The Inventory

of the

Robert Ardrey

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Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

ARDREY, Fcobert

Gift of 1969

Box 1 I. AFRICAN GEt-."ESIS.

A. First draft. Typescript ~itb holo. corrections in pencil.

{Completed 1958/60). 608 pp.

B. Second and final draft. Typescript with holo. corrections in

pencil. 631 pp.

Box 2 C. Correspondence. 1959-1963, 450 pieces, basically with various

publishers and agents including S.M. Bessie of Atheneum, A.D.

Peters, w:A.R. Collins, F. Smith all of London, G. Martin of Paris.

Also included:

Oastman, Hax, TLS, of no date.

Box 3 II. SR~OW OF HEROES. Play,

A: First draft as produced in London in 1958. (Initiallv titled THE

rillRDERERS and STONE AND STAR.) Typescript with bolo. corrections.

145 pp.

B. Second draft as produced- in New York in 1961. Himeo with bolo.

corrections. 134 pp.

C. Correspondence, November 11, 1957 - December 10, 1958. 256 pieces,

basically lette~·s to and from agents and attorneys.

III. STAR SPANGLED. Play. (Original title BOUSE ON FIRE). Early draft circa

1935. Memeo and carbon typescript with bolo. corrections. 149 pp.

IV. SING HE NO LULLABY. Play, Final draft as produced in New York in

1954. Mimeo. 113 pp.

Box 4 V. GONE TO TEXAS. script. (19<'!9). Nimeo. 147 pp.

VI. BHOHAlU JlJNCTIOH. Film script. (1954). Mimeo. 146 pp. , ~~ 1 /, 1 1 l J ey page 2 jfL ll ]969

VII. TdE CASTAWAYS. Unproduced film script. (1952). Mimeo, 138 pp.

Eventually utilized as an outline for the novel BROTHERHOOD OF FEAR.

VIII. TBE THREE HUSKETEERS.

A. Initial incomplete film script. (1947). Mimeo, 147 PP•

B. Comp&eted film script (1948). Himeo, 111 pp.

Box 5 IX. THE H011ENT OF TRUTH.

A. "Step-outline." (1956), Mimeo, 12 PP• Signed by Ardrey.

B. Uuproduced film script. (1956). Mlmeo, 118 pp.

X. TrlE SECRET GARDEN.

A.. First treatment of film script. (1948). 11imeo. 122 PP•

B. Final draft of film script. (1948). 111 pp.

XI. THUNDER ROQ(, Final draft of play. Typescript with holograph

corrections. (1939). Produced in New York. 162 pp.

XII. CASEY JONES. Final draft of play. Carbon typescript. (1936)

131 pp. Produced in 1938. 's first Broadway production.

XIII, HOW TO GET TOUGH ABOUT IT. Final draft of play. (1938). Carbon

typescript, 131 pp.

Box 6 XIV. THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY.

A.· Film script. (1957). Mimeo, 154 pp.

B. Final version of film script. (1958). Himeo with holo,

corrections, 152 pp.

XV. JEB. Play.

A. First draft dated June 15, 1945. Typescript, 139 pp.

B. Second draft dated AugUBt 1, 1945. Carbon typescript with holo.

corrections, 157 pp.

C. Final draft dated December 31, 1945. Carbon typescript with bolo.

corrections, 127 pp. Produced on Broadway in 1946.

Box 7 XVI. THE FOUR llORSDfEN OF THE APOCALYPSE. I ,_..,. J ~__- \ I l ~ l ;, ', t. G:ifL cf 1%9

A. Synopsis of proposed film script, dated March 18. 1959. !'iimeo,

70 pp.

B. First dra.it of film script. (1959). Carbon typescript \o..-fth

halo. corrections, 232 PP•

C. Second draft of film script. (1960). Mimeo, 183 pp.

D. Final shooting script of film. November 7, 1960. Mimeo,

184 pp. Re~ritten by John Gay under Vincente Minelli's supervision

to accommodate casting of Glean Ford in the Valentino part.

E. Correspondence. 46 pieces. November 3, 1958- January 29,

1960, including:

CBlaustein, Julian, 8 TLS to R.A,

1959: Feb, 13; Harch ,?,12; Apr. 3; June 29; July 17;

1960: Jan. 14, 29.

Box 8 XVII. . Film script.

A. Original draft in nanative form. Carbon typescript with bolo.

corrections, 50 pp. (Spring, 1962).

B. First .draft. Typescript with bolo. corrections, 194 pp. {Aug., 1962).

C. Second draft. Carbon typescript with holo. corrections, 139 pp.

(Oct., 1962).

D. Third draft. Himeo, 134 pp. (Nov., 1963).

E. Final draft. Mimeo, 131 pp. (Sept.~ 1964).

Box 9 F. Correspondence relating to the genesis of the film script. April

19, 1961 -Jan. 11, 1964. 125 TLS; 125 CTL; 5 Telegrams including:

c~ Blaustein, Julian, 62 TLS to RA.

1961: Apr. 19; June 1, 29, 30; July 10, 24;

1962: Jan. 12, 17; Feb. 3, 22, 28; Mar. 20, 22 (telegram), 27

(telegram); June 19; July 6; Oct 29; Nov. 2, 6, 9, 13, 20, 21,

22, 29; Dec. 5, 9, 15, 19; .u:,cJ·t hrurcy p i' t, _:;ift of 1969

1963: Jan. 3, 12, 18, 19, 27; Feb. 3, 5, 10, 17; Har.

3, 14; June 28; July 25; Mar. 17, 30; Apr. 13, 22.

27. 30; M.ay 7, 16; Aug. 3, 5; Sept. 5, 12, 29;

Oct. 27; Dec. 3, 10, 18, 26.

1964: Jan. 2, 7.

~tein, Sol (Publisher, Stein and Day), 3 TLS to RA.

1962: Oct. 3, 11.

1963: Feb. 9.

XVIII. TnE POHER ANTJ THE PRIZE, Film script.

A •• Final draft. Himeo, 121 pp. Dec. 14, 1955.

B. Himeo, 131 pp. 1956. (Box 10)

XIV. THE BROTHERHOOD OF FEAR. Film script. H.imeo, 138 pp. Nov. 7, 1952.

1.... V. THE GREEN YEARS. Film script. Mimeo, 122 pp. Hay 18, 1945.

Box 10 XVI. QUENTil\ DURWARD. Film Script.

A •• Himeo, 139_pp. 1954.

B. Additional copy. Mimeo, 141 pp. 1954.

XVII. . Film script.

A. Mimeo inscribed by RA on cover, 137 pp. 1948.

B. Final draft. Himeo. 136 pp.

Addenda: Harch 19 77

Box 11 I. Hanuscripts.

A. Han-Fiction (listed Hphabetically).

1. The Social Cor·,tract, Atheneum, 1970.

a) Typescript ld th ho) Ograp1l COrr. I 558 PP 0 and 3 r:-elimina::-y

~· (!!1) Jlrarey, !'.OPerL page 5

2, The Territorial Imperative, Atheneum, 1966.

a) Typescript with holograph corrections and printers'

marks; 530 pp. with 18 preliminary pp.; bib_liography,

16 pp.; and index, 55 pp. Includes proof of title

page, 2 copies. (i12)

ARDREY, ROBERT

Addenda: August ~984

Box ll PRINTED "Roots: Hemoirs of a Screenwriter of Several Generations Ago."

California. August 1984 (3). ARDREY, ROBERT

Addenda: October 1997

Box 11 I. MANUSCRIPTS A. THE EDUCATION OF ROBERT ARDREY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Edited with a preface by David Ardrey. Computer script. F.3 1. p.1-161. F.4 2. p.162-298. Ardrey, Robert #3 10/11/07 Addendum

Added to Box 11

I. Printed Materials. A. AKhartoum,@ souvenir booklet. [Loose]

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