The Inventory

of the

James Kotsilibas-Davis

Collection

#1748

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Kotsilibas-Davis, James (4/17/08) Page 1 of 5

Kotsilibas-Davis, James

#1748

4/17/08, 5/6/08

Preliminary Listing

Box 1

I. Professional Materials.

A. Research files, may include printed materials, notes, photographs,

correspondence.

1. ALate 20s Talkies / Young Love / The Swan.@ [F. 1]

2. AMarilyn Monroe Interviews.@ [F. 2]

3. AMyrna Loy Part I.@ [F. 3]

4. AMyrna Loy Part II,@ 2 files. [F. 4-5]

5. AOrphans of the Storm 1922,@ 2 files. [F. 6-7]

6. Untitled, re: Myrna Loy. [F. 8]

7. Untitled, re: Gish family, 7 files.

[F. 8-12]

8. APlaybills Featuring Gish,@ 5 files. [F. 13-17]

Box 2 B. Subject files, may include printed materials, correspondence, photographs,

notes.

1. A[Joel] McCrea,@ 2 files. [F. 1-2]

2. AMyrna Loy Photographs.@ [F. 3]

3. AResumes of Kotsilibas-Davis.@ 4. Untitled re: AInterviews about Gish,@ 4 files. [F. 3-5]

II. Manuscripts

A. By JKD, TS, may include holograph notes.

1. AMERICA: THE WAY WE WERE, includes:

a. A1900-1909,@ 11 p., n.d.

a. A1910-1919,@ 13 p., n.d.

b A1920-1929,@ 13 p., n.d.

c. A1945-1950,@ 20 p., n.d.

2. AThe Fabulous Thirties,@ 15 p., n.d., used in Reader=s Digest

videocassettes.

3. MYNA LOY: BEING AND BECOMING, 389 p., n.d. [F. 6-8]

4. ORPHANS OF THE STORM: THE LIVES OF LILLIAN AND

DOROTHY GISH, 4 holograph notebooks.

a. Book I, 70 pp. [F. 9]

b. Book II, 78 pp.

c. Book III, 28 pp. [F. 10]

d. Untitled notebook, approx. 100 pp. [F. 11]

B. By others.

1. Untitled, re: APOP,@ by Peter McCrea, 42 p., n.d. [F. 12]

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C. Transcripts.

1. AZiegfeld Follies Reunion,@ by Michelle Cousin, radio transcript

for ADimension of a Woman=s World,@ Dec. 7, n.y., 4 p.

2. AVarious Interview Transcript Pages and Clippings re: Myrna Loy

Material and Others,@ from audio cassette, approx. 75 p., n.d.

III. Printed Materials (see also Oversized Materials).

A Proofs. [F. 13]

1. ORPHANS OF THE STORM: THE LIVES OF LILLIAN AND

DOROTHY GISH, by JKD, galleys, 162 p.

B. Magazines. [F. 14]

1. The Diners= Club Magazine, July, 1961.

2. The New Yorker, June 8, 1992.

3. Psychology: Health, Happiness, Success, December, 1925.

4. The Woman, May, 1953.

C. Newsletters.

1. AThe A and S Spotlight,@ Vol. 15, Nos. 3-4, Mar.-Apr. 1953.

2. AGotham Life Guide: The Official Metropolitan,@ Mar. 9, 1963.

D. Clippings re: AZiegfeld,@ 1921-1965. [F. 15-16]

Box 3 E. Various flyers, posters, and announcements. [F. 1-2]

IV. Photographs.

A. Files.

1. AMyrna Loy,@ approx. 130 black and white prints; includes book

jacket. [F. 3-4]

2. Untitled re: Myrna Loy, 487 black and white prints and

photocopies; includes 2 TLS, 1988; printed material. [F. 5-9]

3. Untitled re: Gish family, approx. 120 black and white prints, some

with annotations, 1946; includes invoice. [F. 10]

B. General, 42 color prints, 6 black and white prints. [E. 1-2]

V. Legal Materials.

A. Various contracts; includes correspondence. [F. 11]

VI. Personal Memorabilia.

A. AMyrna Loy,@ cardboard mask with wooden handle. [Loose]

VII. Audio Materials.

A. Cassette tapes, unless noted. [Loose]

1. A#3.@

2. A1/4-1/6.@

3. A1/7-1/9.@

4. A1/10-1/11.@

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5. A1/13-1/15.@

6. A1/16.@ 7. A1/30.@

8. A1/31-2/3.@

9. A1/18/78 pm-1/20/78 am,@ 1978.

10. A1/20 am- 1/22/78 am,@ 1978.

11. A1/22 am-1/23 am@

12. A1/25-1/26,@ 2 tapes.

13. A1/27-1/29.@ 14. A2/6-2/7.@

15. A2/8.@

16. A2/8-2--2/8-2.@

17. A2/10-2/11.@

18. A2/12-2/13.@

19. A3/1/78,@ 1978.

20. A3/20-PG,@ mini-cassette.

21. A5/15-20,@ mini-cassette.

22. A5/12-13.@ 23. A7/1 PG-Hate Call,@ mini-cassette.

24. A9/10-9/11.@

25. A9/19-9/22 or 9/23.@ 26. A9/22-9/26.@

27. A30's films.@

28. AAct II.@

29. AAl Hackett; Peter Harris; David C. Jones (picks up right after P.

Harris).@

30. AAnn Pinchot # 2 and #3."

31. AAnn Pinchot #4; Paula Lawrence and Charles Bowden.@ 32. AThe Ants/End/Airport.@ 33. AArmen=s Aug. 10 1985: POP Photographs,@ 8/10/85.

34. AB.@ 35. ABarefoot.@ 36. ABeginnings.@ 37. ABetty/George Cukor.@ 38. ABetty (C).@ 39. ABetty Black (B).@ 40. ABetty Smith #3.@

41. ABill Roenick: Hamlet/Yankees.@

42. AThe Biograph Girl.@

43. ABoaty Boatwright/Tammy Grimes/John Springer.@ 44. ABob Henderson.@ 45. ABob Henderson and Eileen Bowser.@ 46. ACalifornia.@

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47. ACarter Interview.@ 48. ADavis=s Interview with Herb Sterne.@ 49. ADolly Haas.@

50. ADon Juan/Houseman.@

51. ADrama League Backstage Series 5.@ 52. AEileen Hughes.@

53. AEstelle Linger/Bobbi Handman.@

54. AFamily/Arthur/Brother.@

55. AFox/RKO/MGM/Childhood.@ 56. AFrances Richards.@

57. AFrancesca and John Beaufort.@

58. AFriends and Santana Days.@ 59. AHanna Snow.@ 60. AHollywood >Glamour=/Middle Period.@ 61. AHorton Foote.@ 62. AJoel McCrea.@ 63. AJoel McCrea, Tapes 1-48.A

Box 4 64. AJoel McCrea OF HUMAN BONDAGE; MOST DANGEROUS

GAME; BARBARY COAST.@ 65. AJoel McCrea on WELLS FARGO; VILLON PACIFIC.@ 66. AJohn Frayer; Dorothy McHugh; George Abbott; Charles and Paula

Bowden; Ann and Susan Pinchot.@ 67. AJohn Springer.@ 68. AJTWYW/M.M.P./People.@ 69. AKeep on Rockin, Tapes 2 and 3,@ 1986.

70. ALast Days at MGM.@ 71. ALobster,@ mini-cassette.

72. ALou MacFarlane.@

73. ALoy: Tape 1 and 2,@ 3 tapes.

74. AMaria Tucci #2.@ 75. A11 Marrioger/Thin Man/B.Y.O.O.L/Sherwood.@ 76. AMarvin Paige/Vincent Price/Rose Hobart/Gerrie Griffith

Reichard.@ 77. AMasaryk/End of MGM.@

78. AMay.@ 79. AMean 4/25A, mini-cassette.

80. AMGM.@ 81. AMGM (Gable/Powell).@

82. AMGM Rebellion.@

83. AMid Cace/Terrace.@

84. AMini Weber.@

85. AMinna Wallis/Jerome Kilty.@

86. AA Musical Jubilee Act 1,@ 1975.

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87. AMyrna Loy-Town Hall,@ 3/18/73.

88. AMyrna=s Mother on Myrna Loy Mac Farlane.@ 89. ANov. 77,@ 11/77.

90. APolitic.@ 91. APolitics, Etc. MacCarthy.@ 92. APolitics/UN/Blacklist.@ 93. APOP McCrea 2134640777 48 Original.@ 94. ARadio Show.@ 95. ARed Pony/Monkey/House.@

96. ARicardo Montalban/Jean Cain.@

97. ARoddy [McDowall] (con=t); Shelley Winters (More to Come);

Jane Wyatt; Shelley Winters.@ 98. ASam Mart/Elsie Jensen.@

99. ATeresa Wright #2.@

100. ATerry Hornblow and Family (Doris and Debbie) #40.@ 101. ATony Slide.@ 102. ATV.@ 103. ATV/Powell/N.Y.@ 104. AUNESCO/Olay-Berenson/Florence/Sargent.@ 105. AWarners-Fox-Goldwyn.@ 106. AWashington/Transition.@ 107. AWidget #3.@ 108. AWidget Noyes #1.@ 109. AWinters Whit Bissell (con=t;) Anna Lee (con=t); Terry Sanders.@ 110. AWynn Handman/Ian Minor.@ 111. Untitled, 1 mini-cassette, 4 tapes.

VIII. Scrapbooks.

Pkg. 1 A. Scrapbook, June 26, 1936, Feb 24, 1957; includes photographs, newspaper

clippings; programs; artwork.

IX. Oversized Materials.

Pkg. 2 A. Printed materials; includes articles re: Gish family; playbills; 5 book

pages, black and white photographs; articles re: Myrna Loy; AGeller,@ proof 40 p., 1946.

Kotsilibas-Davis, James (7/22/10) Page 1 of 2

Kotsilibas-Davis, James #1748

7/22/10 Preliminary Listing

I. Printed Materials.

Box 4 A. “BLOOMSBURY - Author’s Copies and Reviews,” 1988, file; include correspondence, news clippings, photocopies. [F. 1]

B. Re: Myrna Loy; may include articles by/re: JKD. 1. Newspapers, 1977-1995. [F. 2-4]

2. Clippings, 1966-1995. [F. 5-6] 3. Photocopies, 1987-1992. [F. 7]

Box 5 4. Magazines, may include holograph notes by JKD. a. American Cinematographer, Feb. 1988. [F. 1] b. American Film, Nov. 1987. c. Bunte, Dec. 1994. d. Cinema, Feb. 1995. e. Good Housekeeping, Aug. 1987. [F. 2] f. Life, 3 issues. [F. 3] (i) Nov. 8, 1968. (ii) Mar. 21, 1969. (iii) Apr. 18, 1969. g. Mirabella, Nov./Dec. 1995, 2 copies. [F. 4] h. McCall’s, Feb. 1996, 2 copies. i. New Woman, Dec. 1987. [F. 5] j. New York, Sep. 21, 1987. k. The New Yorker, 2 issues. (i) Mar. 7, 1977. (ii) Feb. 22, 1988. [F. 6] l. Parlee, Jan. 1988. m. People, 2 issues. [F. 7] (i) Apr. 4, 1988, 2 copies. (ii) May 15, 1995. n. Performing Arts, June 1977, 2 copies. o. Time, Oct. 26, 1987. [F. 8] p. Travel-Holiday, 4 issues. (i) Oct. 1989. (ii) Nov. 1989. (iii) Dec. 1989. (iv) Jan. 1990. q. Video, July 1986. [F. 9] 5. Newsletters, 1966-1967. [F. 10] 6. Invitations, 1987-1988. 7. Programs, 1987. 8. Flyers, 1987. 9. Pamphlets, 1987. [F. 11]

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II. Manuscripts. A. Untitled file re: Myrna Loy tribute, 10/30/87; includes speeches written

by JKD for Joanne Woodward, Harry Belafonte and Roddy McDowall, holograph, 30 p. total. [F. 12] B. By JKD.

1. “Great Wonders of the World,” essay, TS, 15 p. 2. TS notes re: MILESTONES, TS; 150 p.; includes holograph

notes, printed materials. [F. 13] III. Correspondence.

A. Personal to and from JKD, Feb. 1977-Aug. 1988; may include ALS, TLS, telegrams, printed materials, news clippings. [F. 14]

B . TLS to Myrna Loy from William Valentine, 1 p., 7/24/45, includes black and white print re: Myrna Loy. IV. Research Materials.

A. “Santa Monica Heritage Museum: Myrna Loy, Cinema Legend with a Social Conscience,” press release regarding Myrna Loy, 2 p., 1988; includes typescript biography re: Myrna Loy. [F. 15]

V. Financial Materials

A. Royalty statement re: JKD’s, MYRNA LOY: BEING AND BECOMING, 1 p., 1991.

VI. Photographs. A. Black and white print re: Myrna Loy, 8 x 10”, n.d. B. Color print, 8 x 10”, n.d.

Kotsilibas-Davis, James (11/24/10) Page 1 of 1

Kotsilibas-Davis, James #1748

11/24/10 Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 5

I. Printed Materials. A. “All About Bette,” review by JKD of BETTE DAVIS by Barbara Learning (Simon and Schuster, 1992), Bookworld, 5/17/92. [F. 16] II. Manuscripts. A. 4 untitled files, may include interview transcripts, screenplays, director’s notes, manuscript draft fragments, TS and holograph; correspondence, n.d. 1. Re: “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” screenplay by JKD; includes TL by unidentified sender to Donald Farber, n.d. [F.17] 2. Re: transcript of JKD's interview with Sammy Davis, Jr., Amy Greene, Robin Courage, TS (photocopy), 1/15/80. [F. 18]

3. Re: proposal for film, “Hollywood: The First Fifty Years: A Retrospective in Movie Ads,” n.d. [F. 19]

III. Photographs. A. Black and white print, 8 x 10” re: JKD, Colleen Dewhurst, George Cukor, Myrna Loy, unidentified others in front of MGM studios, n.d. [Env. 1] B. “Latin Club Dinner,” color print, 3 x 3.5” re: JKD and unidentified others, n.d.