The Inventory

of the

Van Johnson

Collection

#1655

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

I. Box 1

Box 3

Box2

Box4

Box5

Photographs.

Johnson, Van 6/27/03

Preliminary Listing

A. Production Stills, bindings and leather damaged on all, black and white prints in bindings. 1. "Scene of the Crime." 2. "Invitation." 3. "Murder in the Big House." 4. "Good Old Summertime." 5. "A Boy Named Joe." 6. "Easy to Love." 7. "Easy to Wed Vol. 2." 8. "Mother is A Freshman." 9. "The Bottom of the Bottle." 10. "The End of The Affair." 11. "Men of the Fighting Lady." 12. "Subway in the Sky." 13. "Battleground," leather damaged with tissue paper. 14. "Remains to Be Seen," in case. 15. "Weekend at the Waldorf," leather damaged. 16. "The War Against Mrs. Hadley," 1942. 17. "Two Sisters and A Sailor"/ "White Cliffs of Dover,"

leather slightly damaged. 18. "The Last Blitzkrieg." 19. "The State of the Union Vol. I." 20. "The State of the Union Vol. 2." 21. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." 22. "The Human Comedy," loose front cover. 23. Week of Jan. 11, 1971, in folder, water damage. 24. "Thrill of Romance." 25. "The Big Hangover." 26. "Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant," 1942. 27. "Too Young to Kiss." 28. "The Romance at Rosy Ridge." 29. "Easy to Wed." 30. "When in Rome." 31. "Plymouth Adventure." 32. "Beyond This Place." 33. "Washington Story."

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34. "Command Decision." 35. "The Bride Goes Wild."

B. Production Stills, black and white, with scripts. Box6 1. "Weekend at the Waldorf," 1944.

2. "Easy to Wed," 1944. 3. "Easy to Wed," 1945. 4. "The Romance of Rosy Rielge," 1946. 5. "Divorce American Style," 1966. 6. "The Plymouth Adventure," 1952. 7. "Mr. Congressman," 1951. 8. "Slander," 1956. 9. "Kelly and Me," 1956. 10. "23 Paces to Baker Street," 1956. 11. "The Big Hangover," 1949. 12. "Command Decision," 1947.

Box7 13. "Two Girls and A Sailor," 1943. 14. "Till The Clouds Roll By," 1946. 15. "When In Rome," 1950. 16. "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." 17. "Three Men in White," 1943. 18. "To Young to Kiss," 1951. 19. "Action of the Tiger," 1956. 20. "Go For Broke," 1950. 21. "Miracle in the Rain," 1955. 22. "Scene of the Crime," 1949. 23. "The Bride Goes Wild," 1947. 24. "High Barbr~' 1946.

Box8 25. "Go For Broke," 1950. C. Photo album, "Achievement in the Arts" Awards show,

includes; black and white prints, color prints, and an invitation.

D. Bound photo album with black and white prints, poor condition. [F. 2]

Box9 E. Black and white head shots of VJ. [E. 1-5] Box 10 F. Movie stills, black and white(# of prints)

1. 5 re: "Go For Broke." [E. 1] 2. 1 re: "Command Decision." 3. 2 re: "Duchess ofldaho." 4. 6 re: "The Last Time I saw Paris." 5. 2 re: "Brigadoon." 6. 3 re: "The Romance of Rosie Ridge." 7. 5 re: "A Guy Named Joe." 8. 4 re: "Mother is a Freshman."

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9. 5 re: "The Siege At Red River." 10. 4 re: "The Caine Mutiny." 11. 2 re: "Yours, Mine and Ours." 13. 11 re: "Battleground." 14. 1 re: "The Purple Rose of Cairo." [E. 2] 15. 13 re: "Wives and Lovers." 16. 1 re: "Thrill of Romance." 17. 1 re: "Slander." 18. 6 re: "The Mike Douglas Show." 19. 9 re: "Confidentially Connie." 20. 31 re: "Miracle in the Rain." 21. 1 re: "The White Cliff of Dover." 22. 1 re: "The Burnap. Comedy."

{?f'OV}/\,~';? 23. 14 re: "BtffiHQ.S For Marriage." 24. 5 re: "The Last Blitzlaieg." 25. 16 re: "The Bottom of the Bottle." 26. 1 re: "Web of Evidence." [E. 3] 27. 2 re: "Divorce American Style." 28. 10 re: "Kelly and Me." 29. 1 re: "Plymouth Adventure." 30. 1 re: "Company of Killers." 31. 1 re: "23 Paces to Baker Street." 32. 1 re: "Scene of the Crime." 33. 1 re: "State of the Union." 34. 1 re: "The Doomsday Flight." 35. 10 re: "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." 36. 6 re: "The End of the Affair." Stills from various productions, group shots and VJ profile shots, black and white, 330 total. [F. 1-2, E. 6-8] Movie stills, color. 1. 1 re: "The Siege At Red River." [E. 4] 2. 2 re: "Company of Killers." 3. 1 re: "Divorce American Style." 4. 4 re: "Easy to Love." 5. 4 re: "The Caine Mutiny." 6. 1 re: "Brigadoon." 7. 10 re: "The Last Time I Saw Paris." 8. 1 re: "Action of the Tiger." Stills from various productions, group shots, VJ, color, 24. [E. 5] Professional prints, black and white head shots of VJ, 28. [F. 3] Various professional prints, mostly head shots, black and [E. 9] white, 79. Various oversized head shots of VJ, black and white, 13. [F. 4]

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Box 11

Package 1

Package 1

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Various signed prints of VJ, black and white, 63. 1. 2 signed prints of VJ and Ronald Regan, color. Oversized signed prints, black and white, 5. Color photos of VJ, various subjects, 43. Personal.

[E. 1 OJ

[F. 4] [E. 1]

1. Prints of various friends and family of VJ, black and

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5. 6. 7.

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white, 143 total. [E. 2-3] Oversized prints of VJ. [no folder] a) 5 color prints. b) 1 black and white print. Oversized prints of friends and family of VJ, black and white, 2 total. a) 1 print in cardboard packing. Prints of friends and family of VJ, color, 85. a) 14 prints from computer. Over sized color photo of VJ. 7 prints of VJ's 50th and 70th birthdays. 8 mounted prints black and white prints, various personal memorabilia. Contact paintings, 13. a) Miscellaneous prints. b). 1 color positive transparency.

[F. 1]

[E. 4-5]

[F. 1] [F. 2]

[E. 6]

9. Damaged prints of VJ, 6. Albums.

[E. 7]

1. The Johnson's week in Chicago, May 22-29, 1953,

2.

Slides. 1.

2.

leather damaged on back cover. The Mike Douglas Show, back inside cover contains autographs, leather damaged on back cover.

3 sheets of head shots of VJ, re: "Glitter", by Harry Langdon, color, 1984. [F. 3] 1 sheet of various poses of VJ, re: "Showboat", color, June 1984.

Miscellaneous professional material. [F. 4]

Correspondence. A. 521 cards to VJ from Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor,

and The Ambassador of the USA, printed signatures. [E. 8-14] 1. Photo 2. Clippings, 1980-81, 1983-85, 1993-96.

B. 259 cards to VJ. 3. Photo clippings, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1994-2002. [E. 1-3]

C. 22 blank cards.

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Box 13

Box9

Box 13

Box 14

D.

E.

B.

154 cards. 1. Photos, 1970's-2000's and unknown dates.

a) 1970's-80's. b) 1990's-00's. c) Unknown dates.

Fan Mail, includes some printed material and photographs. 1. 1 TLS, 1956. 2. 8 TLS, 1970-79. 3. 17 ALS, 1970-79. 4. 48 TLS, 1980-89. 5. 173 ALS, 1980-89. 6. 132 ALS, 1990-99. 7. 148 TLS, 1990-99. 8. 85 ALS, 2000-2003. 9. 138 TLS, 2000-2003.

a) 1 TLS to VJ from Hugh Downs, re: 9/11.

[E. 4]

[F. 1-6]

[F. 1] [F. 2]

10. 358 ALS, n.d. [F. 3-4] 11. 153 TLS, n.d. [F. 5] 43 Telegrams, 1985.

III. Professional Material. A. Appointment books/ daily reminders.

B.

C.

D. E.

1. 1971-1980. [F. 2] 2. 1982-1983. 3. 1961-1966. Daily reminders, with holographic notes by VJ, includes newspaper clippings. [F. 5] 1. 1961-1986. 2. 1971-1983. Playbills, includes; flyers, posters, invitations and tickets from productions. 1. 2 playbills, 1950-59. 2. 4 playbills, 1960-69. 3. 36 playbills, 1970-79, duplicate copies. 4. 54 playbills, 1980-89, duplicate copies. 5. 34 playbills, 1990-99, duplicate copies. 6. 15 undated playbills, duplicate copies. 7. 21 miscellaneous playbills, includes; parts of

playbills, flyers, posters, and duplicate copies.

[F. 1]

[F. 2-4] [F. 5-9]

[F. 10-12] [F. 13] [F. 14]

8 copies of Where Magazine, re: VJ and plays, 1966-80. Bound book of playbills, 1945-1964.

[F. 15]

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IV. Printed Material. Box 15 A.

Box 16

Box 18

Box 17

Box 15 B.

C.

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Newspaper articles re: VJ 1960-1990. 1. 1976-79. [F. 12] 2. 1976-78, 1980-81, 1984, 1987. [F. 13] 3. 1959, 1963-65, 1977-84. [F. 14] 4. 1976, 1980, 1981. [F. I] 5. 1945-46, 1978-85, 1989-99. [F. 2] 6. 1983-95. [F. 3] 7. 1973-83. [F. 4] 8. 1981-1982. [F. 5] 9. 1966-98. [F. I] 10. 1972-89. [F. 2] 11. 1977-90. [F. 3] 12. 1980-89. [F. 4] 13. 1981-91. [F. 5] 14. 1979-90. [F. 6] 15. 1979-1991. [F. I] 16. 1981. [F. 2] 17. 1976-1981. [F. 3] 18. 1977-78. [F. 4] 19. 1964-1983. [F. 5] 20. 1977-1983. [F. 6] Programs. 1. "The Muny," 1989-1990 season. [F. 1-3] 2. "Fifth Annual American Cinema Awards," 1988. 3. "17 5th Anniversary of American Bible Society," 1991. 4. "Mary Martin at Davies Hall Tribute," 1984.

a) Invitation. b) Photocopied article. c) Paper program.

5. "The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Program," 1982.

6. 13 Award shows, anniversary celebrations, musical productions, re: film and theater.

7. Guidebook to the Melbourne Zoo. 8. "Thalians 35th Anniversary Gala," 1990. Magazines, includes; double copies and photocopies. [F. 4-7] 9. New York, 15th Anniversary Issue, April 18, 1983. 10. Sunday Times Magazine, May 9, 1982. 11. Directors Guild of America, Action, November­

December, 1974. 12. Look, January 1964. 13. The Movie, photocopies.

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Package 18

Box 19

14. Movie Stars Parade, August 1949. 15. Screen Stars, September 1945. 16. The Screen Weekly. November 23, 1951. 17. Esquire, June 1973. 18. Gnosis, Spring 1988. 19. The Art of Les Celebrites. 20. 2 copies of Vanity Fair, April 1995. 21. Providence Journal Company. August 31, 1954. 22. Woman's Weekly. January 22, 1983.

D. Sheet Music. [F. 8-9] 1. 43 single songs and collections, includes photocopies.

E. Flyers.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

1. The Vineyard Playhouse: "Love Letters", August 10-15, 4 copies.

2. "The Painted Veil", with Garbo. 3. "The Kidnapping of the President." 4. "Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick in

Tribute." 5. "23 Schnitte zum Abgurnd", Nr. 3322. 6. "Geborgtes Gluck", Nr. 1717. 7. "High Barbaree", photocopy. 8. "La Cage aux Follies", New York Times, 1985,

photocopy, 2 copies. Proof. 1. "June Allyson", by June Allyson, 252 p., (damage). Scripts. [F. 11] 1. "The Music Man", by Meredith Wilson, 83 p. 2. "A Thousand Clowns", by Herb Gardner, with notes, 121 p. 3. "The Great Sebastians", by Howard Lindsay and Russel

Crouse, with notes, 102 p. Posters. 1. "La Cage aux Follies", with VJ, 3 copies. Photographs, black and white, on cardboard. 1. VJ on the phone. 2. Sports Illustrated: Golfer of the Year, 2 copies. Miscellaneous Printed Material 1. VJ programs. [F. 1-8] 2. Advertisements. 3. Cartoon drawings. 4. Magazine clippings. 5. "Celebrity Bulletin." 6. Miscellaneous correspondence. 7. Notebook.

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Package 25

Box 8

8. Notes. 9. Sheet Music. 10. "Van Johnson Television Show", cut script. 11. Cards. 12. "Theatergoers's London", by Macqueen-Pope, published. 13. "Love", by Mary. 14. Plays, "The Kennedy Center Honors", 1982.

V. Personal Memorabilia.

VI.

A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. 0. P. Q. R. S. T. u. V. w.

X.

Sheaffers pen. 1973 Melody top with brush and mirror. Mont Blanc pen tip. Van Johnson's membership to the Franciscan Missionary Union. Le Cage 85' key chain. Carrick District Council plaque. Gold star wand. Gold metal locket-style frame, from VJ's fans. Sacramento Music Circus, "Damn Yankees" 1978 ribbon. Corn cob pipe in VJ pouch. Toy Gun. 6 Rooms RIV UV knife. Suspenders. "French Irregular Verbs," 27th edition. Bag. Apron. Cummerbund. Happy Birthday poster. Painting/drawing, with illegible signature. Rogers High School 15th Reunion Photo, 1949. Pen and Ink drawing of VJ with note, 1977. Package with film reel. Birthday poster from Mary with board attached: "Van Johnson Stepped Here." Framed Hollywood Palace Program.

Manuscripts. A. Scripts.

1. "The Caine Mutiny," 1953. 2. "The White Cliffs," 1943. 3. "The Duchess ofldaho," 1949. 4. "Good Old Summertime," 1948. 5. "A Guy Named Joe," 1943. 6. "Madam Curie," 1943.

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Box 9

7. "Washington Story," 19 51. 8. "The Siege At Red River," 1953. 9. "Subway in the Sky," 1958. 10. "Pilot Number 5," 1942. 11. "Men of the Fighting Lady," 1953. 12. "No Leave No Love," 1945. 13. "The Last Blitzkrieg," 1958. 14. "The Bottom of the Bottle," 1955. 15. "Murder in the Death House." 16. "Dr.Red Adams," 1944. (te.4-wfi'L-t Tl.Alo Wo,'!1fvi) 17. "Van Johnson: Movies Memories and ·

Friends", bound, 40 p., May 1, 1997; includes autograph note. [F. 1]

18. "Love Letters," 53 p., photocopy. a) Fax to VJ and Alan Foshko. b) Deal memo dated 3/7/91 re: contract between

VJ and Casting department of"Love Letters." 19. "Glenn Miller: A Moonlight Serenade," 29 p. 20. "Murder She Wrote: Hannigan's Wake," 58 p. 21. "Murder She Wrote: Hit Run and Homicide," by Gerald

K. Siegel, 60 p., 9/17 /84. 22. "Follies," by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Stephen

Sondheim, 90 p.; includes TS not dated 1/24/95. 23. "Beer," by Allan Weisbecker, 120 p., 8/29/84,

includes TLS to VJ, re: script. [F. 2] 24. "Rich Man Poor Man-Book II, Chapter V", by Ann

Beckett, 58 p., 9/1/76. 25. "Over My Dead Body", by Michael Sutton and Anthony

Fingleton, 84 p. 26. Professional packet for "The Kennedy Center [F. 3]

Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts", 1982, VJ listed as a guest. a) Script. b) List of cast and crew. c) "You Gotta Have Heart", tribute to George Abbott,

with holographic notes, VJ's part. 27. "Marilyn Monroe 60 Minute Special/ Radio 2/ August 5,

1982" by Roy Pickard, 3 copies, on with holograph notes. a) Pamphlet, "BBC Ticket Unit Information." b) AN re: VJ speech. c) TNS not to VJ from Roy Pickard re: Marilyn

Monroe Special, June 1, 1982. 28. Information packet, re: "Carnegie all Celebrates the

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Glorious MGM Musicals", May 1999. [F. 4] a) Schedule for KJ and welcome letter, 2 copies. b) Script. c) Letter to Alan Foshko, re: publicity, 5/03/99. d) Contract for future tour of show, unsigned. e) Copy ofletter from Daniel Selznick to MGM

participants, including VJ, re: "Carnegie Hall Celebrates ... ", 5/19/99.

29. "Van Johnson Scripts", all for endorsement of Vet Care 65, with holographic notes, April, 15, 1987.

30. "This Is Your Life: Society", VJ participant, January, 20, 1994. a) Seating chart. b) Credits. c) Camera directions.

31. "Lyrics and Lyricists 18th Season 1988: A Five Part Series of the Songs oflrving Berlin," photocopy, January 24, 1988. a) Cover letter to Alan Foscho, re: VJ participation,

2- 10-88. b) Printed material, re: show.

32. Scripts and material for "La Cage Aux Follies In Concert", 12-28-88. a) Correspondence to VJ, re: participation, 3 letters. b) Staging and synopsis. c) "Working 'book'/script lyrics."

33. Script fragment, untitled, re: Mary Mae story, with holograph notes, 35 p, 2 copies. [F. 5]

34. TLS to VJ re: "Night of A 100 A Stars II" information and schedule, 7 p., n.d.

35. Detailed Schedule for "Night of A 100 Stars II", with holograph notes, 5 p., 2-17-85.

36. Shooting order rundown for "Night of A 100 Stars II", 8 p., 2-16-85.

37. Script, VJ voice overs, re: Irving Berlin, with holograph notes, 2 p., n.d., 2 copies.

38. "Running Order and Who's in What", MGM, VJ listed, 4 p., 6/7 /98.

39. Notes on VJ performance, 1 p., n.d. 40. "Directions to Shrine Auditorium", with holograph notes,

3 p., including map. 41. "Mary Martin Tribute: Final Show Order and Set Notes",

3 p.,n.d.

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42. "Hooray for Hollywood," music, 4 p. a) 2 TLS correspondence to VJ, re: Stairway to the

Stars performance. 43. "Show Stopper," music, 8 p.

a) TLS to Alan re: The 4th Night of 100 Stars: Showstopper.

b) 6 pages of autographed notes, re: Showstopper lyrics.

44. Fragments of various music, with holograph notes, 6 p. 45. TS re: lines for unknown show, 10 p. 46. TS re: lines for unknown show, printed on envelopes, 13 p. 4 7. Fragments of a script from "The Purple Rose of Cairo,"

with holograph notes, some pages stained, 22 p., 1/16/84. 48. Fragments from various performances/ voice overs for VJ,

some with holograph notes, 10 p. 49. 2 TLS to VJ re: various shows. 50. "The Forgotten Story," brochure for six episode show

starring VJ, n.d.

VII. Miscellaneous Printed Material. A. Recipes. [F. 6-7] B. Miscellaneous articles and brochures, re: travel locations. C. Menu from dinner honoring VJ, 01-24-83. D. Publicity recap from "The Cancer League Christmas Show,

Huston Texas", 12-04-87, 2 copies, bound. [F. 8] E. "4th Annual Pine Bluff Film Festival", 1997. [F. 9]

1. Informational flyers. 2. Newspaper clippings.

F. Printed portrait of VJ signed "To Barry Peace, Van Johnson", in red marker. [F. 10]

VIII. Miscellaneous. A. 3 photographs, 1 with autographed note, subject VJ and

Gene Kelly Poster. [F. 11] B. Paper fragment listing VJ shows, TS with autograph note. C. Miscellaneous note, autograph, n.d. D. Holograph notes on lined paper with VJ heading, 4 p. D. "Certificate of Membership in the St. Jude Apostolate," awarded to

VJ. E. Scrapbook from Newcastle, England, "Royal Command Film

Performance," November 1957, rolled.

IX Scrapbooks.

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Box 13 Packages 19-24

Package 28

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B. C. D.

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Approximately 28 large miscellaneous scrapbooks re: 1940s-1980s. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"The Johnsons." "Raintree Country." "The Caine Mutiny." "Brigadoon." "Last Blitzkrieg/ Enemy General." "Scandal/ Action of the Tiger/ Molly and Me/ Miracle in the Rain/ Bottom of the Bottle/ 25 Paces to Baker Street."

7. "Command Decision/ Duchess of Idaho/ Grounds for Marriage/ Three of a Kind/ Go For Broke."

21 untitled scrapbooks. 3 small scrapbooks c. l 950's. [E. 1-3] 9 scrapbooks. 1. "Damn Yankees", 1960. 2. "TV", 1950. 3. "VJ Clippings", 1964. 4. "The Last Time I Saw Paris", 1950's. 5. Untitled, l 940-50's, missing half of its cover. Film Reel, "Hollywood Palace", April 13, 1967, Production number: 8-HP-67, Print number: 4.

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Added to Box 20

I. Photographs.

Johnson, Van #1655

5/23/05 Preliminary Listing

A. Approx. twenty digital prints of photos by Alan Foshko, VJ's agent, nd. [E. 1]

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