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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Don Knotts, Actor, Scripts, Sound Recordings, and Other Material, A&M 3568, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of actor and comedian Don Knotts.
Original accession of 2007/03/05 includes typescripts, photographs, artifacts, and sound recordings related to his career (Boxes 1-7)
Addendum of 2012/08/06 includes typescripts, manuscripts, printed material, photographs, sound recordings, ephemera, artifacts, and clippings related to Don Knotts' career. (Box 8-12)
Separated Material
Separated to closed collections:
a gold, five year anniversary watch with an inscription.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Knotts, Don, 1924-2006
- Yarborough, Francey
Container List
Includes typescripts, photographs, artifacts, and sound recordings related to Knotts' career.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Film ScriptsundatedScope and Contents
Film scripts for:
"The Reluctant Astronaut" "The Shakiest Gun in the West" "The Love God" "How to Frame a Figg" "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo"
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Television ScriptsundatedScope and Contents
Television scripts for Don Knotts Television (TV) show and a Hallmark Hall of Fame special titled "The Man Who Came to Dinner." Also included are typescripts from Knotts' autobiography title "Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known," a poem written by Knotts titled "The Man," and photographs of Knotts.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Plaques Given to Knottsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Plaques Given to Knottsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6
Sound Recordings of Knotts' AutobiographyundatedScope and Contents
Contains cassette tapes, which include recordings of his biography.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
Plaque and Knotts' Framed "Distinguished West Virginian" Certificate1982 March 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Typescripts and Maunscripts of Biographical Information, Comedy Routines and Jokes, and a Poem by Knottsundated, 1956-1997Scope and Contents
Also included are publications referencing Knotts (ca. 1963-1992), theatre programs which include Knotts (1969-2003), and published scripts (1956-1997), many of which are annotated (probably by Knotts).
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Additional Annotated Published Scripts1970
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Typescripts of Unpublished Scripts, Some of Which Are Annotated (Probably by Knotts)1973-2000 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 11
Miscellaneous Items and Sound Recordingsca. 2005-2006Scope and Contents
Highlights include Knotts' Screen Actor Guild membership card (ca. 2005), a Morgantown High School Reunion program (2006), and a commercial DVD titled Red Skelton: America's Clown Prince.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12
Andy Griffith Show Trading Cards (1990), and a Memorial Scrapbook of Photos of Knotts and Newspaper Clippings about Knotts after His Death1990 and undated