USA
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Margaret Herrick Library, Beverley Hills
AMPAS Special Collections
George Cukor Papers (Correspondence):
Correspondence, including a letter from Mr Lastfogel to Billie Burke, with budget for Miss Mabel by R C Sherriff attached, 2 Sep 1949 [original].
o Reference: 56-f.712
Paul Kohner Records (Unproduced Productions Files):
Script of Manon Lescaut by R C Sherriff (alterations by L Biro), 8 Aug 1939,144 pages.
o Reference: 125-f.1115
Paramount Pictures Scripts:
Script of Trio (J Arthur Rank, 1951) [UK].
o Reference: Production files-Produced. Series 1
Turner/MGM Scripts (Production files-Produced):
Script of Flight Command. Temporary complete composite screenplay by Wells Root, Harvey Haislip and R C Sherriff, 18 Jul 18, 1940, through 2 Aug, 1940, approximately 180 pages.
o Reference: 945-f.F-474
Script of Flight Command. Temporary complete screenplay by Wells Root, Harvey Haislip and R C Sherriff, 18 Jul 18, 1940, through 2 Aug, 1940, approximately 144 pages.
o Reference: 945-f.F-475
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Script of Flight Command. Complete composite OK screenplay by Wells Root, Harvey Haislip and R C Sherriff, 18 Jul 18, 1940, through 15 Aug, 1940, approximately 300 pages.
o Reference: 945-f.F-476
Script of Flight Command. Complete OK screenplay by Wells Root, Harvey Haislip and R C Sherriff, 18 Jul 1940, through 15 Aug 15, 1940, 144 pages [also 44 old pages, dated 1 Aug 1940, through 15 Aug 1940, and 4-page synopsis, undated].
o Reference: 945-f.F-477
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, 3 Mar 1936, 112 pages and 102 pages [2 copies, original and retyped version, also synopsis, 27 Apr 1936].
o Reference: 1093-f.G-846
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Apr 1936 (copied 25 May 1937, through 5 Jan 1938), 112 pages.
o Reference: 1093-f.G-847
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by Eric Maschwitz, Claudine West and R C Sherriff, 7 Mar 1938, approximately 210 pages [original, revised].
o Reference: 1094-f.G-849
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by Eric Maschwitz, Claudine West and R C Sherriff, 7 Mar 1938, 188 pages.
o Reference: 1094-f.G-850
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Screenplay section (pages 35-94) by Eric Maschwitz, Claudine West and R C Sherriff, 7 Mar 1938, 60 pages.
o Reference: 1094-f.G-851
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 21 April 1938, through 5 May 1938, 185 pages [typed note on cover].
o Reference: 1094-f.G-854
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Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 21 Apr 1938, through 16 May 1938, approximately 240 pages [original, revised].
o Reference: 1095-f.G-855
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 21 Apr 21 1938, through 16 May 1938, 185 pages.
o Reference: 1095-f.G-856
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, April 21, 1938 (retyped June 3, 1938), 185 pages [lightly annotated].
o Reference: 1095-f.G-857
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Complete final shooting script by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 22 Sep 1938 (copied 15 Nov 1938), 156 pages [also 4-page synopsis by C B, 20 Feb 1939].
o Reference: 1095-f.G-858
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Complete final shooting script by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 22 Sep 1938 (recopied 15 Nov 1938, rerun 6 Nov 1942), 160 pages.
o Reference: 1095-f.G-859
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Complete OK screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 6 Oct 1938, through 10 Oct 1938, approximately 180 pages [original, revised].
o Reference: 1096-f.G-861
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips. Complete OK screenplay by R C Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz, 6 Oct 1938, through 10 Oct 1938, 151 pages.
o Reference: 1096-f.G-862
Relating to Mrs Miniver. Contains notes and letters by R C Sherriff and Sidney Franklin (producer), 6 Nov 1940 and 2 Dec 1940, 52 pages total [3 items, 5 copies, originals and retyped versions].
o Reference: 1964-f.M-1394
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Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: note and outline (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff, 18 Dec 1940 and 20 Dec 1940, 4 pages and 9 pages [2 items].
o Reference: 2768-f.S-2270
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: incomplete treatment (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 6 Jan 1941, through 9 Jan 1941, 55 pages.
o Reference: 2768-f.S-2271
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: treatment (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 10 Jan 1941, through 22 Jan 1941, 90 pages.
o Reference: 2768-f.S-2272
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: notes and changes (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff, 15 Jan 1941, 13 pages.
o Reference: 2768-f.S-2273
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: temporary incomplete screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 7 Feb 1941, through 1 Marc 1941, 97 pages.
o Reference: 2769-f.S-2274
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: temporary complete composite screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 14 Mar 1941, through 17 Apr 1941, approximately 190 pages.
o Reference: 2769-f.S-2275
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: temporary complete composite screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 1 May 1941, through 28 May 1941, approximately 180 pages [part 1 of 2].
o Reference: 2769-f.S-2276
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: temporary complete composite screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 14 May 1941, through 28 May 1941, approximately 150 pages [part 2 of 2].
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o Reference: 2769-f.S-2277
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains: temporary complete screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Haislip, 13 Sep 1941, approximately 160 pages [original, annotated].
o Reference: 2769-f.S-2281
Relating to Stand By for Action. Contains temporary complete screenplay (CARGO OF INNOCENCE) by R C Sherriff and H S Sherriff, 3 Sep 1941, through 5 Sep 1941, 144 pages.
o Reference: 2770-f.S-2282
Relating to They Met in Bombay. Contains: retakes (UNHOLY PARTNERS) from Hunt Stromberg and Anita Loos, 19 May 1941, through 24 May 1941, 17 pages total [5 items, also 6- page changes by R C Sherriff, 22 May 1941 and 23 May 1941].
o Reference: 2984-f.T-843
Relating to Three Comrades. Contains: summary of chapters by R C Sherriff, 30 Oct 1936, 22 pages.
o Reference: 3028-f.T-1212
Relating to Three Comrades. Contains: temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Feb 1937 (copied 17 Mar 1937), 193 pages [also 2-page notes, undated].
o Reference: 3028-f.T-1213
Relating to Three Comrades. Contains: temporary complete screenplay by R C Sherriff, Feb 1937 (copied 17 Mar 1937), 145 pages.
o Reference: 3029-f.T-1214
AMPAS Main Library
Poster Archive:
Polish poster for The Dam Busters, 1955.
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o Reference: POST-31851
A digital reproduction is available in the Photograph Archive, reference: 396-1
Poster for The Invisible Man, 1933.
o Reference: 2011-1048-28
A digital reproduction is available in the Photograph Archive, reference: 396-1
Poster for The Invisible Man, 1933. Variant of ref: 2011-1048-28.
o Reference: 2011-1359-20
A digital reproduction is available in the Photograph Archive, reference: 396-1
Poster for The Invisible Man, 1933. Different design to 2011-1048-28 and Ref: 2011-1359-20.
o Reference: 2012-1408-28
A digital reproduction is available in the Photograph Archive, reference: 396-1
Polish poster for That Hamilton Woman, 1941.
o Reference: POST-30918
A digital reproduction is available in the Photograph Archive, reference: 396-1
Script Collection:
Script of The Dam Busters, 18 Dec 1953. 118 p.
o Reference: AMPAS (Unpublished)
First draft script of Dracula’s Daughter, Sep 1935. 173 pages, includes photographs.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips, 1939. 534 pages, includes photographs.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
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Script of The Invisible Man, 12 Jun 1933. Includes: treatment by James Whale, 3 Jan 1932; treatment by James Whale and Gouverneur Morris, [no date]; notes and memos from John Balderston; treatment by John Huston, 29 Jun 1932; treatment by Richard Schayer, 21 Sep 1932.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
Script of The Invisible Man, 12 Jun 1933.
o Reference: AMPAS (Unpublished)
Undated continuity and dialogue relating to the script of The Invisible Man, nd [c.1933].
o Reference: AMPAS (Unpublished)
Script of Odd Man Out, 1947. 299 pages, includes photographs.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
Script of Quartet, 1948. 189 pages.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
Script of That Hamilton Woman, September 10, 1940. 181 pages.
o Reference: AMPAS (Unpublished)
Script of Trio, 1950. 156 pages.
o Reference: AMPAS (Published)
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American Film Institute, Louis B Mayer Library
These scripts were located via the Motion Picture Scripts Database: http://scriptlist.oscars.org/about.aspx.
Script of Goodbye Mr Chips.
o Reference: Go to the Louis B Mayer Library webpage for access information.
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Script of The Invisible Man.
o Reference: Go to the Louis B Mayer Library webpage for access information.
______Arizona State University Libraries, Department of Archives and Special Collections
National Theatre Collection:
Printed material relating to Journey’s End by R C Sherriff.
o Reference: MS SC THN-1/ Series II /Box 7
Printed material relating to St Helena by R C Sherriff and Jeanne de Casalis.
o Reference: MS SC THN-1/ Series II /Box 15
______Binghamton University, Special Collections, Preservation and University Archives
Screenplay, ‘The Road Back’, Screenplay by R C Sherriff; Additional Scenes by Charles Kenyon, 11 Dec 1936.
o Reference: John McLaughlin Collection of Popular Culture
Screenplay, ‘The Invisible Man’: Continuity and Dialogue, nd [c.1933?]. 1 volume of leaves in various foliations.
o Reference: John McLaughlin Collection of Popular Culture
______Colombia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Edmund Blunden Letters and Manuscripts:
Correspondence with various individuals, including R C Sherriff.
o Reference: Subseries I.1: Correspondence (Box 2)
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Curtis Brown Ltd Archive:
Curtis Brown Ltd was R C Sherriff’s literary agent.
Three correspondence [?] folders relating to R C Sherriff’s Miss Mabel and Home at Seven.
o Reference: MS#0314 / Box 398
______Delaware University Library, Special Collections
Miscellaneous Literary & Historical Manuscripts:
Mimeographed typescript of the screenplay That Hamilton Woman, 1940. Written by R C Sherriff and screenwriter and director Walter Reisch.
o Reference: MSS 099, F940
Sir Gerald Barry Correspondence:
Correspondence with various individuals including R C Sherriff.
o Reference: Box 3 F40
Nancy Pearn Papers:
Pearn was a literary agent who worked at Curtis Brown Ltd (R C Sherriff’s agent) at one time.
Correspondence between R C Sherriff and Pearn.
o Reference: 227
______Harvard University, Houghton Library
Harvard Theatre Collection, Souvenir Theatre Programs:
Printed souvenir programme for the Savoy Theatre production of Journey’s End, 1929.
o Reference: MS Thr 701/ Series I (150)
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Indiana University, Lilly Library, Bloomington
Correspondence from R C Sherriff, or one of his secretaries on his behalf, with the League of Dramatists division of the Society of Authors, 1931-1951. 34 items.
o Reference: Sherriff MSS
Letters from R C Sherriff to writer Vernon Bartlett, with whom he wrote the novel version of Journey’s End, 1929-1957. 27 items.
o Reference: Sherriff MSS II
______New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B Cullman Center
Post production script of The Night My Number Came Up, nd.
o Reference: FLM+ (Night my number came up. London)
NOTE: Request in advance from off-site storage
Final shooting script, 1954.
o Reference: MFLM+ (Night my number came up. Ealing, 1954)
NOTE: Request in advance from off-site storage
Script for Miss Mabel, nd.
o Reference: RM 465
Script (?) for St Helena, nd.
o Reference: NCOF+ (Sherriff, R. C. St. Helena)
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Billy Rose Theatre Division
Robert Benney Research Materials:
Photographs by Vandamm Studio and White Studio of the the cast and crew of an early New York production of Journey’s End. Used by Robert Benney to create sketches.
o Reference: *T-Mss 1984-005 / Series I / Sub-series 1 / b. 3 f. 37
Clipping that includes Benney's sketch of Colin Keith-Johnston, who played the role of Stanhope in a New York production of Journey’s End.
o Reference: *T-Mss 1984-005 / Series III / b. 13 f. 83
Jo Mielziner Designs and Technical Drawings:
Jo Mielziner's designs for an American production of R C Sherriff and Jeanne de Casalis’s play St Helena, 1936.
o Reference: *T-Vim 1993-002 / b. 96 f. 1
______New York State Archives
Motion Picture Scripts Collection:
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips, nd.
o Reference: File # 36867 Box # 705
Script of The Invisible Man, nd.
o Reference: File # 26475 Box # 259
Script of The Night My Number Came Up, nd.
o Reference: File # 62451 Box # 1937
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Script of No Highway in the Sky, nd.
o Reference: File # 56188 Box # 1610
Script of Odd Man Out, nd.
o Reference: File # 49735 Box # 1284
Script of Quartet, nd.
o Reference: File # 52615 Box # 1423
______Princeton University, Firestone Library, Rare Book Division
Federal Theatre Project Collection:
Programme for Journey’s End, 24 Jan 1938.
o Reference: Series 4/Box 2/Folder 6
______Stanford University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Guide to Samuel Stark, Movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc., photographs:
Photograph of R C Sherriff.
o Reference: MSS PHOTO 173/Box2/95
______Texas A&M University, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
Typed letter to Mr Hunt, 30 Jul 1974. Thanking him for his letter praising R C Sherriff’s autobiography No Leading Lady, first published in 1968. Signed by Sherriff in ink.
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University of California, Los Angeles
These scripts were located via the Motion Picture Scripts Database: http://scriptlist.oscars.org/about.aspx.
Script of No Highway in the Sky.
o Reference: Go to the UCLA Library Special Collections webpage for access information.
Script of Odd Man Out.
o Reference: Go to the UCLA Library Special Collections webpage for access information.
Script of Quartet.
o Reference: Go to the UCLA Library Special Collections webpage for access information.
Script of This Above All.
o Reference: Go to the UCLA Library Special Collections webpage for access information.
Script of Trio.
o Reference: Go to the UCLA Library Special Collections webpage for access information.
______University of Guelph
Set design by Cameron Porteous for a production of Journey’s End directed by Christopher Newton, 2005.
o Reference: Cameron Porteous Fonds
The Stage is His World, a photocopy of an article in which Cameron Porteous looks back at some of his set designs from theatres across the country (photocopy). Also a CD with photographs for the design of Porteus’s set model of Journey's End, 2005.
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o Reference: Cameron Porteous Fonds
Programme for a production of Journey’s End at the Grand Opera House, Ontario, Canada, 1929.
o Reference: Grand Theatre Collection
______University of Michigan Libraries
Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne General Correspondence:
39 letters from R C Sherriff to Maurice Browne, 20 Nov 1930-5 Apr 1935. There is also a legal agreement, dated 7 Jan 1929. It is between Browne and Sherriff, and concerns rights to Journey's End.
o Reference: AMSHW/VV-B General Corresp
______University of Southern California (USC)
These scripts were located via the Motion Picture Scripts Database: http://scriptlist.oscars.org/about.aspx.
Script of Goodbye, Mr Chips.
o Reference: Go to USC Cinematic Arts Library webpage for access details.
Script of The Dam Busters.
o Reference: Go to the Warner Brother Archives webpage for access details.
Script of The Invisible Man.
o Reference: Go to USC Cinematic Arts Library webpage for access details.
Script of No Highway in the Sky.
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o Reference: Go to USC Cinematic Arts Library webpage for access details.
Script of Odd Man Out.
o Reference: Go to USC Cinematic Arts Library webpage for access details.
Script of The Road Back.
o Reference: Go to USC Cinematic Arts Library webpage for access details.
USC Special Collections
Federal Theatre Project Scripts:
Script of a Federal Theatre Project production of Journey’s End, nd [1930s?].
o Reference: 0116/Box 15
______Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Kenyon Nicholson Papers:
Script of Journey’s End by R C Sherriff, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 2 Jul 1948.
o Reference: U.S. Mss 22AN /Box 5 /Folder2
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Writers Screen Guild Library
Script of Odd Man Out, published in Three British Screen Plays: Brief Encounter, Odd Man Out, Scott Of The Antarctic, 1950. 117 pages.
o Reference: Go to the WSG Library ‘Contact’ page to request access information.
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Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Edmond Pauker Papers:
Contract relating to Edward Chodorov’s dramatisation of R C Sherriff’s novel The Hopkins Manuscript, 15 Mar 1941.
o Reference: GEN MSS 118 / Series II / Box 19, 392
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