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Series 1: SLIDES AND COLOR PAINTINGS
Series 2: WRITINGS
Series 3: PHOTOGRAPHS
Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS

• Series 1: SLIDES AND COLOR PAINTINGS
• Box 1:
• Five trays of slides showing paintings of The Great Race, following general screenplay outline.
• Two trays of slides of stills used in presentation of Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy and The Funny Side of Life
• One tray (six slides only) of photographs of pre-Columbian sculpture
• Box 2:
• Water color paintings (74) showing scenes from The Great Race
• Series 2: WRITINGS
• Box 2:
• Cecil, Henry. No Bail for the Judge. London: Michael Joseph, 1962.
• Haycraft, Howard, ed. Fourteen Great Detective Stories (rev. ed.). New York: The Modern Library, 1949.
• "Mr. Lucky." First draft teleplay by Arthur Ross, August 17. Typescript. With mimeographed script of revised teleplay, August 24 - 1959
• "Life with Father." Script #5, "Father Writes a Letter to the Editor."
• Box 3:
• Character Notes and Outlines and First Draft of unpublished novel, The Space Between
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Three Wives Too Many," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on a story by Kenneth Fearing. October 24 - 1963
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Anyone for Murder," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on a story by Jack Richie. January 21 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Ten Minutes from Now," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on the story by Jack Richie. February 14 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Who Needs an Enemy?", teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on a story by Henry Slesar. February 17 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Triumph," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on a story by Robert Branson. June 10 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Thanatos Palace Hotel," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on the story by Andre Maurois. July 10 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Walley the Beard," teleplay by Arthur Ross, based on the story by Stanley Abbott. October 26 - 1964
• Alfred Hitchcock Hour: "Twixt the Cup and the Lip,' teleplay by Arthur Ross from a story by Julian Symons. February 3 - 1965
• Jack London's Tales From Afar: "The Marriage of Lit Lit,", Episode 2. Adaptation and screenplay by Arthur Ross.
• Kraft Mystery Theater, "The Problem of Cell 13," teleplay by Arthur Ross.
• Peter Gunn: "The Maitre D" teleplay by Arthur Ross, story by Blake Edwards. July 12 - 1960
• Peter Gunn: "The Edge of Life," teleplay by Arthur Ross. August 9 - 1960
• Original Script: "The Shrimp," adapted from a short story by Sy Gomberg.
• Original Script: "The Tractor: A Love Story," by Arthur Ross.
• Original Script: "A Very Important Fellow."
• Box 4:
• "Circle of Wheels." Play. Two copies of production script. Radio adaptation script.
• "A Fine Madness." Revised screenplay by Arthur Ross.
• "Funny Side of Life." Harold Lloyd.
• "The Girl From The Sea." Treatment and notes.
• "The Journey of the Jules Verne." Screenplay and annotated outline by Arthur Ross. February 23 - 1961
• Narration and shot sequence for Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy.
• "No Bail for the Judge." First draft screenplay. April 1 - 1964
• "Some of the People." A musical comedy book by Arthur Ross and I.A.L. Diamond.
• "A Word or Two About Lions, Diversification, and Todd A.O."
• "Alteration on a Theme by Grieg," a pantomime specialty by Arthur Ross.
• "Deserted Barracks"
• "You Too Can Be a Civilian"
• "The Wreck of the Oedipus"
• "Fugitive From a Chain Drug Store," excerpt (song)
• "America, Where Are You Going?" (song)
• "Win the Peace"
• Box 5:
• "Belladonna." First draft screenplay by Arthur Ross, January 7 - 1966
• "Belladonna." Revision of certain sections and a copy of a letter from Geoffrey Shurlock, Director of the Production Code Administration, Motion Picture Association of America.
• "Mighty Pretty Murchin Girls." (also called "No Place for a Lady") Notes, production budget and two script versions.
• "Rally Round the Girls." Musical revue, produced in Lost Angeles - 1942
• "Taste of Love." Notes, two screenplay versions.
• "Okinawa." Treatment; May 2 - 1951
• Plays, novels, short stories
• "Humorists: Straight and Punitive"
• "The Last Word"
• "One Kind of Love"
• "A Breath of Air"
• "These Arms are Brittle"
• Box 6:
• "But What Have You Done For Me Lately?" Notes, novel in manuscript and dramatic form.
• "The Jean Harlow Story". Four versions: June and November; June 21 and July 15 - 1956; 1957
• "Prince Bart." Treatment, notes, breakdown. November 26 - 1954
• "Prince Bart." Screenplay by Arthur Ross; David Weisbart, producer. February 21 - 1955
• Box 7:
• "The Great Race." Scene breakdown and analysis of Arthur Ross' first, second and third (final) draft screenplays with Edwards' draft.
• "The Great Race." Revised pages with hand written notations; first and second drafts.
• "The Great Race." Final draft. October 15 - 1962
• "The Great Race." Final draft with name changes in the script. April 9 - 1964
• Box 8:
• "The Great Race." First draft.
• "Battle Stations." First estimating draft, July 25 - 1951
• "City in Flames." Teleplay, July 7 - 1956
• "Hitchcock 1965 Adaptation." Teleplay? - 1965
• "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry." Pilot script, story and teleplay by Arthur Ross; created by Elliott Lewis.
• "Israel Potter." A Motion Picture Treatment adapted by Arthur Ross and Herbert Kline; working copy with notes. - 1950
• "Lap of Luxury." Treatment; in collaboration with J. Sher.
• "A Matter of Choice." June Allyson Playhouse
• "Part Time." Television pilot. First draft; script by Arthur Ross and William Sackheim.
• "R.U.R." A treatment of Karel Capek's play by Arthur Ross. November 5 - 1942
• "Sweet Adeline." October 14 - 1952
• "Theater of the Air." One half teleplay.
• "Unbearably Happy Valley." A screen synopsis.
• "Yes, By Midnight." In collaboration with P. Webster.
• "Zane Gray." Outline for NBC
• Box 9:
• "The Blandings"
• "The Avalanche"; June 10 - 1952
• "A Rough Shot"
• "Make Believe Town: Memo on Kathy O'Rourke" by Jack Sher; adaptated by Arthur A. Ross. August 25 - 1951
• "Edmund Burke" by Arthur Ross; first draft
• "The Awakening" by Arthur Ross
• Auto-Lite presents Suspense, #19, starring Jack Benny in "The Face is Familiar" by Arthur Ross. Broadcast Monday, January 18 - 1954
• "Night Beat" by Arthur Ross. May 5 - 1952
• Auto-Lite presents Suspense, starring Joseph Cotton in "A Watery Grave." Revised; Broadcast Monday, March 10 - 1952
• Auto-Lite presents Suspense, starring Charles Boyer in "Another Man's Poison." Revised; Broadcast Thursday, May 17 - 1951
• Night Beat: "Modern Medea"
• Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage, #57: "Three Anniversaries" by Arthur Ross. Revised; Broadcast March 31 - 1954
• Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage, #44: "TA Circle of Wheels" by Arthur Ross. Revised; Broadcast November 18 - 1953
• Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage, #36: "Loving" by Arthur Ross. Revised; Broadcast Wednesday, September 30 - 1953
• Night Beat: "Justice has Clear Blue Eyes"
• "Turn Left at Pompeii"; adaptation by Arthur Ross. March 24 - 1963
• "West of East" (No Place For a Lady)
• "Gulliver's Travels"; revised treatment. By Jack Sher and Arthur Ross. October 31 - 1957
• "Gulliver's Travels"; adapted for television by Arthur Ross
• "Gulliver's Travels"; first draft screenplay. December 27 - 1957
• Outlines, research and vocabulary, apparently for an adaptation of "Gargantua" by Rabelais.
• Series 3: PHOTOGRAPHS
• Sub-Series: From Movies
• Box 10:
• A
• The Angry Hills (1)
• Anthony Adverse (1)
• Arizona Trail (1)
• Arabian Nights (1)
• Attack by Night (2)
• The Adventures of Martin (9); [D-Col-964]
• Affair in Trinidad (1 negative)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (9); [361]
• Arizona (13); [D-Col-52]
• B
• Baby Take a Bow (1)
• The Baroness and the Butler (1)
• Battle Taxi (3)
• Bedtime for Bonzo (1)
• Behind the High Wall (1)
• Beyond the Line of Duty (4)
• The Big Cat (1)
• Black Arrow (1)
• Blackhawk (1)
• The Black Widow (1)
• The Boogie Man Will Get You (1)
• The Brave One (1)
• Buffalo Bill (3)
• Bullwhip (1)
• Back to Nature (11); [275]
• Bedtime Story (8); [D-Col-106]
• Big Beat (4)
• Blondie
• Beware of Blondie (1)
• Blondie Goes Latin (5)
• Blondie's Blessed Event (3)
• Blondie's Holiday (20)
• Blondie's Lucky Day (15)
• Larry "Baby Dumpling" Simms (7)
• Penny "Blondie" Singleton (2)
• Boston Blackie's Private Ghost (6) [D-1101]
• The Boy From Salingrad (60) [D-187]
• Bullfighter and the Lady (30)
• Box 11:
• C
• Cairo Road (1)
• Campus Mystery (2)
• Caravan (2)
• Cargo to Capetown (1)
• Cinderella (1)
• City Streets (2)
• Cleopatra's Daughter (2)
• The Commandos Come at Dawn (4)
• Columbia's Community Sing, #640; Alice, Yvonne, Donna, and Louise King; Gene Moran (4)
• Coney Island (1)
• Conquest of Cochise (1)
• Country Beyond (4)
• Eileen McClory (3)
• Cry of Battle (1)
• The Caine Mutiny (30) [D-8082]
• Charge of the Lancers (5) [D-8132]
• Colorado Sunset (3) [805]
• Counterfeit Lady (3)
• Craig's Wife (9) [C-Col-1]
• Cyrano de Bergerac (2)
• D
• The Dancing Masters (1)
• Dangerous Blondes (1)
• The Desperados Are in Town (1)
• Dr. Strangelove (1)
• Drums Along the Amazon (4)
• The Daring Young Man (10) [D-Col-168]
• The Dark Past (6) [D-1168]
• Dead Reckoning (33) [D-1111]
• Death in Paradise Canyon (10) [297]
• The Death of a Salesman (17) [D-8056]
• Down Dakota Way (3)
• The Desperadoes (45) [D-Col-163]
• Down to Earth (66) [D-1100]
• Eadie Was a Lady, #1 (62) [D-1051]
• Eadie Was a Lady, #2 (38) [D-1051]
• Box 12:
• Eagles in Exile (7)
• Eight Bells (13)
• F
• Faith (1)
• Flame of the Barbary Coast (2)
• Flame of Calcutta (1)
• Flight Captain (1)
• Footlight Serenade (4)
• For Those Who Think Young (1)
• Free and Easy (2)
• Fighting Caravans (13) [822]
• The Fighting Kentuckian, #1 (51) [1740]
• The Fighting Kentuckian, #2 (33) [1740]
• The Fortune Hunter (44) [1942]
• Friendly Neighbors ( 50) [1033]
• G
• Gang War (2)
• The Gang's All Here (1)
• Ghost of Rashmon Hall (1)
• Gidget (2)
• The Girlfriend (1)
• Girl Trouble (5)
• Girls In Prison (2)
• Go Go Mania (1)
• God Is My Partner (1)
• Good Night Ladies (1)
• Golden Boy (1)
• The Golden Hawk (3)
• The Great Train Robbery (1)
• Guard That Girl (1)
• Gun Battle at Monterey (2)
• The Gunfight at Dodge City (1)
• Gobs of Trouble (14) [3505]
• The Great American Broadcast (9) [508]
• The Guilt of Janet Ames, #1 (39) [D-1115]
• The Guilt of Janet Ames, #2 (34) [D-1115]
• Box 13:
• The Guilt of Janet Ames, #3 (31) [D-1115]
• Gun Fever (67)
• H
• Havana Rose (1)
• He Hired the Boss (2)
• He Married His Wife (2)
• Hellgate (2)
• Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1)
• Here, Come the Co-Eds (3)
• Herod the Great (1)
• High Tension (3)
• Holy Matrimony (4)
• Hotel for Women (1)
• The Howards of Virginia (1)
• The Human Jungle (1)
• The Harder They Fall (11)
• Her Husband's Affairs (6) [D-885]
• The Hero (15) [D-998]
• Highly Irregular (42) [D-Col-145]
• The Hit Parade of 1941 (15) [977]
• I
• I Love a Mystery (3)
• I Promise to Pay (1)
• I'd Rather Be Rich (1)
• I'll Give a Million (1)
• In Old Chicago (3)
• Immortal Sergeant (1)
• In Old Kentucky (3)
• Indestructible Man (1)
• It Happened in Flatbush (4)
• It Had to Be You (1)
• It's a Small World
• Iceland (14) [572]
• It Had to be You (27) [D-1138]
• It Should Happen To You ( 17) [D-1285]
• J
• Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
• Johnny O'Clock
• Judge Priest (24) [163]
• The Juggler #1 (65) [D-8091]
• Box 14:
• The Juggler, #2 (70) [D-8091]
• The Juggler, #3 (38) [D-8091]
• K
• Kangaroo (1)
• The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1)
• Kentucky Moonshine (1)
• Killer At Large (1)
• Kiss and Tell (1)
• Kiss of Death (1)
• Kidnapped (39) {355]
• King of the Wild Horses (34) [D-1129]
• Knock on Any Door (43)
• L
• Love Danger (1)
• The Lady is Willing (3)
• The Land is Bright for Columbia (1)
• Law of the Barbary Coast (1)
• The Lawless (1)
• The Leap (1)
• Leave It To the Marines (1)
• Let's Live Tonight (1)
• Life Begins at 40 (1)
• Life Begins in College (3)
• Little Caesar (1)
• The Lost One (2)
• The Lusty Men (1)
• The Lady is Willing (3)
• Let's Go Steady (97) {D-1057]
• Lost Horizon (11) [B-Col-21]
• Box 15:
• M
• The Magnificent Cuckold (1)
• The Man Who Died Twice (1)
• The Man Who Lived Twice (1)
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die (2)
• Manfish (1)
• Marco Polo (1)
• Margie (1)
• The Marrying Kind (1)
• Master of Men (1)
• Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1)
• Melody Lane (1)
• The Merry Monahans (1)
• Men in War (1)
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1)
• Mother Wore Tights (6)
• Move Over Darling (1)
• My Friend Flicka (1)
• My Friend Irma (2)
• My Sister Eileen (6)
• Mystery Blonde (2)
• Magic Carpet (13) [D-8012]
• Man of Conquest (4) [734]
• The Man With Nine Lives (33) [D-Col-62]
• Mark of the Gorilla (8) [D-955]
• The Mating of Millie (25) [D-1143]
• The Maverick Queen (8) [1995]
• McClintock (4) [McL-13]
• The Member of the Wedding (28) [D-8074]
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (54) [D-Col-43]
• The Moon is Down (3) [601]
• The More the Merrier (7) [D-176]
• Mr. Soft Touch (34) [D-1175]
• Mr. Winkle Goes to War (29)
• Music In My Heart (9) [D-Col-889]
• My Gal Sal (5) [554]
• N
• The Naked Dawn (1)
• The Naked Muja (no photos; one typed page)
• Navy Blue and Gold (2)
• The Nelson Eddy Production (1)
• Night in Paradise (1)
• Nine Girls (1)
• No More Ladies (1)
• O
• Old Corral
• On The Avenue (2)
• One Way to Love (1)
• Operation Petticoat (1)
• Our Daily Bread (2)
• Over 21 (2)
• One Against Seven (8) [D-1031]
• Only Angels Have Wings (10)
• Box 16:
• P
• The Palm Beach Story (1)
• The Phantom Rider (1)
• Pillow Talk (1)
• Pin-Up Girl (1)
• Port Said (2)
• Portrait in Smoke (5)
• The Powers Girl (1)
• Professional Soldier (2)
• The Purple Monster Strikes (1)
• The Pusher (1)
• The Pathfinder (21) [D-8103]
• Perilous Holiday (10) [D-841]
• Pier 13 (57) [Wal-31]
• Pilebuck (13 + 1 negative) [D-770]
• Plane No. 4 (18) [D-Col-36]
• The Prince of Thieves (12) [887]
• Q-R
• Quincannon, Frontier Scout (2)
• Racketeers in Exile (1)
• Rio Grande (1)
• The Road to Hong Kong (1)
• Road to Rio (2)
• Rock, Pretty Baby (1)
• Roaring Lead (2)
• Round Up Time in Texas (8)
• Run for the Hills (1)
• The Renegades (27) [D-1079]
• The Return of Monte Cristo (38) [D-863]
• Ride the Man Down (5) [1928]
• The Right Guy (12) [D-Col-68]
• S
• Santiago (1)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1)
• She Married Her Boss (1)
• Shock Corridor (1)
• Shock Treatment (1)
• A Shot in the Dark (1)
• Sirocco (2)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1)
• Smoky (1)
• So Big (1)
• So Dear To My Heart (4)
• So Evil My Love (1)
• So Proudly We Hail (2)
• Somewhere in the Night (1)
• Stranger in His House (1)
• The Sullivans (1)
• Safari (1)
• Salome (2) [D8117]
• Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1) [6210]
• Sapphire (2) [6728]
• Sensations of 1945 (5) [A.G. 12600-38]
• She Goes to War (12)
• Snafu (14) [D-834]
• So Proudly We Hail (22)
• Society Girl (40) [Lan-6]
• Box 17:
• Son of Ali Baba (2) [1680]
• Son of Belle Starr (2) [5214]
• Son of Captain Blood (1) [47049]
• Son of Geronimo (1) [D-8100]
• Song of the Islands (4) [544]
• South Pacific (1) [973]
• Sport of Kings (1) [D-Gloria Henry]
• Spring Tonic (13) [198]
• The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1) [SP]
• Stand By All Networks (7) [D-Col-164]
• Stage to Thunder Rock (1) [17050]
• Strange Voyage (11) [D-1083]
• Streets of Lorado (1) [11447]
• Suez (1) [374]
• Sundown Jim (8) [557]
• Surf Party (1) [SP]
• Susan Lenox, Her Rise and Fall (1) [561]
• Swing Your Partner (1) [1178]
• Sword and the Dragon (2) [S.G.]
• T
• Tars and Spars (1)
• Ten Percent Woman (2)
• That Other Woman (1)
• Tonight Belongs To Us (2)
• Trigger, Jr. (1)
• Two On a Guillotine (2)
• Take It OR Leave It (2) [641]
• The Talk of The Town (14) [D-Col-146]
• Tall, Dark and Handsome (1) [497]
• Tambourine (5)
• Tammy and The Doctor (1)
• Ten Days to Tulara ( 22) [GS]
• Ten Gentlemen From West Point (7) [559]
• Texas, #1 (77)
• Texas, #2 (52) [D-Col-103]
• Thank You, Jeeves (2) [276]
• Thank You, Mr. Moto (7) [346]
• Thanks A Million (1) [F190]
• This Above All (1) [550]
• A Thousand and One Nights (64) [D-1054]
• Three Blind Mice (369]
• Box 18:
• 365 Nights In Hollywood (44) [176]
• The Thrill of Brazil (1) [D-1104]
• Timberjack (2) [1974]
• To The Shores of Tripoli (3) [547]
• Too Many Husbands (2) [D-Col-61]
• Too Soon To Love (1) [6213]
• Toy Tiger (1) [1791]
• Trail To San Antone (3)
• Twin Sombreros (11) [D-879]
• Under California Stars (2) [1621]
• Under Fiesta Stars (4) [1102]
• U-W
• Unconquered (2)
• We Were Strangers (1)
• What A Way To Go! (1)
• Where Love Has Gone (1)
• Widow's Might (1)
• White Feather (2)
• Wild Bill Doolin (5)
• The Walking Hills (1) [D-1167]
• Way Down East ( 21) [221]
• The White Parade (3)178
• Who Is Hope Schuyler? (6) [556]
• Wild Gold (2) [149]
• Witness For The Prosecution (2) [WP]
• Wyoming (1) [1575]
• You Can't Take It With You (37) [D-Col-16]
• You Were Never Lovelier (16) [D-Col-154]
• The Young Swingers (1) [4(7?)5]
• Unknowns, beginning with a letter
• AP-73
• ART-2
• C-2-8
• CH-44
• E.W.-43
• G-21
• G-38
• GM(108)34
• GM(92)29
• GP-(14-2-4)-18
• HT-29
• II(16)-55
• JK-(32-7)-34
• NM-L-6B
• NV-(51-6)-30
• NV-(38-11)-33
• PL-526
• R8-43
• RK-14
• ROS-45
• RR13-AD
• RR-33
• SAS-89
• VAL-(4-7)-6
• V.P. 30
• VR-381 (2)
• VR-382 (2)
• WFP5-36
• WFP5-63A
• Leftover Numbers (In Order, #1)
• Leftover Numbers (In Order, #2)
• Sub-Series: Numbered Photographs
• Box 19:
• Photographs, Unknown, #1-2013
• Box 20:
• Photographs, Unknown, #2014-9000
• Box 21:
• Photographs, Unknown, A-Z
• Box 22:
• Photographs, Unknown, No order
• Series 4: MISCELLANEOUS
• Box 23:
• "A Day for Living." Synopsis of a possible motion picture. August 23 - 1959
• "The Dean's Men." Pilot script for television, two typescript drafts including notes, research.
• "The King and the Lion." Prospectus and pilot script for television.
• "Man with a Star." Pilot script for television.
• "Mestico." Film treatment with notes based on an adaptation of Unamuno's "Nothing Less Than a Man" and DaCunha's "Os Sertoes".
• Box 24:
• "The Jean Harlow Story." Typescripts of a film treatment with notes and memos. - 1956-1957
• "Suspense." Radio programs, three recordings (phonograph records).
• Box 25:
• Water colors of The Great Race.
  Shelved in map case drawer.