Guide to the M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Frank R. Jenkins and Vanessa Broussard Simmons 2017 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 3 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 5 Series 1: Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets, 1971 - 1982........................... 5 Series 2: Interviews of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) Personnel and Patients, 1973-1977............................................................................................... 19 Series 3: Other Materials, 1970-1983, undated..................................................... 23 Series 4: Photographic Materials, 1950-1970, undated......................................... 24 M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: M*A*S*H Television Show Collection Identifier: NMAH.AC.0117 Date: undated 1950 - 1982 Extent: 8.4 Cubic feet (25 boxes, 1 map-folder) Creator: Levine, Ken, 1950- (scriptwriter) Alda, Alan (actor, scriptwriter) Bull, Sheldon (scriptwriter) Bloodworth, Linda (scriptwriter) Davis, Elias (scriptwriter) National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life Greenbaum, Everett (scriptwriter) Gelbart, Larry, 1928-2009 (television scriptwriter) Hall, Karen (scriptwriter) Isaacs, David (scriptwriter) Klane, Robert (scriptwriter) Koenig, Dennis (scriptwriter) National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society Marks, Laurance (scriptwriter) Mumford, Thad (scriptwriter) Place, Mary Kay (scriptwriter) Rappaport, John (scriptwriter) Reynolds, Gene (scriptwriter) Twentieth Century-Fox Wilcox, Dan (scriptwriter) Language: English . Summary: The television show M*A*S*H was initially broadcast from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. It told the story of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea during the 1950-1953 war. Administrative Information Acquisition Information Collection donated to the National Museum of American History Museum by Twentieth Century Fox, through Suzy Kalter on July 23, 1984. Page 1 of 24 M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Provenance Series One was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) on March 4, 1986. Series Two and Three were transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) on July 15, 2003. Series Four was transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science) on August 13, 2017. Related Materials Materials in the Archives Center Thomas Garvin Korean War Scrapbook (AC0756) Processing Information Processed by Frank R. Jenkins (volunteer), March 2004 and Emily Woessner (intern) 2017, revised by Katrina Schoorl (intern), January 2010, supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist. Preferred Citation M*A*S*H Television Show Collection, 1950-1984, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Accruals Series Four was transferred from the Division of Science, Medicine and Society on August 13, 2017. Biographical / Historical M*A*S*H was an award winning television show based on the bestselling novel and Oscar winning motion picture film of the same title. It portrayed the lives of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea. While the goal of producers was for the program to be a comedy series, it often portrayed very different sentiments of war and in this case the Korean War. The program was initially broadcasted from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983 and achieved a very successful run. Page 2 of 24 M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Scope and Contents The collection includes the scripts from the television shows starting with the pilot episode and continuing through the eleven season run of two hundred and fifty one episodes. Also included are transcripts of over fifty50 interviews conducted by the writers and producers with former doctors and nurses that served in Mash units in Korea and Vietnam and soldiers who were patients in those units. These transcripts reveal the source of many of the story lines. There are a number of letters from viewers, mostly concerning their regret over the death of one of the characters, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake. Notes on Korean customs and the history of an actual Mash unit are included in the collection. Arrangement The collection is arranged into four series. Series 1, Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets 1971-1982 Subseries 1.1, Scripts, 1971-1982 Subseries 1.2, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets, 1971-1982 Subseries 1.3, Script Notes 1973-1974 Series 2, Interviews of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Personnel and Patients, 1973-1977 Series 3, Other Materials, 1970-1975, undated Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1950-1970, undated Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Entertainment Korean War, 1950-1953 Nurses Physicians -- 1950-2000 Television music Television programs Types of Materials: Interviews -- 1970-1990 Music cue sheets Television scripts Transcripts Names: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life Page 3 of 24 M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Science, Medicine, and Society Preferred Titles: M*A*S*H (Television program) Page 4 of 24 Series 1: Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Container Listing Series 1: Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets, 1971 - 1982 Consist of materials documenting the creative process of making the television series. The materials include scripts, music cue sheets and notes. The series is divided into three subseries. Subseries one contains the scripts for the television programs. Subseries two is storylines and music cue sheets. Subseries three holds script notes. Subseries 1.1: Scripts, 1971-1982 Contains copies of the working scripts for the two hundred and fifty episodes of the television series. These materials provide insight into the challenges producers faced in presenting a sensitive subject to a television audience in a humerous manner. The materials are arranged in chronological order. Box 1, Folder 2 "To Market, To Market", 1972 May 5 Box 1, Folder 3 "Henry…Please Come Home", 1972 June 13 Box 1, Folder 4 "Chief Surgeon Who", 1972 June 28 Box 1, Folder 5 "Germ Warfare", 1972 July 18 Box 1, Folder 6 "The Moose", 1972 July 27 Box 1, Folder 7 "Dear Dad", 1972 July 31 Box 1, Folder 8 "I Hate A Mystery", 1972 July 31 Box 1, Folder 9 "Requiem For A Lightweight" , 972 August 1 Box 1, Folder 10 "Cowboy", 1972 August 18 Box 1, Folder 11 "Yankee Doodle Doctor", 1972 August 22 Box 1, Folder 12 "Bananas, Crackers, And Nuts", 1972 August 25 Box 1, Folder 13 "Edwina", 1972 September 6 Box 1, Folder 14 "Carry On, Hawkeye", 1972 October 11 Box 1, Folder 15 "Love Story", 1972 November 2 Box 1, Folder 16 "Tuttle", 1972 November 8 Page 5 of 24 Series 1: Scripts, Storylines and Music Cue Sheets M*A*S*H Television Show Collection NMAH.AC.0117 Box 1, Folder 17 "The Ringbanger", 1972 November 21 Box 1, Folder 18 "Dear Dad…Again", 1972 November 22 Box 1, Folder 19 "Sometimes You Hear The Bullet", 1972 December 4 Box 1, Folder 20 "The Longjohn Flap", 1972 December 8 Box 1, Folder 21 "Sticky Wicket", 1972 December 20 Box 1, Folder 22 "Major Fred C. Dobbs", 1972 December 26 Box 2, Folder 1 "The Army-Navy Game", 1973 January 2 Box 2, Folder 2 "Ceasefire", 1973 January 23 Box 2, Folder 3 "Showtime", 1973 January 29 Box 2, Folder 4 "Divided We Stand", 1973 July 30 Box 2, Folder 5 "Radar's Report", 1973 August 1 Box 2, Folder 6 "5 o'clock Charlie", 1973 August 9 Box 2, Folder 7 "For The Good of The Outfit", 1973 August 13 Box 2, Folder 8 "Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde,", 1973 August 29 Box 2, Folder