Papers, 1932-1980.

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Papers, 1932-1980.

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Getts' professional files include promotional materials and management sketches on numerous clients; press books; schedules of clients; photographs and negatives; typewritten biographical sketches of clients written by Getts; 15 16 mm and 35 mm films including several episodes of "Crime Report"; contracts; notes and notebooks; radio scripts for John T. Flynn broadcasts of "Behind the Headlines"; and miscellaneous other materials. Martin and Osa Johnson materials include correspondence, much of it related to the Martin Johnson estate and the posthumous production of his film "Borneo"; typed catalogs of film stock and negatives including film used in the documentary motion pictures "Congorilla" (1932), "Baboona" (1935), and "Borneo" (1937); 30 16mm films, chiefly of Africa; pressbooks, posters and other promotional materials; movie cameras and other photographic equipment; manuscripts including Osa Johnson's book "Four Years in Paradise" (1941); photographs and film and glass negatives, chiefly of African and South Seas peoples and wildlife; photograph albums, chiefly of photographs used in Osa Johnson's books; scrapbooks; telegrams; an African tribal shield and miscellaneous other materials.

20.7 cubic ft. (46 boxes) + 45 films.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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