Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976

Creator: Ford, John, 1895-1973
Title: Ford, J. mss.
Collection No.: LMC 1378
Dates: 1906-1976
Quantity:

Quantity: 66 Boxes

Quantity: 34 standard, 32 custom

Quantity:

Quantity: 16 bound

Abstract: Consists of the correspondence, papers, and memorabilia of motion picture director John Ford, 1895-1973.
Location: Lilly - Stacks; Lilly - Vault 1 (Oscars); ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) (Box 43-58)
Language: Materials are in English
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Ford was christened Sean Aloysius Feeney but changed his name after joining his older brother Francis, who had taken the name Ford, in Hollywood in 1913. John Ford began his motion picture career as an actor, stunt man, and prop man. In 1917 he became a director on the film The Tornado and directed over 130 films during his lifetime. Ford married Mary McBryde Smith in 1920 and they had two children: Patrick Roper born in 1921 and Barbara Nugent born in 1922.

Ford's first great success, The Iron Horse in 1924, came after directing about fifty other films, chiefly Westerns. From 1927 to 1939 Ford directed more than thirty films, only one of which was a Western. He won his first Academy Award during this period for The Informer (1935), a film about the 1922 Irish rebellion. His next Academy Awards were for The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and How Green Was My Valley (1941). Two documentaries that he directed during World War II, The Battle of Midway and December 7th , also received Oscars. His last Academy Award was for another of his Irish films The Quiet Man (1952).

An enthusiastic member of the Naval Reserve, Ford formed the Naval Field Photographic Reserve in early 1940. This unit was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services and Ford was ordered to report to Washington on September 11, 1941, just after completing How Green Was My Valley . He spent the war years doing documentary work in the Pacific, North Africa, Europe and India.

In February 1945 Ford took a leave of absence from the Navy to film They Were Expendable . He used his salary received from that picture to create the Field Photo Home, a club for the veterans of the Field Photographic Unit. He ended his naval duties on September 28, 1945.

The following March Ford and producer Merian C. Cooper formed Argosy Productions. This company produced eight pictures, seven of which were directed by Ford. Among these were three of Ford's most famous and commercially successful films--the trilogy of Cavalry stories: Fort Apache , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , and Rio Grande. Ford continued making films throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. His last film was 7 Women in 1966. Two documentaries about Ford and his work were made in 1971: The American West of John Ford and Peter Bogdanovich's Directed by John Ford. The former was co-produced by Ford's grandson Daniel Sargent Ford. A few months before his death Ford received the American Film Institute's First Annual Life Achievement Award. He died on August 31, 1973.

Scope and Content Note

There are ca. 2500 items in the correspondence files, 1906-1976, which are arranged chronologically. Most of the material dates from the late 1930s through the 1960s. The correspondence is chiefly to or from Ford and concerns both his personal and his professional lives.

The scripts and production materials, 1915-1971, include items from the early silent movies, television programs, virtually all of Ford's films since 1940, and the documentary The American West of John Ford . Typical of the materials found in these files are scripts and script changes, cast and staff lists, production reports, shooting schedules, background materials, budgets, statements of accounting, publicity, etc.

The legal materials, 1917-1974, are divided into two categories. First are the general materials, filed chronologically, which include studio contracts, materials about the formation and operation of production companies, and non-film matters. Second are files relating to individual films, arranged chronologically by production date rather than by the date of the item.

The miscellaneous section contains materials concerning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; addresses; the Bel Air Association; the Field Photo Home; financial materials, both corporate and personal; membership cards and awards; Navy materials; passport information; clippings and articles; sheet music; transcripts and summaries of interviews conducted by Dan Ford in preparation for his biography of John Ford, Pappy: The Life of John Ford (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979); writings by other people; the Young Men's Temperance and Social Purity Association and Emerald Bay Yacht Club correspondence, 1936-1957; and an index to the collection prepared by Dan Ford and the notebook pages from which manuscripts were removed. The latter frequently contain notes by Dan Ford.

There are about 3,500 photographs and movie stills in the collection. Over forty-five of Ford's films are represented by photographs, including several silents. There are also stills from other people's movies; photographs of family members and friends; Ford's 1932 trip to Asia; military photographs; photos from World War II; portraits of John Ford and of other people; pictures of boats, the Field Photo Home and of Ward Bond's funeral at the Home; and other miscellaneous photographs.

Tape recordings in the collection are of interviews conducted by Dan Ford with John Ford, as well as family, friends, and associates of John Ford.

The films in the collection are The Lost Patrol (1934), The Informer (1935), Stagecoach (1939), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Battle of Midway (1942), In Memoriam: Manuel Quezon (ca. 1945), The Fugitive (1947), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Wagon Master (1950), The Sun Shines Bright (1953), and an undated home movie. The home movie may not be used in its present format.

Additions continue many series in the original collection. They include correspondence from John Ford, Daryl Zanuck, members of the Ford family, and letters of condolence regarding John Ford's death; screenplays for What Price Glory and Sergeant Rutledge; original drafts and reviews of Dan Ford's biography of his grandfather, Pappy: The Life of John Ford; Mary Ford's Canteen Book, with signatures of celebrities and other friends of the Ford family; a Memorial Tribute Register, also with signatures; John Ford's original Employee's Starting Card identifying him as a Hollywood director; and John Ford's FBI file and Official Navy Records.

Note on Indexing Term - "Voyages and travels": Included in the collection are some naval materials. In 1945 Ford made They Were Expendable, a film about PT boats in the Pacific during WWII. Included in the collection are some notes about the film and PT boat maneuvers.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence; Scripts and Production Materials; Legal Materials; Miscellaneous; Photographs and Stills; Oversize; Tapes; Bound Volumes; Films; and Additions.

Restrictions

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Related Material

The Lilly Library holds other collections related to John Ford. The largest of these is the Killanin mss. containing 358 items. These are photocopies of materials relating mostly to Ford's The Rising of the Moon which was produced by Four Provinces Productions. The Film mss. contains stills and publicity poses for Stagecoach and posters for The Long Gray Line, The Rising of the Moon, Sergeant Rutledge, Two Rode Together, Cheyenne Autumn and 7 Women . There is a separate collection pertaining to Four Men and a Prayer . In addition, the Lilly Library houses books pertaining to the life and work of John Ford.

See also the Ford, J. mss. II and Ford, J. mss. III , both at the Lilly Library.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Additional Physical Form Available

Some audio materials have been reformatted for use in the repository only.

Preferred Citation

[Item], Ford, J. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Acquired: 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1994

Processing Information

Processed by Lilly Library staff.

Completed in 1982

Collection Inventory

Series: Correspondence

Arrangement: Files are arranged chronologically, but a partial list of correspondents arranged alphabetically is provided below.

Correspondents, A-D

General:

  1. Abbott, Harry P.
  2. Adams, Nick
  3. Aitken, William Maxwell
  4. Alberti, Jules Robert
  5. Allen, Elizabeth
  6. Alphand, Herve
  7. Amadori, Luis Cesar
  8. Anderson, Lindsay Gordon
  9. Andrews, Adolphus
  10. Armour, Lester
  11. Armstrong, George N.
  12. Arnow, Maxwell
  13. Arthur, Robert
  14. Baker, Carroll
  15. Baker, Hettie Gray
  16. Baker, J. Edwin
  17. Baker, Peter Gorton
  18. Baker, Wilder Dupuy
  19. Ball, Lucille
  20. Bare, Richard L.
  21. Barron, Carter Tate
  22. Basevi, James
  23. Baxter, James Phinney
  24. Beaverbrook, baron
  25. Beecher, William Gordon
  26. Belafonte, Harry
  27. Bellah, James Warner
  28. Belli, Melvin Mouron
  29. Benjamin, Bea
  30. Berger, Clarence Quinn
  31. Berggren, Noel David
  32. Bergin, William Edward
  33. Berkey, Russell Stanley
  34. Bernstein, Marver Hillel
  35. Bernstein, Nahum Amber
  36. Birdwell, Russell J.
  37. Bloomberg, Daniel J.
  38. Blue, Rupert
  39. Bluestone, George
  40. Blumenberg, Hans C.
  41. Boetticher, Budd
  42. Bogart, Humphrey DeForest
  43. Bogdanovich, Peter
  44. Bogdanovich, Polly (Platt)
  45. Bolton, Alfred Jack
  46. Bond, Ward
  47. Bradley, Omar Nelson
  48. Brand, Harry
  49. Brann, Louis Jefferson
  50. Breen, Joseph Ignatius
  51. Brewster, Ralph Owen
  52. Broger, John Christian
  53. Brooks, Richard
  54. Brown, Harry Joe
  55. Brown, Kathryn Frances (McGraw)
  56. Brown, Ned
  57. Brown, Sara Baird (Stroud)
  58. Brownlow, Kevin
  59. Bryant, Katherine (Potter) Cliffton
  60. Brylawski, Fulton M.
  61. Buck, Jules
  62. Bulkeley, John Duncan
  63. Burke, Arleigh Albert
  64. Burke, Billie
  65. Cagney, James
  66. Caillet, Lucien
  67. Campbell, George
  68. Campbell, Robert Lord
  69. Capra, Frank
  70. Carey, Harry
  71. Carey, Olive (Golden)
  72. Carney, Robert Bostwick
  73. Casey, William Joseph
  74. Cavanaugh, John Joseph
  75. Childs, Andrew L.
  76. Christie, Julie Frances
  77. Clancy, Carl Stearns
  78. Clancy, Fog Horn
  79. Clarey, Bernard Ambrose
  80. Clifford, John David
  81. Cohen, Wolfe
  82. Cohn, Harry
  83. Coll, Raymond H.
  84. Collins, Seaborn P.
  85. Connolly, Joseph E.F.
  86. Considine, John William
  87. Cooper, Dorothy (Jordan)
  88. Cooper, Merian C.
  89. Cotter, George Edward
  90. Cowen, William Joyce
  91. Crawford, Joan
  92. Curtis, Carl Thomas
  93. Curtis, Ken
  94. Cushing, Edward Harvey
  95. Dahl, Roald
  96. Damon, Ralph Shepard
  97. Darwell, Jane
  98. Davis, Gary Corbett
  99. De Mille, Cecil Blount
  100. Defrees, Joseph Rollie
  101. Del Rio, Dolores
  102. Depinet, Ned E.
  103. Devine, Andy
  104. Dewar, Donald A.
  105. Disney, Walt
  106. Dixon, Thomas
  107. Doering, Otto Charles
  108. Donovan, James Britt
  109. Donovan, Ruth (Rumsey)
  110. Donovan, William Joseph
  111. Douglas, Kirk
  112. Dover, William B.
  113. Dowdey, Clifford Shirley
  114. Doyle, Adrian Malcolm Conan
  115. Doyle, Austin K.
  116. Duncan, Charles Kenney
  117. Duncan, Sandy
  118. Dunne, Philip
  119. Durgin, Calvin Thornton
Correspondents, E-H

General:

  1. Eastman, George Lockwood
  2. Edison, Charles
  3. Edwards, Ralph Livingstone
  4. Einfeld, Charles
  5. Eisenstein, Sergei Mikahailovich
  6. Engel, Samuel G.
  7. Engle, Clair
  8. Fairbanks, Douglas Elton
  9. Farley, James Aloysius
  10. Farrow, John Villiers
  11. Fay, William Patrick
  12. Feeney, Josephine
  13. Fellers, Bonner Frank
  14. Fernandez, Emilio
  15. Ferrer, José Vicente
  16. Fetchit, Stepin
  17. Fier, Jack
  18. Figueroa, Gabriel
  19. Finucane, Charles Cecil
  20. FitzSimmons, Charles
  21. Flaherty, Vincent X.
  22. Flynn, Emmett
  23. Fonda, Henry
  24. Force, Roland Wynfield
  25. Ford, Barbara Nugent
  26. Ford, Daniel Sargent
  27. Ford, Francis
  28. Ford, John
  29. Ford, Mary McBryde (Smith)
  30. Ford, Patrick Roper
  31. Ford, Philip
  32. Ford, Robert
  33. Forrestal, James
  34. Fowler, Gene
  35. Francis, Irene
  36. Frawley, Patrick J.
  37. Freeman, Young Frank
  38. Gable, Clark
  39. Gallery, Daniel Vincent
  40. Gary, Romain
  41. Ghormley, Robert Lee
  42. Gibson, Hoot
  43. Gilpatric, Roswell Leavitt
  44. Ginna, Robert Emmett
  45. Githens, William French
  46. Gleason, Jackie
  47. Goldbeck, Wilis
  48. Goldstone, Jules C.
  49. Goldwater, Barry Morris
  50. Goldwater, Richard M.
  51. Goldwyn, Samuel
  52. Gollings, Franklin O.A.
  53. Goodman, Mort
  54. Goodman, Steve
  55. Goodrich, Annie Warburton
  56. Gordon, Alex
  57. Gordon, Michael
  58. Gotlieb, Howard Bernard
  59. Grace princess of Monaco
  60. Graff, Robert D.
  61. Graham, Sheilah
  62. Grainger, James Ross
  63. Grant, James Edward
  64. Grant, Robert Allen
  65. Grauman, Sid
  66. Gregory, Donald Munson
  67. Griffith, Beverly
  68. Guinness, Sir Alec
  69. Gussow, Mel
  70. Hageman, Richard
  71. Hale, Robert
  72. Haley, Jack
  73. Halsey, William Frederick
  74. Hanna, Richard Thomas
  75. Harris, Richard S.
  76. Harshbarger, Helen Grace (Davie)
  77. Hart, Henry
  78. Hart, William Surrey
  79. Hathaway, Henry
  80. Hatswell, Donald
  81. Hauck, Arthur Andrew
  82. Hawkins, Jack
  83. Hays, Will Harrison
  84. Hayward, Chuck
  85. Hayward, Leland
  86. Healy, James A.
  87. Heath, E. Percy
  88. Hecht, Harold
  89. Helfrich, Conrad Emile Lambert
  90. Helm, Edith (Benham)
  91. Henebry, John Philip
  92. Hepburn, Katharine
  93. Hepburn, Richard Houghton
  94. Herschensohn, Bruce
  95. Hickey, Robert Ferdinand
  96. Hoch, Winton C.
  97. Holden, William
  98. Holdridge, Herbert Charles
  99. Hope, Bob
  100. Hopper, Hedda (Furry)
  101. Hughes, Arthur Montague D'Urban
  102. Hughes, Francis Massie
  103. Hughes, Helen (Rooney)
  104. Hughes, Rulon Stanley
  105. Hull, Cordell
  106. Hunter, Jeffrey
  107. Hurley, Patrick Jay
  108. Hurst, Brian Desmond
Correspondents, I-L

General:

  1. Ingersoll, Stuart Howe
  2. Irvine, Dallas
  3. Irving, Frederick Augustus
  4. Ivens, Joris
  5. Jaffe, Lou
  6. Jarman, Claude
  7. Jessel, George
  8. Job, Thomas
  9. Johnson, Edwin Carl
  10. Johnson, Julian
  11. Johnson, Louis Arthur
  12. Johnson, Nunnally
  13. Jones, Herbert A.
  14. Jones, Stan
  15. Joy, Jason S.
  16. Kahanamoku, Duke Paoa
  17. Kahane, Benjamin Bertram
  18. Kalmus, Herbert Thomas
  19. Kanin, Garson
  20. Kelley, Arthur W.
  21. Kellogg, Ray
  22. Kenyon, Curtis
  23. Killanin, baron
  24. Killanin, Mary Sheila Cathcart (Dunlop)
  25. Kimbel, William Anthony
  26. Kirk, Alan Goodrich
  27. Kirkland, David
  28. Klein, Philip
  29. Knecht, Peter D.
  30. Knight, Arthur
  31. Knopf, Edwin H.
  32. Korda, Sir Alexander
  33. Koshland, William A.
  34. Kramer, Stanley
  35. Kurosawa, Akira
  36. Laemmle, Carl
  37. Laemmle, Edward
  38. Lake, Stuart Nathaniel
  39. Lambert, Gavin
  40. Lamour, Dorothy
  41. Landy, George
  42. Lawrence, Robert L.
  43. Lee, Anna
  44. Lemmon, Jack
  45. LeRoy, Mervyn
  46. Lew, Rose
  47. Lewis, Cliff
  48. Lichtman, Alexander
  49. Lloyd, Richard Dafydd Vyvyan Llewellyn
  50. Lombroso, Henry
  51. Lorentz, Pare
  52. Luce, Clare (Boothe)
Correspondents, M-P

General:

  1. MacArthur, Douglas
  2. MacKenna, Kenneth
  3. MacLeish, Archibald
  4. Madden, Doreen
  5. Madden, John Edward
  6. Maguire, William Augustus
  7. Maharg, John D.
  8. Mahin, John Lee
  9. Malden, Karl
  10. Malige, Marcel E.
  11. Malin, Patrick Murphy
  12. Mankiewicz, Joseph Leo
  13. Manziarly, Alexandre de
  14. Markey, Gene
  15. Marsh, Mae
  16. Marshall, George Catlett
  17. Mayo, Claude Banks
  18. Mazurki, Mike
  19. McBride, Joseph Pierce
  20. McCain, John Sidney
  21. McCarey, Leo
  22. McCarthy, Frank
  23. McCarthy, Joseph Jefferson
  24. McCrea, Joel
  25. McGowan, John P.
  26. McGuinness, James Kevin
  27. McIntyre, Robert B.
  28. McKenna, Siobha ,n
  29. McLaglen, Andrew Victor
  30. McLaglen, Victor
  31. McLendon, Gordon Barton
  32. Mishkin, Leo
  33. Monro, Charles Bedell
  34. Monta, Rudolph
  35. Montague, Anne (Cavendish)
  36. Moon, Heran
  37. Morgan, Frank
  38. Morris, Michael
  39. Morse, Mel
  40. Moses, Vivian M.
  41. Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm
  42. Murphy, George Lloyd
  43. Natwick, Mildred
  44. Neblett, Benjamin H.
  45. Neilan, Marshall
  46. Newberry, C. Bruce
  47. Newman, Alfred
  48. Newman, Robert V.
  49. Nichols, Dudley
  50. Niven, David
  51. Nixon, Richard Milhous
  52. North, Henry Ringling
  53. Nugent, Frank Stanley
  54. Nussbaum, Max
  55. O'Brien, Edmond
  56. O'Brien, George
  57. O'Brien, Pat
  58. O'Casey, Shivaun
  59. O'Dea, Jimmy
  60. O'Flaherty, Liam
  61. Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr
  62. O'Neal, Ryan
  63. O'Neill, Carlotta (Monterey)
  64. O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone
  65. Paine, Thomas Otten
  66. Parker, Albert
  67. Parrish, Robert
  68. Parsons, Louella (Oettinger)
  69. Patterson, Robert Porter
  70. Pavan, Marisa
  71. Peck, Gregory
  72. Petrauskas, John
  73. Pettebone, Jean
  74. Peyton, Patrick Joseph
  75. Pickens, Andrew Calhoun
  76. Powell, Bonney M.
  77. Power, Tyrone
  78. Powers, Francis
  79. Powers, James Ellis
  80. Pramoj, Momwrajong Seni
  81. Price, John Dale
Correspondents, R-T

General:

  1. Rackin, Martin Lee
  2. Radford, Arthur William
  3. Ramsey, Logan Carlisle
  4. Reagan, Ronald
  5. Reid, Cliff
  6. Reinecke, Edwin
  7. Reinhardt, John
  8. Rich, Frances
  9. Rissient, Pierre
  10. Rittenberg, Saul Nathan
  11. Robinson, Lennox
  12. Rogers, Ted
  13. Romanoff, Michael
  14. Rondi, Gian Luigi
  15. Roos, Allan
  16. Roosevelt, James
  17. Roper, Elmo
  18. Saal, William M.
  19. Sanders, Harry
  20. Schary, Dore
  21. Schein, Harry
  22. Schickel, Richard
  23. Schulberg, Budd
  24. Seaton, George
  25. Selznick, David Oliver
  26. Shakespeare, Frank Joseph
  27. Shapiro, Victor Mansfield
  28. Shavelson, Melville
  29. Shaw, Frank L.
  30. Shaw, Hervey S.
  31. Sheehan, Howard J.
  32. Sheehan, Winfield R.
  33. Shields, Paul Vincent
  34. Shurlock, Geoffrey Manwaring
  35. Siciliano, Italo
  36. Sidney, George
  37. Siegel, Sol C.
  38. Sinclair, Gregg Manners
  39. Sinclair, Upton Beall
  40. Sistrom, William
  41. Skouras, Spyros Panagiotes
  42. Sloane, Paul
  43. Small, Edward
  44. Smith, Bernard
  45. Smith, Wingate
  46. Speaks, John Charles
  47. Spencer, Frederick A.
  48. Spingold, Nathan Breiter
  49. Sprague, Albert Tilden
  50. Stallings, Laurence
  51. Stanwyck, Barbara
  52. Steinbeck, Elaine (Scott)
  53. Sterne, Meta C.
  54. Stevens, George
  55. Stewart, James Maitland
  56. Stout, Archie
  57. Strickling, Howard
  58. Struble, Arthur Dewey
  59. Sullivan, John Lawrence
  60. Sutker, Victor
  61. Swope, Herbert Bayard
  62. Sylvester, Arthur
  63. Symington, Stuart
  64. Taft, Robert Alphonso
  65. Talley, Truman Hughes
  66. Thalberg, Irving Grant
  67. Thomas, Lowell Jackson
  68. Thorpe, Jim
  69. Tobin, John Everard
  70. Toland, Gregg
  71. Tolstoy, Ilia A.
  72. Totman, Fred N.
  73. Towers, Constance
  74. Tracy, Louise (Treadwell)
Correspondents, U-Z

General:

  1. Ubans, Juris Konrads
  2. Umbreit, Kenneth Bernard
  3. Vanderbilt, William Henry
  4. Vardaman, James Kimble
  5. Vaughn, Robert
  6. Vidor, King Wallis
  7. Wald, Jerry
  8. Walsh, Raoul
  9. Wanger, Walter
  10. Warner, Jack Leonard
  11. Warren, Earl
  12. Wasserman, Lew Robert
  13. Wasson, George F.
  14. Watkins, Arthur Thomas Levi
  15. Watt, Milt
  16. Watts, Richard
  17. Wayne, Esperanza (Baur)
  18. Wayne, John
  19. Wayne, Michael A.
  20. Wead, Frank Wilber
  21. Webb, Robert A.
  22. Wedemeyer, Albert Coady
  23. Wellman, William Augustus
  24. Weltner, George
  25. Wexley, John
  26. Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt
  27. Whitney, Eleanor (Searle)
  28. Widmark, Richard
  29. Willebrandt, Mabel (Walker)
  30. Willoughby, Charles Andrew
  31. Wilson, John Cree
  32. Withrow, James Renwick
  33. Wood, George A.
  34. Wood, Samuel Grosvenor
  35. Woods, Thomas Frederic Mackie
  36. Wootten, William Patrick
  37. Wright, Loyd Earl
  38. Wurtzel, Harry L.
  39. Wurtzel, Sol M.
  40. Yadoff, Oleg
  41. Yarnell, Harry Ervin
  42. Yates, Herbert John
  43. Yost, Robert M.
  44. Zacharias, Ellis Mark
  45. Zachary, George J.
  46. Zanuck, Darryl Francis
  47. Zanuck, Richard Darryl
  48. Ziffren, Lester
  49. Zimbalist, Sam
  50. Zinneman, Fred
  51. Zumwalt, Elmo Russell
Box 1
1906-1946
Box 2
1947-1957
Box 3
1958-1976, Undated
Box 3

Series:

Scripts and Production Materials

Scope and Contents: Contains materials for films and television programs, 1915-1971, directed by Ford, unless otherwise indicated.

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Box 3
Folder 37
Sunset Land , 1915

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles; synopsis, list of locations

General: [not directed by Ford]

Box 3
Folder 38
The Brain Specialist , 1916

Scope and Contents: Synopsis

General: [not produced?]

Box 3
Folder 38
The Doctor's Advice , 1916

General: [not produced?]

Box 3
Folder 38
Inspiration , 1916

Scope and Contents: Synopsis

General: [not produced?]

Box 3
Folder 39
#2442 , 1917

Scope and Contents: Sets; notes concerning sets

General: [directed by Francis Ford]

Box 3
Folder 40
Cheyenne's Pal , 1917

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles

Box 3
Folder 41
Bucking Broadway , 1917

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles; list of locations

Box 3
Folder 42-43
Wild Women , 1918

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles (2); list of locations

Box 3
Folder 44
The Scarlet Drop , 1918

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles; list of locations

Box 3
Folder 44
The Untamed , 1918

Scope and Contents: Printed story and synopsis

Box 3
Folder 45
The Rustlers , 1919

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles; list of locations

Box 3
Folder 46
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman , 1919

Scope and Contents: Story

Box 3
Folder 47
Marked Men , 1919

Scope and Contents: Continuity and subtitles; list of locations

Box 3
Folder 47
The Sheriff of Wasco , 1919

Scope and Contents: Memo, with synopsis

Box 3
Folder 48
Just Pals , 1920

Scope and Contents: Subtitles

Box 3
Folder 48
The Man of God , 1921?

Scope and Contents: Synopsis

Box 3
Folder 49
The Face on the Barroom Floor , 1923

Scope and Contents: Synopsis

Box 3
Folder 50
The Iron Horse , 1924

Scope and Contents: Location newsletters

Box 3
Folder 51
3 Bad Men , 1926

Scope and Contents: Titles; publicity

Box 3
Folder 52
Four Sons , 1928

Scope and Contents: Miscellaneous comments by W.R. Sheehan; title suggestions; notes in Ford's hand

Box 3
Folder 53
Strong Boy , 1929

Scope and Contents: Scenario

Box 3
Folder 54
Up the River , 1930

Scope and Contents: Script, pp. 48-60 only; continuity; cast list

Box 3
Folder 54
Men Without Women , 1930

Scope and Contents: Notes in JF's hand

Box 3
Folder 55
Seas Beneath , 1931

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 3
Folder 56
The Brat , 1931

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 3
Folder 57
The Lost Patrol , 1934

Scope and Contents: Suggestions for cast; summary of earnings

Box 3
Folder 57
Judge Priest , 1934

Scope and Contents: Screenplays (2)

Box 4
Folder 1-2
The Informer , 1935

Scope and Contents: Script; partial script; summary of earnings; accounting of earnings

Box 4
Folder 3
Prisoner of Shark Island , 1936

Scope and Contents: Cast list

Box 4
Folder 3
Mary of Scotland , 1936

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 4
The Plough and the Stars , 1936

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 5
Wee Willie Winkie , 1937

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 6
The Hurricane , 1937

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 7
Four Men and a Prayer , 1938

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 8
Submarine Patrol , 1938

Scope and Contents: Script; cast and staff lists

Box 4
Folder 9-10
Stagecoach , 1939

Scope and Contents: Script; cast and staff lists; budget estimates; statements of accounting

Box 4
Folder 11-13
Young Mr. Lincoln , 1939

Scope and Contents: Scripts (3)

Box 4
Folder 14
Drums Along the Mohawk , 1939

Scope and Contents: Script; cast and staff lists

Box 4
Folder 15
The Grapes of Wrath , 1940

Scope and Contents: Staff and cast lists

Box 4
Folder 16-17
The Long Voyage Home , 1940

Scope and Contents: Script changes; foreword and epilogue; set list; crew list; musical score

Box 4
Folder 18
Tobacco Road , 1941

Scope and Contents: Script; script changes

Box 4
Folder 19
How Green Was My Valley , 1941

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 4
Folder 20
The Battle of Midway , 1942

Scope and Contents: Dialogue; continuity

Box 4
Folder 21
Code of the Navy , ca. , 1942

Scope and Contents: (presented by the U.S. Naval Radio and Signal School) Cast list; continuity

Box 4
Folder 22
They Were Expendable , 1945

Scope and Contents: Notes and PT maneuvers

General: See also: Oversize 2

Box 4
Folder 23
My Darling Clementine , 1946

Scope and Contents: Story conference

Box 4
Folder 24
The Fugitive , 1947

Scope and Contents: Shooting schedule; cutting changes; credits; earnings; statement of production costs

Box 4
Folder 25-26
The Family , [unrealized project] , 1947

Scope and Contents: Synopsis; background material; scripts (6)

Box 5
Folder 1-5
The Family (cont'd)
Box 5
Folder 6
Revenge [unrealized project] , 1947

Scope and Contents: Treatment

Box 5
Folder 7-9
Fort Apache , 1948

Scope and Contents: Script (lacks 2 pp.); printed story "Massacre"; notes; music lyrics; script changes; shooting schedule; wardrobe plot; staff and crew lists; continuity; budget; earnings

Box 5
Folder 10-14
3 Godfathers , 1948

Scope and Contents: Scripts (4); notes; crew list; travel schedule; budget notes; publicity

Box 5
Folder 15
Mighty Joe Young , (directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; co-produced by John Ford and Merian C. Cooper) , 1949

Scope and Contents: Staff sheet; summary of earnings

Box 5
Folder 16-20
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , 1949

Scope and Contents: Scripts (3); printed stories (2); script notes; background materials; staff and cast list; music notes; credits; budget; film earnings

Box 5
Folder 21
Pinky , (directed by Elia Kazan) , 1949

Scope and Contents: Script; staff list

Box 5
Folder 22
When Willie Comes Marching Home , 1950

Scope and Contents: Shooting schedule; list of retakes and added scenes

Box 5
Folder 23-25
Wagon Master , 1950

Scope and Contents: Treatment; lyrics and music notes; shooting schedule; staff and cast lists; daily production reports; publicity; budget estimates; earnings

Box 5
Folder 26-28
Rio Grande , 1950

Scope and Contents: Scripts; story; cast and crew lists; daily production report; background notes; shooting schedule; accounting statement; film earnings

Box 5
Folder 29-31
This is Korea , 1951

Scope and Contents: Scripts (4); cutting continuity; cameraman's dope sheets; notes; publicity; sales report

Box 5
Folder 32-33
What Price Glory , [play and film] , 1952

Scope and Contents: Script for play; filmscript story conference; cast list; itinerary for play; daily production report; JF notes; memo re: music; publicity for play

Box 5
Folder 34-35
The Quiet Man , 1952

Scope and Contents: Script notes; dialogue; narration; background material; lyrics and music notes; continuity (for the fight scene); credits; staff list; travel and shooting schedules; casting notes; accounting statements

Box 6
Folder 1
The Demi-Gods , [unrealized project] , 1952

Scope and Contents: Screenplay suggestions

Box 6
Folder 2-4
The Sun Shines Bright , 1953

Scope and Contents: Treatment; script; story notes; shooting schedule; script changes; cast list; budget estimate

Box 6
Folder 5-7
Mogambo , 1953

Scope and Contents: Partial script; shooting schedules; wardrobe plots; cast and crew lists; pre-filming survey; inoculations information

Box 6
Folder 8-10
The Valiant Virginians , [unrealized project] , 1954

Scope and Contents: Story notes; story continuity; story line; continuity outlines (2); script

Box 6
Folder 11-12
The Long Gray Line , 1955

Scope and Contents: Script changes; background material; breakdown; schedule; casting interviews list; statement of accounting

Box 6
Folder 13-14
Mister Roberts , 1955

Scope and Contents: Script; script changes; treatment; script notes; daily production reports

Box 6
Folder 15-17
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre. The Bamboo Cross , [television program] , 1955

Scope and Contents: Scripts (4)

Box 6
Folder 18
The Screen Directors' Playhouse. Rookie of the Year , [television program] , 1955

Scope and Contents: Cast list; production budget

Box 6
Folder 19-22
The Searchers , 1956

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); synopsis; background material; story and production notes; cast list; credits; shooting schedule; daily production reports; statements of accounting

Box 6
Folder 23-24
The Wings of Eagles , 1957

Scope and Contents: Script; schedule; assistant director's reports; preview report; publicity

Box 6
Folder 25-26
The Rising of the Moon , 1957

Scope and Contents: Script (for The Rising of the Moon segment only); film treatment (for The Rising of the Moon segment only); suggested treatment of continuity; schedule; publicity; statements of accounting

Box 6
Folder 27-30
The Last Hurrah , 1958

Scope and Contents: Script; incomplete script (pp. 125-225 only); synopsis; script notes; cast list; budget; shooting schedule; assistant director's daily reports; statements of accounting; invoices; accounting reports.

General: See also: Bound volume 1

Box 6
Folder 31
Gideon of Scotland Yard , 1959

Scope and Contents: Cast and crew list; cost of production; statements of accounting

Box 6
Folder 32-33
Korea , 1959

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2 - "action outlines"); background material; press release

Box 6
Folder 34-35
The Horse Soldiers , 1959

Scope and Contents: Script; dialogue notes; background materials; crew lists; cast and credits; shooting schedule; budget; news releases; statements of accounting

Box 7A
Folder 1
Cheyenne Massacre/Last Frontier [not produced?] , 1959

Scope and Contents: Screenplay by Ted Sherdeman; memo from Sherdeman to Sylvan Simon

Box 7A
Folder 2
Taiwan - The Island Fortress , [unrealized project] , 1959

Scope and Contents: Script; script breakdown

Box 7A
Folder 3
Wagon Train. The Colter Craven Story , [television program] , 1960

Scope and Contents: Script; script breakdown

Box 7A
Folder 4-5
Sergeant Rutledge , 1960

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); staff and cast list; daily production reports

Box 7A
Folder 6
The Alamo , [directed by John Wayne] , 1960

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 7A
Folder 7-8
[The Creighton Story] , ca. [unrealized project?] , 1960

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2)

Box 7A
Folder 9-11
Two Rode Together , 1961

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); revisions; synopsis; treatment (incomplete); call to travel to location; budget; statement of accounting audits

Box 7A
Folder 12-14
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , 1962

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); dialogue continuity; staff and crew list; estimated cost; shooting schedule; projection budget; cast list; billing; preview report; foreign prospects reports; statements of accounting

Box 7A
Folder 15-16
Alcoa Premiere. Flashing Spikes , [television program] , 1962

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); adaptation

Box 7A
Folder 17-19
How the West Was Won , [directed by Ford, George Marshall and Henry Hathaway] , 1962

Scope and Contents: Scripts - segments 1-3, segment 3, segment 4, segment 5 (2); cast and staff lists; schedule

Box 7A
Folder 20
The Pigeon That Took Rome , [directed by Melville Shavelson] , 1962

Scope and Contents: Story

Box 7A
Folder 21-23
Donovan's Reef , 1963

Scope and Contents: Script; script fragments; background material; shooting schedule; projection costs; statement of accounting; audits; publicity campaign

General: See also: Bound volume 2

Box 7B
Folder 24-26
Cheyenne Autumn , 1964

Scope and Contents: Script; incomplete script; script and production notes; location information; shooting schedule; budget changes; daily production reports; statements of accounts; audits

Box 8
Folder 1
Young Cassidy , 1965

Scope and Contents: Main titles; script notes; shooting schedule

Box 8
Folder 2-5
7 Women , 1966

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); script changes; story; daily progress reports; cast list; staff list; schedule; music work order; production budget; petty cash records; synopsis; preview report; statement of accounts

General: See also: Oversize 3

Box 8
Folder 6
Vietnam! Vietnam! , 1968

Scope and Contents: Treatment

Box 8
Folder 7
The Hellfighters , [directed by Andrew V. McLaglen] , 1969

Scope and Contents: Script

Box 8
Folder 8-9
Chesty , [television program] , 1970

Scope and Contents: Scripts (2); shooting schedule

Box 8
Folder 10
The American West of John Ford , [directed by Denis Sanders; co-produced by Dan Ford] , 1971

Scope and Contents: Schedule; budget; expense receipts

Box 8
Folder 11
Alias Whispering White , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Story

Box 8
Folder 11
April Morning , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Notes

Box 8
Folder 11
Operation Seventy-Three , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Story

Box 8
Folder 12
Our Brother John , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Outline of project

Box 8
Folder 13
Slowsure , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Treatment

Box 8
Folder 14
Wits and the Woman. The Demon Dragon , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Scenario

Box 8

Series:

Legal Materials

Scope and Contents: These are divided into: 1) General legal materials, which include studio contracts, materials about the formation and operation of production companies, and non-film matters, arranged chronologically, 2) Individual films, arranged chronologically by production date, not by item date.

Box 8
Folder 15-18
General , 1917-1974
Box 8
Folder 19
The Hurricane ; My Darling Clementine ; 3 Godfathers ; Wagon Master ; Rio Grande , 1937-1950
Box 8
Folder 20
The Quiet Man , 1952
Box 8
Folder 21
The Sun Shines Bright ; The Long Gray Line ; Mister Roberts , 1953-1955
Box 8
Folder 22
The Searchers ; The Rising of the Moon , 1956-1957
Box 8
Folder 23-24
The Last Hurrah , 1958
Box 8
Folder 25-26
Gideon of Scotland Yard , 1959
Box 8
Folder 27
Horse Soldiers ; Wagon Train . The Colter Craven Story , 1959-1960
Box 8
Folder 28
Sergeant Rutledge , 1960
Box 8
Folder 29-30
Two Rode Together , 1961
Box 8
Folder 31
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ; How the West Was Won ; Donovan's Reef , 1962-1963
Box 8
Folder 32-33
Cheyenne Autumn , 1964
Box 8
Folder 34
Young Cassidy ; 7 Women ; Chesty , 1965-1970
Box 9

Series:

Miscellaneous
Box 9
Folder 1
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voting procedures , 1967-1968
Box 9
Folder 2
Addresses
Box 9
Folder 3
Bel Air Association
Box 9
Folder 4-32
Field Photo Home materials

Scope and Contents: Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial statements and audits, addresses, newsletters, insurance policies, tax materials, etc.

Box 9
Folder 33-46
Financial materials

Scope and Contents: Includes tax forms, expense receipts and records, audits, etc., both corporate and personal

General: See also: Bound volumes 5-15

Box 10
Folder 1-25
Financial materials (cont'd)
Box 10
Folder 26-27
Membership cards and awards

General: See also: Oversize 5

Box 10
Folder 28
Motion Picture Academy Controllers Christmas Party , 1964
Box 10
Folder 29-30
Navy materials

Scope and Contents: Includes personnel materials, orders, equipment lists, etc.

Box 10
Folder 31
Office equipment
Box 10
Folder 32
Passport information
Box 10
Folder 33-39
Printed--Clippings

General: See also: Oversize 6

Box 11
Folder 1-3
Printed--Clippings (cont'd)
Box 11
Folder 4-11
Printed--Articles
Box 11
Folder 12
Sheet music
Box 11
Folder 13
Studio materials

Scope and Contents: Rate book, telephone numbers

General: See also: Oversize 8

Box 11
Folder 14-37
Tape transcripts and summaries of interviews conducted by Dan Ford .

Scope and Contents: Includes Elizabeth Allen , Mark Armistead , James Warner Bellah , Bea Benjamin , Katherine Cliffton Bryant ; Harry Carey, Jr. , Olive Carey , William Clothier , Ken Curtis , Cecil de Prita , Joanne Dru , Philip Dunne , Allan Dwan , Josephine Feeney , Henry Fonda , John Ford , Mary Ford , Phil Ford , and Ben Goetz

Box 12
Folder 1-19
Tape transcripts (cont'd)

Scope and Contents: Includes Chuck Hayward , Katharine Hepburn , Winton Hoch , Frank Hotaling , Ace Holmes , Lefty Hough , Ben Johnson , Nunnally Johnson , Anna Lee , John Lee Mahin , Roddy McDowall , Lee Marvin , George O'Brien , Robert Parrish , Wingate Smith , James Stewart , John Wayne , Albert Wedemeyer , Terry Wilson

Box 12
Folder 20
Writings--by other people

Scope and Contents: Simms, Jay . Either End of the Gun

Welch, Patrick . The Gombeen Man; A play by Patrick Welch

Box 12
Folder 21
YMPTASPA and Emerald Bay Yacht Club correspondence , 1936-1957
Box 12
Folder 22-32
Index and notebook pages.

Scope and Contents: Index of collection prepared by Dan Ford; notebook pages from which manuscripts were removed

Box 13-15
Index and notebook pages (cont'd)
Box 16

Series:

Photographs and Stills

Scope and Contents: Boxes 16 - 24 contain photographs and stills from John Ford films and television programs, arranged by production date, followed by the number of stills.

Boxes 25 - 27 contain stills from non-Ford films and personal photographs.

Box 16
Folder 1
Silents - Unidentified

Physical Description: (34)

Box 16
Folder 2
Three Mounted Men , 1918

Physical Description: (1)

Box 16
Folder 3
Outcasts of Poker Flat , 1919

Physical Description: (5)

Box 16
Folder 4
Marked Men , 1919

Physical Description: (2)

Box 16
Folder 5
Prince of Avenue A , 1920

Physical Description: (1)

Box 16
Folder 6
North of Hudson Bay , 1923

Physical Description: (44)

Box 16
Folder 7
Four Sons , 1928

Physical Description: (6)

Box 16
Folder 8
Seas Beneath , 1931

Physical Description: (3)

Box 16
Folder 9
The Brat , 1931

Physical Description: (2)

Box 16
Folder 10
Dr. Bull , 1932

Physical Description: (1)

Box 16
Folder 11
The Informer , 1935

Physical Description: (7)

Box 16
Folder 12
The Plough and the Stars , 1936

Physical Description: (8)

Box 16
Folder 13
The Hurricane , 1937

Physical Description: (8)

Box 16
Folder 14
Four Men and a Prayer , 1938

Physical Description: (1)

Box 16
Folder 15
The Grapes of Wrath , 1940

Physical Description: (3)

Box 16
Folder 16
The Long Voyage Home , 1940

Physical Description: (8)

Box 16
Folder 17
Tobacco Road , 1941

Physical Description: (12)

Box 16
Folder 18
How Green Was My Valley , 1941

Physical Description: (30)

Box 16
Folder 19
My Darling Clementine , 1946

Physical Description: (12)

Box 17
The Fugitive , 1947

Physical Description: (131)

Box 18
Fort Apache , 1948

Physical Description: (160)

Box 18a
Folder 1-2
3 Godfathers , 1948

Physical Description: (31)

Box 18a
Folder 3
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , 1949

Physical Description: (15)

Box 18a
Folder 4-6
Wagon Master , 1950

Physical Description: (55)

Box 19
Folder 1-2
Rio Grande , 1950

Physical Description: (58)

Box 19
Folder 3
What Price Glory [film] , 1952

Physical Description: (12)

Box 19
Folder 4
What Price Glory [stage] , 1952

Physical Description: (12)

Box 19
Folder 5-7
The Quiet Man , 1952

Physical Description: (75)

Box 19
Folder 8-9
The Sun Shines Bright , 1953

Physical Description: (75)

Box 20
Folder 1
Mogambo , 1953

Physical Description: (26)

Box 20
Folder 2-14
The Long Gray Line , 1955

Physical Description: (386)

Box 21
Folder 1
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre. The Bamboo Cross , 1955

Physical Description: (1)

Box 21
Folder 2-5
Mister Roberts , 1955

Physical Description: (188)

Box 21
Folder 6-7
The Searchers , 1956

Physical Description: (37)

Box 22
Folder 1-3
The Wings of Eagles , 1957

Physical Description: (89)

Box 22
Folder 4-5
The Rising of the Moon , 1957

Physical Description: (117)

Box 22
Folder 6
The Last Hurrah , 1958

Physical Description: (21)

Box 22
Folder 7-9
Gideon of Scotland Yard , 1959

Physical Description: (151)

Box 23
Folder 1
Korea , 1959

Physical Description: (22)

Box 23
Folder 2-4
The Horse Soldiers , 1959

Physical Description: (101)

Box 23
Folder 5-9
Two Rode Together , 1961

Physical Description: (264)

Box 24
Folder 1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , 1962

Physical Description: (75)

Box 24
Folder 2
Donovan's Reef , 1963

Physical Description: (31)

Box 24
Folder 3
Cheyenne Autumn , 1964

Physical Description: (45)

Box 24
Folder 4
7 Women , 1966

Physical Description: (34)

Box 24
Folder 5-7
Stills for unidentified movies

Physical Description: (76)

Box 25
Folder 1
Other peoples' movie stills
Box 25
Folder 2-10
Personal: Family and friends

Scope and Contents: See also: Oversize 9

Box 26
Folder 1
Asian trip
Box 26
Folder 2
Military photos
Box 26
Folder 3
WWII
Box 26
Folder 4-5
Portraits--John Ford

General: See also: Oversize 10

Box 26
Folder 6
Portraits--Other people

General: See also: Oversize 11

Box 27
Folder 1
Boats

General: See also: Oversize 12

Box 27
Folder 2
Field Photo Home

General: See also: Oversize 13

Box 27
Folder 3
Field Photo Home: Ward Bond funeral
Box 27
Folder 4-6
Miscellaneous

General: See also: Oversize 14, Bound volume 17

Series:

Oversize
Box 43
Correspondence , n.d.

Scope and Contents: Mr. & Mrs. Edward Small to John and Mary Ford. n.d. (card)

Box 44
Scripts and production materials

Scope and Contents: They Were Expendable --Story board, 11 items

Box 43
Scripts and production materials

Scope and Contents: 7 Women --Accounts

Box 43
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Field Photo Home--Zoning map

Box 43
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Membership cards and awards--American Legion citation

Box 43
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Printed--Clippings

Box 43
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Printed--Articles

Box 43
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Studio materials--Telephone numbers

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Family and friends

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Portraits--John Ford

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Portraits--Other people

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Boats

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Field Photo Home

Box 45
Photographs

Scope and Contents: Miscellaneous

Box Vault 1
Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Director: The Informer (1935)
Box Vault 1
Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Director: The Grapes of Wrath , (1940)
Box Vault 1
Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Director: How Green Was My Valley , (1941)
Box Vault 1
Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary: December 7th (1943)
Box Vault 1
Academy Award (Oscar): The Quiet Man (1953)
Box 46-49
Framed material
Box 50
Oversize photographs
Box 51
Matted photographs
Box 52
Universal plaque with base
Box 53
Miscellaneous
Box 54
Navy cap/hat
Box 55
Navy hat box
Box 56
D. W. Griffith award
Box 57
Photograph: Portland Maine High School, 1912 football team
Box 58
Certificates
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Series:

Tapes

Scope and Contents: Audio tapes of interviews conducted by Dan Ford. Names of interviewees and some of the topics discussed are listed after the tape numbers.

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Tapes 1-2: Mark Armistead
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Tapes 3-4: James Warner Bellah (side 1 only of Tape 4)
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Tapes 5-6: Katherine (Potter) Cliffton Bryant
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Tapes 7-11: Harry Carey (side 1 only of Tape 11)
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Tapes 11-12: Olive (Golden) Carey (side 2 only of Tape 11)
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Tape 13: William Clothier (side 1 only)
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Tape 14: Joanne Dru
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Tape 15: Philip Dunne
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Tape 16: Allan Dwan
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Tapes 17-18: Henry Fonda
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Tapes 19 Barbara Nugent Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Gossip, social

Scope and Contents: side 2: Mr. Roberts

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Tape 20 Barbara Nugent Ford (side 1 only)
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Tape 20 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 2: Hurricane , Tobacco Road , Wee Willie Winkee

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Tape 21 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Portland, Early years

Scope and Contents: side 2: Early years

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Tape 22 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: How Green Was My Valley , Merian C. Cooper

Scope and Contents: side 2: Stagecoach , Wanger

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Tape 23 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Stagecoach , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Scope and Contents: side 2: Rio Bravo , The Searchers , Last Hurrah , Maureen O'Hara

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Tape 24 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Harry Cohn , Mayer , Navy , Grotsky

Scope and Contents: side 2: Navy, Europe, Midway

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Tape 25 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Westerns, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Scope and Contents: side 2: Westerns, Ft. Apache , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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Tape 26 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Monument Valley, Men without Women , Nichols , Lost Patrol

Scope and Contents: side 2: Nichols , O'Neill , The Long Voyage Home

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Tape 27 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Early years, John Wayne, Lincoln, 3 Bad Men, Quiet Man

Scope and Contents: side 2: Quiet Man , Yates , How Green Was My Valley, Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, Zanuck

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Tape 28 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Frank Nugent , Stagecoach , Ft. Apache

Scope and Contents: side 2: Ft. Apache

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Tapes 29-30: John Ford

Scope and Contents: Iron Horse

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Tape 31 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Directing, Goldwyn , acting

Scope and Contents: side 2: Acting

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Tape 32 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Midway , Burma , Stillwell

Scope and Contents: side 2: They Were Expendable, My Darling Clementine

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Tape 33 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1:Early years, Portland, Planned Parenthood, The Informer, directing debut

Scope and Contents: side 2: Q & A Early years

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Tape 34 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Ward Bond , The Informer

Scope and Contents: side 2: The Informer , The Rising of the Moon , The Grapes of Wrath

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Tape 35 John Ford (side 2 is blank)

Scope and Contents: Iron Horse

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Tape 36 John Ford (side 2 is blank)

Scope and Contents: They Were Expendable

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Tape 37 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Ward Bond

Scope and Contents: side 2: Ward Bond , Cheyenne Autumn

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Tape 38 John Ford (side 2 is blank)

Scope and Contents: Alamo, Horse Soldiers, Korea

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Tape 39 John Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 2: John Wayne , acting

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Tape 40 John Ford (side 1 only)

Scope and Contents: Mogambo , Gable , directors, They Were Expendable , Valentino

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Tape 40 Katharine Hepburn (side 2 only)
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Tape 41 Mary Ford

Scope and Contents: side 2: Tom Mix

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Tape 42 Mary Ford

Scope and Contents: side 1: Araner

Scope and Contents: side 2: Araner, war years

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Tape 43 Mary Ford

Scope and Contents: War years

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Tapes 44-45: Mary Ford (side 2 of Tape 44 is blank)
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Tape 46 Ben Goetz (side 1 only)
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Tape 46 Philip Dunne (side 2 only)
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Tapes 47-48: Chuck Hayward (side 2 of Tape 48 is blank)
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Tapes 49-51: Katharine Hepburn
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Tapes 52-53: Frank Hotaling (side 2 of Tape 53 is blank)
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Tapes 54-58: Lefty Hough (sides 2 of Tapes 54 and 58 are blank)
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Tapes 59-60: Ben Johnson (side 2 of Tape 60 is blank)
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Tape 61 Nunnally Johnson
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Tape 62 Anna Lee
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Tape 63 John Lee Mahin
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Tapes 64-65: Lee Marvin
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Tapes 66-69: George O'Brien (side 1 only of Tapes 66 and 68)
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Tape 66: John Ford , Robert Arthur , et al. (side 2 only)
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Tape 68: John Ford (side 2 only)
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Tape 70 Robert Parrish
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Tapes 71-72 Wingate Smith
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Tapes 73-74: James Stewart
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Tape 75 John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 1: First contact with Ford in the 1920's

Scope and Contents: side 2: Stagecoach , use of Republic Writers' Quiet Man , problem at Republic

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Tape 76 John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 1: Bringing Ford to Republic, Merian C. Cooper, Victor McLaglen, Bolton

Scope and Contents: side 2: Ford on the Araner, Emerald Bay Yacht Club, WWII's effect on Ford, war experiences, They Were Expendable, Jim McGuinness, Another Republic Deal

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Tape 77 John Wayne (side 2 is blank)

Scope and Contents: Ford's post-war politics, Ward Bond

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Tape 78 John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 1: Tobacco Road , Ward Bond , Bolton Mallard, Pedro Armendariz

Scope and Contents: side 2: Ford's social circle in Mexico and on the Araner, early friendship, They Were Expendable , Ward Bond , Robert Montgomery, Gene Markey

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Tape 79 John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 1: They Were Expendable , Spig Wead , Ford with actors vs. Hawks, Hathaway, Wellman, Huston

Scope and Contents: side 2: Working relations with Ford on later films, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , Stagecoach

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Tape 80 John Wayne

Scope and Contents: side 1: Later years, Merian C. Cooper , Jack Pennick , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , Maureen O'Hara

Scope and Contents: side 2: The Alamo , sentiments on contemporary America

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Tape 81 Albert Coady Wedemeyer
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Tape 82 Terry Wilson
Box 36
Tape 83 Side A: Last Hurrah/Wagonmaster Side B: Donovan's Reef/Liberty Valance
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Series:

Bound Volumes
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1. Scripts and production materials

Scope and Contents: The Last Hurrah : Accounts - General Ledger

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2. Scripts and production materials

Scope and Contents: Donovan's Reef : Accounts - General Ledger

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3-4. Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Field Photo Home: Financial Materials

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5-15. Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents: Financial materials

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16. Miscellaneous , 1934-1948

Scope and Contents: Yacht log: The Araner, 1934-1948

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17. Photographs , l943-l944

Scope and Contents: Miscellaneous: Brazil, l943-l944

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Series:

Films

Conditions Governing Access: The films may not be used in present format

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The Battle of Midway () , 1942

Physical Description: (1 reel)

box No Box
The Fugitive () , 1947

Physical Description: (3 reels)

box No Box
How Green Was My Valley () , 1941

Physical Description: (3 reels)

General: Ford pesonal print

box No Box
In Memoriam: Manuel Quezon (ca. ) , 1945

Physical Description: 16mm and DVD

box No Box
The Informer () , 1935

Physical Description: (2 reels)

General: Mr. Ford

box No Box
The Long Voyage Home () , 1940

Physical Description: (3 reels)

box No Box
The Lost Patrol () , 1934

Physical Description: (2 reels)

General: Skipper Ford's print

box No Box
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon () , 1949

Physical Description: (3 reels)

box No Box
Stagecoach () , 1939

Physical Description: (3 reels)

box No Box
The Sun Shines Bright () , 1953

Physical Description: (3 reels)

box No Box
Wagon Master () , 1950

Physical Description: (3 reels)

General: Ford personal print

box No Box
1 undated home movie

Physical Description: 16 mm

box No Box
1 silent film, Europe

Physical Description: 16 mm

box No Box
The Searcher

Physical Description: (3 reels)

Series:

Additions

Arrangement: These additions reflect as closely as possible the arrangement of series in the original collection.

Subseries:

Correspondence
Box 28
Folder 1
Memorandum from Navy Department. , 1937
Box 28
Folder 2
Ford, John to Hauck, Arthur A. , May 20, 1938
Box 28
Folder 3
Telegrams to John Ford. , 1947-1969
Box 28
Folder 4
Zanuck, Daryl to Ford, John on Front and Center (When Willie Comes Marching Home). , Jun. 9, 1949
Box 28
Folder 5
Ford, Patrick and Carroll to Ford, Dan. , 1962-1964
Box 28
Folder 6
Ford, Patrick to Smith, Bernard. , 1963

Physical Description: (multiple copies)

Box 28
Folder 7
Ford, Patrick and Carroll. , 1965-1966
Box 28
Folder 6
Auntie to Ford, Dan. , 1968
Box 28
Folder 9-12
Ford, Dan (from Vietnam) to Pop and Carroll. , [1968-1969?]

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 28
Folder 13
Conway, Mickey. , 1969
Box 28
Folder 14
Worden, Hank to Jack (John Ford). , Mar. 16, 1973
Box 28
Folder 15
Letters of condolence to Mary Ford (John Ford's death). , 1973
Box 28
Folder 16
Telegrams of condolence to Mary Ford (John Ford's death). , 1973
Box 28
Folder 17
Brown, Jim (NBC News) to Feeney, Josephine. , Dec. 28, 1973
Box 28
Folder 18
Devine, Andy. , Sept. 5, 1973
Box 28
Folder 19
Reagan, Ronald. , Sept. 6, 1973
Box 28
Folder 20
General correspondence. , 1973
Box 28
Folder 21
Anderson, Lindsay. , 1975-1992
Box 28
Folder 22
Michael (Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin). , 1976-1988
Box 28
Folder 23
Ford, Patrick and Caroll. , 1978-1979
Box 28
Folder 24
Webb, James H. , 1981-1982
Box 28
Folder 25
Bogdanovich, Peter. , 1985-1991
Box 28
Folder 26
Parrish, Robert. , 1991
Box 28
Folder 27
Hill, Walter. , 1993
Box 28
Folder 28
Houghton, Katherine. , Apr. 21, 1995
Box 28
Folder 29
General , 2006, undated
Box 28
Folder 30
Ford, Patrick to Grampy (John Ford) , undated
Box 32
Photocopied correspondence, Ford & Michael Morris (addition 2016)

Subseries:

Scripts and Production Materials
Box 28
Folder 31
Front and Center (When Willie Comes Marching Home). , Jun. 4, 1949

Scope and Contents: Final shooting script

Box 28
Folder 32
Charmaine (What Price Glory). , Sept. 20, 1951

Scope and Contents: Final script

Box 28
Folder 33
What Price Glory. , Nov. 20, 1951

Scope and Contents: Final shooting script

Box 28
Folder 34
The Sun Shines Bright. , Jul. 15, 1952

Scope and Contents: First draft

Box 28
Folder 35
Captain Buffalo (Sergeant Rutledge). , Jul. 8, 1959

Scope and Contents: Final script

Box 28
Folder 36
The American West of John Ford. Air: , Dec. 5, 1971
Box 28
Folder 37
A Salute to John Ford. , March 29, 1973

Scope and Contents: Final draft

Subseries:

Photographs
Box 28
Folder 38
John Ford
Box 28
Folder 39
John Ford Portraits
Box 28
Folder 40-42
John Ford and others
Box 28
Folder 43
Ford family
Box 28
Folder 44
John Wayne
Box 28
Folder 45
Others
Box 28
Folder 46
Avaner: Catalina – Honolulu
Box 29
Folder 1
Dublin Black and Tans
Box 29
Folder 2
Far East 32-33
Box 29
Folder 3
Field photos
Box 29
Folder 4
Military
Box 29
Folder 5
John Huston

Physical Description: (autographed)

Box 29
Folder 6
Douglas MacArthur

Physical Description: (autographed)

Box 29
Folder 7
Scrapbook pages
Box 29
Folder 8
NBC photos and miscellaneous
Box 29
Folder 9
Dan Ford photos, Vietnam
Box 29
Folder 10
Miscellaneous
Box 29
Folder 11-12
Original negatives

Subseries:

Miscellaneous
Box 29
Folder 13
AMC film preservation promotional packet
Box 29
Folder 14
Bill of Rights Special Committee of the Screen Directors' Guild

Physical Description: (copy)

Box 29
Folder 15
Bound manuscript by Ferran Molto Fernandez on El Delator (The Informer)

Language: ( Spanish )

Box 29
Folder 16
Brochure: John Ford's Centenary
Box 29
Folder 17
Bumper-sticker: God Bless John Wayne
Box 29
Folder 18
Cannes program 1995, includes John Ford retrospective

Language: ( French )

Box 29
Folder 19
Chandler Sprague article on The Iron Horse

Physical Description: Corrected draft

Box 29
Folder 20
Coronet Mine share certificate , Jul. 18, 1950
Box 29
Folder 21
Employee's Starting Card Jack Ford , 1917-1918
Box 29
Folder 22
For Mary and Jack

Scope and Contents: Newsclips and magazine

Box 29
Folder 23
Francis Ford

Scope and Contents: Biography and index

Box 29
Folder 24
Genealogical materials
Box 29
Folder 25
Hard-bound pressbook: The Alamo
Box 29
Folder 26
Interview with Patrick Ford
Box 29
Folder 27
Invitation to Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner
Box 29
Folder 28
John Ford, FBI file
Box 29
Folder 29-30
John Ford Index
Box 29
Folder 31-33
John Ford's Official Navy Records

Scope and Contents: (Vol. I and II)

Box 29
Folder 34-36
John Ford's Official Navy Records

Physical Description: (copy 2)

Box 30
Folder 1
John Huston articles and clippings , 1972
Box 30
Folder 2
Lindsay Anderson's review of The Unquiet Man , Oct. 29, 1982

Scope and Contents: Draft

Box 30
Folder 3-4
Magazines
Box 30
Folder 5
Mary Ford's Canteen Book
Box 30
Folder 6
Memorial Tribute Register for John Ford , [1973]
Box 30
Folder 7
Newspaper clippings, AFI tribute to John Ford , [1973]
Box 30
Folder 8
Newspaper clippings, Barbara Ford , undated
Box 30
Folder 9
Newspaper clippings, Cannes tribute to John Ford , 1995
Box 30
Folder 10
Newspaper clippings, John Ford , 1970s
Box 30
Folder 11
Newspaper clippings, John Ford tributes and death , 1973
Box 30
Folder 12
Newspaper clippings, Katharine Hepburn book , 1995
Box 30
Folder 13
Newspaper clippings, John Wayne , 2006
Box 30
Folder 14
Newspaper clippings , undated
Box 30
Folder 15
Oral history interview with Dan Ford, Southern Methodist University

Physical Description: (hard-bound)

Box 30
Folder 16
The Papers of Howard Hawks register, Brigham Young University , 1978
Box 30
Folder 17
Pappy

Scope and Contents: Publicity

Box 30
Folder 18-19
Pappy

Scope and Contents: Reviews (United States)

Box 30
Folder 20-21
Pappy

Scope and Contents: Reviews (England)

Box 30
Folder 22
Paris 1945: An O.S.S. Photo Mission

Physical Description: (hard-bound)

Box 30
Folder 23
Press kit: The Searchers (50th Anniversary)
Box 30
Folder 24
Press kit: A Turning of the Earth (The Searchers)
Box 30
Folder 25
Program: Tribute to Olivia de Havilland , 2006
Box 31
Folder 1
Receipt for bowties , 1950
Box 31
Folder 2
Robert Parrish correspondence and research materials ( December 7 )
Box 31
Folder 3
Thank-you ads to John Ford ( Variety , Mar. 30, 1973)
Box 31
Folder 4-6
Untitled inventory and appendices
Box 31
Folder 7
The West of John Ford articles , 1971
Box 31
Folder 8
Wisdom Award of Honor, certificate
Box 32
"John Ford, Master Movie Director," clipping from the Honolulu Advertiser , 1936
Box 59
Autographed shell casing from Midway Island filming of Mr. Roberts , 1954-1955

Scope and Contents: Signed by Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, Tiger Andrews, "Dobe" (Harry Carey Jr.), "Ken" (Ken Curtis), and "Danny" (Danny Borzage), as well as Admiral John Dale Price, Naval Liaison officer to the film company

Subseries:

Writings
Box 32
Folder 1-2
Beachhead

Scope and Contents: Typescript, various pages

Box 32
Folder 3-5
Beachhead

Scope and Contents: Typescript, pp. 1-350

Box 32
Folder 6-8
Beachhead

Scope and Contents: 1st draft, pp. 1-389

Box 32
Folder 9-12
Pappy

Scope and Contents: Original typescript, pp. 1-306, 486-621

Box 32
Folder 13-16
Pappy

Scope and Contents: Corrected proof, pp. 1-389

Box 32
Folder 17
Marine: The Story of Lt. Gen. Chesty Puller

Scope and Contents: Drafts and production materials

Box 32
Wolfman Jack article by Dan Ford

Subseries:

Audio-Visual
Box 33
The Searchers: Behind the Scenes/Wayne and Ford: Silver Spur Awards

Physical Description: DVD

Box 33
John Ford Funeral Service

Physical Description: DVD

Box 33
John Ford BBC Interview

Physical Description: DVD

Box 33
John Ford's The Rising of the Moon

Physical Description: DVD

Box 33
The Searchers: 50th Anniversary Screening

Physical Description: DVD

Box 33
The American Film Institute Life Achievement Awards: John Ford , 1981

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 33
The Searchers: 50th Anniversary Screening , 2006

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 33
Stagecoach and Rising of the Moon both recorded , 1981

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 33
Uncle Jack's Mass (John Ford's funeral , 1973)

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 33
John Ford 1968 BBC Interview

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 33
The Searchers: Behind the Scenes/Wayne and Ford: Silver Spur Awards, Omnibus promotional TV spots for The Searchers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, featuring John Ford and John Wayne (includes Silver Spurs Award for Ford and Wayne in Reno, NV) , ca. 1950

Physical Description: ¾ Videocassette

Box 33
John Ford interview

Physical Description: Audiotape, 3 reels, 3 ¾ ips

Box 34
Manuel Quezon In Memoriam 16mm Film to Tape Transfer

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Making of the Quiet Man , 1992-02-10

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
John Ford's America , 1990-01-08

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
The American West of John Ford , 1987-02-10

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Ronald Davis: Ford/Wayne , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Omnibus: John Ford , 1994-03-09

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
John Ford: An American Vision , 1998-01-14

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Peter Bogdonovich , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Ron Howard: Wayne/Ford , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Anna Lee: Ford , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Garry Wills: Ford/Wayne , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Roddy McDowall: Ford , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 34
Dan Ford: Ford/Wayne , 1998-11-05

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 38
Omnibus: John Ford Parts One and Two

Physical Description: 2 videocassettes

Box 38
The Searchers Behind the Scenes: Wayne and Ford Silver Spur Awards

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 38
NBC's 1958 Wide, Wide World--"The Westerns" , 1987-02-10

Physical Description: Videocassette

Box 38
Ford home movies (VHS and DVD)

Physical Description: Videocassettes with corresponding digitized DVDs

Box 39
Ford home movies (reels)

Quantity: 16 Reels

Box 40
Ford home movies (reels)

Quantity: 16 Reels

Box 41
Ford home movies (reels)

Quantity: 14 Reels

Box 42
Ford home movies (reels)

Quantity: 23 Reels

Box 60

Series:

Additions , 2023
Box 60
Inventory to additions , April 14, 2023
Box 60
Letter from John Ford to Barbara Ford Curtis from Mogambo shoot in Kenya , [1952]
Box 60
Letter of condolence from Joan Crawford to Mary Ford , September 11, 1973
Box 60
Membership cards

Quantity: 2 envelopes

Scope and Contents: Clubs and organizations include studio passes, golf and yachting clubs, and veterans organizations.

Box 60
Feeney family passports

Scope and Contents:

  1. John Feeney (John Ford's father)
  2. Mary Feeney McClean (John Ford's sister)
  3. Josephine Feeney (John Ford's sister)