John M. Young papers, 1937-1965.
Collection Number: 2851
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John M. Young papers, 1937-1965.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2851
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.
Creator:
Young, John M. (John Mumma), 1906-
Quanitities:
21 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John M. Young papers, #2851. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Cornell University Class of 1928.
Subjects:
Television serials.
Television scripts.
Soap operas.
Radio serials.
Radio scripts.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scripts.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Scripts for the "Right to Happiness"
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Scope and Contents
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
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Box 1 | Dec. 1942-Nov. 1944 | ||
Box 2 | Nov. 1944-July 1946 | ||
Box 3 | July 1946-Feb. 1948 | ||
Box 4 | Feb. 1948-Aug. 1949 | ||
Box 5 | Aug. 1949-Mar. 1951 | ||
Box 6 | Apr. 1951-Oct. 1952 | ||
Box 7 | Nov. 1953-Mar. 1954 | ||
Box 8 | Apr. 1954-July 1955 | ||
Box 9 | Aug. 1955-Sept. 1956 | ||
Box 10 | Oct. 1956-Dec. 1957 | ||
Box 11 | Apr. 1958-Oct. 1959 | ||
Box 12 | Oct. 29, 1959-Nov. 1960 | ||
Box 12 |
Notes on the character of Lockwood - "Right to Happiness"
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Box 12 | Folder 14 |
Research type notes on criminal law, the giving of evidence, etc. for "Right to Happiness"
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Box 12 | Folder 15 |
Notes, research type, various topics for "Right to Happiness," also projected synopsis
of stories, Sept. 1946 LTP, copy of item Box 13, Folder 2
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Sept. 1946 |
Box 13 | Folder 1 |
"Right to Happiness" - Monthly outlines (1950-Aug. 1955 see Box 12, Folder 15)
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Jan. 1945-July 1956 |
Box 13 | Folder 2 |
"Right to Happiness" - Long-term outlines (lacks Nov. 1945-Aug. 1946; starts Sept.
1, 1946, 15 pp., Long Term Plot Outline)
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Dec. 1942-Dec. 1954 |
Box 13 | Folder 3 |
"Right to Happiness" - Synopsis
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Jan. 1940-Jan. 1944 |
Box 13 |
Script for "Doctor Eve"
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Box 13 |
Script for "Empire City"
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Box 13 |
Radio Misc.
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Box 13 |
Script for "Days of Our Lives"
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Box 13 |
Script for "Attorney at Law"
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Box 14 |
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 2895 thru 3214 but following
numbers are missing: 3114)
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Oct. 1948-Jan. 1950 | |
Box 15 |
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3215 to 3588 but following numbers
are missing: 3500)
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Jan. 1950-Jan. 1951 | |
Box 16 |
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3589 to 3941 but following numbers
are missing: 3705-3708, 3725, 3730)
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June 1951-Oct. 1952 | |
Box 17 |
Scripts for the "Road of Life" (Scripts are numbered 3942 to 3986 but following numbers
are missing: 3948, 3957, 3958)
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Oct.-Dec. 1952 | |
Box 17 |
Back scripts of various dates
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Oct. 1946-Aug. 1948 | |
Box 17 |
Outlines for "From These Roots"
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1961 | |
Box 17 |
Scripts for "From These Roots" (Scripts are numbered 851 thru 915)
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Oct.-Dec. 1961 | |
Box 17 |
Chapters of "Date With Life" (Numbered 1 thru 35 but nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, and
20 are missing)
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Apr. 1956 | |
Box 17 |
"The Verdict is Yours" - clippings, statutes, and synopses of cases
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Box 18 |
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
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1954-1955 | |
Box 19 |
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.
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Feb. 1946-May 1947 | |
Box 20 |
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)
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1938-1939 | |
Box 21 |
Scripts for the "Woman in White" (Scripts numbered 379 thru 411)
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June-Aug. 1939 | |
Box 21 |
Scripts for "Attorney at Law" (Scripts numbered 31 thru 126 but the following are
missing: 63, 65, 77, 78, 122-124)
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Feb.-June 1938 | |
Box 21 |
Scripts for "Zenith" (Scripts 1 thru 14)
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Sept.-Oct. 1937 | |
Box 21 |
Scripts for "There Was a Woman" (Scripts 1 thru 5)
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May 1937 | |
Box 21 |
Notes, correspondence, etc. for "Zenith" and "T.W.A.W."
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Sept. 1937 | |
Box 21 |
"The Wheels of Time ('Of Time and Stars')"; several episodes, notes, and correspondence
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1965 | |
Box 21 |
"The Rising Tides" and "Return of Constance Curtis"; several episodes
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n.d. | |
Box 21 |
"Four Corners, U.S.A."; notes, etc. and several episodes
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1940 | |
Box 21 |
"Doris Blake Show"; several scripts
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n.d. | |
Box 21 |
2 folders of fan mail
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1943-1956 |