The Inventory of the Hugh Wheeler Collection #1417 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center wheele.hc WHEELER, HUGH Outline of Inventory I. SCRIPTS A. By H.W.: Titled B. By H.W.: Untitled C. By Others II. MANUSCRIPTS A. Mysteries, Novels, Short Stories by H.W. B. Children's Story by H.W. C. Untitled Ms. by H.W. D. Notes by H.W. E. By R. Wilson Webb III. PRINTED IV. PERSONAL MEMORABILIA V. CASSETTE TAPES VI. PHOTOGRAPHS VII. AWARDS VIII. CORRESPONDENCE A. Professional with Agents B. Business: Professional and Personal C. Personal D. Special Cor~espondents WHEELER,, HUGH 1912 - 1987 Gift of John Grubbs October 2, November 4, 1987 I. SCRIPTS A. By Hugh Wheeler (or on which he collaborated) of Musicals, Plays, Movie Scripts. Typically several scripts with corrections, rewrites, variants and rejected pages. Many holograph notes on scripts which are mimeo, typescript or carbon typescript. Box 1 1. All Time Good Time Knickerbocker Follies 198.2, 83 1 folder, 3 scripts 2 • Big Fish, Little Fish 1961, 62 21 folders Box 2 3. The Birdcage 16 folders 4. Blithe Spirit. Adaptation 1 folder Box 2/3 5. Bodo (or Dieu Le Veult) 23 folders (6 in Box 2; 17 in Box 3) 6. Boomer 2 folders 7. Borrowers 1 folder, 9 legal pads 8. Breakfast at Tiffany's 1 folder 9. Buzz 1976 1 folder Box 4 10. La Cage Aux Folles 7 folders 11. Callas 8 folders Box 4/5 12. Candide 19 folders (13 in Box 4; 6 in Box 5) Box 5 13. Cashel Byron's Profession 7 folders 14. Dancing in the Dark 10 folders 15. Dear Anyone 1 folder Dieu Le Veult. See Bodo Box 5/6 16. The Dreamers 7 folders (3 in Box 5; 4 in Box 6) Box 6 17. Dracula 1 folder 2 WHEELER, HUGH Box 6 18. Elinor Glyn 4 folders 19. [England, My England] untitled movie based on D.H. Lawrence story 3 folders 20. English Gentlemen 1 folder 21. Fairest of Them All 2 folders 22. The Fifth Husband (Introducing the Snook Sisters) 5 folders 23. Flora the Red Menace 2 folders Box 7 24. Follies 4 folders 25. The Follower 3 folders 26. Frenzy 2 folders Box 7/8 27. Fu (or Fu Manchu) 24 folders (22 in Box 7; 2 in Box 8) Box 8 28. Gatsby (or the Great Gatsby) 27 folders Box 9 29. Great Gottschalk 11 folders 30. Half a Sixpence 2 folders 31. Libby Holman 5 folders 32. The Hostages 1 folder 33. The Impressario Produces Abu Hassan 5 folders Box 10 34. Irene 14 folders 35. Jack Frost 6 folders 36. Kings and Cabbages 3 folders Box 10/11 37. Laura 5 folders (3 folders in Box 10; 2 folders in Box 11) Box 11 38. A Little Night Music 14 folders Box 11/12 39. The Little Prince 28 folders (13 folders in Box 11; 15 folders in Box 12) Box 12/13 40. Look We've Come Through 23 folders (12 folders in Box 12; 11 folders in Box 13) 3 WHEELER, HUGH Box 13 41. Love for Love 1 folder 42. Love in the Afternoon 7 folders 43. Madame Solario 4 folders Box 14 44, Maggie and Jiggs 3 folders 45. Marguerite 2 folders 46. Meet Me in St. Louis 10 folders 47. Merry Widow 9 folders 48. Milk of Kindness 1 folder 49. Mirror Cracked 2 folders 50. My Son the Murderer. Movie Outline 1 folder 51. New Moon 2 folders Box 14/15 52. Nijinsky 26 folders (7 folders ,in Box 14; 19 folders in Box 15) Box 15 53, Noah 2 folders 54. 0 Bury Me Not 3 folders 55. Pacific Overtures 7 folders Box 16 56. Peau de Vache 3 folders 57. Rich Little Rich Girl 10 folders Box 17 58. Rudolf 3 folders 59. Sayonara Texas 4 folders 60. Shadow of Guilt 3 folders 61. Sil verlake 11 folders 62. Sitting on Top of the World 1 folder 63. Snoop Sisters. Final version 1 folder (Same characters as The Fifth Husband with Snoo~ sisters) Box 18 64. Softly 31 folders 65. The Student Prince 3 folders 4 WHEELER, HUGH Box 18 66. Sunset Boulevard 2 folders Box 19 67. Sweeney Todd 32 folders (26 folders in Box 19; 6 folders in Box 20) Box 20 68. The Tango Demon 5 folders 69. Travels with My Aunt 10 folders 70. Truckload 8 folders 71. Turning Point 1 folder. Notes toward adopting into a musical. 72. Upstairs, Downstairs 2 folders Box 21 73. Viva Miss Browne 14 folders and group of file cards Box 21/22 74. We Have Always Lived in the Castle 38 folders (8 in Box 21; 30 in Box 22) Box 22 75. Whore of Babylon 1 folder 76. Wide Sargasso Sea 1 folder 77. Wilderness Orphan. Rough movie outline 1 folder Box 23 I.B. UNTITLED SCRIPTS Box 24 I.C. BY OTHERS: SCRIPTS OR STORIES FOR POSSIBLE ADAPTATION Box 25 II. MANUSCRIPTS A. Mysteries, Novels and Short Stories by H.W. Some written as Patrick Quentin with R. Wilson Webb. *=published title Absent-Minded Detective Berkshire The Black Ship The Blue Box * Boy's Will * The Crippled Muse. A Novel Cyanide on the Rocks or Champagne & Cyanide * Danger Next Door Dead George Death and the Rising Star WHEELER, HUGH Box 25 * Death Before Breakfast Death Call * Death Freight Death in Cleveland Death on a First Night * Death on the Riviera Florence Story * The Follower For Services Rendered * A Game of Canasta The Girl in the Bedroom Window (Madeleine Smith Trial) Box 26 The Girl in the Dream House (Thompson-Bywaters Case) The Girl in the House of Hunger (Staunton Murder) * Girl Overboard Girls The Haunted Widow Head of an Angel The Impact Inferno The Jump * Laughing Man The Lioness and the Panther * Love Comes to Miss Lucy Ma Pays the Mortgage Malice and Monkshood * The Man in the Net * The Man with Two Wives Manuela Marcia Stone's Daughter Mrs. Appleby's Bear Murder Goes West * Murder in the Alps * My Son the Murderer One Good Turn * The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow The Pigeon Man The Plaster Cat Box 27 * Puzzle for Fiends * The Scarlet Box Scent of Mignonette She Wrote Finis Somewhere in the House Son * This Looks Like Murder This Will Kill You * Thou Lord Seest Me Thundering Butterflies * Town Blonde - Country Blonde Two Brothers Unlucky Lady When Lieutenant Trant Came to Jamaica Isle * White Carnations WHEELER, HUGH Box 27 * Who Killed the Mermaid * Witness for the Prosecution * Woman of Ice A Woman's Woman Writing on the Wall II.B. Children's Story: The Bogue Duppies and 9 illustrations in pen and ink and water-color by Rhoda Jackson. II.C. 1/2 Box Untitled Manuscripts II.D. Notes Notebook with German vocabulary in H.W.'s hand. II.E. By Webb, R. Wilson Folder of plots from R. Wilson Webb "Virgin's Progress" by R.W.W. Box 28/29 III. PRINTED 1931-1980s Programs of plays and musicals, operas with scripts by H.W. or of events attended by him. Box 28/29 Reviews and publicity of books and shows by H.W. Clips and photocopies. Box 30 Magazines containing short stories by H.W. Research material for work. Travel brochure and maps. Box 31 2 scrapbooks containing reviews of books: "Clippings" 1931-1939; Black scrapbook, 1961. Box 31 IV. PERSONAL MEMORABILIA 2 notebooks of names and addresses, telephone numbers. Loose notes with names and telephone numbers. Engagement Book 1975 with some bolo. entries. 2 English passports 1932, 1937. V. CASSETTE TAPES 1. "As Good as Gold." Excerpts with Bryan Spencer. 2. "Borsalino. 11 3. "Great Gottschalk!" Act I-A, Act II-B. Music without orchestration or lyrics. 7 WHEELER, HUGH Box 32 VI. PHOTOGRAPHS Several hundred, including many snapshots. Mostly of H.W. and friends; some early family and school; many apparently taken on trips (Italy, West Indies). A few publicity photos from shows. Incl. John Gielgud 2 snapshots Elizabeth Taylor glossy, ca. 7 x 9 Vincent Price with wife and son (in color); 1 of V.P. alone inscribed to H.W. Derek ~acobi with H.W. and others Sweeney Todd publicity photos Scene designs VII. AWARDS (4) Nominations for Antoinette Perry Award for Best Book of Musical 1972-73 A Little Night Music 1973-74 Candide 1978-79 Sweeney Todd Dramatists Guild Warriner Award 1978-79 for Sweeney Todd VII. CORRESPONDENCE Box 32/33 A A. Professional with Agents: Curtis Brown and William Morris. Includes royalty statements and many contracts. Box 34/35 B. Business: Professional and Personal. In folder with H.W.'~ headings related to his work, play titles, or personal business. Box 36, 37, 38 C. Personal Correipondence. With various friends, English and American, 195Os-198Os, many in the theatrical world. 8 WHEELER, HUGH Box 39 D. Special Correspondents. Alphabetically arranged. Gielgud, John 96 letters, almost all ALS 4 postcards, 2 telegrams, note on card 1950s-1980s 2 folders Grenfell, Joyce 59 letters, 2 cards, 2 telegrams 1 folder Hart-Davis, Rupert 24 letters 1 folder Lieberson, Goddard 8 letters, 1 telegram 1 folder Price, Vincent 9 letters, 1 note, postcard, card, telegram 1 folder Prince, H~l 16 letters, 2 notes, 1 telegram, 2 photocopies 1 folder Sondheim, Stephen 9 items 1 folder Wilson, Angus 14 letters 1 folder York, Michael 8 letters and 2 postcards 1 folder Other Correspondents: 1 folder Bedford, Brian 1 ALS Bolton, Guy 1 TLS Booth, Shirley 1 TLS Comden, Betty 1 TLS Coward,.Noel 3 TLS, 1 ALS, 1 telegram Cronym, Hume 1 TLS, 2 ALS, 1 telegram Cukor, George 1 TLS Dresser, Davis (Brett Halliday) 1 TLS Edel, Leon ALS Fosse, Bob 1 TNS Gelatt, Roland 1 TLS Gennaro, Peter 1 letter ALS 9 WHEELER, HUGH Box 39 Gish, Lilli~n TLS with auto~raph PS and 1 telegram Grizzard, George 1 ALS Hart, Moss 2 TLS, 1 ALS, 1 telegram Inge, William 1 TLS, 1 telegram Jacobi, Derek 1 ALS Jones, Jennifer 2 ALS 'Kirstein, Lincoln 1 TLS Koch, John 1 ANS on Exhibit brochure Lansbury, Angela 1 ALS Lehmann, Rosamond 1 ALS Leighton, Margaret 1 TLS Levine, Joseph 2 TLS Logan, Joshua 2 ALS Mason, James 1 TLS McKendrick, Alexander 1 TLS, 2 ALS Meredith, Burgess Telegram Parkinson, Norman 1 ALS, 1 TLS, telegram Quintero, Jose 1 ANS Rigg, Diana 1 ALS, 1 ANS on card Selznick, Irene 2 TLS Shaffer, Peter Telegram Tandy, Jessica 1 ALS, telegram Ter Arutunian, Rouben Telegram Webb, Alan 1 ALS Webb, Richard Wilson (co-author) 1 ALS Worth, Irene 3 ALS 10 WHEELER, HUGH VIII.