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From the description of Reminiscences of William J. Wyler : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569553

Willy Wyler was born July 1, 1902 in Mulhouse Alsace-Lorraine; he traveled to America at the invitation of cousin Carl Laemmle, 1920, and became a US citizen, 1928; worked in the publicity dept. at Universal, NY and transferred to Universal City, Hollywood, 1921, where he apprenticed many jobs; he was asst. director at Universal, 1924 and directed his first film, Crook buster, 1925, and his first feature, Lazy lightning, 1926; during his first two years as a director he made more than 40 two-reel westerns; began his association with Samuel Goldwyn in 1936; the making of These three (1936) marked his first collaboration with cameraman Gregg Toland, who worked in many of Wyler's films; he served as a Major in US Army Air Corps, 1942-45 and later helped found the Committee for the First Amendment to counteract the Hollywood investigation by House Un-American Activities Committee, 1947; with numerous directorial credits, he retired from directing in 1973; awards include Academy Award best direction for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The best years of our lives (1946), and Ben Hur (1959), the Irving G. Thalberg award (1965), and the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award (1976); died July 29, 1981.

From the description of Papers, 1925-1975. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39846061 Erskine, Albert, 1911-1993. Goetz, Ruth Goetz, Ruth. Goetz, Ruth Goodman. Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008. Hayes, Joseph. Hayward, Brooke, 1937- Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 Higham, Charles, McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Shumlin, Herman, 1898- Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996 Swett, Samuel, 1774-1853. Wyler, William, 1902- Wyler, William, 1902-1981 McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984). McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Abrahams, William Miller, 1919-1998. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Bloomgarden, Kermit. Cowan, Arthur W. A. Hellman, Max B. Hersey, John, 1914-1993. Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962. Johnson, Diane, 1934-. Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984. Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975. Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980. Lantz, Robert. Lederer, Katherine. Levin, Harry, 1912-1994. MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. Mailer, Norman. Malamud, Bernard. Melby, John F. (John Fremont), 1913-. Orlova, R. D. (Raisa Davydovna) Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904- . Poirier, Richard. Pritchett, V. S. (Victor Sawdon), 1900-1997. Shairp, Mordaunt, 1887-1939. Shumlin, Herman, 1898-1979. Solano, Solita, 1888-1975. Soupault, Philippe, 1897-1990. Spiegel, Sam. Styron, William, 1925-2006. Tallichet, Margaret, 1914-1991. Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008. Trilling, Diana. Wechsler, James A. (James Arthur), 1915-1983. Weinstein, Hannah. Wilbur, Richard, 1921-. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Ashley-Steiner-Famous Artists, Inc. Ashley-Steiner Inc. Atlantic Monthly Press. Authors' League of America. Bernard Reis & Company. British Broadcasting Corporation. Dr. Jan van Loewen Ltd. Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Dramatists Guild. Dramatists Play Service. Harold Matson Company. Kermit Bloomgarden (Firm) Little, Brown and Company. MCA Artists, Ltd. M.S. & I.S. Isaacs (Firm) National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.) New American Library. O'Dwyer & Bernstien (Firm) Random House (Firm) Robert Lantz (Firm) Robert Lantz-Candida Donadio Literary Agency. Samuel French, Inc. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. Schwartz & Frohlich (Firm) Viking Press. William Aspenwall Bradley (Firm) Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984). 157 boxes (68 linear feet). The Lillian Hellman papers comprise manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, business records, appointment books, and clippings. Series I includes notes for and multiple drafts of all Hellman's plays and memoirs. Drafts of film scripts, original and adaptations, by Hellman and others, are included in the series, along with articles, interviews, speeches, teaching files, and editorial work. Series II contains Hellman's professional and general correspondence, principally from 1934 to her death. Personal correspondence is largely absent. Correspondents include Leonard Bernstein, Kermit Bloomgarden, Don Congdon, Dashiell Hammett, Max B. Hellman, John Hersey, Stanley M. Isaacs, Diane Johnson, Robert Lantz, Katherine Lederer, Harry Levin, Little, Brown and Company, Archibald MacLeish, Bernard Malamud, John F. Melby, New York Times, R. D. Orlova, Dorothy Parker, Richard Poirier, Herman Shumlin, Margaret Tallichet, Hanna Weinstein, and Richard Wilbur. Series III Other Papers is the largest series and contains Hellman's appointment books from 1956 on, along with an extensive collection of scrapbooks and clippings. Notebooks describing foreign travel between 1944 and 1980 and a group of address books are also present in the series. Series IV, Legal and Financial Papers, includes documents and correspondence concerning Hellman's acquisition and administration of Dashiell Hammett's literary estate, along with materials relating to Hellman's investments, personal taxes, and household expenses. Series V, Works by and Papers of Others, includes short pieces about Lillian Hellman, a small group of materials relating to Dorothy Parker, and a collection of documents on Hellman assembled by various federal government agencies between 1940 and 1975. English French Italian Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Papers, 1925-1975. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Papers, 1925-1975. 92 boxes (45.0 linear ft.) Collection consists of materials related to the career of motion picture director, William Wyler. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, various annotated drafts and versions of film scripts, legal documents, notes, and budget and production information. Contains material related to films such as Ben Hur (1959), Best years of our lives (1946), The children's hour (1961), The collector (1965), Friendly persuasion (1956), Funny girl (1968), The heiress (1927), The letter (1956), Little foxes (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Roman holiday (1953), and Wuthering Heights (1939). Also includes transcript of script conference with Lillian Hellman, photographs from several unidentified westerns with Wyler and various people including Ted Wells and Fred Gilman, and unproduced script material with treatments by various people such as Robert Wyler. University of California, Los Angeles Goetz, Ruth. Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966. Goetz, Ruth. Goetz, Augustus. Goodman, Philip, 1885-1940. Goodman, Lily Cartun. Salisbury, Leah. Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977. DeLillo, Don. Guare, John. Howe, Tina. Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. DeHavilland, Olivia. Gielgud, John, 1904- Hart, Moss, 1904-1961. Hart, Kitty Carlisle, 1915- McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Hirschfeld, Al. Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph), 1904- Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983. Sondheim, Stephen. Vidal, Gore, 1925- Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966. 15 lf + scrapbooks and oversized material. The Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers span 1900-1996, and consist of correspondence, manuscripts, family papers, production materials, scripts, photographs, clippings, ephemera, several ledgers and scrapbooks, and other materials concerning the work of Ruth and Augustus Goetz. New York Public Library System, NYPL Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. These three : (Hellman story), 1935. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. These three : (Hellman story), 1935. 0.21 linear feet (1 box) Script, corrected and annotated, of a screenplay by Lillian Hellman, adapted from her 1934 play entitled The Children's Hour. The film, released by United Artists in 1936, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Company, directed by William Wyler, and starred Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel McCrea. Accompanied by a contract, signed, granting film rights to Samuel Goldwyn Co. From cover: "Hellman story, Revised script, November 16, 1935." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Erskine, Albert, 1911-1993. Albert Erskine papers, 1930-1999. Erskine, Albert, 1911-1993. Bankowsky, Richard, 1928- Bellow, Saul, Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965, Blotner, Joseph, 1923- Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008, Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993, Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989, Commins, Saxe, Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968, Fletcher, John Gould, 1886-1950, Foote, Shelby, Garrett, George, 1929-2008, Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992, Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Inge, William, Johnston, Paul, 1899- Kassouf, Sheen T., Kumin, Maxine, 1925- LaMure, Pierre. Malraux, André, 1901-1976, Massey, Linton R. (Linton Reynolds), 1900-1974, Meriwether, James B. Mewshaw, Michael, 1943- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005, Millgate, Michael. Nemerov, Howard, O'Neill, Carlotta Monterey, Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, Percy, Walker, 1916-1990, Pasinetti, P. M., Polk, Noel. Randall, David Anton, 1905-1975, Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974, Reinach, Anthony M., Schulberg, Budd, Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000, Shaw, Irwin, 1913-1984. Shubik, Martin. Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979, Statler, Oliver, Tate, Allen, 1899-1979, Taylor, Frank, Thorp, Edward O., Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989, Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987, Whitman, Martin J. Wilbur, Richard, 1921- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, Wolfe, Bernard, 1915-1985, McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- Albert Erskine papers, 1930-1999. 10,500 (ca.) items. Random House editorial files of Albert Erskine contain correspondence with staff and authors; editorial fact sheets and notes; copy for book covers; financial documents including contracts and royalty statements; copies of articles, speeches and manuscripts; photographs; and reviews, advertising schedules and publicity for book publications. The collection also contains some personal correspondence and miscellaneous Random House staff correspondence. The William Faulkner series includes articles about Faulkner; setting copy and proof for "As I lay dying"; copies of the 1984 edition of "The sound and the fury" with editorial notes; smaller files on several other novels; correspondence and editorial work with Faulkner scholars including Joseph Blotner, James B. Meriwether, Michael Millgate, and Noel Polk; and material regarding the Faulkner collection at the University of Virginia including copies of Randon House /Faulkner correspondence. The James Michener series includes correspondence, editing notes and proofs, and design and production materials for several titles, chiefly "Alaska," "Iberia," "Kent State," "The source," and "Texas." The miscellaneous author series contains a variety of material including correspondence, editorial material, photographs and biographical information, proofs, mockups and reviews pertaining to works by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Bennett Cerf, Ralph Ellison, Richard A. Falk, James Joyce, Sheen T. Kassouf, Philip J. Klass, Rosanne Klass, Pierre La Mure, Malcolm Lowry, Cormac McCarthy including the typescript of "All the pretty horses," Michael Mewshaw, Michael Millgate, John O'Hara, Carlotta O'Neill, Eugene O'Neill, P.M. Pasinett, David A. Randall, Anthony Reinach, Karl Shapiro, Irwin Shaw, Martin Shubik, Oliver Statler, Edward O. Thorp, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty and Martin J. Whitman. The miscellaneous author series and the personal series, particularly the latter, contain letters from hundreds of literary figures including Richard Bankowsky, Saul Bellow, R.P. Blackmur, Paul Bowles, Cleanth Brooks, Matthew Bruccoli, Anthony Burgess, Malcolm Cowley, Donald Davidson, John Gould Fletcher, Shelby Foote, George Garrett, S.I. Hayakawa, Granville Hicks, Langston Hughes, William Inge, Paul Johnston, Andrew Lytle, Linton Massey, Arthur Miller, Maxim Kumin, Andre Malraux, Howard Nemerov, Gordon Parks, Walker Percy, Katherine Anne Porter, John Crowe Ransom, Budd Schulberg, Jean Stafford, Allan Tate, Frank Taylor, Peter Taylor, Carl Van Vechten, Glenway Wescott, Richard Wilbur, William Carlos Williams, and Bernard Wolfe. A diverse range of topics are covered in the editorial files and the correspondents. Among those of interest are Cleanth Brooks; Huey Long; Andrew Lytle; Van Wyck Brooks; Randall Jarrell; William Wyler, Ralph Ellison's reaction to Caldwell's "Tobacco Road"; Pearl Harbor and World War II; script writing and productions at MGM, 1949-1951; the Southern Review, 1935; Saigon in 1955; Afghanistan, 1963-1965; government disregard of possible flood damage to New Orleans, 1937; Tougaloo College; Katharine Anne Porter at dinner with Clifford Odets, Theodore Dreiser and Charlie Chaplin who ridiculed American music; and the U.D.C. at Beauvoir. There are numerous photographs of Random House authors, generally publicity shots, as well as snapshots of Katherine Anne Porter and Malcom Lowry. There is also a tape recording of the memorial sevice for Bennett Cerf. University of Virginia. Library Hayes, Joseph. The desperate hours : screenplay, 1954 Sept. 20 / by Joseph Hayes ; from the novel and play by Joseph Hayes. Hayes, Joseph. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957. March, Fredric, 1897-1975. The desperate hours : screenplay, 1954 Sept. 20 / by Joseph Hayes ; from the novel and play by Joseph Hayes. 1 v. (160 leaves) ; 28 cm. Ohio State University Libraries Brooke Hayward collection of noncommercial recordings Hayward, Brooke, 1937- Brooke Hayward collection of noncommercial recordings 23 sound cassettes Collection consists of recorded interviews, conducted by Brooke Hayward prior to the publication of her memoir titled Haywire in 1977. Interviewees generally speak about their memories of the Hayward family including Hayward's father Leland, and her mother Margaret Sullavan. Personalities interviewed include Truman Capote, Beverly Wood, Henry, Jane, and Peter Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Slim Hawks, and Willie Wyler, among others (see individual catalog records for complete list). The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Lillian Hellman Papers TXRC05-A10005., 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984) Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 Lillian Hellman Papers 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984) 119 boxes, 38 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, 9 galley files (68 linear feet) The Lillian Hellman papers comprise manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, business records, appointment books, scrapbooks, and clippings. English French Italian Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Goetz, Ruth Goodman. Papers, 1916-1983. Goetz, Ruth Goodman. Goetz, Augustus. Goodman, Philip, 1885-1940. Salisbury, Leah, 1893-1975. Papers, 1916-1983. photographs. Papers of Ruth Goodman Goetz (1912-2001), a playwright and screenwriter, together with papers of two members of her theatrical family: her father, Philip Goodman (1885-1940), who was a producer of Broadway plays and musicals, and her husband and collaborator, Augustus Goetz (1889-1957). Also present are papers of agent Leah Salisbury pertaining to her management of Goetz's literary interests. Philip Goodman's papers include correspondence, contracts, agreements, financial records, and typescript copies of plays produced or written by Goodman. The work of Ruth Goodman and Augustus Goetz includes scripts, correspondence, and financial records for stage and screen plays such as "Carrie" (Para., 1952), "The Immoralist" (1954), "The Hidden River" (1957), and "One Man Show" (1945). "The Heiress," for which the Goetzes adapted both the stage (1947) and screen (Para., 1949) versions is partially documented, although scripts for neither are present. Prominent correspondents represented in the papers include Brooks Atkinson, Frith Banbury, James M. Cain, Constance Cummings, W. C. Fields, Andre Gide, Alan F. Guttmacher, Oscar Hammerstein II, George S. Kaufman, Jerome Kern, Eli Landau, Irving Paul Lazar, Sinclair Lewis, Don Marquis, Raymond Pearl, J. B. Priestley, Elmer Rice, Billy Rose, Robert E. Sherwood, and William Wyler. A large part of the correspondence is letters exchanged between Mrs. Goetz and her daughter over a thirty year period. Also part of the collection is a typescript journal of a trip made to China in 1978; references to associations with Clifford Odets, S. J. Perelman, and David Selznick; undated costume plates; and production designs and stills from "The Heiress." Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966 Goetz, Ruth Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers 1930-1966 The Papers of Ruth and Augustus Goetz contain documentation of their lives and collaboration as playwrights. The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Reminiscences of William J. Wyler : oral history, 1971. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. Higham, Charles, Reminiscences of William J. Wyler : oral history, 1971. Transcript: 43 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette. Discussion of "Jezebel," "The Letter," "Little Foxes"; Bette Davis; directing techniques. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996. The liberation of Lord Byron Jones : a screenplay / by Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford ; from the novel by Jesse Hill Ford ; director, William Wyler ; producer, Ronald Lubin. Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996 Lubin, Ronald. Ford, Jesse Hill. Wyler, William, 1902-1981 Browne, Roscoe Lee. Falana, Lola. Columbia Pictures Corporation. The liberation of Lord Byron Jones : a screenplay / by Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford ; from the novel by Jesse Hill Ford ; director, William Wyler ; producer, Ronald Lubin. 1969. 144 leaves ; 28 cm. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, seeks out legal representation to divorce his wife, who is pregnant after having an affair with a white police officer. To prevent his affair from being dragged into a court of law, the police officer violently takes matters into his own hands. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection. 800 boxes The Lothar and Eva Just Film Stills Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of approximately 800,000 film stills, pressbooks, posters, and other cinema-related ephemera originally amassed by Lothar Just, a Munich-based film publicist. Just's expansive collection began in the gathering of image and source material for the annual film lexicons, the Heyne Filmlexikon and Filmjahrbuch, which he continues to publish. Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University Swett, Samuel, 1774-1853. Papers, 1743-1847. Swett, Samuel, 1774-1853. Papers, 1743-1847. 3 boxes.5 v. ; folio.4 v. ; octavo. The bulk of this collection is comprised of records of Samuel Swett's role in the development of Boston shipping. The collection contains correspondence of business partners, as well as his son Samuel concerning the financial troubles of his farm in Rose Valley, N.Y. There is extensive correspondence (with documents) of William Wyler ( - ), master of the brig Henry and Francis, which was owned by Swett. In addition to correspondence, there are clearance papers, prices current in Marseille, France, accounts of sales, bills of lading, and many letters concerning Wyler's detention in Marseille and subsequent seizure by a British warship, 1809-1811. Wyler's letters reflect his attitude toward the Embargo Act, the British Orders in Council and France's Berlin and Milan Decrees. Much of the business correspondence and documents deal with building contracts for stores along Boston's wharves, contracts with Loring Jacob (1771-1846) for the building of Swett's houses in Boston and Dedham, 1806-1808, Swett's services as administrator of various estates, e.g., that of Dr. Claude Francis Sauvaget ( -1813), and his role as warden of the Episcopal Church of Dedham, 1806-1815, including papers concerning the lease of church land, bills, receipts, and a list of church property with names of tenants. The collection contains many land deeds, 1743-1847, especially those of Ebenezer Farley ( - ) and Asa Hammond ( - ), and insurance policies on ships owned by Swett and Horatio Sprague (1784- ) and held by the New England Marine Insurance Company, many of which contained exemptions from risk of seizure, 1809-1812. Of special interest are the papers relating to shares in Ohio land originally purchased by Dr. John Sprague (1718-1797) from the Ohio Company of Association in 1788. The papers include correspondence with Swett's agents in Marietta, Ohio, relative to yearly taxes on the land which he had purchased from Sprague, descriptions of his shares, a booklet listing the original shareholders who drew lots in Ohio land at Rice's Tavern (Providence, R.I.) in 1788, and a copy of an order by Gen. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824) calling for recruits to settle the territory in 1790. The collection contains shipping documents, 1796-1822, including cargo reports, invoices of goods, daily muster rolls, ship's deeds, passports, receipts of sales, and the correspondence of ships' captains describing seizures and detentions by the British. A few of Swett's ships mentioned in these papers are the Tyger, Edward Foster, and Fortuna on voyages to Gibraltar and Rio de Janiero. The account books, day books, and ledgers concern primarily Swett's shipping business and personal cash accounts, 1794-1821, in addition to farm accounts in Dedham, and entries in connection with his administration of the estate of John and Esther Harrison Sprague (1728-1811), 1811-1812. Gadsden Public Library Shumlin, Herman, 1898-. Papers, 1930-1968. Shumlin, Herman, 1898- Papers, 1930-1968. 8.6 c.f. (21 archives boxes, 1 flat box, oversize items) and.4 reels of microfilm (35 mm.) Papers of a leading producer and director of Broadway dramas consisting of correspondence, production and publicity materials, financial and legal records, clippings, a few scripts and directors' prompt books, and miscellaneous production materials. Coverage is most complete for "The Deputy" (1964) and "Inherit the Wind" (1955), while "The Corn is Green" (1943), "Grand Hotel" (1930), "The Male Animal" (1940), and plays done in association with Lillian Hellman are documented primarily by microfilmed pressbooks. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008. The children's hour, 1961 May 23 / by Lillian Hellman ; first revised screenplay, John Michael Hayes. Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984. Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008. Wyler, William, 1902-1981. The children's hour, 1961 May 23 / by Lillian Hellman ; first revised screenplay, John Michael Hayes. 1 v. (150 leaves) ; 28 cm. Ohio State University Libraries Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996. The liberation of Lord Byron Jones : a screenplay / by Stirling Silliphant ; from the novel by Jesse Hill Ford ; producer, Ronald Lubin. Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996 Lubin, Ronald. Ford, Jesse Hill. Wyler, William, 1902-1981 Browne, Roscoe Lee. Falana, Lola. The liberation of Lord Byron Jones : a screenplay / by Stirling Silliphant ; from the novel by Jesse Hill Ford ; producer, Ronald Lubin. 196? 136 leaves ; 28 cm. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, seeks out legal representation to divorce his wife, who is pregnant after having an affair with a white police officer. To prevent his affair from being dragged into a court of law, the police officer violently takes matters into his own hands. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library