The Inventory of the Van Johnson Collection #1655 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Johnson, Van 6/27/03 Preliminary Listing I. Photographs. Box 1 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." Box 3 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." Box2 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." Box4 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." Box5 29. "Easy to Wed." 30. "When in Rome." 31. "Plymouth Adventure." 32. "Beyond This Place." 33. "Washington Story." (Johnson, Van. 6/27/03) Page 1 of 12 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." (Johnson, Van, 6/27/03) Page 2 of 12 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." G. Stills from various productions, group shots and VJ profile shots, black and white, 330 total. [F. 1-2, E. 6-8] H. 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." I. Stills from various productions, group shots, VJ, color, 24. [E. 5] J. Professional prints, black and white head shots of VJ, 28. [F. 3] K. Various professional prints, mostly head shots, black and [E. 9] white, 79. L. Various oversized head shots of VJ, black and white, 13. [F. 4] (Johnson, Van, 6/27/03) Page 3 of 12 M. Various signed prints of VJ, black and white, 63. [E. 1OJ 1. 2 signed prints of VJ and Ronald Regan, color. N. Oversized signed prints, black and white, 5. [F. 4] Box 11 0. Color photos of VJ, various subjects, 43. [E. 1] P. Personal. 1. Prints of various friends and family of VJ, black and white, 143 total. [E. 2-3] Package 1 2. Oversized prints of VJ. [no folder] a) 5 color prints. b) 1 black and white print. 3. Oversized prints of friends and family of VJ, black and white, 2 total. [F. 1] a) 1 print in cardboard packing. 4. Prints of friends and family of VJ, color, 85. [E. 4-5] a) 14 prints from computer. 5. Over sized color photo of VJ. [F. 1] 6. 7 prints of VJ's 50th and 70th birthdays. [F. 2] Package 1 7. 8 mounted prints black and white prints, various personal memorabilia. 8. Contact paintings, 13. [E. 6] a) Miscellaneous prints. b). 1 color positive transparency. 9. Damaged prints of VJ, 6. [E. 7] Q. Albums. 1. The Johnson's week in Chicago, May 22-29, 1953, leather damaged on back cover. 2. The Mike Douglas Show, back inside cover contains autographs, leather damaged on back cover. R. Slides. 1. 3 sheets of head shots of VJ, re: "Glitter", by Harry Langdon, color, 1984. [F. 3] 2. 1 sheet of various poses of VJ, re: "Showboat", color, June 1984. s. Miscellaneous professional material. [F. 4] IL 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. Box 12 B. 259 cards to VJ. 3. Photo clippings, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1994-2002. [E. 1-3] C. 22 blank cards. (Johnson, Van, 6/27/03) Page 4 of 12 D. 154 cards. [E. 4] 1. Photos, 1970's-2000's and unknown dates. a) 1970's-80's. b) 1990's-00's. c) Unknown dates. E. Fan Mail, includes some printed material and photographs. [F. 1-6] 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. Box 13 8. 85 ALS, 2000-2003. [F. 1] 9. 138 TLS, 2000-2003. [F. 2] a) 1 TLS to VJ from Hugh Downs, re: 9/11. 10. 358 ALS, n.d. [F. 3-4] 11. 153 TLS, n.d. [F. 5] B. 43 Telegrams, 1985. III. Professional Material. Box9 A. Appointment books/ daily reminders. 1. 1971-1980. [F. 2] 2. 1982-1983. 3. 1961-1966. Box 13 B. Daily reminders, with holographic notes by VJ, includes newspaper clippings. [F. 5] 1. 1961-1986. 2. 1971-1983. Box 14 C. Playbills, includes; flyers, posters, invitations and tickets from productions. 1. 2 playbills, 1950-59. [F. 1] 2. 4 playbills, 1960-69. 3. 36 playbills, 1970-79, duplicate copies. [F. 2-4] 4. 54 playbills, 1980-89, duplicate copies. [F. 5-9] 5. 34 playbills, 1990-99, duplicate copies. [F. 10-12] 6. 15 undated playbills, duplicate copies. [F. 13] 7. 21 miscellaneous playbills, includes; parts of [F. 14] playbills, flyers, posters, and duplicate copies. D. 8 copies of Where Magazine, re: VJ and plays, 1966-80. [F. 15] E. Bound book of playbills, 1945-1964. (Johnson, Van, 6/27/03) Page 5 of 12 IV. Printed Material. Box 15 A. 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] Box 16 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] Box 18 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] Box 17 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] Box 15 B. 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.