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Keenan Family	Title: Keenan Family Papers, 1862-1954 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 index card box) and photographs Call Number: Mss 755; PH Mss 755 Abstract: Papers of Harry A. Keenan (1877-1948), a prominent Stoughton, Wisconsin physician, and members of his family. Included are an obstetrical record containing medical information on births he attended (l905-l928); correspondence, diaries, and a scrapbook of his second wife, Martha Willson Keenan, concerning her life as a student perhaps at Stout Institute and as a teacher; correspondence of his son, Walter E. Keenan, concerning work as a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, his military service and imprisonment during World War II, and his tour of duty during the U.S. occupation of Japan; and miscellaneous papers of other members of the family. Also included is an unpublished biography of Dr. Keenan by Elizabeth Keenan Coombs. The photographs are pictures taken for the 1943 Look article about Keenan and his small-town medical practice.
Kellman Family	Title: Kellman Family Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.3 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 2 oversized folders) of papers, 0.5 linear ft. (1 archives box and 3 oversized folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 1291 Abstract: Correspondence, military papers, and photographs pertaining to Vilas, Forrest, and Norris Kellman, three brothers from Galesville, Wisconsin who served in the Army during World War I. Vilas was the only brother to be sent overseas and was stationed with the Headquarters Department of the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade. He arrived in France soon after the signing of the Armistice in 1918 and served as part of the occupation force for six months. Forrest and Norris were stationed in the United States during the war. Forrest served as part of the Students' Army Training Corps and was stationed in Indianapolis as a mechanic. Norris was trained as a lieutenant at College Station, Texas, but was never attached to a specific unit. The collection includes military papers, correspondence, a diary, newspaper articles, military ephemeral, photographs, and postcards. Most of the manuscripts are letters written between the three brothers while they were serving in the Army. They also individually corresponded with their parents, Frank and Lizzie, other relatives, and a few neighbors in Galesville. In the letters, the brothers ask questions about the whereabouts of friends who were also serving in the military, how they felt about life in the Army, and engaged in small talk about their family in Galesville. Vilas and Forrest also asked Norris about his training as an officer and congratulated him when he became the youngest lieutenant commissioned in 1918. The letters also convey concern over Vilas being sent overseas. In one letter from Forrest to Norris (August 4, 1918), Forrest expressed his concern over Vilas's well being and instructs Norris to write to Vilas often in order to “keep his sprits up.” In another letter to Norris (November 8, 1918), Forrest writes how he wished he was overseas with Vilas to keep him company. Concern over the Spanish influenza is also a major theme within the letters and is discussed between the brothers, their parents, and their neighbors. Norris and Forrest describe the number of cases at their respective bases and what preventative steps were taken to stop the spread of the disease. Letters from their parents and relatives discuss the severity of influenza outbreaks in Wisconsin and around Galesville. The letters written by Frank and Lizzie mainly discuss life at home and the health of relatives and neighbors. By the end of the war they frequently asked if there was any news about when the brothers would return home. The diary was kept by Vilas and records a few short entries during his time overseas. It also includes some training notes. Other manuscripts include draft registration for all three brothers, military records for Vilas and Norris, and a newspaper article about Norris being commissioned as a lieutenant. Also included are manuscripts pertaining to Norris's attempt to receive a commission in the Army during World War II. These include correspondence with various military departments, Forrest, and his father. There are also some materials pertaining to Norris's active participation in Wisconsin politics as a member of the Republican Party, and his service as Sergeant at Arms for the State Assembly. The still images consist of photographs and postcards collected by the brothers during their service. Photographs include images of all three brothers posing in uniform and a few images taken after the war. Other photographs pertain to Norris and include images of him posing with family members, fellow soldiers, images taken at his graduation and commission, and buildings around College Station. Postcards include those collected by Vilas while in France, Camp Zachary Taylor (Kentucky), and Newport News (Virginia).There is also an interesting collection of postcards showing U. S. Navy battleships, and a series showing sailors on an unidentified Navy warship.
Kemper Center, Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.)	Title: Kemper Center, Inc. Records, 1973-2003 Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 flat box) and 1 videorecording Call Number: Parkside Mss 84; VCA 257 Abstract: Records of Kemper Center, Inc., a citizen group founded in 1975 to purchase the Kemper Hall property in Kenosha, Wis., which had been an Episcopal girls school until its closing in 1975. The group's goal was to preserve the buildings and to develop a cultural, recreational, and historic center operated and managed by Kemper Center, Inc. under the supervision of the Kenosha County Parks Commission. The records consist of Board of Directors' meeting files (1975-1980) which include minutes, financial information, correspondence, and charter, constitution, and by-laws; annual reports (1987-1999) which include summary reports, Board of Directors reports, strategic planning committee reports, membership information, publicity, and financial information; and master plan reports prepared by area architectural and design firms for Kenosha County Parks Commission and Kemper Center, Inc. Also included is a scrapbook documenting the founding of Kemper Center, Inc. and its efforts to preserve the Kemper Hall property consisting of local news clippings, brochures, photographs, and advertising literature. In the 1990's controversy developed over Kemper Center, Inc.'s management of the property and correspondence (1994-2000) and local news clippings documenting the controversy are also included. In addition, there is one videotape documenting dedication ceremonies for Kemper Center which took place in October of 1977.
Kemper Hall (Kenosha, Wis.)	Title: Kemper Hall Records, 1855-1977 Quantity: 12.4 c.f. (18 archives boxes and 13 flat boxes) and 2 photographs (1 folder); plus additions of 1.6 c.f. Call Number: Parkside Mss 41; PH Parkside Mss 41; M2008-065 Abstract: Records, 1855-1977 (bulk 1969-1975), of Kemper Hall, an Episcopal girls school for boarding and day students, founded in 1870 and named in honor of Bishop Jackson Kemper. From 1878 to 1969, the Sisters of St. Mary, an Episcopal women's order, operated the school, and in 1975 the school closed due to financial problems. The records document the administration of the school and its dissolution.
Purdy, Ken W., 1913-1972	Title: Ken W. Purdy Papers, 1931-1988 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (15 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 21 tape recordings, and 62 photographs Call Number: Mss 751; Micro 1144; Tape 1200A; PH 3798; PH 3798 (3) Abstract: Papers, mainly 1931-1972, of Ken W. Purdy, a journalist noted for his writing and editorial work on several men's magazines and his expertise on classic cars. Included are biographical and bibliographical materials; correspondence; final copies of numerous articles, stories, books, and scripts (including screenplays for Le Mans); recordings of research interviews with Ian Fleming, Dan Gurney, William Harrah, Stirling Moss, and others; legal and financial records; scrapbooks and clippings; photographs documenting various professional activities; and miscellany. Professional correspondence and memoranda document exchanges with Arthur H. Motley, Hugh Hefner, other associates at True, Argosy, and Playboy; with Brandt & Brandt, Littauer & Wilkinson, and other literary agents; and with numerous racing figures.
Cox, Kenneth A.	Title: Kenneth A. Cox Papers, 1962-1970 Quantity: 4.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes) and 48 photographs Call Number: U.S. Mss 160AF; PH U.S. Mss 160AF Abstract: Papers, 1962-1970, of former FCC Commissioner Kenneth A. Cox. Included are speeches and articles on FCC policy and the field of telecommunications, concurring and dissenting opinions on matters presented to the FCC, FCC inter-office memoranda, personal and professional correspondence, and subject files concerning FCC policy, particularly license renewal, the responsibility of networks to the public interest, and cable and community television. From March 1964 to November 1967, Cox served as Chairman of the Commission's Advisory Committee for Land Mobile Radio Services, and a good portion of the subject files and opinions focus on this topic.
Tanner, Kenneth Boyd, 1883-1965	Title: Kenneth Boyd Tanner Papers, 1793-1965 Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 430 Abstract: Personal, business, and family papers of Kenneth Boyd Tanner, a sugar plantation manager in San Luis Potosi, Mexico before World War I, then an insurance businessman and civic leader in Eastland, Texas. Included are papers concerning several family members as well. Correspondence concerns Tanner's experiences as a student at the University of Wisconsin (1900-1904), as an officer candidate in Kentucky during World War I, and as a Republican Party leader in Eastland in the 1950s. Letters written while managing the Rio Tamasopo Sugar Company plantation owned by his family deal with the problems caused by the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and later political turmoil. Family letters concern health, mutual acquaintances, events in Kaukauna, Wis. where Tanner was born, and experiences of his daughter, Dolores Tanner Vachliotis, while with the Hedgerow Theater in Pennsylvania in the 1940s and 1950s. Also present are genealogies of the Lawe, Boyd, Battles, Ford, and Tanner families; writings by Tanner's father, Herbert Battles Tanner; and information on a distant relative, Father Charles Francis de Vivaldi.
Crawford, Kenneth Gale, 1902-1983	Title: Kenneth Gale Crawford Papers, 1911-1983 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), and 58 photographs Call Number: Mss 756; Micro 1149; PH 3810; PH 3811 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1937-1972, of Kenneth Gale Crawford, a journalist, magazine editor, and World War II correspondent. Included are printed copies of articles, speeches, fragmentary correspondence, microfilmed scrapbooks concerning his year as president of the American Newspaper Guild (1940) and other aspects of his early professional career, book reviews, a complete run of his “Washington” column from Newsweek magazine (available only on microfilm), biographical information, photographs, and subject files concerning his coverage of World War II, a trip to Vietnam in 1962, and interviews of Lyndon B. Johnson and Henry Kissinger.
Merkel, Kenneth J., 1926-	Title: Kenneth J. Merkel Papers, 1964-1974 Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (5 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 4 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 101; PH Milwaukee Mss 101 Abstract: Papers of a conservative Republican legislator from Brookfield who served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1965 through 1974. Included are correspondence and subject files on many issues with which Merkel was prominently involved including opposition to abortion, usurpation of local authority by state government, aid to private schools, taxation, anti-war demonstrations on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and welfare costs. There are also extensive files pertaining to Merkel's efforts in behalf of fiscal conservatism on the Joint Committee on Finance as well as his work on the Assembly Select Committee on Inner City Problems and the Joint Committee to Visit State Properties. The collection also includes files on a number of initiatives supported by the John Birch Society of which Merkel was a member such as opposition to sex education in public schools and U.S. membership in the United Nations. There are small files of form letters, press releases, newsletters, speeches, biographical material, and photographs.
Neitzel, Kenneth K.	Title: Kenneth K. Neitzel Papers, circa 1934-circa 1940 Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), 413 photographs, and 1 negative Call Number: M2002-185 Abstract: Papers and photographs documenting Kenneth K. Neitzel's enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from April 1934 to August 1935, particularly his tenure at the 1697th Company CCC, Coon Valley, Wisconsin. Also included are issues of various newsletters including “Echoes of the Valley,” and materials relating to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1934.
Blessing, Kenneth R.	Title: Kenneth R. Blessing Papers, 1934-1998 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (5 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 810 Abstract: Papers of a Milwaukee native who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946. He was stationed in England, France, and Switzerland in 1945-1946 and served as a radio/teletype operator. The collection is made up of photocopies of three memoirs written by Blessing entitled “Coming of Age in the 1930's,” “A Yank on the Homefront, 1943-1945” and “A Yank Abroad, 1945-1946.” Blessing wrote frequently during his enlistment to family and friends in Milwaukee and kept many diaries. Included with the collection is the original correspondence and diaries as well as typed transcripts. It is principally from these transcripts that the memoirs were derived.
Jenkerson, Kenneth R., 1945-2002	Title: Kenneth R. Jenkerson Collection of La Crosse, Wisconsin Slides Physical Description: 3.2 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 076 Abstract: Kenneth R. Jenkerson (1945-2002) was a lifelong La Crosse, Wis., resident and local historian who had a passion for photography, printing, and local history. He was a frequent visitor to estate sales and auctions in the area. This collection of slides was among the items sold at auction after his death. Generally, the slides were taken by unknown people over a long period of time and were likely purchased by Jenkerson locally. Most images are of the La Crosse area but are generally not identified and some are not dated. The collection is arranged by alphabetically by subject. Larger categories include bridges, circus events, parades, farm and country scenes, and the river.
Hones, Kenneth W., 1898-1972	Title: Kenneth W. Hones Papers, 1927-1959 Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording Call Number: Mss 361; Tape 645A Abstract: Papers of Kenneth Hones, president, 1933-1959, of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, including organizational records, correspondence, a tape of John Baker II's speech to the 1954 convention, convention and meeting records, financial records, membership lists, and publications of the Union; and correspondence and financial records of William E. Sanderson, WFU secretary-treasurer from 1930-1934, and administrative assistant to Congressman Merlin Hull, 1934-1952. Includes information on the WFU's youth program and Kamp Kenwood; on Communists in the Union, including a legal file concerning National Farmers Union Northeastern Division President Archie Wright, and correspondence from Fred Blair, Wisconsin State Chairman of the Communist Party; and material of the Committee for a Better Wisconsin Farmers Union, which opposed Hones' leadership.
Zerwekh, Kenneth	Title: Kenneth Zerwekh Papers and Photographs, Quantity: 1.1 linear ft. (3 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder) of papers and 0.1 linear ft. (5 folders) of photographs. Call Number: WVM Mss 106 Abstract: Papers and photographs of Kenneth Zerwekh (a.k.a. Zerwick), an officer in the 3546th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company who served in Europe during World War II. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Kenneth and his family during his World War II military service in Europe. Zerwekh, very conscious of Army censors, stayed away from writing specifically about troop movements and armed engagements. Instead, he focused on non-military topics like his collection of “spoils of war,” traveling and camp life. Several of Zerwekh's wartime letters include mention of General George S. Patton, the work of the First Army, and the celebrations that took place after VE Day. Also includes his military records, a unit history of the 3546th Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company, and items that Zerwekh picked up during his military service in Europe, such as two Nazi-themed postcards. Materials not directly related to the war include correspondence from Kenneth's European vacation in 1929 and his collegiate career at Georgia Tech during the 1930's, a map of Zerwekh's route through the British Isles and souvenirs from his European vacation, and some of his exams from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The photographs include many scenic shots of European locales, as well as wartime pictures of Zerwekh, both alone and with men from his company. Also included in the collection is a photograph of a Grand Army of the Republic parade in which Zerwekh's uncle, Herman Smythe, reportedly took part.
Kenosha (Wis.). City Attorney	Title: Kenosha (Wis.). City Attorney: City Attorney's File, 1924-1943 Quantity: 6.4 c.f. (16 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 28 Abstract: Correspondence, opinions, contracts, ordinances, briefs, complaints relating to the services of the City Attorney and to cases in which he represented the city as plaintiff or defendant in such matters as enforcement of ordinances, personal injury, damages, licenses, delinquent taxes, and other matters including city funds in closed banks, WPA projects, and the Allen A. strike.
Kenosha (Wis.). Clerk	Title: Kenosha (Wis.). Clerk: Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1850-1869 Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (9 volumes in 2 archives boxes, and 17 separate volumes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 32 Abstract: Rolls showing names of owners of property, location of property by town and range or by lot and block, and assessor's valuation. Assessment rolls also show equalized value and, for some years, assessments for special harbor and railroad taxes. Tax rolls also show amount of taxes levied and, for most years, payment of taxes.
Kenosha (Wis.). Clerk	Title: Kenosha (Wis.). Clerk: City Clerk's General File, 1879-1953 Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 34 Abstract: Records including agreements on construction and transportation; papers of the Board of Park Commissioners; reports from the Board of Education, the city attorney, the city manager, and various city offices; stipulations of the Public Service Commission; and petitions. Materials also relate to the Chamber of Commerce, employees' wages, judgments and claims against the City of Kenosha, lighting and power, and the renumbering and renaming of streets. Reports on city finance submitted yearly to the state give detailed information on the city's receipts and disbursements between 1918 and 1953.
Kenosha (Wis.). Police Dept.	Title: Kenosha (Wis.). Police Dept: Arrest and Complaint Files, 1932-1949, 1955-1958 Quantity: 9.4 c.f. (24 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 4 Abstract: Forms showing dates, locations, names of complainants, names of investigating officers, and brief reports on primarily crime-related incidents. Included are Arrest Sheets, 1932-1949; Police Women's Arrest Sheets, 1938-1949: Detective Complaints, 1940, 1942-1945; Chief's Complaint File, 1943-1947; and General Complaints, 1940, 1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1955-1958.
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce (Wis.)	Title: Kenosha Chamber of Commerce Records, 1900, 1916-1972 Quantity: 10.4 c.f. (25 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 4 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 23 photographs Call Number: Parkside Mss 36; Parkside Micro 5; Micro 665; PH 4786 Abstract: Records of the Chamber including articles of organization, minutes, financial records, photographs, and a subject file containing clippings, correspondence, reports, and other documents. Included is information on the group's efforts to establish a local airport, to encourage Carthage College to move to the city, to develop the harbor, and generally to promote local business interests.
Kenosha County (Wis.). Clerk	Title: Kenosha County (Wis). Clerk: Clerk's General Records, 1858-1964 Quantity: 40.8 c.f. (94 archives boxes and 6 flat boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 7 Abstract: These records include materials prepared by the County Clerk in the performance of his duties or filed with him by the County Board, individual county officers, or private citizens. Most date before 1947 with only a few items after that date. Included are resolutions, petitions, tax papers, school censuses, bounty certificates, election records, correspondence, reports of county officers, yearly crop and dairy statistics, justice dockets, assessment rolls, and poll lists.
Kenosha County (Wis.). Clerk	Title: Kenosha County (Wis.). Clerk: Election Records, 1889-1904, 1936-1960 Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 9 Abstract: Election records for Kenosha County filed by the county clerk, including the following types of records dating 1889-1904, 1942, 1953, and 1960: (a) Tally sheets and statements of election inspectors sent by local election officials to the clerk, showing the vote received within the precinct by each candidate and for and against each referendum question; (b) Scattered copies of the clerk's election return statements to the Secretary of State, showing total vote by precinct for each candidate and for and against each referendum question, in all elections except those in a district smaller than the county; (c) Poll lists, showing names and addresses of persons voting; and (d) Registers of electors, showing names and addresses of persons registered to vote (for most years, pertains only to the City of Kenosha). Also present are certificates of nomination, sample ballots, election notices, instructions from the Secretary of State, and other miscellaneous papers, 1936-1944, 1947-1951, and 1954-1956.
Kenosha County (Wis.). Coroner	Title: Kenosha County (Wis.). Coroner: Reports, 1911-1918, 1927-1929 Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 43 Abstract: A few files from 1911, 1912, 1915-1918 and all files for cases handled from September 4, 1927 until June 13, 1929. Contents of a file depend upon the nature of the case. Some contain only a death certificate. Others have letters and other personal papers found on the dead person; newspaper clippings concerning the case; correspondence between the coroner's office and persons interested in the case; the autopsy report, if there was one; morgue photos; and if violence or foul play was suspected, a transcript of the coroner's inquest and a copy of the verdict. Documentation of suicides and the violent deaths of alleged organized crime figures often is extensive, as are the cases of automobile accidents.
Kenosha County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools	Title: Kenosha County (Wis.). Superintendent of Schools: Annual Reports of School Districts, 1916-1964 Quantity: 9.8 c.f. (15 volumes and 17 archives boxes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 101 Abstract: Annual reports submitted by school district clerks and teachers to the Kenosha County Superintendent of Schools. Included are the Annual Reports of School Districts, School Census, and Teachers' Reports for high school, rural, and graded schools. Reports provide information on student enrollment and attendance, names of persons less than twenty years of age residing in the school district, names of teachers, details about particular schools, and school financial statements.
Kenosha County (Wis.). Treasurer	Title: Kenosha County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1856-1980 Quantity: 77.0 c.f. (593 volumes) Call Number: Kenosha Series 54 Abstract: Record of the assessed value of and the amount of taxes levied and collected on each parcel of real estate and from every individual with taxable personal property in Kenosha County. The tax roll typically gives a description of the property, the name of the owner, assessed valuation, tax levied, and a record of payments. Included are the rolls for the City of Kenosha for the years 1868-1900 and every fifth year thereafter, and for other municipalities, 1856-1900 and every fifth year thereafter.
Kenosha Service League (Wisconsin)	Title: Kenosha Service League Records, 1913-1973 Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (2 flat boxes and 1 archives box) Call Number: M81-240 Abstract: Records of the Kenosha Service League of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a social welfare charitable organization founded in 1910. The League focused on assisting families with financial difficulties and served as a resource to coordinate support, secure medical treatment, adequate housing and employment in addition to addressing mental health issues. The records consist primarily of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings which document press coverage of the organization and its activities but also include annual reports, brochures, mental health treatment program materials and the organization’s constitution and articles of incorporation. Additionally, the collection documents financial activities, the number of families or individuals assisted by type of need, and the changing attitudes that motivated the League’s social welfare activities from 1913 through the 1950s.
Kenosha Union Label Council (Wis.)	Title: Kenosha Union Label Council Records, 1936-1970 Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: Parkside Mss 21 Abstract: Records of an organization formed by Kenosha union locals to encourage businessmen to stock union-made merchandise and to persuade citizens to buy only products which bore union labels. Most of the records were kept by Frank R. Stella in his capacity as secretary and treasurer. Included are correspondence, communications from national unions and the Union Label Trades Department, constitutions, a directory, minutes, scattered financial records, a few delegate files from conventions, and a lengthy run of the Kenosha Union Label Directory and Purchasing Guide, published by the Council to raise money and to promote the patronage of union businesses.
Nicholson, Kenyon, b. 1894	Title: Kenyon Nicholson Papers, 1915-1960 Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 22AN; Micro 695 Abstract: Papers of a playwright, screenwriter, and editor, consisting chiefly of synopses, treatments, scenarios, and scripts for Nicholson's work in theater, motion pictures, and radio. Several of the theater scripts were co-authored with his friend S. N. Behrman. Also of interest is a film treatment heavily annotated by Darryl F. Zanuck and scripts for the radio programs Cavalcade of America (CBS), which Nicholson produced, and Theatre Guild of the Air (ABC), later on the United States Steel Hour on NBC), for which he was an adapter. Also present are general correspondence, financial records, legal files, playbills, reviews, clippings, and microfilmed scrapbooks which relate in particular to his work in the theater. Prominent correspondents include Bernard Baruch, Behrman, David Belasco, Thomas E. Dewey, Walter Huston, Carl Laemmle, H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, Billy Rose, Dore Schary, Robert E. Sherwood, Stuart Walker, and Darryl F. Zanuck.
Bloomgarden, Kermit, 1904-1976	Title: Kermit Bloomgarden Papers, 1938-1977 Quantity: 63.8 c.f. (53 record center cartons, 7 archives boxes, 6 oversize boxes, and 3 index boxes), 4 reels of microfilm (35mm), 21 tape recordings, 1 disc recording, and 1 film Call Number: U.S. Mss 8AN; Micro 1021; Tape 477A; Tape 1101A; Disc 96A Abstract: Papers of a producer of many award-winning Broadway plays and musicals. Although the amount and type of documentation present varies for each play, the collection includes correspondence, scripts, promotion and reviews, and various kinds of production files. For several titles there are floor plans, elevations, drawings and sketches, costume materials, light plots, property and furniture plots, and prompt books. In addition, legal and business aspects of production are extensively documented by financial statements, budgets, contracts and agreements, tax forms, and royalty statements. Among the productions treated are Another Part of the Forest (1946), The Autumn Garden (1951), The Children's Hour (1952), Command Decision (1947), The Crucible (1953), Death of a Salesman (1949), Deep Are the Roots (1945), The Diary of Anne Frank (1955), Equus (1974), Hot L Baltimore (1973), The Lark (1955), Look Homeward, Angel (1957), The Most Happy Fella (1956), The Music Man (1957), The Shrike (1952), and Toys in the Attic (1960). Prominent correspondents in the files include Jean Anouilh, Leonard Bernstein, Melvyn Douglas, Ketti Frings, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Julie Harris, Rex Harrison, Lillian Hellman, George Roy Hill, Garson Kanin, Joshua Logan, and Anthony Perkins. Also present are correspondence, reports, and scripts for plays which Bloombarden only considered for production, many of which were written by noteworthy playwrights. Personal papers and general business records document Bloomgarden's investments and finances, his work with various theatrical and other organizations, the Kergan Corporation, and Kermit Bloomgarden Productions, Inc. Correspondence with Melina Mercouri, Arthur Miller, and John and Marguerite Sanford is also included.
Frings, Ketti	Title: Ketti Frings Papers, 1921-1962 Quantity: 10.0 c.f. (25 archives boxes, 14 volumes, 1 package) Call Number: U.S. Mss 23AN Abstract: Papers of a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, including scripts and drafts, occasional correspondence, notes, and scrapbooks. Among the represented titles which she wrote or adapted are the motion pictures The Bells of St. Mary's (RKO, 1945), By Love Possessed (UA, 1961), Come Back, Little Sheba (Para., 1952), Guest in the House (UA, 1944), and The Shrike (Universal, 1955); the novels Hold Back the Dawn (1942) and God's Front Porch (1945); and the play Look Homeward, Angel (1957), which won a Pulitzer Prize for drama. Also included are drafts, typescripts, and correspondence pertaining to short stories published by Collier's, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and Saturday Evening Post; samples of advertising copy written during the 1930's; and song lyrics.