University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Movie and television scripts
2009ms132.0016
1.6 Cubic Feet
4 boxes
1961-1990, undated
The Movie and television scripts collection (dated 1961-1990, undated; 1.6 cubic feet; 4 boxes) comprises movie and television scripts that document script writing and production for movies and television in the United States and England in the second half of the twentieth century.
English
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2000.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged alphabetically by title. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
Biographical note
No biographical information available.
American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include
A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
Preferred Citation
2009ms132.0016: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Movie and television scripts, 1961-1990, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Scope and Contents
The Movie and television scripts collection (dated 1961-1990, undated; 1.6 cubic feet; 4 boxes) comprise movie scripts that document film making in the United States and England in the second half of the twentieth century. A majority of scripts are based off of true stories and novels. The scripts come from popular television shows such as
Murder, She Wrote; M*A*S*H*, The Jeffersons, and movies such as The Gift of the Magi and The Swarm. Three of the television scripts are signed by prominent actors in each show, Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote; Alan Alda for M*A*S*H*, and Marla Gibbs for The Jeffersons; and the movie The Swarm is signed by actor George Segal. The Movie and television scripts collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Conditions Governing Use
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Filmscripts
England.
Scripts.
Screenplays.
Television
Television programs.
United States.
Autographsundated11A Chorus Line [now known as Twigs]undated31Dylan signed by Vincente Minnelli196232Fair Game1961 July 1212Fantasy Island The Handyman and Tattoo's Romance197933The Gift of the Magi197834The Jefferson My Guy, George signed by Marla Gibbs198435Justus1978 June 1513Little Miss Marker197836The Magic Gardenundated15M*A*S*H* Dear Sigmund signed by Alan Alda197637Maude The Obscene Phone Call197738Murder, She Wrote Fixer Upper signed by Angela Lansbury198939The Neighborhood Gameundated16Norman, Is That You?196941Pat Boone and Family197842Phantom of the Open Hearth197843The Phoenix Fileundated17Prime Time1990 January 1514The Sea Wolves1979 April 1021Shirley Equity Begins at Home197944Sun City Scandals '72197245The Swarm signed by George Segal197746Think of an Evening in Juneundated22Up, Up-Oops!!undated23We, The Peopleundated24Will (The Bawdy Bard)19694721-Gun Saluteundated25