 Bride of Firesign - scripts and studio notes, 2001
BOX-FOLDER 6/6 By the light of the silvery, 1980
Scripts
BOX-FOLDER 6/7 By the light of the silvery, 1980, 2011
Stage version
BOX-FOLDER 6/8 CBS Records convention - setup and scripts, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 6/9 CBS Records parody commercial, 1972
BOX-FOLDER 6/10 The cartoon, Encore
BOX-FOLDER 6/11 Carnation instant breakfast commercial
BOX-FOLDER 6/12 Character sketches for Loman and Barkley Show
BOX-FOLDER 6/13 Count of Monte Cristo, Ashgrove, 1970-11
BOX-FOLDER 6/14 Danger in the 21st Century
BOX-FOLDER 6/15 Danger in the dark, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 6/16 Dear friends, KPFK, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 Dear friends notebook (1 of 3), 1971
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Dear friends notebook (2 of 3), 1971
BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Dear friends notebook (3 of 3), 1971
BOX-FOLDER 7/4 Dr. Blojob, Ashgrove, 1970-11
BOX-FOLDER 7/5 Dr. Fear, 1979
BOX-FOLDER 7/6 Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers (1 of 2), 1967-1968
Carbon of first draft 'Bosch'
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers (2 of 2), 1967-1968
BOX-FOLDER 7/8 Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers - script, 1970
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 Don't crush that dwarf - studio shots, 1970
Includes: 4 contact sheets: 8.5 x 11 inches ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 Eat, October 1970
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 Electrician - album script, 1967-1968
BOX-FOLDER 8/4 Encore, Ashgrove, 1969-12--1970-01
BOX-FOLDER 8/5 End of the world, 1968-07-01
BOX-FOLDER 8/6 Everything you know is wrong - photoshoot, 1974-10--1974-11
Includes: 10 negatives ; color
BOX-FOLDER 8/7 Everything you know is wrong - development, 1974
BOX-FOLDER 8/8 Everything you know is wrong - film version, 1975
Includes: 1 photographic print: 2.5 x 2.5 inches ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER 8/9 Everything you know is wrong about the future, NPR, 1996-12
BOX-FOLDER 8/10 Everything you know is wrong, NPR - scripts, 2002
BOX-FOLDER 8/11 Everything you know is wrong - album script
Research, first draft, design
BOX-FOLDER 8/12 Everything you know is wrong! About the public interest!
BOX-FOLDER 8/13 Fighting clowns, Cherokee studies, and Roxy Theater, February-March 1980
BOX-FOLDER 8/14 Fighting clowns - first drafts, Winter 1980
First drafts
BOX-FOLDER 8/15 Fighting clowns, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 8/16 Fighting clowns - studio scripts
Studio scripts
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 The fighting clowns cross America, Spring 1981
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 Firesign at Sunburst, 1999-07-14
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 Firesign radio hour for Ashgrove Benefit, stage script, 1968
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 The Firesign Theatre's hour hour, KPPC, 1970
Playlists, notes, scripts, listener letters
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 Firesign Theatre performed by others, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 The fly - unfinished script
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 Fools in space - studio shots, circa 1990s
Includes: 1 photographic print: 8 x 10 inches ; black and white
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