University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections

Van Heflin Collection

Heflin, Van (1910–1971). Papers, 1929–1971. .66 foot. Actor. Business and personal correspondence (1937–1971); contracts (1961–1969); financial statements (1959–1969); greeting cards and records of legal cases (1963–1969); newspaper clippings (1936–1968); playbills (1934–1963); records of stock transactions (1964–1969); and telegrams (1932–1938) from the life and career of Van Heflin. ______

Box H-70

1. Contract, actor and payment statements.

Actors' Equity Association contracts, television broadcast contracts, acting agency contracts, and payment statements for various productions featuring Van Heflin including "A Case of Libel," "Neither Are We Enemies," "Count Three and Pray," etc.. Also includes correspondence sent to Heflin re. his compensation for roles in plays and movies, 1961-1969.

2. Correspondence.

Business and personal letters sent to Heflin. Includes letters from Samuel Goldwyn; Maynard Morris; Nicholas Cyran and Arthur Blech, Certified Public Accountants; Hunter L. Martin, Jr.; E. Franklin Hatch; Walter J. Stark, Jr. re. the Mummers Theatre in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Gay Heflin, niece; and Hugh Shippey, Sr., 1937-1971.

3. Correspondence, Vana O'Brien.

Personal letters sent to Heflin and his wife, Frances, from Vana O'Brien, the Heflins' daughter. Most of the letters were sent from Ethiopia, 1968.

4 Financial Statements

"Statements of Charges and Credits," "Summaries of Earnings," "Statements of cash Receipts and Cash Expenditures," "Summaries of Cash Transactions for Month of," "Schedules of Income and Expenses," "Statements of Charges and Credits," and "Statements of Financial Condition.", 1959-1969.

5. Greeting Cards.

Greeting cards from friends and family in celebration of holidays, weddings, births, and other special events, n.d.

5A. Heflin, Frances.

Newspaper clippings re. the career of actress, Frances Heflin, the sister of Van Heflin.

6. Legal Cases, records of

Correspondence, court documents, and other records pertaining to the following cases: Spritzler, et al v. Heflin, et al, 1963-1965 (involves tree removal and property line question); Homer Neal, Charlotte Neal and Frances Neal Heflin v. John W. Raedeke, et al, 1964-1965 (suit involving deed of trust and ownership of Parkview Motor Hotel, Heflin was the Neals' daughter); and Heflin v. Heflin, 1967-1969 (divorce).

7. Miscellaneous

Travel route and tour list of "The Philadelphia Story" play company; YMCA of New York Membership Card of Van Heflin (1936); kitchen cabinets design for the Heflin house at 116 Tigertail Road, Brentwood, California; unemployment insurance receipt of E.E. Heflin (1963); letter re. reevaluation of service connected disabilities (1947); medical history of Emmett E. Heflin prepared by the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation (1969); passports (1951, 1957); yearbook, diary (1950); etc.

Box H-71 (Location: 1343.71)

1. Newspaper clippings and Magazine Articles.

Clippings re. Heflin roles on stage and screen including theatre notices and reviews, 1936-1968.

2. Playbills.

Playbills for "The Shrike," "The Night Remembers," "Love For Love," "End of Summer," "A Case of Libel," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Birds," "A Bill of Divorcement," "The King's Coat," "Beware of the Bull," and "Mid-West." Also includes program for Hollywood premiere of the movie, "Shane," at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 1934-1963.

3. Stock transactions, records of.

Receipts and lists of stock transactions, 1964-1969.

4. Telegrams

Primarily telegrams sent to Heflin congratulating him on his play performances, 1932- 1938.

5. University of Oklahoma.

Grade report.

Photograph of Second Regiment Battery "C" including Captain Van Heflin, and a page entitled "People You Should Know" from The Sooner, 1928.

6. Heflin Family Pedigree Chart, 1996.