Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 19, 2014 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 [email protected] Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biographical Note.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s.....................................................................7 Series 2: Tex Terry photograph, undated..............................................................................................12 Series 3: Tex Terry memorabilia, undated............................................................................................12 - Page 2 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Title Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs Date 1940-1970 Extent 2.0 Cubic feet 2 boxes Language English Preferred Citation Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Biographical Note Isabel Terry, born Marie Isabel Draesemer, first started out in Hollywood with her own business: Draesemer Radio Productions, where she wrote, coached, produced, directed and acted in radio dramas. She then began to write for television stations. In 1947, she opened the Isabelle Draesemer Agency and began a seventeen year career as a talent agent. In 1964, she married one of her clients, Tex Terry. Tex Terry spent more than fifty years in the entertainment industry as a vaudeville performer, western film and television actor, and as a stuntman. In the 1940s, 50s, and 60s he received billing in more than fifty movies and almost as many television shows. In 1979, the couple moved to Tex’s home in Indiana and opened a tavern together. Tex continued an active life until his death in May 1985. Isabel Terry followed in May of 2002. Scope and Contents The collection contains over seventy miscellaneous television production scripts from the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's that featured Tex Terry. Several are unknown, but most have titles which include "Son of Zorro", "Sioux City Sue", and "Colorado Sundown". Episodes from Gunsmoke and the Gene Autry Show are also included, as are a few episodes sponsored by Wells Fargo. Arrangement This collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s Series 2: Tex Terry photograph, undated Series 3: Tex Terry memorabilia, undated - Page 4 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Custodial History This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation by Isabel Terry in 1986. An addition was donated by Ray White 2003/03/24. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information Collection processing completed 1994/04/05 by J. Richards. Collection processing completed 1994/04/25 by M. Sears. Collection processing revised 2007/02/09 by A. Lawrence. EAD finding aid created 2012/10/04 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid modified 2013/10/28 by Rebecca Marangelli. Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) • Motion pictures • Stills (Motion pictures) - Page 5 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Personal Name(s) • Terry, Isabel • White, Raymond Subject(s) • Motion picture plays • Stoeckel Archives of Local History • Television scripts • Western films - Page 6 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s Collection Inventory Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s Box Folder 1 1 Rep #1202, Call of the Canyon, undated 1 2 Rep #1435, Union Pacific Scouts ( Oregon Trail), undated 1 3 Rep #1531, Bandit of the Badlands, undated 1 4 Rep #1533, Roughriders of Cheyenne, undated 1 5 Rep #1328, Man from Oklahoma, undated 1 6 Rep #1421, Sunset in Eldorado, undated 1 7 Rep #1425, Along the Navajo Trail, undated 1 8 Rep #1536, Alias Billy the Kid, undated 1 9 Rep #1470, Plainsman and the Lady, undated 1 10 Rep #1524, Heldorado, undated 1 11 Rep #1695, Son of Zorro, undated - Page 7 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s 1 12 Rep #1696, Jesse James Rides Again, undated 1 13 Rep #1526, Apache Rose, undated 1 14 Rep #1575, Wyoming, undated 1 15 Rep #1602, Twilight on the Rio Grande, undated 1 16 Rep #1603, Sioux City Sue 1 17 Rep #1654, Old Los Angeles 1 18 Rep #1148, untitled western ( The Gallent Legion), undated 1 19 Rep #1753, The Far Outpost ( The Plunders), undated 1 20 Rep #1741, The Missourians ( The Last Bandit), undated 1 21 Rep #1761, The Vanishing Westerner ( Brimstone), undated 1 22 MGM #1459, Stars in my Crown, undated 1 23 Rep #1775, Rock Island Trail, undated 1 24 Rep #1760, untitled, undated 1 25 Rep #1837, Heart of the Rockies, undated - Page 8 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s 1 26 Rep #1842, Colorado Sundown, undated 1 27 Rep #1474, Minnesota ( Women of the North Country), undated 1 28 Rep #1876, Thundering Caravans, undated 1 29 Rep #1928, Ride the Man Down, undated 1 30 Rep #1947, Then You'll Remember Me ( Sweethearts on Parade), undated 2 1 Col #8146, Pack Train, undated 2 2 Rep #1944, Woman They Almost Lynched, undated 2 3 Rep #1945, untitled ( Jubilee Trail), undated 2 4 Rep #1938, Man with the Steel Whip episode, undated 2 5 Rep #1974, Timberjack, undated 2 6 Rep #1909, Man from Texas ( The Road to Denver), undated 2 7 Rep #1995, The Maverick Queen, undated 2 8 Rep #2029, Warrens of Arizona ( Thunder over Arizona), undated - Page 9 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s 2 9 Rep #2030, Duel at Apache Wells, undated 2 10 Fox #135, The Oregon Trail, undated 2 11 The Strangers, undated 2 12 Rep #1584, untitled, undated 2 13 Rep #unknown, untitled, undated 2 14 Rep #1783, Captive of Billy the Kid, undated 2 15 Rep #6088, untitled ( The Crooked Circle), undated 2 16 Rep A#406, Trail of Kit Carson, undated 2 17 U.A. #unknown, Toughest Gun in Tombstone, undated 2 18 Foreman Philips Western Parade of Stars, undated 2 19 DVD #303, undated 2 20 DVD #312, Swamper Ike, undated 2 21 Unknown #1748, undated 2 22 DVD #337, Death Valley Scotty, undated - Page 10 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 1: Index, clippings, and photographs, 1940s-1960s 2 23 DVD #340, Black Bart, The PO8, undated 2 24 DVD #336, Gold is Where You Find It, undated 2 25 Frontier doctor #5364, #5359, "The Desperate Game", undated 2 26 DVD #372, The Longest Beard in the World, undated 2 27 Wells Fargo #239A, "Barbary Coast", undated 2 28 Wells Fargo #246A, "The Newspaper", undated 2 29 Wells Fargo #242A, "The Hide Jumpers", undated 2 30 The Gale Storm Show #9036, "A Date With a Wolf", undated 2 31 Wells Fargo #212A, "The Happy Tree", undated 2 32 Have Gun Will Travel #1358, "Lady on the Stagecoach", undated 2 33 Have Gun Will Travel #1362, "Juliet", undated 2 34 Gunsmoke #439, "Robber Bridegroom", undated 2 35 Walt Disney Presents #3040, "Elfego Baca", undated 2 36 Juilee U.S.A., undated - Page 11 - Isabel and Tex Terry scripts and photographs MSS.091 Series 2: Tex Terry photograph, undated 2 37 The Brothers January #3119, "Fallen Gun", undated 2 38 Two Faces West #3206, "The Drought", undated 2 39 Gene Autry Show #65, "Outlaw of Blue Mesa", undated 2 40 Gene Autry Show #69, "Sharpshooter", undated 2 41 Unknown TV, undated 2 42 Crash Corrigans Ranch #5225, undated 2 43 Loose Horse TV, undated 2 44 Rep TV #6055, undated 2 45 Unknown, TV, undated 2 46 DVD contracts, 1953-1954 PSC.242 Series 2: Tex Terry photograph, undated SC.424 Series 3: Tex Terry memorabilia, undated - Page 12 -.