The Inventory of the James Mason Collection #1066 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center ' I I l\ l . \ ' '(i ,' I 1 MASON, JAMES #1066 Oct.-Nov. 1991 Box 1 I. Correspondence A. Professional Correspondence 1. James Mason, 1963- 67. Includes contractual material. [f.1] 2. Christopher Miller TLS. & US income tax material. 1963- 73; [f.2] 3. Business letters to J.M. & responses. TLS. 1963- 75; [f.3] 4. Bancroft/ Avery- business TLS 4/64; 8/64; [f.4] 5. McCaffuey/ Konner TLS; 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977- 81; [f.5] 6. Business correspondence. Health care & financial statements: 1964- 66; 1970- 71; 1980- 81; 1964- 81; [f.6] 7. Acting: fees & legal material. TLS, ALS. 1964- 65; [f.7] 8. Francisco Lizarza- TLS, ALS. 1965- 71; [f.8] 9. Homer, TLS. 6/66; [f.9] 10. "Jane Eyre" project. TLS w/ photos, notes on script. 1966- 73; [f.10] 11. Businessandprofessionalletters. TLS 1967-71; [f.11] 12. Business TLS. 1967- 68; [f.12] 13. Business- acting TLS. 1967- 73; [f.13] 14. Acting material re: "Bishop's Mill" French Film Projects; Columbia Pictures TLS. 1967- 73; [f.14] 15. "Age of Consent" TLS and printed material. 1967- 68; [f.15] 16. "Age of Consent" TLS inc. director Michael Powell. 1967- 69; [f.16] 17. "Age of Consent" TLS re: movie inc. Michael Powell. 1968; [f.17] Box 2 18. Movie info, treatments and TLS. "Die Boss" 1970, "Prison Breakers" 1967, "Yin and Yang" 1971, "London Nobody Knows" 1974, "Spring and Port Wine" 1974; [f.1] 19. BusinessletterstoandfromJ.M. TLS. 9-12/68 [f.2] 20. Business TLS w/ financial statements, canceled checks. 1968- 73; [f.3] 21. Acting projects-TLS & ALS w/ agent, w/ German magazine. 1968- 80; [f.4] 22. Business letters to and from J.M. TLS. 1969; [f.5] 23. Business letters to and from J.M. TLS. 1970; [f.6] 24. Business letters to and from J.M. TLS. 1971; [f.7] 25. Business letters. TLS 1972- 73; [f.8] 26. Frank Hardy: TLS & ALS. 30p. Short story "Daily Double" & newspaper. 1972- 73; [f.9] 27. Business- TLS. 1972- 73; J.M.'s 1974 US 1040 Form. [f.10] 28. Acting business letters. TLS. 1972- 76; [f.11] 29. Business letters re: payments & movie residuals. 1972- 74; letters and 2 receipts; statement on President Carter's foreign policy: TLS 1972- 77 [£12] 30. Business letters & financial statements. TLS w/ printed matter. 1972- 77 [£13] 31. "The Tempest" TLS & ALS re: production, cast, crew. Production discussion. 1973; [£14] 32. Various business TLS & ALS to and from J.M. inc. Spike Milligan TLS. 1973- 75; [£ 15] Box 3 33. Business- acting. TLS. 1973- 80; [£1) 34. Business- acting. TLS to and from agent. 1974; [f.2] 35. Acting- TLS & ALS. 1974- 75; [£3] 36. Business- acting: TLS. 1974- 76; [£4] 37. Letters & financial statements. 1974- 78; [f.5] 38. Health and welfare related letters. TLS. 1974- 78; [f.6] 39. Animal Vigilantes Animal Rights Group. TLS. 1974- 84; [f.7] 40. Business letters and financial statements. TLS and printed matter. 1975- 76; [f.8] 41. Business: Several items to J.M. & rest about possible acting jobs. TLS. 1975- 81; [£9] 42. Clubs: TLS and booklets concerning memberships to clubs. 1975- 82; [f.10] 43. Acting offers. TLS. 1976; [f.11] 44. Business letters & financial records- Touche Ross & Co. TLS. 1976- 79; [f.12] 45. Business letters &responses. TLS. 1976- 79; [£13] 46. Business letters & financial statements. TLS. 1977- 78; [f.14] 47. Business letters & financial statements. TLS. 1977- 79; [£15] Box 4 48. Acting correspondence: mostly re: "Heaven Can Wait" w/ contract. TLS. 1978- 79; 1982-83; [£1] 49. Acting business letters & financial papers. TLS & song lyrics. 1978- 81; [£2] 50. Book: TLS relating to autobiography. TLS. 1978- 82; [f.3] S1. Business & personal letters to/from Robin Dalton. TLS & ALS. 1/18/79- 10/15/80; [£4] 52. "My Brilliant Career" related TLS and publicity. 1979- 80; [f.5] 53. Business. TLS & telegrams. 1979- 80; [£6] 54. Financial statements. TLS. 1979- 81; [£7] 55. Miscellaneous business corr. TLS & ALS. 1979- 83; [f.8] 56. Charities: TLS & brochures to and from various charitable organizations. Inc. TLS from Vice President George Bush. 1983. 1979- 84; [f.9] 57. Acting and related financial letters & checks. TLS. 1981- 84; [f.10] 58. Miscellaneous professional TLS & ALS. 1981- 84; [f.11] [f.14] 59. Sphere Books Ltd. 3 TLS. 2-6/82; [£12] 3 60. Acting related corr. 1982- 83; movie production lists, travel information, miscellaneous material. [f.13] Box 5. B. Personal Correspondence 1. J.M.'s childhood letters .. ALS, TLS. 1919- 27; [f.1 & f.2] 2. ALS from J.M. to parents and 2nd wife Clarissa. 1922- 70; [f.3] 3. Family letters. ALS, TLS. 1963- 70; [f.4] 4. Frank Essien. ALS, TLS. Much financial information. 1965- 73; [f.5] 5. Miscellaneous personal letters. TLS, ALS. 1967- 68; 1982; [f.6] 6. Various TLS to and from J.M. Inc. Stephen Sondheim. Elsa Lanchester, Peter Brook (many), Henry Hathaway, Jack Cardiff: John Gielgud, Mickey Rooney, VanessaRedgrave. 1969; 73; 80; [f.7] 7. Mason letters. TLS, ALS. 1960's - 71; [f.8] 8. To J.M. from 2nd wife Clarissa. ALS. 1970; [f.9] 9. Various TLS & ALS to and from J.M. Inc. 2 Stephen Sondheim, Peter Brook, Nunnally Johnson. 1970- 73; [f.10] 10. Family letters. TLS, ALS. 1970- 75; [f.11] 11. Nancy Nash to J.M. & Clarissa. W/ 1 color photo. 1972- 73; [£ 12] 12. From friends: mostly to Clarissa. ALS, TLS, Cards. 1972- 78; [f. 13 J 13. FromJ.M.'s daughter and other friends. ALS, TLS, Cards. Some 1972; 79; 1981- 82; [f.14] Box 6 14. Medical correspondence and bill from doctors. To J.M. & C.M. 1972- 82; [f.1] 15. Greeting cards, letters, telegrams. ALS, TLS. 1973- 77; [f.2] 16. Letters from friends. Inc. Anthony (Tony) Quinn. TLS, ALS. 1973- 79; [f.3] 17. Family letters. TLS, ALS, Cards. 1973- 84; [f.4] 18. Clarissa Mason Letters from Phyllis Lander 11/9/73- 9/14/77; & Cal Loew 1974- 77; ALS, TLS, Cards. [f.5] 19. Personal letters, Mostly to Clarissa. ALS, TLS. 1975- 78; [f.6] [f.9-10] 20. LegaV financial material- correspondence, contracts for J.M. & C.M. 1975- 83; [f.7] 21. Private correspondence. TLS, ALS. Fan Club material, other Letters. 1976; [f.8] 22. Various letters to and from J.M. ALS Louise Fletcher & many Peter Brook. 1977- 79; [f.11] 23. Letters from friends. Inc. Roddy McDowall. ALS, TLS, Cards. 1978; [f.12] Box 7 24. Greeting cards & some news clippings. 1978; [f.1] 25. Letters from friends. ALS, TLS, cards. 12/78- 6/79; [f.2] 26. Letters to Clarissa (mostly) ALS, TLS, cards. 1978- 80; [f.3] 27. Letters to Clarissa from friends. ALS, TLS. Orders for books & financial material. 1979; [f.4] 4 28. Fan letters to J.M. TLS, ALS. 1979- 80; [£5] 29. Letters to Clarissa from friends & family. TLS, ALS. 1979- 87; [f.6] 30. Various letters from the early 1980's. ALS. [£7] 31. Dr. Soong TLS to J.M. re: Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival. Inc. TLS from David Niven, Ernest Borgnine, Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Olivia deHavilland. 1980- 81; [f.8] 32. Letters to Clarissa from friends. Info on C.M. 's health and allergies. ALS, TLS. 1980- 81; [£9] 33. Letters to Clarissa from friends. ALS, cards. 1980- 82; [f. 10] 34. Various letters to and from J.M. TLS, ALS. Inc. card from Roddy McDowall, TLS Frank Capra, ALS Peter Brook. 1980- 82; [f.11] 35. Letters from friends. ALS, TLS, cards. Inc. Ethel Merman TLS and b/w photo. 2/27/80- 9/19/80; 1/21/81- 7/21/83; 5/11/82-1/12/83; [f.12] 36. ALS to Clarissa. 1980- 91; Some sketches by J.M. on cards. [f. 13] 37. Letters from friends to C.M. & J.M. ALS, cards. 1981- 82; [f.14] Box 8 38. Various letters. TLS, ALS. Inc. Paul Newman, Roddy McDowall, Richard Zanuck. 1982- 84; [£ 1] 39. Letters to Clarissa. 1982- 87; [f.2] 40. Various ALS, TLS, from friends to Clarissa and J.M. Inc. program signed by Barbara Bush. 1983- 84; [f.3] 41. Pending: corr. re: magazines & letters. TLS. 1984; [f.4] 42. Greeting cards. ca. 1984; [f.5] 43. To Be Answered: Private letters to J.M. ALS, TLS. 1984; [f.6] 44. Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister. TLS re: The Falklands. 6/28/82; invitations, notes, some clippings. 1982; [f. 7] 45. Sympathy letters to Clarissa following J.M. 's death. TLS, ALS, telegrams. 1984; [f.8- f.13] Box 9 46. Sympathy letters to Clarissa following J.M. 's death. TLS, ALS. 1984; [£1] 47. Letters to Clarissa from friends. ALS, Cards. 19985- 87; [£2] 48. Greeting cards & unused postcards. [f.3] Boxl0 IT. Manuscripts A. Film, Theater, and Television Scripts 1. "Le Francais de La France- Methode de Conversation" by Adrien Gonvers Copy ofFrench tutorial. 283p. 1956. [£1] 2. "Jane Eyre" a. By John Byrne, 148p. Temp. script 4/2/56 [£2] b. By John Byrne, 140p. Carbon estimating script. 2/5/57 [£3] c. By David Cohen. 152p. 1st draft. 5/6/69 [f.4] d. Carbon script notes by J.M. & Hugh Leonard. 5/30/67; 5 6p. carbon pages re: script 1963- 64; [f.5] e. By David Cohen. DC III. Carbon w/ corrections. l 95p. Final draft [f.6] f. By D. Cohen. Corrections & Cohen TLS; J.M. typed letters & 28p. Typed script notes.