Will Oursler Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

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Will Oursler Papers

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: --
Date: 1967

Revision history:

1967

additions (--)

1978

additions from '74 (MK)

21 Jul 2008

converted to EAD (MRC)

11 Jul 2024

media inventory and digitization note added (IRP)

Overview of the Collection

Creator:

Oursler, Will, 1913-1985.

Title:

Will Oursler Papers

Dates:

1925-1974

Quantity:

43.0 linear ft.

Abstract:

Papers of the American author, journalist, novelist; pseudonyms Gale Gallagher, Nick Marino. Correspondence, research material, manuscript drafts and revisions for essays, plays, stories, novels; and published material, including articles by and about Oursler.

Language:

Bulk is in English, with a few foreign editions of his books in Chinese, Marathi, Punjabi, and Spanish.

Repository:

Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Will Oursler (1913-1985) was an American author, lecturer and radio commentator. He was the son of noted novelist Fulton Oursler, and is best known for his novel N.Y. N.Y. (1954) and for his non-fiction Father Flanagan of Boys' Town (1949), which was made into a movie starring Spencer Tracy.

Oursler was born July 12, 1913, in Baltimore, Maryland, but grew up and attended schools in New York City. At first Oursler wanted to become an artist, and to that end he attended the Art Students' League in New York City. However, he decided to complete college and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1937. After graduation, Oursler worked on the staffs of various Boston newspapers and began writing mystery novels. His first book, The Trial of Vincent Doon, was published in 1941, followed by Folio on Florence White in 1942. He also wrote under the names Gale Gallagher and Nick Marino.

World War II interrupted Oursler's career as a novelist, and he spent three years in the Pacific as a war correspondent for Fawcett Publications. He returned to writing after the war, penning numerous mystery novels and contributing articles and short stories to such well-known magazines as Collier's and Reader's Digest. Oursler also wrote non-fiction, including Father Flanagan of Boys' Town (1949, co-written with his father), Narcotics: America's Peril (1952, with Laurence Dwight Smith), The Boy Scout Story (1955), The Road to Faith (1960), The Murderers (1961, with Harry Anslinger), and Marijuana: The Facts, The Truth (1970).

Over the course of his career Oursler wrote more than 45 books including 12 mystery novels. He was vice-president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founding commodore of the Overseas Yacht Club, and president of the Overseas Press Club from 1970 to 1972. His autobiography, Family Story, was published in 1963.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Will Oursler Papers consist of three separate accessions which have not been integrated. Biographical data is filed at the beginning of the collection.

Please note that box numbers are not unique, as each series in the original accession begins again with Box 1 and both later accessions also begin again with Box 1. Please specify accession, series, and box number when requesting material to ensure retrieval of the correct items.

Original accession

This is by far the largest of the three sets of material, and contains correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, and published material.

Correspondence includes letters written to and letters written by Oursler, as well as letters of others. Much of this material was originally filed by Oursler within folders of his other materials. Where there was some quantity of these letters, they were removed with their original location on them, and placed in alphabetical order by author or recipient (if Oursler himself was the author). Where there were only one or two letters and they pertained directly to the folder of manuscripts or other material in which they were originally located, they were allowed to remain there. Thus some letters may be found in series other than the correspondence series.

Subject files contains miscellaneous personal material of Oursler's and Dr. John Myers' as well as Oursler's research materials for articles and books which he either wrote or edited. The material is filed alphabetically by type. Research materials for articles and books are filed alphabetically by the title of the work. More general research follows and is filed alphabetically by subject.

Manuscripts consists of articles, books, plays, a poem, radio and television scripts and short stories. The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by type. Within each type the materials are arranged alphabetically by title. In cases where several titles are apparent, the manuscript was filed under what appeared to be the final or published title, and other titles for the same work were noted on the folder. Oursler had originally filed much of this material in folders. Information on these original folders was either noted on the new folder or clipped and inserted in the new folder with the manuscript. Within each work, what seemed to be the final draft was filed first, followed by earlier drafts, revisions, outlines and notes. Manuscripts of others are filed at the end of the series.

Published material includes articles about and by Oursler, published books by him (foreign editions of his works) and others, magazines and newspapers, newspaper columns by Oursler, pamphlets and reports. The materials are arranged alphabetically by type.

1967 accession

The five boxes of the 1967 accession also contain correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, and published material. Correspondence includes some with radio personality John "Long John" Nebel. Subject files consists of reference material related to various of Oursler's writing projects. Manuscripts contains articles, books, pamphlets, plays, poetry, and short stories. Published material consists of articles and newspaper clippings.

1974 accession

The 1974 accession (added to the finding aid in 1978) contains correspondence and writings. Correspondence covers 1964-1974. Writings consists of articles, research material, outlines, drafts, typescripts, galleys, page proofs, and other formats. This material has received minimal processing.

Recordings include home movies of Will Oursler's family, vacation trips, special events and celebrations, several commercial motion picture reels including Excerpt reel from Kodak Cinegraphs and Kodascope Libraries and Highlights from Walt Disney's Peter Pan movie, logo variations of the Amateur Cinema League and International Cinematographers Society of Hollywood Member. There are audio recordings of interviews regarding the book My Life With Edgar Cayce by David E. Kahn, as told to Will Oursler, Leo B. Halliwell's research materials for the book Light in the Jungle, an interview with John "Long John" Nebel, and speeches by Henry Viscardi.

Arrangement of the Collection

See Scope and Contents above. Note that the box numbers restart at Box 1 for each series in the original accession, and for each later accession; when requesting a box be sure to specify the accession and/or series to ensure retrieval of desired material.

The home movies are arranged in the creator's original number order. Several numbers are missing from the collection due to severe degradation of the film material.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

Many of the recordings in the collection have been digitized. Contact the repository listed above for more information.

Subject Headings

Persons

Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945.
Gallagher, Gale.
Halliwell, Leo.
Marino, Nick, 1913-1985.
Nebel, Long John.
Oursler, Will, 1913-1985.

Corporate Bodies

Amateur Cinema League.

Subjects

Authors, American.
Journalists -- United States.
Novelists -- American.

Genres and Forms

16mm (photographic film size)
Articles.
Audiotapes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Home movies (motion pictures (visual works)
Manuscripts for publication.
Silent films (motion pictures (visual works)
Sound recordings.
Super 8 (8mm (photographic film size)

Occupations

Authors.
Journalists.
Novelists.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Will Oursler Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Correspondence (original accession)

Subject files (original accession)

Manuscripts (original accession)

Published material (original accession)

Correspondence (1967 accession)

Subject files (1967 accession)

Manuscripts (1967 accession)

Published material (1967 accession)

Correspondence (1974 accession)

Writings (1974 accession)

Recordings

Inventory

Note on alternate formats:

Many of the recordings in the collection have been digitized. Contact the repository listed above for more information.

Correspondence (original accession)

Incoming

Box 1

Anslinger, Harry

Box 1

Balaber, Helen Oursler

Box 1

C, E-F

Fan Mail

Box 1

1955-1956

Box 1

1957 Jan-May, Oct-Nov

Box 1

1958 Feb, Mar, Jul

Box 1

1963-1964

Box 1

1965

Box 2

1966 January-August

Box 2

Undated

Box 2

Unidentified

Box 2

G-H

Box 11

Hardenbergh, Georgia, (Mrs. Leonard)

Box 2

J-K

Box 2

Kodinsky, Harry

Box 2

L-M

Box 2

Myers, Dr. John

Box 2

Oursler, Fulton and Grace Perkins Oursler (parents)

Box 2

Oursler, Mrs. Rose

Box 2

Oursler, Tony

Box 2

P, R

Box 2

Permission letters

Box 2

S-T, V-W

Box 2

Worrell, Ambrose and Olga

Box 2

Unidentified

To and from others

Box 2

Miscellaneous

Subject files (original accession)

Box 1

Admission Ticket, New York Preparatory School 1928

Box 1

Broadcast Material

Box 1

Genealogical papers

Box 1

Material from manuscript, N.Y., N.Y.

Box 1

Myers, Dr. John

Box 1

Photograph

Research material

Articles

Box 2

"Boston's 'Boy Cops' Join the War on Crime"

Box 2

"Conversion is a Two Way Street"

Box 2

Dale Carnegie, about, unknown title

Box 2

"Harvard-Government Incubator

Box 2

"I Smashed California's Dope Mobsters"

Box 2

Juvenile Delinquency, about, unknown title

Box 2

"The New 'Evangelism'- Blessing or Blight?"

Box 2

"Operation 25"

Box 2

"Our Voiceless Laity"

Box 3

"The Pact"

Box 3

Roscoe B. Johnson Memorial Laboratory, about

Box 3

"Share Our Substance!"

Box 3

"Sherlock Holmes - Dead or Alive?"

Box 3

"Suckers Never Learn"

Box 3

UMT: Experiment in Democracy"

Box 3

"The Week New York Was Poisoned"

Books

Box 4

Family Story

Box 4

Father Flanagan of Boys' Town

Box 4

The Gift of Healing

Light in the Jungle

Box 4

Halliwell Notes and Tape

Box 40

[Leo B.] Halliwell: Amazon sounds [circa 1953] (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_018)

Recording of Leo B. Halliwell's research materials for his bookLight in the Jungle, with various sounds from his Amazon River trip indicated on the tape box.

Box 4

Miscellaneous

The Murderers

Box 4

Chapters 2-5 (5 folders)

Box 4

Chapters 7-8 (2 folders)

Box 5

Chapter 9 (2 folders)

Box 5

Chapters 11-13 (4 folders)

Box 5

Chapters 16-18 (3 folders)

Box 5

Chapters 20-21 (2 folders)

Box 5

Chapters 24-26 (3 folders)

Box 5

Transcripts of tapes

Borg-Warner Corporation

Box 6

Banker's Analysis November 15, 1958

Box 6

Central Office Organization Survey

Box 6

Ingersoll letters (published)

Box 6

Inter-Office Memo on Farm Equipment

Box 6

Industry

Box 6

Miscellaneous

Box 6

News Reports of Ingersoll Speech on January 19, 1942and materials on S.A. Ingersoll

Box 6

Record of 60th Anniversary, Ingersoll Steel and Disc Division

Box 6

"Hunter Story" (Oursler to write preface)

Box 6

Oral Roberts book, material for

World War II

Box 6

General

Box 6

Notebooks

Manuscripts (original accession)

Articles

Box 1

"America's Lost Women" or "America's Lone Women"

Box 1

"And Barrymore Said to Me"

Box 1

"Are You a Revolutionary Genius?"

Box 1

"Boston's 'Boy Cops' Join the War on Crime"

Box 1

"The Boy Who Never Was a Scout"

Box 1

"Conversion is a Two-Way Street" or "Who Said Conversion Was a One-Way Street?" or "Conversion: A Two-Way Street to God"

Box 1

"Credo of a Middle Roader"

Box 1

"Crime in American Cities: Los Angeles — Mr. Violence"

Box 1

"Crime in American Cities: Miami — Holiday in Paradise" or "Syndicate Bonanza"

Box 1

"Crime in American Cities: New Orleans — Operation Shame" or "Salesmen of Shame" or "Shame Syndicate"

Box 1

"Crime in American Cities: New York — King of New York's Stolen Cars"

Box 1

"Does Father Always Know Best?"

Box 1

"Do Miracles Happen to You?"

Box 1

"Erie's 7000 Angels"

Box 1

"Faces of Faith"

Box 1

"Friendship" or "Balance Your Friends" or "Do You Have the Right Friends?"

Box 1

"Global Highway Hi-Signs" or "Global Road Signs Are Saving Lives"

Box 1

"God Heard Me" or "He Heard My Prayer in the Depths of the Sea"

Box 1

"Handicap"

Box 1

"Harvard — Government Incubator" or "Harvard — Presidential Incubator"

Box 1

"He Makes Paper Out of Anything"

Box 1

"How Modern Are Your Manners?"

Box 2

"I Smashed California's Dope Mobsters" or "I Smashed California's Dope-Car Gang"

Box 2

"Kid's Country"

Box 2

"Latin-World Fuehrer" or "Hitler-Castro: A Parallel" or "Cuban Red Fuehrer" or "Fuehrer Fidel"

Box 2

"Magic Carpet Across International Skies"

Box 2

"The Marriage Contract" or "Marriage"

Box 2

"The Meaning of a Smile"

Box 2

("Murder And Two Mothers") or "Two Mothers" or "Two Mothers And a Murdered Boy" or "Two Boys, Two Mothers And a Mob"

Box 2

"My Most Inspiring Moment" or "Cross in the Sand" or "Moment of Light"

Box 2

"Narcotics Cartel"

Box 2

"The New 'Evangelism' - Blessing or Blight?"

Box 2

"New York's Flying Police"

Box 2

"Operation 25"

Box 2

"The Other Road" or "The Story of the Other Road" or "Why I Wrote the Boy Scout Story"

Box 2

"Our Voiceless Laity"

Box 3

"The Pact" or "The Sign"

Box 3

"Personalities in Law Enforcement: Colonel Joseph F. Timilty"

Box 3

"The Power of Silent Prayer"

Box 3

"Red Sabotage" or "Anti-Sabotage Blueprint"

Box 3

"Religious Therapy — Miracle or myth?"

Box 3

"A Serious Report"

Box 3

"Seven Secrets of Prayer"

Box 3

"Share Our Substance!"

Box 3

"Sherlock Holmes — Dead or Alive?"

Box 3

"Ship Quiz" or "Forty Questions on Ships, The Sea, and Men Who Sail"

Box 3

"So You Want to Become a Newspaperman"

Box 3

"Spiritual Healing in America's Churches"

Box 3

"The Strange Culture of the Hoods" or "The Mob" - outlines and ideas

Box 3

"Suckers Never Learn"

Box 4

"They Make You Like It"

Box 4

"They Preach What They Practice"

Box 4

"They Sentenced Me to Die"

Box 4

"This Thing Called Luck"

Box 4

"Tips on a Lady's Income Tax"

Box 4

"Trade Secrets of the President's Secretary"

Box 4

"UNT: Experiment in Democracy"

Box 4

"Village Blacksmith, 1955 Style" or "Fill 'Er Up — With Gold"

Box 4

"The Week New York Was Poisoned"

Box 4

"We Felt the Presence of God"

Box 4

"What Do You Know About Marriage?"

Box 4

"What Do You Know About Nursery Rhymes?"

Box 4

"What Do You Know About Pets?"

Box 4

"What Is Your Easter I.Q.?"

Box 4

"What Is Your Spiritual I.Q.?"

Box 4

"What Is Your Superstition I.Q.?"

Box 4

"What's Your Mother Goose I.Q.?"

Box 4

"Word Detective"

World War II

Box 4

"Back Here From There"

Box 4

"Battle at Point X"

Box 4

"Battle of the Inkpot Generals"

Box 4

"Behind Our South Pacific Lines"

Box 4

"Feed 'Em While They Fight"

Box 4

"For Valor Beyond Duty"

Box 4

"Is War Wrecking G.I. Homes?"

Box 4

"Japan Has Lost Her War"

Box 4

"Jottings From A Correspondent's Notebook"

Box 4

"Jungle Junkmen"

Box 4

"The Last Princess"

Box 5

"Philippine Return Trip"

Box 5

"Report From the Pacific"

Box 5

"Star Sapphire"

Box 5

"Strategy of Suicide"

Box 5

"These Are Our Men"

Box 5

"The Wounded Are my Job"

Box 5

"You Can't Go Wrong Working For Liberty"

Box 5

"You're Never Shut In"

Books

The Apartment House

Box 5

pp. 4-76

Box 5

Carbon copies of pp. 1-87

Box 5

Outline and preliminary material

Box 5

Theme I

Box 5

Theme II

Box 5

Theme III

Box 5

Theme IV

Box 5

Theme V

Box 5

Theme VI

Box 5

"Minor Themes, additional people involved in the story"

Box 5

As Tough As They Come (Oursler, ed.) - Table of Contents, and drafts of preface

The Atheist

Box 6

Final, pp. 1-302 (5 folders)

Box 6

Carbon I, pp. 1-229 B (4 folders)

Box 6

Carbon II, pp. 28-285 ( 4 folders)

Box 7

Original Draft: pp. 27-263 (5 folders)

Box 7

Miscellaneous pages and notes

Box 8

Drafts (4 folders)

Box 8

Notes

Box 8

Outlines

Box 8

Galley Proof

The Boy Scout Story

Box 9

Final Draft opening pages, pp. 1-363 and chronology (6 folders)

Box 9

Carbon, pp. 1-360 and bibliography (5 folders)

Box 10

Draft Chapters 1-25 (12 folders)

Box 10

Galley Proofs, All Chapters (3 folders)

Caroline or The Swelling Tide (Oursler, ed.)

Box 11

Final Draft, pp. 1-257 (4 folders)

Box 11

Incomplete Draft

Box 11

Opening Chapters

Box 11

Middle and Final Chapters

Box 11

Outline

Charity or Brookhauser and God or The Tender Give

Box 12

Incomplete Drafts I and II (2 folders)

Box 12

Outlines and Notes

Family Story

Box 12

Final Draft pp. 1-368 (6 folders)

Box 13

Bibliography

Box 13

Carbon, incomplete (pp. 177-368) (2 folders)

Box 13

Incomplete Drafts pp. 1-405 (3 folders)

Box 13

"Items for special re-check in Galleys"

Box 13

Miscellaneous pages and notes

Box 13

Outlines

Father Flanagan of Boys' Town (with Fulton Oursler)

Final

Box 14

Book One (pp. 1-45) (4 folders)

Box 14

Book Two (pp. 243-291) (2 folders)

Box 14

Book Three (pp. 292-376) (2 folders)

Box 14

Book Four (pp. 377-477)

Box 14

Notes

Box 14

Outline, pp. 1-110 (2 folders)

Folio On Florence White

Box 14

Final Draft pp. 1-247 ( 5 folders)

Duplicate or extra pages

Box 15

Drafts, pp. 1-199 (4 folders)

Box 16

Drafts, pp. 200-246

Box 16

Drafts, miscellaneous pages

Box 16

Notes

Box 16

Outline

The Gift of Healing (Oursler, ed.)

Box 16

Final Draft, pp. 1-261 and Chapters 17-20 (7 folders)

Box 16

Incomplete Draft

Box 17

Extra Re-typed Pages, etc.

Box 17

Miscellaneous Notes

Notes by Chapter

Box 17

Preface

Box 17

Chapters I-XX (20 folders)

Box 17

Appendices and outline

The Greatest Gift on Earth (Oursler, ed.)

Final Drafts

Box 18

Opening pages and Chapter I

Box 18

Chapters II-XII (11 folders)

Box 19

Chapters XIII-XIX (6 folders)

Drafts by Chapter

Box 19

Preface and Chapter I

Box 19

Chapters II-IX (4 folders)

Box 20

Chapters XI-XXI (3 folders)

Miscellaneous pages and revisions

Box 20

Corrections by Dr. Myers

Box 20

Outlines and notes

The Healing Power of Faith

Box 21

Final pp. 1-445 (5 folders)

Box 21

Incomplete Draft pp. 1-387 (4 folders)

Box 22

Drafts, Chapters I-XXX (13 folders)

Box 22

Miscellaneous pages of drafts and notes

Light in the Jungle (Oursler, ed.)

Box 22

Forward

Box 22

Drafts pp. 10-126

Box 23

Drafts pp. 94-325

Box 23

Drafts pp. 173-322

Box 23

Miscellaneous pages

Box 23

Outlines and Notes

Tape Transcripts

Box 23

Preceding Pages, Reels I and II

Box 23

Reels III and IV (incomplete) and Reels V-VII

Box 23

Reels VIII, unnumbered Reel, and pages 1-151

The Murderers (with Harry Anslinger)

Box 24

Final Draft by Chapter - preface, chapters 1-28 (8 folders)

Box 24

Outline

Notes

Box 24

Preface

Box 24

Chapter 1, "Scope of Evil"

Box 24

Chapter 2, "Case in Point"

Box 24

Chapter 3, "Tenacles" and Chapter 3 A, "Tenacles"

Box 24

Chapter 4, "Barons — or Butchers?"

Box 24

Chapter 5 A, "Roots"

Box 24

Chapter 6, "Stars in Their Eyes"

Box 24

Chapter 7, "A Girl Who Died"

Box 24

Chapter 8, "Lucky Likes Nice Things"

Box 24

Chapter 9, "From the Mafia File"

Box 24

Chapter 9 A, "The Lepke Story"

Box 24

Chapter 11, "The White House Calling"

Box 25

Chapter 11 A, "Hemp Around Their Necks"

Box 25

Chapter 11 AA, "A Lady to Her Fingertips"

Box 25

Chapter 12, "Red Chinese Lullaby"

Box 25

Chapter 13, "Oozy"

Box 25

Chapter 14, "A Man Named X"

Box 25

Chapter 15, "A Game at Monte Carlo"

Box 25

Chapter 16 A, The Addison Affair"

Box 25

Chapter 17, "Dr. Jackal"

Box 25

Chapter 18, "Incident at the U.N."

Box 25

Chapter 20, " Mother Out-Law"

Box 25

Chapter 22, "H is for Horse"

Box 25

Chapter 23, "A Dog Named Kip"

Box 25

Chapter 24, "For the Defense"

Box 25

Chapter 25, "Pirates, Derelicts and Con-Men"

Box 25

Chapter 26, "Philosophy on A Flunk"

Narcotics: America's Peril (with Lawrence Dwight Smith)

Box 25

Final pp. 1-71, 75-295 (4 folders)

Drafts

Box 25

Chapters I-V (3 folders)

Box 25

Chapters XIII-XVI

N.Y.N.Y.

Box 26

Corrected Final Carbon pp. 1-422 (9 folders)

Box 26

Final Draft (6 folders)

Box 27

Drafts, pp. 1-285 (8 folders)

Box 28

Drafts, pp. 286-351

Box 28

Miscellaneous pages and revision (2 folders)

Box 28

Notes

Outlines

Box 28

1. "Excerpts — Midafternoon"

Box 28

2. "Cocktail Party"

Box 28

3. "Quarrel in Beekman Place"

Box 28

4. "Crippled Boy Delivers Dress"

Box 28

5. "Maria- Polide- Basement"

Box 28

6. "Poker Game at Gottleibs"

Box 28

7. "Lights"

Box 28

8. "Episode with Girl Across Hall"

Box 28

9. "Art Student's Dance"

Box 28

10. "Excerpt- Mid-Morning"

Box 28

11. "Glendenning At Office"

Box 28

12. "Ten Seconds to Ground Floor"

Box 28

13a. "Dinner in Washington Heights"

Box 28

13. "Dinner With the Senator"

Box 28

14. "Al Burwitz In Office and After"

Box 28

15. "Signs"

Box 28

16. "Maria and Michael"

Box 28

17. "Glory and Russolinis"

Box 28

18. "Al Arranging Loan with Maurice"

Box 28

19. "Mrs. James Calding's Photographic Exhibit"

Box 28

20. "Borrowed Prostitute"

Box 28

21. "Pulpit"

Box 28

21 A. "Shopping Tour of Blanche, (Elaine) and., Selma

Box 28

22. "Ted — Theatre — Valerie"

Box 28

23. "Quarrel in Studio Apartment"

Box 28

24. "Modern Museum — V.I.P.'s"

Box 29

25. "Glendenning — Secretary-Mistress Scene"

Box 29

26. "Maurice, Sr. — In Bed With Sheila"

Box 29

26A. "Excerpts — Mid-Evening"

Box 29

27. "Taxi Ride in Park"

Box 29

28. "Ads" (empty folder)

Box 29

29. "Meeting Italian Boy and Girl"

Box 29

30. "Breakfast With the Enzio Diciddis"

Box 29

31. "Ted-Valerie — Sullivan Home"

Box 29

32. "Ten Seconds to the Lobby"

Box 29

33. "Maurice, Sr. and Lawyer in Office Downtown"

Box 29

34. "Iola and Pregnancy"

Box 29

35. "Preacher — Enzio — Family"

Box 29

36. "Zoo — Dinner — Moonlight Love Scene"

Box 29

37. "Office Luncheon"

Box 29

38. "Excerpts — Lunch"

Box 29

39. "Dinner at Lindy's and Fight in Garden"

Box 29

40. "All Night Drunk — Girl Across Hall — Calling Elaine"

Box 29

41. "Statistics"

Box 29

42. "Mrs. Silverman Attacked"

Box 29

43. "Ted — Valerie — Elopment"

Box 29

44. "Iola — Birth of the Little Girl"

Box 29

45. "Lawyer's Office Downtown"

Box 29

46. "Times Square"

Box 29

47. "Mr. and Mrs. DiCiddi, Party Prostitute"

Box 29

48. "Glory's Report"

Box 29

49. "Breakfast at the Glendennings"

Box 29

50. "Dinner at Henri's"

Box 29

51. "Windowlook"

Box 29

52. "Brief Scene in Apartment"

Box 29

53. "Maurice Raises Dough — Mama Conscious-Improving"

Box 29

54. "Ten Seconds to the Phone"

Box 29

55. "Signs Coming and Going"

Box 29

56. "The Wedding"

Box 29

Draft Outlines

One Way Street

Box 29

Draft, pp. 1-197 (5 folders)

The Prudential (with Earl Chapin May)

Final Draft

Box 29

Preliminary pages, proofs

Box 29

pp. 1-301 (4 folders)

Box 30

pp. 302-490 (3 folders)

Box 30

Carbon, pp. 1-490 and appendix (4 folders)

Drafts

Box 30

Opening chapters and notes

Box 30

Box 31

Middle chapters and notes

Box 31

Final chapters and notes, and miscellaneous pages

Box 31

Tentative outlines

The Road to Faith

Box 31

Final Draft pp. 1-198 (4 folders)

Box 32

Draft pp. 1-198 (4 folders)

Box 32

Incomplete preliminary draft with revisions (2 folders)

To The Commissioner: Confidential

Box 32

Original pages and papers, pp. 1-77

Box 32

Carbon (typescript) pp. 1-237 (4 folders)

The Trial of Vincent Doon or Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Box 33

Final Draft pp. 1-224 (4 folders)

Box 33

Drafts pp. 1-225 and unnumbered pages (5 folders)

Box 33

Miscellaneous Outlines for Books

Plays

The Blessed Damozel or Cloud of Glory or The Lady Weeps

Box 34

Incomplete drafts and notes

Neighborhood House

Box 34

Incomplete Draft

Box 34

Drafts by Acts

Box 34

Carbon

Box 34

Notes

Box 34

Outlines

Queen Bee

Box 35

Drafts and Notes (2 folders)

Box 35

Carbon Copies (4 copies)

Box 35

Mimeographed Copy

Poems

Box 36

"Baker Street Fever"

Scripts

Box 36

Radio

Television

Box 36

International Police Series (Oursler, ed.) - untitled pilot

Box 36

"The Case of the Happy Jewel Robbers"

Box 36

"Private Eye" - ideas for presentation

Box 36

"Stanza"

Box 36

"Terror" or "Center Street" - notes and plans

Box 36

Miscellaneous ideas

Short Stories

Box 37

"Bigamy Trial of the Bogus Prince"

Box 37

"A Case of Unwritten Law"

Box 37

"Chinese Riddle"

Box 37

"Corpse in the Berkshire and the Jig-Saw Puzzle Clue"

Box 37

"The Crash"

Box 37

"The Cuffs"

Box 37

"The Curse of the Kingsway"

Box 37

"The Draw"

Box 37

"Hula Homicide" or "Shadow in Paradise"

Box 37

"The Ladies in Black" and "Deed Without A Name"

Box 37

"Last Word" or "No Tickee"

Box 37

"Murder Without a Corpse" or "The Case Without a Corpse" or "The Crime Without a Corpse" or "Vanished Lady"

Box 37

"Payoff"

Box 37

"Portrait of a Hood"

Box 37

"The Shadow and the Shadowed" or "The Perfect Out" or "Alias Eve"

Box 37

"The Shining Limosine" [sic]

Box 37

"Special Treatment"

Box 37

"Still of the Night" or "Quiet Moment"

Box 38

"The Untold Story of Martha"

Box 38

"The Vanishing Hands of Mrs. Davenport" (with Fulton Oursler, pseud. Anthony Abbot)

Box 38

"The Waiter, the Song, and the Girl"

Box 38

"Winston Churchill's Strange Case"

Unidentified pages and notes

Box 38

Miscellaneous

Manuscripts of others

Box 38

"True Life Dramas" by Victor Boesen

Published material (original accession)

Box 1

Article about

Box 1

Articles by

Books by

Box 1

Father Flanagan of Boy's Town - Punjabi, Chinese and Marathi language editions

Box 1

Folio on Florence White - Spanish (Latin American) edition

Box 1

Books by others

Box 1

Magazines

Box 1

Newspapers

Box 1

Newspaper Clippings by

Box 1

Pamphlets

Box 1

Reports

Correspondence (1967 accession)

Box 1

A-W 1965-1967, undated

Box 1

Correspondence of others undated - Nebel, John "Long John"

Box 1

Unidentified undated

Subject files (1967 accession)

Reference material

Box 1

for "Automation" article 1964-1965, undated

Box 1

Crime - juvenile (Star-Commonwealth) 1949-1951, undated

Box 1

Crime - Royal Canadian 1949-1950, undated

Box 1

for Dr. Robert F. Thomas article 1956, undated

Box 1

for The Gift of Healing undated

Box 1

Scandinavian stories 1964, undated

Box 2

Teamster story 1957-1958, undated

Box 2

Traffic and parking story 1964, undated

Box 2

Witchcraft 1966, undated

Box 2

World political picture, post-World War II, radio liberation 1955, undated

Scrapbook material

Box 2

1955

Box 2

Undated

Manuscripts (1967 accession)

Articles

Box 2

Belgrade backwash 1962, undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 2

Check up on your checks undated - typescript

Box 2

Courage with common sense 1951 - typescript

Box 2

Dryden, John Fairfield 1958 - typescript and carbon copies

Box 2

Ferment in suburban faith undated - carbon copy

Box 2

Is heaven a myth? 1967, undated - holograph, typescript, carbon copies, and first proof

Box 2

Million dollar fence undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 2

Miracle on Elm Street undated - typescript

Box 2

My message to America (Billy Graham story) 1953, undated - holograph, typescript, carbon copies

Box 3

Mr. Hoover's magic trunk undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 3

Otto Bettmann, archivist of the world undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 3

Revival on the campus: the 'God-Is-Dead' boomerang 1966, undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 3

Rugged road to adventure (Lowell Thomas story) 1964-1965, undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 3

Shopping for courtesy 1956 - typescript copies

Box 3

Should we celebrate Christmas in our public schools? 1966, undated - holograph, typescript, carbon copies, first proof

Box 4

Sidewalk savagery must end 1960 - typescript, carbon, and xerox copies

Box 4

Sidewalk savagery must end 1960 - notes, correspondence, research material

Box 4

So you want to buy a boat undated - holograph, typescript, carbon copies

Box 5

Stained glass country club, or house of God? undated - xerox copy

Box 5

The star above these hills undated - typescript and carbon copies

Box 5

We gave our youth a chore 1940 - typescript and carbon copies

World War II

Box 5

We capture an island 1945 - typescript copy

Box 5

We kissed her goodbye twice undated - carbon copy

Books

Box 5

Murder Memo 1950, undated - photographs and printed material

Pamphlets

Box 5

for Academy of Religion and Mental Health undated - holograph and typescript copies

Box 5

Players Club bulletin (published) 1967 - typescript copy

Plays

Box 5

Clouds of Glory undated - original draft; holograph, typescript, carbon copies

Box 5

Revue, N.Y.N.Y. undated - typescript copy

Poetry

Box 5

"Men of might" undated - holograph copy

Box 5

"Ode to the River Charles" undated - typescript copy

Box 5

Sonnet 1936 - typescript copy

Short stories

Box 5

"The girl, the waiter, and the song" undated - typescript copy

Box 5

"The amateur" undated - typescript and copies

Unidentified

Box 5

Fragments

Published material (1967 accession)

Articles

Box 5

About

Box 5

By others, "Twenty Questions" 1940-1942

Newspaper clippings

Box 5

About

Correspondence (1974 accession)

Box 1

1964-1974

Writings (1974 accession)

Box 1

Research material (10 folders)

Box 2

Research material (12 folders)

Box 3

Outlines

Box 3

Rough drafts (9 folders)

Box 4

Rough drafts (12 folders)

Box 5

Rough drafts (4 folders)

Box 5

Typescripts (6 folders)

Box 5

Galleys (2 folders)

Box 6

Galleys (4 folders)

Box 6

Page proofs

Box 6

Paste-ups

Box 6

Stories (11 folders)

Box 7

Book

Recordings

Recordings are subdivided into family home movies and other material. The family home movies are arranged chronologically, and some have numbers in parentheses sarting with (24) are the creator's original order. Several numbers are missing from the collection due to severe degradation of the film reels. The other recordings are sorted alphabetically.

Note on alternate formats: Recordings from the collection have been digitized. Please contact the repository listed above for more information.

Family home movies

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1939: Rutland, VT 1939 - color home movie with a note: "Not good" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_073)

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Adelaide's wedding May 20, 1939 - black and white home movie of Will C. Oursler's wedding to Adelaide Burr (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_022)

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Adelaide's wedding May 20, 1939 - color home movie of Will C. Oursler's wedding to Adelaide Burr (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_023)

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(24) November 1940: Our house November, 1940 - color home movie of exterior and interior views of Will Oursler's house (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_024)

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(26) NY vacation, 1941: Lockport; Niagara Falls; Watertown 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_025)

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(27) April 1941: Short film of Williamsburg [?] April 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_026)

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(28) April 1941: Washington D. C.; New York City and NY Fire Department; Geneva, N. Y.; Watkins Glen April 1941 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_027)

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(29) October 1941: Great Neck, NY October 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_028)

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(30) Vacation, 1941: Phillips, Lauren; yacht; tavern; Montpelier, VT; Towne Hill; Mary; sunset Chittenden, VT 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_029)

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(31) November 1941: Great Neck, NY November 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_030)

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(32) Vacation 1941: Geneva, NY; Olga home; Newark, NY, roses 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_031)

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(35) Vacation, April 1941: Richmond; Washington D. C.; Mt. Vernon, VA April 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_032)

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(36) Vacation, August 1941: Wolfeboro, NH; Brookline; Great Neck, NY; Lery, Dick August 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_033)

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(37) Vacation, 1941: Chittenden, VT; Barstow School and camp, tavern; Wolfeboro, NH 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_034)

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(39) Vacation, August 1941: rainbow, sunset August, 1941 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_035)

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(40) Vacation, July, August 1942: Great Neck, NY; Brookline; Crawford Notch, NH July - August 1942 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_036)

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(41) Vacation, August 1942: Chittenden, VT; Barstow place August 1942 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_037)

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(43) May 1942: Great Neck, NY, flowers May 1942 - color home movie with handwritten note: "a beautiful film, very pretty" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_038)

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(44) August 1942: Crawford house and Notch, NY; Chittenden, VT May 1942 - color home movie with handwritten note: "a beautiful film, very pretty" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_039)

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(45) August 1942: Crawford Notch, NY; Rutland, VT; Boston Fire prevention parade; Brookline; NY scenes; Dukie 12 days old August 1942 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_040)

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(46) August 1942: Chittenden, VT; Aunt F's tavern and Brookline place August 1942 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_041)

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(47) December 1942: Baby Dukie; New York scenes; Brookline place; February 1943: Dukie December 1942; February 1943 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_042)

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(48) August 1942: Chittenden, VT, Aunt F's; Great Neck, NY, Aunt Marie; Adelaide's baby; February and June 1943: Bill and Dukie August 1942; February-June 1943 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_043)

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(49) June 1943: Great Neck, NY, Aunt F's; wedding Duelas [?] June 1943 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_044)

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(51) October, December, 1943: Chittenden, VT; Adelaide's baby; Bert, Harriet and Dukie October-December, 1943 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_045)

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(52) August, 1943: Aunt F's Chittenden, Barstow place, VT; baby in Brookline; Manchester, VT new home August, 1943 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_046)

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(53) June, 1943: New York City scenes, Fire Department; Adelaide's baby Dukie June, 1943 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_047)

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(54) September, 1943: Hingham, MA; baby September, 1943 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_048)

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(55) Summer, 1943: Adelaide's baby Summer, 1943 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_049)

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(56) Summer, 1943: Adelaide's baby Summer, 1943 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_050)

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(57) August, 1943: Aunt F's Chittenden, VT; Manchester, VT covered bridge; Dukie in Brookline August, 1943 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_051)

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(58) June, 1944: Adelaide's baby; LD War Loan [?]; NY public June, 1944 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_052)

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(59) January, March, 1944: Adelaide's baby in NY; Olga January, March, 1944 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_072)

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(61) June, July, 1944: Brookline, H. James Circle; Adelaide's baby in NY and Brookline June-July, 1944 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_053)

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(64) 1944, 1945: Dukie and Margaret baby; Harriet [illegible]; Judy's 1st birthday 1944-1945 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_054)

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(65) Sept. 30, 1944: Dukie 2nd birthday; June 1945: Great Neck, NY, Francis; Dukie at Point Pleasant, NY Sept. 30, 1944; June 1945 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_055)

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(66) June, August, 1945: New York; Brookline, Dukie and Judie; Manchester, VT June-August 1945 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_056)

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(67) August, 1945: Manchester, VT August 1945 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_057)

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(68) June, July, 1945: Point Pleasant, NY, Dukie; Sean [?] boat June-July, 1945 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_061)

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(69) August, 1945: Manchester, VT August, 1945 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_062)

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(70) August, 1945: Manchester, VT; Dukie at Brookline August, 1945 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_063)

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(71) Christmas, 1945: Dukie in New York apartment Christmas, 1945 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_064)

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(72) April, June, July, 1946: Commonwealth Ave. [Boston], flowers; Dukie; Plymouth April, June, July, 1946 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_065)

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(73) July, 1946: Caryla [?] ring wedding; Manchester, VT July, 1946 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_066)

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(74) August, 1946: Chittenden, VT, Dukie and Judith August, 1946 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_058)

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(75) August, 1946: Rutland, VT, Dukie; Chittenden, VT, Olga husband August, 1946 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_059)

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(78) August, September, 1946: house at Manchester, VT; Dukie and Margaret; Laurie Tavern Train, Chittenden, VT August-September, 1946 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_060)

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(79) November, 1946, April, 1947: Great Neck, NY; Dukie; Lights on Broadway; Hartwell Tavern, Concord November, 1946; April, 1947 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_067)

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(81) January, April, 1947: New York Fire Station and boat; Broadway; Judie and Dukie January, 1947; April, 1947 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_068)

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(82) June, 1947: Great Neck, NY; Dukie; flood at Chittenden, Manchester, Kent Falls, VT June, 1947 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_069)

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(84) April, 1947: Boston Common, tulip time; Manchester, VT, Dukie; Great Neck, NY rose time; Wayside Inn Sudbury, MA April, 1947 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_070)

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(85) September, 1947: Manchester, VT, summer house; family and Judie; [illegible]; Chittenden, VT; Olga September, 1947 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_071)

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(87) December 26, 1947/1948: New York City big snow storm; Dukie in Brookline in the snow and our house December 26, 1947; [January] 1948 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_074)

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(88) [January] 1948: Snow storm; April 16, 1948: Adele and Chester [Burr]; Fire Department; New York Penn Station train yard; Williamsburg [January] 1948; April 16, 1948 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_075)

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(90) April, 1948: Williamsburg April, 1948 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_076)

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(91) April, 1948: Williamsburg, VA; Mount Vernon; Washington D. C.; [illegible]; Concord December, 1947; September, 1948 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_077)

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(92) December, 1947, September, 1948: Bright lights in Time Square and Christmas tree on Park Ave. December, 1947; September, 1948 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_078)

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(93) April, July, August, 1948: Alexandria, VA; Williamsburg, VA; New York and Boston Fire Department; Rutland, VT; Dukie April, July, August, 1948 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_079)

Reel

(94) July, August, 1948: Sun let at Great Neck; Dukie at Great Neck and Brookline; Dukie on fire engine; Dam at Chittenden, VT July, August, 1948 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_080)

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(95) August, 1948: Laurie birthday; party at Manchester, VT; camp at dam; Rutland, Plymouth, VT August, 1948 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_081)

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(96) August, September, 1948: Laurie birthday party at Manchester, VT; Adele and Chester at Lahi Hostoria [?]; Hiram Dexter's place at Foreside Rd., Falmouth, ME; ocean August, September, 1948 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_082)

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(97) Christmas, 1948: Dukie, NY; R. Taylor [?]; 59th Street Bridge, NY; March, 1949: Dukie and Judie at Brookline Christmas, 1948; March 1949 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_083)

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(98) 1948, 1949:Dukie, Brookline; Dukie, mother, bike; tulips in public garden; Swan Boat; Plymouth; mother and Chester [illegible]; Concord, MA 1948; 1949 - color home movie with illegible notes on old film box (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_084)

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(99) July, August, 1949: old car; Dukie; Chester new car; Judie July, August, 1949 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_085)

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(100) October, 1949: North Hampshire foliage; Lighthouse at Scituate sun set October, 1949 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_086)

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(101) Summer, December, 1949: Fannie Barstow [?] in Brookline; Dukie in NY; Radio City; Christmas: Dukie seven years old Summer, December, 1949 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_087)

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(104) April, 1950: Washington, D. C.; Alexandria, VA; Mount Vernon April, 1950 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_088)

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(105) April, 1950: Hingham Station, Cushing [?] House; New York, The Sun; Dukie, Mike; train at Williamsburg April, 1950 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_089)

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(106) May, June, 1950: Fannie [?] new house, Chittenden, VT; view from John Hanvel [?] Tavern May, June, 1950 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_090)

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(107) June, July, 1950: Manchester, VT; Fannie [?] house; Public Garden, Boston; Brookline June, July, 1950 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_091)

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(108) July, August, 1950: House at Chittenden, VT July, August, 1950 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_092)

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(110) April, 1951: Picnic lunch; Dukie, Adelaide, mother [and] daddy in Brookline; Fannie [?] place in Hobe Sound, Florida April, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_093)

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(111) April, 1951: Hobe Sound, Florida; Fannie [?] place; Laura Memorial Church; [Rail Road] Station April, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_094)

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(112) April, 1951: Hobe Sound, Florida; Fannie [?] place; Faun [?] of Hobe Sound; Atlantic Coast Line train champion; West Palm Beach; Chester [?] Burr and Adele April, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_095)

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(113) April, 1951: Hobe Sound, Florida; Fannie [?] place and Palm Beach April, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_096)

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(114) April, 1951: Hobe Sound, Florida; West Palm Beach; Chester [?] Burr and Adele April, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_097)

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(116) August, 1951: Ex president, Coolidge place; Montpelier; Phillips Place; Dukie and etc. Fannie and Bebe in Manchester, VT August, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_098)

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(117) August, 1951: Chittenden, VT; Manchester, VT; Lake George, Adelaide, Dukie, Ella, husband, children and daughter; Fannie [?] place; Burlington, VT August, 1951 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_099)

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(118) March, May, October, 1951: Christ Church, Paul Revere House, Boston; Fire [trucks] at 57th St., New York; taking tree down in front of the house, Brookline; [illegible] March, May, October, 1951 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_100)

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(119) 1951, 1952: Dukie Christmas tree, Brookline; Public Garden; Chittenden, VT, old farm house and old barn 25 December, 1951; 1952 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_101)

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(120) September, December, 1951, 1952: deer at Chittenden, VT, picnic lake at Dublin, OH [?]; New York Radio City, Christmas tree lights, signs; McKee mowing in Chittenden, VT September, December, 1951; 1952 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_102)

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(121) August, 1952: Dukie, Brookline and camp view; McKee with load of hay, mowing, Chittenden, VT; covered bridge, Florence, VT August, 1952 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_103)

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(123) December, 1952: Dukie Christmas tree; April, 1953: Annapolis cadets on walk [?] 25 December, 1952; April, 1953 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_104)

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(124) April, 1953: Alexandria; Mount Vernon; White House, Washington D. C.; Williamsburg, VA April, 1953 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_105)

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(125) April, 1953: Williamsburg, VA April, 1953 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_106)

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(126) April, August, 1953: Williamsburg, VA, Dr. Van Mater [?]; Columbia place, NY; Adelaide place in Adamant, VT, children in Chittenden, VT April, August, 1953 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_107)

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(127) July, August, 1953: Shelburne, VT and Babe place in Adamant, VT; floating bridge in Brookfield, VT July, August, 1953 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_108)

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(128) December, 1953, January, 1954: Great Neck, NY; Christmas trees in New York, storm; Dukie Christmas tree; Nantasket, MA December, 1953, January, 1954 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_109)

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(129) March, April, 1954: Hotel Nantasket, MA; New York; Florida; Barstow place March, April, 1954 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_110)

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(130) April, 1954: Florida; Barstow place; Grace [?] Burr, West Palm Beach; Hobe Sound April, 1954 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_112)

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(131) April, 1954: Barstow place; Florida April, 1954 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_113)

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(132) 1954: Florida; Dukie in Brookline; Fannie and Adele in Vermont; Basin Club, VT; covered bridge, VT; Sharon old home, VT; Chester working day 1954 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_114)

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(133) April, 1954: New York; Dukie; [illegible] in Brookline April, 1954 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_115)

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(135) 1954, 1955: Brookline; Cadets eskadron [?] march in New York; New York Fire Department 1954; 1955 - black and white home movie; content on the film mismatches the title (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_116)

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(136) April, 1955: Washington, D. C.; Merton children and house in Fairfax, VA April, 1955 - color home movie; 2/3 of the film is not used (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_117)

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(141) 1956: 42nd St. and 3rd Ave., New York; snow storm in Brookline; our house, Dukie making snowman 1956 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_118)

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(142) July, August, 1956: Vermont; Adelaide house; Wilmerding [?]; [illegible] in Bridgewater, VT July, August, 1956 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_119)

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(144) October, 1957: New York October, 1957 - black and white home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_120)

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(145) May, 1958: Williamsburg, VA May, 1958 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_121)

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(146) April, 1958: Sun set, NY; Fannie; Washington D. C., cherry blossom; White House; Williamsburg, VA April, 1958 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_122)

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(147) April, 1958: Williamsburg, VA; covered bridge, Randolph, VT; Adel and Chester at Fannie house in Manchester, VT April, 1958 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_123)

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(148) 1958: Adel in Manchester, VT; early morning grass in Chittenden, VT; Weston, VT; Adelaide in Chittenden, VT; Larry Garite; Lord and Taylor, New York; Christmas tree in house; Bate, mother, daddy, Dukie 1958 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_124)

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(149) May, 1959: Bate dog, 57th St., New York; from window of Hotel Beekman Tower; new car, Radio City May, 1959 - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_125)

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[Exterior views of houses in the Fall] undated - color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_129)

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[Exterior views of houses in the Fall] undated - Super 8mm color home movie (Super 8mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_132)

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[Cruise trip to Morocco] undated - 16mm color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_130)

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[Cruise trip to Morocco] undated - Super 8mm color home movie (Super 8mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_131)

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[Untitled] [1953] - blurry color home movie (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_111)

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[Untitled] [1955] - blurry color home movie; note on the box: "No good" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_126)

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[Untitled] 1957 - blurry color home movie; note on the box: "No good" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_127)

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[Untitled] undated - color interpositive home movie of the wedding of William Fulton Oursler [Dukie] to Janice Mary Davy (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_128)

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[Untitled] undated - Super 8mm color home movie with magnetic strip (Super 8mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_133)

Other

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Amateur Cinema League, The World Wide Organization of Movie Makers [logo] undated - black and with film strip of a leader and "The End" title (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_019)

Reel

Amateur Cinema League, The World Wide Organization of Movie Makers [logo] undated - color film strip of a leader and "The End" title (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_136)

Box 39

C. Jake tape undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_001)

Box 39

[David] and Lucille Kahn [re:] Edgar Cayce, Tape 1, sides 1 and 2 undated - about the book "My Life With Edgar Cayce" by David E. Kahn, as told to Will Oursler (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_004)

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David Kahn and Lucille Kahn [re:] Edgar Cayce, Tape 2 undated - interviews about the book "My Life With Edgar Cayce" by David E. Kahn, as told to Will Oursler (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_005)

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David Kahn interview [re:] Edgar Cayce, Tape 3, sides 1 and 2 undated - about the book: "My Life With Edgar Cayce" by David E. Kahn, as told to Will Oursler (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_006)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce", Tape 4, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_007)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce", Tape 5, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_010)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce", Tape 6, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_008)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce"?, Tape 8, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_011)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce", Tape 8, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_013)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce", Tape 10, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_012)

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David Kahn for the book "My Life with Edgar Cayce" undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_009)

Box 40

David Kahn interviews [re:] [Edgar] Cayce, sides 1 and 2 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_014)

Box 40

Dr. [Henry] Viscardi (first 1 hour) undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_017)

Box 40

[Dr. Henry] Viscardi speech, Episcopal Charities Dinner 4/23 [no year] (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_016)

Reel

Excerpt reel from Kodak Cinegraphs and Kodascope Libraries [copy 1] [1923-1927] - black and white stop-motion animation (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_020)

These scenes are from Kodak Cinegraphs which may be purchased outright from Cine-Kodak dealers. "The Early Bird and the Worm", produced by Kinex Studios, Hollywood (stop-motion animation); "Algiers" (travelogue); These brief excerpts are from the hundreds of full length pictures rented by Kodascope Libraries at nominal cost: "Felix in Hollywood", M. J. Winkler presents (A Pat Sullivan comic) c. 1923; "Easy Street", Charlie Chaplin; "Wild puppies", William Fox presents, supervised by George E. Marshall (An animal comedy); "The night cry", Warner Brothers present by Ewart Adamson, directed by Herman C. Raymaker, "Rin-Tin-Tin" (A Warner Brothers classic of the screen) c. 1926; "The Moose Country", Fox Film Corporation (Fox varieties) (The world we live in) c. 1927; "The Red Raiders"; a First National picture, Charles R. Rogers presents, Ken Maynard, c. 1927; "We're in the Navy Now", Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present an Edward Sutherland production, with Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, c. 1926.

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Excerpt reel from Kodak Cinegraphs and Kodascope Libraries [copy 2] [1923-1927] - black and white note inside the can: "No. 1, Test pictures, 1936" (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_021)

Box 39

Hugh Lynn Cayce, tape 1 undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_003)

Reel

International Cinematographers Society of Hollywood Member [logo] undated - black and white film strip of a leader and "The End" title (16mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_137)

Box 40

[Leo B.] Halliwell: Amazon sounds [circa 1953] (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_018)

Recording of Leo B. Halliwell's research materials for his book "Light in the Jungle", with various sounds from his Amazon River trip indicated on the tape box.

Box 39

Later [illegible] Jake undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_002)

Box 40

[Long] John Nebel interview undated (1/4 inch audio tape) (ID#: oursler_w_015)

Reel

[One Hundred and One Dalmatians fragment] undated - Super 8mm color Disney cartoon (Super 8mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_134)

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Walt Disney's Peter Pan sample highlights - Super 8mm color Disney cartoon with mag track (Super 8mm film) (ID#: oursler_w_135)

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