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Gayle Richardson The Huntington Library November 2020 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, 91108 [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org

Gunsmoke Collection mssGunsmoke 1 mssGunsmoke Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library Title: Gunsmoke collection Identifier/Call Number: mssGunsmoke Physical Description: 11.34 Linear Feet(27 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1953-1975 Abstract: A collection of radio and television scripts for the long-running American program Gunsmoke. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information. Conditions Governing Use No photocopying is allowed. No quotations are allowed apart from very brief phrases under "fair use." No publication or performances of these scripts are allowed. All inquiries regarding publication or quotation should be referred to the owner of copyright for the specific script(s). Copyright resides with either the production company or author for the scripts in this collection. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Gunsmoke collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Norman H. Macdonnell and John A. Dunkel, June 1974. Gift of Walter Newman, December 1975. Gift of Paul Savage, July 1978. Biographical / Historical Gunsmoke was an American radio and television Western drama series created by director and writer . The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961; the television series ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes. Scope and Contents The collection consists of 317 radio scripts and 60 television scripts from 1953 to 1975, for the long-running series Gunsmoke. The material includes preliminary drafts, working notes, and finished scripts. Scriptwriters include, among others: Jim Byrnes, , John Dunkel, , Kathleen Hite, Norman Macdonnell, John Meston, , and Paul Savage. Processing Information Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1975-1980. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report. Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Radio scripts; 2. Television scripts; 3. Manila envelopes. Subjects and Indexing Terms Radio scripts -- -- 20th century Television scripts -- United States -- 20th century Byrnes, Jim, 1934- Clark, Marian, 1912-1963 Dunkel, John, 1915-2001 Crutchfield, Les Hite, Kathleen, 1917-1989 Macdonnell, Norman Meston, John, 1914-1979 Perrin, Vic, 1919-1989 Savage, Paul, 1925-2014 Gunsmoke (Television program) Gunsmoke (Radio program)

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Radio scripts 1953-1959 Physical Description: 8.4 Linear Feet(20 boxes) Scope and Contents Radio scripts include various drafts and finished manuscripts by various authors.

Box 1, Folder 1-15 The Big Con-Gone Straight 1953 May 16-August 22 Box 2, Folder 1-15 Jessie-The Lamb 1953 August 29-December 5 Box 3, Folder 1-15 The Cast-Old Friend 1953 December 12-1954 March 20 Box 4, Folder 1-15 Bloody Money-Word of Honor 1954 March 20-July 3 Box 6, Folder 1-15 Kittycaught-Sins of the Fathers 1954 October 16-1955 January 22 Box 7, Folder 1-15 Young Love-Trust 1955 January 29-June 11 Box 8, Folder 1-16 Indian Scout-Pucket's New Year 1955 August 20-1956 January 1 Box 9, Folder 1-15 Doc's Revenge-Sunday Supplement 1956 January 8-June 24 Box 10, Gun for Chester-The Squaw 1956 July 1-1958 April 27 Folder 1-16 Box 11, How to Die for Nothing-A House Ain't a Home 1958 May 4-August 10 Folder 1-15 Box 12, The Piano-The Correspondent 1958 August 17-November 23 Folder 1-15 Box 13, The Burning Wagon-Scared Boy 1958 November 30-1959 May 17 Folder 1-15 Box 14, Wagon Show-Shooting Stopover 1959 May 24-August 30 Folder 1-15 Box 15, Matt's Decision-Beeker's Barn 1959 September 6-December 20 Folder 1-16 Box 16, Pucket's New Year-Wrong Man 1959 December 27-1960 May 8 Folder 1-15 Box 17, Tall Trapper-Dangerous Bath 1960 May 15-August 21 Folder 1-15 Box 18, The Tumbleweed-Old Faces 1960 August 28-1961 January 1 Folder 1-20 Box 19, Kittylove-The Sod-Buster 1961 February 19-May 28 Folder 1-15 Box 20, The Wake-Johnny Red 1961 January 15-1955 August 13 Folder 1-33 Television scripts 1956-1975 Physical Description: 2.52 Linear Feet(6 boxes) Scope and Contents Television scripts include various drafts and finished manuscripts by various authors. Box 26 also includes General Notes on program and character development; Release Schedule October 21, 1961-December 23, 1961 (Revised).

Box 21, Doc's Revenge-Old Comrade 1956 March 26-1962 June 17 Folder 1-10 Box 22, The Far Places-The Wishbone 1962 December 5-1965 October 12 Folder 1-13 Box 23, The Moonstone-McCabe 1966 June 14-1970 March 16 Folder 1-13 Box 24, The Scavengers-The Widow and the Rogue 1970 May 29-1973 March 3 Folder 1-11 Box 25, Will Stambridge-How to Catch a Marshall 1973 March 28-1975 March 14 Folder 1-15 Box 26, Alarm at Pleasant Valley-The Widow; General Notes and Release Schedule undated Folder 1-13

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Box 27 Manila envelopes undated Physical Description: .42 Linear Feet(1 box) Scope and Contents The manila envelopes are from Columbia Broadcasting System which originally contained "Gunsmoke" radio series scripts; the television scripts did not come in these envelopes.

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