A Guide to the Papers of Booton Herndon,
1970-1988 Herndon, Booton, Papers of, 1970-1988
9859-b
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Accession number 9859-b
Title Papers of Booton Herndon,
1970-1988
Physical Characteristics This collection
contains ca. 2,000 items (9 Hollinger boxes, ca. 4 linear
shelf feet).
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Papers of Booton Herndon, 1970-1988, Accession #9859-b ,
Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
These additional papers were given to the University of
Virginia Library by Booton Herndon, Charlottesville,
Virginia, on June 24, 1994.
This collection of material pertaining to the researching,
writing and publication of
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks by Booton Herndon (1915 -1995), consists of
ca. 2,000 items (9 Hollinger boxes, ca. 4 linear shelf feet),
ca. 1970-1988, and undated. The papers include typed
manuscripts; a copy of the published book; drafts; revisions;
contracts; correspondence; photographs; interviews; tear
sheets; outlines; chronologies of the lives of Pickford and
Fairbanks; sources and notes; material pertaining to
publicity, sales, and promotion; cassette recordings;
newsclippings and printed material; and a record of
expenses.
The correspondence about the book and its subjects is with
Herndon's agent, Sterling Lord, his publisher, Eric Swenson of
W.W. Norton, the relatives and friends of Pickford and
Fairbanks, including Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Matty Kemp,
and people interested in the book, including correspondence
with Ted Galvin about Douglas Fairbanks film out-takes.
The folder on interviews and short biographies contains
information on the following: Johnny Mack Brown, Allan Dwan,
Arthur Edeson, Lucky Humberstone, Chuck Lewis, Anita Loos,
Frances Marion, Buddy Mason, Hal Mohr, Bull Montana, Mickey
Neilan, Paul O'Brien, Buddy Rogers, Bobby Rose, Larry Tailer,
Charles Rosher, Blanche Sweet, and Bob Thomas.
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1976 & n.d.
Outline, Chronology & List of Films
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1972-1973
Chronology of the Making of the Book
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
n.d.
TMs (C)
First Attempt (Rejected) with autograph
corrections
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
n.d.
AMs & TMs; 4 folders
Chapter 1-3, Rough Draft, Second Version
Box 1
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1973-1975
AMs & TMs; 2 folders
Rough Draft, Rejects & Early Chapters
Box 2
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
n.d.
AMs & TMs; 4 folders
Box 2
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
n.d.
AMs & TMs; 4 folders
Chapter 1, Janis Party, Biograph Years, and Chapter 2
re Mary
Box 3
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1975 ?
TMs (EC); 97 pages
Eric Swenson's Edited Copy with autograph
corrections
Box 3
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
n.d.
TMs; 162 pages
Box 3
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1977
TMs (EC); 104 pages
With autograph changes by Ms. Griggs, and Booton
Herndon's reactions in red
Box 3
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1977 May-Jun
TMs; 4 folders
Box 4
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1977 May-Jun
TMs (EC); 4 folders
Box 4
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1977
TMs; 3 folders
Box 5
Contracts
1972-1977
Box 5
Correspondence with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
and related material
ca. 1972-1978,
n.d.
2 folders
Box 5
Correspondence with Matty Kemp, Mary Pickford
Company
1973-1977
Box 5
Correspondence with Sterling Lord
1970-1977
Box 5
Correspondence with Eric Swenson W.W. Norton
& Company
1972-1981,
n.d.
2 folders
Box 5
Correspondence & Notes re Douglas
Fairbanks' Film Out-takes
1973-1978,
n.d.
Box 5
Correspondence & Notes re Photographs of
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
1973-1977,
n.d.
Box 5
Correspondence & Notes re the Santa Fe
and Union Pacific Railroads
1975-1976
Box 6
Correspondence & Notes re Sources for
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1972-1977
2 folders
Box 6
Correspondence re Material used in Chapter 1
of
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks
1973-1975
Box 6
Correspondence re
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks After Publication
1977-1988,
n.d.
2 folders
Box 6
Expenses
ca.
1972-1976
Box 6
Interviews and Short Biographies
1975-1976,
n.d.
2 folders
Box 6
Notes re Douglas Fairbanks
1973-1976
Box 7
Notes and Other Material re Douglas
Fairbanks' Films
1973-1975
2 folders
Box 7
Notes re Douglas Fairbanks, his Divorce, and
Death
n.d.
Box 7
Notes re General Material
1971-1977,
n.d.
Box 7
Notes re Pickfair, Beverly Hills
n.d.
Box 7
Notes re Mary Pickford's Early Days in
Pictures
n.d.
2 folders
Box 7
Notes re Mary Pickford
n.d.
Box 7
Notes re Mary Pickford after his divorce from
Douglas Fairbanks
1976, n.d.
Box 7
Notes re Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
as "King & Queen"
n.d.
Box 8
Notes re Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
taken from Books about Hollywood and Films
n.d.
2 folders
Box 8
Notes re the Pickford Family
n.d.
Box 8
Notes re United Artists
1976 & n.d.
Box 8
Photographs used in
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks 1977
Box 8
Photographs rejected from use in
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks 1977
2 folders
Box 8
Printed Material
1970-1977,
n.d.
Box 9
Promotion and Publicity
1977
Box 9
Psychoanalysis of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary
Pickford
1975-1977,
n.d.
Box 9
Sales through Classic Film Collector
1977-1978
Box 9
Tear Sheets on Douglas Fairbanks
ca. 1973-1974,
n.d.
Box 9
Tear Sheets on Mary Pickford
1971, n.d.
2 folders
Box 9
Printed Copy of
Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks by Booton Herndon
1977
OS Box Oversize:
P-17
Copies of Newspaper Articles re Mary Pickford
and Douglas Fairbanks ; and Four Photographs
n.d.
Photographs of Douglas Fairbanks, Fairbanks golfing,
Fairbanks posed in front of a huge map of the world, and
on the set of
Robinson Crusoe
Ted Galvin, Jr., Medina, Ohio
ca. 1977
Physical Location: T-1054
Cassette Tape
Re film out-takes from
The Black Pirate starring
Douglas Fairbanks, including a frame by frame
description and the famous sail sequence
Psychoanalysis of Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks by Dr. Seymour Rabinowitz
n.d.
Physical Location: T-1055
Cassette Tape
Continuation of Dr. Seymour Rabinowitz's
Analysis of Douglas Fairbanks
n.d.
Physical Location: T-1056
Cassette Tape
With brief notes on Charlie Rosher
Interview re the making of the film
Birth of a Nation and the
beginning of the Analysis of Douglas Fairbanks by Dr.
Seymour Rabinowitz
n.d.
Physical Location: T-1057
Cassette Tape
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