Guide to the John M. Young Papers,
1937-1965

Collection Number: 2851

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Martin Heggestad, January 2004

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John M. Young papers, 1937-1965.
Collection Number:
2851
Creator:
John M. (John Mumma) Young, b.1906.
Quantity:
21 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Radio scripts, correspondence, plot synopses, notes, research for some of the scripts, and some fan mail.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Mostly radio scripts for "The Right to Happiness." Also, radio and television scripts for "Doctor Eve," "Days of Our Lives," "Attorney at Law," "Road of Life," "From These Roots," "Date with Life," "The Verdict is Yours," "Golden Windows," "The Second Mrs. Burton," "Woman in White," "Zenith," "There Was a Woman," "The Wheels of Time," "The Rising Tides," "Return of Constance Curtis," "Four Corners, U.S.A.," and the "Doris Blake Show." Also correspondence, plot synopses, notes, research for some of the scripts, and some fan mail.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Mostly radio scripts for "The Right to Happiness." Also, radio and television scripts for "Doctor Eve," "Days of Our Lives," "Attorney at Law," "Road of Life," "From These Roots," "Date with Life," "The Verdict is Yours," "Golden Windows," "The Second Mrs. Burton," "Woman in White," "Zenith," "There Was a Woman," "The Wheels of Time," "The Rising Tides," "Return of Constance Curtis," "Four Corners, U.S.A.," and the "Doris Blake Show." Also correspondence, plot synopses, notes, research for some of the scripts, and some fan mail.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Young, John M. (John Mumma), b.1906.

Subjects:
Radio scripts.
Radio serials.
Soap operas.
Television scripts.
Television serials.

Form and Genre Terms:
Scripts.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
John M. Young papers, #2851. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Scripts for the "Right to Happiness"
The above scripts are numbered 834 thru 5430 but following numbers are missing: 3878 to 3887, 4151 to 4157, 4396, 4397, 4398, 4400, 4401, 4476, 4491, 4492, 4686 to 4690, 4758, 4920
Dec. 1942-Nov. 1944
Box 1
Nov. 1944-July 1946
Box 2
July 1946-Feb. 1948
Box 3
Feb. 1948-Aug. 1949
Box 4
Aug. 1949-Mar. 1951
Box 5
Apr. 1951-Oct. 1952
Box 6
Nov. 1953-Mar. 1954
Box 7
Apr. 1954-July 1955
Box 8
Aug. 1955-Sept. 1956
Box 9
Oct. 1956-Dec. 1957
Box 10
Apr. 1958-Oct. 1959
Box 11
Oct. 29, 1959-Nov. 1960
Box 12
Notes on the character of Lockwood - "Right to Happiness"
 Box 12
Research type notes on criminal law, the giving of evidence, etc. for "Right to Happiness"
 Box 12 Folder 14
Notes, research type, various topics for "Right to Happiness," also projected synopsis of stories, Sept. 1946 LTP, copy of item Box 13, Folder 2
Box 12 Folder 15
Jan. 1945-July 1956
"Right to Happiness" - Monthly outlines (1950-Aug. 1955 see Box 12, Folder 15)
 Box 13 Folder 1
Dec. 1942-Dec. 1954
"Right to Happiness" - Long-term outlines (lacks Nov. 1945-Aug. 1946; starts Sept. 1, 1946, 15 pp., Long Term Plot Outline)
 Box 13 Folder 2
Jan. 1940-Jan. 1944
"Right to Happiness" - Synopsis
 Box 13 Folder 3
Script for "Doctor Eve"
 Box 13
Script for "Empire City"
 Box 13
Radio Misc.
 Box 13
Script for "Days of Our Lives"
 Box 13
Script for "Attorney at Law"
 Box 13
Oct. 1948-Jan. 1950
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 2895 thru 3214 but following numbers are missing: 3114)
 Box 14
Jan. 1950-Jan. 1951
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3215 to 3588 but following numbers are missing: 3500)
 Box 15
June 1951-Oct. 1952
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3589 to 3941 but following numbers are missing: 3705-3708, 3725, 3730)
 Box 16
Oct.-Dec. 1952
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3942 to 3986 but following numbers are missing: 3948, 3957, 3958)
 Box 17
Oct. 1946-Aug. 1948
Back scripts of various dates
 Box 17
1961
Outlines for "From These Roots"
 Box 17
Oct.-Dec. 1961
Scripts for "From These Roots" (Scripts are numbered 851 thru 915)
 Box 17
Apr. 1956
Chapters of "Date With Life" (Numbered 1 thru 35 but nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, and 20 are missing)
 Box 17
"The Verdict is Yours" - clippings, statutes, and synopses of cases
 Box 17
1954-1955
Chapters of "Golden Windows" (TV series) (Chapters 1-190 but the following are missing: 4, 5, 11, 16-20, 24, 37, 61-77, 113, 137-150, 155-158); also notes and correspondence
Box 18
Feb. 1946-May 1947
Scripts for "The Second Mrs. Burton" (Scripts are numbered 21 thru 360 but the following are missing: 22, 27, 64, 68, 191-210, 258, 336); also outlines, correspondence, etc.
Box 19
1938-1939
Scripts for the "Woman in White" (Scripts are numbered 20 thru 378 but following are missing: 48, 60, 134, 184, 193, 201, 225, 253, 269, 316-322)
Box 20
June-Aug. 1939
Scripts for the "Woman in White" (Scripts numbered 379 thru 411)
 Box 21
Feb.-June 1938
Scripts for "Attorney at Law" (Scripts numbered 31 thru 126 but the following are missing: 63, 65, 77, 78, 122-124)
 Box 21
Sept.-Oct. 1937
Scripts for "Zenith" (Scripts 1 thru 14)
 Box 21
May 1937
Scripts for "There Was a Woman" (Scripts 1 thru 5)
 Box 21
ca. Sept. 1937
Notes, correspondence, etc. for "Zenith" and "T.W.A.W."
 Box 21
ca. 1965
"The Wheels of Time ('Of Time and Stars')"; several episodes, notes, and correspondence
 Box 21
n.d.
"The Rising Tides" and "Return of Constance Curtis"; several episodes
 Box 21
ca. 1940
"Four Corners, U.S.A."; notes, etc. and several episodes
 Box 21
n.d.
"Doris Blake Show"; several scripts
 Box 21
ca. 1943-1956
2 folders of fan mail
 Box 21