Finding Aid for the Clarence Brown Collection, 1920-1970
MS-0702University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, August 10, 2007.
Summary Information
Clarence Brown Collection
Date/Date Range : 1920-1970
30.0 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses shooting scripts, still photographs, awards, honors, plaques, framed photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, promotional materials, programs, clippings, reviews, and scrapbooks documenting Clarence Brown's film career.
MS-0702
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Clarence Brown donated this collection to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library in 1973.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Clarence Brown Collection, MS-0702. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of seventeen boxes divided into five series:
- Series I: Scripts
- Series II: Stills
- Series III: Awards, Honors, Plaques, and Framed Photographs
- Series IV: Miscellaneous
- Series V: Scrapbooks
Biography / History
Clarence Brown was born on May 10, 1890, in Clinton, Massachusetts. He moved with his family to Knoxville, Tennessee as a child and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1905. Brown received a double degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1910 and then began a career selling automobiles in Alabama. Fascinated with movies, he moved to New Jersey where he studied with French director Maurice Tourneur at Peerless Studios. There, the pair directed The Last of the Mohicans (1920). Brown directed or produced more than fifty widely-acclaimed full length motion pictures and worked with many of the most famous performers in the film industry, including Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in Chained (1934), Spencer Tracy in Edison the Man (1940), Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet (1945), and Gregory Peck in The Yearling (1947). At the time of his retirement in 1952, Brown had received six Academy Award nominations for Best Director and won eight Oscars for his films. When he died in 1987, Brown left $12 million to the University of Tennessee. When added to the $1 million donated during his lifetime, the sum made him the largest donor in the university's history.
- The Great Redeemer (1920) Starring House Peters, Marjorie Daw
- The Last of the Mohicans (1920) Starring Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Harry Lorraine
- Foolish Matrons (1921) Starring Hobart Bosworth, Doris May, Mildred Manning, Kathleen Kirkham, Betty Shade
- The Light in the Dark (1922) Starring Lon Chaney, Hope Hampton
- Don't Marry For Money (1923) Starring House Peters, Aileen Pringle, Christine Mayo, Rubye De Remer, Cyril Chadwick
- The Acquittal (1923) Starring Clara Windson, Norman Kerry
- Signal Tower (1924) Starring Wallace Berry, Virginia Valli, Rackliffe Fellowes, Frankie Darro, James O. Burrows, J. Farrell MacDonald
- Butterfly (1924) Starring Kenneth Harlan, Laura La Plante, Norman Kerry
- Smouldering Fires (1925) Starring Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall
- The Goose Woman (1925) Starring Jack Pickford, Louise Dresser, Constance Bennett
- The Eagle (1925) Starring Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky
- Kiki (1926; 2 Scripts) Starring Ronald Coleman, Norma Talmadge
- Flesh and the Devil (1926) Starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
- Trail of '98 (1928) Starring Dolores del Rio, Ralph Forbes
- A Woman of Affairs (1929) Starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Wonder of Women (1929) Starring Lewis Stone, Eleanor Boardman, Leila Hyams, George Fawcett
- Navy Blues (1929) Starring Bill Haines, Anita Page
- Anna Christie (1930) Starring Charles Bickford, Greta Garbo (her first talkie), Marie Dressler
- Romance (1930) Starring Greta Garbo, Gavin Gordon, Lewis Stone
- Inspiration (1931) Starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Marjorie Rambeau
- A Free Soul (1931) Starring Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard
- Possessed (1931) Starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable
- The Mirage (1931) Starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wally Ford, Skeets Gallaher, Horace Travers
- Emma (1932) Starring Marie Dressler, Myrna Loy
- Letty Lynton (1932) Starring Joan Crawford, Nils Asther
- The Son-Daughter (1932) Starring Helen Kayes, Lewis Stone, Ramon Novarro, H.B. Warner
- Service (1932) Starring Douglas Walton, Viva Tattersall, Elizabeth Allen, Benita Hume, Lewis Stone
- Night Flight (1933) Starring John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery, William Gargan
- Sadie McKee (1934) Starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Gene Raymond
- Sacred and Profane Love (Released as Chained ; 1934) Starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Una O'Connor, Otto Kruger
- Anna Karenina (1935) Starring Greta Garbo, Frederick March, Frederick Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone
- Ah! Wilderness (1935) Starring Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Bonita Granville, Spring Byington
- Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow
- The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) Starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart
- Conquest (1937) Starring Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer
- Benefits Forgot (Released as Of Human Hearts; 1937) Starring Walter Huston, James Stewart
- Idiot's Delight (1939) Starring Norma Shearer, Clark Gable
- The Rains Came (2 scripts; 1939) Starring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent
- Edison, the Man (1940) Starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
- Come Live With Me (1941; 2 scripts) Starring James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr
- They Met in Bombay (1941) Starring Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell
- The Uniform (Released as They Met in Bombay; 1941) Starring Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell
- The Human Comedy (1943) Starring Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan
- The White Cliffs of Dover (3, scripts; 1944) Starring Irene Dunne, Roddy McDowell
- National Velvet (3 scripts; 1944) Starring Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins
- The Yearling (1947) Starring Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck, Claude Jarman, Jr.
- Traumerei-Song of Love (A Love Story; 2 scripts; 1947) Starring Katherine Hepburn, Robert Walker
- The Secret Garden (1949) Starring Margaret O'Brien, Dean Stockwell
- Intruder In The Dust (1950) Starring David Brian, Claude Jarman, Jr., Elizabeth Patterson
- To Please A Lady (3 scripts; 1950) Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable
- Angels and the Pirates (Released as Angels in the Outfield; 1951) Starring Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh
- When In Rome (1952) Starring Paul Douglas, Van Johnson
- The Plymouth Adventure (2 scripts; 1952) Starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney
- Two If By Sea (Released as Never Let Me Go; 1952) Starring Clark Gable, Gene Tierney
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection houses shooting scripts, still photographs, awards, honors, plaques, framed photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, promotional materials, programs, clippings, reviews, and scrapbooks documenting Clarence Brown's film career.
Subject Terms
- Brown, Clarence, 1890-1987.
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Contents List
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Series I: Scripts, 1925-1952
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| Box
1
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Folder
A
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Smouldering Fires , 1925
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| Box
1
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Folder
B
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Kiki (2 scripts), 1926
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| Box
1
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Folder
C
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Flesh and the Devil , 1926
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| Box
1
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Folder
D
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Trail of '98 , 1928
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| Box
1
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Folder
E
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A Woman of Affairs , 1929
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| Box
1
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Folder
F
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Wonder of Women , 1929
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| Box
1
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Folder
G
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Navy Blues , 1929
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| Box
1
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Folder
H
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Anna Christie , 1930
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| Box
1
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Folder
I
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Romance , 1930
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| Box
1
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Folder
J
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Inspiration , 1931
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| Box
1
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Folder
K
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The Mirage , 1931
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| Box
2
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Folder
L
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Emma, 1932
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| Box
2
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Folder
M
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Letty Lynton, 1932
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| Box
2
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Folder
N
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The Son-Daughter, 1932
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| Box
2
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Folder
O
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Service, 1932
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| Box
2
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Folder
P
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Night Flight, 1933
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| Box
2
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Folder
Q
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Sadie McKee, 1934
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| Box
2
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Folder
R
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Sacred and Profane Love (Released as Chain ), 1934
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| Box
2
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Folder
S
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Anna Karenina, 1935
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| Box
2
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Folder
T
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Ah! Wilderness, 1935
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| Box
3
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Folder
U
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The Gorgeous Hussy, 1936
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| Box
3
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Folder
V
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Wife vs. Secretary, 1936
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| Box
3
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Folder
W
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Conquest, 1937
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| Box
3
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Folder
X
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Benefits Forgot (Released as Of Human Hearts ), 1937
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| Box
3
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Folder
Y
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Idiot's Delight, 1939
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| Box
3
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Folder
Z
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The Rains Came (2 scripts), 1939
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| Box
3
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Folder
A2
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Edison, the Man, 1940
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| Box
4
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Folder
B2
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Come Live With Me (2 scripts), 1941
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| Box
4
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Folder
C2
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The Uniform (Released as They Met In Bombay ), 1941
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| Box
4
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Folder
D2
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The Human Comedy , 1943
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| Box
4
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Folder
E2
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The White Cliffs of Dover (3 scripts), 1944
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| Box
4
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Folder
F2
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National Velvet (3 scripts), 1944
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| Box
4
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Folder
G2
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Traumerei-Song of Love (Released as A Love Story ) (2 scripts), 1947
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| Box
5
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Folder
H2
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The Yearling , 1947
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| Box
5
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Folder
I2
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The Secret Garden , 1949
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| Box
5
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Folder
J2
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Intruder In The Dust , 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
K2
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To Please A Lady (3 scripts), 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
L2
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Angels and the Pirates (Released as Angels in the Outfield ), 1951
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| Box
5
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Folder
M2
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The Plymouth Adventure (2 scripts), 1952
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| Box
5
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Folder
N2
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Two If By Sea (Released as Never Let Me Go ), 1952
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Series II: Stills, 1920-1952
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| Box
6
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Folder
A
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The Last of the Mohicans (16), 1920
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| Box
6
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Folder
B
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The Great Redeemer (34), 1920
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| Box
6
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Folder
C
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Foolish Matrons (60), 1921
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| Box
6
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Folder
D
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The Acquittal (188), 1923
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| Box
6
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Folder
E
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The Light in the Dark (123), 1923
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| Box
6
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Folder
F
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Don't Marry For Money (6), 1923
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| Box
6
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Folder
G
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Butterfly (3), 1924
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| Box
6
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Folder
H
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Signal Tower , 1924
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| Box
6a
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Folder
Ha
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The Eagle (400), 1925
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| Box
6b
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Folder
I
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The Goose Woman (89), 1925
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| Box
6b
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Folder
J
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Smouldering Fires (89), 1925
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| Box
6b
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Folder
K
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Flesh and the Devil (212), 1926
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| Box
6b
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Folder
L
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Kiki (190), 1926
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| Box
7
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Folder
M
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Trail of '98 , 1928
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| Box
7
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Folder
N
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Trail of '98 , 1928
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| Box
8
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Folder
N
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Trail of '98 , 1928
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| Box
8a
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Folder
O
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Woman of Affairs (277), 1929
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| Box
8a
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Folder
P
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Navy Blues (73), 1929
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| Box
9
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Folder
Q
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Wonder of women (315), 1929
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| Box
9
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Folder
R
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Romance (120), 1930
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| Box
9
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Folder
S
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Anna Christie (104), 1930
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| Box
9a
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Folder
T
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Inspiration (76), 1931
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| Box
9a
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Folder
U
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A Free Soul (85), 1931
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| Box
9a
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Folder
V
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Possessed (82), 1931
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| Box
10
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Folder
W
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Emma (70), 1932
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| Box
10
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Folder
Y
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Letty Lynton (67), 1932
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| Box
10
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Folder
Z
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The Son-Daughter (84), 1932
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| Box
10a
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Folder
A2
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Night Flight (122), 1933
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| Box
10a
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Folder
B2
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Chained (85), 1934
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| Box
10a
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Folder
C2
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Sadie McKee (84), 1934
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| Box
11
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Folder
D2
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Ah! Wilderness (294), 1935
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| Box
11
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Folder
E2
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Anna Karenina (87), 1935
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| Box
11a
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Folder
F2
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Wife vs. Secretary (96), 1936
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| Box
11a
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Folder
G2
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Gorgeous Hussy (97), 1936
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| Box
12
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Folder
H2
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Gorgeous Hussy (132), 1936
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| Box
12
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Folder
I2
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Conquest (206), 1937
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| Box
12a
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Folder
J2
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Of Human Hearts (282), 1938
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| Box
13
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Folder
K2
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Idiot's Delight (120), 1939
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| Box
13
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Folder
L2
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The Rains Came (212), 1939
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| Box
13a
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Folder
M2
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Edison, The Man (262), 1940
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| Box
14
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Folder
N2
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Come Live With Me (169), 1941
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| Box
14
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Folder
O2
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They Met In Bombay (142), 1941
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| Box
14
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Folder
P2
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The Human Comedy (98), 1943
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| Box
15
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Folder
Q2
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The White Cliffs of Dover (53), 1944
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| Box
15
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Folder
R2
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National Velvet (61), 1944
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| Box
15
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Folder
S2
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Song of Love (60), 1947
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| Box
15
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Folder
T2
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The Yearling (149), 1947
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| Box
15a
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Folder
U2
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The Secret Garden (53), 1949
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| Box
15a
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Folder
V2
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Intruder In The Dust (240), 1950
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| Box
15a
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Folder
W2
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To Please A Lady (19), 1950
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| Box
15a
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Folder
X2
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Angels In The Outfield (79), 1951
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| Box
15a
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Folder
Y2
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When In Rome (26), 1952
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| Box
15b
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Folder
Z2
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Miscellaneous Photographs (67)
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| Box
15b
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Folder
A3
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Personal Photographs (180)
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Series III: Awards, Honors, Plaques, and Framed Photographs, 1938-1952
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| Box
16
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Folder
A
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AAA Certificate of Performance, 1938
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| Box
16
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Folder
B
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Framed Photograph from George Eyston, 1938
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| Box
16
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Folder
C
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TWA Ambassadors Club, 1952 October 20
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| Box
16
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Folder
D
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Resolution Honoring Clarence Brown from Los Angeles, 1950 May 1
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| Box
16
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Folder
E
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The Wings Club, Inc., New York City, 1944
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| Box
16
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Folder
F
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Certificate of Honorary membership in The Southern California Soaring Association, Inc., 1940 January 27
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| Box
16
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Folder
G
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Plaque to Clarence Brown from Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper honoring him Colonel, Governor's Staff, 1940 February 1
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| Box
16
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Folder
H
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Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning honoring Clarence Brown Colonel, Aide de Camp, 1949 October 11
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| Box
16
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Folder
I
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Kentucky Governor Earle C. Clements honoring Clarence Brown Colonel, Aide de Camp, 1950 April 17
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Series IV: Miscellaneous, 1927-1970
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Sub-Series A: Correspondence, 1927-1970 |
| Box
16
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Folder
1
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To Clarence Brown from Bernard Moore, 1927 January 17
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| Box
16
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Folder
2
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To Clarence Brown from Jon Kobal, 1970 December 25
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| Box
16
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Folder
3
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To Clarence Brown from Paul Rotha, 1950 March 25
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| Box
16
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Folder
4
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To Dore Schary from J. Waties Waring, 1950 March 21
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| Box
16
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Folder
5
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To Wesley Miller from Barrett C. Kiesling, undated
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| Box
16
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Folder
6
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To Clarence Brown from Amy H. Croughton, 1950 April 8
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| Box
16
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Folder
7
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To Clarence Brown from Julia C. Lieb, 1940 May 17
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| Box
16
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Folder
8
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To Jim Broderick from Barrett C. Kiesling, undated
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| Box
16
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Folder
9
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Congratulatory Message, 1950
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Sub-Series B: Manuscripts, undated |
| Box
16
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Folder
1
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Intruder At It's W'ust
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| Box
16
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Folder
2
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The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller (21 p. outline)
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| Box
16
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Folder
3
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Roman Holiday by Robert Buckner
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| Box
16
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Folder
4
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Oklahoma Ending
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Sub-Series C: Magazines, 1936-1964 |
| Box
16
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Folder
1
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Boxoffice , 1952 May 17
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| Box
16
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Folder
2
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The Hollywood Review , 1946 December 24
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| Box
16
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Folder
3
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The Hollywood Spectator , 1935-1936
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| Box
16
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Folder
4
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Home Magazine (2 copies), 1948 November 28
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| Box
16
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Folder
5
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Lions Roar , 1944-1946
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| Box
16
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Folder
6
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The Los Angeles Urban League , 1950 April 28
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| Box
16
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Folder
7
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MGM Rolls out red carpet - 20 year anniversary
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| Box
16
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Folder
8
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Palm Springs Life (2 copies), 1964 January
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| Box
16
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Folder
9
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Picture Reports (2 copies), 1937 November 17
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| Box
16
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Folder
10
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The Tennessee Alumnus v.27 no.4, 1947
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Sub-Series D: Souvenir programs, magazine pictures and articles, etc. (19) |
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Sub-Series E: Newspaper reviews (80) |
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Sub-Series F: Lobby Cards and Posters, 1935-1950 |
| Box
16
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Folder
1
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Ah!, Wilderness (1 framed oversize poster), 1935
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| Box
16
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Folder
2
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Gorgeous Hussy (1 lobby card), 1936
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| Box
16
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Folder
3
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Conquest (1 poster), 1937
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| Box
16
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Folder
4
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Idiot's Delight (1 poster), 1939
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| Box
16
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Folder
5
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The Rains Came (1 poster, 1 lobby card), 1939
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| Box
16
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Folder
6
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Edison, the Man (1 framed oversize poster, 2 lobby cards), 1940
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| Box
16
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Folder
7
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They Met in Bombay (1 poster), 1941
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| Box
16
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Folder
8
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The Human Comedy (1 poster, 8 lobby cards), 1943
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| Box
16
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Folder
9
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The White Cliffs of Dover (1 poster, 3 lobby cards), 1944
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| Box
16
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Folder
10
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Song of Love (1 poster, 8 lobby cards), 1947
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| Box
16
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Folder
11
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The Yearling (8 lobby cards), 1947
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| Box
16
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Folder
12
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Intruder In The Dust (8 lobby cards), 1950
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| Box
16
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Folder
13
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To Please A Lady (1 poster, 1 lobby card), 1950
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| Box
16
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Folder
14
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Never Let Me Go (1 poster)
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| Box
17
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Folder
G
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Photographs and correspondence related to the Trail of '98 (Correspondence (74); Photographs (330))
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| Box
17
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Folder
H
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Taped Interviews of Clarence Brown (1 video, 1 cassette, 6 reel-to-reel tapes)
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Series V: Scrapbooks
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| Box
17
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Folder
A
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Scrapbook of Vols attending Rose Bowl in California. Clarence Brown entertained.
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| Box
17
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Folder
B
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Scrapbook on Clarence Brown
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| Box
17
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Folder
C
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When in Rome
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| Box
17
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Folder
D
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To Please A Lady (oversize)
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| Box
17
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Folder
E
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Angels In The Outfield (oversize)
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| Box
17
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Folder
F
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The Yearling
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| Box
17
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Folder
G
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Intruder In The Dust (oversize)
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| Box
17
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Folder
H
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Last Of The Mohicans ; The Great Redeemer ; The Goose Woman ; The Eagle
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| Box
17
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Folder
I
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The Eagle (oversize); Goose Woman ; Smouldering Fires ; Signal Tower ; Butterfly ; The Acquittal ; Kiki
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| Box
17
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Folder
J
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National Velvet ; White Cliffs of Dover
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