Milton Berle papers, 1906-2002 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 149-160 MAPCASE 6	Writings, 1939-1998
		Correspondence, clippings, manuscript drafts and completed works, proofs, published works, and speeches.
		Arranged into two subseries: Works by Berle and Works by Others.
		Works by Berle, 1939-1998
			Correspondence, clippings, manuscript drafts and completed works, proofs, published works, and speeches.
			Arranged into five file units: Books, Short Stories, Articles, Newspaper Columns, and Eulogies and Speeches.
			Books
BOX 149/1-4				B. S. I Love You, undated
					Typescript
BOX 149/5-7, 150/1-2				Earthquake, 1959
					Typescript, uncorrected proof
BOX 150/3-7, 151/1-2				Further Adventures of Milton Berle's Private Joke File, undated
					Typescript
BOX 151/3				How to Improve Your Ego, undated
					Typescript, photographs
BOX 151/4-152/1				The Kneeling God, undated
					Bound volumes
BOX 152/3				Laughingly Yours, undated
					Typescript
BOX 152/3				Milton Berle's Private Joke File, 1989
					Bound volume
					Presentation copy
BOX 153/1-7-155/1				Milton Berle's Private Joke File, undated
					Typescript
BOX 155/2-4				Out of My Trunk, undated
					Typescript
BOX 155/5-7				Out of My Trunk, 1945, 1948
					Published versions
BOX 155/8-9, 156/1-6				Sit Still, My Soul, undated
					Typescript
BOX 156/7-10				Proposals, 1986, 1990, undated
					Contents: Fifty Years at the Friars How to Cook Somebody: The Milton Berle Roast Book Laugh and Live Longer They Made Me Laugh
			Short Stories
BOX 156/11				Chicken Feet, undated
BOX 156/12				A Family of Monsters, undated
BOX 156/13				A Gorgeous Detective, 1990
BOX 156/14				The Greatest Salesman in the World, undated
BOX 156/15				The Jester, undated
BOX 156/16				The Joy Killer, undated
BOX 157/1				The Next Best Thing, 1991, undated
BOX 157/2				Old Shoes, 1987, January 23
BOX 157/3				Reading, undated
BOX 157/4				Stories of Fuatami by Sashimi, undated
BOX 157/5				Tracks, undated
BOX 157/6				Tuesday Night Candy, undated
BOX 157/7				The White Shirt, undated
			Articles
BOX 157/8				"Berle's Eye View of the Democratic National Convention," The Hollywood Reporter, 1960, July 15
BOX 157/9				The Catskills, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/10				Crime Does Not Pay, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/11				"How I Made a Million," Stag, 1953 November
BOX 157/12				"I'll Always Remember My Greatest Audience," Parade, 1961, May 14
BOX 157/13				Living in a Pressure Cooker, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/14				"Milton Berle Recalls. . . My Mother the Trouper," The Troupers Trunk, 1968 January
BOX 157/15				My Boy Bill, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/16				"No Time on My Hands," undated
BOX 157/17				"So You Want To Write Songs," Billboard, 1939, October 3
BOX 157/18				"TV Is a Killer," This Week Magazine, 1955, February 6
BOX 157/19				A Visit to a Large Planet, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/20				Waiting, undated
					Typescript
BOX 157/21				"When Paradise Lost Milton," New York Mirror Magazine, 1960, March 3
					Typescript
BOX 157/22			Miscellaneous Writings, 1991, undated
				Typescripts
				Contents: Berle on Youngman Forward to "Comedy How to Write It" Juxtaposition One Door Closes What Television Has Taught Me
			Newspaper Columns
BOX 158/1				The Berling Point, 1940-1942, 1946
					Clippings
BOX-FOLDER 158/2-8				The Berling Point, 1941-1942, 1945-1946
					Typescripts
BOX-FOLDER 158/9				Guest Columns, 1946-1947, undated
BOX-FOLDER 159/1-3 MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/5				McNaught Syndicate 1949 June-November
					Typescripts, page proofs
					Includes correspondence
			Eulogies and Speeches
BOX-FOLDER 159/4-24				Eulogies, 1981-1991
					Contents: Ball, Lucille Baruch, Andre Barton, Ben Berle, Jack Berle, Rosalind Cummings, Bob Duff, Howard Fain, Sammy Flippen, J. C. Fromme, Milton Hutton, Jim Jessel, George Kraig, Bob Packard, Elon "Packy" Pickman, Kay Ritz, Harry Shawn, Dick Silvers, Phil Slate, Fay Skelton, Red Thomas, Danny
BOX-FOLDER 159/25				Speeches, 1990, 1998, undated
					Contents: Birthday, 1998 End of Season Friars Installation Friars President's Message [Sight Award] Acceptance Unidentified
		Works by Others, 1987
			Manuscript drafts.
			Arranged alphabetically by last name of author.
BOX-FOLDER 159/26			Allen, Steve, "Frank Fay," undated
BOX-FOLDER 159/27			Burns, George, "100 Years, 100 Stories," (exerpts), undated
BOX-FOLDER 159/28			Burns, George, "Foreword From a Friend," 1987, May 1
BOX-FOLDER 160/1			Fuld, Leo, "Nobody Knows," undated
BOX-FOLDER 160/2			Half Moon, undated
BOX-FOLDER 160/3			Kelly, Walter C., "Of Me I Sing," undated
BOX-FOLDER 160/4-6			Phillips, Arthur, "Jokers Are Wild," undated
BOX-FOLDER 160/7			Rowntree, Gordon, "Masters of the Field of Comedy," undated
BOX-FOLDER 160/8			Sheldon, Sidney, "Introduction to [B. S. I Love You]," undated
BOX 161-171; 248; 261	Business Papers, 1925-1997
		Advertisements, agreements, budgets, contracts, correspondence, financial reports and invoices, music, programs, reports, routines, and telegrams.
		Arranged alphabetically into eight file units: Comedy Software, Contracts, Financials, Licensing Agreements, Paid Invoices, Production Files, Representation, and Song Management. Within each, file units are arranged alphabetically or chronologically as appropriate.
		Comedy Software
BOX-FOLDER 161/1			Agreements, 1990-1994
BOX-FOLDER 161/2			Miscellaneous, 1992-1996
BOX-FOLDER 161/3			Publicity, undated
BOX-FOLDER 161/4			Taxes, 1992-1996
		Contracts
BOX-FOLDER 161/5			Berle, Miscellaneous, 1925, 1948-1949, 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 161/6-10			Berle Performances, 1932-1951, 1960-1963, 1983-1995
BOX-FOLDER 161/11			Playboy Club, Atlantic City, 1983 June
BOX-FOLDER 161/12			Windmill Dinner Theatre, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 161/13			Rivers, Joan, La Cage aux Folles, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 161/14			Talent, 1935, 1948, 1953
		Financials
BOX-FOLDER 162/1			Cyclohm Motor Corp., 1947
BOX-FOLDER 162/2-8; 248/4			Milton Berle Enterprises - Moe Morris & Company Accounting, 1945-1954
BOX-FOLDER 162/9			Off to Buffalo Company, 1939, undated
BOX-FOLDER 163/1			Richard Killman Productions, "Early to Bed," 1943-1944
BOX-FOLDER 163/2-4; 248/5			Sagebrush Enterprises, Inc., 1951-1953, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 163/5			Seventeen & Company, 1951, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 163/6			Top Banana Company, 1951-1954
		Licensing Agreements
BOX-FOLDER 163/7			Direct to Retail - Texaco Star Theatre, 1992-1993
BOX-FOLDER 163/8			The Last Supper - Name Credit, 1997
BOX-FOLDER 163/9			Miscellaneous, 1949, 1991-1997
BOX-FOLDER 164/1-2			NBC-Berle Show, 1982-1992
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