Hillard Elkins Papers, 1956-1979

Container Title
Personal and Family Financial Records
Box   38
Folder   2
Abandoned Projects, 1944-1945
Box   38
Folder   3
Charts of Accounts
Micro 1042
Reel   1
Frame   13-387
Account Book and Journal, 1942-1946(Vol. 1)
Scope and Content Note: Lists Cash Received, 1943-1946, and Vouchers, 1942-1945; with Joan Bennett's Accounts, listing Cash Received, 1944-1946; Journal Vouchers, 1942-1945 (original discarded).
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   38
Folder   4
Appraisals of Personal Property, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959-1960; Wanger's Library, , undated
Box   38
Folder   5
Audits, 1942, 1947
Box   38
Folder   5A
Bank Books, 1949-1950
Box   38
Folder   6
Bank, Loan, and Investment Statements (Chemical Bank and Trust Company), 1933, 1937-1938, 1941, 1943-1949
Bank Statements
Box   38
Folder   7-9
Regular Commercial Account, September 1942-December 1948, February 1951-December 1953
Note: May also include records of Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.
Box   38
Folder   9A
Foreign Banks, 1949-1957
Box   38
Folder   10
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, London Branch, 1942-1949
Box   38
Folder   11
Legal Expense Account, with Correspondence, January 1952-May 1953
Box   38
Folder   12
Personal Account, January 1949-December 1950
Box   38
Folder   13
Special Account #1, with Cancelled Checks, September 1942-August 1944
Box   38
Folder   14
Special Account #2, with Cancelled Checks, May 1939-October 1944
Bank Statements and Cancelled Checks
Box   38
Folder   15-20
March-October 1954, December 1963-March 1964
Box   39
Folder   1-3
April-December 1964
Box   39
Folder   4
Bankruptcy Proceedings, Records, 1949-1954
Box   39
Folder   5
Bills for Loan-Outs to Other Studios, September 1945-November 1949
Box   39
Folder   6
Bonds - Record of Bonds Held by New York Trust Company, 1936-1945
Box   39
Folder   7
Bonds - U.S. Government Bonds, 1942-1948
Box   39
Folder   8-9
Breakdown of Accounts, October-December 1954, 1964
Box   39
Folder   10
Budgets, Account Withdrawals, Receipts and Disbursements, 1933
Box   39
Folder   11
Cash Budgets (Accountants Work Sheets), circa 1948-1950
Micro 1042
Reel   1
Frame   1-12
Cash Received, October 1942-December 1943(Vol. 2)
Note: Original discarded after filming.
Reel   1
Frame   388-800
Cash Receipts and Check Register, January 1948-1953(Vol. 3)
Note: Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Canadian Cooperation Project
Box   39
Folder   12
Annual Report, April 1949
Box   39
Folder   13
Correspondence, Story Summaries, and Other Papers, January 1945-May 1949, 1951
Box   39
Folder   14
Facilities Available in Canada, September 1948
Box   39
Folder   15
Ideas and Stories for Features and Shorts to be Produced, May 4, 1948
Box   39
Folder   16
Stockshot Index, November 18, 1948
Box   39
Folder   17
Weekly Cash Statements, Including Walter Wanger Pictures Inc. and Other Companies, November 1943-December 1948
Box   39
Folder   18
Check Registers, December 1952-October 1953
Box   39
Folder   19
Cancelled Checks, October 1953-January 1954
Contracts and Agreements
Box   39
Folder   20
Contract Summaries for Wanger, Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., Diana Corporation, and En Corporation/Sierra Pictures Inc., 1945-1949
Box   40
Folder   1
Aktiebolaget Ars - Contract to Act as Representative and Correspondence, 1922-1923
Box   40
Folder   1A
Allied Artists Corp., Ltd., 1921
Box   40
Folder   2
Allied Artists Pictures Corp. - Correspondence and Contracts, 1954-1963
Box   40
Folder   3
Columbia Pictures Corp. - Employment Contracts and Termination of Contracts, 1931-1933
Box   40
Folder   4
Columbia Pictures Corp. - Correspondence re: Contracts, 1955
Box   40
Folder   5
Drew, Paula - Contracts, Loan-Out Agreements, Payroll Records and Correspondence (Including Scripts), 1946-1947
Box   40
Folder   6
Ewing, John (Art Director) - Contract and Payroll Records, 1945-1946
Box   40
Folder   7
Hayward, Susan - Contracts and Loan-Out Agreements, 1945-1949
Box   40
Folder   8
Houser, Mervyn, 1945-1947
Box   40
Folder   9
Ikerd, Percy, 1945-1949
Box   40
Folder   10
Lavery, Emmet (Writer), 1944-1945
Box   40
Folder   11
Lee, John C. (Public Relations), 1943-1944
Box   40
Folder   12
Loew's Inc. (MGM) - Contract Negotiation Documents, 1944-1945
Box   40
Folder   13
Mapleton Productions Inc. - Employment Agreement, 1955
Box   40
Folder   14
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp., 1933-1934
Box   40
Folder   14A
Nassour, Edward and Joseph Bernhardt, 1949
Box   40
Folder   15
Paley, Jay - Legal Agreements, Correspondence, and Financial Records (With Wanger and Walter Wanger Productions Inc.) 1934-1942
Box   40
Folder   16
Reynolds, Toni - Contracts and Payroll Records, 1946-1947
Box   40
Folder   17
United Artists, 1938
Box   40
Folder   18
Universal, 1942-1948
Box   40
Folder   19
Walter Wanger Productions Inc., 1936-1941
Financial Correspondence
Morgan Maree (with Jess Morgan, Accountant and Business Manager), including Sydney Morse and Co., London
Box   40
Folder   20-28
1954-1963
Box   41
Folder   1-4
1964-1967
Box   41
Folder   5-7
Osborne and Harvey, including Weekly Balances, 1942-1946, 1952
Box   41
Folder   8
Expenditures by Wanger During Trip to France, September-November 1949, and to London, , October-December 1949
Box   41
Folder   9
Expenditures During Italian Trips, June, August-September 1949
Expense Records
Box   41
Folder   10
Personal Expense Record Book (England), May 1960-April 1961
Box   41
Folder   11
Expense and Tax Record, August 1961-August 1962
Box   41
Folder   12
“Diary” of Personal Expenses, 1963
Box   41
Folder   13
“Diary” of Personal Expenses, 1965
Financial Memoranda (Kept by Wanger's Secretaries)
Box   41
Folder   14-19
1955-1961
Box   42
Folder   1-5
1962-January 1967
Box   42
Folder   6-8
General Financial Records, Statements, and Summaries, 1940, 1942-1966
Box   42
Folder   9
Monthly Financial Statements, October 1942-July 1946
Box   42
Folder   10
Financial Statements of Condition, January 1942-December 1945
Box   42
Folder   11
Gift Tax Returns, 1946-1948
Houses, Leases, and Property Agreements
Box   42
Folder   12
Elm Point, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, 1931
Box   42
Folder   13
321 Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica, California, 1932
Box   42
Folder   14
515 S. Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles, 1936-1950
Note: Includes Joan Bennett's Records.
Box   42
Folder   15
10451 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles, 1943
Box   42
Folder   16
1421 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles, 1958
Box   42
Folder   17
11110 Montana Avenue, Los Angeles, 1960-1961
Box   42
Folder   18
#9 Swan Walk, London, 1960-1961
Box   42
Folder   19
House Search, Los Angeles, 1962
Box   42
Folder   20
345 E. 57th St., New York, 1964-1966
Box   42
Folder   21
Income, 1960
Income Tax Returns
Box   42
Folder   22-23
1920-1933
Box   43
Folder   1-21
1934-1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1960
Insurance Records
Box   43
Folder   22
Analyses, 1941-1947
Box   43
Folder   23
Cash Values of Policies, 1942-1950
Box   43
Folder   24
Correspondence, 1929-1954
Box   43
Folder   25
Loans on Insurance (Policyholder's Service Bureau, Arthur I. Boreman and Sons), 1934-1950
Box   43
Folder   26
Records of Loans, 1943-1945
Box   43
Folder   27
Policies
Box   43
Folder   28
Automobile Insurance, 1943-1947
Box   43
Folder   29
Fire Insurance (includes Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.), 1944-1950
Box   43
Folder   30
Personal Property Insurance, 1943-1951
Box   43
Folder   31
Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance, 1942-1949
Box   43
Folder   32
Workman's Compensation (includes Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.), 1944-1950
Box   43
Folder   32A
Inventory of Files, January 1956, July 1962
Box   43
Folder   32A
Files from Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, March 1965
Miscellaneous Invoices and Payment Authorizations
Box   43
Folder   33
1956-1957
Box   44
Folder   1-3
1961-1964
Box   44
Folder   4
Jamaica Film Production Company Project, 1954
Box   44
Folder   5
Jamaica Harbor and Land Reclamation Development, 1963
Micro 1042
Reel   2
Frame   1-412
Journal, Including Receipts and Disbursements, October 1954-December 1963(Vol. 4)
Note: Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   44
Folder   10
Journal, 1954-1967
Box   44
Folder   10
Equipment and Depreciation Record, 1953-1966
Lawsuits
Box   44
Folder   6
Joan Bennett Wanger v. Bank of America (Walter Wanger's Bankruptcy and Foreclosure of 515 S. Mapleton Drive Property), 1951-1954
Walter Wanger v. Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd.(The High Court of Justice, Kings Bench Division, Great Britain)
Box   101
Folder   1
Pleadings, February 16, 1923
Box   101
Folder   1
Letter re: Settlement of Suit, May 30, 1923
Box   101
Folder   2
Brief of Plaintiff, 1923
Box   101
Folder   3
Proof of Plaintiff, 1923, and Defendant's Notice, , May 1923
Records Collected as Evidence
Box   101
Folder   4
Agreement Between PCT, Ltd. and Wanger (To Hire Wanger as Manager, Regent Theatre, Brighton), October 2, 1922; Letter Terminating Agreement, , February 13, 1923
Box   101
Folder   5
Chairman's Conference - Minutes, July 18, 1922-January 2, 1923
Box   101
Folder   6
Comparison of Weekly Admissions at Regent Theatre, Brighton, July 1922-January 1923
Box   101
Folder   7-8
Correspondence (Copies), July 3, 1922-April 17, 1923
Box   101
Folder   9
Film Bookings, Regent Theatre, July 1922-September 1923
Box   101
Folder   10
Managing Director's Agreement, September 13, 1922
Box   101
Folder   11
Organization of PCT, Ltd., July 1922
Box   101
Folder   12
Personnel of PCT, Ltd.
Box   101
Folder   13
Report of the Proceedings of the 13th General Shareholders Meeting of PCT, Ltd., March 27, 1923
Box   101
Folder   14
Theatre Weekly Trading Accounts, July 1921-April 1923
Box   101
Folder   15
Transcription of Shorthand Notes, June 1, 1923
Box   44
Folder   7
Walter F. Wanger v. Paramount Publix Corp., 1932
Box   44
Folder   8
Walter F. Wanger v. Universal Pictures Co. Inc., 1948-1949
Lawyers Mortgage Company
Box   44
Folder   11
General and Reorganization Records, 1937-1949
Box   44
Folder   12
Certificate #18380 - 370 Ft. Washington Avenue, New York, New York, 1937-1947
Box   44
Folder   13
Certificate #19947 - 2280 Grand Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1937-1950
Box   44
Folder   14
Certificate #100036 - 2155 Gleason Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1936-1941
Box   44
Folder   15
Certificate #1000347 - 1220 Shakespeare Avenue, New York, New York, 1936-1950
Micro 1042
Reel   2
Frame   413-757
Ledger, General, 1946-1953(Vol. 5)
Note: Includes records of Walter Wanger, Joan Bennett, and several of Wanger's production companies. Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   44
Folder   16
Ledger, General, 1954 (Vol. 6)
Box   44
Folder   9
Legal Bills, 1943-1945, 1960-1966
Loans
Box   44
Folder   17
Loans Made by Wanger to Others, 1943-1948
Box   44
Folder   18
Loans from Allied Artists Pictures Corp., 1955
Box   44
Folder   19
Loans from Bank of America to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1944-1949
Box   44
Folder   20
Loan from Joan Bennett, 1948
Box   44
Folder   21
Loans from Chemical Bank and Trust Co. to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1955
Box   44
Folder   22
Loan from Eugene Frenke, 1951
Box   44
Folder   23
Loans from Samuel Goldwyn to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1948-1952
Box   44
Folder   24
Loans from Landau Investment Co. to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1947
Box   44
Folder   25
Loans from Maurice Newton to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1951
Box   44
Folder   26
Loans from Security First National Bank to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.
Box   44
Folder   27
Loan from Elizabeth Taylor, including Correspondence, 1960-1961
Box   44
Folder   28
Loans from Henry Wanger to Wanger and to Walter Wanger Pictures Inc., 1950, 1956
Oil and Gas Investments
Box   44
Folder   29
Prospecting Reports, Louisiana Gulf Coast, Yegua Seismograph Program, 1946-1947
Box   44
Folder   30
Prospecting Reports, Mayer Prospect, Schleicher and Sutton Counties, Texas (Francis A. Callery), 1947; Statements, , 1952-1954
Box   44
Folder   31
Prospecting Reports, Throckmorton County, Texas (Francis A. Callery), 1946
Box   44
Folder   32
Royalties Records, 1947-1953
Payroll Records, Wanger and Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.
Box   44
Folder   33-35
1945-1950, A-Z
Box   45
Folder   1
1955-1960, 1964
Box   45
Folder   2
Polo Records and Invoices, 1935-1942
Receipts and Disbursements
Micro 1042
Reel   3
Frame   1-66
Record of Receipts and Disbursements, 1954(Vol. 7)
Note: Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   45
Folder   3-6
Monthly Statements, 1953, April 1954-November 1963
Weekly Statements
Box   45
Folder   7
Wanger, Walter Wanger Pictures Inc. and Other Companies, January 1949-August 1950
Box   45
Folder   8-12
1957-1966
Note: Includes Wanger and Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.
Box   45
Folder   13-14
Miscellaneous Receipts, 1953, 1955, 1959
Box   45
Folder   15
Safety Deposit Box Contents and Inventories of Important Documents, 1945-1966
Box   45
Folder   16-17
Salary Records (Films), 1941-1955
Box   45
Folder   18
Salary Records (Personal Income), 1956-1964
Box   45
Folder   19
Sale of Films to Allied Artists, 1954(Wanger and Walter Wanger Pictures Inc.)
Box   45
Folder   20
Sale of Picture Rights to Sol Lesser Productions Inc., 1950
Scope and Content Note: Re: Eagle Squadron, Arabian Nights, Gung Ho, and Salome.
Box   45
Folder   21
Sale of Picture Rights to Trans World Film Inc., 1947-1954
Box   45
Folder   22
Social Security Records, 1964
Stocks and Bonds
Note: See also Bonds (Box 39).
Box   45
Folder   23
Correspondence, 1941-1948
Box   45
Folder   24
Record of Stocks and Bonds Owned, 1941-1945
Box   45
Folder   25
Neustadter Brothers, 1936-1947
Box   46
Folder   1
Paramount, 1929-1931
Box   46
Folder   2
Safety Anti-Dazzle Bulb Syndicate Ltd., 1924-1955
Box   46
Folder   3
Account with Sutro and Co., 1948
Box   46
Folder   4
Statements from Tucker, Anthony and Co., 1944-1949
Box   46
Folder   5-6
Young America Films, 1945-1957
Box   46
Folder   7
Swenson's Livery Service, 1944-1945
Box   46
Folder   8-11
Tax-Deductible Contributions - Correspondence and Receipts, 1938-1954
Box   46
Folder   12
Trust Agreement Between Walter Wanger and Joan Bennett, 1947
Box   46
Folder   13
Wanger, Beatrice, Estate of, 1945-1946
Box   46
Folder   14
Wanger, Justine - Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1929-1950
Box   46
Folder   15
Wanger, Stella - Estate of, 1933
Box   46
Folder   16
Wills and Codicils, Insurance and Estate Papers, 1942-1961
Bena, Melinda Markey Hayden
Box   46
Folder   17
Bank Statements, December 1943-January 1947
Box   46
Folder   18
Financial Records, 1937-1950
Box   46
Folder   19
Bennett, Richard Papers, 1940-1947
Bennett Wanger, Joan
Box   46
Folder   20
Monthly Bank Balances, August 1944-August 1946
Box   46
Folder   21
Cancelled Checks and Statements, Special Account, January 1944-July 1945, June-July 1956
Micro 1042
Reel   3
Frame   67-93
Cash Received, July 1941-December 1943(Vol. 8)
Note: Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   46
Folder   22
Financial and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1950-1951
Box   46
Folder   23
Monthly Financial Statements, January 1944-July 1946
Box   46
Folder   24
Statements of Financial Condition, January 1944- December 1945
Box   46
Folder   25
House, Papers re: 1537 Glendon Avenue, 1942-1945
Micro 1042
Reel   3
Frame   94-360
Household Account Book, 1930-1941(Vol. 9)
Scope and Content Note: Records of Cash, Checks, Journal, Bank Statements, Assets, Liabilities, Capital, Revenue, Expenses, including some records regarding Gene Markey and children.
Note: Original discarded after filming.
U.S. Mss 136AN
Box   46
Folder   26-29
Income Tax Returns, 1941-1944
Box   46
Folder   30
Lawsuit - Joan Bennett Wanger v. Alexander and Marion Wilensky(Promissory Note), 1949-1950
Box   46
Folder   31
Life Insurance, 1930, 1939
Box   47
Folder   1
Lists of Important Papers
Box   47
Folder   2
Wine Lists (Joan Bennett Wanger and Walter Wanger), 1939, 1941, 1948
Box   47
Folder   3
Patent Application, 1947-1949
Box   47
Folder   4
Randall, Barbara Bennett, 1943-1950
Box   47
Folder   5
Wanger, Shelley - Financial Records and Correspondence, 1952-1967
Wanger, Stephanie
Box   47
Folder   6
Check Register, 1949-1962
Box   47
Folder   7
Cancelled Checks and Statements, 1949-1961
Box   47
Folder   8-9
Financial Records and Correspondence; Guardianship Records; Tax and Insurance Records, 1946-1966
Box   47
Folder   10
Papers re: 709 Washington Ave. Corp., 1944-1950
Box   47
Folder   11
State of the Union Records, 1945
Note: See also I'd Rather Be Left Co. Records (Box 48).
Box   47
Folder   12
Wedding to Frederick Guest, 1963-1964
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